November

 

4th

Living (2022)

The routine meaningless existence of a widowed ageing bureaucratic British civil servant in the 1950s is altered when he gets devastating life-changing news, as he unexpectedly forms a bond with a young colleague and becomes uncharacteristically impulsive in a bid to help people and leave a mark while he still can—in this tale of loss, regret, and making amends adapted from Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Ikiru’.

Directed by Oliver Hermanus and starring Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood and Alex Sharp among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 4th of November   US Release: 4th of November

 

 

 

Causeway (2022)

Recovering from serious brain trauma after returning from service in Afghanistan, a young US soldier loner heads back to a Louisiana home she would rather forget, as she forms an unexpected bond with a local bearing his own physical and psychological scars while struggling to connect with the mother from whom she had been driven away, in this restrained but powerful contemporary human drama meditation on trauma and grief

Directed by Lila Neugebauer and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Brian Tyree Henry and Linda Emond among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 4th of November (Apple TV+)   US Release: 4th of November (Apple TV+)

 

 

 

Watcher (2022)

A young American couple’s Romanian relocation to Bucharest takes a turn when the young bride becomes aware of a creepy man watching her from the apartment across the street, and descends into a waking nightmare when he begins to follow her and she starts to suspect he’s the elusive serial killer wanted for decapitating young local women.

Directed by Chloe Okuno and starring Maika Monroe, Burn Gorman and Karl Glusman among others.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 4th of November   US Release: 3rd of June

 

 

 

My Neighbour, Adolf (2022)

Living a curmudgeonly existence in rural Colombia of the 1960s, a Holocaust survivor’s quiet life is upended by obsession and the ghosts of the past when he suspects that his mysterious new German neighbour is none other than Adolf Hitler, as he becomes determined to prove his theory and get closure only to become unexpectedly drawn to his target . . . with unexpected consequences.

Directed by Leon Prudovsky and starring David Hayman, Udo Kier and Kineret Peled among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 4th of November   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

11th

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Still reeling from the loss of their king and protector, the citizens and rulers of Wakanda must step up when the world thinks they smell weakness in the powerful African nation, as royals and warriors unite and find a new leader to face a fearsome coming threat from the deep, in this much anticipated phase 4 MCU blockbuster follow-up to a game-changing superhero flick.

Directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Letitia Wright, Tenoch Huerta and Angela Bassett among others.

Genre: Comic-book, Action, Adventure, Fantasy

UK Release: 11th of November   US Release: 11th of November

 

 

 

My Father’s Dragon (2022)

A woman recounts the story of her father’s youth as a boy struggling to cope with a new life in a big city, who embarks on a fantastical adventure with a young dragon to find a mystical island, in this latest animated adaptation of the Ruth Stiles Gannett children’s novels.

Directed by Nora Twomey and starring Jacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo and Judy Greer among others.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family

UK Release: 11th of November (Netflix)   US Release: 11th of November (Netflix)

 

 

 

16th

The Wonder (2022)

A pragmatic English nurse with a painful past is sent to an Irish village in the mid-1800s tasked with observation of a special patient, which soon turns into a quest to unravel the mystery of a pious local tween girl whose survival without food for months is claimed as a miracle of divine intervention, as the visitor’s commitment to science and reason is challenged by who and what she finds, forcing her into drastic action in this tense claustrophobic psychological costume drama with hints of gothic horror from the director of ‘A Fantastic Woman’.

Directed by Sebastián Lelio and starring Florence Pugh, Kíla Lord Cassidy and Tom Burke among others.

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

UK Release: 16th of November (Netflix)   US Release: 16th of November (Netflix)

 

 

 

17th

Aisha (2022)

Stuck alone and in the limbo of the Irish immigration system, a young Nigerian asylum seeker unexpectedly finds an ally in a young local man with a troubled past, as they struggle to keep their friendship alive against the threat of her deportation, prompting her to reveal everything about a painful past in her native country.

Directed by Frank Berry and starring Letitia Wright, Josh O’Connor and Ruth McCabe among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 17th of November (Sky Cinema)   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

18th

Armageddon Time (2022)

As the US heads from the 1970s into Reagan’s 80s, a boy in New York state struggles with understanding the prejudice of the world around him while dealing with the expectations of his close-knit family, as they all struggle to get their piece of the American Dream in this ensemble coming-of-age drama portrait of an immigrant nation.

Directed by James Gray and starring Anne Hathaway, Anthony Hopkins and Banks Repeta among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 18th of November   US Release: 4th of November

 

 

 

The Menu (2022)

At an exclusive and isolated gourmet island restaurant where food is an artform of the most pretentious variety, a domineering self-styled chef and his loyal staff offer a unique culinary experience to their special guests, fine dinning that’s a matter of life and death . . . quite literally.

Directed by Mark Mylod and starring Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult among others.

Genre: Comedy, Thriller

UK Release: 18th of November   US Release: 18th of November

 

 

 

Slumberland (2022)

A grieving young girl escapes her nightmares and the pain of real life when she meets a eccentric horned outlaw who takes her to a fantasy dreamworld where everything is possible to reunite with her father, in this Netflix adaptation of the Winsor McCay comic strip and series.

Directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Marlow Barkley, Jason Momoa and Kyle Chandler among others.

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

UK Release: 18th of November (Netflix)   US Release: 18th of November (Netflix)

 

 

 

Aftersun (2022)

A Scottish woman reminisces about her youth and the young dad she once knew, sifting through the conflicting memories of their time together during a late 90s summer holiday in Turkey, and his attempts to create a perfect vacation under difficult circumstances in this reflective father-daughter drama and moving meditation on mental illness

Directed by Charlotte Wells and starring Frankie Corio, Paul Mescal and Celia Rowlson-Hall among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 18th of November   US Release: 21st of October

 

 

 

Disenchanted (2022)

Ten years on and struggling to adapt to her domestic happily ever after in suburban New York, Giselle casts a spell to magic herself a perfect fairytale life, only to inadvertently conjure chaos which sends her back to her homeland to re-discover her true self and rescue everything before it’s too late.

Directed by Adam Shankman and starring Amy Adams, James Marsden and Maya Rudolph among others.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

UK Release: 18th of November (Disney+)   US Release: 18th of November (Disney+)

 

 

 

Spirited (2022)

A miserly curmudgeonly executive is transformed by visits from ghosts and spirits of Christmas who take him on a journey through time and memory, and what could have been, in this modern irreverent musical comedy re-imagining of a classic Charles Dickens story.

Directed by Sean Anders and John Morris and starring Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds and Octavia Spencer among others.

Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical

UK Release: 18th of November (Apple TV+)   US Release: 18th of November (Apple TV+)

 

 

 

Confess, Fletch (2022)

A shady wisecracking ex-reporter and private dick becomes a prime suspect in a murder while investigating an art heist, forced to solve both cases to prove his innocence while playing the police and a host of dodgy characters in this reboot of a classic comedy film series and latest adaptation of the Gregory McDonald novels.

Directed by Greg Mottola and starring Jon Hamm, Lorenza Izzo and Kyle MacLachlan among others.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery

UK Release: 18th of November   US Release: 16th of September

 

 

 

23rd

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

A mysterious invitation brings renowned detective ‘Benoit Blanc’ and a rag-tag group of “disruptors” to a luxurious coastal getaway and the Greek private island home of a tech billionaire, where a seemingly friendly weekend murder-mystery gathering of disparate characters with co-dependent ties to their host soon turns into a murder scene when one of them turns up dead and everyone is a suspect, with the southern sleuth soon jumping on the case in this whodunnit follow-up from the writer/director of ‘Knives Out’.

Directed by Rian Johnson and starring Daniel Craig, Edward Norton and Janelle Monáe among others.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery

UK Release: 23rd of November   US Release: 23rd of November

 

 

 

25th

Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (2022)

Sent by her spiteful neglectful parents to a notorious school run by a monstrous headmistress with an iron fist, a young English girl genius is nurtured by a loving teacher and her new friends to unlock her boundless imagination and unleash her extraordinary abilities, as she unravels the secrets of her school and leads the fight to rid it of tyranny in this all singing & dancing screen adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl children’s novel.

Directed by Matthew Warchus and starring Alisha Weir, Lashana Lynch and Emma Thompson among others.

Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical

UK Release: 25th of November   US Release: 25th of December (Netflix)

 

 

 

Bones and All (2022)

A troubled American teenager with a lust for flesh abandons her life for the isolated highways and byways of the country, where despite meeting all manner of questionable fellow “feeders” she forms a close bond with a beguiling young man who helps her find her disturbing true self—in this classic American road drama romance with grisly horror undertones set in Reagan’s 1980s, from the director of ‘Call Me by Your Name’ and ‘Suspiria’.

Directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet and Mark Rylance among others.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance

UK Release: 25th of November   US Release: 23rd of November

 

 

 

She Said (2022)

A journalistic drama focused on corruption and power systems in showbiz, centred around reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s investigative journey starting with digging under long-standing whispers and industry secrets to ending with unearthing an avalanche of abuse which fuelled the #MeToo movement and brought down one of Hollywood’s biggest players . . . among many others.

Directed by Maria Schrader and starring Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan and Patricia Clarkson among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 25th of November   US Release: 18th of November

 

 

 

Nanny (2022)

An undocumented Senegalese nanny working for a wealthy New York family has her struggles with finding her place  deepened by evolving relationships and a painful secret, compounded by a gathering darkness she can’t stop from threatening her piece of the American dream, in this psychological drama/thriller chronicle of the modern American immigrant experience

Directed by Nikyatu Jusu and starring Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan and Sinqua Walls among others.

Genre: Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 25th of November   US Release: 23rd of November

 

 

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