When ‘Terrifier 2’ was announced, expectations were through the roof. Unlike its predecessor, which divided audiences and critics, the sequel arrived with an unexpected wave of positive buzz.

‘Gladiator II’ picks up sixteen years after the events of the original, focusing on Lucius (Paul Mescal), now a young man navigating his destiny in a Rome ruled by the corrupt twin emperors Geta (Joseph Quinn) and Caracalla (Fred Hechinger).

‘Kinds of Kindness’, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, is a bewildering departure from the director's previous films, and not in a good way.

Directed by Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, My Favourite Cake centers on a Tehran-set love story between a widow and a divorced taxi driver in their seventies.