A Compton Story (2020)
ジャンル : コメディ
上映時間 : 23分
演出 : Problem
シノプシス
A comedic journey follows Problem as he risks life and limb in hopes that at least one good deed goes unpunished. Based on events that could be from his real life, Problem squeezes in the everyday occurrences that a black man can go through whether famous or infamous.
Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.
快晴のシカゴ。サボりの常習犯である高校生フェリスはこの日、仮病でズル休みすることに。そして、彼の姉や校長をイラ立たせ校内も騒然とする中、フェリスは病欠している金持ちの親友キャメロンを誘い、車で街へと繰り出していく。さらにはフェリスのガールフレンドも学校から誘い出すことに成功。こうして3人は、パレードに飛び入りしてはロックを歌い踊るなど、休日を存分に楽しむのだった。だが一方、フェリスの自宅では、校長や姉がそれぞれフェリスの仮病を暴こうと待ち構え、まだ何も事情を知らない両親も帰宅しようとしていた…。
5年の刑期を経て出所してきたビリー。仕事で家を離れ、両親に結婚したと偽っていた彼は、実家に戻るため通りすがりの女・レイラを拉致する……。<ヴィンセント・ギャロを一躍スターダムに押し上げたラブ・ストーリー。愛を知らないアナーキーな男と、彼に惹かれる女の寡黙な愛を描く。グレーを基調にしたビジュアルや独特のスロー描写など、他に類を見ないアーティスティックな作風が見もの。共演にクリスティーナ・リッチ。>
「ゲット・アウト」「アス」で高い評価を受けるジョーダン・ピールの長編監督第3作。広大な田舎町の空に突如現れた不気味な飛行物体をめぐり、謎の解明のため動画撮影を試みる兄妹がたどる運命を描いた。 田舎町で広大な敷地の牧場を経営し、生計を立てている一家。ある日、一家の長男が、家業をサボって町に繰り出す妹にうんざりしていたところ、突然空から異物が降り注いでくる。その謎の現象が止んだかと思うと、直前まで会話していた父親が息絶えていた。長男は、父親の不可解な死の直前に、雲に覆われた巨大な飛行物体のようなものを目撃したことを妹に明かす。兄妹はその飛行物体の存在を収めた動画を撮影すればネットでバズるはずだと、飛行物体の撮影に挑むが、そんな彼らに想像を絶する事態が待ち受けていた。 「ゲット・アウト」でもピール監督とタッグを組んだダニエル・カルーヤが兄、「ハスラーズ」のキキ・パーマーが妹を演じるほか、「ミナリ」のスティーブン・ユァンが共演。
クレオ(コリンヌ・マルシャン)はブロンド髪の美しい娘。が、最近クレオは悩んでいる。体の具合が悪いのだ。もしガンだったら……と思うと、いてもたってもいられない。先日、彼女は病院で精密検査を受けた。結果の出るのは今日の夕刻。クレオはその時刻の来るのがこわかった。五時。クレオは女占師の前に腰をおろす。占師は彼女が病気であることを見透した。
カリフォルニア州オークランド。若きアフロアメリカンのオスカー・グラントは、2009年元旦の早朝、フルーツベール駅のホームで運命に直面するまでに、家族、友人、敵、そして見知らぬ人たちと交差した。
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