Movies that can be seen on March 27

On March 27, 2026 we can move beyond the containment of I believe you by Charlotte Devillers and Arnaud Dufeys to the autumnal self-portrait of Bitter Christmas by Pedro Almodóvar, make a stop in the adrenaline of Shelter. El protector by Ric Roman Waugh and finish with the mafia epilogue of Peaky Blinders. The immortal man by Tom Harper on Netflix, a journey through abuse, memory, action and family tragedy that confirms that the screen continues to be the best mirror for our shadows.

I BELIEVE YOU (Charlotte Devillers and Arnaud Dufeys, 2026)

Barely 80 minutes are enough for this compelling judicial drama to denounce sexual abuse in the family that shows the limits of justice and the fragility and pain of a mother fighting for the good of her children. This very austere Belgian production moves us and makes us reflect on truths that are too hidden, as indicated by the final label that accounts for the many cases of abuse that are not reported or that do not achieve a conviction for the aggressors. You have to have a lot of conviction and cinematographic skill, as the pair of directors show, to keep the pulse with an abundance of close-ups in a judge's office throughout most of the footage. Very estimable.

BITTER CHRISTMAS (Pedro Almodóvar, 2026)

To a large extent it is a not very new continuation of “Pain and Glory” with the themes of illness, the filmmaker's creative crisis or the loss of his mother. Although I seemed to perceive a more mature and austere cinematographic writing, with successive sequences of pure dialogue that do not fall apart, which reveals an exceptional craftsmanship. Almodóvar's idea also appears that cinema (fiction) sometimes explains reality that we do not understand or that does not appear so directly to us. In the last section, it is considered to what extent the personal lives of close beings can be used in fiction without maintaining the slightest modesty; the director strips naked and accepts that he no longer has ideas for new films, hence he clings to any nearby pain/love. I think it is an uneven film, but it looks very good and the performers are excellent. It is clear that, if not exhausted, the Almodovarian “genius” has little to offer.

SHELTER. EL PROTECTOR (Ric Roman Waugh, 2026)

The problem with guys like Jason Statham is that they can be good actors, but having reduced their career to action films like the “Fast & Furious” series, we will never know their stature as performers. Here Statham appears as an old sea dog on an island in the Hebrides although, in reality, he is an MI6 spy defenestrated for not betraying the person who gave him valuable information. But the plot is a mere support to link action sequences with fights, attacks and all kinds of violent events that implicate us because a teenager is involved, whom the agent saved from a shipwreck. If we are not demanding we will give it a thumbs up.

PEAKY BLINDERS. THE IMMORTAL MAN (Tom Harper, 2026) (Netflix)

Fans of the series about the Birmingham gypsy mafia family will enjoy this feature film that seems like a finishing touch to the 6 seasons (6 episodes each) broadcast since 2013, although there are critical opinions. We enjoy the excellent and seductive production design, the magnetic characters/actors (Cillian Murphy's now more mature and complex) and the always attractive family framework where affections and the struggle for power compete. The tragedy slowly chewed throughout those seasons shines in the denouement as if Shakespeare had advised the script.

Billboard for March 27, 2026