The Roses are a model family. Theo is a famous architect, Ivy is the imaginative chef of a restaurant, they have two children, and their life seems to be going well. Until Theo's latest monumental creation collapses before everyone's eyes, while Ivy's restaurant suddenly goes viral and, shortly thereafter, becomes super crowded. Balances, rhythms of life, and power roles are overturned, and the couple's relationship deteriorates, turning their marriage into a battlefield of spite, vitriolic remarks, envy, jealousy, fierce arguments, and increasingly lethal acts of revenge. This is not a simple remake of the 1989 cult film The War of the Roses, based on the novel by Warren Adler, but a strictly British reworking of the eternal love-hate relationship, different from the previous version in every respect (including the ending) and endowed with an unmistakable, irreverent, and sharp humor.

Steven Spielberg's masterpiece Jaws, the first summer blockbuster, progenitor of shark movies, and authentic manifesto of cinematic suspense, returns to the big screen at Giunti Odeon on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, after terrifying millions of viewers around the world. When a huge white shark attacks swimmers in Amity, a small town on the Atlantic coast, the police chief, a young marine biologist, and a shark hunter decide to take on the terrifying animal before it strikes again. 
Released in the United States in the summer of 1975 and greeted with worldwide success, Jaws terrorized entire generations with its invisible and unstoppable threat from the deep. The iconic soundtrack by John Williams, which won him his second Oscar, has entered the collective imagination: just two notes are enough to heighten the fear of a predator that leaves no escape. It was Jaws that launched the career of Steven Spielberg, then 27, opening the door to his future successes. Production was not easy: the mechanical shark used for filming did not work properly, shots of the sea were constantly ruined by passing boats, and production time tripled compared to what was initially planned. But despite all the unforeseen events, the film was a huge success at the global box office and set the pace for all subsequent blockbusters, from marketing and distribution strategies to narrative techniques and even the characterization of the protagonists. Fifty years after its first appearance, this film retains its power intact: perfect pacing, masterful direction, iconic characters, and a killer soundtrack, so much so that even Quentin Tarantino called it “the greatest film ever made.”

To mark the release of Paul Thomas Anderson's eagerly awaited new film, One Battle After Another (showing at Giunti Odeon from September 25), we pay tribute to the great American director with a special screening of one of his most famous films, Inherent Vice, which will be presented for the occasion by writer Massimo Carlotto. Both films are based on novels by Thomas Pynchon. Doc Sportello, a crazy hippie who hangs out on Gordita Beach and is a part-time private investigator, is approached by his ex, Shasta Fey, who entrusts him with a complicated case. Suspicious of the intrigues surrounding her new lover, the real estate developer Wolfmann, she wants to prevent him from being forcibly hospitalized. Doc doesn't even have time to start his investigation before he ends up being accused of murder by his friend-enemy Bigfoot, a homicide detective.