After the summer lull, and a box office dominated by the global blockbusters of Spiderman (now the fourth highest-grossing film in history) and The Odyssey, September begins to show some light at the end of the tunnel with strong horror offerings, nostalgic sequels, and a Spanish film poised to be a phenomenon at international awards ceremonies. It is also the month of the Venice Festival (which starts today) and San Sebastián, which brings, for example, the new film from Brad Pitt and the promise that the industry is back in motion.
Also, at the end of this September, a new version of Avengers: Endgame will arrive, with four additional minutes serving as a prologue to the upcoming Doomsday and will also try to break the record that Spider-Man: Brand New Day has surpassed in US theaters. Beyond that, these are the most anticipated cinema and platform releases this month:
The Runner
Gal Gadot tried to be a big star, but has remained an action name on streaming platforms. This time at least she is directed by Kevin Macdonald, responsible for The Last King of Scotland, who has her running through London to save her son.
When and where to watch it? Wednesday, September 2, on Amazon Prime Video.
Cronos
The Barcelona Ramblas attack becomes cinema, specifically a police thriller, in this story starring Enric Auquer about the operation to capture the terrorists told in journalist Nacho Carretero’s book.
When and where to watch it? Friday the 4th, in theaters.
Sweet Taste of Death
Eli Roth was for years the gore horror director par excellence, a cult author adored (and hated) for films like Hostel or Cabin Fever. Now he returns to try to terrify through his cheap and macabre horror and killer children imbued with the poison of an ice cream.
When and where to watch it? Friday the 4th, in theaters.
Five Seconds
Italian Paolo Virzi (Human Capital) directs this human drama about a man in his 50s with many past ghosts whose isolated peace in Tuscany is broken by a group of young neighbors.
When and where to watch it? Friday the 4th, in theaters.
Jim Queen
This original animated proposal full of music comes from France about a famous gay man who is turned straight by a virus. A spicy and irreverent comedy not for all audiences (or maybe yes).
When and where to watch it? Friday the 4th, in theaters.
Mayday
The duo responsible for the very funny Game Night and Dungeons & Dragons returns to giant comedy appealing to the 80s buddy movies with a mismatched duo, made up of a US marine and a KGB spy (Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh) lost in Cold War Soviet Russia.
When and where to watch it? Friday the 4th, on Apple TV.
Clashed: Ivory
Prime Video is creating an entire empire of Mercedes Ron’s romantic novels, and with this begins a steamy diptych about a couple from different worlds that hopes to capture the same audience as the Guilty saga. The platform has hit the mark with its youth catalog and will continue to exploit it to exhaustion.
When and where to watch it? Wednesday the 9th, on Amazon Prime Video.
Practical Magic 2
28 years after the original, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman reunite as these witch sisters who are again burdened by a curse. A legacy sequel that will test the commercial success of these two stars today, one who always triumphs at the box office (despite the few films she makes) and the other more focused on auteur cinema and television.
When and where to watch it? Friday the 11th, in theaters.
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger
Among so many hagiographic documentaries of all kinds of singers and musicians, the reunion of the Gallagher brothers could not be missing. One of the curious points is that it is written by the creator of Peaky Blinders, Steven Knight.
When and where to watch it? Friday the 11th, in theaters.
A Perfect Plan
Perhaps the vacation season is over (but not summer), but there are still Spanish comedies in the pipeline. Leo Harlem and Jordi Sánchez, omnipresent in these productions, reunite in this film about a family willing to dig to rob a bank to avoid eviction.
When and where to watch it? Friday the 11th, in theaters.
Bad Apples
Saoirse Ronan switches to dark comedy as a teacher who kidnaps her worst student, only 10 years old. One of the actresses of her generation and a striking proposal for back to school.
When and where to watch it? Friday the 11th, in theaters.
Thanks, Team
Rural team building serves as a satirical weapon in this office comedy set in a cheese company. Everything changes when they find out that layoffs are coming after the activity… a social comedy that sounds like The Office with Alexandra Jiménez, Raúl Tejón, Maribel Verdú, and Pedro Casablanc.
When and where to watch it? Friday the 11th, on Netflix.
Coyote vs. Acme
Finally, a cursed film that Warner refused to release but was recovered by a small independent studio arrives in theaters. But this is not the typical Coyote and Road Runner movie, as Wile E. Coyote is set in the plot to legally sue the company that provided him with all the defective devices to catch his prey. Although the Looney Tunes seem like something from another era, hopefully this film, which appeals to Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, will revitalize them.
When and where to watch it? Friday the 18th, in theaters.
Resident Evil
Although there have been many adaptations of the zombie video game, this one promises to be unlike any of the previous ones thanks to the signature of one of the masters of auteur horror: Zach Cregger, responsible for the blockbuster Weapons. Just for that, it should spark interest.
When and where to watch it? Friday the 18th, in theaters.
Time of Victory
A classic “parent movie” that returns once again to World War II to tell the story of the meteorologist who helped ensure the Normandy landing went correctly. Andrew Scott stars alongside Brendan Fraser as the then general (and future president) Eisenhower.
When and where to watch it? Friday the 18th, in theaters.
In the Grey Zone
Guy Ritchie doesn’t stop. Since 2023, he has at least one film a year and this very month releases two series (The Gentlemen and Mobland) with his unmistakable style of action and British class. This film, shot in Tenerife, brings together Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal as two rebellious elite soldiers tasked with saving a millionaire treasure from a despot played by Carlos Bardem.
When and where to watch it? Friday the 18th, in theaters.
The Children
Argentine Pablo Trapero (responsible for The Clan) directs his first English-language film with two great British actors like Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton and a script by Sarah Polley about another dysfunctional clan surrounded by secrets.
When and where to watch it? Friday the 18th, in theaters.
The Black Ball
The daring leap of Los Javis in this queer story that goes from the Spanish Civil War to the present won Javier Calvo and Ambrossi the best director award at Cannes, where this epic work received great praise and surprise for its grandiloquence and excessiveness. Now, it arrives in theaters ready to be a phenomenon and even to go for the Oscars with the blessing of Netflix distribution in the US. It seems we will be talking about it for months.
When and where to watch it? Friday the 25th, in theaters.
In the Heart of the Beast
Brad Pitt returns to San Sebastián to present this film that appeals to nature and makes him a survivor stranded in wild Alaska with his dog. A classic star-and-dog movie.
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When and where to watch it? Friday the 25th, in theaters.
