Review 129min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama, Music, Romance Director:     Bradley Cooper Cast:         Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Maya Hawke…and more Writers:     Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer -Synopsis- The life of acclaimed larger-than-life American conductor-composer and cultural icon Leonard Bernstein is revisited through the prism of his complicated marriage to wife and fellow artist Felicia Montealegre, as the […]

Review 105min Genre:       Drama, Music, Musical Director:     Spike Lee Cast:         David Byrne, Angie Swan, Bobby Wooten III…and more Writers:     David Byrne -Synopsis- David Byrne gets the Spike Lee treatment as the veteran New York director captures the singular new wave star’s 2019 Broadway show in all its glory. An expertly executed minimalist concept featuring Byrne […]

Review 136min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Judd Apatow Cast:         Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr…and more Writers:     Judd Apatow, Pete Davidson and Dave Sirus -Synopsis- Still haunted by the childhood passing of his firefighter hero dad, a twentysomething Staten Islander with no direction and little motivation struggles with the transition into adulthood, living with his […]

Review 135min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Drama Director:     Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie Cast:         Adam Sandler, LaKeith Stanfield, Julia Fox…and more Writers:     Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie -Synopsis- When he smells a score that could solve all his financial woes, a wheeler-dealer New York jeweller takes a major gamble which ropes-in professional athletes, bookies, […]

Review 144min Genre:       Crime, Drama, Mystery Director:    Edward Norton Cast:         Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin…and more Writers:     Edward Norton and Jonathan Lethem -Synopsis- When his friend and mentor is brutally murdered on the streets of 1950’s New York, a solitary private detective with Tourette’s Syndrome and an obsessive mind determined to solve the mystery […]

Review 136min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Romance Director:    Noah Baumbach Cast:         Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Azhy Robertson…and more Writers:     Noah Baumbach -Synopsis- When their personal relationship breaks down as they begin to grow apart, a stage actress returns to L.A. with her young son to restart a Hollywood career, while her estranged New York theatre director […]

Review 129min Genre:     Comic-book, Action, Adventure, Sci-fi Director:  Jon Watts Cast:       Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya…and more Writers:   Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Stan Lee… and more -Synopsis- With the world recovering from the snap-reversing ‘blip’ and the loss of ‘Iron Man’, and with everyone’s favourite friendly neighbourhood ‘Spider-Man’ in need of a vacation, ‘Peter Parker’ […]

Review 130min Genre:       Action, Crime, Thriller Director:    Chad Stahelski Cast:         Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane…and more Writers:     Derek Kolstad, Shay Hatten, Chris Collins…and more -Synopsis- On the run after being excommunicated from ‘The Continental’ for breaking a sacred rule and spilling blood on the underground institution’s floor—thereby activating a huge global bounty on his […]

Review 114min Genre:       Drama, Music Director:    Brady Corbet Cast:         Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Raffey Cassidy…and more Writers:     Brady Corbet -Synopsis- Formed by tragedy and coming-of-age in extreme circumstances, a New York teenager’s unconventional rise to stardom sees her propelled to the ranks of pop superstar at the turn of this century, as she struggles to […]

Review 96min Genre:     Drama Director:  Sara Colangelo Cast:       Maggie Gyllenhaal, Parker Sevak, Gael García Bernal…and more Writers:   Sara Colangelo and Nadav Lapid -Synopsis- When a New York kindergarten teacher spots a rare poetic talent in one of her gifted students, she develops an obsession with nurturing what she thinks may be a child genius . […]

Review 106min Genre:       Fact-based, Comedy, Crime, Drama Director:    Marielle Heller Cast:         Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Jane Curtin…and more Writers:     Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty -Synopsis- When her literary career begins to wane and her work no longer pays the bills, a prickly New York writer forms an alliance and unlikely friendship with a British […]

Review 130min Genre:     Fact-based, Comedy, Drama Director:  Peter Farrelly Cast:       Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini…and more Writers:   Peter Farrelly, Brian Hayes Currie and Nick Vallelonga -Synopsis- When a sophisticated African-American jazz and classical pianist recruits a gruff working-class Italian-American bouncer to be his driver for a tour of the early 1960s segregated American south, […]

Review 134min Genre:     Family, Adventure, Fantasy Director:  David Yates Cast:       Eddie Redmayne, Johnny Depp, Katherine Waterston…more Writer:    J.K. Rowling -Synopsis- When ‘Gellert Grindelwald’ escapes the clutches of the ministry of magic and heads to Europe, Magizoologist ‘Newt Scamander’ must unite with figures from his past, friends from across the pond and a legendary mentor to […]

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 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 110min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:    Noah Baumbach Cast:         Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller…and more Writer:      Noah Baumbach -Synopsis- A quirky, dysfunctional and estranged New York family come together to rally around their difficult and imposing artist father at the twilight of his years, only for a series of unexpected events to dredge up […]

Review 95min Genre:     Action, Adventure, Fantasy Director:  Nikolaj Arcel Cast:       Tom Taylor, Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey…and more Writers:   Stephen King, Akiva Goldsman, Nikolaj Arcel… and more -Synopsis- When troubled New York teen ‘Jake’ discovers that his nightmares of a distant dying world are in fact premonitions, he travels to a parallel dimension and meets ‘The […]

Review 133min Genre:     Comic-book, Action, Adventure Director:  Jon Watts Cast:       Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Keaton…and more Writers:   Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Jon Watts… and more -Synopsis- After entering the superhero fray during the ‘Avengers’ family quarrel, ‘Peter Parker’ struggles to balance his powers with new-found responsibility while navigating the treacherous waters of […]

Review 118min Genre:       Adventure, Drama, Sci-fi Director:    Bong Joon-Ho Cast:         Ahn Seo-hyun, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano…and more Writers:     Bong Joon-Ho and Jon Ronson -Synopsis- Netflix’s latest original film follows the misadventures of rural South Korean teenager ‘Mija’, who embarks on a globe-trotting mission and joins forces with a seditious group to prevent a multinational corporation […]

Review 96min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama Director:   Clint Eastwood Cast:        Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney…and more Writers:    Todd Komarnicki, Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow -Synopsis- Clint Eastwood directs and Tom Hanks stars in a biographical drama about one fateful event in the life of Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger; the veteran US Airways pilot who saved 155 […]

Review 96min Genre:      Comedy, Romance Director:   Woody Allen Cast:        Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell…and more Writer:     Woody Allen -Synopsis- A wide-eyed, awkward young New Yorker moves to Los Angeles to try and find a place alongside his big-shot movie agent uncle, among the glitz & glamour of 1930s Hollywood; only to be caught up […]

Review 96min Genre:      Mystery, Thriller, Romance Director:   Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman Cast:        Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Juliette Lewis…and more Writers:    Jeanne Ryan and Jessica Sharzer -Synopsis- A timid high-school senior meets a young stranger and unleashes her inner free-spirit after getting caught up in a mysterious interactive online dare game as a player, where […]

Review 99min Genre:      Comedy, Romance Director:   Rebecca Miller Cast:        Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore…and more Writers:    Rebecca Miller, Karen Rinaldi -Synopsis- “Maggie” thinks she found love when she falls for a married man and breaks up their troubled marriage, but when regret hits and reality sets in, she hatches a plan to reunite her […]

Review 116min Genre:     Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-fi Director:  Paul Feig Cast:       Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Chris Hemsworth…and more Writers:   Paul Feig, Katie Dippold and Ivan Reitman -Synopsis- Over 30 years after the boys save New York city, the girls get their shot in this lavish but risky reboot of a comedy classic; which sees writer/director […]

Clint Eastwood directs and Tom Hanks stars in a biographical drama about Chesley Sullenberger, the US Airways pilot who saved 155 lives when he made an emergency landing of his crippled Airbus on New York’s Hudson River after it was struck by birds in 2009. Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks, Laura Linney […]

Review 91min Genre:       Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family Directors:   Chris Renaud, Yarrow Cheney Cast:         Louis C.K., Jenny Slate, Kevin Hart…and more Writers:     Ken Daurio, Brian Lynch, Cinco Paul… and more -Synopsis- In a film about what your pets get up to when you’re not around; a newly mismatched pair of city dogs are thrown into […]

Review 110min Genre:      Fact-based, Comedy, Drama, Music Director:   Stephen Frears Cast:        Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg…and more Writer:     Nicholas Martin -Synopsis- Meryl Streep stars in a comedy/drama based on the remarkable true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, an early 20th century New York heiress and socialite who became an opera singer despite having a […]

Review 100min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama, Music Director:   Don Cheadle Cast:        Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi…and more Writers:    Steven Baigelman, Don Cheadle, Stephen J. Rivele… more -Synopsis- Don Cheadle writes, directs and stars in his unique cinematic portrait of jazz trumpeter and music giant Miles Davis, a stylized biographical drama about a difficult and complicated […]

118min Genre:      Drama, Romance Director:   Todd Haynes Cast:        Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler…and more Writers:    Phyllis Nagy and Patricia Highsmith -Synopsis- Stylish period drama set in 1950s New York starring Cate Blanchett as a well-to-do woman in a troubled marriage who develops a romantic relationship with a unique young department store clerk, a forbidden […]

Review 112min Genre:      Drama, Romance Director:   John Crowley Cast:        Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson…and more Writers:    Nick Hornby and Colm Tóibín -Synopsis- Anglo/Irish period drama starring Saoirse Ronan as “Eilis”, a young Irish immigrant in 1950s New York who’s torn between two lives and two countries separated by a vast ocean, a heart-splitting romance […]

Review 123min Genre:    Fact-based, Adventure, Drama Director: Robert Zemeckis Cast:      Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Kingsley…more Writers:  Robert Zemeckis, Christopher Browne & Philippe Petit Director Robert Zemeckis’ (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump) dramatization of the extraordinary story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit’s 1974 illegal attempt to walk across a high-wire suspended 400 […]

Review 90min Genre:      Documentary, Drama, Fact-based Director:   Crystal Moselle Cast:        Bhagavan Angulo, Govinda Angulo, Jagadisa Angulo…more Country:   USA Documentary recounting the remarkable story of the Angulo brothers, a large group of teenage siblings who use their obsession with movies to connect to the outside world after being confined to a small New York apartment for […]

Review 125min Genre:      Comedy, Romance Director:   Judd Apatow Cast:        Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson…and more Writer:     Amy Schumer Amy Schumer stars as an independent, fast-living and commitment-phobic magazine writer who has her long-held beliefs about monogamy challenged when she meets an abnormally good guy in this brash romantic comedy, featuring many of today’s top […]

Review 93min Genre:    Comedy Director: Peter Bogdanovich Cast:      Imogen Poots, Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston…and more Writers : Peter Bogdanovich, Louise Stratten “Izzy” is a fast-talking Brooklyn call-girl and aspiring actress whose client “meeting” with Broadway director Arnold becomes life-changing when she unknowingly auditions for one of his plays, when everyone agrees Izzy must get the […]

Review 97min Genre:      Comedy, Drama Director:   Noah Baumbach Cast:        Ben Stiller, Adam Driver, Naomi Watts…and more Writer:     Noah Baumbach Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts star as a middle-aged New York couple whose predictable and mundane life is turned upside down when they meet a charming young couple who make them question the personal and professional […]

125min Genre:    Crime, Drama Director:  J.C. Chandor Cast:       Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo…and more Writer:    J.C. Chandor Set in the most statistically dangerous year in New York City history in 1981, Oscar Isaac stars as an immigrant who having achieved his piece of the “American Dream” now struggles to protect it and […]