De Standaard reports on a fresh batch of notable films for cinema and streaming

Cinema audiences and streaming viewers facing a crowded release calendar have a fresh batch of notable titles to navigate, De Standaard reported on October 7, 2026. The current entertainment slate spans high-profile dramatizations of corporate whistleblowing, historical adaptations, and satirical character studies.

Aaron Sorkin Films Facebook Whistleblower Story

Aaron Sorkin returns with a passionate journalistic thriller centered on whistleblower Frances Haugen, played by Mikey Madison, and journalist Jeff Horwitz, portrayed by Jeremy Allen White. Instead of focusing primarily on Mark Zuckerberg—now played by Jeremy Strong—the film charts how Facebook was allegedly permitted to transform into an open sewer under Zuckerberg’s watch.

Judith Godrèche Adapts Annie Ernaux Memoir

French actress and director Judith Godrèche, a prominent voice in the MeToo debate within the French film industry, adapts Mémoire de fille. The film depicts the traumatic experience that befell the young Annie Ernaux, the future Nobel Prize laureate, in 1958. Godrèche’s daughter, Tess Barthélemy, delivers a powerful performance in the role. In another historical project, a Franco-Belgian co-production loosely based on the correspondence of Henri Marre and his wife Paulette takes viewers to Vichy in 1940. Director Emmanuel Marre brings the story of his own great-grandfather to the screen as Henri attempts to secure a place within the new regime.

Robert Pattinson Plays Chris Hansen

Robert Pattinson stars as television presenter Chris Hansen, who in 2006 lured men into traps by making them believe they had a date with a minor in order to confront them on camera. Alejandro González Iñárritu unleashes a climate satire featuring Tom Cruise as a self-proclaimed messiah, supported by a cast including Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, and Sandra Hüller. Meanwhile, a documentary helmed by half of the team behind No other land utilizes Israeli testimonies without explicit combat footage to expose the mechanics behind the genocide in Gaza. Pop culture meets fiction in a mockumentary offering a staged look behind the scenes of Charli XCX’s brat summer success, alongside ongoing cinematic explorations of 19th-century writer Jane Austen.

Olivia Wilde Directs Film with Seth Rogen

The film lineup also features a couple starring Olivia Wilde—who directs herself—alongside Seth Rogen as the couple who receives Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton as guests. The Canadian-Hungarian Sophy Romvari makes a subdued feature debut with a film that draws inspiration equally from All of us strangers and Céline Sciamma’s Petite maman.