The best of Netflix to watch during the February holidays

favoriteWith that devil Emma Stone

Before Poor creaturesYorgos Lanthimos already offers Emma Stone The role of favorite, a manipulative and treacherous servant who would seduce and abuse Queen Anne. Court intrigue, frenzy and sapphism, historical insanity and wide-angle framing of Lanthimos are already there, as is the brutality of satire, with sex, humiliation and vomit. And above all three great actresses, Rachel Weisz scarred and apocalyptic Olivia ColemanWho won the best actress Oscar for the occasion.

favorite By Yorgos Lanthimos (2019, Irl-GB-EU, 1h58) With Emma Stone, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwynn… Available on Netflix and Disney+.

American PsychoChristian Bale’s first major role

Brett Easton Ellis wrote the 80s prototype for a woman’s film about a modern toxic man. Hyper sexy, hyper cold, hyper violent, Christian Bale There’s a Patrick Bateman who is as charismatic as he is creepy, a businessman by day, a serial killer with a deep depression by night. Sex (to the point of threesome in front of the mirror), the cult of performance, cynicism and nihilism, the cocktail is explosive, to the point of horror. When we see Christian Bale running naked to kill his victim with a chainsaw, we tell ourselves that he will be capable of anything. And he will do just that. A good, bloody Saturday night thriller.

American Psycho By Mary Heron (2000, EU, 1h40) With Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny, Reese Witherspoon, Jared Leto, Justin Theroux… Available on Netflix.

TomboyCéline Sciamma degendered

One of the first films to address the issue of gender in pre-teens in France, Tomboy Done with delicacy and subtlety like other films Celine Sciamma (little mommy). like a boy Zoe annoying Plays freely with stereotypes, and embodies a positive heroine who embraces her existence. Prominent and beneficial.

Tomboy By Celine Sciamma (2011, Fr, 1h22) With Zoé Héran, Sophie Cattani, Matthieu Demy… Available on Netflix.

the heatMichael Mann’s masterpiece

One of the most beautiful films shot in Los Angeles with breathtaking views of the city. A monumental thriller with one of the best orchestrated shootout sequences in the history of cinema. A chase between a cop and a thug – one of the favorite motifs of Michael Mann – Contains fine art here. The legendary and well-documented perfectionism of the director from the attack sequence on the armored van was also useful for the actual trainers of the American military… Add De Niro + Pacino (almost never together). Duration: 3 hours. Felt: 1h30. In short, the perfect opportunity to laugh on a winter Saturday evening.

the heat By Michael Mann (1995, EU, 2h50) With Robert De Niro, A Pacino, Val Kilmer… Available on Netflix.

The skin you live inExcept for one Almodóvar

is one of the most loved films ofAlmodovar And the most beautiful one yet. It is also about a reunion with her beloved actor, Antonio Banderas, to embody all the physical and psychological tendencies of the plastic surgeon and director. Possession (to the point of rape), surrealistic escapades, toxic thriller, the most mature and most personal from the Madrid director.

The skin you live in By Pedro Almadovar (2011, Esp, 2h) With Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes… Available on Netflix.

A very big differenceRevelation Ryan Gosling

This is the story of the sub-prime crisis, where “we” speculated on real estate loans taken out by people who couldn’t make the payments. But seen from the other side. A few rare smart traders who bet on a market collapse to mock their peers. because The Big Short The Heist of the Century A comedy indeed… with Steve Carell with the air of Francois Fillon, Christian Bale Which shows the full range of his game, and a new kid that will be a revelation: Ryan Gosling.

The Big Short The Heist of the Century By Adam McKay (2016, EU, 2h11) With Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling… Available on Netflix and Disney+.

The wind blows And Miyazaki takes us with him

The son of an aircraft manufacturer, born in the year of Pearl Harbor, Miyazaki With real facts first seen in his cartoons The wind blows. It crosses the 20th century in the air and underlines a tragic historical event that reveals the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the inventor of the infamous zero fighters, which are executed by kamikaze. Deeply sympathetic to the human condition, he invites us to dream with him, through his unforgettable images of now-floating clouds and wind-swept endless fields.

The wind blows by Hayao Miyazaki (2006, chant, 2h06). Cartoon. Also available on Netflix My Neighbor Totoro

A time of innocenceA Scorsese to reinvent

Colors explode, cameras pan and spin as if inside casino, and the soundtrack carries it all. However, it is a Scorsese Apart from this, Without Mafioso and Without Guns, a delicate period melodrama, adapted from Edith Warton, with two of today’s most beautiful actors to portray this love story where they just touch each other: Michelle Pfeiffer And Daniel Day Lewis. A true romantic poem.

A time of innocence By Martin Scorsese (1993, EU, 2h19) with Daniel Day Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Geraldine Chaplin… Available on Netflix.

basic instinctA high-end thriller

No very airy footwork Sharon Stone Made this toxic thriller a hit… Restricted to under 16s when it was released. Above all, there is Hitchcock in the way of pure entertainment Verhoeven To film this game of cat and mouse, with the sexual malice and non-conformity that characterizes it. A good Saturday night movie.

basic instinct By Paul Verhoeven (1992, EU, 2h07) With Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas, Michael Douglas, Jeanne Troppelhorn… Available on Netflix.

go outBlack power!

Comedy Central Channel’s black comedian, Jordan Peele signed with go out His first film, and put black power at the heart of the Hollywood system. A young black student visits his white girlfriend’s parents for the first time, but appearances prove deceiving… Peele subverts the code and already shows all the formal mastery he’s capable of. No. A fun horror comedy.

go out By Jordan Peele (2017, EU, 1h44) With Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener… Available on Netflix.