From Julia Roberts’ ‘antiwoke’ cinema to the Republican dinner for Franco: the week’s premieres – Libertad Digital

This week, 13 premieres arrive in theaters, with a variety of themes and filmographies. The big premiere of the week is witch huntmovie with Julia Roberts y Andrew Garfield which since it was presented at the Venice Film Festival has earned such affectionate ratings as “antifeminist” and “antiwoke”.

Furthermore we find a Colin Farrell over the moon gambling in casinos of Macao, the story of Cinderella’s ugly sister, psychological terror of the Japanese woman and Mario Casas along with Alberto San Juan organizing a dinner for Franco. We review all the premieres, Click on the audio to listen to the reviews and the trailers.

The anti-feminist and anti-woke film

Those are the two qualifiers that some of the critics are giving to witch huntthe latest film Luca Guadagninosince it was presented at the Venice Film Festival this summer. The reason? He dares to talk about false complaints by women.

Julia Roberts y Andrew Garfield They play two professors at Yale University, one of the cradles of North American Wokism, whose friendship goes beyond simply being colleagues. The star student of Julia Roberts’ character, a young African-American woman, comes to her aid to tell her that Garfield has sexually abused her. The university professor will be faced with a moral dilemma as a real witch hunt begins with the cancellation by flag.

Título original: After the hunt
Genre: Drama – Thriller – Crime
Country: United States
Year: 2025
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Reparto: Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Julia Roberts, Chloë Sevigny, Michael Stuhlbarg
Release date in Spain: October 17, 2025
Distributor: Sony Pictures

An overachieving Colin Farrell

In just one year a director like Edward Berger has gone from directing a great film like Conclave to make another title for Netflix called damn luck. Film that arrives in selected theaters this weekend and on the platform next October 29. The action takes place in the Macao casinos where a high stakes player (Colin Farrell) try give the big shot of his life and leave behind a turbulent past. Not only is he trapped in the game but in a mysterious female figure who, like him, has scars and secrets.

Título: Ballad of a small player
Genre: Drama – Thriller – Psychological
Country: Germany – United Kingdom
Year: 2025
Duration: 101 minutes
Director: Edward Berger
Reparto: Colin Farrell, Tilda Swinton, Alex Jennings, Anthony Wong
Release date in Spain: October 17, 2025
Distributor: TriPictures

Cinderella’s ugly stepsister

Inspired by the classic tale of Cinderella, The ugly stepsister It presents us with the same story but from the eyes of Elvira, Cinderella’s stepsister, who fights to compete in beauty with her beautiful stepsister in a kingdom where beauty is the most important thing, and also a very important business.

Título original: The ugly stepsister
Genre: Horror
Country: Norway
Year: 2025
Duration: 109 minutes
Director: Emilie Blichfeldt
Release date in Spain: October 17, 2025
Distributor: Beta Fiction

A dinner for Franco and a story by Stephen King

Manuel Gomez Pereira premiere Dinnerstarring Mario Casas and Alberto San Juan. The film takes us to April 15, 1939 when Franco wants a victory dinner at the Palace Hotel, which during the Spanish Civil War had been converted into a hospital. Mario Casas’ character is tasked with making sure everything is ready for the occasion.

Chuck’s life It is the adaptation of a story by Stephen King. The film is divided into three acts and we start at the end, the world is in full apocalypse and everywhere there is a sign that says Thanks for everything, Chuck. But who is Chuck? In the second and first act we will discover it.

Título original: The life of Chuck
Genre: Drama – Science-fiction – Fantasy
Country: United States
Year: 2024
Duration: 110 minutes
Director: Mike Flanagan
Reparto: Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mark Hamill, Karen Gillan, Jacob Tremblay, Matthew Lillard, Molly C. Quinn, David Dastmalchian, Annalise Basso
Release date in Spain: October 17, 2025
Distribuidora: Diamond Films

Japanese psychological horror, the fear of a dog and Leiva

Among the rest of the premieres we find Exit 8where a person is trapped in a subway station subjected to a strange time loop; another type of terror with Good Boy, starring a dog; The debt, directed and starring Daniel Guzman; o Gabby’s dollhouse, film inspired by the popular series that mixes animation and live action with Kristen Wiig and Gloria Estefan.

In addition, the documentary arrives in theaters Until I run out of voice in which Bread offers an intimate and stark portrait of his life; Spanish comedy Hold the bucket for me; the argentine film A loose end, in which a soldier flees in his uniform after witnessing something that no one wants to know; and a simple accidentthe Iranian’s new film Jafar Panahi.

Click on the audio to listen to the reviews and know which one is more worth going through the box office.