Contrary to expectations, the premiere of the films nominated for Oscar did not shake the box office. March is presented as a month saturated with very interesting offers of all types and sizes (these and those that could not get into this article): new installments of popular franchises (scream 6, john wick 4), films that received awards or were enthusiastically received at festivals (Dear Omar, beauty and pain, homeland, kings of the world), new work by prestigious authors like Mia Hansen-Løve and Emmanuel Mouret, and even a movie about a cocaine-addicted bear (barren bear).
1) ‘Saint Omer vs. Laurence Coly the public’, by Alice Diop (March 3)
The award-winning debut feature film from French documentary filmmaker Alice Diop is an outstanding courtroom drama. With concise forms and an endless background—thematic and emotional—it tells the story of a writer (Kayije Kagame) who deals with the case of a woman (Guslagie Malanda) accused of murdering her baby.
2) ‘Scream 6’ by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (March 10)
The sixth chapter and sequel to one of the most popular horror epics of all time to shout (2022), in which the Radio Silence collective (Bettinelli-Olpin, Gillett and Chad Villella, here executive producer) updated the franchise. It drops Jenna Ortega, who is now more famous than ever for starring in the popular Netflix series on Wednesday, and Courteney Cox and Neve Campbell.
3) ‘Beauty and pain’, by Laura Poitras (March 10)
Amazing documentary directed by Laura Poitras (citizen four). Nominated for a Golden Lion for Best Feature at the Venice Film Festival and an Oscar this year, it features American artist and photographer Nan Goldin, a key figure in New York counterculture in the 1970s and 1980s, and her activism against the pharmaceutical dynasty. taking. Baggers.
4) ‘Kings of the world’, by Laura Mora (March 17) Golden Shell for Best Film at the San Sebastián Festival, kings of the world Colombian Laura Mora (kill jesus). The filmmaker oscillates between social cinema and action to follow the grueling adventure of a group of boys from the streets of Medellín (non-professional actors) as they search for the land that one of them inherited.
5) Shazam! Wrath of the Gods, by David F. Sandberg (March 17)
More Shazam! (2019) is a great movie translation of the DC character’s adventures. It’s great news to repeat for director David F. Sandberg, who has produced a funny, loving and well-shot first installment. Starring Zachary Levi and the addition of an amazing trio: Helen Mirren, Rachel Zegler and Lucy Liu.
6) ‘Matria’ by Álvaro Gago (March 24)
María Vázquez, the protagonist of this drama set on the Galician coast, embodies a young mother with a complex personal and business situation. With some of the themes of laziness, care, and the space women traditionally occupy in masculine settings, homeland It is Álvaro Gago’s feature film debut and will compete in the official section of the Malaga festival after appearing in the Panorama section in Berlin.
7) ‘John Wick 4’, by Chad Stahelski (March 24)
Keanu Reeves returns to portray one of the most popular and charismatic characters of his career, John Wick, in the fourth film of one of the greatest action sagas of recent times. Directed by Chad Stahelski, the film promises the most spectacular, the most virtuous and the best lit and choreographed action sequences of its predecessors.
8) ‘Diary of a fleeting love’, by Emmanuel Mouret (March 24)
comedy starring the director What we say, what we do (2020) plays with words once again to explore the contradictions of the feeling of love. It tells the adventure between a married man (Vincent Macaigne) and a slightly older single mother (Sandrine Kiberlain) with amazing performances and screenplay.
9) ‘It’s a beautiful morning’ by Mia Hansen-Løve (March 31)
The latest from Mia Hansen-Løve, one of the filmmakers who most sensitively captures emotions and their contradictions. director Bergman’s Island (2021) tells the story of a mother-of-girl (Léa Sydoux) who confronts both her father’s care and her love affair with an old friend.
10) ‘Vicious Bear’ by Elizabeth Banks (March 31)
The movie that could open the ban in the industry (or even more) to capital crap. original title Cocaine Bear and the truth about a bear going crazy after eating a shipment of cocaine lost by some smugglers, that’s about it. Comedy, terror, action and delirium. Behind the scenes is actress and director Elizabeth Banks.