New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.
Kyrie: Directors Cut
Directed by Shunji Iwai.
Who’s in it?
Aina the End, Hokuto Matsumura, Haru Kuroki and Suzu Hirose.
What’s it about?
The story of the love, life and dreams of four people. Kirie, a street musician, cannot speak but has outstanding singing ability. Natsuhiko is a young man who is trying to find his fiancée who disappeared. Fumi, a kindergarten teacher hides her past and some secrets in her heart. Ikko is a mysterious girl who abandons her name and past.
Why watch it?
The movie was shot in four major cities in Japan: Ishimaki, Osaka, Obihiro and Tokyo, and marks the reunion of director Shunji Iwai and musician Takeshi Kobayashi after Swallowtail Butterfly (1996) and All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001).
Love Lies Bleeding
Directed by Rose Glass.
Who’s in it?
Anna Baryshnikov, Kristen Stewart and Dave Franco.
What’s it about?
Gym manager Lou falls for Jackie, a bodybuilder who is passing through town en route to a competition in Las Vegas.
Why watch it?
The film began test screening in February 2023. According to one account, the "audience was having visceral reactions to the gore, blood and puking throughout" during a screening in New York.
Marmalade
Directed by Keir O’Donnell.
Who’s in it?
Joe Keery, Camila Morrone and Aldis Hodge.
What’s it about?
Baron is a naive and kind young man who lives with his dying mother in a small town. He falls in love with Marmalade, a mysterious woman who grew up in foster care. She convinces him to rob a bank with her, but things go wrong and he ends up in prison. There, he meets Otis, his cellmate, who offers to help him escape. However, Otis has a secret agenda that will change Baron's life forever
Why watch it?
An edge-of-the-seat crime-tinged romance tale.
Immaculate
Directed by Michael Mohan.
Who’s in it?
Sydney Sweeney, Simona Tabasco and Álvaro Morte.
What’s it about?
Cecilia, a woman of devout faith, is warmly welcomed to the picture-perfect Italian countryside where she is offered a new role at an illustrious convent. But it becomes clear to Cecilia that her new home harbors dark and horrifying secrets.
Why watch it?
Not all convents are safe places for worship.
Pamyo (Exhuma)
Directed by Jae-hyun Jang.
Who’s in it?
Kim Go-eun, Choi Min-sik and Lee Do-hyun.
What’s it about?
A shaman is offered a large amount of money to move a tomb. He moves with his companion, Ji Gwan.
Why watch it?
According to the director, the actors studied real rituals from shamans in order to accurately portray them in this film.
