Cast: Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie
Country: UK, USA, France
Year: 2024
Rating: (TBC)
Films
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Renée Zellweger returns to the role that established a romantic-comedy heroine for the ages, a woman whose inimitable approach to life and love redefined an entire film genre.
Runtime: 120 minutes
Director: Michael Morris
Cast: Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie
Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s new film. New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. As he forms his most intimate relationships during his ris...
Angelina Jolie shines as legendary opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s empathetic reimagining of her final days in 1970s Paris. Following his acclaimed historical biopics Jackie and Spencer , about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Princess Diana, respectively, Chilean director Pablo Larraín has made his third entry in an unofficial trilogy about world-famous women dealing with the blindi...
Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci revel in the ritual and intrigue surrounding the process of choosing a new pontiff, in this tantalisingly tense Vatican-set drama. The Pope has died. Cardinal Lawrence must lead the Conclave to select the new leader of the Catholic world. But as high-ranking cardinals gather, he discovers sides have been drawn and secrets that might destroy a future pope, perhaps...
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. 1960s, Tallahassee. Elwood Curtis is sent to the reformatory Nickel Academy for a crime he didn’t commit. Present day, New York. A revelation about the abuses suffered by the Academy’s stud...
David Tennant and Cush Jumbo lead a stellar cast in a new 5-star production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth , filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster directs this tragic tale of love, murder, and nature’s power of renewal.
Jesse Eisenberg cements his reputation as a gifted filmmaker with this witty and heartfelt portrait of two estranged cousins honouring their roots. Benji and David travel to Poland to pay respects to their Jewish grandmother. No sooner are they on the road, they realise why they don’t spend much time together anymore. Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin dazzle in their roles as the familial odd-couple,...
Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner Anora is an audacious, thrilling, and comedic variation on a modern day Cinderella story. Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled. "There ...
CASABLANCA - Valentine's Day screening Join us on Valentine's Day for a screening of this Hollywood Classic - and arguably the most romantic movie of all time. World War II, Morocco – a viper’s nest of corrupt French police, spies, fleeing émigrés, gamblers and drinkers. It’s the perfect place for weary American expatriate nightclub owner Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) to hide out. Rick’s C...
The new film by Brady Corbet is an audacious and enrapturing American post-war epic. In this towering vision from American director Brady Corbet ( Childhood of A Leader , Vox Lux ), an accomplished Hungarian Jewish architect and World War II survivor named László Toth (Adrien Brody) reconstructs his life in America, reconnecting with family in Pennsylvania. While awaiting news of his wife’s re...
An orphan and a young prince strike up an unlikely brotherhood in the long-awaited prequel to the 1994 Disney classic, directed by Barry Jenkins ( Moonlight ) and scored by Lin-Manuel Miranda ( Hamilton ). A chance meeting between two lion cubs sets in motion an expansive journey of misfits searching for their destinies, that ultimately tears them apart. Director Barry Jenkins crafts an epic...
The Importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde directed by Max Webster Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa ( Doctor Who ; Sex Education ) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a sim...
September 5 shows the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to have an impact on live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Tim Fehlbaum’s Oscar-tipped thriller provides a fresh perspective on the live...
This powerful documentary from a Palestinian-Israeli collective might be one of the most important films of this year. An unlikely pairing of a Palestinian filmmaker, Basel Adra, and an Israeli journalist, Yuval Abraham, set out to record life in Palestinian villages that are subject to Israeli army occupation. This award-winning documentary offers vital insight into the troubled area, while of...
Renée Zellweger returns to the role that established a romantic-comedy heroine for the ages, a woman whose inimitable approach to life and love redefined an entire film genre.
One of our best filmmakers, Mike Leigh returns with this uncompromising, yet heartfelt, portrait of contemporary family life in London. Sisters Pansy and Chantal are chalk and cheese, but their close bond is the foundation that their extended family is built upon. Lately, life has proven too much for Pansy, her anguish manifests in relentless criticism of the world, leaving her husband Curtley,...
Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof delivers a gripping dissident drama, about an official whose ambitions bring him into conflict with his family and the system he serves. Dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, a longtime critic of the regime, shot his latest, The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Special Jury Prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival) clandestinely — fleeing the country after receiving ...
This screening will feature a special recorded introduction from director Lee Shulman and Martin Parr himself. Since the 1970s, English photographer Martin Parr has held up a sometimes tender, sometimes critical and always mischievous mirror to our times, forcing us to take a hard look at how consumer society has shaped our lives. Discover the maverick behind some of the most iconic images...
BRAZIL, 1971. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children, is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government. I’m Still Here is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history. WINNER Golden...
The Dawn of Impressionism: Paris, 1874 Directed by Ali Ray – Produced by Phil Grabsky Meet the unique personalities behind the world’s favourite art movement. See the show that changed everything on the big screen. The Impressionists are the most popular group in art history - millions flock every year to marvel at their masterpieces. But, to begin with, they were scorned, penniless outs...
