Movies that can be seen on October 31, 2025

This last weekend of October, we highlight five films that can be seen in cinemas in Spain: The tigers by Alberto Rodríguez, where Bárbara Lennie and Antonio de la Torre play two brothers in a risky underwater criminal plot; Sundays by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, a family exploration of the consequences of a young woman's decision to enter a convent; newborns by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, a moving docudrama about teenage mothers; The Mastermind by Kelly Reichardt, with Josh O'Connor at the helm of a surprising crime story in the 70s; and Mr Aznavour by Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade, a vibrant biopic about the iconic singer.

Criminal intrigue and personal drama are balanced in the story of two diving brothers (excellent Bárbara Lennie and Antonio de la Torre) who make their living repairing or cleaning the hulls of large ships. Antonio is tempted by easy money when his ex-wife pressures him with the support of his daughters and prevents him from seeing them. Although it is not round, it looks very good and I marvel at the director's ability to manage emotions and take advantage of spaces (natural or built, but always human), even if they are as bland as the chemical center of Huelva.

Sundays (Bellow Ruiz of Azúa, 2025)

The teenager Ainara's decision to consider whether she has a vocation as a cloistered nun causes a crisis in her family: her father tries to understand and support her, although it is difficult for him; The grandmother feels the separation; and his aunt Maite, a non-believer, pressures him to go to university and learn other ways of life. The absent mother perhaps explains Ainara's decision. The director from Bilbao makes a film that is as honest as it is delicate, very capable of exploring the mixed feelings that bubble up inside us. Considering that it is cinema with capital letters, I found it excessively expository and, perhaps, too empathetic towards Ainara's character in contrast to Maite's, who seems a bit like the “bad” or failed one. In essence, it also suggests that, ultimately, there is no possible convergence in the worldview of the believer and the agnostic.

newborns (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2025)

The version of the title in Spanish changes the focus, since the original is “young mothers”, which we have to understand as single mothers or teenage pregnancies… Although they are celebrating their birthday, the now septuagenarian Dardenne brothers remain faithful to their stories with very young characters, sometimes teenagers and with children involved. Always with cases of helplessness, emotional fragility or existential disorientation. Here are five almost teenage mothers whose babies change their lives; Each one faces this new stage in a different way. The camera is very close and committed so that we think and get excited in equal measure in a docudramatic film that is as honest as it is necessary.

The Mastermind (Kelly Reichardt, 2025)

Very curious story of a young father, son of a judge and professional thief, who organizes the theft of certain paintings from a museum. He has to flee, because he is soon identified. But I think what interests the director of this story most is showing the follies of young people in the 70s: some channeled their rebellion with anti-Vietnam protests or hippie culture, others, as in this case, with a flight forward that leads nowhere. It didn't convince me too much, despite the credit that actor Josh O'Connor deserves.

Mr Aznavour (Mehdi Idir, Grand Corps Malade, 2024)

Perhaps Aznavour is somewhat forgotten, which makes this film a gamble, but it is interesting to return to the great French song and on figures such as the soloist of Armenian origin. Although with a conventional treatment of the biography of a successful fighter, it looks very good because it has rhythm, it seeks its visual style (there are brilliant sequence shots) and, above all, it recalls with conviction a life in an era.

Billboard for October 31, 2025