Review 154min Genre:     Fact-based, Drama Director:  Mike Leigh Cast:       Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell…and more Writer:    Mike Leigh -Synopsis- In early 19th century England at the end of the Napoleonic wars, the hungry and poor of Manchester gather to protest and demand universal suffrage, only to be stormed by the overzealous military and suffer […]

Review 134min Genre:     Fact-based, Drama, Music Director:  Bryan Singer Cast:       Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee…and more Writers:   Anthony McCarten and Peter Morgan -Synopsis- In rockin’ early 70s London, a prodigiously talented young immigrant and aspiring musician teams up with two of his fellow musicians/students and an unassuming bassist to form a wholly unique band, […]

Review 141min Genre:     Fact-based, Drama Director:  Damien Chazelle Cast:       Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke…and more Writers:   Josh Singer and James R. Hansen -Synopsis- In the middle of the cold war and at the height of the space race, an unassuming pilot and NASA astronaut from Ohio is chosen to command what would become the […]

Review 152min Genre:     Drama, Horror, Mystery Director:  Luca Guadagnino Cast:       Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth…and more Writers:   David Kajganich, Dario Argento and Daria Nicolodi -Synopsis- An ambitious young American dance student joins a prestigious academy in a divided 70s Berlin, only to discover that the school and its staff hide a sinister secret, placing […]

Review 101min Genre:     Comedy, Crime, Drama Director:  Benedikt Erlingsson Cast:       Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camillo… Writers:   Benedikt Erlingsson and Ólafur Egilsson -Synopsis- Middle-aged Icelander ‘Halla’ leads a double life, known to most as an upstanding left-leaning Reykjavik choir director, but moonlighting as a militant environmental activist in rural Iceland, wreaking havoc on the country’s […]

Review 120min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama Director:    Felix Van Groeningen Cast:         Timothée Chalamet, Steve Carell, Maura Tierney…and more Writers:     Felix Van Groeningen, Luke Davies, David Sheff… and more -Synopsis- As his son sinks deeper into addiction and emotional limbo while becoming a ghost to his California family, a father struggles to understand who his baby boy […]

Review 101min Genre:       Crime, Drama, Romance Director:    Ali Abbasi Cast:         Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson…and more Writers:     Ali Abbasi, Isabella Eklöf and John Ajvide Lindqvist -Synopsis- ‘Tina’ is a perennial outsider, a loner with an abnormal physical appearance and extra sensory abilities, making her a highly effective Swedish border guard but something of a […]

Review 129min Genre:       Crime, Drama, Thriller Director:    Steve McQueen Cast:         Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell…and more Writers:     Steve McQueen, Gillian Flynn and Lynda La Plante -Synopsis- When their husbands pay the ultimate price for a life of crime and leave them with debts to dangerous people, a group of disparate Chicago widows form their […]

Review 116min Genre:     Action , Drama, War Director:  Zhang Yimou Cast:       Deng Chao, Sun Li, Zheng Ryan…and more Writers:   Li Wei and Zhang Yimou -Synopsis- At the end of the ‘Three Kingdom’s’ era in warring third century China, an arrogant young king languishes on the throne of Pei and holds to a peace accord, putting […]

Review 104min Genre:     Drama Director:  Paul Dano Cast:       Ed Oxenbould, Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal…and more Writers:   Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan and Richard Ford -Synopsis- Having just settled into life in picturesque suburban Montana of the early 1960s, a dignified teenager begins to suffer in silence as he watches his family fall apart when his dad […]

Review 117min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery Director:    Paul Feig Cast:         Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding…and more Writers:     Jessica Sharzer and Darcey Bell -Synopsis- When her elegant, high-flying new friend asks for a favour and then mysteriously disappears, a young suburban single mother becomes obsessed with finding out the truth, only to be unexpectedly […]

Review 108min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:    James Marsh Cast:         Michael Caine, Charlie Cox, Jim Broadbent…and more Writers:     Joe Penhall and Mark Seal -Synopsis- Wallowing in the tranquillity and dullness of their twilight years, a geriatric group of retired London crooks reunite to form a crew and pull off one of the biggest jewellery heists […]

Review 116min Genre:       Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:    Bart Layton Cast:         Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Jared Abrahamson…and more Writer:      Bart Layton -Synopsis- Bored with life and on the road to nowhere, four Kentucky college kids hatch a plan to make their mark on the world—an audacious and unlikely heist at a library which would become one […]

Review 88min Genre:       Drama, Music, Romance Director:    Pawel Pawlikowski Cast:         Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc…and more Writers:     Pawel Pawlikowski, Janusz Glowacki and Piotr Borkowski -Synopsis- In the gloom of post-war Poland, a musician and conductor forms a renowned performance academy made up of traditional young rural folk talents, only to fall for his star […]

Review 135min Genre:       Fact-based, Comedy, Crime, Drama Director:    Spike Lee Cast:         John David Washington, Adam Driver, Topher Grace…more Writers:     Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Spike Lee… and more -Synopsis- Spike Lee returns with a timely biographical period tale based on the life of Ron Stallworth—the first African-American officer in the Colorado Springs PD, who conducted an […]

Review 97min Genre:     Comedy, Drama, Music Director:  Brett Haley Cast:       Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Toni Collette…and more Writers:   Brett Haley and Marc Basch -Synopsis- In a bid to connect with his teenage daughter before she leaves for college, a quirky music-loving widower convinces his girl to finally give their two-piece experimental band a chance, in […]

Review 113min Genre:       Drama, Thriller Director:    Paul Schrader Cast:         Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer… Writer:       Paul Schrader -Synopsis- Dealing with his own personal tragedy, existential concerns and the demons of his flock, a small town New York priest struggles with a crisis of conscience in a world he no longer understands, in this […]

Review 109min Genre:      Drama Director:   Debra Granik Cast:        Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Foster, Dana Millican…and more Writers:    Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini and Peter Rock -Synopsis- Forced to abandon their idyllic wild existence in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, an emotionally scarred father and his thirteen year-old daughter struggle to adapt to the society around them, […]

Review 122min Genre:       Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller Director:    Stefano Sollima Cast:         Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Moner…and more Writer:      Taylor Sheridan -Synopsis- As the ill-fated US ‘war on drugs’ escalates with the Mexican border as the battlefield, and with a new administration willing to pour fuel on the fire, former sicario ‘Alejandro’ and CIA […]

Review 127min Genre:       Drama, Horror, Mystery Director:    Ari Aster Cast:         Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Alex Wolff…and more Writer:      Ari Aster -Synopsis- When her mysterious and domineering elderly mother dies, a woman and her family begin to have inexplicable and terrifying experiences as they uncover sinister secrets about their deceased matriarch—promising a bleak fate and threatening […]

Review 107min Genre:     Drama, Romance, Thriller Director:  François Ozon Cast:       Marine Vacth, Jérémie Renier, Jacqueline Bisset…and more Writers:   François Ozon and Joyce Carol Oates -Synopsis- A fragile and beautiful young woman falls for her psychologist, only to be caught in a paranoid web of seduction and deceit when she discovers there may be more to […]

Review 110min Genre:       Drama, Romance Director:    Dominic Cooke Cast:         Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Anne-Marie Duff…and more Writer:      Ian McEwan -Synopsis- Stuck in the confines of a new marriage and a British coastal honeymoon in the early 1960s, a young couple’s idyllic romance gives way to a struggle for physical connection in emotional silence, as they […]

Review 107min Genre:     Fact-based, Crime, Drama Director:  José Padilha Cast:       Daniel Brühl, Rosamund Pike, Eddie Marsan…and more Writer:    Gregory Burke -Synopsis- In the summer of 1976, two Palestinian extremists and two German ones hijack a plane and take the passengers hostage, forcing it to land in Idi Amin’s Uganda in a bid to further their […]

Review 107min Genre:       Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance Director:    Michael Pearce Cast:         Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Geraldine James…and more Writer:      Michael Pearce -Synopsis- When a repressed young woman meets a mysterious stranger in an isolated island community, she becomes caught between duty towards her oppressive family and an infatuation with a man suspected of multiple murders […]

Review 92min Genre:       Drama, Thriller Director:    Cory Finley Cast:         Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Anton Yelchin…and more Writer:      Cory Finley -Synopsis- Two well-to-do suburban Connecticut teens rekindle a childhood friendship and bond over their challenging but opposing personalities and outsider characters, leading to a sinister plan to solve their family issues which quickly gets out of […]

Review 90min Genre:        Drama, Horror, Thriller Director:     John Krasinski Cast:          Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds…and more Writers:      Bryan Woods, Scott Beck and John Krasinski -Synopsis- In a world devastated by an unexplained catastrophe, a young family—stalked by menacing and mysterious creatures who hunt on sound alone—lives in complete silence and rural isolation, but their […]

Review 143min Genre:       Drama Director:    Robin Campillo Cast:         Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel…more Writers:     Robin Campillo and Philippe Mangeot -Synopsis- Frustrated by government inactivity over the spread of HIV in early 1990s France, a group of AIDS activists step-up their efforts and begin taking matters into their own hands, while dealing with shifting […]

Review 151min Genre:        Comedy, Drama Director:     Ruben Östlund Cast:          Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Christopher Læssø…and more Writer:       Ruben Östlund -Synopsis- Set in modern day Sweden and the self-important world of modern art; a successful and liberal museum curator has his sensibilities and preconceptions challenged by an unexpected incident and his latest exhibition, unleashing confronting […]

Review 115min Genre:       Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-fi, Thriller Director:    Alex Garland Cast:         Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Oscar Isaac…and more Writers:     Alex Garland and Jeff VanderMeer -Synopsis- A team of female scientists embarks on a dangerous mission to unlock the secrets of a mysterious and isolated wilderness where multiple previous expeditions have disappeared—but what they […]

Review 116min Genre:      Drama, Family, Mystery Director:   Todd Haynes Cast:        Millicent Simmonds, Oakes Fegley, Julianne Moore…and more Writer:     Brian Selznick -Synopsis- The intersecting story of two American twelve-year-olds who are separated by geography and half a century but connected through shared experiences, only to be brought together by cosmic forces and a city-spanning adventure in […]

Review 85min Genre:    Drama, Mystery, Thriller Director: Lynne Ramsay Cast:      Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alessandro Nivola…more Writers:  Jonathan Ames and Lynne Ramsay -Synopsis- When a troubled brutal enforcer/private investigator takes on a case tracking down a missing girl, he gets caught up in a dark conspiracy which takes him down a deep and dark rabbit […]

Review 94min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:    Greta Gerwig Cast:         Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts…and more Writer:      Greta Gerwig -Synopsis- The story of a spirited and irrepressible California high school senior, with East coast dreams beyond her station and a strained relationship with her loving but frustrating parents, in this quirky coming-of-age dramedy from indie […]

Review 120min Genre:       Fact-based, Comedy, Drama, Sport Director:    Craig Gillespie Cast:         Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney…and more Writer:      Steven Rogers -Synopsis- Fuelled by resentment and a difficult upbringing dominated by a hyper-critical mother, combative American figure skater Tonya Harding rises through the ranks of competitive global ice skating in the early 90s, only to […]

Review 92min Genre:       Drama Director:    Paddy Considine Cast:         Paddy Considine, Jodie Whittaker, Tony Pitts…and more Writer:      Paddy Considine -Synopsis- When British boxing veteran and middleweight champion ‘Matty Burton’ suffers a catastrophic brain injury during a fight, he’s forced to effectively re-start his life, with huge emotional implications for his wife and infant daughter . . […]

Review 123min Genre:       Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance Director:    Guillermo del Toro Cast:         Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer…and more Writers:     Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor -Synopsis- A ‘Beauty & the Beast’ style fairy-tale about oppression and boundless love set at the height of cold war paranoia in the early 1960’s, when a mute cleaner […]

Review 125min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:    Richard Linklater Cast:         Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne…and more Writers:     Richard Linklater and Darryl Ponicsan -Synopsis- A Vietnam veteran enlists the help of his estranged soldier buddies to bury his fallen Marine son, embarking on a road trip which will force them to reflect on a changing world […]

Review 135min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Sci-fi Director:    Alexander Payne Cast:         Matt Damon, Hong Chau, Christoph Waltz…and more Writers:     Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor -Synopsis- In a world where scientists have found the solution to overpopulation and its effects on the planet, shrinking people down to five inches tall, a humble and honest man volunteers for […]

Review 133min Genre:       Drama, Western Director:    Scott Cooper Cast:         Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi…and more Writers:     Scott Cooper and Donald E. Stewart -Synopsis- In the post civil war 19th century American frontier, a respected and bigoted army captain and his unit reluctantly escort a tribal chief and his family home to Montana, a dangerous […]

Review 115min Genre:        Crime, Drama Director:     Martin McDonagh Cast:          Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell…more Writer:       Martin McDonagh -Synopsis- An implacable and irrepressible small town mother takes on local law enforcement (and much of the community) when they fail to solve the case of her teenage daughter’s brutal murder, in a darkly comedic and […]

Review 119min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama Director:    David Gordon Green Cast:         Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson…more Writers:     John Pollono, Jeff Bauman and Bret Witter -Synopsis- Caught up in the devastation of the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013, a young man struggles to physically and emotionally recover from his ordeal while becoming an unsuspecting symbol of […]

Review 103min Genre:       Fact-based, Comedy, Drama Director:    James Franco Cast:         James Franco, Dave Franco, Alison Brie…and more Writers:     Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber and Greg Sestero -Synopsis- When an aspiring young actor meets an older mysterious wannabe thespian, they join forces and head to tinseltown to follow their dreams of stardom, but when Hollywood rejection […]

Review 121min Genre:     Fact-based, Comedy, Drama, Sport Director:  Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Cast:       Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough…and more Writer:    Simon Beaufoy -Synopsis- A light-hearted story of the struggle for equal rights in professional tennis, set against the backdrop of the media circus surrounding the exhibition match between legendary women’s world number one […]

Review 101min Genre:       Crime, Drama, Thriller Directors:   Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie Cast:         Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Buddy Duress…and more Writers:     Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie -Synopsis- When an ill-conceived heist goes wrong and his mentally challenged bother is captured, a young New York street criminal plunges into a tense and unpredictable night of […]

Review 98min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:    Matt Spicer Cast:         Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O’Shea Jackson Jr.…and more Writers:     David Branson Smith and Matt Spicer -Synopsis- A troubled young lady follows her social media obsession West to L.A. where she strategically inserts herself into the life of her lifestyle ‘guru’ idol and unsuspecting Instagram star, creating […]