Antonis Lappas

Mike Leigh is not the kind of director who tries to make you feel comfortable. His movies don’t offer easy answers, happy endings, or simple characters. Instead, he shows life as it really is — messy, funny, painful, and sometimes hard to watch. Hard Truths, his latest film, fits right into that tradition. Set in […]

Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope is, at its core, a film about beauty—how it captivates, how it defines people, and how it can both empower and imprison. Set against the stunning backdrop of Naples, the film follows the life of a woman named Parthenope, who shares her name with the city’s ancient Greek origins. She is more […]

Pedro Almodóvar’s first full-length English-language film, The Room Next Door, is a poignant meditation on mortality, friendship, and the ways in which we confront life’s inevitable tragedies. Anchored by stunning performances from Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, the film gracefully examines the complexities of human relationships against the backdrop of death. The story revolves around […]