January

 

6th

Till (2022)

A poignant tale of racist systems and evil acts shining a cinematic light on the society-changing events surrounding and following the tragic story of Emmett Till, a black teenager visiting Mississippi in the 1950s who was tortured and brutally murdered for committing a deadly sin—offending a white woman

Directed by Chinonye Chukwu and starring Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall and Haley Bennett among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 6th of January   US Release: 28th of October 2022

 

 

 

A Man Called Otto (2022)

When a young immigrant family moves into his neighbourhood, a curmudgeonly busybody widower meets his match and forms an unlikely bond which teaches him the value of companionship and opening up his heart again, in this American remake of the 2015 Swedish film adaptation of celebrated novel ‘A Man Called Ove’.

Directed by Marc Forster and starring Tom Hanks, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Mariana Treviño among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 6th of January   US Release: 13th of January

 

 

 

The Pale Blue Eye (2022)

In early 19th century USA a jaded veteran detective is tasked with unravelling the mysterious grisly murder of a cadet at the prestigious West Point military academy, but when he faces a stonewalling of silence from the institution and its code, he recruits one of their own promising cadets to help him solve the case—a young man whom literature and history would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.

Directed by Scott Cooper and starring Christian Bale, Harry Melling and Gillian Anderson among others.

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

UK Release: 6th of January (Netflix)   US Release: 6th of January (Netflix)

 

 

 

9th

Empire of Light (2022)

In coastal England of the 1980s a melancholic duty manager of a declining cinema and her colleagues make preparations for a local premiere of ‘Chariots of Fire’, while she struggles with demons of the past which resurface after she begins a complex relationship with a young new employee, who must confront the unwelcoming face of a less tolerant society headed for inevitable change.

Directed by Sam Mendes and starring Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward and Colin Firth among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance

UK Release: 9th of January   US Release: 9th of December 2022

 

 

 

13th

Tár (2022)

Reeling from the pressure of being the first musical director of a prestigious German orchestra, a world-renown classical composer-conductor is plunged into an existential crisis when she struggles to balance the expectations of her profession with a complex personal life, in this unconventional sonic portrait of an artist from actor-turned-writer/director Todd Field.

Directed by Todd Field and starring Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss and Noémie Merlant among others.

Genre: Drama, Music

UK Release: 13th of January   US Release: 28th of October 2022

 

 

 

M3gan (2022)

A grieving young girl finds companionship in her aunt and new guardian’s engineering project—an advanced lifelike android girl—only to discover the creepy doll has a jealous mind of its own and sinister intentions for everyone around her.

Directed by Gerard Johnstone and starring Violet McGraw, Violet McGraw and Jenna Davis among others.

Genre: Horror, Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 13th of January   US Release: 6th of January

 

 

 

Enys Men (2023)

Working in isolation on a remote island off the west coast of Britain in the 1970s, a volunteer environmentalist’s study of a rare flower turns into a waking metaphysical nightmare when the plant changes and the line between fantasy and reality becomes blurred, plunging her into a terrifying struggle for sanity and survival in this modern psychological folk horror with a distinct 1970s British film feel.

Directed by Mark Jenkin and starring Mary Woodvine, Edward Rowe and Flo Crowe among others.

Genre: Drama, Horror

UK Release: 13th of January   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

20th

Babylon (2022)

In the midst of the excess and decadence of pre-code early Hollywood and the rise of Los Angeles as the world’s Tinseltown, a rag-tag collection of characters—from established silent stars and wild ingenues to flashy musicians and ambitious immigrants—try to get their piece of the American dream, in this wild ode to a bygone cinematic era from the writer/director of ‘Whiplash’ and ‘La La Land’.

Directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt and Diego Calva among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 20th of January   US Release: 23rd of December 2022

 

 

 

Holy Spider (2022)

In the streets of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad, a dogged female journalist plunges into the dark underbelly of society to track down an elusive serial killer preying on the city’s streetwalking sex workers, only to find herself in a struggle against a system stacked against her and his victims, in this moody crime drama and tense thriller from the writer/director of ‘Border’.

Directed by Ali Abbasi and starring Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani and Arash Ashtiani among others.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 20th of January   US Release: 28th of October 2022 (limited)

 

 

 

27th

The Fabelmans (2022)

In post war boom-era Arizona a boy with big dreams is beguiled by the magic of the pictures and nurtured by his free-spirited artistic mother to become a storyteller himself, as he struggles with family drama and his straight-laced scientific father while trying to fit in with his peers, in this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age ode to films and dreams from a giant of modern cinema.

Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams and Paul Dano among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 27th of January   US Release: 23rd of November 2022

 

 

 

Unwelcome (2023)

Looking to raise a family away from the stresses of urban life, a young English couple relocate to idyllic rural Ireland only to be made to feel unwelcome by the resentful locals, and terrorised by local legends which turn out to be more than just Celtic folklore.

Directed by Jon Wright and starring Hannah John-Kamen, Douglas Booth and Colm Meaney among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 27th of January   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

You People (2023)

A new young interracial couple looking to start a family face the most daunting task of their young relationship, meeting the future in-laws, as they struggle to bridge cultural and generational gaps with cringeworthy and hilarious consequences in this clash-of-cultures comedy from the creator of ‘Black-ish’.

Directed by Kenya Barris and starring Jonah Hill, Lauren London and Eddie Murphy among others.

Genre: Comedy, Romance

UK Release: 27th of January (Netflix)   US Release: 27th of January (Netflix)

 

 

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