After a quiet 2023 edition, in light of the SAG-AFTRA strikes, the is now firmly back on form, with a characteristically starry 81st line-up. On the roster for 2024? Splashy blockbusters, sumptuous dramas, and prestige TV that’ll see the likes of Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman, Lady Gaga, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Daniel Craig, Julianne Moore, Jude Law, Tilda Swinton, Monica Bellucci, Winona Ryder, and Jenna Ortega step off their water taxis and glide onto the red carpet. These are the 10 releases not to miss.
This thrillingly batshit, dystopian musical sequel to Todd Phillips’s Golden Lion-winning supervillain origin story sees Lady Gaga’s volatile Harley Quinn join Joaquin Phoenix’s anguished stand-up comic in prison. Add a destructive romance, hallucinatory dance numbers, and supporting turns from Zazie Beetz, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Steve Coogan and ’s Ken Leung and Harry Lawtey, and you have a mind-bending, hair-raising thriller which looks destined to waltz straight from the Lido to the 2025 Oscars. Speaking of awards attention, a nod seems all but inevitable for Angelina Jolie: In Pablo Larraín’s swooning conclusion to his unofficial trilogy of beguiling and frequently misunderstood cultural icons, beginning with and , she transforms into the legendary opera singer Maria Callas as she lived out her final days in 1970s Paris.
(After all, both Natalie Portman and Kristen Stewart were nominated for their efforts, and came very clos.