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Challengers (2024)- Dir. Luca Guadagnino
Feat. Zendaya , Mike Faist, Josh OConnor - Gen–Z it–girl Zendaya plays a celebrity tennis idol in this hip love–triangle drama. Shamelessly stylish camerawork, flashy…
Convert, The (2024)- Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Guy Pearce, Jacqueline McKenzie, Te Kohe Tuhaka… - A British lay preacher finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Maori tribes in this vivid colonialist epic from dir. Lee Tamahori.
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
- Dir. Justine Triet
Feat. Sandra Huller, Swann Arlaud, Jehnny Beth… - An extraordinary, multi–layered dramatic thriller from France that deservingly won the Palm D'or at Cannes. For the past year, Sandra, a…
Bad Behaviour (2023)- Dir. Alice Englert
Feat. Jennifer Connelly, Alice Englert, Ben Whishaw… - Jennifer Connelly gives a committed performance as a former child actor who seeks enlightenment at a retreat in Oregon while navigating a…
Carmen (2023)- Dir. Benjamin Millepied
Feat. Melissa Barrera, Paul Mescal, Rossy de Palma… - Melissa Barrera (In The Heights) and Paul Mescal (Normal People, Aftersun) star as strangers who become shackled to each other's fates after a tragic…
Cat Person (2023)
- Dir. Susanna Fogel
Feat. Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun, Geraldine Viswanathan… - An extended film adaptation of a 2017 'New Yorker' short story that went viral on account of its wildly relatable tale of a young millennial woman's…
Goodbye Julia (2023)- An outstanding drama from Sudan about two women – a retired Muslim singer and a Southern Sudanese widow – who forge an unusual friendship…
Holdovers, The (2023)- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa - A jaded teacher is forced to remain on campus during the snowy Christmas break to babysit a handful of students with nowhere else to go. He soon…
How To Have Sex (2023)- Dir. Molly Manning Walker
Feat. Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, Samuel Bottomley… - A vibrant and sometimes confronting portrait of youth binge culture that clings like day–glo lycra to three British teenage girls at a Greek…
Iron Claw, The (2023)- Dir. Sean Durkin
Feat. Zac Efron, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney… - The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of 1980's pro–wrestling. Under the…
Let the River Flow (2023)- Dir. Ole Giaever
Feat. Ella Marie Haetta Isaksen, Ivar Beddari, Gard Emil - A superbly–crafted and moving indigenous rights drama about a young teacher whose repressed Sami heritage is awakened by a protest group who…
May December (2023)- Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton - Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman make a formidable double–act in this fascinating, multi–layered drama about an actress doing field…
Monster (Kaibutsu) (2023)- Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Feat. Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa - Director Hirokazu Kore–eda returns home with his first Japanese film since the Palm d'Or–winning "Shoplifters" (2018) with this…
One Life (2023)- Dir. James Hawes
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Flynn… - the true story of a London broker Nicholas Winton; who secretly organised the rail transport of hundreds of Jewish children from Nazi occupied Europe…
Oppenheimer (2023)- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon… - Christopher Nolan's grand biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), the American Physicist credited with being the "father of the atomic…
Origin (2023)- Dir. Ava DuVernay
Feat. Aunjanue Ellis, Blair Underwood, Vera Farmiga… - Written and directed by Ava DuVernay (Selma), this ambitious docu–drama chronicles the efforts of Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist…
Past Lives (2023)- Dir. Celine Song
Feat. Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro… - Two childhood sweethearts are torn apart after one family emigrates from South Korea in this heart–rending and exquisite film that tells an…
Perfect Days (2023)- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Koji Yakusho - The irrepressibly handsome Kôji Yakusho stars as a solitary man who cleans public lavatories for a living but seems to have a rich inner life…
Priscilla (2023)- Dir. Sofia Coppola
Feat. Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Ari Cohen… - Sofia Coppola's delicate and understated adaptation of Priscilla Presley's 1985 memoir about the stifling reality of being Mrs. Elvis Presley. Aussie…
Radical (2023)- Dir. Christopher Zalla
Feat. Eugenio Derbez - A quality, engaging drama based on the true story of a teacher in a neglected Mexican border town that tries a radical new method to unlock his…
Reality (2023)- Dir. Tina Satter
Feat. Sydney Sweeney, Josh Hamilton, Marchánt Davis - A potent chamber drama that re–enacts true events surrounding a government security breach related to Russian interference in the 2016 US…
Scrapper (2023)- Dir. Charlotte Regan
Feat. Harris Dickinson, Lola Campbell - A cheeky charmer set in East London that refreshingly leans away from the miseries of working–class life, inspired as it was by Taika Waititi's…
Shayda (2023)- Feat. Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Selina Zahednia, Osamah Sami
- This Australian drama filmed mostly in the Persian language is made something special by two magnetic actresses. Iranian émigré Zar Amir Ebrahimi…
Son, The (2023)- Dir. Florian Zeller
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby… - A teenage son moves out on his single mother to live with his father. The part time dad tries to make the best of the situation. But juggling his new…
Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The (2023)- Dir. Hettie MacDonald
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Penelope Wilton, Earl Cave… - Jim Broadbent stars as Harold, an ordinary man who has passed through life living on the side lines, until he goes to post a letter one day... and…
Uproar (2023)- Dir. Paul Middleditch, Hamish Bennett
Feat. Julian Dennison, Rhys Darby, Minnie Driver… - Set in Dunedin in 1981, a rugby–obsessed country is divided over the arrival of the South African Springboks team, sparking nationwide…
Allelujah (2022)- Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Jennifer Saunders, Russell Tovey, David Bradley… - An adaptation of the play by Alan Bennett, set in a geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital that is threatened with closure. The hospital…
Anne: The Mini-Series (Anne: One Mother's Story) (2022)- Feat. Maxine Peake
- A 4 part miniseries detailing the true story of Anne Williams; who lost her son in the 1989 Hillsborough stadium fire. Unsatisfied with the hasty…
Annie's Fire (Annie Colère) (2022)- Dir. Blandine Lenoir
Feat. Laure Calamy, Pascale Arbillot, Josiane Balasko… - Laure Calamy again proves she's one of the most likeable actresses in French cinema as a working mother who finds her people among those offering…
Babylon (2022)- Dir. Damien Chazelle
Feat. Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Diego Calva Hernandez… - Director Damien Chazelle's epic set in 1920s Los Angeles tells a tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of…
Banshees of Inisherin, The (2022)- Dir. Martin McDonagh
Feat. Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson - Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
Between Two Worlds (2022)- Dir. Emmanuel Carrere
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Helene Lambert, Louise Pociecka - Juliette Binoche plays a well–known author who goes to live in northern France to research her new book on the subject of job insecurity.…
Blaze (2022)- Dir. Del Kathryn Barton
Feat. Julia Savage, Simon Baker, Yael Stone - A powerful, imaginative Australian drama from Archibald–winning artist Del Kathryn Barton about a twelve–year–old girl conflicted…
Blue Caftan, The (2022)- Dir. Maryam Touzani
Feat. Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui - A rare peek into Moroccan culture, and the dying craft of hand–made caftans that are painstakingly embroidered with a needle and thread. And…
Blue Jean (2022)- Dir. Georgia Oakley
Feat. Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Stacy Abalogun… - The story of a closeted lesbian P.E. teacher in Thatcher’s Britain that feels like it could have (and should have) been made in the early 1980's,…
Bones And All (2022)- Dir. Luca Guadagnino
Feat. Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance… - A captivating, sincere horror–romance from the director of CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, based on the novel by Camille DeAngelis. Set in the late…
Both Sides Of The Blade (Avec amour et acharnement) (2022)- Dir. Claire Denis
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Grégoire Colin - Jean and Sara have been living together for 10 years. When they first met, Sara was living with François, Jean’s best friend and an admirer from…
Broker (2022)- Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Doona Bae - Master Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore–eda turns to South Korea for the first time for this drama starring Cannes–winning actor Song…
Close (2022)- Dir. Lukas Dhont
Feat. Eden Dambrine, Léa Drucker, Kevin Janssens - Another closely–observed Belgian drama that, along with "Playground", explores a traumatic rite–of–passage. Here the protagonists…
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)- Dir. Paul Aaron, Simon Curtis
Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Tuppence Middleton… - A celebrated cinematic return of Julian Fellowes' beloved creation that reunites the cast to embark on a grand journey to the South of France in 1928…
Elvis (2022)- Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Richard Roxburgh - Baz Lurhmann is back with his first feature film since “The Great Gatsby” (2013) exploring the life and music of Elvis Presley in his own…
Emily (2022)- Dir. Frances O’Connor
Feat. Emma Mackey, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Adrian Dunbar… - Actress Frances O’Connor makes her directorial debut with her own screenplay about the imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors,…
EO (2022)- Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
- Veteran Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski returns with this Cannes Jury Prize–winner — a unique, visually expressive and sometimes bleak…
Fabelmans, The (2022)- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano… - A semi–autobiography based on legendary director Steven Spielberg’s own childhood, and co–written by Pulitzer Prize–winning…
Godland (2022)- Dir. Hlynur Pálmason
Feat. Elliott Crosset Hove, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson - A masterly work of slow cinema from Iceland, inspired by 19th–Century period photography in both narrative and style, and the contemporary…
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody) (2022)- Dir. Kasi Lemmons
Feat. Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders… 
Living (2022)- Dir. Oliver Hermanus
Feat. Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp… - An exquisite period drama that brings out the best in Kurosawa’s 1952 classic ‘Ikiru’, not least through Bill Nighy’s performance as a…
Man Called Otto, A (2022)- Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Tom Hanks, Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo - Based on the bestseller and subsequent Swedish film “A Man Called Ove”, this English language remake tells the story of Otto Anderson (Tom…
Menu, The (2022)- Dir. Mark Mylod
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult… - A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.…
Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris (2022)- Dir. Anthony Fabian
Feat. Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson… - The story of a widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London who falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress and decides that she must have one of her own.…
My Old School (2022)- Dir. Jono McLeod
Feat. Alan Cumming - Filmmaker Jono McLeod returns to his old school in 1993 Glasgow for a nostalgic look at the unbelievable yet true story of his former classmate,…
One Fine Morning (Un Beau Matin) (2022)- Dir. Mia Hansen-Love
Feat. Léa Seydoux, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud… - Lea Seydoux is French movie star royalty but she keeps it real in this sublime film from Mia Hansen–Løve (Bergman Island), one of Europe’s…
Playground (2022)- Dir. Laura Wandel
Feat. Maya Vanderbeque, Günter Duret - 7–year–old Nora and her big brother Abel are back to school. When Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect…
Quiet Girl, The (An Cailín Ciúin) (2022)- Dir. Colm Bairead
Feat. Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett… - An exquisite rites–of–passage drama filmed mostly in the Irish/Gaelic language, it is the very definition of a literary pastoral that…
Saint Omer (2022)- Dir. Alice Diop
Feat. Guslagie Malanda, Kayije Kagame - Inspired by real events, this devastating fictional drama from French–Senegalese director Alice Diop delivers a formally brilliant treatise on…
She Said (2022)- Dir. Maria Schrader
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Jennifer Ehle… - Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) and Zoe Kazan (The Big Sick) star in this excellent dramatisation of the true story of New York Times…
Stitch In Time, A (2022)- Dir. Sasha Hadden
Feat. Maggie Blinco, Hoa Xuande, Glenn Shorrock - A heart–warming story about former dressmaker Liebe (Maggie Blinco), who reinvents herself after befriending a young Chinese fashion designer.…
Tár (Tar) (2022)- Dir. Todd Field
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant… - A striking and rigorously intelligent drama from the director of IN THE BEDROOM that interrogates the process, pressures and politics in the…
The Teachers' Lounge (Des Lehrerzimmer) (2022)- Dir. Ilker Catak
Feat. Leonie Benesch - A bracing drama about an idealistic maths teacher caught in the pressure–cooker environment of a contemporary German high school. Leonie…
Triangle of Sadness (2022)- Dir. Ruben Östlund
Feat. Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Woody Harrelson… - Gilded privilege gets a stinging taste of reality in this brilliantly orchestrated Palm D'Or–winner from the dir. of THE SQUARE and FORCE…
Two Tickets To Greece (2022)- Dir. Marc Fitoussi
Feat. Laure Calamy, Olivia Cote, Kristin Scott Thomas - A sunlit escapist comedy set in Les Cyclades (the original French title) starring Laure Calamy and Olivia Côte as long–estranged childhood…
Whale, The (2022)- Dir. Darren Aronofsky
Feat. Brendan Fraser, Hong Chau, Sadie Sink… - Darren Aronofsky directs Brendan Fraser's Oscar–winning turn as a severely obese English teacher trying to reconnect with his estranged…
Where Is Anne Frank? (2022)- Dir. Ari Folman
- A new film from the director of adult animated tales “Waltz With Bashir” and “The Congress” that follows the journey of Kitty, the imaginary…
Whina (2022)- Dir. James Napier Robertson, Paula Jones
Feat. Miriama McDowell, Rena Owen, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne… - A biopic of the trailblazing female Maori leader, Dame Whina Cooper, whose extraordinary life saw her break gender boundaries, champion innovation,…
Woman King, The (2022)- Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
Feat. Viola Davis, John Boyega - Inspired by true events, this is the remarkable, action–packed story about the all–female unit of warriors who protected the African…
Annette (2021)- Dir. Leos Carax
Feat. Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg… - A magnificent musical–drama which marks the English language debut of French director Leos Carax (HOLY MOTORS). Adam Driver gives another…
Another World (2021)- Dir. Stéphane Brizé
Feat. Vincent Lindon, Sandrine Kiberlain, Anthony Bajon - Vincent Lindon plays a factory boss going through a painful divorce while managing a painful downsize at his company which has been taken over by a…
Belfast (2021)- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan… - Richly evocative cine–memoir from director Kenneth Branagh, depicting a young boy's childhood in late 60's Belfast, Northern Ireland. Set…
Benedetta (2021)- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Virginie Efira, Lambert Wilson, Olivier Rabourdin… - Typically provocative yet playful psychodrama from Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, starring Virginie Efira as Benedetta Carlini, a novice nun in the…
Big Hit, The (Un Triomphe) (2021)- Dir. Emmanuel Courcol
Feat. Kad Merad, David Ayala, Lamine Cissokho - Inspired by remarkable true events, this French Film Festival favourite follows a dedicated out–of–work actor (indelibly played by the…
Blue Bayou (2021)- Dir. Justin Chon
Feat. Justin Chon, Alicia Vikander, Mark OBrien… - Deeply affecting drama about the impact of America's inhumane citizenship laws on a Korean–American adoptee and tattoo artist, who unexpectedly…
C'Mon C'Mon (2021)- Dir. Mike Mills
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffmann, Scoot McNairy… - Joaquin Phoenix offers his best self as a journalist saddled with his sister's precocious 10–year–old while on assignment gathering…
Cousins (2021)- Dir. Ainsley Gardiner, Briar Grace-Smith
Feat. Tanea Heke, Ana Scotney, Te Raukura Gray… - Powerful Kiwi drama from the directors of WARU, following the intertwining lives of three Maori women who are cousins. While one of them is…
Delicious (2021)- Dir. Eric Besnard
Feat. Gregory Gadebois, Isabelle Carré, Benjamin Lavernhe… - Sumptuous historical drama set in the world of haute cuisine in 18th century France. As the Revolution dawns, a talented cook who has been sacked…
Dream Horse (2021)- Dir. Euros Lyn
Feat. Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, Owen Teale… - Another feel–good movie about an unlikely race horse, this one is elevated enormously by the always excellent Toni Colette, who plays Jan…
Drive My Car (2021)- Dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Feat. Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masaki Okada, Toko Miura… - This winner of the Best International Feature at the 2022 Academy Awards is a slow–burn, methodical drama about a grieving stage actor and…
Eiffel (2021)- Dir. Martin Bourboulon
Feat. Romain Duris, Emma Mackey, Pierre Deladonchamps… - Handsomely mounted biopic set in the 1880's, telling the story of Parisian civil engineer Gustave Eiffel (Romain Duris) and his design of the Eiffel…
Fabian - Going to the Dogs (2021)- Dir. Dominik Graf
Feat. Tom Schilling, Saskia Rosendahl, Aljoscha Stadelmann… - A witty and inventive portrayal of Weimar–era Germany, based on Erich Kästner's 1931 novel Fabian: The Story of a Moralist. In 1930's…
Forgiven, The (2021)- Dir. John Michael McDonagh
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain, Christopher Abbott… - Speeding through the Moroccan desert to attend an old friend’s lavish weekend party, wealthy Londoners (Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain) are…
French Dispatch, The (2021)- Dir. Wes Anderson
Feat. Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton… - A wildly inventive anthology film from meticulous auteur Wes Anderson (GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL) set in in a fictional 20th century French town, where a…
French Exit (2021)- Dir. Azazel Jacobs
Feat. Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Imogen Poots… - Another wonderfully surreal comedy from director Azazel Jacobs (THE LOVERS). Michelle Pfeiffer plays a privileged Manhattan heiress who loses her…
Full Time (A Plien Temps) (2021)- Dir. Eric Gravel
Feat. Laure Calamy, Genevieve Mnich, Anne Suarez - A cracker of a French drama that teeters on the edge of a thriller throughout because it’s all about the pressure cooker that is modern life.…
Gold (2021)- Dir. Anthony Hayes
Feat. Zac Efron, Susie Porter, Anthony Hayes - Thriller set in a dystopian near–future where ex–teen heartthrob Zac Efron struggles to survive in an inhospitable Australian…
Hatching (2021)- Dir. Hanna Bergholm
Feat. Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen - Hanna Bergholm's feature debut has finally put Finland on the horror film map – an enchanting pubescent allegory about a 12–year–old…
House of Gucci (2021)- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto… - Lavish drama about the Gucci dynasty, with Lady Gaga (A STAR IS BORN) note–perfect as Patrizia Reggiani, the ambitious outsider who marries…
Humans, The (2021)- Dir. Stephen Karam
Feat. Richard Jenkins, June Squibb, Steven Yeun… - A modern, fresh take on the thanksgiving drama in which director Stephen Karam adapts his own Tony award–winning play with cinematic…
In The Heights (2021)- Dir. Jon Chu
Feat. Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace… - Dazzling musical drama from director Jon M. Chu (CRAZY RICH ASIANS) based on the Broadway musical of the same name by Hudes and Lin–Manuel…
Judas and The Black Messiah (2021)- Dir. Shaka King
Feat. Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons… - Incendiary biopic set in late–60's Chicago, following the infiltration of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party by FBI informant…
Justice of Bunny King, The (2021)- Dir. Gaysorn Thavat
Feat. Essie Davis, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Amelie Baynes… - A single mother takes on the bureaucracy of NZ social services in this hard hitting drama, an impressive feature debut of director Gaysorn…
King Richard (2021)- Dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green
Feat. Will Smith, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton… - A quality biopic based on the incredible true story of Richard Williams, an undeterred father who was instrumental in raising Venus and Serena…
Lamb (2021)- Dir. Valdimar Johannsson
Feat. Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson… - An Icelandic folk horror of haunting, pastoral beauty with Noomi Rapace and Hilmir Snaer Gudnason playing a couple who live on a remote farm with…
Land (2021)- Dir. Robin Wright
Feat. Robin Wright, Demian Bichir, Kim Dickens… - The impressive directorial debut of acclaimed actor Robin Wright, who stars as a woman who retreats to an isolated cabin in Wyoming in her search for…
Language Lessons (2021)- Dir. Natalie Morales
Feat. Mark Duplass, Natalie Morales - A Spanish teacher and her American student develop an unexpected friendship over a series of conference calls in this quirky, Co–Vid inspired…
Licorice Pizza (2021)- Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn… - Celebrated auteur Paul Thomas Anderson amusingly runs through the fads of the 1970s while loosely following the relationship between a precocious…
Lost Illusions (2021)- Dir. Xavier Giannoli
Feat. Benjamin Voisin, Xavier Dolan, Cecile De France… - An all–star cast dazzles in the spectacular adaptation of Balzac’s classic novel about a young idealist who learns that anything can be…
Mass (2021)- Dir. Fran Kranz
Feat. Martha Plimpton, Jason Isaacs, Ann Dowd… - An emotionally devastating drama in which two sets of parents from both sides of a school shooting tragedy agree to meet and talk in an attempt to…
Mothering Sunday (2021)- Dir. Eva Husson
Feat. Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Olivia Colman… - On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother’s Day. Her employers, Mr. and…
My Salinger Year (2021)- Dir. Philippe Falardeau
Feat. Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth… - Light drama set in the world of literary arts in the pre–digital era, from French–Canadian director Philippe Falardeau (MONSIEUR…
Nightmare Alley (2021)- Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
Feat. Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette… - Dark and stormy neo–noir thriller from director Guillermo del Toro (THE SHAPE OF WATER) about a low–ranking carnie (Bradley Cooper) who…
Nitram (2021)- Dir. Justin Kurzel
Feat. Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Essie Davis… - An intense yet clear–eyed psychological drama from accomplished director Justin Kurzel (TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG) depicting the events…
No Man of God (2021)- Dir. Amber Sealey
Feat. Elijah Wood, Luke Kirby, Aleksa Palladino… - Engrossing thriller based on the relationship between FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Ted Bundy. Set in Bundy's final years on death…
Operation Mincemeat (2021)- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Colin Firth, Matthew MacFadyen, Kelly MacDonald… - Two intelligence officers use a corpse and false papers to outwit German troops in this well–appointed, old–school WWII drama based upon…
Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades, Paris 13e) (2021)- Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Noémie Merlant, Makita Samba, Lucie Zhang… - Jacques Audiard’s film charts the interwoven relationships between four twenty–somethings, beautifully played by Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba,…
Passengers of the Night, The (Les passagers de la nuit) (2021)- Dir. Mikhaël Hers
Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Noée Abita, Emmanuelle Beart… - Left by her husband, Elisabeth finds herself alone, responsible for the day–to–day care of her two children. She picks up a job on a…
Petite Maman (2021)- Dir. Céline Sciamma
Feat. Nina Meurisse, Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz - Master filmmaker Céline Sciamma is back with a captivating coming of age story that explores childhood and a mother–daughter relationship that…
Pig (2021)- Dir. Michael Sarnoski
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin… - A mesmerising drama with Nicolas Cage (somewhat) changing pace to play a bedraggled truffle hunter living in the remote Oregonian wilderness. When…
Poppy (2021)- Dir. Linda Niccol
Feat. Libby Hunsdale, Ari Boyland, Seb Hunter… - Endearing Kiwi drama about an ambitious teenager who aspires to be a car mechanic despite the hurdles – which include her protective brother…
Respect (2021)- Dir. Liesl Tommy
Feat. Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans… - Musical biopic starring Jennifer Hudson as singer Aretha Franklin in the first two decades of her life, culminating with the recording of her…
Smother (TV Series) (2021)- Feat. Dervla Kirwan, Seána Kerslake, Niamh Walsh…
- Riveting Irish TV thriller set on the wild and rugged coast of County Clare, where a matriarch (Dervla Kirwan) is determined to find out who killed…
Spencer (2021)- Dir. Pablo Larrain
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Sally Hawkins, Jack Farthing… - Maestro director Pablo Larrain (Jackie, Ema) brings his expressionistic style to this elegant psycho–drama in which Kristen Stewart's Princess…
Stillwater (2021)- Dir. Tom McCarthy
Feat. Matt Damon, Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin… - Crime drama directed by Tom McCarthy (THE VISITOR), with Matt Damon playing an unemployed oil–rig worker from Stillwater, Oklahoma who travels…
Tale of Love and Desire, A (2021)- Dir. Leyla Bouzid
Feat. Sami Outalbali, Zbeida Belhajamor - Ahmed, an 18–year old Frenchman of Algerian origin, meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl. He discovers a collection of sensual and erotic Arab…
Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)- Dir. Taylor Sheridan
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Finn Little, Nicholas Hoult… - Action thriller from director Taylor Sheridan, writer–director of WIND RIVER and writer of HELL OR HIGH WATER. Angelina Jolie plays a smoke…
Three Floors (Tre Piani) (2021)- Dir. Nanni Moretti
Feat. Alba Rohrwacher, Riccardo Scamarcio, Nanni Moretti… - Nanni Moretti's all–star ensemble drama about three families who reside in the same apartment complex in Rome’s stylish Prati neighbourhood.
To Chiara (A Chiara) (2021)- Dir. Jonas Carpignano
Feat. Swamy Rotolo, Claudio Rotolo, Giorgia Rotolo… - A rites–of–passage drama in the Italian neo–realist tradition that examines the impact of Mafia activity on those in the close…
West Side Story (2021)- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Rachel Zegler, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose… - Steven Spielberg's dazzling adaptation of the 1957 musical, an American fairy tale of doomed love and the rivalry between Puerto Rican and white…
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Guzen to Sozo) (2021)- Dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, the director of DRIVE MY CAR explores…
Worst Person in the World, The (2021)- Dir. Joachim Trier
Feat. Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum - Gloriously provocative and richly perceptive comedy drama from talented Norwegian director Joachim Trier (THELMA), which follows an unpredictable,…
A Christmas Gift from Bob (A Gift from Bob) (2020)- Dir. Charles Martin Smith
Feat. Luke Treadaway, Anna Wilson-Jones - A Christmas sequel to A STREET CAT NAMED BOB with Luke Treadaway returning as James Bowen (who wrote the loosely autobiographical books) – a…
A Friendly Tale (Le bonheur des uns) (2020)- Dir. Daniel Cohen
Feat. Bérénice Bejo, Vincent Cassel, François Damiens… - A charming four–hander from the director of LE CHEF in which a sparkling cast play two forty–something couples whose professional and…
Adam (2020)- Dir. Michael Uppendahl
Feat. Aaron Paul, Jeff Daniels, Tom Berenger… - Drama with Aaron Paul playing a hardworking mortgage broker whose life changes dramatically after a catastrophic accident leaves him a quadriplegic.…
Ammonite (2020)- Dir. Francis Lee
Feat. Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones… - A speculative lesbian period drama from the director of the acclaimed gay male romance, GOD'S OWN COUNTRY. Kate Winslet plays British palaeontologist…
Another Round (Druk) (2020)- Dir. Thomas Vinterberg
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang… - Another cheeky yet bittersweet provocation from Dogme 95 alumni Thomas Vinterberg that won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film. The…
Antebellum (2020)- Dir. Gerard Bush, Christopher Renz
Feat. Janelle Monáe, Eric Lange, Jena Malone… - A provocative psychological horror in which a modern day African American writer finds herself trapped in a 19th Century Southern slave plantation. A…
Antoinette in the Cevennes (2020)- Dir. Caroline Vignal
Feat. Laure Calamy, Benjamin Lavernhe, Olivia Cote… - A warm hearted French comedy from writer director Caroline Vignal, starring Laure Calamy as a school teacher on a journey of self–discovery in…
Ava (2020)- Dir. Tate Taylor
Feat. Jessica Chastain, John Malkovich, Common … - Jessica Chastain delivers another full force performance in this otherwise by–the–numbers crime thriller, playing a Bostonian…
Beginning (Dasatskisi) (2020)- Dir. Déa Kulumbegashvili
Feat. Ia Sukhitashvili, Rati Oneli - A devout women of the Jehovah's Witness faith undergoes a profound personal crisis in this triumphant cinematic achievement for Georgian…
Belgravia (TV Series) (2020)- Feat. Philip Glenister, Tamsin Greig, Emily Reid…
- TV period drama based on the novel of the same name by Julian Fellowes (DOWNTON ABBEY), set in Belgravia, the affluent district of London, in 1815.…
Capone (2020)- Dir. Josh Trank
Feat. Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Jack Lowden… - Tom Hardy plays the legendary Chicago gangster at the age of 47, after a decade in prison, where his untreated neurosyphilis is robbing him of…
County, The (2020)- Dir. Grimur Hakonarson
Feat. Arndis Hronn Egilsdottir, Sveinn Olafur Gunnarsson - A quintessentially Icelandic serio–comedy from the director of RAMS about one woman’s fight against a monopolistic co–op stifling the…
Courier, The (Ironbark) (2020)- Dir. Dominic Cooke
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Jessie Buckley, Angus Wright… - Gripping Cold War spy thriller with Cumberbatch playing real life British businessman Greville Wynne, who was recruited by the SIS to deliver covert…
Craft: Legacy, The (2020)- Dir. Zoe Lister Jones
Feat. Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone… - Sequel to the 1996 film THE CRAFT, following four high school students who form a coven of witches. After the original's all–male creative…
Crown, The - Season 4 (TV Series) (2020)- Feat. Emma Corrin, Gillian Anderson, Olivia Colman…
- Season 4 of the sumptuous costume drama is considered by some to be the best yet, though also the one with the most controversy surrounding…
De Gaulle (2020)- Dir. Gabriel Le Bomin
Feat. Lambert Wilson, Tim Hudson, Isabelle Carré… - Spectacularly mounted biographical drama depicting a crucial period in the life of French army officer Charles de Gaulle, a famous figure in modern…
Disclosure (2020)- Dir. Michael Bentham
Feat. Geraldine Hakewill, Mark Leonard Winter, Matilda Ridgway - A gripping psychodrama from Australia, inspired by real life events, following parents attempting to deal with the situation of a 4–year old…
Dry, The (2020)- Dir. Robert Connolly
Feat. Eric Bana, Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O'Donnell… - Conventional though atmospheric outback thriller starring Eric Bana as a federal agent who returns to his drought–stricken home town after more…
Duke, The (2020)- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead… - Crowd–pleasing British comedy–drama based on a true incident in which a 60–year old taxi driver (Jim Broadbent) stole Goya’s…
Everything Went Fine (2020)- Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Sophie Marceau, Andre Dussollier, Géraldine Pailhas… - When André, 85, has a stroke, Emmanuelle hurries to her father’s bedside. Sick and half–paralyzed in his hospital bed, he asks Emmanuelle to…
Father, The (2020)- Dir. Florian Zeller
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss… - Anthony Hopkins reaches another career peak in this brilliant conceived and executed drama about an aging man who is losing his sense of…
Freshman Year (S#!%house) (2020)- Dir. Cooper Raiff
Feat. Cooper Raiff, Amy Landecker, Dylan Gelula - An intimate microbudget indie depicting the experience of an awkward, lonely college freshman who unexpectedly makes a connection with a girl at a…
Glorias, The (2020)- Dir. Julie Taymor
Feat. Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Janelle Monáe… - Audacious biopic based on the autobiography of journalist and feminist icon Gloria Steinem that begins with a Greyhound bus filled with Gloria…
Great, The (TV Series) (2020)- Feat. Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox…
- A wild and witty period drama loosely based on the rise to power of Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning). Billed as 'anti–historical', the…
Greenland (2020)- Dir. Ric Roman Waugh
Feat. Gerald Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd… - Bloated disaster movie with Gerald Butler playing a man struggling to keep his family alive as an incoming comet threatens to wipe out humanity. From…
Herself (2020)- Dir. Phyllida Lloyd
Feat. Clare Dunne, Harriet Walter, Conleth Hill… - Drama from assured English directer Phyllida Lloyd (MAMMA MIA!, THE IRON LADY) about a young mother fighting to escape an abusive ex–partner…
High Note, The (Covers) (2020)- Dir. Nisha Ganatra
Feat. Dakota Johnson, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Bill Pullman… - Rom–com set in the music industry, with Dakota Johnson playing an overworked personal assistant who longs for fame and recognition, and Tracee…
How to Be a Good Wife (2020)- Dir. Martin Provost
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Yolande Moreau, Noemie Lvovsky… - Feather lite French comedy set in 1968, with the predictably scene–stealing Juliette Binoche playing an immaculate and morally upright teacher…
It's a Sin (TV Mini-series) (2020)- Dir. Peter Hoar
Feat. Olly Alexander, Omari Douglas, Callum Scott Howells… - Another rich and satisfying drama created and written by Russell T Davies (QUEER AS FOLK, DOCTOR WHO, YEARS & YEARS), this time set in London in 1981…
June Again (2020)- Dir. JJ Winlove
Feat. Noni Hazlehurst, Claudia Karvan, Stephen Curry - Drama with Noni Hazelhurst playing a woman whose dementia unexpectedly goes away, leaving her with a valuable window of time before her inevitable…
Kajillionaire (2020)- Dir. Miranda July
Feat. Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger, Gina Rodriguez… - Irreverent comedy from writer–director Miranda July (ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW) following a struggling family who survive on petty crime,…
King of Staten Island, The (2020)- Dir. Judd Apatow
Feat. Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr… - An understated and surprisingly mature comedy charmer from director Judd Apatow about a young slacker in a state of arrested development and…
Let Him Go (2020)- Dir. Thomas Bezucha
Feat. Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Lesley Manville… - Gripping neo–western thriller following a retired sheriff and his wife from rural Montana, who are grieving over the death of their son when…
Limbo (2020)- Dir. Ben Sharrock
Feat. Amir El-Masry, Vikash Bhai, Ola Orebiyi… - A moving cross–cultural comedy about the refugee experience, set on a remote Scottish island where a promising young Syrian musician is waiting…
Love Sarah (2020)- Dir. Eliza Schroeder
Feat. Rupert Penry-Jones, Celia Imrie, Shelley Conn - Charming multi–generational rom–com set in Notting Hill, where a 19 year–old woman enlists the help of her mother's best friend and…
Man in the Hat, The (2020)- Dir. Stephen Warbeck, John-Paul Davidson
Feat. Ciaran Hinds, Stephen Dillane, Maïwenn … - Road–trip comedy–musical about a man who sets off from Marseilles in a small Fiat 500, with five angry men in a Citroën Dyane…
Military Wives (2020)- Dir. Peter Cattaneo
Feat. Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan, Jason Flemyng… - Shamelessly cheesy British comedy following four women who form a military wives choir after their husbands leave to serve in Afghanistan, then find…
Minari (2020)- Dir. Lee Isaac Chung
Feat. Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim… - Winner of the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at Sundance, this delicately drawn, sweeping story follows a Korean–American family in search of…
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020)- Dir. Tony Tilse
Feat. Essie Davis, Nathan Page - Film based on the acclaimed TV series MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES, with Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) returning as the Jazz age sleuth, unravelling…
Miss Scarlet and The Duke (TV Series) (2020)- Feat. Kate Phillips, Danny Midwinter, Stuart Martin
- Crime series set in Victorian London, where a penniless single woman decides to keep her father's detective agency running after his death, and hires…
Nest, The (TV Mini-series) (2020)- Feat. Martin Compston, Sophie Rundle, Mirren Mack…
- Suspenseful Scottish 5–part TV drama starring Martin Compston (LINE OF DUTY) and Sophie Rundle (PEAKY BLINDERS, BODYGUARD) as a wealthy couple…
Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)- Dir. Malgorzata Szumowska
Feat. Alec Utgoff, Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza… - Assured Polish Oscar contender about a Ukrainian immigrant who unexpectedly develops a cult–like following while working as a masseur in a…
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)- Dir. Eliza Hittman
Feat. Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Sharon Van Etten - The director of BEACH RATS directs impressive newcomers Sidney Flanigan and Talia Ryder as a pair of teenage girls from rural Pennsylvania who travel…
Nine Days (2020)- Dir. Edson Oda
Feat. Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, Benedict Wong… - The assured debut of writer–director Edson Oda is this existential drama about life, death and rebirth, unfolding in a parallel dimension where…
Nomadland (2020)- Dir. Chloé Zhao
Feat. Frances McDormand, David Strathairn - Frances McDormand offers arguably her greatest performance yet (ahead of a cast of nomadic non–actors) as a woman who leaves her…
Pale Horse, The (2020)- Dir. Leonora Lonsdale
Feat. Rufus Sewell, Sheila Atim, Georgina Campbell… - Two–part miniseries based on the 1961 Agatha Christie novel of the same name, involving all manner of malevolent goings on in the picturesque…
Penance (TV Mini-series) (2020)- Feat. Julie Graham, Nico Mirallegro, Neil Morrissey…
- 3–part TV miniseries which replaces the male gaze with that of a mother who, grieving for her son's death, struggles with maelstrom of emotions…
Penguin Bloom (2020)- Dir. Glendyn Ivin
Feat. Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, Jackie Weaver… - The luminous Naomi Watts leads this gracious Australian drama as the mother of three boys who take in an injured Magpie after she suffers a…
Plot Against America, The (TV Mini-series) (2020)- Dir. Thomas Schlamme
Feat. Winona Ryder, Anthony Boyle, Zoe Kazan… - Created by David Simon (THE WIRE) and Ed Burns, this HBO mini–series adapts Philip Roth's 2004 prescient novel of the same name imagining an…
Promising Young Woman (2020)- Dir. Emerald Fennell
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie… - Carey Mulligan is sensational as the 'promising young woman' who contrives an elaborate scheme to avenge for a traumatizing past event in this…
Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020)- Dir. Jasmila Zbanic
Feat. Jasna Djuricic, Johan Heldenbergh - A devastating, personal account of a nightmarish dilemma for a wife and mother working as a translator between the UN, the Serbian aggressors and…
Rams (2020)- Dir. Jeremy Sims
Feat. Sam Neill, Michael Caton, Miranda Richardson… - Aussie re–imagining of the hit Icelandic comedy RAMS (2016), with Sam Neill the obvious choice to play a farmer in a decades long war with his…
Resistance (2020)- Dir. Jonathan Jakubowicz
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Clemence Poesy, Géza Röhrig… - Handsomely mounted biopic based on the life of Marcel Marceau. Jesse Eisenberg impresses as the mime artist who fought for the French Jewish…
Reunion (2020)- Dir. Jake Mahaffy
Feat. Julia Ormond, Emma Draper, John Bach… - Beautifully–lensed NZ horror shot in a grand old mansion in Lower Hutt, following an academic studying black magic (Emma Draper, DAFFODILS) who…
Richard Jewell (2020)- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm… - A powerful biopic from the dependably compelling American story–teller Clint Eastwood, about Richard Jewell, the man who saved countless lives…
Rosa's Wedding (2020)- Feat. Candela Pena, Sergi Lopez, Nathalie Poza…
- Delightful Spanish comedy about a hard–working seamstress in her mid–40's who decides to turn her life around after spending years…
Rose Maker, The (La fine fleur) (2020)- Dir. Pierre Pinaud
Feat. Catherine Frot, Olivia Cote, Rukkmini Ghosh - Gentle French comedy with Catherine Frot (THE MIDWIFE) playing a rose maker on the verge of financial ruin, who hires three hapless misfits with no…
Savage (2020)- Dir. Sam Kelly
Feat. Jake Ryan, John Tui, Chelsie Preston-Crayford - Powerful drama inspired by the history of NZ's gangs, following a young boy in three different stages of life from the 1960's to the 1980's, as he…
Secret Garden, The (2020)- Dir. Marc Munden
Feat. Colin Firth, Julie Walters, Dixie Egerickx… - Update of Francis Hodgson Burnett's beloved classic about the spirited orphan girl who discovers a magical garden hidden at her strict Aunt and…
Shirley (2020)- Dir. Josephine Decker
Feat. Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, Michael Stuhlbarg - Elisabeth Moss gives another inspired performance in this literary themed thriller, playing a renowned horror writer who is interrupted on the brink…
Show, The (2020)- Dir. Mitch Jenkins
Feat. Tom Burke, Siobhan Hewlett, Alan Moore… - Highly imaginative British fantasy noir based on a screenplay by brilliant English graphic novelist Alan Moore (V FOR VENDETTA, WATCHMEN). Set in…
Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)- Dir. Andy Goddard
Feat. Eddie Izzard, Carla Juri, James D'Arcy… - A tense British period thriller loosely based on the true story of the disappearance of a school teacher at an elite girls' boarding school shortly…
Small Axe Anthology (Mangrove; Lovers Rock; Red, White, and Blue; Alex Wheatle; Education) (2020)- Dir. Steve McQueen
Feat. Letitia Wright, John Boyega, Malachi Kirby… - An astounding accomplishment for British creator, director and co–writer Steve McQueen (12 YEARS A SLAVE), this anthology comprises five films…
Sounds, The (TV Mini-series) (2020)- Dir. Peter Stebbings
Feat. Matt Whelen, Rachelle Lefevre, Matt Nable… - Kiwi mystery drama series from writer Sarah–Kate Lynch (800 WORDS), about a Canadian couple who move to the Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere region in…
Supernova (2020)- Dir. Harry Macqueen
Feat. Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Pippa Haywood… - A poignant modern love story with Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci playing a couple who have been in love for 20 years. After a wrenching diagnosis…
Tesla (2020)- Dir. Michael Almereyda
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Ebon Moss-Bacharach… - Distinctive biopic about the life and work of visionary inventor Nikola Tesla (Ethan Hawke), including his uneasy relationship with fellow inventor,…
Ties, The (Lacci) (2020)- Dir. Daniele Luchetti
Feat. Alba Rohrwacher, Luigi Lo Cascio, Laura Morante… - Naples, early 1980s. The once–happy union between Aldo and his wife Vanda is ruptured one evening when Aldo admits, unprompted, that he has…
Tigers (2020)- Dir. Ronnie Sandahl
Feat. Erik Enge, Alfred Enoch, Johannes Bah Kuhnke… - Sports biopic telling the true story of Swedish football talent Martin Bengtsson, an 18–year–old whose dreams turned into nightmares when…
Wild Mountain Thyme (2020)- Dir. John Patrick Shanley
Feat. Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm… - John Patrick Shanley, who created MOONSTRUCK, brings his sweeping romantic vision to Ireland with Wild Mountain Thyme. The headstrong farmer Rosemary…
Wildland (2020)- Dir. Jeanette Nordahl
Feat. Sandra Guldberg Kampp, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Joachim Fjelstrup - Powerful coming–of–age Scandi–noir about a Danish teenager who becomes embroiled in the ruthless criminal life of her aunt and…
1917 (2019)- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays - Immersive epic war film from director Sam Mendes (JARHEAD) which evokes the impression of a continuous take to follow two British soldiers on a…
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)- Dir. Marielle Heller
Feat. Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper - Gentle drama set in 1998 and based on the real life friendship between journalist Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys) and TV host Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks), who…
A Bump Along the Way (2019)- Dir. Shelly Love
Feat. Bronagh Gallagher, Lola Petticrew, Mary Moulds… - A warm hearted comedy set in Derry in Northern Ireland, with Bronagh Gallagher in a deserved lead role as a free spirited mother in her 40's who…
A Confession (TV Mini-Series) (2019)- Feat. Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, Siobhan Finneran
- British crime drama with Martin Freeman playing a Detective Superintendent willing to risk his career and reputation to catch the killer of a…
A Dog's Journey (2019)- Dir. Gail Mancuso
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Josh Gad, Marg Helgenberger - Sweet and sentimental sequel to A DOG'S PURPOSE (2017), following the various reincarnations of a lovable canine, who carries out a promise to a…
A Hidden Life (2019)- Dir. Terrence Malick
Feat. August Diehl, Matthias Schoenaerts, Valerie Pachner… - Historical drama of distinction from writer director Terrence Malick (THE THIN RED LINE), depicting the life of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian…
A Rainy Day in New York (2019)- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez… - Whimsical rom–com set in New York and following a young college student (Timothée Chalamet) and his romantic exploits with his film student…
A White, White Day (2019)- Dir. Hlynur Pálmason
Feat. Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Ida Mekkin Hlynsdottir, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason… - Aesthetically striking Icelandic drama which plunges the viewer deep into the psyche of a tortured former police officer who suspects a neighbour…
After Midnight (2019)- Dir. Jeremy Gardner
Feat. Jeremy Gardner, Brea Grant - After his long–term girlfriend unexpectedly leaves him. a small town bar owner finds himself threatened by a mysterious unseen evil. A curious…
Aftermath, The (2019)- Dir. James Kent
Feat. Keira Knightley, Jason Clarke, Alexander Skarsgard - Period melodrama of some distinction due to its strong cast, set in postwar Germany in 1945, where a British colonel and his wife move into a…
Animals (2019)- Dir. Sophie Hyde
Feat. Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat - Raucous comedy with Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat brilliant together as best friends living in Dublin, whose hard partying lifestyle comes under…
Apartment 1BR (1BR) (2019)- Dir. David Marmor
Feat. Nicole Brydon Bloom, Giles Matthey, Taylor Nichols… - Smartly scripted psychological thriller about an aspiring costumer designer in Los Angeles whose new neighbours belong to a creepy cult–like…
Assistant, The (2019)- Dir. Kitty Green
Feat. Julia Garner, Matthew MacFadyen, Makenzie Leigh… - A searing, beautifully modulated indictment of toxic office culture in the wake of the #MeToo movement, that follows the daily routine of an intern…
Babyteeth (2019)- Dir. Shannon Murphy
Feat. Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace, Michelle Lotters… - Australian coming–of–age drama marking the feature debut for director Shannon Murphy (KILLING EVE), from a screenplay by Rita Kalnejais,…
Bait (2019)- Dir. Mark Jenkin
Feat. Edward Rowe, Simon Shepherd, Giles King… - A fisherman in a picturesque Cornish village finds his traditional way of life threatened by gentrification in this experimental but dramatically…
Baptiste (TV Series) (2019)- Feat. Tcheky Karyo, Tom Hollander, Jessica Raine…
- A TV spin–off of the acclaimed BBC crime drama THE MISSING, with the same writers and some of the same cast, which follows the character Julien…
Beats (2019)- Dir. Brian Welsh
Feat. Laura Fraser, Lorn Macdonald, Cristian Ortega - Evocative Scottish period drama set in the 90's rave scene, following two teenagers who try to sneak into an illegal rave party in…
Beecham House (TV Series) (2019)- Feat. Tom Bateman, Lesley Nicol, Grégory Fitoussi…
- Lavish 6–part period drama set in Delhi on the cusp of the 19th century, and following a former soldier (Tom Bateman) who purchases the…
Bellbird (2019)- Dir. Hamish Bennett
Feat. Marshall Napier, Cohen Holloway, Annie Whittle - Charming and quietly restrained comedy drama set on a Northland NZ dairy farm, where a third generation farm owner struggles to cope with the loss of…
Berlin, I Love You (2019)- Dir. Peter Chelsom, Fernando Eimbcke, Claus Clausen
Feat. Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke… - Anthology film continuing the "Cities of Love" franchise (PARIS, JE T'AIME, NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU) set in the German capital where ten sugary stories…
Best of Enemies, The (2019)- Dir. Robin Bissell
Feat. Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell - Civil rights activist Ann Atwater is the subject of this historical race relations drama which offers a perhaps more interesting alternative to the…
Big Little Lies - Season 2 (TV Mini-series) (2019)- Dir. Andrea Arnold
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley… - The second chapter of this acclaimed HBO series, this time from the director of FISHTANK and AMERICAN HONEY, throws a grief ridden…
Blackbird (2019)- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska… - An effective remake of the 2014 Danish drama SILENT HEART (2014), with Susan Sarandon playing a terminally ill mother who arranges to bring her…
Blinded By the Light (2019)- Dir. Gurinder Chadha
Feat. Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Ganatra - Set in 1987 during Thatcher–era Britain, a Pakistani Muslim navigates his teenage years and finds his voice through a love of Bruce Springsteen…
Bombshell (2019)- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie… - Charlize Theron leads an all–star cast in this scathing biographical drama based on real life events in which a group of female Fox network…
Brexit: The Uncivil War (TV Mini-series) (2019)- Dir. Toby Haynes
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Lee Boardman, John Heffernan… - Television drama depicting the lead–up to the 2016 referendum through the activities of the strategists behind the Vote Leave campaign, that…
Buoyancy (2019)- Dir. Rodd Rathjen
Feat. Sarm Heng, Mony Ros, Thanawut Kasro - A 14–year old who works in the Cambodian rice fields with his family decides to escape illegally to Thailand, but finds instead that he has…
Burnt Orange Heresy, The (2019)- Dir. Giuseppe Capotondi
Feat. Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Mick Jagger… - Sophisticated crime thriller set in the privileged world of fine art, where an art critic (Claes Bang, who played the unfortunate gallery curator in…
Calm With Horses (The Shadow of Violence) (2019)- Dir. Nick Rowland
Feat. Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Ned Dennehy - Bleak and unflinching Irish crime drama following the fate of a troubled former boxer descending into a complex ecosystem of crime.
Catherine the Great (TV Mini-series) (2019)- Dir. Philip Martin
Feat. Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Roy Kinnear… - A four–part miniseries starring Helen Mirren as Catherine the Great, loosely based on Russian Empress's later life cicra 1764 to her death in…
Chernobyl (TV Mini-Series) (2019)- Dir. Johan Renck
Feat. Jared Harris, Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgard… - Powerful dramatisation of the 1986 nuclear accident in Ukraine, one of the worst man–made catastrophes in history. Unfolds in 5…
Climb, The (2019)- Dir. Michael Angelo Covino
Feat. Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin, Gayle Rankin… - Expanding on their short film of the same name, friends Michael Angelo Corvino and Kyle Marvin write and star in this caustically funny portrait of…
Come As You Are (2019)- Dir. Richard Wong
Feat. Grant Rosenmeyer, Hayden Szeto, Ravi Patel… - A remake of the acclaimed Belgian film 'Hasta La Vista', this endearing and often funny bro comedy follows three young men with disabilities who hit…
Corpus Christi (2019)- Dir. Jan Komasa
Feat. Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel… - A devastating, gripping drama based on the true story of a charismatic ex–convict who is mistaken to be a priest in a devout Polish village, a…
Crown, The - Season 3 (TV Series) (2019)- Feat. Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter…
- Third season of the sumptuous costume drama, with Olivia Colman replacing Claire Foy's Queen Elizabeth II, now in her 40's. Covers such events as the…
Daffodils (2019)- Dir. David Stubbs
Feat. Rose McIver, George Mason, Kimbra - Ambitious screen musical based on the stageplay of same name that threads a bittersweet romantic narrative over several decades through a setlist of…
Dark Waters (2019)- Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins… - Compelling slow burn legal drama masterfully directed by Todd Haynes (CAROL) set in West Virginia, where a corporate defence attorney takes on a…
Days of the Bagnold Summer (2019)- Dir. Simon Bird
Feat. Earl Cave, Tamsin Greig, Rob Brydon - Charming coming–of–age comedy–drama starring newcomer Earl Cave (son of Nick Cave) as a teenage heavy metal fan struggling to get…
Deep Water (Mini-series) (2019)- Feat. Anna Friel, Sinead Keenan, Rosalind Eleazar
- Hailed as Britain's answer to BIG LITTLE LIES, this modern day drama about three school–run mothers balancing work and family pressures is…
Dogs Don't Wear Pants (Koirat eivät käytä housuja) (2019)- Dir. J.-P. Valkeapää
Feat. Krista Kosonen - Finnish erotic drama about a lonely dad who is traumatized by the loss of his wife in a drowning accident, and stumbles into ecstasy via a powerful…
Downton Abbey: The Movie (2019)- Dir. Michael Engler
Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Maggie Smith… - Lavish spin–off film following on from events in the TV series, with the same writer and much of the same cast. The Crawley family are visited…
Ema (2019)- Dir. Pablo Larrain
Feat. Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Santiago Cabrera… - A bold and distinctive film from director Pablo Larrain (NO), with newcomer Mariana Di Girolamo playing a young dancer who is coping with an adoption…
Emma (2019)- Dir. Autumn de Wilde
Feat. Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Callum Turner… - Adaptation of the beloved Jane Austen novel, from a screenplay by New Zealand novelist Eleanor Catton. Lead actress Anna Taylor–Joy is wickedly…
Extraordinary, The (The Specials, Hors normes) (2019)- Dir. Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Reda Kateb, Helene Vincent - From the French directing team behind THE INTOUCHABLES comes this astute dramatisation of the true story of Stephane Benhamou (played by Vincent…
Fanny Lye Deliver'd (The Delivered) (2019)- Dir. Thomas Clay
Feat. Maxine Peake, Charles Dance, Freddie Fox - British period thriller set in 1657 on a Shropshire farm, where Fanny Lye (the magnificent Maxine Peake) is living a quiet, puritan life until the…
Farewell to the Night (L'adieu à la nuit) (2019)- Dir. Andre Techine
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Kacey Mottet Klein, Oulaya Amamra - Catherine Deneuve anchors this French drama about a horse farmer whose grandson comes to visit, revealing that he has been radicalised by Islamic…
Farewell, The (2019)- Dir. Lulu Wang
Feat. Awkwafina , Tzi Ma, Zhao Shuzhen… - Widely acclaimed comedy–drama of family dysfunction, based on the real–life experiences of Chinese writer director Lulu Wang. A…
Fighting With My Family (2019)- Dir. Stephen Merchant
Feat. Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Nick Frost - Big–hearted wrestling biopic centered around real–life WWE wrestler Paige (Florence Pugh), whose dad is also a former wrestler.
First Cow (2019)- Dir. Kelly Reichardt
Feat. John Magaro, Orion Lee, Toby Jones… - A western set in the Pacific Northwest from acclaimed director Kelly Reichardt (MEEK'S CUTOFF), patiently depicting the hardscrabble way of life of…
Fisherman's Friends (2019)- Dir. Chris Foggin
Feat. Daniel Mays, James Purefoy, David Hayman… - Delightful comedy inspired by the true story of ten grizzled Cornish fishermen whose sea shanties unexpectedly became chart toppers after a cynical…
Five Feet Apart (2019)- Dir. Justin Baldoni
Feat. Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse, Moises Arias - Teen romance with two cystic fibrosis patients whose undeniable attraction threatens the rules and boundaries put in place to protect their health,…
Ford v Ferrari (Le Mans '66) (2019)- Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal… - Handsomely–mounted standard issue Hollywood biopic of how the Ford motor company entered the motor–racing game to try to topple Ferrari's…
Gentleman Jack (TV Mini-Series) (2019)- Feat. Suranne Jones, Sophie Rundle
- Gorgeous historical drama created by Sally Wainwright (HAPPY VALLEY, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX) set in 1832 against the lush backdrop of Halifax, West…
Gloria Bell (2019)- Dir. Sebastián Lelio
Feat. Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Caren Pistorius… - Another winner from Chilean director Sebastian Lelio, who remakes his superb Spanish–language mid–life romance with absolute assurance…
Goldfinch, The (2019)- Dir. John Crowley
Feat. Ansel Elgort, Oakes Fegley, Aneurin Barnard… - Sensitive coming–of–age story of growth and redemption, adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name. A 13–year…
Good Posture (2019)- Dir. Dolly Wells
Feat. Grace Van Patten, Ebon Moss-Bacharach, Emily Mortimer… - Gentle and literate indie comedy following a charming but lazy young woman who suddenly decides to make a documentary about a family friend, a famed…
Greed (2019)- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, David Mitchell, Asa Butterfield… - Satirical comedy about filthy rich people, with Steve Coogan playing a billionaire fashion mogul whose life is explored using non–linear…
Hearts and Bones (2019)- Dir. Ben Lawrence
Feat. Hugo Weaving, Hayley McElhinney, Bolude Watson… - Restrained but powerful Australian drama with Hugo Weaving playing a traumatised war photojournalist who is preparing an exhibition in Sydney of his…
High Life (2019)- Dir. Claire Denis
Feat. Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Andre Benjamin… - Legendary French director Claire Denis (Beau Travail) returns with her first English language film, a sci–fi horror set in deep space where a…
Honey Boy (2019)- Dir. Alma Har’el
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe… - A fascinating and confronting drama based on a script that actor Shia LaBeouf wrote in rehab as a form of therapy, with the actor playing a…
Hope Gap (2019)- Dir. William Nicholson
Feat. Annette Bening, Bill Nighy, Josh O’Connor… - Adapted from the director's own play The Retreat from Moscow, this British drama stars Annette Bening and Bill Nighy as a couple who are facing a…
Human Capital (2019)- Dir. Marc Meyers
Feat. Liev Schreiber, Marisa Tomei, Maya Hawke… - Thoroughly engrossing drama about three upstate New York families whose lives are entangled by a hit–and–run accident. Filled with…
Hunting, The (TV Series) (2019)- Feat. Asher Keddie, Richard Roxburgh, Sam Reid…
- Miniseries set in a contemporary, multicultural Australia and following two high school teachers after the revelation that their students are sharing…
In the Name Of The Land (2019)- Dir. Edouard Bergeon
Feat. Guillaume Canet, Veerle Baetens, Anthony Bajon… - Following the life of a stoic farmer across four decades, this bittersweet and deeply moving drama marks the directorial debut of French…
Inheritance (2019)- Dir. Vaughn Stein
Feat. Lily Collins, Simon Pegg, Connie Nielsen… - Juicy gothic thriller from the director of TERMINAL, following the daughter of a wealthy patriarch whose secret inheritance threatens to tear the…
Irishman, The (2019)- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci… - Unwieldly but fascinating Scorsese crime drama, in which the director reunites with good fellas Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci to tell the…
Jo-Jo Rabbit (JoJo Rabbit) (2019)- Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Taika Waititi… - Wildly satirical WWII comedy following Jojo, a lonely German boy who discovers his mother, who is secretly anti–Nazi, is hiding a young Jewish…
Joker (2019)- Dir. Todd Phillips
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz… - Brilliantly dark psychological thriller introducing Batman's arch nemesis as a traumatised loner who finds his voice in acts of violence. An achingly…
JT Leroy (Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy) (2019)- Dir. Justin Kelly
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Kelvin Harrison Jr.… - The most outrageous and fascinating literary hoax of recent times is dramatised in this adaptation of Savannah Knoop’s memoir Girl Boy Girl: How I…
Judy (2019)- Dir. Rupert Goold
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock - Renee Zellweger's thoroughly committed and well–researched portrayal of Judy Garland elevates this biopic set in 1968 during the last year of…
Just Mercy (2019)- Dir. Destin Cretton
Feat. Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson… - Powerful legal drama from director Destin Daniel Cretton (SHORT TERM 12), telling the true story of Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), the…
Kill Team, The (2019)- Dir. Dan Krauss
Feat. Nat Wolff, Adam Long, Osy Ikhile… - War drama which fictionalises events from the documentary of the same name from 2013, following a morally conflicted US Specialist whose platoon are…
Kitchen, The (2019)- Dir. Andrea Berloff
Feat. Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss… - After their mobster husbands get locked up in prison, three housewives decide to take over the family business. Set in Hell's Kitchen in 1978, and…
Last Black Man in San Francisco, The (2019)- Dir. Joe Talbot
Feat. Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Tichina Arnold… - An impressionistic drama exploring the current American housing crisis from the perspective of a young black man attempting to reclaim his childhood…
Late Night (2019)- Dir. Nisha Ganatra
Feat. Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Max Casella… - Emma Thompson plays a once successful late–night talk show host who fears her popularity is slipping and hires a woman (Mindy Kaling) to…
Les Miserables (2019)- Dir. Ladj Ly
Feat. Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djebril Zonga… - This impressive feature debut from French director Ladj Ly is set in the French criminal underworld in aftermath of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, when…
Lighthouse, The (2019)- Dir. Robert Eggers
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, Valeriia Karaman - A brilliantly salty psychological two–hander from Robert Eggers (THE WITCH), with Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe playing a pair of…
Little Women (2019)- Dir. Greta Gerwig
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh… - The director of LADY BIRD turns her attention to a classic text in the coming–of–age genre, the oft–filmed story based on the novel…
Loudest Voice, The (TV Mini-series) (2019)- Dir. Jeremy Podeswa, Kari Skogland, Stephen Frears
Feat. Russell Crowe, Sienna Miller, Annabelle Wallis… - A seven–part series revealing the final years of media consultant Roger Ailes as he devises his most potent political weapon, Fox News, over…
Luce (2019)- Dir. Julius Onah
Feat. Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Kelvin Harrison Jr.… - A tense and knotty social thriller based on a play of the same name by J.C. Lee, about a married American couple who have their idealised image of…
Mapplethorpe (2019)- Dir. Ondi Timoner
Feat. Matt Smith, Marianne Rendon, John Benjamin Hickey - Biopic of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, with Matt Smith portraying the brilliantly provocative photographer and gay icon.
Marriage Story (2019)- Dir. Noah Baumbach
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern… - A brutal, funny and at times almost unbearably insightful depiction of the divorce of an upper class stage director and actress (played brilliantly…
Martin Eden (2019)- Dir. Pietro Marcello
Feat. Luca Marinelli, Carlo Cecchi, Jessica Cressy… - A dazzling adaptation of Jack London's semi–autobiographical 1909 novel about a sailor who abandons his working class roots to pursue an…
Miss Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries (TV Mini-Series) (2019)- Feat. Geraldine Hakewill, Joel Jackson, Catherine McClements…
- Spin–off of the popular Australian TV series MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES, set in Melbourne in the 1960's, and following a woman who aspires…
Monsoon (2019)- Dir. Hong Khaou
Feat. Henry Golding, Parker Sawyers, David Tran… - A sensitive and detailed portrait of the emigrant experience, following a Vietnamese man who returns to Saigon after three decades living in…
MotherFatherSon (TV Mini-series) (2019)- Feat. Richard Gere, Helen McCrory, Billy Howle…
- BBC TV thriller of distinction, interweaving themes of politics, media and law enforcement as it follows three members of a fractured but powerful…
Mr. Jones (2019)- Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard - Strikingly bold political thriller from eminent Polish director Agnieszka Holland (IN DARKNESS), loosely based on the true story of ambitious Welsh…
Mrs Lowry & Son (2019)- Dir. Adrian Noble
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Spall - The life of the renowned British artist L. S. Lowry is the subject of this entertaining biopic, with Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave superb as the…
Mystery of Henri Pick, The (Le mystère Henri Pick) (2019)- Dir. Rémi Bezançon
Feat. Fabrice Luchini, Camille Cottin, Alice Isaaz… - Delectable literary–themed French comedy caper based on the book of the same name by David Foenkinos. The titular Henri Pick is a…
Name Of The Rose, The (TV Mini-series) (2019)- Dir. Giacomo Battiato
Feat. John Turturro, Rupert Everett - TV adaptation of Umberto Eco's novel 'The Name of the Rose', a murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the 14th century.
New Pope, The (TV Series) (2019)- Dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Feat. Jude Law, John Malkovich, Silvio Orlando… - The director of THE YOUNG POPE helms this follow–up series (originally conceived as a second season), with Jude Law and John Malkovich…
Nightingale, The (2019)- Dir. Jennifer Kent
Feat. Baykali Ganambarr, Sam Claflin - Brazen Australian survival drama from the director of THE BABADOOK, set in 1825 in Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania), where a deeply traumatised Irish…
Of Love and Lies (2019)- Dir. Julien Rappeneau
Feat. François Damiens, Andre Dussollier, Maleaume Paquin - Uplifting French dramedy about a diminutive but spirited 12–year old boy who challenges his lonely disillusioned dad into embracing life again…
Official Secrets (2019)- Dir. Gavin Hood
Feat. Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode… - Engrossing drama based on the life of whistleblower Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), the GCHQ emplyee who leaked a secret memo about an illegal NSA…
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood) (2019)- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie… - Sprawling love–letter to the final years of Hollywood's golden age, following a faded television actor and his stunt double as they face the…
Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) (2019)- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Penelope Cruz… - A more restrained, but no less pretty and witty outing for septuagenarian director Pedro Almodóvar, which narrates evocative vignettes from the life…
Palm Beach (2019)- Dir. Rachel Ward
Feat. Bryan Brown, Sam Neill, Aaron Jeffery… - Veteran Australian actor Rachel Ward directs this ensemble comedy in which lifelong friends of a privileged class reunite for a party at Sydney's…
Paradise Hills (2019)- Dir. Alice Waddington
Feat. Emma Roberts, Danielle Macdonald, Awkwafina … - A rebellious teen girl is sent to an apparently idyllic disciplinary school to learn how to be a "young lady" in this visually elegant sci–fi…
Peanut Butter Falcon, The (2019)- Dir. Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz
Feat. Zack Gottsagen, Ann Owens, Dakota Johnson… - Charming, Mark Twain inspired odyssey following a young man with Down Syndrome who runs away from his nursing home to pursue a dream of going to…
Perfumes (2019)- Dir. Gregory Magne
Feat. Emmanuelle Devos, Gregory Montel - Anne (Emmanuelle Devos) was once the star of her industry – a perfumer whose ability to produce enticing new fragrances was second to none. She…
Personal History Of David Copperfield, The (2019)- Dir. Armando Iannucci
Feat. Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton… - A modern take on the Charles Dickens classic about the young orphan who triumphs over adversity in Victorian England. Puts a refreshing spin on…
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)- Dir. Céline Sciamma
Feat. Noémie Merlant, Adele Haenel - Céline Sciamma (GIRLHOOD) directs this devastatingly good, exquisitely executed lesbian period drama. Set in France in the 18th century, where a…
Professor and the Madman, The (2019)- Dir. P. B. Shemran
Feat. Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer… - Biographical drama set in London in 1879, where a professor (Mel Gibson) compiling the first Oxford England Dictionary receives a submission of over…
Proxima (2019)- Dir. Alice Winocour
Feat. Eva Green, Matt Dillon, Lars Eidinger… - Eva Green plays a French astronaut enrolled in a demanding program at the European Space Agency in Cologne, struggling to maintain a relationship…
Queen & Slim (Queen and Slim) (2019)- Dir. Melina Matsoukas
Feat. Daniel Kaluuya, Bokeem Woodbine, Chloe Sevigny… - An African American couple's first date is interrupted when they kill a cop in self–defence and go on the run to avoid prison. A brilliantly…
Radioactive (2019)- Dir. Marjane Satrapi
Feat. Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Aneurin Barnard… - Biopic about Marie Curie, with Rosamund Pike playing the nobel–prize winning French physicist and chemist who pioneered research into…
Ride Like a Girl (2019)- Dir. Rachel Griffiths
Feat. Teresa Palmer, Sam Neill, Sullivan Stapleton - Gritty and passionate racing drama based on the true story of jockey Michelle Payne, who fulfilled a life–long dream of winning the Melbourne…
Rocketman (2019)- Dir. Dexter Fletcher
Feat. Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden… - Musical biopic with Taron Egerton playing Elton John, capturing the flamboyant and troubled extremes of his life. Set in his early years when he was…
Room 212 (Chambre 212, On a Magical Night) (2019)- Dir. Christophe Honore
Feat. Chiara Mastroianni, Vincent Lacoste, Camille Cottin… - Playful French rom–com from acclaimed writer–director Christophe Honore (MA MERE, DAN PARIS). Set over the course of one night, where…
Rose Plays Julie (2019)- Dir. Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor
Feat. Ann Skelly, Orla Brady, Aidan Gillen - Bracing drama made by the interdisciplinary art collective Desperate Optimists, which follows an adopted Irish girl who tracks down her birth mother.…
Safe Spaces (After Class) (2019)- Dir. Daniel Schechter
Feat. Justin Long, Fran Drescher, Kate Berlant - A biting comedy following a NYC professor who has an awkward run–in with a student, and attempts to defend his controversial behavior while…
Sanditon (TV Series) (2019)- Feat. Rose Williams, Theo James, Anne Reid…
- Adapted from an unfinished manuscript by Jane Austen, this eight–part historical drama follows a young and naive heroine as she navigates the…
Seberg (2019)- Dir. Benedict Andrews
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Jack O'Connell, Margaret Qualley… - Kristen Stewart is riveting as French New Wave actress Jean Seberg, in this drama set in the 1960's, when she passionately involved herself in the…
Skin (2019)- Dir. Guy Nattiv
Feat. Jamie Bell, Danielle Macdonald, Daniel Henshall… - Bryon Widner (JAMIE BELL) was one of the FBI's most sought after white supremacists. Covered in racist tattoos from head to toe that he earned…
Sorry We Missed You (2019)- Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone… - A struggling UK man with a family in debt decides to try self–employment by becoming a delivery driver. A powerful and nuanced drama about the…
Sound of Metal (2019)- Dir. Darius Marder
Feat. Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci… - Highly acclaimed, thought–provoking drama featuring a sensational performance by Riz Ahmed as a heavy–metal drummer whose life is thrown…
Souvenir, The (2019)- Dir. Joanna Hogg
Feat. Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton - Brilliantly observed and fiercely unconventional drama from writer–director Joanna Hogg (EXHIBITION) introspectively exploring the life of a…
Spread Your Wings (Donne-moi des ailes) (2019)- Dir. Nicolas Vanier
Feat. Jean-Paul Rouve, Mélanie Doutey, Louis Vazquez - A gorgeous boys' own eco–adventure from France, based on the true story of a visionary scientist and his 14–year–old son who bond…
Summerland (2019)- Dir. Jessica Swale
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lucas Bond… - A love–story set in the timeless and enchanting world of Summerland; sun–dappled days by the sea over one achingly beautiful summer.…
Tolkien (2019)- Dir. Dome Karukoski
Feat. Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney… - An accomplished dramatisation of the formative years of the orphaned author J.R.R. Tolkien (LORD OF THE RINGS) as he finds friendship, love and…
Traitors (TV Series) (2019)- Feat. Emma Appleton, Luke Treadaway, Michael Stuhlbarg…
- 6–part TV series set in London in 1945, where a young women is recruited by the American Office of Strategic Services to spy on her own…
Truth, The (2019)- Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke… - Dazzling modern family drama from master auteur Kore–eda Hirokazu (SHOPLIFTERS), pairing French screen icons Catherine Deneuve and Juliette…
Vai (2019)- Dir. Becs Arahanga, Amberley Jo Aumua, Matasila Freshwater
Feat. Evotia-Rose Araiti, Ro Mereani Adi Tuimatanisiga, Agnes Pele… - Eight connecting moments of seemingly different lives thread together Vai’s journey of empowerment through culture over her lifetime. Beautifully…
Valley of the Boom (TV Mini-series) (2019)- Feat. Bradley Whitford, Steve Zahn, Lamorne Morris
- Mixing scripted drama with documentary interviews, this entertaining mini–series looks at the explosive, game–changing birth of Silicon…
Virtues, The (TV Mini-series) (2019)- Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Stephen Graham, Niamh Algar, Helen Behan… - 4–part drama co–written and directed by Shane Meadows, with talented actor Stephen Graham (who also starred in Meadows' acclaimed THIS IS…
Waves (2019)- Dir. Trey Edward Schults
Feat. Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell… - An emotionally resonant character drama from accomplished director Trey Edward Shults (IT COMES AT NIGHT, KRISHA) following a suburban African…
We'll End Up Together (Nous finirons ensemble) (2019)- Dir. Guillaume Canet
Feat. Francois Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Gilles Lellouche… - From the writer/director of the LITTLE WHITE LIES comes another chic French take on the formula of THE BIG CHILL, with the entire cast returning to…
Weathering with You (2019)- Dir. Makoto Shinkai
- Touching Japanese animated romance doubling as an eco–fable, about a high school boy who befriends a girl who can manipulate the weather. From…
Wendy (2019)- Dir. Benh Zeitlin
Feat. Devin France, Yashua Mack, Gage Naquin… - A visionary reimagining of the Peter Pan story from director Benh Zeitlin, with two children from different worlds fighting to hold onto their…
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Kristen Wiig… - The 19th feature of director Richard Linklater (BOYHOOD) is a whimsical drama about an architect–turned–recluse Bernadette Fox (Cate…
While at War (2019)- Dir. Alejandro Amenabar
Feat. Karra Elejalde, Eduard Fernandez, Santi Prego - From Alejandro Amenabar, acclaimed director of THE SEA INSIDE, comes this drama set in Spain in 1936 on the cusp of the Spanish Civil…
Who You Think I Am (Celle que vous croyez) (2019)- Dir. Safy Nebbou
Feat. Juliette Binoche, François Civil, Nicole Garcia… - Juliet Binoche is outstanding at the helm of this elegant psychological thriller, playing a French literature professor and middle–aged…
Wolf Hour, The (2019)- Dir. Alistair Banks Griffin
Feat. Naomi Watts, Jennifer Ehle, Emory Cohen… - Psychological thriller set in New York in 1977, anchored by Naomi Watts playing a reclusive author who is targeted by an unseen tormentor as violence…
World On Fire (TV Series) (2019)- Feat. Jonah Hauer-King, Julia Brown, Helen Hunt…
- Ensemble drama set during the declaration and first year of WWII and following the intertwining stories of ordinary families who are affected. Season…
Years And Years (TV Series) (2019)- Dir. Simon Cellan Jones, Lisa Mulcahy
Feat. Emma Thompson, Rory Kinnear, Russell Tovey - Six–part series created by Russell T. Davies, following the busy Lyons family from Manchester across 15 years, and starring Emma Thompson as a…
A Discovery of Witches (TV Series) (2018)- Dir. Juan Carlos Medina
Feat. Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Malin Buska… - A romantic thriller series adapted from Deborah Harkness' trilogy of novels that uncovers a secret underworld of vampires, witches and daemons hiding…
A Faithful Man (L'homme fidèle) (2018)- Dir. Louis Garrel
Feat. Louis Garrel, Laetitia Casta, Lily-Rose Depp - Romantic farce with a whimsical, French new–wave sensibility directed by and starring Louis Garrel. A dashing journalist finds his life…
A Kid Like Jake (2018)- Dir. Silas Howard
Feat. Claire Danes, Octavia Spencer, Jim Parsons… - Claire Danes and Jim Parsons play a Brooklyn couple who are forced to rethink their roles as parents and spouses when their four–year–old…
A Man in a Hurry (Un homme pressé) (2018)- Dir. Hervé Mimran
Feat. Fabrice Luchini, Leïla Bekhti - French comic–drama based on the life of the former head of Peugeot, Christian Stieff, a high profile businessman who has let his personal life…
A Private War (2018)- Dir. Matthew Heineman
Feat. Rosamund Pike, Greg Wise, Alexandra Moen - Rosamund Pike is a stand out in this powerful thriller based on the true story of the fearless and celebrated war correspondent Marie Colvin. Having…
A Star is Born (2018)- Feat. Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott…
- Bradley Cooper debuts impressively as director while sparking the right chemistry in front of the camera with real–life pop…
A Very English Scandal (TV Mini-series) (2018)- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw - 3–part BBC miniseries set in the 60's and 70's depicting the evolution of the "Jeremy Thorpe Scandal", in which the leader of the Liberal Party…
A Vigilante (2018)- Dir. Sarah Daggar-Nickson
Feat. Olivia Wilde, Morgan Spector, Kyle Catlett - A thoroughly committed performance from Olivia Wilde anchors this thriller about a domestic abuse survivor who makes it her mission to support other…
Adrift (2018)- Dir. Baltasar Kormakur
Feat. Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin - Romantic survival drama with Shailene Woodley as a courageous and whip smart sailor who steers straight into a completely unpredictable hurricane. In…
Agatha and the Truth of Murder (2018)- Dir. Terry Loane
Feat. Ruth Bradley, Ralph Ineson, Pippa Haywood - Crime thriller imagining what happened to Agatha Christie during her 11–day disappearance in 1926. Stuck in a writer's rut, she finds herself…
All is True (2018)- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen - Kenneth Branagh plays William Shakespeare in his final days in this impressively cast biopic, set following a tragic fire which burns down the Globe…
American Woman (2018)- Dir. Jake Scott
Feat. Sienna Miller, Aaron Paul, Christina Hendricks… - Sienna Miller gets a rare chance to flex her acting chops as a single mother faced with raising her grandson after her daughter goes missing under…
Arctic (2018)- Dir. Joe Penna
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen - Tense, resourceful survival drama shot in Iceland, with Mads Mikkelsen playing a man who is stranded in the remains of a crashed plane somewhere in…
Ashes in the Snow (2018)- Dir. Marius A. Markevicius
Feat. Bel Powley, Jonah Hauer-King, Martin Wallström - Coming–of–age story set during WWII, when Stalin's Red Army has invaded Lithuania and a promising young artist is deported with her…
At Eternity's Gate (2018)- Dir. Julian Schnabel
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Mads Mikkelsen… - Immersive, naturalistic portrait of Van Gogh during the time he lived in Arles and Auvers–sur–Oise, France. Directed by Julian Schnabel…
Beautiful Boy (2018)- Dir. Felix Van Groeningen
Feat. Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney… - The English language debut of distinctive Belgian director Felix Van Groeningen (BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN), based on the best–selling pair of…
Ben is Back (2018)- Dir. Peter Hedges
Feat. Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance… - Julia Roberts gives a moving performance as a mother who tries to help her 19–year–old addict son over a turbulent 24 hour period when he…
Birds of Passage (2018)- Dir. Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego
Feat. Natalia Reyes, Carmina Martinez, Jose Acosta - Intelligent and engrossing narco–thriller set in Columbia in the 1960's, following an indigenous Wayuu man and his family as they turn to drug…
BlacKkKlansman (Black Klansman) (2018)- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier… - Celebrated as the best Spike Lee "joint" in years, this astute period satire tells the story of Ron Stallworth, a black police officer in 1970's…
Bletchley Circle, The: San Francisco (TV Mini-series) (2018)- Feat. Julie Graham, Rachael Stirling, Crystal Balint…
- Set during the thrilling social change of the mid–1950s, these new episodes see two characters from the original British series travel to…
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)- Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Ben Hardy… - A stonking, irrepressibly popular chronicle of Freddie Mercury and the band Queen's ascension to popular music royalty through the years leading up…
Book Week (2018)- Dir. Heath Davis
Feat. Toby Schmitz, Maya Stange - Aussie comedy following a jaded and self–centered novelist and high school English teacher who stumbles upon a new lease on life when a trashy…
Broken (2018)- Dir. Tarry Mortlock
Feat. Josh Calles, Ruby Grubb, Wayne Hapi - Logan, an ex–gang leader, is torn between revenge and reconciliation when his daughter Tori is murdered by an opposing gang. Set in an isolated…
Burning (2018)- Dir. Chang-Dong Lee
Feat. Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Jong-seo, Steven Yeun - Beautifully crafted film following a young aspiring novelist who reconnects with a childhood neighbour, before events take an unexpectedly sinister…
By the Grace of God (Grâce à Dieu) (2018)- Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet, Swann Arlaud - Hard–hitting French–Belgian drama about three sexual abuse victims who attempt to the to justice the Catholic priest who was…
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)- Dir. Marielle Heller
Feat. Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant - Melissa McCarthy delivers a fearless performance in this compelling drama based on the confessional memoir of Lee Israel, whose languishing career as…
Capharnaum (2018)- Dir. Nadine Labaki
Feat. Zain Al Rafeea - A uniquely humanistic portrayal of tragic poverty in Beirut from the perspective of an extraordinarily gutsy 12 year old Lebanese boy. After…
Celeste (2018)- Dir. Ben Hackworth
Feat. Radha Mitchell, Thomas Cocquerel, Nadine Garner - Picturesque Australian drama set in a crumbling estate deep within a lush tropical rain forest in North Queensland. Radha Mitchell plays the renowned…
Chaperone, The (2018)- Dir. Michael Engler
Feat. Haley Lu Richardson, Miranda Otto, Elizabeth McGovern… - Biopic about the life of Hollywood's silent screen siren Louise Brooks, set during her precocious teenage years and told from the perspective of the…
Claire Darling (La dernière folie de Claire Darling) (2018)- Dir. Julie Bertuccelli
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Alice Taglioni - Catherine Deneuve plays a reclusive millionaire who unexpectedly decides to get rid of all her belongings in a yard sale on the lawn of her mansion.…
Climax (2018)- Dir. Gaspar Noe
Feat. Sofia Boutella, Kiddy Smile, Roman Guillermic - A dance movie like you're never seen, legendary provocateur Gaspar Noe helms this brilliant and intoxicating ensemble piece. Set in an abandoned…
Clovehitch Killer, The (2018)- Dir. Duncan Skiles
Feat. Dylan McDermott, Charlie Plummer, Samantha Mathis - A tense, effectively slowburn horror–thriller from the writer of COP CAR that stars Charlie Plummer (so good in LEAN ON PETE) as the dutiful…
Cold War (2018)- Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski
Feat. Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot - The director of 'Ida' (2013) follows up with a deeply romantic, immaculately composed tale of a Polish concert pianist and a charismatic singer who…
Colette (2018)- Dir. Wash Westmoreland
Feat. Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Eleanor Tomlinson - A playful and spirited biopic about the extraordinary, uncompromising life of French novelist Colette (Keira Knightley). Set in Paris at the end of…
Crown, The - Season 2 (TV Series) (2018)- Feat. Claire Foy, Vanessa Kirby, Matt Smith…
- Self–assured second season of the sumptuous costume drama. The exceptional Claire Foy reprises her role as The Queen, now in her thirties, as…
Destination Wedding (2018)- Dir. Victor Levin
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Dj Dallenbach - Two hopelessly mismatched wedding guests develop a mutual affection while contending with their own spiteful feelings about the wedding, the guests,…
Dilili in Paris (Dilili à Paris) (2018)- Dir. Michel Ocelot
- Delightful animated French film from director Michel Ocelot (KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS) following a young girl investigating a series of kidnappings…
Divine Order, The (2018)- Dir. Petra Biondina Volpe
Feat. Marie Leuenberger - A passionate drama set in Switzerland, following a mother and housewife who campaigns for a referendum on the right of women to vote – in 1971…
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara… - Gus Van Sant wrote and directed this drama based on the memoir of John Callahan, a gifted cartoonist from Portland who struggled with alcoholism and…
Donbass (2018)- Dir. Sergey Loznitsa
Feat. Tamara Yatsenko, Irina Zayarmiuk, Grigory Masliuk - A 13–part exploration of the conflict between Ukraine and the Russian–supported Donetsk People's Republic throughout the…
Eighth Grade (2018)- Dir. Bo Burnham
Feat. Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson - Superb coming–of–age drama providing an unflinching glimpse into the experience of a 13–year–old girl striving to gain social…
Escape at Dannemora (TV Mini-series) (2018)- Dir. Ben Stiller
Feat. Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Arquette, Paul Dano… - TV miniseries based on the 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape, where a prison employee (Patricia Arquette, who steals the show) becomes…
Every Day (2018)- Dir. Michael Sucsy
Feat. Angourie Rice, Justice Smith, Debby Ryan… - Romantic drama based on the New York Times bestseller by David Levithan. A 16 year old girl called Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious traveling…
Everybody Knows (Todos Lo Saben) (2018)- Dir. Asghar Farhadi
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Ricardo Darín - Iranian maestro Asghar Farhadi assembles a powerhouse cast for this Spanish–language about a mother–of–two who returns from Buenos…
Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, The (2018)- Dir. Ken Scott
Feat. Dhanush , Bérénice Bejo, Erin Moriarty - Whimsical comedy following a street magician from Mumbai who sets out to find his estranged father but finds himself adventuring around the world in…
Favourite, The (2018)- Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Feat. Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone - A viciously witty tragi–comedy from Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos, set in early 18th century England where a frail Queen Anne allows her close…
First Man (2018)- Dir. Damien Chazelle
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke… - Damien Chazelle (LA LA LAND) directs this remarkable biographical drama following the life of Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) leading up to the 1969…
Front Runner, The (2018)- Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons… - Hugh Jackman leads a strong ensemble cast as charismatic Democrat Senator Gary Hart, whose 1988 U.S. presidential campaign was derailed when he was…
Girlfriends (TV Series) (2018)- Dir. Kay Mellor
Feat. Phyllis Logan, Miranda Richardson, Zoe Wanamaker - British TV comedy following a trio of middle–aged woman who were friends in childhood, and who are coping with divorce, age discrimination,…
Girls of the Sun (Les filles du soleil) (2018)- Dir. Eva Husson
Feat. Golshifteh Farahani - Powerful wartime film following a Kurdish female battalion who are fighting against ISIS extremists to take back control of their village. Stars…
Good Fight, The (TV Series) (2018)- Feat. Christine Baranski, Rose Leslie, Erica Tazel…
- Spin–off TV series to the phenomenally popular THE GOOD WIFE, and created by the same team, following the character Diane Lockhart (Christine…
Good Girls (TV Series) (2018)- Feat. Christina Hendricks, Mae Whitman, Retta
- A female–centric take on the premise of BREAKING BAD in which three suburban moms who're tired of trying to make ends meet take a leap into…
Green Book (2018)- Dir. Pete Farrelly
Feat. Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen, Linda Cardellini - Enjoyable road movie based on a true story about the unlikely friendship between an African–American concert pianist and a roughneck…
Greta (2018)- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Chloe Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe… - Creepy psychological thriller from Neil Jordan with a reliably fantastic performance from Huppert as a lonely widow with a sinister agenda who…
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The (2018)- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Lily James, Michiel Huisman, Glenn Powell - Warm and picturesque romantic comedy from the director of FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL. Set in 1946, the charismatic and free–spirited writer…
Happy as Lazzaro (2018)- Dir. Alice Rohrwacher
Feat. Adriano Tardiolo, Nicoletta Braschi, Sergi Lopez… - It's summer at Inviolata, an isolated rural estate, where an extended family of tobacco farmers toil under the rule of a domineering marchesa, and…
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)- Dir. Ben Wheatley
Feat. Neil Maskell, Hayley Squires, Sam Riley… - Director Ben Wheatley (HIGH RISE, FREE FIRE) applies his absurd mix of humour and violence to the dysfunction family genre in this comedy about a man…
Happy Prince, The (2018)- Dir. Rupert Everett
Feat. Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Colin Morgan… - Rupert Everett directs and stars in this passionate evocation of Oscar Wilde's final years. After being imprisoned for his love affair with Lord…
Hate U Give, The (2018)- Dir. George Tillman Jr.
Feat. Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby… - A powerful and thought provoking drama about the consequences of gun violence, police brutality and racism in America. Starr is a black teenager who…
Heiresses, The (2018)- Dir. Marcelo Martinessi
Feat. Ana Brun, Margarita Irún, Anna Ivanova - Slow–burn drama from Paraguay about a privileged middle–aged lesbian couple whose new found financial hardship results in one being…
Here and Now (TV Series) (2018)- Feat. Holly Hunter, Tim Robbins, Daniel Zovatto…
- Dark comedy TV series created by Alan Ball (SIX FEET UNDER), following Portlandian parents with three adopted kids from Liberia, Vietnam and…
Hot Air (2018)- Dir. Frank Coraci
Feat. Steve Coogan, Taylor Russell, Neve Campbell - Steve Coogan plays a conservative talk show host whose life is shaken up when his 16 year old niece shows up out of the blue. A timely, but…
House of Cards - Season 6 (TV Series, US) (2018)- Feat. Robin Wright, Diane Lane, Greg Kinnear
- The highly–charged political melodrama continues after Kevin Spacey's controversial departure, with his screen wife Robin Wright taking the…
Hummingbird Project, The (2018)- Dir. Kim Nguyen
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Salma Hayek, Alexander Skarsgard - Smart financial thriller with Eisenberg and Skarsgard playing cousins and high frequency traders who decide to make their fortune in a deal to build…
Humor Me (Humour Me) (2018)- Dir. Sam Hoffman
Feat. Jemaine Clement, Elliott Gould - A down–on–his–luck New York playwright (Jermaine Clement) moves in with his widowed father after his wife leaves him. But living in…
I Think We're Alone Now (2018)- Dir. Reed Morano
Feat. Peter Dinklage, Elle Fanning - An intriguing post–apocalyptic movie concerned with themes of grief and loss, following an introvert (Peter Dinklage) whose meticulously…
Ideal Palace, The (L'incroyable histoire du facteur Cheval) (2018)- Dir. Nils Tavernier
Feat. Jacques Gamblin, Laetitia Casta, Florence Thomassin - Affectionate biographical drama based on the extraordinary real–life story of a simple French postman who spent 33 years building a magnificent…
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)- Dir. Barry Jenkins
Feat. Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo… - The acclaimed follow–up to MOONLIGHT from director Barry Jenkins is a passionate romantic drama based on the James Baldwin novel of the same…
In The Aisles (In den Gängen) (2018)- Dir. Thomas Stuber
Feat. Franz Rogowski, Sandra Huller - A German wholesale supermarket is the setting for this gentle romantic drama following a reclusive blue–collar shelf stacker (Andreas Leupold,…
In Your Hands (Au bout des doigts) (2018)- Dir. Ludovic Bernard
Feat. Lambert Wilson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jules Benchetrit - A young delinquent with a talent for the piano captures the attention of the Director of the National Conservatory of Music in this feel–good…
Innocent (TV Mini-series) (2018)- Feat. Lee Ingleby, Daniel Ryan, Adrian Rawlins
- TV miniseries following a man who is released from prison after his conviction for the murder of his wife is overturned, and sets about rebuilding…
Instant Family (2018)- Dir. Sean Anders
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Moner - An enjoyable comedy of family dysfunction with Wahlberg and Byrne as a happily married couple who adopt three Hispanic–American siblings but…
Judy & Punch (Judy and Punch) (2018)- Dir. Mirrah Foulkes
Feat. Mia Wasikowska, Damon Herriman - A gorgeously carnivalesque and blackly comic Australian period drama in which the traditional fairy tale of Punch and Judy is turned on its head. The…
Juliet, Naked (2018)- Dir. Jesse Peretz
Feat. Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O'Dowd - Romantic comedy from the pen of Nick Hornby, exploring indie music superfandom, with a professor who idolises an obscure 90's alt–rocker (Ethan…
Keep the Change (2018)- Dir. Rachel Israel
Feat. Brandon Polansky, Samantha Elisofon - A tender, funny and unique New York romantic–comedy that melts the heart with two engaging performances from the thirty–something leads…
Keeper, The (Trautmann) (2018)- Dir. Markus Rosenmüller
Feat. David Kross, Freya Mavor - Biographical drama telling the story of Bert Trautmann, the German soldier who escapes a POW camp to become a footballing icon, marrying the daughter…
Kidding (TV Series) (2018)- Dir. Michel Gondry, Jake Schreier
Feat. Jim Carrey, Frank Langella, Judy Greer… - An ironically titled, poignant examination of life and grief for a beloved children's television presenter known as Mr. Pickles who anchors a…
Kindergarten Teacher, The (2018)- Dir. Sara Colangelo
Feat. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Parker Sevak, Rosa Salazar… - English–language remake of the 2014 Israeli film of the same name about a jaded teacher, mother and aspiring poet who becomes obsessed with one…
King of Thieves (2018)- Dir. James Marsh
Feat. Michael Caine, Charlie Cox, Michael Gambon… - British heist movie in the classic mould, bringing together an impressive cast to tell the true story of the Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary of…
Ladies in Black (2018)- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Julia Ormond - Set in Sydney in 1959, this charming adaptation of the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John follows the lives of a group of young employees at the…
Last Flag Flying (2018)- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne - Three former marines who served together in Vietnam reunite in present day 2003, after one of their sons is killed in the Iraq War. A bittersweet…
Leave No Trace (2018)- Dir. Debra Granik
Feat. Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Ben Foster, Jeff Kober… - Local actress Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie is stunning in this haunting film from the director of WINTER'S BONE. Set in the Oregon forest, where she…
Les Miserables (TV Mini-series) (2018)- Dir. Tom Shankland
Feat. Dominic West, Lily Collins, David Oyelowo… - Celebrated English–language television adaptation of the Victor Hugo French classic with the plum casting of Dominic West as former convict…
Little Women (2018)- Dir. Clare Niederpruem
Feat. Lea Thompson, Allie Jennings, Sarah Davenport - A re–telling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel translated into the present day, where four spirited sisters maintain their optimism despite…
Little Woods (2018)- Dir. Nia DaCosta
Feat. Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Luke Kirby - Impressive debut from writer–director Nia DaCosta, detailing the struggles faced by a pair of sisters trying to make ends meet in an…
Lizzie (2018)- Dir. Craig William Macneill
Feat. Chloe Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Jamey Sheridan… - Biographical thriller with Chloe Sevigny excellent as Lizzie Borden, the woman who was accused and acquitted of the murders of her father and…
Looming Tower, The (TV Mini-Series) (2018)- Feat. Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Bill Camp
- Mini–series exploring the rivalry between the FBI and the CIA in the lead up to 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan. Based on Lawrence Wright's…
Loro (2018)- Dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Feat. Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio… - The director of THE GREAT BEAUTY returns with another tale of Italian decadence and corruption, this time based on the life and times of the infamous…
Love, Simon (2018)- Dir. Greg Berlanti
Feat. Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner - A high school love story taking the best of the genre cliches (yes, John Hughes) and translating them into a gay context – an unprecedented…
Man Who Killed Don Quixote, The (2018)- Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgard… - Madcap fantasy adventure from director Terry Gilliam following a cynical advertising director (Adam Driver) who succumbs to outrageous delusions…
Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot, The (2018)- Dir. Robert D. Krzykowski
Feat. Sam Elliott, Aidan Turner, Caitlin Fitzgerald… - An enjoyably crackpot premise is carried with striking sincerity and aplomb by Sam Elliott, who plays a legendary war vet recruited to hunt down…
Mary Magdalene (2018)- Dir. Garth Davis
Feat. Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor… - The director of LION delivers this sombre biopic of the Saint and disciple of Jesus of Nazareth, who caused conflict with Jesus's other disciples in…
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)- Dir. Josie Rourke
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden… - Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie are well matched in this period thriller presenting a revisionist, but not overly contentious, account of the fiery…
Mary Shelley (2018)- Dir. Haifaa Al-Mansour
Feat. Elle Fanning, Maisie Williams, Bel Powley… - A startling Elle Fanning enlivens this period melodrama about Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin's romantic relationship with the poet Percy Shelley, which…
Mercy, The (2018)- Dir. James Marsh
Feat. Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, David Thewlis… - James Marsh (MAN ON WIRE) directs this biographical drama telling the almost unbelievable story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who attempted to…
Mid 90s (2018)- Dir. Jonah Hill
Feat. Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges… - Evocative coming–of–age drama from actor–director Jonah Hill, following a 13–year old boy in 90's Los Angeles who falls in…
Miseducation of Cameron Post, The (2018)- Dir. Desiree Akhavan
Feat. Chloe Grace Moretz, Jennifer Ehle, John Gallagher, Jr.… - Surprise winner of the U.S. Grand Jury prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, this heart–breaking indie drama stars Chloe Grace Moretz as a…
Mother is Wrong (TV Mini-series) (Maman a tort) (2018)- Feat. Anne Charrier, Pascal Elbé
- French thriller following a detective who, despite being already consumed by a major robbery, takes on the chilling case of a child who tells her his…
Mrs. Wilson (TV Mini-series) (2018)- Dir. Richard Laxton
Feat. Ruth Wilson, Iain Glen, Keeley Hawes… - Fascinating 60's period drama series starring and executive–produced by Ruth Wilson, who plays her real–life grandmother, a widow who…
Mule, The (2018)- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne… - Clint Eastwood directs and acts in this compelling crime drama about an 80–year old WWII vet who, facing financial pressures, takes a job as a…
My Brilliant Friend (TV Mini-series) (L'amica geniale) (2018)- Dir. Saverio Costanzo
Feat. Valentina Acca, Annarita Vitolo - Evocative Neapolitan drama adapted from the international best–selling novel by Elena Ferrante, following an elderly woman as she recounts her…
Mystery Road (TV Mini-series) (2018)- Dir. Rachel Perkins
Feat. Aaron Pedersen, Judy Davis, Deborah Mailman… - Six–part miniseries based on the outback noir film of the same name, following indigenous detective Jay Swan as he investigates the…
Never Look Away (Werk ohne Autor) (2018)- Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Feat. Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer - The director of THE LIVES OF OTHERS helms this drama spanning three eras of German history to tell the story of an artist who survives the Nazi…
Non-Fiction (Non Fiction) (2018)- Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Guillaume Canet, Juliette Binoche, Vincent Macaigne… - Buoyant drama set in the Parisian publishing world, with acclaimed director Olivier Assayas reuniting with actors Juliette Binoche and Guillaume…
Old Boys (2018)- Dir. Toby MacDonald
Feat. Jonah Hauer-King, Alex Lawther, Pauline Etienne - A fresh and modern re–working of the classic French comedy Cyrano de Bergerac, set at an English all–boys boarding school, where the…
Old Man & the Gun, The (The Old Man and the Gun) (2018)- Dir. David Lowery
Feat. Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Danny Glover… - Likely to be Redford's final role, playing the career criminal and prison escape artist Forrest Tucker, who escaped from San Quentin at the age of…
On the Basis of Sex (2018)- Dir. Mimi Leder
Feat. Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux… - Following on from the recent documentary, RBG, the story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is given the Hollywood biopic treatment here, detailing her…
Ophelia (2018)- Dir. Claire McCarthy
Feat. Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Clive Owen… - A beautifully appointed contemporary re–imagining of Shakespeare's Hamlet as told from perspective of Hamlet's forbidden lover.
Ordeal By Innocence (TV Mini-series) (2018)- Dir. Sandra Goldbacher
Feat. Bill Nighy, Anthony Boyle, Anna Chancellor… - Three–part BBC drama based on the Agatha Christie novel of the same name. Set in 1954, where a wealthy philanthropist is murdered and her…
Patrick Melrose (TV Series) (2018)- Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving
- 5–part miniseries based on the acclaimed novels by Edward St. Aubyn in which Benedict Cumberbatch plays an aristocratic and outrageously funny…
Peterloo (2018)- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley - Elaborate historical drama directed by Mike Leigh (MR TURNER), portraying the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where British army forces attacked a…
Photograph (2018)- Dir. Ritesh Batra
Feat. Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra - A charming romance from the director of THE LUNCHBOX set in Mumbai, where a struggling street photographer convinces a shy stranger to pose as his…
Picnic at Hanging Rock (TV Mini-series) (2018)- Feat. Natalie Dormer, Lily Sullivan, Lola Bessis…
- A second screen re–imagining of the iconic Australian novel of the same name by Joan Lindsay. On Valentines day in 1900, three school girls and…
Press (TV Series) (2018)- Dir. Tom Vaughan
Feat. Charlotte Riley, Ben Chaplin - 6–part British TV drama following the staff of two contrasting and competing newspapers, one a lef–leaning broadsheet fighting to survive…
Puzzle (2018)- Dir. Marc Turtletaub
Feat. Kelly MacDonald, Irrfan Khan - Set in the deceptively boring world of competitive jigsaw puzzling, with Kelly McDonald in a long–overdue leading role as a middle–class…
Red Joan (2018)- Dir. Trevor Nunn
Feat. Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes… - The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest–serving British spy. Arrested in retirement by the MI5, the extraordinary…
Resident, The (TV Series) (2018)- Feat. Matt Czuchry, Emily VanCamp, Manish Dayal…
- Medical drama following the lives of the staff members at Chastain Park Memorial Hospital, and exploring the bureaucratic practices of the hospital…
Richard Says Goodbye (Professor, the) (2018)- Dir. Wayne Roberts
Feat. Johnny Depp, Danny Huston, Rosemarie DeWitt… - Johnny Depp is well cast as an (unintentionally?) insufferable college professor who, after finding out he has six months to live, transforms into a…
Roma (2018)- Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
Feat. Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira - Another masterclass in storytelling from Mexican maestro Alfonso Cuarón, about a year in the life of a middle–class family's maid in Mexico…
Romper Stomper (TV Series) (2018)- Dir. Geoffrey Wright, James Napier Robertson, Daina Reid
Feat. David Wenham, Dan Wyllie, Lachy Hulme… - Created as a sequel to the cult Australian film about a neo–Nazi gang terrorising Melbourne's Vietnamese community. Set 25 years after these…
Rory's Way (The Etruscan Smile) (2018)- Dir. Mihal Brezis, Oded Binnun
Feat. Brian Cox, Thora Birch, JJ Feild… - A rugged old Scotsman (a winning performance from Brian Cox) reluctantly leaves his isolated Hebridean island to seek medical treatment in San…
Rosie (2018)- Dir. Paddy Breathnach
Feat. Sarah Greene, Moe Dunford, Ellie OHalloran… - Irish drama with actress Sarah Greene in a powerhouse performance playing a mother struggling to cope when the rental property she lived in with her…
Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018)- Dir. Milorad Krstic
- Brilliantly animated crime drama following four thieves who attempt to steal the legendary artworks that are inspiring the nightmares of their…
Saint Judy (2018)- Dir. Sean Hanish
Feat. Michelle Monaghan, Leem Lubany, Common … - Biopic telling the incredible true story of Los Angeles immigration attorney Judy Wood, who single–handedly changed asylum law in the USA to…
Seagull, The (2018)- Dir. Michael Mayer
Feat. Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan, Corey Stoll… - Luminous adaptation of Chekhov's 1896 play with Annette Bening as an ageing actress who contends with her insecurities when her younger lover falls…
Seven Stages To Achieve Eternal Bliss By Passing Through The Gateway Chosen By The Holy Storsh (2018)- Dir. Vivieno Caldinelli
Feat. Kate Micucci, Sam Huntington, Mark McKinney… - Maverick existential black comedy about a young couple whose new LA apartment turns out to have been the site of a cult leader's suicide, and his…
Sharp Objects (TV Mini-series) (2018)- Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
Feat. Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina… - Searing psychological thriller with Amy Adams playing a reporter who returns to her small home town to investigate the murders of two preteen girls.…
Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku) (2018)- Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Feat. Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka - Charming, funny and heartbreaking all at once, this drama from the Japanese master of humanism Kore–eda is set in Tokyo and follows a group of…
Sick Of It (TV Series) (2018)- Dir. Richard Yee
Feat. Karl Pilkington, Marama Corlett, Sondra James - Delightfully melancholic British comedy co–created and written by the talented Karl Pilkington (AN IDIOT ABROAD), who plays a fictionalised…
Sink or Swim (Le grand bain) (2018)- Dir. Gilles Lellouche
Feat. Mathieu Amalric, Guillaume Canet, Benoit Poelvoorde… - A group of 40–something guys, all on the verge of a mid–life crisis, decide to form their local pool's first ever synchronized swimming…
Sisters Brothers, The (2018)- Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal… - John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix play a couple of fraternal assassins who hunt down a gold prospector in 1850s Oregon in this richly satisfying and…
Sometimes Always Never (2018)- Dir. Carl Hunter
Feat. Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, Alice Lowe… - Charming British comedy about a ageing tailor (Bill Nighy) whose eccentricities drive his family up the wall. Based on a short story by Frank…
Sorry Angel (2018)- Dir. Christophe Honore
Feat. Pierre Deladonchamps, Vincent Lacoste, Denis Podalydes - Articulate and powerful love story set in Paris in the 90's, where a worldly writer falls for a younger, carefree university student.
Stan and Ollie (2018)- Dir. Jon S. Baird
Feat. Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson… - Delightful biopic based on the later years of the lives of the comedy double act Laurel and Hardy, focusing on the duo's personal relationship while…
Storm Boy (2018)- Dir. Shawn Seet
Feat. Jai Courtney, Geoffrey Rush, David Gulpilil - Beautifully nostalgic re–telling of the beloved Australian book, following the young boy who finds, rescues and raises three orphan pelicans on…
Stray (2018)- Dir. Dustin Feneley
Feat. Kieran Charnock, Arta Dobroshi - Moody, taciturn local drama in which two damaged strangers cross paths in mountainous Central Otago.
Succession (TV series) (2018)- Feat. Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin…
- Provocative and witty satirical drama created by Jesse Armstrong (IN THE LOOP) about a dysfunctional dynasty led by an aging patriarch (Brian Cox).
Support the Girls (2018)- Dir. Andrew Bujalski
Feat. Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson, James LeGros - Indie stalwart Andrew Bujalski (MUTUAL APPRECIATION) directs this keenly observed comedy about a relentlessly optimistic and dedicated woman who…
Swinging Safari (2018)- Dir. Stephan Elliot
Feat. Guy Pearce, Kylie Minogue, Radha Mitchell… - Slap–dash cringe comedy set in suburban Australia in the 1970's, where everyone's lives are disrupted when a 200–ton whale washes up on…
Tell It To The Bees (2018)- Dir. Annabel Jankel
Feat. Anna Paquin, Holliday Grainger, Emun Elliott… - Romantic drama set in 1950's rural Scotland, where a burgeoning romance between a female doctor and the mother of one of her patients provokes social…
Third Wife, The (2018)- Dir. Ash Mayfair
Feat. Tran Nu Yen-Khe - Haunting and devastating period drama set in 19th century rural Vietnam, where a 14–year old girl is married off to a wealthy landowner and…
Thunder Road (2018)- Dir. Jim Cummings
Feat. Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr - Jim Cummings wrote, directed and stars in this feature debut as a Texan police officer who suffers a nervous breakdown after his mother dies, risking…
Together (2018)- Dir. Paul Duddridge
Feat. Peter Bowles, Sylvia Syms, Juliet Cowan - A touching film about an elderly couple, still very much in love after 6 decades, who are separated into different care homes against their will. An…
Upside, The (2018)- Dir. Neil Burger
Feat. Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman… - A remake of the French smash hit comedy THE INTOUCHABLES that charts the relationship between a wealthy quadriplegic and an unemployed man with a…
Vanishing, The (Keepers) (2018)- Dir. Kristoffer Nyholm
Feat. Peter Mullan, Gerard Butler - Windswept psychological thriller set on the remote Flannan Isles, where three lighthouse keepers find a hidden trunk of gold, then mysteriously…
Vice (2018)- Dir. Adam McKay
Feat. Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell… - Christian Bale provides another stunningly transformative performance, playing the insidious and power hungry Dick Cheney, Vice President to George…
Vita and Virginia (2018)- Dir. Chanya Button
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Rupert Penry-Jones… - British biopic about the unconventional romance between wickedly brilliant writer Virginia Woolf and the beguiling Vita Sackville–West –…
Vox Lux (2018)- Dir. Brady Corbet
Feat. Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Stacy Martin… - A glittering, daring music drama starring Natalie Portman as a music prodigy who achieved pop stardom in the wake of a deadly school shooting and…
Walking Out (2018)- Dir. Alex Smith, Andrew J Smith
Feat. Matt Bomer, Alex Neustaedter, Bill Pullman - A haunting survival drama following an estranged father and son who trek into the Montana wilderness to hunt game, but experience an unexpected and…
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018)- Dir. Stacie Passon
Feat. Taissa Farmiga, Alexandra Daddario, Crispin Glover… - A family living in isolation after a tragedy is visited by their cousin who is after the family fortune, setting off a series of spine–tingling…
Welcome the Stranger (2018)- Dir. Justin Kelly
Feat. Abbey Lee, Caleb Landry Jones, Riley Keough - An impressive cast grace this moody, somewhat impenetrable Gothic drama in which a young woman creates a disturbance when she shows up at her artist…
Welcome to Marwen (2018)- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger… - Robert Zemeckis' dramatization of events depicted in the 2010 documentary, MARWENCOL, with Steve Carrell as Mark Hogancamp, a man struggling with…
Where Hands Touch (2018)- Dir. Amma Asante
Feat. Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay, Abbie Cornish… - Weighty wartime melodrama from accomplished writer–director Amma Asante (A UNITED KINGDOM), following the fate of a young African American girl…
White Boy Rick (2018)- Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley…
- Compelling true crime story from the director of '71, following 14–year old drug trafficker Richard Wershe Jr. who was an undercover informant…
White Crow, The (2018)- Dir. Ralph Fiennes
Feat. Oleg Ivenko, Adele Exarchopoulos, Chulpan Khamatova… - Biopic from actor–director Ralph Fiennes about the life of Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev (Oleg Ivenko, an acclaimed Ukrainian ballet dancer…
Wild Rose (2018)- Dir. Tom Harper
Feat. Jessie Buckley, Matt Costello, Jane Patterson - Music–filled drama following a young Glaswegian mother who sets out to become a Nashville country star after being released from prison.
Wildlife (2018)- Dir. Paul Dano
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ed Oxenbould… - Actor Paul Dano makes an impressive directorial debut with this adaptation of the novel by Richard Ford. Set in Montana in the fall of 1960, a child…
Woman at War (2018)- Dir. Benedikt Erlingsson
Feat. Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir - A droll yet heroic tale of a fifty–year–old environmental activist who is secretly waging a one–woman–war on the local…
Working Woman (2018)- Dir. Michal Aviad
Feat. Liron Ben-Shlush - Workplace drama capturing the spirit of the "Me Too" movement to tell the story of a smart and capable mother of three who returns to the workforce…
Yellowstone (TV Series) (2018)- Feat. Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly…
- Picturesque TV western co–created by Taylor Sheridan (HELL OR HIGH WATER) set in Montana, where a family of ranch owners are defending their…
Yuli (2018)- Dir. Iciar Bollain
Feat. Carlos Acosta, Santiago Alfonso, Keyvin Martinez - Rousing biopic of the Cuban ballet superstar Carlos Acosta, nicknamed Yuli by his father, who saw recognised his talent for dance and sent him to…
Zoe (2018)- Dir. Drake Doremus
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Léa Seydoux, Theo James… - An engineer and a robot fall in love at a research lab for perfecting romantic relationships. An open minded but scientifically undemanding romantic…
Zoo (2018)- Dir. Colin McIvor
Feat. Art Parkinson, Toby Jones, Penelope Wilton - Touching and uplifting family adventure based on the true story. While bombs fall on Northern Ireland during WWII, the plucky son of the veterinarian…
13 Reasons Why (TV Series) (2017)- Feat. Dylan Minnette, Katherine Langford, Christian Navarro…
- Controversial and sometimes gruelling teenage mystery series about a high school student who discovers a box of cassette tapes recorded by his friend…
20th Century Women (2017)- Dir. Mike Mills
Feat. Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig… - Recalling her turn in THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, Annette Bening shines once again as a bohemian Californian mom, who here enlists Greta Gerwig and Elle…
A Bag of Marbles (Un sac de billes) (2017)- Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Dorian Le Clech, Batyste Fleurial - The experience of the French occupation during WWII is told uniquely using a child's perspective in this latterday adaptation of the book by Joseph…
A Fantastic Woman (Una mujer fantástica) (2017)- Dir. Sebastián Lelio
Feat. Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco - Another supremely elegant, substantive and compassionate character study from the director of GLORIA that this time focuses on a transgender woman in…
All Eyez on Me (2017)- Dir. Benny Boom
Feat. Demetrius Shipp Jr. - Sprawling biopic chronicling the life and legacy of prolific rapper, actor, poet and activist Tupac Shakur.
All the Money in the World (2017)- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg… - Solid kidnapping thriller with a terrific performance by Michelle Williams as a mother who attempts to convince her aging oil tycoon…
Alone in Berlin (2017)- Dir. Vincent Perez
Feat. Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Bruhl… - Earnest resistance drama set in 1940, with Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson as a working class couple who, after learning of their only son's death…
American Gods (TV Series) (2017)- Feat. Ricky Whittle, Emily Browning, Crispin Glover…
- Faithful dramatisation of Neil Gaiman's 2001 epic fantasy novel that follows Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) on a road trip across America with enigmatic…
Another Mother's Son (2017)- Dir. Christopher Menaul
Feat. Jenny Seagrove, John Hannah, Julian Kostov… - Based on a true story from the German occupation of the Channel Islands, about a Jersey woman named Louisa Gould, who takes in an escaped young…
Apple Tree Yard (TV Mini-series) (2017)- Dir. Jessica Hobbs
Feat. Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin - Gripping drama with Emily Watson superb as a woman whose impulsive and passionate affair with a complete stranger is the first in a series of events…
Aurore (I Got Life!) (2017)- Dir. Blandine Lenoir
Feat. Agnes Jaoui, Thibault de Montalembert, Pascale Arbillot - Actress and co–writer Jaoui is the heart and soul of this witty if overly–familiar rom–com as the eponymous 50–year–old…
Babylon Berlin (TV Series) (2017)- A German neo–noir television series based on novels by Volker Kutscher that takes place in Berlin during the Weimar Republic, starting in 1929.…
Back to Burgundy (Ce qui nous lie) (2017)- Dir. Cedric Klapisch
Feat. Pio Marmaï, Ana Girardot, François Civil - Sumptuous French family saga which will be a special treat for oenophiles, as three siblings attempt to save the family vineyard in picturesque…
Battle of the Sexes, The (2017)- Dir. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Feat. Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Sarah Silverman… - Entertainingly playful telling of the story behind the milestone 1973 tennis match in which the 29–year–old women's champ Billie Jean…
Beach Rats (2017)- Dir. Eliza Hittman
Feat. Harris Dickinson, Madeline Weinstein, Kate Hodge - A sensuously shot film exploring the life of a sexually conflicted Brooklyn teen, as he navigates the dangers of casual hookups and youthful…
Beast (2017)- Dir. Michael Pearce
Feat. Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Geraldine James - While an isolated community hunts for a serial killer in their midst, a troubled woman provokes disapproval when she is drawn to a secretive outsider…
Beatriz at Dinner (2017)- Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. John Early, Salma Hayek, John Lithgow… - A holistic healer (Salma Hayeck) is an unplanned guest at a dinner party for members of California's privileged elite, in this Trump–era satire…
Before I Fall (2017)- Feat. Zoey Deutch, Elena Kampouris, Logan Miller…
- Teen drama following the likeable Samantha as she re–lives the final day in her life seven times and confronts the meaning of her existence and…
Beguiled, The (2017)- Dir. Sofia Coppola
Feat. Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst… - This exquisitely designed Southern pot–boiler set during the Civil War within a claustrophobic girls' seminary in Virginia marks a return to…
Big Little Lies - Season 1 (TV Mini-series) (2017)- Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley… - A superb, darkly comedic seven–part HBO miniseries set in the tranquil seaside town of Monterey, California, that weaves a tale of murder and…
Bitter Harvest (2017)- Dir. George Mendeluk
Feat. Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Terence Stamp - A modest epic with a romantic centre set against the backdrop of the Holdomor, a death–by–starvation program that ultimately killed…
Bolshoi, The (Bolshoy) (2017)- Dir. Valery Todorovsky
Feat. Margarita Simonova, Alisa Freindlikh, Valentina Telichkina… - Russian drama about a young and talented ballet dancer from the provinces who is determined to find success on stage at the Bolshoi Theatre in…
Bookshop, The (2017)- Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Patricia Clarkson - Based on the novel by Penelope Fitzgerald, which tells the charming story of a free–spirited widow who risks everything to fulfill her dream of…
Borg Vs. McEnroe (Borg McEnroe) (2017)- Dir. Janus Metz
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Sverrir Gudnason, Stellan Skarsgard… - The famous rivalry between tennis stars Björn Borg and John McEnroe reaches fever pitch at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships, culminating in the…
BPM (Beats Per Minute) (2017)- Dir. Robin Campillo
Feat. Nahuel Pérez Biscayar, Arnaud Valois, Adele Haenel - Remarkable and inspiring drama by the director of EASTERN BOYS, set in 1990's France and following a group of passionate AIDS activists who take on…
Brad's Status (2017)- Dir. Mike White
Feat. Ben Stiller, Austin Abrams, Jenna Fischer… - Ben Stiller is well cast as a man living a comfortable but unspectacular life, who begins to have doubts about his happiness and prosperity after a…
Breath (2017)- Dir. Simon Baker
Feat. Simon Baker, Elizabeth Debicki, Ben Spence… - Coming–of–age drama based on the novel by award–winning Australian writer Tim Winton. Set in the 1970's, where two teenage boys…
Breathe (2017)- Dir. Andy Serkis
Feat. Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Tom Hollander… - Actor Andy Serkis marks his directorial debut with this inspirational love story based on the true story of adventurer Robin Cavendish, who became…
Brigsby Bear (2017)- Dir. Dave McCary
Feat. Kyle Mooney, Greg Kinnear, Mark Hamill… - A wonderfully outré yet comedy starring Saturday Night Live’s Kyle Mooney as a young man whose only connection to the world are his eccentric…
Broken (TV Mini-series) (2017)- Feat. Sean Bean, Adrian Dunbar, Anna Friel
- Sean Bean plays a Catholic priest in Northern England whose job it is to offer guidance and compassion to members of his parish, despite his own…
Call Me By Your Name (2017)- Dir. Luca Guadagnino
Feat. Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg… - Completing the "Desire" trilogy with I AM LOVE and A BIGGER SPLASH, this coming–of–age drama is set in Northern Italy in 1983, where a 17…
Chappaquiddick (2017)- Dir. John Curran
Feat. Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms… - Sombre drama exploring the incident known as the Chappaquiddick incident, in which Senator Ted Kennedy drove his car into a lake in 1969, killing his…
Children Act, The (2017)- Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Fionn Whitehead - The formidable Emma Thompson plays Fiona Maye, a London High Court judge of family law who pays a heavy personal price for her dedication to the…
Churchill (2017)- Dir. Jonathan Teplitzky
Feat. Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery - Brian Cox delivers an impressive performance as iconic Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the days before the D–Day landings in June 1944.
Circle, The (2017)- Dir. James Ponsoldt
Feat. Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega… - Dave Egger's 2013 novel is adapted into this gripping modern thriller with Emma Watson rising in the ranks of the world's largest and most powerful…
Colossal (2017)- Dir. Nacho Vigalondo
Feat. Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens… - Ambitious high–concept sci–fi drama–comedy hybrid starring a plucky Anne Hathaway as an unemployed, down–at–heel city…
Columbus (2017)- Dir. Kogonada
Feat. John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson, Michelle Forbes… - Hypnotically paced, tender drama following a Korean–born man (John Cho) who gets stranded in Columbus, Indiana and develops a friendship with a…
Crooked House (2017)- Dir. Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Feat. Glenn Close, Terence Stamp, Max Irons… - Agatha Christie adaptation set in post–war London, where a hard up private detective is asked by a sultry woman from his past to solve the…
Current War, The (2017)- Dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Katherine Waterston… - Historical biopic exploring the rivalries between the greatest inventors of the industrial age, with Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison, Michael…
Custody (Jusqu'à la garde) (2017)- Dir. Xavier Legrand
Feat. Léa Drucker, Denis Ménochet - Astonishing French drama charting a family struggling with the embittered fallout of divorce, and the resulting impact on the two children. The…
Darkest Hour (2017)- Dir. Joe Wright
Feat. Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn… - Gary Oldman embodies Winston Churchill to Oscar–winning effect in this rousing and roundly effective historical drama set during the early days…
Death of Stalin, The (2017)- Dir. Armando Iannucci
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine… - Outrageous "comedy of terrors" from the creator of IN THE LOOP and VEEP, set in Moscow in 1953, where Stalin has just dropped dead and his cronies…
Detroit (2017)- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith… - Harrowing account of the tragic five day race riot in Detroit, 1967, which lead to The Algiers Motel Incident, in which black civilians were beaten,…
Disaster Artist, The (2017)- Dir. James Franco
Feat. James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen… - A satirical yet empathetic adaptation of Greg Sestero's autobiographical book of the same name depicting his friendship with one Tommy Wiseau, the…
Disobedience (2017)- Dir. Sebastián Lelio
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola - Sebastián Lelio (GLORIA) directs this powerful and exquisitely melancholy film about a woman who returns to the ultra orthodox Jewish community that…
Doctor Doctor (TV Series) (2017)- Feat. Rodger Corser, Nicole da Silva, Ryan Johnson…
- Australian drama series centred around a gifted and charming heart surgeon who believes he is infallible but whose "work hard, play harder"…
Downsizing (2017)- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau… - Dir. Alexander Payne (NEBRASKA, SIDEWAYS) pulls another one from outside the box with a satiric fantasy in which a man joins the ranks of a…
Dynasty (TV Series) (2017)- Feat. Grant Show, Elizabeth Gillies, Nathalie Kelley…
- A reboot of the 1980s glamour soap opera that retains the original characters played by a new generation of actors and updates elements that notably…
Edie (2017)- Dir. Simon Hunter
Feat. Sheila Hancock, Kevin Guthrie, Paul Brannigan - A bitter Octogenarian full of regrets decides to fulfill her largest unrealised dream, to climb a mountain in the Scottish Highlands.…
Escape, The (2017)- Dir. Dominic Savage
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper - A woman living in suburban London sets out to reclaim her life, boldly buying a one–way ticket to Paris and leaving behind her husband and…
Everything, Everything (2017)- Dir. Stella Meghie
Feat. Nick Robinson, Amandla Stenberg - Romantic drama based on the New York Times #1 bestseller, where a girl with an immune disorder is prevented from leaving her house, but is desperate…
Fifty Shades Freed (2017)- Dir. James Foley
Feat. Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eric Johnson… - The third and final installment of the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' trilogy, providing more of the same overheated comfort food to satisfy fans of the…
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)- Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Vanessa Redgrave… - Romantic drama based on the 1986 memoir of Peter Turner, the lover of actress Gloria Grahame, who was 28 years his senior. Explores the…
Final Portrait (2017)- Dir. Stanley Tucci
Feat. Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer, Clemence Poesy… - The chaos and beauty of the artistic process is examined in this biopic about world–renowned artist Alberto Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush),…
First Reformed (2017)- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric The Entertainer - Ethan Hawke plays a 46–year old pastor of a historic First Reformed church in upstate New York whose existential troubles span questions of…
Florida Project, The (2017)- Dir. Sean Baker
Feat. Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe - An impoverished mother and her 6–year–old daughter are the focus of this vibrant offering from acclaimed indie director Sean Baker…
Foxtrot (2017)- Dir. Samuel Maoz
Feat. Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler - The impressive sophomore effort of director Samuel Maoz (LEBANON) is a perceptive and bold exploration of war and grief. An affluent couple living in…
Funny Cow (2017)- Dir. Adrian Shergold
Feat. Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine - Maxine Peake is tremendous in this role as a stand–up comedian touring the working men's clubs in the stifling cultural climate of 1970's…
Game of Thrones - Season 7 (TV Series) (2017)- The struggle for the iron throne continues in the seventh season of the rightly acclaimed HBO series derived from George R.R. Martin's fantasy novels.
Gauguin: Voyage de Tahiti (2017)- Dir. Edouard Deluc
Feat. Vincent Cassel - Vincent Cassel delivers a committed, absorbing performance as French painter Paul Gauguin. Set in 1891, when Gauguin exiled himself to Tahiti to…
Genius (TV Series) (2017)- Feat. Geoffrey Rush, Johnny Flynn, Emily Watson
- Biographical series with Geoffrey Rush as Albert Einstein, covering his life as a struggling clerk through to his emergence as a respected scientist…
Ghost Stories (2017)- Dir. Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman
- Well–crafted British horror anthology in three parts, concerning the adventures of paranormal skeptic Professor Phillip Goodman as he attempts…
Gifted (2017)- Dir. Marc Webb
Feat. Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan… - A single man (Chris Evans) attempts to give his niece, a burgeoning child prodigy, a normal school life in coastal Florida in this heartfelt and…
Girls - Season 6 (TV Series) (2017)- Dir. Lena Dunham
Feat. Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke… - Final season of Lena Dunham's savvy HBO series on the highs and lows of living and dating in New York – a show that's at once witty, shallow,…
Glass Castle, The (2017)- Dir. Destin Cretton
Feat. Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts… - Brie Larson and the director of SHORT TERM 12 reunite for this sensitive father–daughter drama adaptated from the best–selling memoir by…
God's Own Country (2017)- Dir. Francis Lee
Feat. Josh O’Connor, Alec Secareanu, Ian Hart… - Deeply affecting drama set on a remote Yorkshire farm, exploring the troubled life of young farmer Johnny Saxby, who numbs his frustrations in binge…
Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)- Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly MacDonald - A heartwarming story of the relationship between beloved children's author A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, set in a picturesque England in…
Greatest Showman, The (2017)- Dir. Michael Gracey
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams… - Unashamedly cheesy and infectious musical with Hugh Jackman leading an all–star cast. Inspired by the story of P.T. Barnum (Jackman), the…
Gunpowder (TV Mini-series) (2017)- Dir. J Blakeson
Feat. Kit Harington, Peter Mullan, Mark Gatiss… - Three–part BBC dramatisation of the famous Gunpowder Plot in London of 1605 where activist Guy Fawkes conspires with a group of provincial…
Halcyon, The (TV Series) (2017)- Feat. Steven Mackintosh, Olivia Williams, Mark Benton…
- A suitably upholstered drama series set in and around a five–star London hotel during World War II.
Hampstead (2017)- Dir. Joel Hopkins
Feat. Diane Keaton, Brendan Gleeson, Lesley Manville… - Cosy Brit rom–com in the Richard Curtis tradition, following a mis–matched love affair between Diane Keaton (a wealthy widow) and Brendan…
Handmaid's Tale, The (TV Series) (2017)- Feat. Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski…
- Emmy Award–winning drama created by Bruce Miller and based on the 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood. Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced…
Happy End (2017)- Dir. Michael Haneke
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz… - Michael Haneke lends his impeccably chilly style to this blackest of comedies about the disintegration of family relationships amidst the enduring…
Hero, The (2017)- Dir. Brett Haley
Feat. Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter… - An ailing movie star comes to terms with his past and mortality in this touching comedy drama. The title role was written for lead actor Sam Elliot,…
High Life (2017)- Feat. Odessa Young
- A humorous and heartfelt portrayal of Bipolar Disorder, following a grounded and intelligent Australian teen (Odessa Young) who unexpectedly begins…
Hostiles (2017)- Dir. Scott Cooper
Feat. Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi… - Slow–burning western set in 1892, when a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous…
House of Cards - Season 5 (TV Series, US) (2017)- Feat. Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Patricia Clarkson…
- The Emmy and Golden Globe winning political drama returns for its anticipated fifth season. Frank and Claire Underwood continue to juggle their…
How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)- Dir. John Cameron Mitchell
Feat. Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp, Nicole Kidman… - An energetic, endearingly campy film blending aliens with punk culture, from John Cameron Mitchell (HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH). Set in 1970's London…
Howards End (TV Mini-series) (2017)- Dir. Hettie MacDonald
Feat. Hayley Atwell, Matthew MacFadyen - Sumptuous 4–part miniseries adaptation of E.M. Forster’s 1910 novel exploring the social and class divisions in 20th Century England.
Human Traces (2017)- Dir. Nic Gorman
Feat. Sophie Henderson, Mark Mitchinson, Vinnie Bennett… - When a mysterious young man arrives on a remote Sub–Antarctic research station, secrets threaten the relationship of a married couple working…
I Am Not a Witch (2017)- Dir. Rungano Nyoni
- Full of joy and tragedy in the equal measure, this assured debut from Zambian writer–director Rungano Nyoni follows the story of 9–year…
I Kill Giants (2017)- Dir. Anders Walter
Feat. Madison Wolfe, Imogen Poots, Zoe Saldana - A magical–realist coming–of–age movie following an independent young girl who escapes the troubles of her reality by retreating…
I, Tonya (2017)- Dir. Craig Gillespie
Feat. Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, Sebastian Stan… - Darkly comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history. Harding was the first…
Imposters (TV Series) (2017)- Feat. Inbar Lavi
- TV series following a relationship con–artist, who gets involved with men and women under the guise of invented personalities, before using…
Insult, The (2017)- Dir. Ziad Doueiri
Feat. Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha - An exchange on a Beirut street between a Palestinian construction worker and a Lebanese Christian escalates into a passionate dispute that opens…
Interlude in Prague (2017)- Dir. John Stephenson
Feat. Aneurin Barnard, James Purefoy, Samantha Barks - Period drama for those who loved AMADEUS, set in Prague in 1787, where Mozart has relocated to create his masterpiece Don Giovanni. But his presence…
Ismael's Ghosts (2017)- Dir. Arnaud Desplechin
Feat. Mathieu Amalric, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marion Cotillard… - The always impressive Mathieu Amalric (DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY) anchors this ambitious and narratively complex story of a film maker whose life…
Jamestown (TV Series) (2017)- 1619, Virginia: on what feels like the edge of the world sits the British colony of Jamestown. For 12 years, it has been populated only by men, but…
Jeune Femme (Montparnasse Bienvenüe) (2017)- Dir. Léonor Sérraille
Feat. Lætitia Dosch - Drama set in Paris, following a spirited yet struggling woman in her 30's in the wake of a difficult break up with her wealthy boyfriend. A…
Just To Be Sure (Otez-moi d'un doute) (2017)- Dir. Carine Tardieu
Feat. François Damiens, Cecile De France, Andre Wilms - A delightful French comedy–of–errors following a grounded 45–year old widower whose life changes abruptly when he learns that the…
Killing of a Sacred Deer, The (2017)- Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Feat. Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan… - Colin Farrell returns for the singular director of THE LOBSTER for another round of macabre absurdism, this time cast as a cardiovascular surgeon and…
Kodachrome (2017)- Dir. Mark Raso
Feat. Ed Harris, Jason Sudeikis, Elizabeth Olsen - Heartfelt father–son road trip drama shot entirely on Kodak motion picture film. Jason Sudeikis plays a son who takes his father and his…
Lady Bird (Ladybird) (2017)- Dir. Greta Gerwig
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts… - Sublime coming–of–age drama which marks the writing and directing debut of formidable indie talent Greta Gerwig, who draws upon her own…
Last Post, The (TV Mini-series) (2017)- Dir. Jonny Campbell
Feat. Jessie Buckley, Stephen Campbell Moore, Ben Miles - Set in the mid–Sixties in the shimmering heat of Aden (Yemen), this BBC drama from the writer of THE VILLAGE centres on a unit of Royal…
Last Word, The (2017)- Dir. Mark Pellington
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Amanda Seyfried - A once–successful businesswoman writes her own obituary in an effort to keep tight control over her life, enlisting the help of a young local…
Lean on Pete (2017)- Dir. Andrew Haigh
Feat. Charlie Plummer, Chloe Sevigny, Travis Fimmel… - An unforgettably moving portrayal of the bond developed between a 15–year old boy with no knowledge of horses and an aging race horse. Directed…
Legacy, The - Series 3 (TV Series) (Arvingerne) (2017)- Feat. Trine Dyrholm, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Lene Maria Christensen…
- The excellent Danish family saga continues with the four siblings – Gro, Signe, Frederick and Emil entangled in emotional and financial…
Let the Sunshine In (2017)- Dir. Claire Denis
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, Philippe Katerine… - Juliette Binoche is radiant as a Parisian artist and divorced mother who bravely searches for sexual fulfillment and companionship in middle age.…
Little Women (Mini-series) (2017)- Feat. Emily Watson
- Immaculate BBC adaptation of the classic 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott, structured as three one hour episodes. The story follows the lives of the…
Love, Lies and Records (TV Series) (2017)- Feat. Ashley Jensen, Kenny Doughty
- 6–episode TV Series from the pen of BAFTA award–winning writer Kay Mellor (SYNDICATE, IN THE CLUB). Kate Dickenson has just been…
Loveless (2017)- Dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev
Feat. Matvey Novikov, Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin - Exquisitely austere Russian drama by modern master Zvyagintsev (LEVIATHAN, ELENA) which offers a dissection of a failed relationship against the…
Lovers, The (2017)- Dir. Azazel Jacobs
Feat. Debra Winger, Tracy Letts, Aidan Gillen… - Authentic sombre comedy with Debra Winger and Tracy Letts well matched as a long–married, dispassionate couple whose romantic spark suddenly…
Loving Vincent (2017)- Dir. Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman
- Lovingly crafted portrait of Vincent Van Gogh uniquely rendered in oil painted animation. The film follows the endeavours of a young man whose…
Lucky (2017)- Dir. John Carroll Lynch
Feat. Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Ron Livingston… - Harry Dean Stanton plays an eccentric and fiercely independent veteran called Lucky, who lives in a small Arizona desert town. A gentle exploration…
Man Who Invented Christmas, The (2017)- Dir. Bharat Nalluri
Feat. Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce… - Delightful Christmas movie to suit all ages, following the life of Charles Dickens as he writes A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge was inspired by…
Marjorie Prime (2017)- Dir. Michael Almereyda
Feat. Jon Hamm, Geena Davis, Lois Smith… - An entirely thought–provoking chamber–piece set in the not–too–distant future where an elderly woman with encroaching…
Menashe (2017)- Dir. Joshua Z Weinstein
Feat. Menashe Lustig - A charming observational drama set in a Hassidic neighborhood in Brooklyn, and shot entirely in Yiddish. Menashe is a struggling grocery store clerk…
Midwife, The (Sage femme) (2017)- Dir. Martin Provost
Feat. Catherine Frot, Catherine Deneuve - Two of French cinema's most beloved actors, Catherine Deneuve and Catherine Frot, team up in this rich character study by the director of SERAPHINE.…
Miniaturist, The (TV Mini-series) (2017)- Feat. Anya Taylor-Joy, Romola Garai
- Handsomely executed period drama based on the best–selling novel by Jessie Burton, with Anya Taylor–Joy (THE WITCH) as a woman newly…
Molly's Game (2017)- Dir. Aaron Sorkin
Feat. Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner… - The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic–class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high–stakes poker game and became an FBI target.…
Mother! (mother!) (2017)- Dir. Darren Aronofsky
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris… - A polarising yet brilliant psychological horror bursting with allegorical detail, from visionary auteur/provocateur Darren Aronofsky. A couple's…
Mountain Between Us, The (2017)- Dir. Hany Abu-Assad
Feat. Idris Elba, Kate Winslet - Indris Elba and Kate Winslet are appealing in this lusciously shot romantic drama doubling as a tense mountain survival story. The pair are a surgeon…
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe… - Adaptation of the novel by Agatha Christie, in the capable hands of director Kenneth Branagh, who also stars as Hercule Poirot, the renowned…
Music of Silence, The (2017)- Dir. Michael Radford
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Jordi Molla - Drama inspired by the life of renowned opera singer Andrea Bocelli, based on his autobiography and starring Tony Sebastian (GAME OF THRONES) as the…
My Cousin Rachel (2017)- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Iain Glen… - A troubled orphan in 1830's Cornwall finds himself falling for the women he believes killed his guardian, in this dark romance featuring a strong…
My Friend Dahmer (2017)- Dir. Marc Meyers
Feat. Ross Lynch, Anne Heche, Alex Wolff… - Chilling biographical drama about the American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, based on the 2012 graphic novel by John "Derf" Backderf, who was friends…
Novitiate (2017)- Dir. Maggie Betts
Feat. Margaret Qualley, Julianne Nicholson, Dianna Agron… - A young woman in 1960's Tennessee decides to give her life to God and studies to become a nun with the Sisters of the Beloved Rose. But amidst the…
On Chesil Beach (2017)- Dir. Dominic Cooke
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle - Finely tuned exploration of the emotional complexities of love between a newlywed couple, set in the oppressive cultural climate of England in 1962.…
One Thousand Ropes (O Le Tulafale) (2017)- Dir. Tusi Tamasese
Feat. Frankie Adams, Uelese Pataia, Beulah Koale… - A Samoan father and traditional healer reconnects with his estranged daughter in this quietly powerful drama shot in Wellington, by the director of…
Only Living Boy in New York, The (2017)- Dir. Marc Webb
Feat. Callum Turner, Kate Beckinsale, Pierce Brosnan… - A simple and pleasant family drama in which a recent college graduate's life is disrupted when he learns that his long–married father is having…
Orphan Black - Season 5 (TV Series) (2017)- Feat. Tatiana Maslany
- Final season of the extraordinary clone–centered sci–fi thriller, with formidable actress Tatiana Maslany reprising her many roles. The…
Other Side of Hope, The (2017)- Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Sakari Kuosmanen, Sherwan Haji, Ville Virtanen… - This Finnish take on the European migrant crisis – proclaimed to be last directed by auteur Aki Kaurismäki – is a poignant yet typically…
Ottoman Lieutenant, The (2017)- Dir. Joseph Ruben
Feat. Hera Hilmar, Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley… - Undemanding, old–fashioned wartime romance following the fates of an army Lieutenant and a strong–willed American combat nurse who fall…
Papillon (2017)- Dir. Michael Noer
Feat. Charlie Hunnam, Roland Møller, Rami Malek - Another film adaptation of the best–selling book telling the true story of the prison escape in 1941 of a man wrongfully convicted of murder.…
Party, The (2017)- Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones… - A bitingly sharp social satire from the usually more experimental director Sally Potter (ORLANDO) with an experienced ensemble cast lead by Patricia…
Patti Cakes (Patti Cake$) (2017)- Dir. Geremy Jasper
Feat. Danielle Macdonald, Bridget Everett - Charming indie film telling the rags–to–riches story of an aspiring rapper from a downtrodden area of New Jersey who refuses to let…
Permission (2017)- Dir. Brian Crano
Feat. Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens, Morgan Spector… - A rom–com that explores thought–provoking themes in a charming package, with Rebecca Hall and Dan Stevens as a committed and loving…
Phantom Thread (2017)- Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville - Deliciously gothic period drama by acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson. Set in 1950's London, a charismatic and obsessive couturier meets a…
Pin Cushion (2017)- Dir. Deborah Haywood
Feat. Lily Newmark, Joanna Scanlan, Isy Suttie - Blackly comic British indie about an eccentric and close knit mother–daughter duo who attempt to start a new life when they move to a small…
Please Stand By (2017)- Dir. Ben Lewin
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Toni Collette, Alice Eve - Endearing coming–of–age comedy following a brilliant autistic woman who escapes her care home and embarks on a road trip to deliver her…
Pop Aye (2017)- Dir. Kirsten Tan
Feat. Thaneth Warakulnukroh - Quietly uplifting road trip dramedy following a disillusioned Bangkok architect who embarks on a trek across the idyllic Thai countryside with the…
Post, The (2017)- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson… - The story of The Washington Post's attempt to publish The Pentagon Papers is given the Spielberg treatment. A riveting political thriller with…
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)- Dir. Angela Robinson
Feat. Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote - The true story of the psychologist William Moulton Marston, creator of the comic book hero Wonder Woman. He was inspired chiefly by two women in his…
Rebel in the Rye (2017)- Dir. Danny Strong
Feat. Nicholas Hoult, Zoey Deutch, Kevin Spacey… - Biopic about the life of author J. D. Salinger, covering the time during and after World War II, his romantic life and the publication of his first…
Rider, The (2017)- Dir. Chloé Zhao
Feat. Brady Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau, Tim Jandreau - A young cowboy suffers a tragic riding accident on the cusp of his rodeo career, leading to a crushing loss of identity and the will to live. A…
Riverdale (TV Series) (2017)- Feat. KJ Apa
- Millennial neo–noir teen drama set in the deceptively idyllic town of Riverdale, based on characters from the Archie Comics universe. Centres…
Riviera (TV Series) (2017)- Feat. Julia Stiles, Lena Olin, Adrian Lester…
- A TV mini–series set on the French Riviera, where a recently widowed art curator from the Midwest (Julia Stiles) seeks the truth about her…
Rodin (2017)- Dir. Jacques Doillon
Feat. Vincent Lindon, Izia Higelin - Austere drama set in Paris in 1880, where Auguste Rodin, widely considered the founder of modern sculpture, received his first state commission and…
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)- Dir. Dan Gilroy
Feat. Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo - A superbly written dramatic thriller from the director of NIGHTCRAWLER set within the overburdened Los Angeles criminal court system. Denzel…
Screwed (Pihalla) (2017)- Dir. Nils-Erik Ekblom
Feat. Mikko Kauppila, Sanna Majuri, Valtteri Lehtinen - Sweet–natured Finnish coming–of–age drama about two teenage boys who fall in love during a summer in the countryside.
See You Up There (Au revoir là-haut) (2017)- Dir. Albert Dupontel
Feat. Albert Dupontel, Nahuel Pérez Biscayar, Laurent Lafitte… - French film adaptation of the ambitious novel set a few days before the 1918 Armistice, where, among the ruins of WWI, a genius draftsman and a…
Sense of an Ending, The (2017)- Dir. Ritesh Batra
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter… - Finely crafted mystery drama with Jim Broadbent playing a recluse whose life is interrupted when a former girlfriend's mother leaves him a will,…
Shape of Water, The (2017)- Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
Feat. Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins… - At a top secret research facility in the 1950s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in…
Shot Caller (2017)- Dir. Ric Roman Waugh
Feat. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Omari Hardwick, Lake Bell… - The transformation of an intelligent businessman into a ruthless gangster is chronicled in this taut thriller set within the American prison system.
Skate Kitchen (2017)- Dir. Crystal Moselle
Feat. Rachelle Vinberg, Dede Lovelace, Nina Moran - Beautifully evocative and uplifting teen drama set in the world of NYC skateboarding, following a group of real–life female skaters who are…
Son, The (TV Series) (2017)- Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Henry Garrett, Zahn McClarnon…
- Past and present and interweaved in this multi–generational saga of the bloody price of power that follows the rise of one ambitious family…
Space Between Us, The (2017)- Dir. Peter Chelsom
Feat. Asa Butterfield, Gary Oldman, Carla Gugino… - Sci–fi romance where a teenage boy who has grown up on Mars visits earth for the first time. Enlisting the help of a misfit girl from Colorado,…
Split, The (TV Series) (2017)- Dir. Jessica Hobbs
Feat. Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan, Fiona Button - British legal drama TV series following a family of female divorce lawyers whose father shows up after a 30–year absence and attempts to claim…
Square, The (2017)- Dir. Ruben Östlund
Feat. Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West - A smart and ambitious art world satire from the director of FORCE MAJEURE set in and around a cutting–edge contemporary art museum, where a…
StartUp (TV Series) (2017)- Feat. Martin Freeman, Adam Brody
- A unique cyber thriller in which the entrepreneurs behind a revolutionary unregulated digital currency are three strangers from the wrong side of the…
Striking Out (TV Series) (2017-2018)- Feat. Amy Huberman, Neil Morrissey, Fiona OShaughnessy
- Charming Irish legal drama following a Dublin lawyer who risks everything to start her own private practice after breaking up with her cheating…
Stronger (2017)- Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson… - The inspirational real–life story starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Jeff Bauman, a 27–year–old working class man who tragically lost both…
Suburbicon (2017)- Dir. George Clooney
Feat. Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac - Dark crime comedy set in supposedly idyllic 50's suburbia, with Matt Damon as a husband and father who is discovering a dark underbelly of crime and…
Summer 1993 (2017)- Dir. Carla Simón
Feat. Laia Artigas, Paula Robles, Bruna Cusí - An evocative and affecting autobiographical depiction of Catalan writer–director Carla Simón's childhood. Set in 1993, 6–year old Frida…
Sweet Country (2017)- Dir. Warwick Thornton
Feat. Hamilton Morris, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown… - A sparse and beautifully shot film from the director of SAMSON AND DELILAH, telling a profound morality tale of almost biblical proportions, and…
T2 Trainspotting (2017)- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller… - The characters of Irvine Welsh's TRAINSPOTTING are alive, if not entirely well, twenty years later in this sequel that serves up some good laughs and…
Taboo (TV Series) (2017)- Feat. Tom Hardy, Leo Bill, Mark Gatiss…
- Moody British period drama penned by the creative team of actor Tom Hardy and his father Edward "Chips" Hardy, and created by Stephen Knight (LOCKE).…
Their Finest (2017)- Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy… - Charming, rousing WWII romance starring Gemma Arterton as a greenhorn screenwriter who joins a makeshift cast and crew to make a film to lift British…
Thelma (2017)- Dir. Joachim Trier
Feat. Eili Harboe, Henrik Rafaelsen, Kaya Wilkins… - A gracefully unsettling Nordic thriller about a painfully shy young woman whose oppressed, conservative upbringing and burgeoning passion for a…
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)- Dir. Martin McDonagh
Feat. Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell… - Frances McDormand gives an Oscar–winning turn as a grieving mother who personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's…
Tulip Fever (2017)- Dir. Justin Chadwick
Feat. Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Zach Galifianakis… - Elegant romantic drama where an artist falls for a young married woman (Alicia Vikander) while he's commissioned to paint her portrait during the…
Twin Peaks (TV Series) (Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series, Twin Peaks: The Return) (2017)- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Catherine E. Coulson, Madchen Amick… - Revival of the cult TV series with most of the same cast (plus many, many more), which rivals and occasionally surpasses the terrifying brilliance of…
Viceroy's House (2017)- Dir. Gurinder Chadha
Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Michael Gambon… - Another handsome chronicle of Britain's imperial history, this one depicting events of 1947, when Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy, was charged…
Victoria and Abdul (Victoria & Abdul) (2017)- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard… - The legendary Judi Dench returns to the role of Queen Victoria in this sumptuous story of the unlikely bond between the the aging queen and a young…
Wajib - The Wedding Invitation (Wajib) (2017)- Dir. Annemarie Jacir
Feat. Mohamed Bakri - Wryly comedic drama set in Nazareth in the lead–up to Christmas, where a conservative father and his estranged hipster son attempt to reconcile…
Waru (2017)- Dir. Briar Grace-Smith, Casey Kaa, Ainsley Gardiner
Feat. Miriama McDowell, Tanea Heke, Kararaina Rangihau… - An outstanding and confronting film exploring the subject of domestic child abuse in New Zealand. Eight female Maori directors have each…
Western (2017)- Dir. Valeska Grisebach
Feat. Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifov - As foreign construction workers build a dam in a rural Bulgarian village, a German man has a series of personal encounters with the local landscape…
Wife, The (2017)- Dir. Björn Runge
Feat. Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater… - An intelligent drama exploring the 40 year marriage between a Nobel Prize winning novelist and his wife, who has remained in the shadows as her own…
Wizard of Lies, The (2017)- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alessandro Nivola… - True story of one of the largest frauds in US history, with Robert De Niro regaining some credibility in the role of corrupt businessman Bernie…
Wonder (2017)- Dir. Stephen Chbosky
Feat. Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay… - The inspiring and heartwarming story based on the bestseller by R.J. Palacio about a boy born with facial differences that have prevented him from…
Wonder Wheel (2017)- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Kate Winslet, Juno Temple, Justin Timberlake… - Woody Allen's 50th film(!) is yet another nostalgia–tinged drama, this time set on Coney Island in the 1950s, where a lifeguard tells the story…
Woodshock (2017)- Dir. Kate Mulleavy, Laura Mulleavy
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Joe Cole, Pilou Asbæk - A stylistically unique psychological thriller with all the elegance you'd expect from fashion designer siblings Kate and Laura Mulleavy in their…
Wound, The (Inxeba) (2017)- Dir. John Trengove
Feat. Nakhane Toure - An unforgettable South African drama following a closeted relationship between two Xhosa men participating in a coming–of–age initiation…
Yellow Birds, The (2017)- Dir. Alexandre Moors
Feat. Tye Sheridan, Alden Ehrenreich, Toni Collette… - Iraq War movie featuring Alden Ehrenreich and Tye Sheridan as friends who are deployed to Iraq under a hot–headed sergeant. But after a tragedy…
You Were Never Really Here (2017)- Dir. Lynne Ramsay
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alex Manette - Another impressionistic masterpiece from director Lynne Ramsay, with a brilliantly volatile performance from Joaquin Phoenix as a deeply traumatised…
Young Karl Marx, The (2017)- Dir. Raoul Peck
Feat. August Diehl, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps… - Biopic following the revolutionary figurehead Karl Marx in his 20's, as he emerges as a political theorist and meets Friedrich Engels, with whom the…
Zama (2017)- Dir. Lucrecia Martel
Feat. Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele - Argentinian period drama demonstrating the remarkable film making talents of director Lucrecia Martel (THE HEADLESS WOMAN). A Spanish officer at a…
Zookeeper's Wife, The (2017)- Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Bruhl… - A soft–focus but still effective WWII resistance drama based on the real–life story of working wife and mother Antonina Zabinska, who…
100 Streets (2016)- Dir. Jim O’Hanlon
Feat. Idris Elba, Gemma Arterton, Tom Cullen… - Compelling ensemble drama following the lives of a diverse range of characters all within one square mile of London. The story lines are…
A Date for Mad Mary (2016)- Dir. Darren Thornton
Feat. Seána Kerslake, Tara Lee - Smart, soulful Irish rom–com following "Mad" Mary McArdle (Seana Kerslake) as she struggles to find a date to her best friends wedding after…
A Ghost Story (2016)- Dir. David Lowery
Feat. Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara - A supernatural drama of striking originality about a man and woman separated by death and haunted by eternal loss and helplessness. Framed in the…
A Quiet Passion (2016)- Dir. Terence Davies
Feat. Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Keith Carradine - The reclusive 19th Century poet Emily Dickinson is the worthy subject of this quietly mesmerising biopic, a stand–out in the career of director…
A Silent Voice (Koe no katachi) (2016)- Dir. Naoko Yamada
Feat. Miyu Irino - Unique Japanese anime following a deaf girl called Shoko, who is bullied at school by a boy who grows up to be tormented by his past behavior, and…
Adult Life Skills (2016)- Dir. Rachel Tunnard
Feat. Jodie Whittaker, Ozzy Myers, Brett Goldstein… - Smart indie Brit–com with Jodie Whittaker as a women approaching 30 but caught a state of arrested adolescence, living reclusively in her mum's…
After the Storm (Umi yori mo mada fukaku) (2016)- Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Feat. Hiroshi Abe, Kirin Kiki, Yôko Maki - After the death of his father, a morally bankrupt private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and…
Allied (2016)- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Lizzy Caplan… - Old–fashioned wartime romance between an intelligence officer and a French resistance fighter in 1942, which develops into a satisfying…
American Crime Story: People vs O.J. Simpson, The (TV Series) (2016)- Feat. Cuba Jr. Gooding, Sarah Paulson, Courtney B. Vance…
- Mesmerizing dramatization of the O.J. Simpson trial that defies its unconventional casting choices to take the viewer on a gripping…
American Honey (2016)- Dir. Andrea Arnold
Feat. Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough… - Esteemed British director Andrea Arnold changes pace in her American debut, taking a cast of mostly non–actors through a poetically…
American Pastoral (2016)- Dir. Ewan McGregor
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning - Based on the novel by Philip Roth, Ewan McGregor directs and stars as an all–American college star who marries a beauty queen only to see their…
Aquarius (2016)- Dir. Kleber Mendonca Filho
Feat. Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos… - Gratifying portrait of a 65–year–old widow and retired music critic who battles a development company to retain her residency at the…
Arrival (2016)- Dir. Denis Villeneuve
Feat. Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker… - Amy Adams plays a linguistics expert who is recruited by the military to determine the intentions of seemingly–benign alien visitors who have…
Atlanta (TV Series) (2016)- Feat. Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield…
- One of a kind comedy series created by and starring Donald Glover, set in the Atlanta rap scene, where a collage drop out (Glover) takes on the…
Beast (2016)- Dir. Sam McKeith, Tom McKeith
Feat. Chad McKinney, Garret Dillahunt - Gutsy account of a young Filipino boxer coming to terms with a tragic incident during a match in the slums of Manila.
BFG, The (2016)- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Jemaine Clement… - Steven Spielberg directs this adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's classic about a young girl named Sophie who encounters the Big Friendly Giant,…
Billions (TV Series) (2016)- Feat. Damian Lewis, Paul Giamatti, Maggie Siff…
- Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti square off in this drama set in the world of high finance from the writer of TOO BIG TO FAIL.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Joe Alwyn, Vin Diesel, Kristen Stewart… - After a near escape from a violent encounter during the Iraq war, a group of eight soldiers return home to find themselves glorified as heroes on…
Birth of a Nation, The (2016)- Dir. Nate Parker
Feat. Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller - The true story of a violent slave rebellion in 1830's Virginia is recounted in this Sundance–winning biopic of the slave preacher Nat Turner,…
Brief Encounters (TV Series) (2016)- Feat. Sophie Rundle, Angela Griffin, Penelope Wilton…
- In early 1980s England, four women wrestling with the pressures of family and finances grasp the opportunity to become party planners for "Ann…
Burn Burn Burn (2016)- Dir. Chanya Button
Feat. Laura Carmichael, Hannah Arterton, Joe Dempsie… - Agreeable British dramedy with two woman hitting the road to scatter their friends ashes in four different locations.
Burn Country (The Fixer) (2016)- Dir. Ian Olds
Feat. Dominic Rains, Melissa Leo, James Franco… - Iranian–American actor Dominic Rains gives an impessive performance in this topical crime drama as an exiled Afghan journalist who is given…
Cafe Society (2016)- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Jeannie Berlin… - Diverting valentine to the 1930s from Woody Allen, in his 49th film, following Bronx–born Jesse Eisenberg through romantic, familial and…
Captain Fantastic (2016)- Dir. Matt Ross
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler… - Viggo Mortensen stars in this provocative yet delightful drama set in the forests of the Pacific Northwest as a father devoted to raising his six…
Carer, The (2016)- Dir. János Edelényi
Feat. Brian Cox, Anna Chancellor, Emilia Fox… - The redoubtable Brian Cox stars in this likeable, if familiar, drama about an ailing thespian and his relationship with a young immigrant actress who…
Carrie Pilby (2016)- Dir. Susan Johnson
Feat. Bel Powley, Nathan Lane, Gabriel Byrne… - Bel Powley (DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL) gives another excellent performance as a highly intelligent but isolated 19–year–old woman who is…
Catch, The (2016)- Dir. Simon Mark-Brown
Feat. Tainui Tukiwaho, David Capstick , Nicol Munro - Based on a true story, this good–hearted eco–comedy celebrates fishing culture as fraud unfolds during an angling contest amidst the…
Certain Women (2016)- Dir. Kelly Reichardt
Feat. Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern… - The lives of three women intersect in small–town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail. Another poignant, intimate drama…
Choice, The (2016)- Dir. Ross Katz
Feat. Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Maggie Grace… - Romantic drama from the Nicholas Sparks playbook, and novel, about a couple who meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a…
Christine (2016)- Dir. Antonio Campos
Feat. Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, J. Smith-Cameron - Rebecca Hall delivers a searing performance as 1970's news reporter Christine Chubbuck, whose struggle with depression and professional frustrations…
Chronesthesia (2016)- Dir. Hayden J. Weal
Feat. Hayden J. Weal, Michelle Ny, Cohen Holloway… - Indie rom–com with a curious time–shifting twist in which a socially isolated young man's burgeoning romance with a science student is…
Chuck (The Bleeder) (2016)- Dir. Philippe Falardeau
Feat. Liev Schreiber, Elisabeth Moss, Naomi Watts… - The real life inspiration for Rocky Balboa, Chuck Wepner was a New Jersey liquor salesman with a modest prizefighting career whose life changed…
Collateral Beauty (2016)- Dir. David Frankel
Feat. Will Smith, Edward Norton, Keira Knightley… - A broken hearted New York advertising exec learns to cope with loss and reconnect with life in this star–studded and emotional drama.
Collection, The (TV Mini-series) (2016)- Feat. Richard Coyle, Tom Riley, Mamie Gummer…
- Glamourous miniseries set in the Parisian fashion scene post–WWII, as two bothers emerge from their family's fashion house to compete for fame…
Complete Unknown (2016)- Dir. Joshua Marston
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Michael Shannon - A shape–shifting tale of the perils and pleasures of self–reinvention in which a man is confronted by an old flame – a woman who…
Confirmation, The (2016)- Dir. Bob Nelson
Feat. Clive Owen, Maria Bello, Patton Oswalt… - A divorced father and his eight–year–old son, spend a rather predictable weekend together, but when a valuable toolbox gets stolen, the…
Country Doctor, The (Irreplaceable) (2016)- Dir. Thomas Lilti
Feat. Francois Cluzet, Marianne Denicourt - Genteel drama starring François Cluzet (THE INTOUCHABLES) as a devoted doctor in a rural French town who himself is diagnosed with a serious illness…
Crown, The - Season 1 (TV Series) (2016)- Feat. Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby…
- The writer of the acclaimed 2006 movie THE QUEEN, Peter Morgan, turns his attention to Elizabeth II's earlier years. Season One covers her marriage…
Dancer, The (La danseuse) (2016)- Dir. Stéphanie Di Giusto
Feat. Soko , Gaspard Ulliel, Mélanie Thierry… - Dazzling rags–to–riches biopic following the true story of Loïe Fuller and Isadora Duncan, two dancers who together pioneered modern…
Dear Eleanor (2016)- Dir. Kevin Connolly
Feat. Isabelle Fuhrman, Liana Liberato, Jessica Alba… - Family–friendly drama follows two teenage girls who travel across the U.S. in 1962, during the chaos of the Cuban missile crisis, in search of…
Death and Life of Otto Bloom, The (2016)- Dir. Cris Jones
Feat. Xavier Samuel, Rachel Ward, Matilda Brown - The chronicle of the life and great love of Otto Bloom, an extraordinary man who experiences time in reverse – passing backwards through the…
Death of Louis XIV, The (La mort de Louis XIV) (2016)- Dir. Albert Serra
Feat. Jean-Pierre Leaud - A master of minimalist portraits of historical figures, Albert Serra directs French New Wave doyen Jean–Pierre Léaud as Louis XIV during the…
Delicious (TV Series) (2016)- Dir. Claire Kilner
Feat. Dawn French, Iain Glen, Emilia Fox… - A darkly comedic infidelity drama with a foodie twist. Dawn French plays a passionate cook who engages in a complicating affair with her celebrity…
Denial (2016)- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson… - Cracking courtroom drama with Rachel Weisz in fine form as fiercly determined writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt, who battles for the truth to…
Dheepan (2016)- Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Antonythasan Jesuthasan - A Sri Lankan refugee in France finds himself posing as the father and husband of two other refugees in order to gain asylum status. An unflinchingly…
Doctor Thorne (TV Series) (Dr. Thorne) (2016)- Feat. Tom Hollander, Stefanie Martini, Rebecca Front…
- Excellent Victorian drama adapted from the writings of Anthony Trollope by DOWNTON ABBEY's Julian Fellowes, concerning the penniless Mary Thorne, who…
Don't Think Twice (2016)- Dir. Mike Birbiglia
Feat. Mike Birbiglia, Gillian Jacobs, Keegan-Michael Key… - Stand–up comic Mike Birbiglia follows up his debut feature SLEEPWALK WITH ME with another self–analytical probe set in the comedy…
Durrells, The (TV Series) (2016)- Feat. Keeley Hawes, Milo Parker, Leslie Caron
- Picturesque adaptation of Gerald Durrell's autobiographical novel about his family's sudden move to Corfu in the 1930's.
Eddie the Eagle (2016)- Dir. Dexter Fletcher
Feat. Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken… - Feelgood biopic about the infamous British ski–jumper Eddie Edwards whose lack of athletic prowess and unlikely character charmed the world at…
Edge of Seventeen (2016)- Dir. Kelly Fremon Craig
Feat. Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner… - Candid and humourous coming–of–age drama where an awkward seventeen year old comes to terms with her all–star older brother dating…
Elle (2016)- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny… - Controversial, unflinching drama closely following the perspective of a woman who is repeatedly raped by the same masked intruder, but whose…
Elvis & Nixon (Elvis and Nixon) (2016)- Dir. Liza Johnson
Feat. Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer… - Kevin Spacey and Michael Shannon square off in this entertaining account of rock 'n' roll icon Elvis Presley's journey to the White House to request…
Equity (2016)- Dir. Meera Menon
Feat. Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, Sarah Megan Thomas… - Sharp, female–centric financial thriller with BREAKING BAD's Anna Gunn as a senior investment banker who finds her career undermined by scandal…
Ethel & Ernest (Ethel and Ernest) (2016)- Dir. Roger Mainwood
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn, Luke Treadaway - Beautiful hand–drawn animation based on the Raymond Briggs book of the same name, telling the true story of the author's own parents, Londoners…
Everybody Wants Some! (2016)- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Blake Jenner, Will Brittain, Ryan Guzman… - Richard Linklater's spiritual successor to DAZED AND CONFUSED follows a group of college baseball players as they navigate their way through the…
Exception, The (2016)- Dir. David Leveaux
Feat. Lily James, Jai Courtney, Janet McTeer… - Romantic war drama fictionalizing the last few days in the life of exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II, played by Christopher Plummer. A German soldier tries to…
Family Fang, The (2016)- Dir. Jason Bateman
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn… - The Fang siblings, raised by performance artist parents, return home as adults with their own artistic careers in this art–world family…
Family Law, The (TV Series) (2016)- Feat. Trystan Go, Fiona Choi
- Gently comic series set in one dysfunctional Chinese–Australian family seen through the eyes of a fourteen–year old boy.
Fences (2016)- Dir. Denzel Washington
Feat. Denzel Washington, Viola Davis - August Wilson faithfully adapts his Pulitzer Prize–winning stageplay for the screen with Denzel Washington directing and starring as a…
Fifty Shades Darker (2016)- Dir. James Foley
Feat. Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eloise Mumford… - Inevitable sequel to FIFTY SHADES OF GREY sees Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan fulfilling their contractual obligations with another round of upscale…
Finding Altamira (2016)- Dir. Hugh Hudson
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Golshifteh Farahani, Clément Sibony… - Antonio Banderas plays Spanish archaeologist Marcelino de Sautuola whose 1879 discovery of the 10,000–year–old cave paintings in the Cave…
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg… - Meryl Streep shines in this biopic of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible…
Founder, The (2016)- Dir. John Lee Hancock
Feat. Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch… - The story of the founding of the McDonald's burger empire, with Michael Keaton as the ambitious and manipulative salesman who franchised a…
Frantz (2016)- Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Pierre Niney, Paula Beer - A young woman in small–town Germany is mourning the death of her fiance in the wake of WWI, and forms an unexpected bond with an enigmatic and…
Free State of Jones (2016)- Dir. Gary Ross
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Keri Russell… - Matthew McConaughey stars in this fascinating true story as a disillusioned Confederate army deserter who returns to Mississippi and leads a militia…
Game of Thrones - Season 6 (TV Series) (2016)- The struggle for the iron throne continues in the sixth season of the rightly acclaimed HBO series derived from George R.R. Martin's fantasy novels.
Girl on the Train, The (2016)- Dir. Tate Taylor
Feat. Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson… - Adapted of the best–selling novel by Paula Hawkins (and transposed from its British setting to America), the mystery unravels for Emily Blunt…
Girls - Season 5 (TV Series) (2016)- Feat. Lena Dunham, Adam Driver
- Further episodes from Lena Dunham's savvy HBO series on the highs and lows of living and dating in New York – a show that's at once witty,…
Gold (2016)- Dir. Stephen Gaghan
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Édgar Ramírez, Bryce Dallas Howard… - A down–on–his–luck prospector strikes it lucky after finding a massive gold deposit in the uncharted Indonesian Jungle, but finds…
Graduation (Bacalaureat) (2016)- Dir. Cristian Mungiu
Feat. Adrian Titieni, Maria-Victoria Dragus - Subtly engrossing drama follows the moral dilemmas of a well–meaning and respected doctor who succumbs to Romania's endemic corruption in order…
Great Maiden's Blush, The (2016)- Dir. Andrea Bosshard, Shane Loader
Feat. Miriama McDowell, Renee Lyons - A precarious friendship develops between two first–time single mothers – one a taxi–driver and girl racer, the other a pianist and…
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)- Dir. Mel Gibson
Feat. Andrew Garfield, Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn… - The true World War II story of a conscientious objector who, at the Battle of Okinawa, won the Medal of Honor for his bravery and regard for his…
Handmaiden, The (2016)- Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Min-hee Kim, Tae-ri Kim, Jung-woo Ha… - Delicious erotic thriller from the brilliant Park Chan–Wook, who lends his impeccable style to a provocative potboiler of lesbian love and…
Handsome Devil (2016)- Dir. John Butler
Feat. Fionn O’Shea, Nicholas Galitzine, Andrew Scott - This sweet and amiable Irish coming–of–age story in which a loner and the star athlete at a rugby–mad boarding school become…
Happy Hour (2016)- Dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Feat. Tanaka Sachie, Kikuchi Hazuki, Mihara Maiko… - Intelligent and novelistic drama exploring the private and professional lives of four Japanese women in their 30's across an ambitious, but…
Hidden Figures (2016)- Dir. Theodore Melfi
Feat. Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe… - Inspirational story of a team of African–American women mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the US space…
Hollars, The (2016)- Dir. John Krasinski
Feat. Margo Martindale, Sharlto Copley, Richard Jenkins… - Actor John Kasinski makes a commendable directing debut with this bittersweet indie as a New York artist who returns to his middle–American…
Hologram for the King, A (2016)- Dir. Tom Tykwer
Feat. Tom Hanks, Sarita Choudhury, Ben Whishaw… - An off–beat, low–key vehicle for Tom Hanks, who plays a failed American sales rep looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia…
Home From Home (TV Series) (2016)- Feat. Johnny Vegas, Emilia Fox, Adam James…
- BBC sitcom set in the Lake District, England, where a couple fulfill their dream of buying a holiday lodge there, and are overjoyed until they meet…
House of Cards - Season 4 (TV Series, US) (2016)- Feat. Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Kate Mara
- Further episodes in the shadowy revival of the classic BBC political series, with Kevin Spacey (perfectly cast) as a machiavellian congressman…
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)- Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata… - A feel–good comic misadventure in which a rebellious city kid and his reluctant foster uncle become subjects of a manhunt after they "go bush"…
I, Daniel Blake (2016)- Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Dylan McKiernan… - Infused with Loach's unique mix of tenderness and political consciousness, this deeply moving Palm d'or winner follows the troubled lives of a…
Indignation (2016)- Dir. James Schamus
Feat. Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts - Directorial debut of screenwriter and Ang Lee's long–time producing partner James Schamus is an understated adaptation of Philip Roth's…
Innocents, The (Agnus Dei) (2016)- Dir. Anne Fontaine
Feat. Lou de Laâge, Agata Kulesza, Agata Buzek… - In Poland after World War II, a young French Red Cross intern who is sent to assist the survivors of the German camps discovers several nuns in…
Jackie (2016)- Dir. Pablo Larrain
Feat. Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig… - A portrait of Jackie Kennedy following the assassination of her husband John F. Kennedy. Natalie Portman provides an intimate and sensitive portrayal…
Jasper Jones (2016)- Dir. Rachel Perkins
Feat. Levi Miller, Aaron L. McGrath, Angourie Rice… - A nostalgic portrait of Australian childhood in the summer of '69 that tells the story of a bookish boy who finds himself caught up in a local murder…
Journey, The (2016)- Dir. Nick Hamm
Feat. Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Toby Stephens… - A fictionalised account of the unlikely alliance that developed between Unionists and Republicans in Ireland in 2006, when the two principle…
Julieta (2016)- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Emma Suarez, Adriana Ugarte - The complexities of a woman's past are unraveled after a chance encounter, in this loose adaptation of three short stories by Alice Munro. More…
King's Choice, The (2016)- Dir. Erik Poppe
Feat. Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo - Vibrant war–time drama set during the three days in 1940 when German forces occupied Oslo and King Haakon VII and his family went into hiding.…
La La Land (2016)- Dir. Damien Chazelle
Feat. Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Rosemarie DeWitt… - The wunderkind director of WHIPLASH fashions another bold, contemporary love letter to the Jazz age, this time as a widescreen, technicolor romantic…
Lady Macbeth (2016)- Dir. William Oldroyd
Feat. Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton… - A confronting, whip–smart "costume noir" about a woman stifled by her loveless marriage in rural England, 1865, whose passionate affair with a…
Lazy Eye (2016)- Dir. Tim Kirkman
Feat. Lucas Near-Verbruggh, Aaron Costa Ganis, Michaela Watkins - A graphic designer in his 40's reconnects with a lost love over a weekend away in the Californian desert in this gay–themed romantic drama.…
LBJ (2016)- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Woody Harrelson, Rob Reiner - Absorbing biopic set during the tumultuous era when JFK is assassinated, and his democratic political rival Lyndon Johnson is suddenly thrust into…
Levelling, The (2016)- Dir. Hope Dickson Leach
Feat. Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton, Jack Holden - British drama set in Somerset, where a veterinary student (Ellie Kendrick) is facing the death of her younger brother by apparent suicide, and…
Light Between Oceans, The (2016)- Dir. Derek Cianfrance
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz… - An elegant sweeping melodrama set in post–WWI Western Australia about a lighthouse keeper and his wife who raise a baby they rescue from an…
Like Crazy (La Pazza Gioia) (2016)- Dir. Paolo Virzi
Feat. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Micaela Ramazzotti - Gratifying comedy–drama following two women, one a troubled introvert, one an impassioned mythomaniac, who break out of a psychiatric facility…
Lion (2016)- Dir. Garth Davis
Feat. Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, Sunny Pawar… - Riveting true story of a boy who becomes separated from his Indian family at the age of 5, and is adopted by Australian parents. As an adult, he…
Little Men (2016)- Dir. Ira Sachs
Feat. Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina García… - A pair of thirteen–year–old boys have their newfound friendship tested by their parents' battle over a dress shop lease in what is…
Love & Friendship (Love and Friendship) (2016)- Dir. Whit Stillman
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny, Xavier Samuel… - Cult American director Whit Stillman helms this sparkling adaptation of a lesser known Jane Austen novella called “Lady Susan”, believed to have…
Lovesong (2016)- Dir. So Yong Kim
Feat. Jena Malone, Riley Keough, Brooklyn Decker… - An affecting character study of best friends and would–be lovers who embark on an impromptu road trip days before one of them gets married. By…
Loving (2016)- Dir. Jeff Nichols
Feat. Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Marton Csokas… - The wrenching true story of an interracial couple who were arrested in 1950's Virginia is told with expert sensitivity by director Jeff Nichols, and…
Mahana (2016)- Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Temuera Morrison, Nancy Brunning, Akuhata Keefe… - Lee Tamahori and Temuera Morrison re–team for this evocative adaptation of Witi Ihimaera's saga of warring families in 1960's New…
Manchester By the Sea (2016)- Dir. Kenneth Lonergan
Feat. Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler… - Casey Affleck won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as a man with a haunted past who is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after his brother…
Manifesto (2016)- Dir. Julian Rosefeldt
Feat. Cate Blanchett - Brilliantly conceived and executed homage to the tradition of artist manifestos, which poses intelligent questions about the role of the artist in…
Masters of Sex - Season 4 (TV Series) (2016)- Feat. Lizzy Caplan, Martin Sheen
- Fourth and final season of the dramatisation of the work of pioneering researchers Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the eponymous 'Masters…
Maudie (2016)- Dir. Aisling Walsh
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Sally Hawkins, Kari Matchett… - An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the…
Me Before You (2016)- Dir. Thea Sharrock
Feat. Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer… - Prestige weepy based on the Jojo Moyes bestseller features Emilia Clarke as a woman in a small town who forms an unlikely bond with a…
Midnight Special (2016)- Dir. Jeff Nichols
Feat. Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst… - Soulful sci–fi thriller from director Jeff Nichols (TAKE SHELTER, MUD) follows a father and son as they go on the run, pursued by the…
Miss Saigon (2016)- Spectacular 25th Anniversary Gala Performance of an acclaimed new stage production by Boublil & Schonberg that tells the tragic tale of a young…
Miss Sloane (2016)- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Jessica Chastain, Michael Stuhlbarg, Gugu Mbatha-Raw… - Political thriller following the exploits of a steely, determined Washington lobbyist (Chastain). With an unparalleled reputation in the high stakes…
Money Monster (2016)- Dir. Jodie Foster
Feat. George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O'Connell… - Jodie Foster directs this angry media satire starring George Clooney as a financial TV host held hostage by an irate investor.
Month of Sundays, A (2016)- Dir. Matthew Saville
Feat. Anthony LaPaglia, Julia Blake, John Clarke… - Underrated Australian drama with LaPaglia as an emotionally troubled real estate agent, unable to sell his house or bond with his teenage son after…
Moonlight (2016)- Dir. Barry Jenkins
Feat. Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders, Andre Holland… - Critically lauded and Oscar–awarded drama that chronicles two decades in the life of a black gay man growing up in a poor Miami neighbourhood.…
Moonstone, The (TV Mini-series) (2016)- Feat. John Thomson, Sarah Hadland, Joshua Silver…
- Updated BBC version of the Wilkie Collins' novel in which the numerous party guests at an English country house have a motive for stealing a missing…
Mother's Day (2016)- Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson… - A quality sap–fest from the director of NEW YEAR'S EVE and VALENTINE'S DAY that follows the fortunes of three generations coming together for…
Mum (TV Series) (2016-2019)- Dir. Richard Laxton
Feat. Lesley Manville, Peter Mullan - Quality British character comedy following twelve months in the life of a newly widowed mother in her late fifties who attempts to rebuild her life…
My Mother and Other Strangers (TV Mini-series) (2016)- Dir. Adrian Shergold
Feat. Hattie Morahan, Owen McDonnell - Five–episode mini–series set during WWII in which a family and their neighbours in a Northern Irish village come to terms with the influx…
Neruda (2016)- Dir. Pablo Larrain
Feat. Gael Garcia Bernal, Luis Gnecco, Mercedes Morán - Universally acclaimed biographical drama about poet and communist senator Pablo Neruda, who was forced into hiding with his artist wife when the Cold…
Nocturnal Animals (2016)- Dir. Tom Ford
Feat. Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon… - Renowned fashion designer Tom Ford follows his film debut A SINGLE MAN with this highly intriguing neo–noir tale about a wealthy art gallery…
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (2016)- Dir. Joseph Cedar
Feat. Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Hank Azaria… - Richard Gere plays a down–on–his–luck Jewish "macher" (person of high influence in circles of wealth and power) whose friend…
Odyssey, The (L'odyssée) (2016)- Dir. Jérôme Salle
Feat. Lambert Wilson, Pierre Niney, Audrey Tautou - A shimmering yet unvarnished biopic of pioneering Frenchman Jacques Cousteau, who invented the aqualung and went on to become a world–famous…
Olive Tree, The (El olivo) (2016)- Dir. Iciar Bollain
Feat. Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambros - Spanish actor–director Iciar Bollain and Ken Loach's regular screenwriter Paul Laverty join forces for this warm and sometimes humorous road…
Ordinary World (2016)- Dir. Lee Kirk
Feat. Billie Joe Armstrong, Selma Blair, Judy Greer… - Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong tries out his acting chops as a domesticated ex–rocker who throws an extravagant 40th birthday party…
Paterson (2016)- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani - A profound ode to small–town life and the beauty found within everyday simplicity, director Jim Jarmusch here creates a masterful, carefully…
Path, The (TV Series) (2016)- Feat. Aaron Paul, Michelle Monaghan, Emma Greenwell…
- Compelling drama following a family who belong to a mysterious cult in upstate New York. Themes of relationships, faith and power are explored, with…
Perfect Strangers (Perfetti sconosciuti) (2016)- Dir. Paolo Genovese
Feat. Giuseppe Battiston, Anna Foglietta, Marco Giallini… - A clever comedy of manners for the iphone–era, this Italian award–winner follows a dinner party debacle that unfolds after seven…
Phenom, The (2016)- Dir. Noah Buschel
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Paul Giamatti, Johnny Simmons… - Understated baseball drama about a rookie pitcher struggling to come to terms with his abusive father and his sudden and potentially disastorous loss…
Planetarium (2016)- Dir. Rebecca Zlotowski
Feat. Natalie Portman, Lily-Rose Depp, Emmanuel Salinger - Natalie Portman and Lily–Rose Depp play two American sisters in pre–war France with apparent psychic abilities that engage the interest…
Polina (2016)- Dir. Valérie Müller, Angelin Preljocaj
Feat. Anastasia Shevtsova, Veronika Zhovnytska, Juliette Binoche - Elegant, methodical drama about a gifted Russian dancer who gives up the chance to join the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet when she moves to France to…
Promise, The (2016)- Dir. Terry George
Feat. Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale… - From the director of HOTEL RWANDA, this historical drama set in the final years of the Ottoman Empire follows an Armenian student caught up in a love…
Queen of Katwe, The (2016)- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo - The true story of a young girl from the streets of Uganda whose world changes when she is introduced to the game of chess. A widely acclaimed Disney…
Race (2016)- Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Feat. Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons… - Earnest biopic of the great Olympian Jesse Owens whose efforts at the 1936 Berlin Olympics flew in the face of Adolph Hitler's vision for Aryan…
Rams (2016)- Dir. Grimur Hakonarson
Feat. Sigurour Sigurjonsson, Theodor Juliusson - Distinctively woolly Nordic tale of two estranged sheep–farming brothers as they attempt to save their flocks from pending eradication in a…
Rebellion (TV Series) (2016)- Feat. Niamh Cusack, Brian Gleeson, Ruth Bradley…
- Powerful period drama that chronicles life in post–World War I Ireland as seen through the eyes of three young women, their families and…
Rehearsal, The (2016)- Dir. Alison Maclean
Feat. James Rolleston, Kerry Fox, Alice Englert… - Finely judged adaptation of Eleanor Catton's debut novel follows a young Auckland drama student desperate to impress his tutor, who mines a scandal…
Roots (TV Mini-Series) (2016)- Dir. Phillip Noyce, Mario Van Peebles, Thomas Carter
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Matthew Goode, Derek Luke… - A powerful new adaptation of Alex Haley's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel. This tragic story of resilience is told in four parts covering four…
Salesman, The (Forusande) (2016)- Dir. Asghar Farhadi
Feat. Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti - Another subtle yet powerful drama from the celebrated director of THE SEPARATION and THE PAST that replays his signature themes of fear, guilt and…
Sami Blood (2016)- Dir. Amanda Kernell
Feat. Lene Cecilia Sparrok , Hanna Alström - Emotionally powerful female coming–of–age movie set in 1930's Sweden, where a reindeer–herding teenager, an indigenous Sami child,…
Shared Rooms (2016)- Dir. Rob Williams
Feat. Daniel Lipshutz, Alex Neil Miller, Enzo Nova - Queer rom–com telling three interconnected stories of gay men seeking love during the holiday season. A married couple take in a teenage…
Shepherds and Butchers (2016)- Dir. Oliver Schmitz
Feat. Andrea Riseborough, Steve Coogan - Apartheid era South African drama following a British lawyer (Coogan)'s heroic attempt to overthrow the death penalty after a white prison guard goes…
Silence (2016)- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Liam Neeson, Adam Driver, Andrew Garfield… - A 25–year labour of love for director Scorsese, this profound meditation on faith is set during the ban on Christianity in 17th Century Japan…
Southside with You (2016)- Dir. Richard Tanne
Feat. Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers - A tender and thoughtful romantic drama that chronicles the summer afternoon when a young Barack Obama wooed his future First Lady on an epic first…
Street Cat Named Bob, A (2016)- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Luke Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt - A sweet and poignant comedy–drama based on the life (and best–selling autobiography) of James Bowen, a young homeless London busker and…
Sully (2016)- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney… - Thrilling true story with Tom Hanks bringing his every man charm to the role of Chesley Sullenberger the heroic pilot who made a scarcely believable…
Teacher, The (Ucitelka) (2016)- Dir. Jan Hrebejk
Feat. Zuzana Mauréry - Black comedy set in 1983 Bratislava, where a school teacher takes advantage of Communist traditions, manipulating the parents of her students into…
Things to Come (L'avenir) (2016)- Dir. Mia Hansen-Love
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Andre Marcon, Roman Kolinka - A passionate and intelligent philosophy professor experiences a crisis of identity in this exquisitely detailed drama with Huppert terrific in the…
Thirteen (TV Mini-series) (2016)- Feat. Jodie Comer, Natasha Little, Stuart Graham…
- Five–part BBC psychological drama that follows a 26–year–old woman who learns to live again after being abducted and held in…
This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)- Dir. Simon Aboud
Feat. Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine… - A talented but reclusive girl develops a friendship with her cantankerous neighbour in this contemporary fairy tale set against the backdrop of a…
This Is Us (TV Series) (2016)- Feat. Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown…
- Comedy–drama following the lives of two twins and their adopted brother, interweaving the past and present to explore how each of the…
Tommy's Honour (2016)- Dir. Jason Connery
Feat. Jack Lowden, Peter Mullan, Sam Neill… - Father and son camaraderie and rivalry lies at the heart of this bittersweet tale of the real–life founders of the modern game of golf set in…
Toni Erdmann (2016)- Dir. Maren Ade
Feat. Peter Simonischek, Sandra Huller, Ingrid Bisu - Brilliant, unclassifiable German comedy where a stern, career–focused woman is followed around a series of mundane board meetings and vapid…
Trespass Against Us (2016)- Dir. Adam Smith
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson - The bond between a patriarch and his son is explored in this gritty but picturesque Irish crime–family drama, anchored by strong performances…
Tutankhamun (TV Mini-series) (2016)- Dir. Peter Webber
Feat. Max Irons, Jonathan Aris, Sam Neill… - A four–part dramatisation of how a penniless, ostracised archaeologist named Howard Carter became a household name following his discovery of…
Two is a Family (Demain tout commence) (2016)- Dir. Hugo Gélin
Feat. Omar Sy, Clemence Poesy - An elegantly crafted, crowd–pleasing comedy–drama in fine French tradition, following a bachelor (Omar Sy, THE INTOUCHABLES) who enjoys a…
Una (2016)- Dir. Benedict Andrews
Feat. Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed… - Compelling adaptation of David Harrower's two–hand play "Blackbird" that maturely navigates the thin and morally sensitive line between…
United Kingdom, A (2016)- Dir. Amma Asante
Feat. Rosamund Pike, David Oyelowo, Jack Davenport… - Assured historical drama which deftly covers a decade–long fight for acceptance when the King of Botswana falls in love with a British clerk…
Untamed, The (La región salvaje) (2016)- Dir. Amat Escalante
Feat. Ruth Ramos, Simone Bucio, Jesús Meza - Unforgettable psycho–sexual horror featuring a multi–tentacled alien which becomes the source of obsession for members of a Mexican…
Vessel, The (2016)- Dir. Julio Quintana
Feat. Martin Sheen, Lucas Quintana, Jacqueline Duprey - Faith and redemption permeate this sombre drama starring Martin Sheen as a priest involved in a small town still grieving from a tsunami event that…
Victoria (TV Series) (2016)- Feat. Jenna Coleman, Tom Hughes, Peter Bowles
- Lavish drama series that depicts the early life of Queen Victoria, from her accession to the throne at the tender age of 18 through to her courtship…
Wakefield (2016)- Dir. Robin Swicord
Feat. Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Garner, Beverly D'Angelo - A successful suburbanite vanishes without a trace, camping out in his attic and secretly observing the lives of his wife and children. Bryan Cranston…
War and Peace (TV Series) (2016)- Dir. Tom Harper
Feat. Paul Dano, Lily James, James Norton… - Stellar BBC take on the Tolstoy's classic tale of aristocratic families caught in the tumult of Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)- Dir. Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Feat. Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman… - Spiky war comedy with Tina Fey as a journalist assigned to Afghanistan at the height of the second Gulf War. Based on the acclaimed memoir "The…
Whole Truth, The (2016)- Feat. Keanu Reeves, Renee Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw…
- Keanu Reeves plays an attorney who works on a tough case to defend a 17–year–old suspected of murdering his wealthy father in this…
Wiener-Dog (2016)- Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. Ellen Burstyn, Kieran Culkin, Julie Delpy… - Typically black humoured and viciously insightful comedy from dir. Todd Solondz, a spin–off from his indie classic WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE,…
Witness for the Prosecution, The (2016)- Feat. Toby Jones, Andrea Riseborough, David Haig…
- 2–part miniseries based on Agatha Christie's popular story. A wealthy heiress is found murdered and her principle heir is naturally the major…
Young Pope, The (TV Series) (2016)- Dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Feat. Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando… - Ten–part miniseries following the reign of Pope Pius XIII, the first American pontiff. Featuring Jude Law in a heavily praised lead…
Your Name (Kimi no na wa) (2016)- Dir. Makoto Shinkai
- Another exquisite animated drama from Makoto Shinkai, an increasingly beloved and notable voice in the world of Japanese anime. The story is based on…
'71 (2015)- Dir. Yann Demange
Feat. Jack O'Connell, Richard Dormer, Sean Harris - A visceral thriller in which a young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the…
33, The (2015)- Dir. Patricia Riggen
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Rodrigo Santoro, James Brolin… - Measured recreation of the infamous Chilean mine disaster which left 33 miners trapped underground, and their struggle for survival.
45 Years (2015)- Dir. Andrew Haigh
Feat. Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James… - A stunning, finely–modulated drama with Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay playing a married couple whose trust and belief in their…
5 Flights Up (Five Flights Up) (2015)- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Diane Keaton, Morgan Freeman, Cynthia Nixon… - Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton headline this amiable drama as a long–married couple endure a hectic weekend as they ponder the sale of the…
800 Words (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Erik Thomson, Michelle Langstone, Jonathan Brugh
- From the writers of OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE come this gentle dramedy that follows the travails of a widowed Sydney columnist as he up sticks for life in…
A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove) (2015)- Dir. Hannes Holm
Feat. Rolf Lassgard, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg - Endearing Swedish hit about a grumpy 59–year–old widower who was deposed as president of the condominium association, but still presides…
A Perfect Day (2015)- Dir. Fernando León de Aranoa
Feat. Benicio Del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko… - Trenchant, satisfying black comedy about a group of aid workers struggling with the task of removing a corpse from a well at the end of the Yugoslav…
Age Of Adaline (2015)- Dir. Lee Toland Krieger
Feat. Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford… - Blake Lively headlines this appealing fantasy about a young woman, born at the turn of the 20th century, rendered ageless after an accident.
Aloha (2015)- Dir. Cameron Crowe
Feat. Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Emma Stone… - Hawaiian set romantic comedy with Bradley Cooper as a defense worker who teams up with a pilot to stop a satellite launch.
Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong (2015)- Dir. Emily Ting
Feat. Jamie Chung, Bryan Greenberg - A charming romance unfolds in Hong Kong between a Chinese–American toy designer and an American ex–pat. Based on the director's own…
Anomalisa (2015)- Dir. Charlie Kaufman
Feat. David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan - Charlie Kaufman directs this affecting stop–motion animation that explores a loners failure to connect with other people and his struggles to…
Arabian Nights (2015)- Dir. Miguel Gomes
Feat. Crista Alfaiate - Wildly original and ambitious triptych of films set in modern–day Portugal but structured on the sprawling Arabic fairy–tale collection…
As it is in Heaven 2: Heaven on Earth (Heaven on Earth) (2015)- Dir. Kay Pollak
Feat. Frida Hallgren, Niklas Falk, Jacob Oftebro - Sequel to the beloved Swedish classic, follows on after the death of conductor Daniel Darius, where the soprano and love of his life expects his…
Asthma (2015)- Dir. Jake Hoffman
Feat. Krysten Ritter, Benedict Samuel - Two New York slackers hit the road in a Rolls Royce after one of them hits rock bottom in his attempts to overcome heroin addiction. A melancholy ode…
Ballers (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Rob Corddry, John David Washington
- ENTOURAGE–like series centred around the misadventures of a group of NFL footballers, their agents and their families.
Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) (2015)- Dir. Eva Husson
Feat. Finnegan Oldfield - A refreshingly non–judgemental account of female promiscuity, following a group of adolescents in a sleepy French town who start a sex party…
Banished (TV Mini-series) (2015)- Feat. Orla Brady, Ewen Bremner, MyAnna Buring…
- British period drama created by Jimmy McGovern (CRACKER), set in the 18th century in the first penal colony founded by the British in New South…
Better Call Saul (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Michael McKean
- Spinning–off from smash hit BREAKING BAD, this worthy successor follows the trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Saul Goodman, in the…
Big Short, The (2015)- Dir. Adam McKay
Feat. Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling… - A nimble and pointed comedy with a serious agenda about four denizens in the world of high–finance who predict the credit and housing bubble…
Bigger Splash, A (2015)- Dir. Luca Guadagnino
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes… - A sensuous, if overly–mannered comedy of manners from the director of I AM LOVE has the Sicilian vacation of a famous rock star and a filmmaker…
Black Mass (2015)- Dir. Scott Cooper
Feat. Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson… - True crime yarn with Johnny Depp disappearing into the role of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger, who became an FBI informant in order to take down a…
Bloodline (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Kyle Chandler, Ben Mendelsohn, Linda Cardellini…
- Knotty thriller about a family of adult siblings who find that their past secrets and scars are revealed when their black sheep of a brother returns…
Boomerang (2015)- Dir. François Favrat
Feat. Laurent Lafitte, Mélanie Laurent, Audrey Dana… - Proficient French thriller from the author of SARAH'S KEY concerns a pair of siblings and their pursuit for the truth behind their mother's death.
Born To Be Blue (2015)- Dir. Robert Budreau
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo - Impressionistic biopic re–imaging Chet Baker's musical comeback in the late '60s, with Ethan Hawke playing the jazz legend who battled heroin…
Born to Dance (2015)- Dir. Tammy Davis
Feat. Parris Goebel, Stan Walker, Kherington Payne… - Dance phenomenon Parris Goebel and Stan Walker stars in this coming of age tale told through the eyes of 'Tu', an ambitious young man from Auckland…
Brand New Testament, The (2015)- Dir. Jaco Van Dormael
Feat. Benoit Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve, François Damiens… - Fantastical comedy in which God's teenage daughter gets fed up up with her overbearing father – who never gets off the computer – and…
Bridge of Spies (2015)- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda… - Elegant, nostalgic Cold–War drama from Steven Spielberg based on a true story. Tom Hanks plays the American attorney thanklessly tasked with…
Brooklyn (2015)- Dir. John Crowley
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson… - Powerful saga of an Irish immigrant in 1950s New York who falls for a tough Italian plumber, but faces temptation from another man when she returns…
Burnt (2015)- Dir. John Wells
Feat. Sienna Miller, Daniel Bruhl, Omar Sy… - Culinary drama with Bradley Cooper as a temperamental chef pushing his staff to the limits as he strives for a third Michelin star.
By The Sea (2015)- Dir. Angelina Jolie
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent… - A vainglorious romantic drama that stars Pitt and Jolie as a troubled couple trying to save their relationship while vacationing in coastal France.…
Call My Agent (TV Series) (Dix pour cent) (2015)- Feat. Camille Cottin, Liliane Rovere, Thibault de Montalembert
- French TV drama set in a talent agency and following the lives of the agents as they combine art with business and juggle their private and…
Capital (2015)- Feat. Adeel Akhtar, Danny Ashok, Mona Goodwin…
- A three–part British TV adaptation of the novel by John Lanchester, set on an affluent London street, where residents receive a strange note…
Carol (2015)- Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson… - Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara star in this spellbinding adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's groundbreaking romantic novel. Set in 1950's New York it…
Casual Vacancy, The (TV Mini-Series) (2015)- Feat. Rory Kinnear, Michael Gambon, Keeley Hawes…
- J. K. Rowling's novel of small–town politcs in which the residents of Pagford fight for a spot on the parish council after the unexpected death…
Catching Milat (TV Mini-series) (2015)- Feat. Richard Cawthorne, Malcolm Kennard
- Rigorous psychological thriller based on the investigation into the 1990s backpacker murders leading to the arrest and conviction of serial killer…
Cemetery of Splendour (2015)- Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Feat. Jenjira Pongpas Widner - Mesmerising film in the director's indefinable style, set in and around a rural Thai hospital which may be haunted. A group of soldiers…
Chi-Raq (2015)- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Teyonah Parris… - Brilliant Spike Lee musical transposing the classical Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes into the setting of a Chicago neighbourhood beset by gang…
Child 44 (2015)- Dir. Daniel Espinosa
Feat. Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace… - Disturbing thriller with Tom Hardy as disgraced member of the military police investigating a series of nasty child murders during the…
Childhood of a Leader, The (2015)- Dir. Brady Corbet
Feat. Bérénice Bejo, Liam Cunningham, Stacy Martin… - Based loosely on a Jean–Paul Sartre short story and also John Fowles' novel, The Magus, this arresting arthouse directing debut for American…
Concussion (2015)- Dir. Peter Landesman
Feat. Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks… - Worthy medical drama with Will Smith as a forensic pathologist investigating repeated incidences of brain degeneration in professional football…
Courted (2015)- Dir. Christian Vincent
Feat. Fabrice Luchini, Sidse Babett Knudsen - Denmark's Sidse Babett Knudsen (BORGEN) stars in this quietly accomplished French romantic drama as a juror who's shared past with a judge is…
Creed (2015)- Dir. Ryan Coogler
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson… - Rocky Balboa returns in this highly–acclaimed, downbeat entry to the franchise with the boxing hero serving as trainer to the son of his late…
Crimson Peak (2015)- Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
Feat. Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston… - Guillermo del Toro directs this sumptuous Gothic feast in which a new bride investigates ghostly visions at a remote mansion that holds dark secrets.
Danish Girl, The (2015)- Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard… - Prestige romantic drama loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegene, and traces the evolution of their relationship…
Danny Collins (2015)- Dir. Dan Fogelman
Feat. Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner… - Al Pacino stars as an aging rock star who decides to change his life when he discovers a 40–year–old letter written to him by John…
Dare to be Wild (2015)- Dir. Vivienne De Courcy
Feat. Emma Greenwell, Tom Hughes, Alex Macqueen - The true story of Mary Reynolds, a young designer who ruffled feathers at the 2002 Chelsea Flower Show by entering a competition garden using only…
Daughter, The (2015)- Dir. Simon Stone
Feat. Geoffrey Rush, Miranda Otto, Paul Schneider… - Australian melodrama based on Henrik Ibsen's play "The Wild Duck", in which a prodigal son's return home to a small logging town reveals a dark…
Decadence (Decadencia) (2015)- Dir. Joaquin Rodriguez
Feat. Nataly Umaña, Alejandro Estrada - Over–heated eroticism from Mexico with a young woman falling for a rich entrepreneur after he nearly runs her over with his car.
Diary of a Teenage Girl, The (2015)- Dir. Marielle Heller
Feat. Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgard, Kristen Wiig… - This brave and bittersweet portrait of an unusual sexual awakening has Bel Powley as a fledgling cartoonist entering into a relationship with her…
Doctor Foster (TV Series) (2015-2017)- Feat. Suranne Jones, Bertie Carvel, Jodie Comer
- Top quality BBC melodrama with Suranne Jones superb as a general practitioner who becomes obessed with the notion that her doting husband may be…
Downriver (2015)- Dir. Grant Scicluna
Feat. Reef Ireland, Kerry Fox, Robert Taylor… - Arresting, but undeniably downbeat character study that follows a teenager freshly released from juvenile prison as he attempts to adjust to life on…
Downton Abbey - Series 6 (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern…
- Further episodes from ITV's immensely popular, top–of–the–range period drama, centred on the residents and staff of the titular…
Downton Abbey - The Finale (TV Mini-series) (Downton Abbey Christmas 2015) (2015)- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael
- The final installment of this internationally acclaimed hit drama series that chronicled the lives of the Crawley family and their servants.
Dressmaker, The (2015)- Dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse
Feat. Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth… - Kate Winslet cuts a dashing figure (and a true–blue Aussie accent) as a talented dressmaker who returns home from Paris to the tiny isolated…
Driftless Area, The (2015)- Dir. Zachary Sluser
Feat. Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel, John Hawkes… - Reality–bending thriller about a man who returns to his hometown after his parents die and soon becomes involved in a dangerous situation with…
Early Winter (2015)- Dir. Michael Rowe
Feat. Suzanne Clément, Paul Doucet, Micheline Lanctôt… - The disintegrating marriage of a Montreal couple is examined in this chilly, well–observed relationship drama from expat Australian director,…
Empire (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Gabourey Sidibe
- Terrence Howard stars as the CEO of a hugely successful music label who is diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease and has to choose one of his…
End of the Tour, The (2015)- Dir. James Ponsoldt
Feat. Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg, Anna Chlumsky… - Surprisingly engrossing account of the five–day interview between the late David Foster Wallace and reporter David Lipsky taking place shortly…
Endless Night (Nobody Wants the Night) (2015)- Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Gabriel Byrne, Rinko Kikuchi… - Serviceable adventure with Juliette Binoche starring as Arctic explorer Josephine Peary searching for her missing husband in remote Greenland.
Equals (2015)- Dir. Drake Doremus
Feat. Nicholas Hoult, Kristen Stewart, Guy Pearce… - Thoughtful sci–fi drama set in an emotionless utopia with Hoult and Stewart as two people falling in love after they regain their feelings from…
Everest (2015)- Dir. Baltasar Kormakur
Feat. Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal… - This lavishly mounted account of the ill–fated climbing expedition that claimed the life of New Zealand mountaineer Rob Hall is especially…
Experimenter (2015)- Dir. Michael Almereyda
Feat. Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder, Taryn Manning… - Compelling account of pioneering social psychologist Stanley Milgram and his controversial behaviour experiments in the 1960's that tested people's…
Eye in the Sky (2015)- Dir. Gavin Hood
Feat. Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi… - Provocative drama that examines the perils of drone warfare with Helen Mirren as a military officer in command of a mission to capture terrorists in…
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)- Dir. Thomas Vinterberg
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen… - Stirring adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel boasts a very fine performance from Carey Mulligan as Bathsheba Everdene a young farmer who attracts…
Fargo - Season 2 (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Patrick Wilson, Jesse Plemons…
- Much acclaimed second season is set in the late seventies and features more deception, intrigue and murder in and around the town of Fargo, North…
Fathers and Daughters (2015)- Dir. Gabriele Muccino
Feat. Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Aaron Paul… - Melodramatic ensemble piece with Russell Crowe as a widower struggling with fatherhood and mental illness.
Fencer, The (Miekkailija) (2015)- Dir. Klaus Haro
Feat. Märt Avandi - An accomplished Estonian fencer returns to his homeland after fleeing from the Russian secret police during WWII. He quickly becomes a role model and…
Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)- Dir. Sam Taylor-Johnson
Feat. Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle… - Blockbuster adaptation of E.L James' erotic novel about a young literature student's life–changing encounter with the handsome, yet tormented,…
Flesh and Bone (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Sarah Hay, Ben Daniels, Damon Herriman
- Psychological drama series about a talented but emotionally troubled dancer who runs away to New York City and quickly finds herself immersed in the…
Focus (2015)- Dir. John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
Feat. Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro… - Will Smith stars as a veteran con man whose latest scheme is thrown for a loop when a woman from his past returns.
Forbidden Room, The (2015)- Dir. Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson
Feat. Roy Dupuis, Clara Furey, Jacques Nolot… - Maverick director Guy Maddin applies his wild and deliciously demented imagination to this fantastic fantasy, telling a range of almost…
Fortitude (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Sofie Grabol, Richard Dormer, Stanley Tucci…
- Addictive murder mystery set on the edge of the Arctic Circle, in the town of Fortitude, a town whose peaceful reputation is under threat.
Francisco: The Man Behind The Pope (Francis:Pray for Me) (2015)- Dir. Beda Docampo Feijóo
Feat. Darío Grandinetti, Silvia Abascal, Leticia Bredice - Somewhat fawning look at the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, form his early childhood days in Argentina to his becoming Pope Francis.
Francofonia (2015)- Dir. Alexandr Sokurov
Feat. Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Benjamin Utzerath - A richly evocative and insightful historical cine–essay from celebrated dir. Alexander Sokurov (RUSSIAN ARK) that charts the relationship…
Freeheld (2015)- Dir. Peter Sollett
Feat. Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Steve Carell… - Julianne Moore and Elliot Page headline this fact–based drama as a couple battling to secure their financial future in the face of a terminal…
Frisky (2015)- Dir. Claudia Pickering
Feat. Claudia Pickering, Monica Ammerman, Brandon Wardle - Directed by and starring the multi–talented Claudia Pickering, this fresh micro–budget indie follows two female college grads who leave…
Game of Thrones - Season 5 (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Peter Dinklage
- The struggle for the iron throne continues in the fifth season of the rightly acclaimed HBO series derived from George R.R. Martin's fantasy…
Girl Asleep (2015)- Dir. Rosemary Myers
Feat. Bethany Whitmore, Harrison Feldman, Amber McMahon - Based on the theatre production, this colourful coming–of–age tale set in 1970’s Australia expressively journeys into the absurd, scary…
Girl in the Book, The (2015)- Dir. Marya Cohn
Feat. Emily VanCamp, Michael Nyqvist, Michael Cristofer… - Absorbing tale of a young book editor forced to confront her past when she crosses paths with a writer who befriended her as a teen.
Girl King, The (2015)- Dir. Mika Kaurismaki
Feat. Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist… - Lush period drama about Queen Christina, Sweden's convention flaunting monarch, and her battle with the conservative forces determined to halt her…
Girls - Season 4 (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke…
- Further episodes from Lena Dunham's savvy HBO series on the highs and lows of living and dating in New York – a show that's at once witty,…
Grandma (2015)- Dir. Paul Weitz
Feat. Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden… - Satisfying indie comedy–drama starring Lily Tomlin in a rare starring role as an acerbic lesbian grandmother who receives an unexpected visit…
Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) - Season 11 (2015)- Eleventh season of the popular female–driven medical soap, continuing the trials and tribulations of five first–year interns as they…
Heat Wave (Coup de chaud) (2015)- Dir. Raphaël Jacoulot
Feat. Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gregory Gadebois - A peaceful French hamlet is turned upside down when a deranged local starts harassing the the villagers and causing hostilities to rise dangerously.…
Heavy Water War, The (The Saboteurs) (2015)- Dir. Per-Olav Sørensen
Feat. Espen Klouman-Høiner, Soren Pilmark, Anna Friel… - Thrilling Norwegian mini–series tells the story behind Hitler's plan for obtaining the atomic bomb during WW2, and the heavy water sabotages in…
Holding the Man (2015)- Dir. Neil Armfield
Feat. Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Guy Pearce… - Moving adaptation of the classic Australian memoir chronicling the 15–year romance between an aspiring actor and the captain of the high school…
Hollow Crown, The: Wars of the Roses (TV Series) (2015)- Dir. Dominic Cooke
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench… - A second series of star–studded, exceptionally presented Shakespeare adaptations, with Henry VI in two parts, along with Richard III. Together…
Home Fires (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Francesca Annis, Samantha Bond
- Quality BBC drama following a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community during World War II.
House of Cards - Season 3 (TV Series, US) (2015)- Feat. Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Kate Mara
- Further episodes in the shadowy revival of the classic BBC political series, with Kevin Spacey (perfectly cast) as a machiavellian congressman…
Humans (TV Series) (2015-2018)- Feat. William Hurt, Rebecca Front, Gemma Chan…
- Sci–fi series set in a parallel present where the latest must–have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' – a…
I Am Michael (2015)- Dir. Justin Kelly
Feat. James Franco, Emma Roberts, Zachary Quinto - The fascinating true story of a gay activist who rejects his sexuality and becomes a Christian pastor. James Franco is above average in his portrayal…
I Saw the Light (2015)- Dir. Marc Abraham
Feat. Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Cherry Jones… - Tom Hiddleston is outstanding in this otherwise serviceable biopic of the seminal country music singer–songwriter Hank Williams that chronicles…
I Smile Back (2015)- Dir. Adam Salky
Feat. Sarah Silverman, Josh Charles, Thomas Sadoski… - Comedian Sarah Silverman demonstrates her impressive dramatic range portraying a middle–class suburban housewife suffering from depression,…
I'll See You In My Dreams (2015)- Dir. Brett Haley
Feat. Blythe Danner, Sam Elliott, Martin Starr… - Blythe Danner is exceptional in this heartfelt drama about a widow and former songstress who discovers that life can begin anew at any age.
Idol, The (Ya tayr el tayer) (2015)- Dir. Hany Abu-Assad
Feat. Tawfeek Barhom, Kais Attalah, Hiba Attalah - Comedy–drama based on the true story of an aspiring Palestinian musician who sets about overcoming the extraordinary goal of competing on the…
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson… - Ron Howard directs this effects–heavy recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, the inspiration for the…
In the Shadow of Women (L'ombre des femmes) (2015)- Dir. Philippe Garrel
Feat. Clotilde Courau, Stanislas Merhar, Lena Paugam - Romantic drama from Philippe Garrel, a prolific French auteur whose work is rarely available outside of France and often deal with the subject of…
Indian Summers (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Nikesh Patel, Julie Walters…
- Broadly played but beautifully scenic British drama series set in 1932 following the final years of British colonial rule in India from both sides of…
Intern, The (2015)- Dir. Nancy Meyers
Feat. Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo… - Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway clash in this generation gap comedy from the pen of Nancy Meyers (IT'S COMPLICATED). De Niro plays a retired…
Into the Forest (2015)- Dir. Patricia Rozema
Feat. Elliot Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Callum Keith Rennie… - Quiet, character driven post–apocalyptic drama following two sisters whose peaceful Pacific Northwestern lives are disrupted by a…
Irrational Man (2015)- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey… - Existential drama for the more ardent Woody Allen fan, with Joaquin Phoenix as a tormented philosophy professor who considers murdering a corrupt…
It's Only the End of the World (2015)- Dir. Xavier Dolan
Feat. Nathalie Baye, Vincent Cassel, Marion Cotillard… - French–Canadian prodigy Xavier Dolan returns with this Cannes–winning melodrama about a terminally ill gay writer who returns to his…
Ixcanul (Volcano) (2015)- Dir. Jayro Bustamante
Feat. Maria Mercedes Coroy, Maria Telon - Rare Guatemalan drama set on the slopes of an active volcano, where a marginalised Mayan community prepare for the arranged marriage of a…
James White (2015)- Dir. Josh Mond
Feat. Christopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott Mescudi… - A sensitive adult drama that follows a self–destructive New Yorker struggling to control his behavior while his mother deteriorates from…
Jem and The Holograms (2015)- Dir. Jon M. Chu
Feat. Stefanie Scott, Aurora Perrineau, Hayley Kiyoko… - Live–action update of the popular '80's cartoon about a small–town girl who catapults from underground video sensation to global…
Jessica Jones (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Krysten Ritter
- Engaging Marvel drama with BREAKING BAD's Krysten Ritter starring as the former superhero turned private detective.
Joy (2015)- Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper… - Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and dir. David O. Russell reteam yet again for this true life tale of Joy Mangano, whose invention of the 'Miracle…
Justified - The Final Season (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Walton Goggins…
- Raylan Givens gets a terrific send–off in the conclusion to Elmore Leonard's urban western about an old–school U.S. Marshal reassigned…
Knick, The - Season 2 (TV Series) (2015)- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Clive Owen - Steven Soderbergh directs the second season of the grisly medical drama set within the confines of a New York hospital in 1900.
Knight of Cups (2015)- Dir. Terrence Malick
Feat. Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman… - Terrence Malick's enigmatic ode to existential despair features Christian Bale as a screenwriter living in LA trying to make sense of the strange…
Krisha (2015)- Dir. Trey Edward Schults
Feat. Krisha Fairchild, Trey Edward Schults - A penetrating micro–budget independent drama that follows an estranged middle–aged woman's efforts to reconnect with her family over…
La Belle Saison (Summertime) (2015)- Dir. Catherine Corsini
Feat. Cecile De France, Izia Higelin, Noemie Lvovsky - Two women strike up a passionate affair against a backdrop of the feminist movement in early–1970's France, but struggle to reconcile of…
Lady in the Van, The (2015)- Dir. Nicholas Hytner
Feat. Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent… - Maggie Smith is adorable as usual in this cosy adaptation of Alan Bennett's play, based on his experience of developing an unlikely friendship with a…
Land of Mine (Under sandet) (2015)- Dir. Martin Zandvliet
Feat. Roland Møller, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard - Multi award–winning historical drama following a unit of captured German soldiers who are put to work disabling Hitler's munitions by an…
Last Cab to Darwin (2015)- Dir. Jeremy Sims
Feat. Michael Caton, Jackie Weaver, Emma Hamilton… - A sentimental, fair–dinkum Australian drama that stars Michael Caton (THE CASTLE) as a terminally–ill taxi driver who embarks on a road…
Last Days in the Desert (2015)- Dir. Rodrigo Garcia
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Ciaran Hinds, Ayelet Zurer… - Ewan McGregor plays both Jesus Christ and the Devil in this humanistic portrait of Jesus during his 40 days fasting and praying in the Judean desert.
Last Kingdom, The (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Alexander Dreymon, Ian Hart, Matthew MacFadyen…
- Historical adventure series set in the divided England of the 9th century follows the travails of the orphaned son of a Saxon nobleman.
Legacy, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (Arvingerne) (2015)- Feat. Trine Dyrholm, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Lene Maria Christensen…
- Second season of the gripping drama in which the death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open and causes a prolonged battle for…
Legend (2015)- Dir. Brian Helgeland
Feat. Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton… - Tom Hardy flexes his acting muscle as the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray in this otherwise unremarkable drama that charts the rise…
Life (2015)- Dir. Anton Corbijn
Feat. Robert Pattinson, Dane DeHaan, Ben Kingsley… - Moody, elegant drama of the unlikely bond forged between Magnum photographer Dennis Stock and a pre–fame James Dean while shooting pictures of…
Lobster, The (2015)- Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Feat. Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Léa Seydoux… - The director of DOGTOOTH returns with another decidedly offbeat satire. Set in the dystopian near future, single people, are obliged to find a…
London Road (2015)- Dir. Rufus Norris
Feat. Olivia Colman, Tom Hardy, Anita Dobson… - An audacious but audience–dividing musical devised around the unlikely premise of Ipswich community members who are drawn together to come to…
Looking for Grace (2015)- Dir. Sue Brooks
Feat. Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh, Odessa Young… - Set in hot and desolate Western Australia, this tells its story of a runaway teenager and her parents endeavours to track her down from multiple…
Louder Than Bombs (2015)- Dir. Joachim Trier
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert… - Ambitious, novelistic family drama with an ensemble of experienced actors playing members of a diverse, non–typical family in turmoil following…
Love (Love 3D) (2015)- Dir. Gaspar Noe
Feat. Aomi Muyock, Karl Glusman, Klara Kristin - French cinema's enfant–terrible Gaspar Noe finds some more envelopes to push in this explicit adult drama. An American living in Paris enters a…
Macbeth (2015)- Dir. Justin Kurzel
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Paddy Considine… - Michael Fassbender is the fatally ambitious Scottish general in this visceral rendition of Shakespeare's tragedy from the Australian director of…
Maggie (2015)- Dir. Henry Hobson
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson - A notable change of pace for Arnie in this mood piece in which a teenage girl becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the…
Maggie's Plan (2015)- Dir. Rebecca Miller
Feat. Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore… - Witty showcase for the talents of Greta Gerwig, here playing a woman who's plans to have a baby on her own are derailed when she becomes involved…
Magic Mike XXL (2015)- Dir. Gregory Jacobs
Feat. Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Kevin Nash… - Channing Tatum rips his pants one more time as Mike and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow–out…
Man Who Knew Infinity, The (2015)- Dir. Matthew Brown
Feat. Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Malcolm Sinclair - Biographical drama based on the extraordinary life and academic career of pioneering Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and his friendship…
Marguerite (2015)- Dir. Xavier Giannoli
Feat. Catherine Frot, Andre Marcon, Michel Fau… - Touching French version of the story inspired by the life of Florence Foster Jenkins, a socialite who believed she was in possession of a beautiful…
Martian, The (2015)- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig… - Ridley Scott adapts the acclaimed novel by Andy Weir as an unabashed crowd–pleaser about an astronaut who is left behind after a manned mission…
Masters of Sex - Season 3 (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan
- Third season of the dramatisation of the work of pioneering researchers Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the eponymous 'Masters of Sex'…
Max (2015)- Dir. Boaz Yakin
Feat. Thomas Haden Church, Lauren Graham, Josh Wiggins… - Heartwarming true story about a dog that helped US Marines in Afghanistan returns to the U.S. and is adopted by his handler's family after suffering…
McFarland, USA (2015)- Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, John Ortiz - New Zealand's Niki Caro directs this inspirational drama about a cross–country coach in a small California town who transforms a team of…
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)- Dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Feat. Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke… - Winner of the Grand Jury prize at Sundance, this imaginative, eclectic dramedy follows an awkward high–school filmmaker and a gravely ill…
Meadowland (2015)- Dir. Reed Morano
Feat. Olivia Wilde, Luke Wilson, Juno Temple… - Well–acted, very downbeat drama about a couple struggling to cope with the disappearance – and likely murder – of their young son.
Meddler, The (2015)- Dir. Lorene Scafaria
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. Simmons… - Susan Sarandon and Rose Byrne face off in this amiable, bittersweet and comedy about an aging widow who follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes…
Midwinter of the Spirit (TV Mini-series) (2015)- Feat. Nicholas Pinnock, Anna Maxwell Martin, Kate Dickie
- TV miniseries following a female vicar who works as an exorcist. Cheerfully creepy Middle–England gothic from the pen of supernatural mystery…
Miles Ahead (2015)- Dir. Don Cheadle
Feat. Don Cheadle, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Ewan McGregor… - Don Cheadle directs and offers a full–throated performance as Miles Davis in this adventurous, non–linear, exploration of the life and…
Miss You Already (2015)- Dir. Catherine Hardwicke
Feat. Drew Barrymore, Toni Collette, Dominic Cooper… - Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore headline this superior tearjerker about how the friendship between two life–long girlfriends is put to the…
Mississippi Grind (2015)- Dir. Anna Boden
, Ryan Fleck
Feat. Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds, Sienna Miller… - Atmospheric road movie about a gambler facing financial ruin and his unlikely friendship with a charismatic young poker player.
Mr. Holmes (2015)- Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada… - An intriguing take on the great detective's final years with Ian McKellen in his element as the retired Sherlock Holmes who, dealing with early…
Mr. Robot (TV Series) (2015-2020)- Feat. Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Portia Doubleday
- The excellent Rami Malek stars as an expert hacker recruited by a mysterious anarchist, who calls himself Mr. Robot. 44 episodes across 4 seasons.
Mustang (2015)- Dir. Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Feat. Gunes Senoy, Doga Doguslu, Elit Iscan… - Sublime female coming–of–age story set in a remote Turkish village, where five sisters face the stifling expectations of their…
My Mother (Mia Madre) (2015)- Dir. Nanni Moretti
Feat. Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Nanni Moretti… - Affecting character study of a director in the middle of an film–making crisis who has to deal with the inevitable yet still unacceptable loss…
Narcos (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Pedro Pascal
- Vivid, unflinching HBO drama chronicles the exploits of the notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Nasty Baby (2015)- Dir. Sebastián Silva
Feat. Kristen Wiig, Sebastián Silva, Tunde Adebimpe… - Disturbing drama about a gay couple's attempts to create a family irrevocably altered by a fatal encounter with a disturbed homeless man.
National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage (2015)- A celebration of the 50th Anniversary of London's National Theatre. The theatrical gala features a veritable who's–who of British stage talent…
Neon Bull (Boi neon) (2015)- Dir. Gabriel Mascaro
Feat. Vinícius de Oliveira, Juliano Cazarré - Transgressive and beguiling drama set in the Brazilian world of the vaquejada, a traditional style of rodeo, as seen through the eyes of a gender…
Nightingale (2015)- Dir. Elliott Lester
Feat. David Oyelowo - A bravura performance by David Oyelowo anchors this chamber piece about a lonely war veteran who psychologically unravels ahead of an old friend's…
Nina Forever (2015)- Dir. Chris Blaine, Ben Blaine
Feat. Fiona OShaughnessy, Cian Barry, Abigail Hardingham - Darkly funny horror in which a man embarking on a new relationship is taunted by his dead ex–girlfriend whenever he has sex.
One Wild Moment (2015)- Dir. Jean-François Richet
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Francois Cluzet, Alice Isaaz… - Exotic romantic comedy with Cassel and Cluzet as two friends who bring their daughters with them on a beach vacation and find themselves in an…
Our Little Sister (Umimachi Diary) (2015)- Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Feat. Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho … - Another exquisite domestic drama from Kore–eda Hirokazu that revolves around the loves and working lives of three sisters who accommodate their…
Paper Towns (2015)- Dir. Jake Schreier
Feat. Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Austin Abrams… - From the pen of John Green, the writer of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, comes a wistful teen adventure in which a boy and his friends search for his…
Partisan (2015)- Dir. Ariel Kleiman
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Jeremy Chabriel, Florence Mezzara - A bracing Australian thriller about a young boy raised to be an assassin in a small cult–like community who begins to question his father's…
Passion of Augustine, The (2015)- Dir. Lea Pool
Feat. Céline Bonnier, Lysandre Ménard, Valérie Blais - A warm, intelligent drama set in a convent school in Quebec in the late 1960's, where women are given the opportunity to learn music regardless of…
Pawno (2015)- Dir. Phil Ireland
Feat. John Brumpton, Damian Hill, Kerry Armstrong… - A well–drawn ensemble drama that surveys a single day in a Melbourne pawnshop centred around its laid–back but jaded owner who encounters…
People Places Things (2015)- Dir. James C. Strouse
Feat. Jemaine Clement, Regina Hall, Jessica Williams - Bittersweet indie comedy distinguished by a romantic lead performance by Jemaine Clement as a newly single graphic novelist balancing parenting his…
Program, The (2015)- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Ben Foster, Chris O'Dowd, Jesse Plemons… - Stephen Frears helms this drama that examines the Lance Armstrong doping scandal from the perspective of the journalist who uncovered evidence that…
Queen of Earth (2015)- Dir. Alex Ross Perry
Feat. Elisabeth Moss, Katherine Waterston, Patrick Fugit… - Expertly performed psychodrama with two women who grew up together discover they have drifted apart when they retreat to a lake house together.
Queen of the Desert (2015)- Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Pattinson… - Werner Herzog directs this worthy biopic of British explorer and adventurer Gertrude Bell focusing on her time in the Middle East.
Remember (2015)- Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Christopher Plummer, Bruno Ganz, Jurgen Prochnow… - A holocaust survivor with dementia sets out to kill a Nazi war criminal in this unsettling and unique thriller from Canadian auteur Atom Egoyan.
Revenant, The (2015)- Dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson… - A masterfully intense dramatization of the gruelling experience of frontiersman Hugh Glass and his fight for survival after being mauled by a bear,…
Ricki and the Flash (2015)- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer… - Meryl Streep adds 'rock star' to her oeuvre in this pleasing dramedy written by Diablo Cody and directed by Jonathan Demme. Streep stars as a…
Ride (2015)- Dir. Helen Hunt
Feat. Helen Hunt, Luke Wilson, Brenton Thwaites… - Helen Hunt directs and stars in this warm–hearted drama as a concerned mother who journey's cross–country to be with her son after he…
Room (2015)- Dir. Lenny Abrahamson
Feat. Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers… - Riveting and heart–rending drama centred around a mother and her five–year–old son who make plans to escape their forced captivity.…
Royal Night Out, A (2015)- Dir. Julian Jarrold
Feat. Bel Powley, Sarah Gadon, Emily Watson… - Amusing imagining of the two royal princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret, celebrating V.E. Day by slipping out of Buckingham Palace to go dancing at the…
Sea of Trees, The (2015)- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Watts, Ken Watanabe… - Critically savaged misfire from Gus van Sant has a maudlin McConaughey as suicidal man who enters a forest in search of the perfect place to die, but…
Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The (2015)- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy… - Sequel to the unlikely hit comedy has the Marigold's proprietor considering expansion as a rooming predicament arises.
Second Mother, The (Que Horas Ela Volta?) (2015)- Dir. Anna Muylaert
Feat. Regina Case - An intelligent, touching and funny film exploring the complexities of class structure in Brazil. Tensions arise when a wealthy family allows their…
Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, The (TV Mini-Series) (2015)- Dir. Laurie Collyer
Feat. Kelli Garner, Susan Sarandon, Emily Watson… - Lavish mini–series chronicles Marilyn Monroe's family life and how she succeeded in hiding her most intimate secrets from the press and an…
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2015)- Dir. Douglas Mackinnon
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs… - One–off holiday special with the modern Sherlock and Watson finding themselves back in 1890's London.
Show Me a Hero (TV Mini-Series) (2015)- Dir. Paul Haggis
Feat. Oscar Isaac, Peter Riegert, Alfred Molina… - Extraordinary true story of the political fight to build public housing in white middle–class neighbourhoods in 1980's New York. From the…
Sicario (2015)- Dir. Denis Villeneuve
Feat. Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro… - Nerve–jangling thriller follows an idealistic FBI agent drawn into the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and…
Slow West (2015)- Dir. John Maclean
Feat. Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn… - New Zealand – specifically Twizel – stands in for Colorado in this tense Western that follows a young Scot, whose travels across America…
Son of Saul (2015)- Dir. László Nemes
Feat. Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn - Masterful, but deeply disturbing glimpse into the horror of Auschwitz seen through the perspective of a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his…
Southpaw (2015)- Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker… - Jake Gyllenhaal gets in the ring in this downbeat boxing drama as a former champ struggling to get his life back on track after losing his wife in a…
Spear (2015)- Dir. Stephen Page
Feat. Hunter Page-Lochard, Aaron Pedersen - Resonant drama told through dance and movement that follows a young Aboriginal sets off on a journey to discover what it means to be a man.
Spotlight (2015)- Dir. Tom McCarthy
Feat. Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams… - The engrossing true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover–up within the local Catholic…
Stanford Prison Experiment, The (2015)- Dir. Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Feat. Billy Crudup, Michael Angarano, Ezra Miller… - Harrowing re–enactment of the notorious Stanford Prison experiment where male students were assigned the roles of prisoner and guards in the…
Steve Jobs (2015)- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen… - Another dynamic biopic of a digital revolutionary from screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (THE SOCIAL NETWORK), this time portraying the late founder of Apple…
Stonewall (2015)- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Jeremy Irvine - Hollywood "disaster" specialist Roland Emmerich directs this account of a young gay man's political awakening and coming of age during the days and…
Straight Outta Compton (2015)- Dir. F. Gary Gray
Feat. O’Shea Jackson, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell… - Invigorating drama charts the rise of rap legends N.W.A. as they emerge from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, and their profound impact…
Strangerland (2015)- Dir. Kim Farrant
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Joseph Fiennes - Twisty Australian thriller has a family finding their life in a rural outback town rocked after their two teenage children disappear into the desert,…
Suburra (2015)- Dir. Stefano Sollima
Feat. Pierfrancesco Favino, Elio Germano, Claudio Amendola… - Enthralling crime saga follows a gangster named Samurai as he attempts to turn the waterfront of Rome into an Italian Las Vegas.
Suffragette (2015)- Dir. Sarah Gavron
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter… - Rousing account of the suffragette movement in Edwardian Britain seen through the eyes of a working mother who's galvanized into political action by…
Sunset Song (2015)- Dir. Terence Davies
Feat. Agyness Deyn, Peter Mullan, Kevin Guthrie - Dir. Terence Davies applies his refined visual sensibility to this luminescent adaptation of the Scottish literary classic of the 1930's by Lewis…
Syndicate, The (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Lorraine Bruce, Timothy Spall, Matthew Lewis…
- A Yorkshire–set BBC drama series written by Kay Mellor sees five members of a betting syndicate win the lottery. Each series follows a…
Tangerine (2015)- Dir. Sean Baker
Feat. Katana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, James Ransone - Energetic and frequently hilarious buddy comedy follows two transgender sex workers as they navigate the unforgiving streets of Los Angeles on…
Tanna (2015)- Dir. Martin Butler, Bentley Dean
Feat. Mungau Dain, Marie Wawa - A fact–based "Romeo and Juliet" tale that took place on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu in 1987, this is a splendidly realized and moving…
Ten Thousand Saints (10,000 Saints) (2015)- Dir. Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Feat. Asa Butterfield, Ethan Hawke, Hailee Steinfeld… - Teen drama set in the straight–edge punk scene in 1980's New York follows a young man as he struggles to reconnect with his drug–dealing…
Testament of Youth (2015)- Dir. James Kent
Feat. Alicia Vikander, Kit Harrington, Taron Egerton… - Vera Brittain's acclaimed coming–of–age memoir is given the cinematic treatment in this fine adaptation, with Alicia Vikander (EX…
Togetherness (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Mark Duplass, Melanie Lynskey, Amanda Peet…
- Kiwi actress Melanie Lynskey stars in this entirely relatable HBO comedy–drama from the prolific Duplass brothers that follows the…
Truman (2015)- Dir. Cesc Gay
Feat. Ricardo Darín, Javier Camara - Spanish cinema stars Ricardo Darin and Javier Camara team up for this sensitive comedy as childhood friends who reunite after many years when one of…
Trumbo (2015)- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren… - Biting drama with Bryan Cranston as the legendary screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who at the height of communist paranoia finds himself jailed and…
Truth (2015)- Dir. James Vanderbilt
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace… - A multi–layered and incrementally tense newsroom docudrama that captures the controversy that befell Dan Rather and CBS after they broadcast an…
Tumbledown (2015)- Dir. Sean Mewshaw
Feat. Rebecca Hall, Jason Sudeikis, Blythe Danner… - Earnest romantic drama with the widow of a acclaimed folk–singer tentatively exploring romance with his biographer.
Versailles (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. George Blagden, Alexander Vlahos
- Lavish historical drama follows the travails of Lous XIV as he attempts to build the world's greatest palace against abackdrop of political…
Von Trapp Family: A Life of Music, The (2015)- Dir. Ben Verbong
Feat. Eliza Bennett, Rosemary Harris - Drama adapted from the autobiography of Agathe von Trapp, the eldest daughter of the famous von Trapp family, which follows her incredible journey as…
Wait, The (L'attesa) (2015)- Dir. Piero Messina
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Lou de Laâge, Giorgio Colangeli - Juliette Binoche plays a mother who slowly draws a connection to her son's fiancée while they await his arrival at a beautiful Sicilian villa.
Walk in the Woods, A (2015)- Dir. Ken Kwapis
Feat. Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson… - Robert Redford and Nick Nolte walk the Appalachian trail together in this lightly comic adaptation of Bill Bryson's memoir, with much of the pleasure…
Walk, The (2015)- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon… - The daredevil exploits of French high–wire artist Philippe Petit featured in MAN ON WIRE are re–told by Robert Zemeckis, who duly amps up…
Wasp (2015)- Dir. Philippe Audi-Dor
Feat. Hugo Bolton, Elly Condron, Simon Haycock - Romantic drama about two gay men whose vacation in the South of France is interrupted when one of their female friends show up, leading to sexual…
Wayward Pines (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Matt Dillon, Carla Gugino, Shannyn Sossamon…
- Matt Dillon stars as a Secret Service agent who journeys to the small town of Wayward Pines in search of two federal agents who have disappeared.
We Are Your Friends (2015)- Dir. Max Joseph
Feat. Zac Efron, Wes Bentley, Emily Ratajkowski… - SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER for EDM fans, this coming–of–age drama stars Zac Efron as an struggling DJ trying to catch a break in the electronic…
Westside (TV Series) (2015-2019)- Feat. Antonia Prebble, David de Lautour, Reef Ireland
- A period prequel to OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE. Legendary safe cracker and career criminal, Ted West and his first wife Rita Build their fortune in the slums…
When We Go To War (TV Mini-series) (2015)- Feat. Ido Drent, Sophia Huybens
- Historical saga that tells the story of six young men and women whose plans for the future are thwarted as New Zealand enters World War I. Events…
Wild (2015)- Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffmann… - Vivid adaptation of the memoir by Cheryl Strayed, which chronicled her 1100–mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent…
Wildlike (2015)- Dir. Frank Hall Green
Feat. Bruce Greenwood, Brian Geraghty, Ella Purnell… - Quietly moving indie drama following a troubled teenage girl who runs away into the spectacular Alaskan wilderness.
Wolf Hall (TV Series) (2015)- Feat. Mark Rylance, Claire Foy, Thomas Brodie-Sangster…
- Superb television adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Booker–winning tale of Thomas Cromwell's rapid rise to power in the court of Henry the Eighth.
Woman in Gold (2015)- Dir. Simon Curtis
Feat. Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl… - Helen Mirren elevates this polished if prosaic dramatisation of an elderly Jewish woman who teams with a rookie lawyer (Reynolds) to seek restorative…
Youth (2015)- Dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Feat. Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz… - Bittersweet dramedy with Michael Caine as a retired orchestra conductor on holiday contemplating one final performance after a request from Queen…
Z For Zachariah (2015)- Dir. Craig Zobel
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine, Margot Robbie - Compelling sci–fi drama in which New Zealand stands in for the pastoral American South, set in the wake of a nuclear war that wipes out most of…
Zipper (2015)- Dir. Mora Stephens
Feat. Patrick Wilson, Lena Headey, Ray Winstone… - Political drama about a federal prosecutor whose sexual promiscuity threatens to destroy his political future and his life.
Zoom (2015)- Dir. Paulo Morelli
Feat. Gael Garcia Bernal, Alison Pill, Jason Priestley… - A multi–dimensional interface between a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director. Each lives in a separate reality but authors a…
20,000 Days on Earth (2014)- Dir. Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard
Feat. Nick Cave, Ray Winstone, Kylie Minogue - A 24–hour portrait of writer and musician Nick Cave, blending fiction and reality, as it examines the artistic process and the power of the…
3 Hearts (2014)- Dir. Benoît Jacquot
Feat. Benoit Poelvoorde, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni… - Tense romantic drama centered around a complicated love triangle that develops between a married couple and the wife's sister.
99 Homes (2014)- Dir. Ramin Bahrani
Feat. Michael Shannon, Andrew Garfield, Laura Dern… - Andrew Garfield turns in a muscular performance as a recently unemployed single father who struggles to regain his family home by working for the…
A Chance Encounter (Quantum Love) (2014)- Dir. Lisa Azuelos
Feat. Sophie Marceau, Francois Cluzet, Lisa Azuelos… - High–concept romantic comedy which blends fantasy with reality as a a married man's encounter with another woman develops into a mutual…
A Little Chaos (2014)- Dir. Alan Rickman
Feat. Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci… - Alan Rickman directs and stars with Kate Winslet in this lavish study of two landscape artists who become romantically entangled while building a…
A Long Way Down (2014)- Dir. Pascal Chaumeil
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots… - Four lost souls – a disgraced TV presenter, a foul–mouthed teen, an isolated single mother and a solipsistic muso – decide to end…
Affair, The (TV Series) (2014-2020)- Feat. Dominic West, Ruth Wilson, Maura Tierney…
- Well–acted cable drama that maps the psychological effects of an affair between a married waitress at a Hamptons diner and a teacher who spends…
Alex of Venice (2014)- Dir. Chris Messina
Feat. Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chris Messina, Don Johnson… - Chris Messina makes his directorial debut in this tale of a workaholic attorney forced to reinvent her life after her husband suddenly leaves.
American Sniper (2014)- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner… - Clint Eastwood helms this controversial biopic of the most decorated sniper in U.S. military history and his struggle to adjust to civilian life.
Animals (2014)- Dir. Colin Schiffli
Feat. David Dastmalchian, Kim Shaw, John Heard - Downbeat, but well–acted drama follows a drug–addicted homeless couple as they scam strangers in order to attain their next fix.
Anzac Girls (TV Mini-series) (2014)- Feat. Georgia Flood, Antonia Prebble, Laura Brent
- Honouring the centenary of the commencement of World War One, this six–part mini–series is based on true stories of Australian and New…
Barefoot (2014)- Dir. Andrew Fleming
Feat. Evan Rachel Wood, Scott Speedman, Treat Williams… - Evan Rachel Wood plays a severely sheltered psychiatric patient who's invited to a wedding in this light romance. Leans heavily on the pixie dream…
Before We Go (2014)- Dir. Chris Evans
Feat. Chris Evans, Alice Eve, Emma Fitzpatrick… - Schmaltzy rom–com with Chris Evans and Alice Eve as two strangers stuck in Manhattan for the night where they grow into each other's trusted…
Beloved Sisters (2014)- Dir. Dominik Graf
Feat. Hannah Herzsprung, Henriette Confurius, Florian Stetter… - Acclaimed period drama depicts the unconventional romance between two aristocratic sisters and a rebellious poet who took the European literary world…
Best of Me, The (2014)- Dir. Michael Hoffman
Feat. Michelle Monaghan, James Marsden, Luke Bracey… - Nicholas Sparks adaptation with a pair of former high school sweethearts reuniting after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
Big Eyes (2014)- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston… - Director Tim Burton refreshingly breaks with fantasy for this resplendent biopic of painter Margaret Keane, whose prolific and popular work was…
Birdman (Birdman: or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)- Dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Feat. Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton… - A nimble, bravura Oscar–winning black comedy that cannily casts Michael Keaton as a washed–up actor who, having once played an iconic…
Boardwalk Empire - Season 5 (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Steve Buscemi, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon…
- Final episodes from the marquee HBO production, centred on the Prohibition–era empire surrounding corrupt Atlantic treasurer Enoch "Nucky"…
Boulevard (2014)- Dir. Dito Montiel
Feat. Robin Williams, Roberto Aguire, Kathy Baker… - Robin Williams – in one of his last screen roles – gives a restrained performance as a devoted husband in a marriage of convenience…
Boychoir (2014)- Dir. Francois Girard
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Garrett Wareing, Kathy Bates… - A demanding choir master at an elite music academy pushes a gifted but rebellious student to fulfill his true potential.
Boyhood (2014)- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane - Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, this entirely unique project bares witness to an 8–year–old boy literally matures on screen…
Broken Hallelujah (2014)- Dir. Alastair Riddell
Feat. Vanessa Riddell, Ben Mitchell, Greg Smith - Thoughtful New Zealand drama inspired by Leonard Cohen's iconic song follows three families' intertwining lives.
Cake (2014)- Dir. Daniel Barnz
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Anna Kendrick… - Low–key drama with Aniston as a woman fascinated by the suicide of a member of her chronic pain support group while grappling with her own,…
Calvary (2014)- Dir. John Michael McDonagh
Feat. Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly… - A small–town priest has a crisis of faith when a death threat is passed onto him during confessional.
Camp X-Ray (2014)- Dir. Peter Sattler
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Peyman Moaadi, Lane Garrison… - Kristen Stewart stars in this provocative drama about a young soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay befriends a man who has been imprisoned there.
Captive, The (2014)- Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson… - Atom Egoyan directs this atmospheric if occasionally implausible thriller about a man's obsessive search for his long–missing daughter,…
Carlotta (2014)- Dir. Samantha Lang
Feat. Jessica Marais - Dramatization of the inspiring life of Australian transgender pioneer and iconic Les Girls headliner Carlotta. This uplifting celebration follows…
Cilla (2014)- Feat. Sheridan Smith
- Dramatic depiction of the humble beginnings and little–known early years of a woman who went on to become an iconic TV star and household name.
Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)- Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloe Grace Moretz… - Confident, multi–layered English–language drama for French director Assayas and star Juliette Binoche, who plays a veteran actress facing…
Cobbler, The (2014)- Dir. Tom McCarthy
Feat. Adam Sandler, Dan Stevens, Ellen Barkin… - The director of THE STATION AGENT and THE VISITOR helms this slice of magic realism about a frustrated shoemaker who finds a magical sewing machine…
Comet (2014)- Dir. Sam Esmail
Feat. Justin Long, Emmy Rossum, Kayla Servi… - Visually distinctive romantic drama set in a parallel universe that bounces back and forth over the course of an unlikely but perfectly paired…
Court (2014)- Dir. Chaitanya Tamhane
Feat. Vira Sathidar, Vivek Gomber - A strikingly confident directorial debut that exposes the antiquity of the Indian legal system through the court trial of an ageing protest singer…
Crow's Egg, The (Kaakkaa Muttai) (2014)- Dir. M. Manikandan
Feat. Ramesh , J. Vignesh, Iyshwarya Rajesh - Affecting Tamil comedy set in a Chennai slum follows two mischievous and resourceful brothers as they witness the opening of a local pizza shop, and…
Cymbeline (Anarchy) (2014)- Dir. Michael Almereyda
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Ed Harris, Milla Jovovich… - After their edgy version of Hamlet (2000), Ethan Hawke and director Michael Almereyda re–team for one of Shakespeare's lesser–known…
Dark Horse, The (2014)- Dir. James Napier Robertson
Feat. Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, Kirk Torrance… - Cliff Curtis turns in a magnificent performance in this accomplished and powerful story of speed chess champion Genesis Potini, his battles with…
Devil's Playground, The (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Simon Burke, Morgana Davies, John Noble…
- Psychological thriller set 35 years after the events of Fred Schepisi's classic follows that films protagonist as he finds himself working as a…
Diplomacy (2014)- Dir. Volker Schlondorff
Feat. Andre Dussollier, Niels Arestrup, Burghart Klaussner… - A thematically rich and expertly staged historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of…
Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, The (2014)- Dir. Ned Benson
Feat. James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis… - An ambitious and elegant New York love story from first time director Benson follows a couple as they try to reclaim the life and love they once…
Downton Abbey - A Moorland Holiday (TV Mini-Series) (2014)- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter…
- Another Downton Christmas special this time set in the Autumn of 1924. It's grouse shooting season and Rose's father–in–law, Lord…
Downton Abbey - Series 5 (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern…
- Further episodes from ITV's immensely popular, top–of–the–range period drama, centred on the residents and staff of the titular…
Draft Day (2014)- Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Chadwick Boseman… - Kevin Costner plays a general manager negotiating the ins and outs of the NFL Draft as he strives to rebuild his under–performing team.
Drop, The (2014)- Dir. Michael R. Roskam
Feat. Tom Hardy, James Gandolfini, Noomi Rapace… - Englishman Tom Hardy displays his extraordinary acting range as lonely New York bartender who finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and…
Duke of Burgundy, The (2014)- Dir. Peter Strickland
Feat. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna, Monica Swinn - BORGEN star Sidse Babett Knudsen throws aside the responsibilities of leading the Danish nation to star in this slice of arty–kink from the…
Dying of the Light (2014)- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Anton Yelchin, Alexander Karim… - Curious thriller with Nicolas Cage as a CIA agent in the earl stages of dementia going rogue to hunt down a terrorist who tortured him during a…
Eden (2014)- Dir. Mia Hansen-Love
Feat. Félix de Givry, Pauline Etienne, Vincent Macaigne… - Peculiarly affecting drama set in the underground "garage" dance subculture of early–nineties Paris, where a teenager forms a DJ collective…
Effie Gray (2014)- Dir. Richard Laxton
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Greg Wise, Tom Sturridge… - Written by Emma Thompson, this highly respectable period drama looks at the scandalous love triangle between Victorian art critic John Ruskin, his…
Elephant Song (2014)- Dir. Charles Biname
Feat. Bruce Greenwood, Xavier Dolan, Catherine Keener… - Canadian cinema's "enfant terrible" Xaviar Dolan takes the lead in this dark psychodrama in which a psychiatrist is drawn into a complex mind game…
Elsa & Fred (Elsa and Fred) (2014)- Dir. Michael Radford
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Christopher Plummer, Marcia Gay Harden… - Shirley Maclaine and Christopher Plummer take the leads in this remake of the Argentinian romance in which a feisty retiree and her new neighbor, an…
Endless Love (2014)- Dir. Shana Feste
Feat. Alex Pettyfer, Gabriella Wilde, Bruce Greenwood… - Petty–ful remake of the Brooke Shields weepie about young love suppressed by disapproving parents.
Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)- Dir. Andrea Di Stefano
Feat. Josh Hutcherson, Benicio Del Toro, Brady Corbet… - Romantic thriller set in Colombia where a young surfer meets the woman of his dreams – and then he meets her uncle, Pablo Escobar.
Face of an Angel, The (2014)- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Cara Delevingne, Kate Beckinsale, Daniel Bruhl - Inspired by the trial of Amanda Knox, Michael Winterbottom directs this tale of journalist and a documentary filmmaker pursuing the story of a murder…
Falling, The (2014)- Dir. Carol Morley
Feat. Maxine Peake, Maisie Williams, Florence Pugh… - Spellbinding British drama set in a girl's boarding school overcome by a mysterious fainting epidemic amongst the pupils. Ambitious and intriguing…
Far from Men (2014)- Dir. David Oelhoffen
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Reda Kateb - Viggo Mortensen stars in this existential western adapted from an Albert Camus' short story. Set in Algeria in the fifties, Mortensen is charged with…
Fargo - Season 1 (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks…
- This splendid reworking of the Coen Brothers' cult midwestern noir expands on the film's frosty Minnesota murder mystery with more eccentric…
Fat Tony & Co (TV Mini-series) (2014)- Feat. Robert Mammone, Gyton Grantley, Shane Jacobson…
- A mini–series that uncovers the story of one of Australia's most notorious criminals, Tony Mokbel.
Fault in Our Stars, The (2014)- Dir. Josh Boone
Feat. Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff… - A pair of offbeat teengers – one terminally ill – embrace the journey of life in this sweeping teen romance based on John Green's popular…
Faults (2014)- Dir. Riley Stearns
Feat. Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Leland Orser - Commendable, darkly comic indie–drama set in the intiguing world of cult de–programming with excellent performances from Lealand Orser…
Fell (2014)- Dir. Kasimir Burgess
Feat. Matt Nable, Jacqueline McKenzie, Daniel Henshall - Enigmatic Australian drama about a logger coming to terms with the tragic death of his young daughter.
Five Star (2014)- Dir. Keith Miller
Feat. James "Primo" Grant, John Diaz, Wanda Nobles Colon - A member of the notorious Brooklyn "Bloods" gang since he was 12 years old – both in the film and in real life – Primo takes John, the…
Folies Bergère (Paris Follies) (2014)- Dir. Marc Fitoussi
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Michael Nyqvist… - Isabelle Huppert stars in this lighty comic French tale as a as a farmer’s wife who takes off to Paris on a whim and finds romance in unexpected…
Fool, The (Durak) (2014)- Dir. Yuri Bykov
Feat. Artyom Bystrov, Boris Nevzorov, Natalia Surkova - An idealistic Russian plumber discovers a building is about to collapse, and when he alerts the authorities of the need to evacuate the residents…
Force Majeure (Turist) (2014)- Dir. Ruben Östlund
Feat. Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Kristofer Hivju… - A barbed and incisive Swedish black comedy of gender politics, centred around a family on a skiing holiday in the French Alps who face a recognizable…
Fort Bliss (2014)- Dir. Claudia Myers
Feat. Michelle Monaghan, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Pablo Schreiber… - After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with…
Foxcatcher (2014)- Dir. Bennett Miller
Feat. Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo… - A serious, fact–based drama that examines the tragedy that struck wrestling team Foxcatcher led by eccentric multimillionaire sponsor John E.…
Frank (2014)- Dir. Lenny Abrahamson
Feat. Domhnall Gleeson, Scoot McNairy, Maggie Gyllenhaal… - A lovable, off–beat indie rock satire in which Michael Fassbender plays the leader of a group of experimental musicians who lives permanently…
Gambler, The (2014)- Dir. Rupert Wyatt
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange, John Goodman… - Mark Wahlberg is cast against type as a literature professor whose gambling addiction has him in a continuous state of debt.
Game of Thrones - Season 4 (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey…
- Further episodes from the justifiably acclaimed HBO medieval series, with realism and violence dictating its dark hued, anti–romantic take on…
Game, The (TV Mini-Series) (2014)- Feat. Brian Cox, Tom Hughes, Jonathan Aris…
- Brian Cox leads the cast in this Cold War spy thriller set in the world of 1970's espionage. It tells the story of the invisible war fought by MI5…
Gemma Bovery (2014)- Dir. Anne Fontaine
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Fabrice Luchini, Jason Flemyng… - Gemma Arterton stars in this whimsical send–up of Flaubert's classic novel. Aftermoving to the French countryside with her husband, a British…
Get On Up (2014)- Dir. Tate Taylor
Feat. Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd… - Chadwick Boseman is mesmerizing in this formatted yet dynamic chronicle of pioneering music frontman James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to his…
Giovanni's Island (2014)- Dir. Mizuho Nishikubo
- Affecting anime drama in the mould of GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES set in the Kuril Islands during the aftermath of WWII where a friendship blossoms…
Girlhood (2014)- Dir. Céline Sciamma
Feat. Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh… - Potent coming–of–age drama set on the margins of Paris that follows a 16–year–old girl whose poor prospects tempt her to join…
Girls - Season 3 (TV Series) (2014)- Dir. Lena Dunham
Feat. Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke… - Further episodes from Lena Dunham's savvy HBO series on the highs and lows of living and dating in New York – a show that's at once witty,…
Glass Chin (2014)- Dir. Noah Buschel
Feat. Corey Stoll, Billy Crudup, Yul Vazquez… - Juicy slice of neo–noir about downtrodden former boxing champ forced to make a choice between friendship and ambition when he is framed for…
Glassland (2014)- Dir. Gerard Barrett
Feat. Jack Reynor, Toni Collette, Will Poulter… - Potent Irish drama follows the misfortunes of a young taxi driver who gets tangled up in the world of human trafficking while trying to care for his…
God Help the Girl (2014)- Dir. Stuart Murdoch
Feat. Emily Browning, Olly Alexander, Hannah Murray… - Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch writes and directs this 60s–inspired musical set in Glasgow about an emotionally troubled young woman whose…
God's Pocket (2014)- Dir. John Slattery
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks, John Turturro… - Philip Seymour Hoffman's penultimate film finds the actor playing a blue collar everyman whose debts and strained marriage come under greater…
Good Kill (2014)- Dir. Andrew Niccol
Feat. Ethan Hawke, January Jones, Zoe Kravitz… - Andrew Niccol (GATTACA) writes and directs this thought–provoking drama with Ethan Hawke as a drone pilot beginning to question the ethics of…
Good Lie, The (2014)- Dir. Philippe Falardeau
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany… - Affecting drama about a group of Sudanese refugees given the chance to resettle in America arrive in Kansas City, Missouri, where their encounter…
Good People (2014)- Dir. Henrik Ruben Genz
Feat. Kate Hudson, James Franco, Tom Wilkinson… - Discovering a cache of cash in their dead tenant's apartment a couple in debt take the money and find themselves the target of a deadly…
Grace of Monaco (2014)- Dir. Olivier Dahan
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Milo Ventimiglia… - Nicole Kidman plays Grace Kelly in this fairytale biopic of the Hollywood actress turned princess.
Gracepoint (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. David Tennant, Anna Gunn, Jackie Weaver…
- The US remake of BROADCHURCH is largely a shot–for–shot remake with some minor plot tweaking. A young boy is found dead on the shores of…
Grantchester (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie
- Amiable 1950s detective drama set in the village of Grantchester near Cambridge where a local Anglican vicar develops a sideline in sleuthing.
Great Fire, The (TV Mini-series) (2014)- Dir. Jon Jones
Feat. Andrew Buchan, Charles Dance, Jack Huston… - Vivid dramatisation of The Great Fire of London that details the stories of a city and its people in crisis..
- Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) - Season 10 (2014)
- Feat. Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pompeo, Justin Chambers…
- Tenth season of the popular female–driven medical soap, continuing the trials and tribulations of five first–year interns as they juggle…
Haemoo (2014)- Dir. Sung-Bo Shim
Feat. Yun-seok Kim, Yoo-chun Park, Ye-ri Han - Harrowing account of a fishing–boat crew that takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.
Halt and Catch Fire (TV Series) (2014-2017)- Feat. Lee Pace, Scoot McNairy, Mackenzie Davis
- TV drama set during the technological revolution of the 1980's, following fictional characters who had insider experience of the development of the…
Healing (2014)- Dir. Craig Monahan
Feat. Hugo Weaving, Don Hany, Xavier Samuel - A poignant, sensitively delivered drama of prisoner rehabilitation, centred on a long–serving inmate who joins a special program that pairs men…
Hector and the Search For Happiness (2014)- Dir. Peter Chelsom
Feat. Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Jean Reno… - Simon Pegg plays a disillusioned psychiatrist traveling the globe in search of the secret of happiness.
Hellion (2014)- Dir. Kat Candler
Feat. Aaron Paul, Juliette Lewis, Josh Wiggins - Drama about a juvenile delinquent who becomes increasingly obsessed with winning a local motocross championship and getting his sibling out of foster…
Hidden Away (A escondidas) (2014)- Dir. Mikel Rueda
Feat. German Alcarazu, Adil Koukouh, Joseba Ugalde - Spanish romantic drama filmed in neighbourhoods throughout Bilbao, exploring themes of sexual awakening, racism and deportation through the story of…
Homesman, The (2014)- Dir. Tommy Lee Jones
Feat. Hilary Swank, Tommy Lee Jones, Grace Gummer… - Tommy Lee Jones helms this pleasurably off–beat western in which three women living on the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer…
Honeytrap (2014)- Dir. Rebecca Johnson
Feat. Jessica Sula, Lucien Laviscount, Ntonga Mwanza - Based on a true story, this London set drama tells the tale of a teenage girl who lures a lovestruck admirer in a brutal trap set by gang members.
Honourable Woman, The (TV Mini-series) (2014)- Feat. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Rea, Lubna Azabal…
- A rigorous, fast–paced thriller with Maggie Gyllenhaal as a woman who inherits her father's arms business, and finds herself in a international…
Hope and Wire (TV Mini-Series) (2014)- Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Rachel House, Joel Tobeck, Chelsie Preston-Crayford… - Gaylene Preston directs this contentious, though humanly compelling medley of stories based on first–hand accounts of the direct aftermath of…
Humbling, The (2014)- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Al Pacino, Greta Gerwig, Dianne Wiest… - Al Pacino and Greta Gerwig headline this erotic comedy about a stage actor who is slowly losing his mind who engages in a relationship with a…
Hundred-Foot Journey, The (The 100 Foot Journey) (2014)- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Charlotte Le Bon - A humble Indian family encounter fierce competition when they set up restaurant opposite an acclaimed haute cuisine establishment in this 'good…
I Am Happiness on Earth (2014)- Dir. Julien Hernandez
Feat. Hugo Catalan, Gabino Rodriguez, Andrea Portal - Gay–themed Mexican film about the infatuation a commitment–phobic film director has for a talented dancer. Director Julian Hernandez…
If I Stay (2014)- Dir. R.J. Cutler
Feat. Chloe Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley… - Soapy teen drama with Chloe Moretz as a young woman in a coma who must decide whether to wake up, and live a life far different than she had…
Imitation Game, The (2014)- Dir. Morten Tyldum
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode… - Entertaining, though hardly accurate, biopic of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, who here claims full credit for his work leading a team of…
In The Club (TV Series) (2014)- Dir. Kay Mellor
Feat. Hermione Norris, Katherine Parkinson, Jill Halfpenny… - Warm, gutsy British ensemble drama following six pregnant women in various stages of life. From the creator of COLD FEET.
In Your Eyes (2014)- Dir. Brin Hill
Feat. Zoe Kazan, Michael Stahl-David, Nikki Reed… - Paranormal romance scripted by Joss Whedon about two unrelated people who establish a telepathic bond that enables them to see hear and feel the…
Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)- Dir. Maya Forbes
Feat. Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Keir Dullea… - Bittersweet drama in which a bipolar father takes over sole responsibility for his two spirited daughters while his wife attends graduate school in…
Into the Woods (2014)- Dir. Rob Marshall
Feat. Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine… - Stephen Sondheim's exuberant musical gets the gleaming big screen treatment from dir. Rob Marshall (CHICAGO, NINE), with Meryl Streep as the witch…
Jersey Boys (2014)- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Vincent Piazza… - Clint Eastwood brings the hit stage musical of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons' rise to stardom to the big screen.
Jimmy's Hall (2014)- Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Andrew Scott… - Ken Loach directs this genial biopic of Irish activist Jimmy Gralton whose establishing of a dance hall attracts the ire of the Catholic church, whom…
Judge, The (2014)- Dir. David Dobkin
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga… - Big city lawyer Robert Downey Jnr. returns to his childhood home where his father (Robert Duvall), the town's judge, is suspected of murder. He sets…
Justified - Season 5 (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, Joelle Carter…
- Further episodes from the slick urban western about an old–school U.S. Marshal reassigned from Miami to his childhood home in the poor, rural…
Keeping Rosy (2014)- Dir. Steve Reeves
Feat. Maxine Peake, Brooke Skylar Baptist, Delta Storm Baptist… - Maxine Peake plays a women whose life is shattered after her company's board of directors betrays her, in this chilly thriller based on director…
Kill the Messenger (2014)- Dir. Michael Cuesta
Feat. Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta… - A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine…
Kingdom (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Frank Grillo, Kiele Sanchez, Matt Lauria…
- Drama set in the world of mixed–martial arts, with a retired fighter struggling to keep his gym and his family afloat.
Klondike (TV Mini-Series) (2014)- Dir. Simon Cellan Jones
Feat. Richard Madden, Abbie Cornish, Marton Csokas… - The Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s is richly evoked in this frontier western, which is largely faithful to the history, conditions, and…
Knick, The - Season 1 (TV Series) (2014)- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Clive Owen, Andre Holland - Steven Soderbergh directs this look at the professional and personal lives of the staff at New York's Knickerbocker Hospital during the early part of…
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014)- Dir. David Zellner
Feat. Rinko Kikuchi, David Zellner - A strikingly composed and balanced tale of a jaded Japanese woman whose obsession with the film FARGO leads her on an earnest quest to retrieve the…
Labyrinth of Lies (2014)- Dir. Giulio Ricciarelli
Feat. Alexander Fehling, Johannes Krisch, Friederike Becht… - Thought–provoking drama set in 1950's Germany in which an ambitious young prosecutor's pursuit of an Auschwitz commandant exposes the…
Laggies (2014)- Dir. Lynn Shelton
Feat. Keira Knightley, Chloe Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell… - Indie comedy with Knightley as a woman in the throes of a quarter–life crisis brought on by her boyfriend's sudden proposal.
Learning to Drive (2014)- Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Grace Gummer… - Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley headline this undemanding comedy about the unlikely friendship between a literary agent and a Sikh driving…
Leftovers, The (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston…
- Thoughtful adaptation of Tom Perrotta's novel about life in a small town after many of its residents vanished in a Rapture–like event.
Legacy, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (Arvingerne) (2014)- Feat. Trine Dyrholm, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Lene Maria Christensen…
- From the creators of BORGEN and THE KILLING comes this gripping drama in which the death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open…
Leviathan (2014)- Dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev
Feat. Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov… - A bleak but compelling allegory of modern Russia is lensed through a fisherman's struggle against bureaucracy, corruption and demons of his own as he…
Life Partners (2014)- Dir. Susanna Fogel
Feat. Leighton Meester, Gillian Jacobs, Adam Brody… - A lawyer and her lesbian best friend experience a dramatic shift in their longtime bond after one enters a serious relationship.
Lilting (2014)- Dir. Hong Khaou
Feat. Ben Whishaw, Pei Pei Cheng, Andrew Leung… - In the wake of the sudden passing of a young Anglo–Chinese man, his gay lover (Ben Whishaw) is compelled to connect with his widowed mother, a…
Listen Up Philip (2014)- Dir. Alex Ross Perry
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce… - Acidic, stylistically bold portrait of a young narcissistic writer (Schwartzman) who petulantly refuses to promote his second novel, and instead…
Looking (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Álvarez, Murray Bartlett…
- A funny and earnest HBO dramedy about the lives of a group of gay friends living in contemporary San Francisco. Co–produced by Andrew Haigh…
Love & Mercy (Love and Mercy) (2014)- Dir. Bill Pohlad
Feat. John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks… - Finely attuned portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter and leader of The Beach Boys, and his struggles with his emerging psychosis…
Love at First Fight (Les Combattants) (2014)- Dir. Thomas Cailley
Feat. Adele Haenel, Kevin Azais, Antoine Laurent… - An intensely physical take on the romantic comedy, with an awkward summer romance taking place at a French survivalist camp between a…
Love Child (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Jessica Marais, Jonathan LaPaglia, Mandy McElhinney
- Vivid period drama recounting the appalling practice of forced adoptions for unmarried Australian mothers in the swinging sixties, as witnessed by a…
Love is Strange (2014)- Dir. Ira Sachs
Feat. John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei - Poignant drama with John Lithgow and Alfred Molina starring as a recently married gay couple who are forced to move into separate households after…
Mad Men - Season 7 (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser…
- Final episodes of the 60's–New–York–set television drama series focused on an ad exec basking in the glow of the golden age of…
Madam Secretary (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Tea Leoni, Tim Daly, Keith Carradine…
- Tea Leoni stars in this astute political drama that looks at the personal and professional life of a Secretary of State as she tries to balance her…
Madame Bovary (2014)- Dir. Sophie Barthes
Feat. Mia Wasikowska, Paul Giamatti, Ezra Miller… - Mia Wasikowska is well cast in the role of Emma Bovary trapped in a loveless marriage and desperate for excitement, seeking love and fulfillment…
Manglehorn (2014)- Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine… - Al Pacino gives a nicely understated performance as an eccentric small–town locksmith, trying to start his life over again with the help of a…
Maps to the Stars (2014)- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack… - Director David Cronenberg’s gaudy, lacerating satire of Hollywood vanities, featuring Julianne Moore in a richly–deserved…
Marvellous (2014)- Dir. Julian Farino
Feat. Toby Jones, Gemma Jones, Tony Curran - Inspirational biopic based on the autobiography of Neil Baldwin, who suffered learning disabilities as a child but persevered to become a local hero,…
Masters of Sex - Season 2 (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan
- Season two of the dramatisation of the work of pioneering researchers Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the eponymous 'Masters of Sex' whose…
Match (2014)- Dir. Stephen Belber, Fanny Sidney
Feat. Patrick Stewart, Carla Gugino, Matthew Lillard - Compelling drama with Patrick Stewart as a retired Julliard professor who finds his past interrogated when interviewed by a couple, ostensibly for a…
Men, Women and Children (2014)- Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Adam Sandler, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jennifer Garner… - Topical drama concerning a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their…
Million Dollar Arm (2014)- Dir. Craig Gillespie
Feat. Jon Hamm, Lake Bell, Bill Paxton… - Amiable Disney sports fare about an agent (Hamm) who travels to India in the hope of discovering a baseball star amongst the country's…
Miss Julie (2014)- Dir. Liv Ullmann
Feat. Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton - Screen legend Liv Ullman directs this adaptation of August Strindberg's play. Over the course of a midsummer night in Fermanagh in 1890, an unsettled…
Missing, The (TV Series) (2014-2016)- Feat. James Nesbitt, Frances O’Connor, Tcheky Karyo…
- Gripping BBC drama with James Nesbitt as a man devastated by the abduction of his young son during a family vacation in France.
Mommy (2014)- Dir. Xavier Dolan
Feat. Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Antoine-Olivier Pilon… - Xavier Dolan directs this piercing account of a widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, who finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor…
Monuments Men, The (2014)- Dir. George Clooney
Feat. George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray… - George Clooney directs and stars in this stirring WWII adventure based on the deeds of a team of Allied art historians who go behind enemy lines to…
Most Violent Year, A (2014)- Dir. J.C. Chandor
Feat. Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo… - The dir. of MARGIN CALL returns to the subject of business ethics for this tough–minded, slow–burn drama set in early 80's New…
Mr. Turner (2014)- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson… - Mike Leigh directs Timothy Spall in this acclaimed exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W.…
My Old Lady (2014)- Dir. Israel Horovitz
Feat. Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas… - Uplifting and sophisticated Anglo–French dramedy set around a disputed Parisian apartment in the wake of a family bereavement. Based on…
Nancy Wake: Gestapo's Most Wanted (2014)- The heroics of Wellington–born Nancy Wake, aka 'The White Mouse', are given a pulpy treatment in this doco–drama celebrating the famed…
Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS (2014)- Dir. Daina Reid
Feat. Luke Arnold - Gaudy two–part Australian telemovie of the untold story rock band INXS and their rise to fame alongside charismatic frontman Michael…
New Girlfriend, The (Une Nouvelle Amie) (2014)- Dir. Francois Ozon
- Playful and stylish exploration of gender identity and eroticism based on a short story by Ruth Rendell, in which a grieving widower begins dressing…
Noble (2014)- Dir. Stephen Bradley
Feat. Deidre O’ Kane, Liam Cunningham, Brendan Coyle - Riveting biopic of Christina Noble, the children's rights campaigner, who herself overcame the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to…
Normal Heart, The (2014)- Dir. Ryan Murphy
Feat. Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch… - Powerful HBO–produced adaptation of Larry Kramer's stageplay about the AIDS crisis in New York City in the 1980s and the efforts of HIV…
Northern Soul (2014)- Dir. Elaine Constantine
Feat. Elliot James Langridge, Josh Whitehouse, Antonia Thomas… - Depicting the same youth subculture dramatised in 2010's SOULBOY, this offers an equally vivid recreation of the eponymous Lancashire music scene in…
Obvious Child (2014)- Dir. Gillian Robespierre
Feat. Jenny Slate, Jake Lacy, Gaby Hoffmann… - A New York indie comedy of the "awkward girl" variety that focuses on how a comedienne's unplanned pregnancy forces her to confront the realities of…
Olive Kitteridge (TV Mini-Series) (2014)- Dir. Lisa Cholodenko
Feat. Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Ann Dowd… - Frances McDormand is superb as the forbidding Olive Kitteridge in this exemplary HBO adaptation of Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Prize–winning…
Our Girl (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Lacey Turner
- Lacey Turner stars in this acclaimed drama as a young woman on her first deployment as a serving army medic against the backdrop of the British…
Our Zoo (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Lee Ingleby, Liz White, Anne Reid…
- Charming mini–series follows the family who founded the famed Chester Zoo.
Outlander (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Duncan Lacroix…
- From the pen of Ronald D. Moore comes this tale of a combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 18th century Scotland, a…
Pa Boys, The (2014)- Dir. Himiona Grace
- A small, nicely formed road movie of following a three–piece Wellington reggae band as they tour the North Island. At its heart a celebration…
Parts Per Billion (2014)- Dir. Brian Horiuchi
Feat. Frank Langella, Gena Rowlands, Rosario Dawson… - The emotional reverberations of an imminent biological disaster are explored in this strained drama focused on three couples coping with the end of…
Pawn Sacrifice (2014)- Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Liev Schreiber, Lily Rabe… - Tobey Maguire and Liev Schrieber face off in this compelling recreation of chess' famous cold war showdown, between the taciturn Russian Boris…
Phoenix (2014)- Dir. Christian Petzold
Feat. Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf - The director of YELLA and BARBARA reunites with his ingenue Nina Hoss for this romantic tale of deception about a concentration camp survivor who…
Ping Pong Summer (2014)- Dir. Michael Tully
Feat. Marcello Conte, John Hannah, Lea Thompson… - A sweet 80's nostalgia film that follows a shy 13–year–old whose obsessions with ping pong and hip hop bring him out of his shell while…
Pride (2014)- Dir. Matthew Warchus
Feat. Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West… - An inspired and inspirational dramatization of true events that took place when a group of Gay Rights activists in London offered generous support to…
Queen & Country (Queen and Country) (2014)- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Callum Turner, Vanessa Kirby, David Thewlis… - Long–awaited follow up to director John Boorman's comic memoir HOPE AND GLORY follows his alter–ego as he undergoes basic training in…
Red Road (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Martin Henderson, Jason Momoa, Julianne Nicholson…
- Downbeat drama revolving around a sheriff struggling to keep his family together while simultaneously policing two clashing communities: the small…
Resurrection (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Omar Epps, Frances Fisher
- A small Missouri town is the site of a number of unexplained resurrections in this thought–provoking drama, reminiscent of – though…
Riot Club, The (2014)- Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Sam Claflin, Max Irons, Douglas Booth… - Two first–year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a…
Rosewater (2014)- Dir. Jon Stewart
Feat. Gael Garcia Bernal, Kim Bodnia, Dimitri Leonidas… - The Daily Show's Jon Stewart makes a searing directorial debut with this true story of an Iranian–Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari who was…
Rudderless (2014)- Dir. William H. Macy
Feat. Billy Crudup, Anton Yelchin, Felicity Huffman… - William H. Macy''s directorial debut features Billy Crudup as a grieving father in a downward spiral who stumbles across a box of his recently…
Saint Laurent (2014)- Dir. Bertrand Bonello
Feat. Gaspard Ulliel, Jeremie Renier, Louis Garrel… - A decadent alternate portrait of the iconic fashion designer covering the peak of his career from 1967 to 1976. From the dir. of HOUSE OF PLEASURES.
Salvation, The (2014)- Dir. Kristian Levring
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan… - High on action, low on dialogue, this enjoyable Danish western follows the story of a peaceful American settler who kills his family's murderer and…
Samba (2014)- Dir. Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
Feat. Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim… - The creative force behind THE INTOUCHABLES return with this inspirational drama centered on the redeeming relationship between a Senegalese…
Second Chance, A (2014)- Dir. Susanne Bier
Feat. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Thomas Bo Larsen… - Susanne Bier directs a haunting melodrama about the contrasting lives of two police officers, whose lives take a dark turn after finding a neglected…
Selma (2014)- Dir. Ava DuVernay
Feat. David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth… - Stirring chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
Serena (2014)- Dir. Susanne Bier
Feat. Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Rhys Ifans… - Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence reunite in this depression–era set drama about a newlywed's timber empire under threat from a secret from…
Set Fire to the Stars (2014)- Dir. Andy Goddard
Feat. Elijah Wood, Celyn Jones, Kelly Reilly… - Well–mounted drama in which an aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week–long retreat to…
Shelter (2014)- Dir. Paul Bettany
Feat. Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Mackie, Amy Hargreaves… - Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie star in this worthy drama about the redemptive relationship between two homeless people on the streets of New…
Shooting for Socrates (2014)- Dir. James Erskine
Feat. Art Parkinson, Richard Dormer, John Hannah… - Heartfelt sports drama follows Northern Ireland's participation in the 1986 soccer World Cup told from the point of view of a player and a young fan.
Silent Heart (2014)- Dir. Bille August
Feat. Ghita Norby, Paprika Steen, Jens Albinus… - Earnest chamber drama about three generations of a family coming together over a weekend. A sick mother's wish to die before her disease worsens gets…
Skeleton Twins, The (2014)- Dir. Craig Johnson
Feat. Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson… - Piercing black comedy about two estranged twins, having both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, struggling to mend their relationship.
Someone You Love (2014)- Dir. Pernille Fischer Christensen
Feat. Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen - Danish drama about an aging singer whose recording process is interrupted by the arrival of a grandson he's never met.
Song One (2014)- Dir. Kate Barker-Froyland
Feat. Anne Hathaway, Johnny Flynn, Mary Steenburgen - Sensitive drama set in New York's contemporary indie–folk music scene, with Anne Hathaway as a young woman who strikes up a relationship with…
Sound and the Fury, The (2014)- Dir. James Franco
Feat. James Franco, Joey King, Seth Rogen… - James Franco continues his literary dalliances with this vainglorious attempt to adapt William Faulkner's iconic novel that follows the decline of an…
Spring (2014)- Dir. Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Feat. Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker, Vanessa Bednar - A captivating hybrid of "tourist romance" and "body horror" (yes, Linklater meets Cronenberg) in which a recently orphaned young man flees the US for…
St. Vincent (2014)- Dir. Theodore Melfi
Feat. Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Melissa McCarthy… - Likeable coming–of–age comedy about an unlikely friendship between a young boy and a misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic war veteran who…
Still Alice (2014)- Dir. Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
Feat. Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart… - An accomplished, heart–breaking tale of a high–achieving academic and mother–of–three whose life is turned upside down after…
Suite Française (Suite Francaise) (2014)- Dir. Saul Dibb
Feat. Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas, Matthias Schoenaerts… - Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Irène Némirovsky, this well–acted drama tells the tale of a lonely Frenchwoman who begins a tentative…
That Day We Sang (2014)- Dir. Victoria Wood
Feat. Michael Ball, Imelda Staunton, Christopher Jordan - TV adaptation of the beloved musical written and composed by Victoria Wood, who also directs. Set in 1969 and based on a true story, the plot…
Theory of Everything, The (2014)- Dir. James Marsh
Feat. Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, David Thewlis… - Acclaimed look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife as he struggles with the onset of motor neuron disease.…
Timbuktu (2014)- Dir. Abderrahmane Sissako
Feat. Abel Jafri, Hichem Yacoubi - A powerful and subtle drama set in the city of Timbuktu in Mali, West Africa. The city has been occupied by Jihadists, and the citizens are suffering…
Time Out of Mind (2014)- Dir. Oren Moverman
Feat. Richard Gere, Ben Vereen, Jena Malone… - Richard Gere gives a committed performance in this moving saga of a homeless man desperately trying to reconcile with his estranged daughter.
Trash (2014)- Dir. Stephen Daldry
Feat. Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen, Wagner Moura… - From the unlikely pen of Brit rom–com supremo Richard Curtis comes this crime comedy set in Rio de Janeiro in which three kids who make a…
Two Days, One Night (2014)- Dir. Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Feat. Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salee - Marion Cotillard stars as a young mother, discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. She has…
Unbroken (2014)- Dir. Angelina Jolie
Feat. Jack O'Connell, Takamasa Ishihara, Domhnall Gleeson… - Angelina Jolie directs this biopic of Olympian Louis Zamperini who survived a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before being by the…
Veronica Mars (2014)- Dir. Rob Thomas
Feat. Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni… - A crowd–funded movie swansong for Kristen Bell's cult teenage private eye, here drawn back as an adult into the mysteries of her hometown on…
War Story (2014)- Dir. Mark Jackson
Feat. Catherine Keener, Hafsia Herzi, Ben Kingsley… - A war photographer who recently endured a brutal detainment in Libya holes up in Sicily to come to terms with her ordeal.
Water Diviner, The (2014)- Dir. Russell Crowe
Feat. Jai Courtney, Olga Kurylenko, Russell Crowe… - An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons.
Welcome to New York (2014)- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Jacqueline Bisset - Gerard Depardieu stars in Abel Ferrara's divisive drama based on the sexual misconduct allegations made against French diplomat Dominique…
What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)- Dir. Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkin
Feat. Rosamund Pike, David Tennant, Billy Connolly… - Amiable British comedy with Rosamund Pike and David Tennant as a bickering, divorcing couple, who take their kids from London to Scotland, to visit…
When Marnie Was There (2014)- Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
- Beautifully rendered – but possibly final – Studio Ghibli animated feature focuses on the unlikely friendship between a tomboy and a…
When the Man Went South (2014)- Dir. Alex Bernstein
Feat. Soane Prescott, Loketi Tatafu - The first feature film shot entirely in Tonga sees a young hunter set out on a journey to prepare himself for his possible ascension to the role of…
While We're Young (2014)- Dir. Noah Baumbach
Feat. Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver… - Ben Stiller plays a documentarian whose career and marriage are overturned when a much younger couple enters their social circle in this…
Whiplash (2014)- Dir. Damien Chazelle
Feat. Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser… - A promising young jazz drummer enrolls at a cutthroat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at…
White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)- Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, Christopher Meloni… - Icy youth drama set follows a teenage girl's life as its thrown into chaos after the disappearance of her mother.
Widower, The (2014)- Dir. Paul Whittington
Feat. John Hannah, Sheridan Smith, Reece Shearsmith… - Unnerving true crime drama depicting the life of criminal Malcolm Webster, who was convicted of murder, attempted murder and vast amounts of…
Winter Sleep (2014)- Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Feat. Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sozen, Demet Akbag - Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes this provocative drama follows a local celebrity who runs a small hotel with his wife. In winter…
Winter's Tale (2014)- Dir. Akiva Goldsman
Feat. Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe… - This mythic New York romance centres on an Irish burglar (Farrell) who falls for an aristocrat's dying daughter, and seeks a miracle to save her life.
Wish I Was Here (2014)- Dir. Zach Braff
Feat. Zach Braff, Kate Hudson, Mandy Patinkin… - Zach Braff's belated follow–up to GARDEN STATE sees him direct and star as a 35 year old struggling actor, father and husband who winds up…
Witches of East End (TV Series) (2014)- Feat. Julia Ormond, Madchen Amick
- TV series about a family of witches who live in the seaside town of East End. Based on the book of the same name by Melissa de la Cruz.
Wonders, The (Le Meraviglie) (2014)- Dir. Alice Rohrwacher
Feat. Alba Rohrwacher, Maria Alexandra Lungu, Sam Louwyck - A Tuscan family of beekeepers find their household disrupted by the arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy and a reality TV show intent on…
X + Y (X and Y, aka A Brilliant Young Mind ) (2014)- Dir. Morgan Matthews
Feat. Asa Butterfield, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan… - Asa Butterfield (HUGO) plays a socially awkward teenage math prodigy who finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British…
You're Not You (2014)- Dir. George C. Wolfe
Feat. Hilary Swank, Emmy Rossum, Josh Duhamel… - A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.
Young Ones (Bad Land: Road to Fury) (2014)- Dir. Jake Paltrow
Feat. Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Kodi Smit-McPhee… - Michael Shannon struggles to provide for his family in a post–apocalyptic world where water supplies are increasingly scarce. A spare…
Yves Saint Laurent (2014)- Dir. Jalil Lespert
Feat. Pierre Niney, Charlotte Le Bon, Guillaume Gallienne - A look at the life and loves of famed French designer Yves Saint Laurent.
12 Years a Slave (2013)- Dir. Steve McQueen
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti… - Steve McQueen (HUNGER, SHAME) directs this powerful historical drama of a free black man from upstate New York who is abducted and sold into slavery.
42 (2013)- Dir. Brian Helgeland
Feat. Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie… - A long overdue tribute to one of America's greatest baseballers, Jackie Robinson, who established his sporting and civil rights legend during the 40s…
52 Tuesdays (2013)- Dir. Sophie Hyde
Feat. Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Del Herbert-Jane - A teenage girl explores her own sexuality as her mother undergoes gender transition in this moving Australian drama, shot over a year of Tuesdays.
A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013)- Dir. Rob Meyer
Feat. Kodi Smit-McPhee, James Le Gros, Katie Chang… - A lovely, heartfelt teen movie about a nerdy 15–year–old birding fanatic (Smit–McPhee) who retreats with his friends on a bird…
A Hero's Choice (A Farewell to Fools) (2013)- Dir. Bogdan Dreyer
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel, Laura Morante - A heaving production of Titus Popovici's famous novella 'The Death of Ipu' out of Romania, this WWII morality tale stars Gerard Depardieu as a madman…
A Place to Call Home (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Marta Dusseldorp, Noni Hazlehurst, Brett Climo…
- Australian television tries its hand at a DOWNTON ABBEY–style melodrama with this spiffy period production set on a New South Wales country…
A Promise (2013)- Dir. Patrice Leconte
Feat. Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, Richard Madden - Rebecca Hall falls in love with her husband's protégé in this weepy wartime romance, a rare English–language film from veteran French…
A Thousand Times Goodnight (2013)- Dir. Erik Poppe
Feat. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Juliette Binoche, Maria Doyle Kennedy… - Juliette Binoche stars as a war–zone photojournalist whose dedication to her dangerous job places her at odds with her family.
A Touch of Sin (2013)- Dir. Jia Zhang-ke
Feat. Wu Jiang, Baoqiang Wang, Zhao Tao - Another striking modern tale of urban discontent from leading Chinese auteur Jia Zhang–ke, one which remains as perceptive and…
A.C.O.D (Adult Children Of Divorce) (2013)- Dir. Stuart Zicherman
Feat. Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Catherine O'Hara… - A solid, character–focused mixer of dysfunctional comedy and down–to–earth navel gazing, with Adam Scott as the weary…
Admission (2013)- Dir. Paul Weitz
Feat. Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Wallace Shawn… - A sweet, serio–comic romance with Tiny Fey as a Princeton admission officer whose straight–laced existence is invigorated by a…
Adoration (Adore) (2013)- Dir. Anne Fontaine
Feat. Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel… - Adapted from Doris Lessing's novel 'The Grandmothers', two women embark on secretive affairs with each other's sons in this sensual Australian…
Adult World (2013)- Dir. Scott Coffey
Feat. Emma Roberts, John Cusack, Evan Peters… - A struggling college graduate with aspirations of becoming a poet slums it at a small town sex shop in this dry indie comedy.
Afternoon Delight (2013)- Dir. Jill Soloway
Feat. Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple, Josh Radnor… - A dissatisfied thirtysomething woman seeks "a cure for the common marriage" through her friendship with a young stripper in this serio–comic…
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)- Dir. David Lowery
Feat. Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster… - In this poetic tale of love and desperation, a Texan outlaw on the run attempts to reunite with his wife and daughter.
All is Lost (2013)- Dir. J.C. Chandor
Feat. Robert Redford - Elegant maritime thriller in which Robert Redford is the sole actor, faced with the challenges of survival aboard his shipwrecked yacht. Helmed by…
Ambassadors (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. David Mitchell, Robert Webb
- Comedy duo David Mitchell and Robert Webb somewhat invert their PEEP SHOW personas for this three–part comedy–drama series following the…
American Hustle (2013)- Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams… - David O. Russell directs a full–house of acting talent in this wild crime drama about a FBI agent and con man collaborating to sting corrupt…
Around the Block (2013)- Dir. Sarah Spillane
Feat. Christina Ricci, Daniel Henshall, Jack Thompson… - Christina Ricci plays a tough but compassionate teacher working in Sydney's Redfern suburb who is drawn to a troubled aboriginal student with a…
As I Lay Dying (2013)- Dir. James Franco
Feat. James Franco, Danny McBride, Logan Marshall-Green… - James Franco tackles William Faulkner's famed stream–of–consciousness novel as both actor and director in this story of a grieving…
August: Osage County (2013)- Dir. John Wells
Feat. Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper… - Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, and other heavy hitters come out swinging in this fierce, sometimes hysterical, screen adaptation of Tracy Letts'…
Beautiful Creatures (2013)- Dir. Richard LaGravenese
Feat. Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons… - A young man is drawn to a mysterious new arrival whose family possess secret supernatural powers in this vivid adaptation of Kami Garcia and Margaret…
Before Midnight (2013)- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Ariane Labed… - In sunny Greece, long–time lovers Jesse and Céline reunite almost two decades after their first meeting in this wistful sequel to BEFORE…
Behind the Candelabra (2013)- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Scott Bakula… - Steven Soderbergh directs this classy HBO–produced biopic of flamboyant pianist Liberace (Michael Douglas) and his rocky relationship with…
Being Venice (2013)- Dir. Miro Bilbrough
Feat. Alice McConnell, Garry McDonald - New Zealand–born poet Miro Bilbrough directs this spacious character study of a young Sydney–sider drifting through life and…
Belle (2013)- Dir. Amma Asante
Feat. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Matthew Goode, Tom Wilkinson… - Exemplary costume piece about the true story of a mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral who is raised by her aristocratic great–uncle in…
Belle and Sebastian (Belle et Sebastien) (2013)- Dir. Nicholas Vanier
Feat. Félix Bossuet - Stirring big screen adaptation of the much–loved children's book about a six–year–old orphan and his friendship with a wild…
Best Offer, The (2013)- Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
Feat. Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Donald Sutherland… - An obsessive antiques dealer becomes entangled with an heiress who asks him appraise a series of family art works in this baroque mystery from CINEMA…
Betty and Coretta (2013)- Dir. Yves Simoneau
Feat. Angela Bassett, Mary J. Blige, Ruby Dee… - Moving drama of the friendship between the widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they struggled as single mothers after the…
Big Sur (2013)- Dir. Michael Polish
Feat. Jean-Marc Barr, Kate Bosworth, Josh Lucas… - Jack Kerouac (under the alter–ego Jack Duluoz) reflects on the success of ON THE ROAD while grappling with his inner demons in a remote cabin…
Bling Ring, The (2013)- Dir. Sofia Coppola
Feat. Emma Watson, Katie Chang, Israel Broussard… - Sophia Coppola directs this self–aware drama based on the true story of a group of fame–obsessed teenagers who use the internet to track…
Blue Caprice (2013)- Dir. Alexandre Moors
Feat. Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Tim Blake Nelson… - A 17–year–old boy is taken under the wing of a paternal figure with a vindictive streak in this chilling and perceptive account of the…
Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013)- Dir. Abdellatif Kechiche
Feat. Léa Seydoux, Adele Exarchopoulos - The Cannes Palm D'Or–winning drama that explores, in a series of elongated sequences, a young woman's blossoming sexuality and maturity when…
Blue Jasmine (2013)- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Sally Hawkins, Alec Baldwin… - Another jewel from 'late period' Woody Allen with Cate Blanchett also in fine form as a down–at–heel socialite who moves to San Francisco…
Bluestone 42 (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Oliver Chris, Kelly Adams, Matthew Lewis
- Excellent British dramedy combines realism with levity in its chronicle of a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan. Series One: 9…
Boardwalk Empire - Season 4 (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Steve Buscemi, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon…
- Further episodes from the marquee HBO production, centred on the Prohibition–era empire surrounding corrupt Atlantic treasurer Enoch "Nucky"…
Bonnie and Clyde (TV Mini-Series) (2013)- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Emile Hirsch, Holliday Grainger, Sarah Hyland… - The legend of depression era outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker is given the full treatment in this evocative History Channel drama.
Book Thief, The (2013)- Dir. Brian Percival
Feat. Sophie Nelisse, Heike Makatsch, Geoffrey Rush… - Earnest wartime drama about a foster child who begins stealing books and sharing them with a Jewish refugee hiding in her basement in Nazi Germany.
Borgen - Series 3 (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Pilou Asbæk
- Further episodes from the Bafta–winning Danish political drama in which an idealistic prime minister's rise to power brings with it a web of…
Breaking Bad - The Final Season (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn…
- Final episodes in the addictive series chronicling the deeds of anti–hero Walter White (Cranston), a high school chemistry teacher who turns to…
Breathe In (2013)- Dir. Drake Doremus
Feat. Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Amy Ryan - The dir. of LIKE CRAZY explores another English–American relationship in this melancholic romance between a British exchange student and the…
Breathless (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Jack Davenport, Zoe Boyle
- The lives of a team of doctors and nurses working at a gynaecology unit in a London hospital are explored with a predicable amount of froth and sheen…
Broadchurch - Series 1 (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker…
- Superb addition to the euro crime craze, with Tennant and Colman bringing a surprisingly fresh take on the mismatched partner scenario, as detectives…
Broken Circle Breakdown, The (2013)- Dir. Felix Van Groeningen
Feat. Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattrysse - Dynamic and sexy musical romance set in the Flemish region of Belgium over seven years of poignant love and loss, and featuring a magnificent…
Butler, The (2013)- Dir. Lee Daniels
Feat. Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey… - A stagy but sincere history of post–war Black America from the point of view of a White House servant (played by Forest Whitaker). It works as…
C.O.G. (2013)- Dir. Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Feat. Jonathan Groff, Denis O'Hare, Casey Wilson… - Coming–of–age dramedy based on the story of the same name by David Sedaris. A young man (Jonathan Groff) travels to Oregon to work on…
Camille Claudel, 1915 (2013)- Dir. Bruno Dumont
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent - Another acting masterclass from the formidable Juliette Binoche intensifies this clear–sighted portrait of misunderstood sculptress Camille…
Canopy (2013)- Dir. Aaron Wilson
Feat. Khan Chittenden - An Australian pilot shot down over wartime Singapore forms an uneasy alliance with a Chinese resistance fighter in this immersive survival story.
Canyons, The (2013)- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Lindsay Lohan, James Deen, Nolan Gerard Funk… - Dir. Paul Schrader and writer Bret Easton Ellis collaborate on this seedy tale of independent film production, set in a washed out L.A. Lindsay Lohan…
Captain Phillips (2013)- Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Catherine Keener - Paul Greengrass directs with exhilarating dramatic realism this gripping true account of the hijacking of a U.S. container ship by Somali pirates.
CBGB (2013)- Dir. Randall Miller
Feat. Alan Rickman, Malin Akerman, Justin Bartha… - Biopic about the former New York music club CBGB, which opened in 1973 as a venue for country, bluegrass and blues but soon became ground zero for…
Charlie's Country (2013)- Dir. Rolf De Heer
Feat. David Gulpilil - David Gulpilil, in a Cannes–winning performance, plays an Aboriginal outcast in Australia's Northern Territory in this new film from Rolf De…
Child's Pose (2013)- Dir. Calin Peter Netzer
Feat. Luminita Gheorghiu, Vlad Ivanov - A manipulative mother contrives to keep her adult son out of prison following a manslaughter charge in this gripping character drama from the…
Closed Circuit (2013)- Dir. John Crowley
Feat. Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Jim Broadbent… - A dangerous conflict of interest arises when two ex–lovers end up on opposite sides of a high profile terrorism trial in this probing courtroom…
Computer Chess (2013)- Dir. Andrew Bujalski
Feat. Kriss Schludermann, Tom Fletcher, Wiley Wiggins - Mumblecore maestro Andrew Bujalski directs this left–of–field mockumentary, shot on low–fi video, about a surreal chess tournament…
Congress, The (2013)- Dir. Ari Folman
Feat. Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm… - Robin Wright stars as an aging actress who is offered the chance of "career immortality" by being digitized in this topical and…
Da Vinci's Demons (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Tom Riley
- A lavishly produced historical fantasy which imagines Leonardo da Vinci's life as an artist, inventor and genius. Season One: eight episodes…
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)- Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto… - Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto both won Oscars for their performances in this dramatization of the story of Ron Woodroof, an AIDS–afflicted…
Dancing on the Edge (TV series) (2013)- Dir. Stephen Poliakoff
Feat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthew Goode, Angel Coulby… - Aided by beautiful period detail, Stephen Poliakoff's latest drama richly explores the rise and fall of a black jazz band embraced by the aristocracy…
Death Comes to Pemberley (TV Mini-Series) (2013)- Dir. Daniel Percival
Feat. Matthew Rhys, Anna Maxwell Martin, Jenna-Louise Coleman… - Fine British period drama based on P.D. James' murder mystery novel set after the events of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
Decoding Annie Parker (2013)- Dir. Steven Bernstein
Feat. Samantha Morton, Helen Hunt, Maggie Grace… - The lives of a breast–cancer patient and a researcher who is trying to prove a genetic link to cancer intersect in a groundbreaking study
Devil's Knot (2013)- Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth, Alessandro Nivola… - Solid dramatisation of the long–running West Memphis Three case covered in depth by several documentaries, with dir. Egoyan weaving a typically…
Devil's Violinist, The (2013)- Dir. Bernard Rose
Feat. David Garrett, Jared Harris, Joely Richardson… - The acclaimed violinist David Garrett makes his acting debut in this biopic of Italian violinist and composer, Niccolò Paganini, from the director…
Diana (2013)- Dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel
Feat. Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews, Douglas Hodge… - Naomi Watts takes on the legend of Princess Diana in this earnest biopic of the doomed "people's princess."
Don Jon (2013)- Dir. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore… - Joseph Gordon–Levitt wrote, directs and stars in this distinctly masculine rom–com as a New Jersey 'player' who must confront his nagging…
Downton Abbey - Series 4 (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern…
- Further episodes from ITV's immensely popular, top–of–the–range period drama, centred on the residents and staff of the titular…
Downton Abbey in London (TV Mini-Series) (2013)- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern…
- Downton's latest Christmas special centres on Rose's 'coming out' at Buckingham Palace, with Shirley Maclaine and Paul Giamatti in memorable guest…
Drift (2013)- Dir. Ben Nott, Morgan O'Neill
Feat. Sam Worthington, Xavier Samuel, Myles Pollard… - The Aussie surf revolution is chronicled through the story of two big wave–loving brothers who kick–started the modern surf industry in…
Drinking Buddies (2013)- Dir. Joe Swanberg
Feat. Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick… - Dir. Joe Swanberg instills a mumblecore ethos into this lively and naturalistic comedy of two friendly couples fighting an attraction to opposite…
Eastern Boys (2013)- Dir. Robin Campillo
Feat. Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Danil Vorobyev - Unconventional thriller explores the shifting dynamics in a relationship between an older man and a young immigrant male hustler.
English Teacher, The (2013)- Dir. Craig Zisk
Feat. Julianne Moore, Michael Angarano, Greg Kinnear… - An introverted English teacher learns to take risks in life and love with the aid of a former student and aspiring playwright in this snappy,…
Enough Said (2013)- Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener… - Writer/director Nicole Holofcener moves into the first division with her fifth feature film, a savvy divorcee rom–com in perfect accord with…
Exhibition (2013)- Dir. Joanna Hogg
Feat. Viv Albertine, Liam Gillick, Tom Hiddleston - A brilliant and refreshingly unconventional portrait of a marriage from singular British director Joanna Hogg (ARCHIPELAGO), starring Viv Albertine…
Face of Love, The (2013)- Dir. Arie Posin
Feat. Annette Bening, Ed Harris, Robin Williams… - Annette Bening is superb in this otherwise carelessly melodramatic romance centred on a woman who falls in love with a man (Ed Harris) who's the…
Fading Gigolo (2013)- Dir. John Turturro
Feat. John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sofia Vergara… - John Turturro is a struggling Brooklyn bookstore owner who contrives with his best friend (played by Woody Allen) to set up a male prostitution…
Family Tree (TV Series) (2013)- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Chris O'Dowd, Ed Jr. Begley, Nina Conti… - Director Christopher Guest (WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, BEST IN SHOW) applies his distinctive doco–style comedy to the episodic format of television…
Fantail (2013)- Dir. Curtis Vowell
Feat. Sophie Henderson, Stephen Lovatt, Jarod Rawiri - A fine small–scale New Zealand drama following the life of a young Pakeha woman who identifies as a Maori as she works graveyard shift at a…
Father Brown (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Mark Williams, Hugo Speer, Sorcha Cusack
- A reboot of the 1970's British television detective period drama about the eponymous Roman Catholic priest who solves crimes in a fictional Cotswold…
Felony (2013)- Dir. Matthew Saville
Feat. Tom Wilkinson, Joel Edgerton, Jai Courtney… - Matthew Saville (NOISE) directs this taut, emotionally credible thriller centred on three detectives with differing views on how to deal with a…
Fifth Estate, The (5ifth Estate, The) (2013)- Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Peter Capaldi… - Benedict Cumberbatch plays Julian Assange in this urgent dramatisation of the WikiLeaks founder's controversial rise to prominence.
Filth (2013)- Dir. Jon S. Baird
Feat. Jamie Bell, Imogen Poots, James McAvoy… - James McAvoy plays a self–destructing copper whose corruption and bigotry manifest in a spiral of sex, drugs and violence. From an Irving Welsh…
Finishers, The (De toutes nos forces) (2013)- Dir. Nils Tavernier
Feat. Jacques Gamblin, Alexandra Lamy, Fabien Héraud - Inspiring tale of a father's attempt to bond with his cerebral palsy–afflicted son by participating in an Ironman endurance contest. A real…
Fold, The (2013)- Dir. John Jencks
Feat. Catherine McCormack, Marina Stoimenova, Dakota Blue Richards - In this tempestuous drama, an Anglican priest mourning the death of her daughter develops an uneasy maternal relationship with Eastern European…
Frankie (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Eve Myles, Dean Lennox Kelly
- An endearing medical drama centred on a district nurse and her ceaseless dedication to her job – often, at the expensive of her personal…
Free Ride (2013)- Dir. Shana Betz
Feat. Anna Paquin, Drea De Matteo, Liana Liberato… - Anna Paquin plays a single mom who takes to Florida's drug smuggling trade in order to support her children in this straightforward dramatic thriller.
Friends From France (Les interdits) (2013)- Dir. Philippe Kotlarski, Anne Weil
- Two cousins pose as an engaged couple on a tour to Odessa in order to help liberate persecuted Jews in this suspenseful Iron Curtain thriller.
Fruitvale Station (2013)- Dir. Ryan Coogler
Feat. Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer… - Michael B. Jordan (THE WIRE) plays the victim of a senseless shooting at the hands of police officers in this powerful Sundance–winning drama.
Gagarin: First in Space (2013)- Dir. Pavel Parkhomenko
Feat. Yaroslav Zhalnin, Mikhail Filippov 
Game of Thrones - Season 3 (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Michelle Fairley…
- Further episodes from the justifiably acclaimed HBO medieval series, with realism and violence dictating its dark hued, anti–romantic take on…
Garden of Words, The (2013)- Dir. Makoto Shinkai
Feat. Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa - Another gorgeous animated romance from the director of 5 CENTIMETRES PER SECOND, centred on the poignant relationship between a sensitive teenager…
Geography Club (2013)- Dir. Gary Entin
Feat. Cameron Deane Stewart, Meaghan Martin, Justin Deeley - A sweet–centred dramedy of queer coming–of–age, focused on a teenager whose struggle with sexuality is comforted after he joins an…
German Doctor, The (2013)- Dir. Lucía Puenzo
Feat. Àlex Brendemühl, Natalia Oreiro - Chilling domestic thriller centred on the Argentine family who lived unknowingly with Josef Mengele, the notorious Auschwitz physician, after he fled…
Getting On (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Laurie Metcalf, Alex Borstein, Niecy Nash
- Serio–comic HBO remake of the British satirical series about a geriatric ward and the relationship between its patients and medical…
Gimme Shelter (2013)- Dir. Ron Krauss
Feat. Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Rosario Dawson, Brendan Fraser… - A pregnant teenager forced to live rough after she is abandoned by her uncaring parents. Dramatically solid, though with a few strains of Vanessa…
Girls - Season 2 (TV Series) (2013)- Dir. Lena Dunham
Feat. Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke… - Further episodes from Lena Dunham's savvy HBO series on the highs and lows of living and dating in New York – a show that's at once witty,…
Gloria (2013)- Dir. Sebastián Lelio
Feat. Paulina García, Sergio Hernández - Another superb Chilean drama in the wake of the previous year's NO, Paulina Garcia plays a free–spirited 58–year–old divorcee who…
Golden Hour, The (2013)- Superb 'Sunday Theatre' docu–drama relives the inspirational story behind New Zealand's greatest–ever day at the Olympics, in which…
Great Beauty, The (2013)- Dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Feat. Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli… - This Academy–Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film has dir. Paolo Sorrentino's regular frontman Toni Servillo as an aging Roman…
Great Expectations (2013)- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Holliday Grainger… - Dir. Mike Newell utilises incredible art direction and a wardrobe for the ages while offering nothing unexpected in this professionally delivered…
Great Gatsby, The (2013)- Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan… - Noisy, impetuous, boisterous, the film suffers from Luhrman’s usual ADHD direction. It’s as if he can’t bring himself to just let the camera…
Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) - Season 9 (2013)- Feat. Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pompeo, Justin Chambers…
- Ninth season of the popular female–driven medical soap, continuing the trials and tribulations of five first–year interns as they juggle…
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)- Dir. Biyi Bandele
Feat. Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Boyega… - A moving, if overly melodramatic rendering of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel about the Nigerian Civil War as experienced by two…
Harry (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Oscar Kightley, Sam Neill, Hunter Kamuhemu…
- Oscar Kightley plays a grieving South Auckland detective swamped by a series of armed robberies in this dark, authentic local policier, a welcome…
Hatfields & McCoys (TV Mini-Series) (2013)- Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Tom Berenger… - Epic western mini–series recreates the legendary family feud between two Confederate soldiers returning to their land in the aftermath of the…
Heart of a Lion (2013)- Dir. Dome Karukoski
Feat. Laura Birn, Peter Franzén - Thoughtful character study of an ultranationalist skinhead whose racist attitudes soften through his desire for a family – specifically his…
Her (2013)- Dir. Spike Jonze
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara… - Joaquin Phoenix plays a lonely divorcee who finds himself falling in love with 'Samantha', the artificial intelligence behind a new computer…
Hinterland (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Richard Harrington, Mali Harries
- Noir crime drama set in Aberystwyth, Wales, where the knackered and troubled detective Tom Mathias searches for redemption, while solving crimes.
Homeland (2013)- Dir. Mohamed Hamidi
Feat. Tewfik Jallab, Jamel Debbouze - In this affecting tale of self–discovery, a French law student visits his father’s village in Algeria for the first time, only to have his…
Hours (2013)- Dir. Eric Heisserer
Feat. Paul Walker, Genesis Rodriguez - Paul Walker stars (posthumously) as the father of a premature baby fighting for survival during the height of Hurricane Katrina.
How I Live Now (2013)- Dir. Kevin MacDonald
Feat. Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, George MacKay… - This edgy young–adult fantasy finds teenager Saoirse Ronan, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, coping with the outbreak of…
Hummingbird (Redemption) (2013)- Dir. Steven Knight
Feat. Jason Statham, Agata Buzek, Vicky McClure - Jason Statham attempts to break out from his one note action persona, playing a troubled British Special Forces veteran seeking forgiveness in a…
I Do (2013)- Dir. Glenn Gaylord
Feat. Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Alicia Witt, Maurice Compte… - A gay man marries his bestie to get a green card in this politically motivated family drama.
Ida (2013)- Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski
Feat. Agata Trzebuchowska, Agata Kulesza - The ghosts of the Holcaust and Stalinism haunt this modern masterpiece about a young nun, who on the verge of taking her vows, visits her only…
Immigrant, The (2013)- Dir. James Gray
Feat. Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner - Marion Cotillard plays a polish immigrant separated from her sister and left to walk the streets of 1920's New York. She meets a troubled pimp…
In Bloom (2013)- Dir. Nana Ekvtimishvili
Feat. Lika Babluani, Mariam Bokeria - Set in the newly independent state of Georgia in the wake of the Soviet regime, this powerful story follows two young girls as they courageously…
Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete, The (2013)- Dir. George Tillman Jr.
Feat. Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon, Jennifer Hudson… - Two Brooklyn adolescents must fend for themselves when their hard–living mother is taken into police custody in this moving tragidrama.
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)- Dir. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Feat. Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake… - The Coen brothers direct Oscar Isaac as a forlorn folk singer in this effective and evocative ode to the Greenwich Village music scene shot in black…
Invisible Woman, The (2013)- Dir. Ralph Fiennes
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas - Ralph Fiennes plays Charles Dickens in this rich dramatisation of his relationship with his 'secret lover', Ellen Ternan.
Jappeloup (2013)- Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Guillaume Canet, Marina Hands, Daniel Auteuil… - A workmanlike rendering of the feats of Jappeloup, a diminutive horse who went to triumph against the odds at the 1988 Seoul games, becoming a French…
Jimi: All is By My Side (2013)- Dir. John Ridley
Feat. Andre Benjamin, Hayley Atwell, Imogen Poots - An intuitive and evocative portrait of Jimi Hendrix as a fledgling rock legend honing his craft in Swinging London, prior to his legendary Stateside…
Jobs (2013)- Dir. Joshua Michael Stern
Feat. Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad… - Ashton Kutcher portrays computer visionary Steve Jobs in this heady biopic charting Apple's evolution from the Macintosh to the iPod.
Joe (2013)- Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan - An ex–con becomes a de facto father figure to a teenage boy (Tye Sheridan of MUD) trying to escape a violent upbringing in this rural…
Just a Sigh (2013)- Dir. Jérôme Bonnell
Feat. Emmanuelle Devos, Gabriel Byrne - Emmanuelle Devos and Gabriel Byrne experience a brief encounter as an actress and a professor who trade glances on a Paris–bound train. A…
Justified - Season 4 (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, Joelle Carter…
- Further episodes from the slick urban western about an old–school U.S. Marshal reassigned from Miami to his childhood home in the poor, rural…
Keep the Lights On (2013)- Dir. Ira Sachs
Feat. Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth - Director Ira Sachs' fearlessly personal screenplay chronicles an emotionally and sexually charged journey of two men in New York City through love,…
Kill Your Darlings (2013)- Dir. John Krokidas
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall… - The early years of Beat Generation icons Allen Ginsburg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs are dramatised in this impassioned period biopic.
Killing Lincoln (2013)- Dir. Adrian Moat
Feat. Billy Campbell - Bill O'Reilly's novel about the assassination of President Lincoln from the point of view of John Wilkes Booth is the basis for this uneven but…
Kings of Summer, The (Toy's House) (2013)- Dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Feat. Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias… - A lyrical and sharp–witted coming–of–age drama about three teenage friends, who in the ultimate act of independence, decide to…
Labor Day (2013)- Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith… - A lonely and depressed single mother harbours an escaped convict in this moving dramatic romance from dir. Jason Reitman (UP IN THE AIR).
Le Weekend (2013)- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Jeff Goldblum - Director Roger Michell and writer Hanif Kureishi (VENUS, THE MOTHER) reteam for this poignant story of a long–married couple who revisit Paris…
Life of Crime (2013)- Dir. Daniel Schechter
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Mos Def, Isla Fisher… - Elmore Leonard adaptation has two crims get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real–estate developer who shows…
Lifeguard, The (2013)- Dir. Liz W. Garcia
Feat. Kristen Bell, Mamie Gummer, Martin Starr… - A former valedictorian quits her job in New York and returns to her hometown to work as a lifeguard in this languid indie of 20–something…
Like Father, Like Son (2013)- Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Feat. Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki… - Two divergent families struggle to cope with the revelation that their young sons were swapped at birth in this moving domestic drama from dir.…
Living is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)- Dir. David Trueba
Feat. Javier Camara, Natalia de Molina, Francesc Colomer… - Award–winning Spanish comedy concerning a Beatles–obsessed school teacher on a quest to meet John Lennon, picking up two teenage runaways…
Locke (2013)- Dir. Steven Knight
Feat. Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Ruth Wilson… - Tom Hardy plays a family man plunged into crisis and armed only with his mobile telephone in this brilliant, one–man chamber piece set entirely…
Look of Love, The (2013)- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Imogen Poots, Anna Friel… - Steve Coogan plays Paul Raymond, the controversial entrepreneur who became Britain's richest man, in this steamy biopic from prolific dir. Michael…
Love Eternal (2013)- Dir. Brendan Muldowney
Feat. Tom De Hoog, Pollyanna McIntosh, Amanda Ryan - Provocative portrait of a death fixated young man struggling to make sense of the world.
Lovelace (2013)- Dir. Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Feat. Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone… - The directors of HOWL turn their attention to the tragi–drama of one–time pornstar Linda Lovelace, whose unexpected stardom for her role…
Lunchbox, The (2013)- Dir. Ritesh Batra
Feat. Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui - A sweet and richly aromatic romantic comedy in which a mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunch delivery system connects a young…
Mad Men - Season 6 (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser…
- Further episodes of the 60's–New–York–set television drama series focused on an ad exec basking in the glow of the golden age of…
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom (2013)- Dir. Justin Chadwick
Feat. Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge - Idris Elba portrays the late Nelson Mendela from his childhood rural upbringing through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected…
Mary Queen of Scots (2013)- Dir. Thomas Imbach
Feat. Camille Rutherford, Sean Biggerstaff, Tony Curran - A respectfully restrained and even–handed take on the most famous Scottish monarch of all, whose life was riddled with failed marriages,…
Masters of Sex - Season 1 (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan, Beau Bridges…
- A fascinating MAD MEN–era dramatisation of the work of pioneering researchers Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the eponymous 'Masters…
May in the Summer (2013)- Dir. Cherien Dabis
Feat. Cherien Dabis, Alia Shawkat, Hiam Abbass… - Jordanian set drama of cultural misunderstanding about a successful author returning to her familial hometown Amman in preparation for her impending…
Metallica: Through the Never (2013)- Dir. Nimrod Antal
Feat. Dane DeHaan - This odd hybrid of concert film and head–tripping narrative features Dane DeHaan as a Metallica roadie sent on a bizarre mission during the…
Metro Manila (2013)- Dir. Sean Ellis
Feat. Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla, Althea Vega - Tough–minded drama about in which a Filipino rice farmer seeks a better life in the bustling metropolis of Manila.
Mood Indigo (2013)- Dir. Michel Gondry
Feat. Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh… - Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris star in this wild interpretation of Boris Vian’s cult novel 'Froth on the Daydream' from dir. Michel Gondry.
Mr. Morgan's Last Love (Last Love) (2013)- Dir. Sandra Nettelbeck
Feat. Michael Caine, Clemence Poesy, Gillian Anderson… - Grieving for his beloved wife, a professor who planned to spend their twilight years in Paris rekindles a passion for life after a chance meeting…
Mr. Selfridge (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Jeremy Piven, Frances O’Connor, Katherine Kelly…
- Jeremy Piven transposes his larger–than–life Ari Gold persona (from ENTOURAGE) to turn–of–the–century London, where he…
Mt. Zion (2013)- Dir. Tearepa Kahi
Feat. Stan Walker, Temuera Morrison, Miriama Smith - Singer Stan Walker plays a humble potato picker who dreams of performing the opening act to Bob Marley and the Wailers’ 1979 Auckland concert, in…
Mystery of Lord Lucan, The (Lucan, The Trial of Lord Lucan) (2013)- Feat. Rory Kinnear, Catherine McCormack, Christopher Eccleston
- A two–part TV miniseries depicting the mysterious real–life case of an aristocrat, the 7th Earl of Lucan, who disappeared 1974 after…
Mystery Road (2013)- Dir. Ivan Sen
Feat. Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten… - In this sparse and evocative Outback murder mystery, a detective returns to his fractured hometown to investigate the death of a young girl.
Nebraska (2013)- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb… - Alexander Payne's latest road movie finds an aging Bruce Dern making the trip to central Nebraska with his estranged son to collect on an elusive…
Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, The (2013)- Dir. Fredrik Bond
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen… - This chaotic, wildly expressive love story follows an American adrift in Bucharest and his affair with a beautiful cellist with ties to the…
Night Moves (2013)- Dir. Kelly Reichardt
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard… - Three radical environmentalists look to execute the protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam, in this thriller told in the…
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)- Dir. Bille August
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston… - Jeremy Irons goes walkabout as a professor seeking an escape from his buttoned–down academic life, embarking on a train journey to Lisbon after…
Nightingale, The (2013)- Dir. Phillippe Muyl
Feat. Baotian Li, Xiaoran Li, Xin Yi Yang - Gentle drama that draws together an elderly farmer and his spoiled urban grand–daughter on a lengthy pilgrimage through beautiful…
Norte, The End of History (2013)- Dir. Lav Diaz
Feat. Sid Lucero - Epic Dostoyevskian themes of cultural memory, national guilt and the origin of evil are translated to a modern–day Phillipines setting in this…
Of Horses and Men (2013)- Dir. Benedikt Erlingsson
Feat. Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Charlotte Bøving, Kristbjörg Kjeld - A series of comic vignettes of life in a rural Icelandic community, which shows the intertwined lives of humans and horses in sometimes awkward…
Omar (2013)- Dir. Hany Abu-Assad
Feat. Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany - This gripping new film from the dir. of PARADISE NOW concerns a Palestinian freedom fighter who is tricked into becoming an informant for the Israeli…
On My Way (2013)- Dir. Emmanuelle Bercot
Feat. Catherine Deneuve - A fine late–life outing for the ageless Catherine Deneuve, here playing a free–spirited grandmother who takes to the road with her…
One Chance (2013)- Dir. David Frankel
Feat. James Corden, Alexandra Roach, Julie Walters… - The Paul Potts story is brought to a crescendo, beginning with his hard–life as a bullied shop assistant to his breakout performance as a…
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Anton Yelchin… - Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston are sublimely cast as sophisticated vampire lovers who reunite after centuries in this stylish and imaginative new…
Orange is the New Black (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Kate Mulgrew…
- A bracing, darkly humorous addition to the women–in–prison genre, centred on the plight of a privileged young woman whose fling with a…
Outlaw Michael Howe, The (2013)- Dir. Brendan Cowell
Feat. Damon Herriman, Mirrah Foulkes, Matt Day - Actor Brendan Cowell fashions a vivid western out of Australia's brutal convict legacy with this recreation of the events that led to the penal…
Palo Alto (2013)- Dir. Gia Coppola
Feat. Emma Roberts, Jack Kilmer, James Franco… - A languid look at the lives and illicit loves of a group of Californian teens approaching the end of their time at high school.
Paper Giants: Magazine Wars (TV Mini-Series) (2013)- Feat. Rachel Griffiths, Mandy McElhinney
- The editors of New Idea and Woman's Day face off in this juicy chronicle of the publishing wars between the rival Packer and Murdoch empires in the…
Paradise: Hope (Paradise Hope) (2013)- Dir. Ulrich Seidl
Feat. Melanie Lenz, Joseph Lorenz - Austrian provocateur Ulrich Seidl dispatches a typically unvarnished portrait of institutional ritual with this concluding chapter to his PARADISE…
Parkland (2013)- Dir. Peter Landesman
Feat. Marcia Gay Harden, Zac Efron, Paul Giamatti… - A suspenseful account of the chaotic events that occurred directly in the aftermath of JFK's assassination.
Past, The (2013)- Dir. Asghar Farhadi
Feat. Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa - Dir. Asghar Farhadi's follow–up to the acclaimed A SEPARATION centres on a man who must face the complications of divorce after he leaves his…
Perfect Wedding, The (2013)- Dir. Scott Gabriel
Feat. James Rebhorn, Eric Aragon, Kristine Sutherland - Nobody's going for the Best Actor Oscar in this Hallmark–but–gay Xmas movie from New York Times Bestselling Author Suzanne Brockmann.…
Philomena (2013)- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Mare Winningham - Poignant drama stars Judi Dench as a elderly Irish woman searching for the child she was forced to give up while working at a convent as a teenager.
Physician, The (Der Medicus) (2013)- Dir. Philipp Stölzl
Feat. Tom Payne, Ben Kingsley, Stellan Skarsgard… - A historical epic centred on an orphan from an 11th–century English town whose mother died of a mysterious illness, travels to Persia where he…
Please Like Me (TV Series) (2013)- Dir. Matthew Saville
Feat. Josh Thomas, Debra Lawrance, David Roberts… - A charming (if cute) Australian comedy–drama series created by and starring Josh Thomas, who plays a twenty–something who's girlfriend…
Plus One (+1) (2013)- Dir. Dennis Iliadis
Feat. Rhys Wakefield, Logan Miller, Ashley Hinshaw - Mind–bending sci–fi with three college friends attending the biggest party of the year, where a mysterious phenomenon disrupts the night,…
Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War (TV Mini-Series) (2013)- Dir. Geoff Bennett
Feat. Lachy Hulme, Patrick Brammall - The bitter newspaper and television war between the Murdoch and Packer families during the 1960s and 70s is the front page material of this fiery…
Pretty One, The (2013)- Dir. Jenée LaMarque
Feat. Zoe Kazan, Jake Johnson, Ron Livingston… - An insecure young woman assumes the identity of her dead twin sister in this whimsical romantic comedy.
Prince Avalanche (2013)- Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch - Two highway road workers pass the time in the Texas wilderness in this laconic return–to–form for indie darling David Gordon Green.
Prisoners (2013)- Dir. Denis Villeneuve
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis… - The dir. of INCENDIES crafts another tense, eye–opening thriller in this tale of a family man who turns vigilante after his daughter is…
Railway Man, The (2013)- Dir. Jonathan Teplitzky
Feat. Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Hiroyuki Sanada… - Tormented by his experience as a prisoner of war, a former British Army officer confronts one of his torturers in civilian times this haunting…
Reaching for the Moon (2013)- Dir. Bruno Barreto
Feat. Gloria Pires, Miranda Otto, Tracy Middendorf… - A chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares.
Rectify (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Aden Young, Abigail Spencer, J. Smith-Cameron…
- An immensely rewarding dramatic series from Southern character actor Ray McKinnon, which follows the painstaking reintegration of a death row inmate…
Reign (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Adelaide Kane, Megan Follows, Torrance Coombs…
- A liberal, at times soapy reimagining of the life and reign of Mary, Queen of Scots in 16th century France. Season One: 22 episodes across five…
Returned, The (TV Series) (Les Revenants) (2013)- Feat. Anne Consigny, Frédéric Pierrot, Clotilde Hesme…
- Inspired by the excellent 2004 'zombie' film THEY CAME BACK, this richly storied French series about a township of people affected by the unexplained…
Rock the Casbah (2013)- Dir. Laïla Marrakchi
Feat. Morjana Alaoui, Nadine Labaki, Lubna Azabal… - Culturally–specific family comedy in which three women reunite in Morocco to mourn in accordance with Muslim tradition following the death of…
Rocket, The (2013)- Dir. Kim Mordaunt
Feat. Sitthiphon Disamoe - The uplifting story of a cursed boy who strives to prove himself by building a giant rocket for the occasion of Laos' famous Rocket Festival.
Romeo and Juliet (2013)- Dir. Carlo Carlei
Feat. Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Damian Lewis… - A richly imagined, though largely unreliable version of Shakespeare's most quoted play. Set in the authentic setting of Renaissance Verona, this only…
Romeo and Juliet: A Love Song (2013)- Dir. Tim van Dammen
Feat. Derya Parlak, Christopher Landon - The Bard's most iconic play is performed with colloquial gusto in this inventive musical transposing of the tale of star–crossed lovers to an…
Rush (2013)- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, Olivia Wilde… - Ron Howard brings to life the merciless rivalry between 1970s Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda in this high spec racing drama.
Sacrament, The (2013)- Dir. Ti West
Feat. Joe Swanberg, Amy Seimetz, Kate Lyn Sheil - A pair of "Vice" journalists infiltrate a cult in Africa in search of a missing woman in this unsettling "found footage" horror from dir. Ti West.
Safe Haven (2013)- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, David Lyons… - The Nicholas Sparks juggernaut rolls on, here delivering the calculated slow–reveal of an airport novel in its story of a mysterious woman who…
Savannah (2013)- Dir. Annette Haywood-Carter
Feat. Jim Caviezel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jaimie Alexander… - In this good ol' southern drama, Jim Caviezel plays a drifter who rejects his plantation heritage for a life on the river with his friend, a freed…
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)- Dir. John Lee Hancock
Feat. Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell… - Emma Thompson plays P.L. Travers in this showbiz biopic of the Mary Poppins creator's legendary collaboration with Walt Disney. Thompson and Tom…
Schapelle (2013)- Dir. Khoa Do
Feat. Krew Boylan, Denise Roberts, Colin Friels - Teledrama about the famous case of Schapelle Corby, a 27–year–old beauty school dropout from the Gold Coast who was arrested at Bali…
Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The (2013)- Dir. Ben Stiller
Feat. Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Kathryn Hahn… - Ben Stiller directs and stars in this splashy adaptation of James Thurber's short story about a meek proofreader who finds solace and empowerment in…
Selfish Giant, The (2013)- Dir. Clio Barnard
Feat. Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas - A pair of 13–year–olds become involved in the dealings of a scrap yard owner in this vivid working class drama.
Sherlock - Series 3 (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman
- Further episodes from this ingenious update of the master detective, with Benedict Cumberbatch's idiosyncratic take on the character nicely…
Shetland (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Douglas Henshall, Steven Robertson, Alison ODonnell
- Created from the novels by Ann Cleeves (VERA), this BBC series follows Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez (Douglas Henshall) and his team as they…
Shopping (2013)- Dir. Louis Sutherland, Mark Albiston
Feat. Kevin Paulo, Julian Dennison, Jacek Koman… - Set in 1981, this lyrical coming–of–age drama charts the self–discovery of a half–Samoan teen who escapes his volatile father…
Short Term 12 (2013)- Dir. Destin Cretton
Feat. Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Stephanie Beatriz… - A counselor at a foster–care facility for at–risk teenagers struggles with her own troubled past as a youngster in this tough but tender…
Siddharth (2013)- Dir. Richie Mehta
Feat. Rajesh Tailang, Tannishtha Chatterjee - Another bracing neo–realist drama from the director of AMAL about a tea–seller from Delhi who travels across India in search of his…
Some Girl(s) (2013)- Feat. Adam Brody, Kristen Bell, Zoe Kazan…
- Adam Brody (THE OC) stars in this comedy about a man who decides to travel around the USA visiting his ex–girlfriends, who he mistreated,…
Some Velvet Morning (2013)- Dir. Neil LaBute
Feat. Stanley Tucci, Alice Eve - This caustic two–hander observes the obsession of a man (Tucci) who tries to lure back his former lover (Eve) by claiming to have left his…
Spartacus: War of the Damned (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Liam McIntyre, Manu Bennett, Dustin Clare
- Third and final series of the outlandish sword–and–sandal serial features. Ten episodes across three discs.
Spectacular Now, The (2013)- Dir. James Ponsoldt
Feat. Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson… - This wistful teen romance, scripted and performed with a bracing naturalism, centres on a glibly charming high school senior whose casual dating of a…
Spud 2: The Madness Continues (2013)- Dir. Donovan Marsh
Feat. Troye Sivan, John Cleese - The eponymous spud, now 15–years–old, creeps along towards manhood in this sequel to the charming private school comedy.
Starred Up (2013)- Dir. David Mackenzie
Feat. Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn - A troubled teenager is transferred to the same prison as his violent father in this explosive British prison drama.
Still Life (2013)- Dir. Uberto Pasolini
Feat. Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt, Andrew Buchan - Eddie Marsan excels as a lonely, obsessive council worker made redundant from his job tracking down relatives of those who have died alone who…
Stoker (2013)- Dir. Park Chan-Wook
Feat. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode… - Korean director Park Chan–wook (OLD BOY) makes a head–turning English–language debut with this uber–stylish and sensitized…
Summer in February (2013)- Feat. Dominic Cooper, Dan Stevens, Emily Browning
- The famous Cornish Artists Colony is the setting for this beautiful looking but ultimately uninspiring Edwardian tragiromance.
Sunlight Jr. (2013)- Dir. Laurie Collyer
Feat. Naomi Watts, Matt Dillon, Norman Reedus - Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon slum it as a couple living barely above the breadline with a baby on the way in this honest, ground–level…
Sunshine on Leith (2013)- Dir. Dexter Fletcher
Feat. Antonia Thomas, Peter Mullan, Jason Flemyng… - Bouncing off the solid catalogue of hits from died–in–the–wool Scots popsters The Proclaimers, this jubilant musical inspires with…
Tale of the Princess Kaguya, The (2013)- Dir. Isao Takahata
- Studio Ghibli co–founder Takahata directs this beautiful adaptation of a classic Japanese folk tale with a distinctly different flavour to that…
Tattoo (Tatuagem) (2013)- Dir. Hilton Lacerda
Feat. Irandhir Santos, Jesuíta Barbosa, Rodrigo Garcia - Singular Brazilian film set in the 70's, where the leader of a debaucherous cabaret theatre troupe falls in love with a soldier, and is torn between…
Test (2013)- Dir. Chris Mason Johnson
Feat. Kevin Clarke, Kristoffer Cusick - Drama set in San Francisco in 1985, exploring the effects that the HIV/AIDS crisis had on a professional dance company working in the city. The test…
Third Person (2013)- Dir. Paul Haggis
Feat. Liam Neeson, Maria Bello, Mila Kunis… - Paul Haggis attempts to renew the winning formula of his Oscar–winning CRASH with this trio of interlocking love stories set in Rome, Paris,…
Thirteenth Tale, The (2013)- Dir. James Kent
Feat. Olivia Colman, Vanessa Redgrave, Sophie Turner… - An ageing novelist (Vanessa Redgrave) enlists the help of a biographer (Olivia Colman) to tell her life story, including her childhood in a decaying…
Touchy Feely (2013)- Dir. Lynn Shelton
Feat. Rosemarie DeWitt, Elliot Page, Scoot McNairy… - Rosemarie DeWitt returns for the dir. of YOUR SISTER'S SISTER in this drama about two siblings – one a succesful massage therapist, the other a…
Tracks (2013)- Dir. John Curran
Feat. Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver - Mia Wasikowska plays writer Robyn Davidson in this sweeping account of her 1,700–mile trek across the deserts of west Australia.
Treme - Season 4 (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Khandi Alexander, Clarke Peters, Steve Zahn…
- Final episodes from David Simon's superb dramatic study of post–Katrina New Orleans, focusing on a community of musicians, chefs, and residents…
True Blood - Season 6 (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell…
- Further episodes of the acclaimed series from SIX FEET UNDER creator Alan Ball, set in a world where vampires have 'come out' as members of modern…
Turning Tide (2013)- Dir. Christophe Offenstein
Feat. Francois Cluzet, Samy Seghir, Virginie Efira… - Francois Cluzet stars as an intrepid solo round–the–world yacht racer battling the elements, a crippled ship, and an immigrant boy…
Turning, The (2013)- Dir. Jonathan auf der Heide, Tony Ayres, Jub Clerc
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Hugo Weaving… - Tim Winton's epic collection of short stories is adapted into 17 distinct yet interlocking narratives about the turning points in a spectrum of…
Turtle Hill, Brooklyn (2013)- Dir. Ryan Gielen
Feat. Brian W. Seibert, Ricardo Valdez, Joie Bauer - Micro–budget indie dramedy about a gay couple who invite their friends over for a 30th birthday party, with all kinds of drama ensuing. A well…
Venus in Fur (2013)- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric - Roman Polanski masterfully adapts David Ives' play–within–a–play about an actress who goes to great lengths to convince a director…
Very Good Girls (2013)- Dir. Naomi Foner
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Ellen Barkin… - Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen play best friends determined to lose their virginity over one long hot summer. A pseudo–serious treatment of…
Vikings (TV Series) (2013-2018)- Feat. Travis Fimmel, Katheryn Winnick, Gustaf Skarsard…
- A vividly mounted historical series inspired by the sagas of the Norsemen of early medieval Scandinavia.
Village, The (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. John Simm, Maxine Peake, Juliet Stevenson…
- A gritty riposte to the swell of glossy period dramas, this small scale epic charts the progress of a village of working class characters in early…
Violette (2013)- Dir. Martin Provost
Feat. Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Gourmet - Emmanuelle Devos is hypnotic as Violette Leduc, the French writer whose fearless memoirs, championed by Simone de Beauvoir, broke new boundaries for…
Way Way Back, The (2013)- Dir. Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Feat. Rob Corddry, Steve Carell, Toni Collette… - The screenwriters behind THE DESCENDENTS direct this affecting summer comedy of an awkward boy's transition into adulthood and his relationships with…
We Are the Best (Vi är bäst!) (2013)- Dir. Lukas Moodysson
Feat. Mira Grosin, Mira Barkhammar, Liv LeMoyne - Endearing portrait of teenage experimentation set in early '80s Stockholm where two decidedly unmusical 13–year–old girls decide to form…
Weight of Elephants, The (2013)- Dir. Daniel Borgman
Feat. Demos Murphy, Angelina Cottrell, Matthew Sunderland - Operating on a deep level, Daniel Borgman’s [debut] film prioritises what goes on under the surface almost to the complete exclusion of plot.…
Wentworth (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Danielle Cormack, Leeanna Walsman, Robbie Magasiva…
- Glossy, menacing re–imagining of 80's series PRISONER, centers around a suburban housewife forced to come to terms with life inside one of…
Wetlands (2013)- Dir. David Wnendt
Feat. Carla Juri, Christoph Letkowski, Marlen Kruse - Provocative comic tale of an eccentric girl who has strange attitudes towards hygiene and sexuality longs for the reunion of her divorced parents.
What If (2013)- Dir. Michael Dowse
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Megan Park… - A medical–school dropout tries to hide his attraction to his new friend, a bubbly artist who already has a boyfriend.
White Lies (2013)- Dir. Dana Rotberg
Feat. Whirimako Black, Rachel House, Antonia Prebble… - Witi Ihimaera's novella 'Medicine Woman' forms the basis of this rich period drama about a Maori healer who is approached by a wealthy woman to help…
White Queen, The (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Rebecca Ferguson, Amanda Hale, Faye Marsay
- Superb historical drama focuses on three women and their quest for the throne of England against the backdrop of the 'War of the Roses'. Ten episodes…
Wind Rises, The (2013)- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Feat. Hideaki Anno - Hayao Miyazaki's glorious swansong is the poignant story of aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi and his dreams of designing the perfect flying machine…
Wipers Times, The (2013)- Dir. Andy De Emmony
Feat. Ben Chaplin, Michael Palin - The horrors of trench warfare are matched with alleviating gallows humour in this strangely moving tale of a satirical newspaper published on the…
Wolf of Wall Street, The (2013)- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie… - Martin Scorsese directs this dazzling biopic of the deplorable life and times of stockbroker Jordan Belfort, a notorious Wall Street upstart who…
Words and Pictures (2013)- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche, Bruce Davison… - Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche play passionate arts teachers with opposing worldviews in this romantic comedy of the mind.
WPC 56 (TV Series) (2013)- Feat. Jennie Jacques
- In the tradition of JULIET BRAVO, this Birmingham–set police drama follows the trials and triumphs of a woman constable to serving in the…
Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, The (2013)- Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Feat. Kyle Catlett, Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis… - The director of AMELIE's first American–set feature is another fairy–dusted vision brimming with child–like wonder and as a road…
2 Days in New York (2012)- Dir. Julie Delpy
Feat. Julie Delpy, Chris Rock - The sequel to 2 DAYS IN PARIS, written, directed and starring Julie Delpy, who is Marian, a Parisian woman now living in New York and exploring a new…
33 Postcards (2012)- Dir. Pauline Chan
Feat. Guy Pearce, Zhu Lin, Claudia Karvan… - An affecting, small scale drama of redemption, with Guy Pearce playing a jailed businessman whose sponsored Chinese orphan arrives in Sydney to meet…
A Gun in Each Hand (2012)- Dir. Cesc Gay
Feat. Javier Camara, Ricardo Darín, Jordi Molla… - A talk–em–up as opposed to a shoot–em–up, this lively portmanteau follows the dissatisfied lives of eight middle–aged…
A Lady in Paris (2012)- Dir. Ilmar Raag
Feat. Jeanne Moreau, Laine Mägi, Patrick Pineau - An Estonian woman bereft of loved ones moves to France to care for an elderly expatriate who still obsessively pines for a former younger lover. An…
A Mother's Son (TV Mini-Series) (2012)- Feat. Hermione Norris, Martin Clunes, Paul McGann…
- Taut two–part psychological thriller set in the sleepy Suffolk market town of Eastlee, where the disappearance of a young girl sends the…
A Perfect Ending (2012)- Dir. Nicole Conn
Feat. Barbara Niven, Jessica Clark, John Heard… - Romantic drama about a terminally ill women in a loveless marriage who turns to an escort service seeking seeking sexual fulfillment, and meets a sex…
A Royal Affair (2012)- Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard - 18th Century Denmark is the backdrop for this high–costumed drama about the love affair between Queen Caroline Matilda and her royal physician…
After May (Something in the Air) (2012)- Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Lola Créton, Clément Métayer - Hatched from dir. Olivier Assayas' personal experiences, this bittersweet evocation of the leftist fervour that caught hold of young Europeans in the…
Amour (2012)- Dir. Michael Haneke
Feat. Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert - An octogenarian couple find their love put to the ultimate test when one of them suffers a stroke in this devastating humanist drama from master…
And While We Were Here (2012)- Dir. Kat Coiro
Feat. Kate Bosworth, Jamie Blackley - Kate Bosworth shines in this hushed, understated romance between a married woman and a younger man on an island off the coast of Naples.
Anna Karenina (2012)- Dir. Joe Wright
Feat. Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Kelly MacDonald… - Costume drama artisan Joe Wright boldly directs this Tom Stoppard scripted adaptation of Tolstoy’s classic tale of Russian aristocracy.
Any Day Now (2012)- Dir. Travis Fine
Feat. Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Frances Fisher… - A gay couple in the 1970s fight to earn custody of the Downs Syndrome teenager they've taken in and raised as their own in this poignant family drama.
Arbitrage (2012)- Dir. Nicholas Jarecki
Feat. Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling… - Sleek drama with "silver fox" Richard Gere in fine form as a troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire before…
Argo (2012)- Dir. Ben Affleck
Feat. Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin… - Oscar–winning thriller based on the fact–based story of a CIA agent's unconventional plans to rescue six American diplomats during the…
Arthur Newman (2012)- Dir. Dante Ariola
Feat. Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, Anne Heche… - Two troubled souls trying to leave their pasts behind shack up in this moody American road movie, a fine vehicle for the talents of Colin Firth and…
Augustine (2012)- Dir. Alice Winocour
Feat. Vincent Lindon, Soko , Chiara Mastroianni… - Romantic drama speculating on a relationship (that in reality did not occur) between the 19th Century French neurologist Jean–Martin Charcot…
Barbara (2012)- Dir. Christian Petzold
Feat. Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock - A doctor who dreams of defecting from 1980's East Germany is banished to a country medical clinic under the possible watch of Stasi informants in…
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)- Dir. Benh Zeitlin
Feat. Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry - An ambitious and unique dramatic fantasy centred on a motherless child who, together with her hard–drinking father and a group of loveable…
Being Flynn (2012)- Dir. Paul Weitz
Feat. Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Julianne Moore… - Paul Dano, a struggling writer assisting the homeless, is forced to confront his estranged father (De Niro) when he shows up at a shelter in this…
Bekas (2012)- Dir. Karzan Kader
Feat. Zamand Taha, Sarwar Fazil - Two Iraqi orphans fantasize about travelling to America and summoning the help of Superman in this simple yet stirring childhood adventure, one that…
Bel Ami (2012)- Dir. Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod
Feat. Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas… - Parisian set bodice–ripper with Robert Pattinson brooding his way through the boudoirs of the city's wealthy women.
Best Man Down (2012)- Dir. Ted Koland
Feat. Justin Long, Jess Weixler, Tyler Labine… - In this heartfelt, soul–searching dramedy, a newly married couple cancels their honeymoon plans after the groom's hard–partying best man…
Between Us (2012)- Dir. Dan Mirvish
Feat. Julia Stiles, Melissa George, Taye Diggs… - This directorial effort from the co–founder of the Slamdance Film Festival adapts a caustic, confessional stageplay that observes the fallout…
Beyond the Hills (2012)- Dir. Cristian Mungiu
Feat. Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur - Cristian Mungiu directs this engrossing companion piece to his Cannes–winning 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS, about the test of closeness between…
Birdsong (TV Mini-Series) (2012)- Dir. Philip Martin
Feat. Eddie Redmayne, Clemence Poesy, Matthew Goode - The horrific experiences of an English soldier fighting in northern France are juxtaposed against his fond, but haunted memories of a forbidden love…
Black & White & Sex (2012)- Dir. John Winter
Feat. Katherine Hicks, Roxane Wilson, Anya Beyersdorf… - Provocative, multifaceted portrait of a sex worker –played by eight different actresses – who through a series of interviews with a…
Blancanieves (2012)- Dir. Pablo Berger
Feat. Daniel Giménez Cacho, Angela Molina, Maribel Verdu… - The legend of Snow White is transposed to the bullfighting, flamenco dancing netherworld of the Spanish provinces in this beautiful and beguiling…
Bletchley Circle, The (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Anna Maxwell Martin, Rachael Stirling, Julie Graham…
- A smart, suspenseful period thriller set around a series of unsolved murders surreptitiously investigated by four former female codebreakers at…
Boardwalk Empire - Season 3 (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Steve Buscemi, Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon…
- Further episodes from the marquee HBO production, centred on the Prohibition–era empire surrounding corrupt Atlantic treasurer Enoch "Nucky"…
Bomb Girls (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Meg Tilly, Jodi Balfour, Ali Liebert…
- A first–rate Canadian drama centred on the lives of women on the home–front who were recruited to work in dangerous munitions factories…
Boot Tracks (2012)- Dir. David Jacobson
Feat. Stephen Dorff, Michelle Monaghan, Willem Dafoe - Charlie Rankin, recently released from prison, seeks vengeance for his jail–house mentor William The Buddha Pettigrew. Along the way, he meets…
Breaking Bad - Season 5 (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn…
- Further episodes chronicling the deeds of anti–hero Walter White (Cranston), a high school chemistry teacher who turns to a life of…
Broken (2012)- Dir. Rufus Norris
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Tim Roth, Eloise Laurence… - In Rufus Norris’s artfully constructed drama... there’s a lot to like, not least a striking central performance from newcomer Eloise Laurence.…
Call the Midwife (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Jessica Raine, Jenny Agutter, Miranda Hart…
- Immensely popular BBC series follows – in fashionable period detail – the trials and tribulations of a newly–qualified midwife, who begins…
Careless Love (2012)- Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Nammi Le, David Field, Peter O'Brien - A young Vietnamese Australian woman prostitutes herself as a way to both make ends meet and settle her family’s debts. John Duigan directs with…
Chasing Mavericks (2012)- Dir. Curtis Hanson, Michael Apted
Feat. Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston, Elisabeth Shue… - A plucky teenager enlists the help of a local surfing guru (Gerard Butler) in his quest to tackle the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the largest…
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012)- Dir. Donald Rice
Feat. Felicity Jones, Luke Treadaway, Mackenzie Crook… - Coy period drama with a young woman battling with nerves on her wedding day, while downstairs her fretting husband waits.
Cloud Atlas (2012)- Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
Feat. Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent… - An awe–inspiring cinematic epic that adapts David Mitchell's ambitious and 'unfilmable' novel as an 'auteur blockbuster' and genuine…
Company You Keep, The (2012)- Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf, Julie Christie… - Robert Redford directs and stars in this bristling thriller, about a former Weather Underground member, now in hiding, whose violent past comes back…
Compliance (2012)- Dir. Craig Zobel
Feat. Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy… - When a prank caller masquerading as a police officer convinces a fast food restaurant manager to interrogate an innocent young employee, no–one…
Cosmopolis (2012)- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Samantha Morton… - David Cronenberg adapts Don DeLillo's post–modern novel about a billionaire asset manager whose journey via limousine across a gridlocked…
Dangerous Liaisons (2012)- Dir. Jin-ho Hur
Feat. Cecilia Cheung, Jang Dong-Gun, Zhang Ziyi - A sumptuous new adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' famous novel, relocating the grand sexual conspiracy to opulent 1930s Shanghai, where two wealthy…
Darling Companion (2012)- Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Dianne Wiest… - Cracks in the marriage of a long–time couple begin to show when their beloved dog goes missing on a weekend retreat. Dir. Kasdan's ongoing…
Dead Europe (2012)- Dir. Tony Krawitz
Feat. Marton Csokas, Ewen Leslie, Kodi Smit-McPhee - An Australian photographer journeys to Greece to explore his heritage and lay to rest his father's ashes, only to encounter a tide of hatred and the…
Disconnect (2012)- Dir. Henry Alex Rubin
Feat. Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Michael Nyqvist… - A suspenseful, topical ensemble drama that addresses the corrosive effect of the internet and social media on the lives of two generations of…
Door, The (2012)- Dir. Istvan Szabo
Feat. Helen Mirren, Martina Gedeck, Karoly Eperjes - Helen Mirren excels in Istvan Szabo's (MEPHISTO) sombre drama of a housemaid's dark secret that threatens her employment.
Downton Abbey - A Journey To The Highlands (TV Mini-Series) (2012)- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern…
- The Crawley Family decamp to Scotland's Duneagle Castle for their summer holidays, whilst Carson attempts to keep the servants on a short leash back…
Downton Abbey - Series 3 (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern…
- Further episodes from ITV's immensely popular, top–of–the–range period drama, centred on the residents and staff of the titular…
Eden (2012)- Dir. Megan Griffiths
Feat. Jamie Chung, Beau Bridges, Matt O'Leary - This harrowing true story of a Korean–American girl kidnapped into a prostitution ring is made all the more powerful by the measure and…
Electrick Children (2012)- Dir. Rebecca Thomas
Feat. Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, Liam Aiken… - Luminous newcomer Julia Garner plays a 15–year–old Mormon girl who flees her Utah backwater for the downtown lights of Las Vegas after…
Emperor (2012)- Dir. Peter Webber
Feat. Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune - Matthew Fox and Tommy Lee Jones play Generals Bonner Fellers and Douglas MacArthur respectively in this solid dramatisation of the aftermath of the…
Farewell, My Queen (2012)- Dir. Benoît Jacquot
Feat. Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux, Virginie Ledoyen… - Benoît Jacquot’s film goes behind the scenes of Louis XVI and — more specifically — Marie Antoinette’s court during…
Fill the Void (2012)- Dir. Rama Burshtein
Feat. Hadas Yaron, Yiftach Klein - A young woman negotiates the fraught rite of arranged marriage in this austere insight into rituals of an Orthodox Hassidic family in Tel Aviv.
Filly Brown (2012)- Dir. Youssef Delara, Michael D. Olmos
Feat. Gina Rodriguez, Lou Diamond Phillips, Edward James Olmos - A vividly performed and evoked L.A. story of a talented Latina hip–hop artist hoping to crack the big time.
Flight (2012)- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly… - Denzel Washington plays a lauded pilot whose heroic landing of a crippled airliner is called into question when a history of alcoholism and substance…
Foxfire (2012)- Dir. Laurent Cantet
Feat. Raven Adamson, Katie Coseni - From a Joyce Carol Oates story, Laurent Cantet (THE CLASS) directs this plucky period drama of a girl gang who rally against male oppression in 1950s…
Frances Ha (2012)- Dir. Noah Baumbach
Feat. Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver… - The whimsical exploits of a struggling dancer at the tail end of her adolescence are semi–improvised in this Manhattan indie rom–com,…
Free Samples (2012)- Dir. Jay Gammill
Feat. Jess Weixler, Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter… - A small–scale but deceptively smart and engaging "retail comedy" that spends a day in the life with a sarcastic LA law–school dropout who…
Game Change (2012)- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ed Harris… - Julianne Moore is uncanny as John McCain's notorious 2008 presidential running mate in this revealing biopic of Alaska Governor turned right wing…
Game of Thrones - Season 2 (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Michelle Fairley…
- Further episodes from the justifiably acclaimed HBO medieval series, with realism and violence dictating its dark hued, anti–romantic take on…
Ginger & Rosa (Ginger and Rosa) (2012)- Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Christina Hendricks… - Two London teenagers explore rebellion, activism, and the limits of their friendship in this evocative coming–of–age drama from dir.…
Girl In Progress (2012)- Dir. Patricia Riggen
Feat. Eva Mendes, Matthew Modine, Cierra Ramirez - Comedy following a Hispanic single mother (Eva Mendes) raising a precocious teenager who wants to grow up fast, and decides to tick off all the…
Girl, The (2012)- Dir. Julian Jarrold
Feat. Toby Jones, Sienna Miller - A speculative and quite sensational depiction of Alfred Hitchcock's alleged infatuation and obsession with model–turned–actress Tippi…
Girls - Season 1 (TV Series) (2012)- Dir. Lena Dunham
Feat. Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke… - Following her "mumblecore" hit TINY FURNITURE, wunderkind Lena Dunham's breakthrough into television (with the help of kingpin Judd Apatow) heralds a…
Good Cop (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Warren Brown, Kerrie Hayes
- A hard–hitting police procedural about a run–down Liverpool constable who turns to increasingly violent and unlawful means in his line of…
Good Vibrations (2012)- Dir. Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn
Feat. Richard Dormer, Jodie Whittaker, Liam Cunningham… - An idealistic rocker and record store owner in 1970s Belfast discovers punk rock and its galvanizing properties amidst Northern Ireland's political…
Gospel of Us, The (2012)- Dir. Dave McKean
Feat. Michael Sheen - Michael Sheen plays a modern day Jesus in this experimental adaptation of the National Theatre of Wales' acclaimed production of 'The Passion', which…
Greetings From Tim Buckley (2012)- Dir. Daniel Algrant
Feat. Penn Badgley, Imogen Poots, William Sadler - Avoiding the simplistic trappings of the music 'biopic', this is a sensitively handled elegy for the late Jeff Buckley, here portrayed with…
Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) - Season 8 (2012)- Feat. Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pompeo, Justin Chambers…
- Eighth season of the popular female–driven medical soap, continuing the trials and tribulations of five first–year interns as they juggle…
Hannah Arendt (2012)- Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
Feat. Barbara Sukowa, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch… - Barbara Sukowa portrays famed German–American political theorist Hannah Arendt during her response to the 1961 trial of ex–Nazi Adolf…
Haute Cuisine (2012)- Dir. Christian Vincent
Feat. Catherine Frot, Hippolyte Girardot - A heavenly food biopic of the life of Danièle Delpeuch, celebrated private chef to the French president, François Mitterrand.
Hello I Must Be Going (2012)- Dir. Todd Louiso
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Blythe Danner, John Rubinstein… - Melanie Lynskey is excellent as a wounded young divorcee forced to move back in with her parents, in this serio–comic character…
Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)- Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Clive Owen, David Strathairn… - Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman spar in this highly mannered HBO biopic of famed war correspondent Martha Gellhorn's rocky romance with literary giant…
Hitchcock (2012)- Dir. Sacha Gervasi
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson… - Anthony Hopkins plays the one and only Master of Suspense in this polished recreation of the making of the director's most famous film,…
Hollow Crown, The (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Jeremy Irons, Ben Whishaw, Tom Hiddleston…
- A star–studded, BAFTA–nominated mini–series of adaptations of Shakespeare's history plays: Richard II, Henry IV Parts One and Two,…
Hope Springs (2012)- Dir. David Frankel
Feat. Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell… - An admirable dramedy of twilight romance, with Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones playing a couple of thirty years who attend marriage counseling when…
Hotel Noir (2012)- Dir. Sebastian Guitierrez
Feat. Malin Akerman, Rosario Dawson, Danny De Vito… - Cult dir. Guitierrez tries his hand at film noir pastiche with this luscious ensemble piece about a detective whose encounters with various…
Hour, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Dominic West, Romola Garai, Ben Whishaw…
- Further episodes from this fascinating news hour drama maintains the standard set by the first, where vice and corruption continue to intrigue a team…
House - Season 8 (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Hugh Laurie
- Final series of the Hugh Laurie–fronted hospital thriller, which involve his medical team having to unravel baffling cases, CSI–fashion,…
Hunt, The (2012)- Dir. Thomas Vinterberg
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen - A hard–hitting moral drama of everyday persecution from dir. Thomas Vinterberg, starring Mads Mikkelsen as a teacher whose life is shattered by…
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Colman… - Pleasant chronicle of the affair between President Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his distant cousin, Daisy (Laura Linney), which comes to light during…
I, Anna (2012)- Dir. Barnaby Southcombe
Feat. Charlotte Rampling, Gabriel Byrne, Hayley Atwell… - A modest, artfully unfurled London noir, centred on a glamourous sixty–something (Rampling) who falls in with a detective (Byrne) investigating…
Imaginaerum by Nightwish (2012)- Dir. Stobe Harju
Feat. Marianne Farley, Quinn Lord, Francis X McCarthy - Based on the album of the same name by Finnish metallers Nightwish. A coma sends an old man into his childhood's sinister fantasy world, where he…
Impossible, The (2012)- Dir. Juan Antonio Bayona
Feat. Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland… - A searing drama of human resilience, this up–close–and–personal disaster pic tells the true story of a vacationing family in…
In the Fog (2012)- Dir. Sergey Loznitsa
Feat. Vladislav Svirskiy, Vladislav Abashin - Intense, slow burning Russian drama exploring the moralities of war through the story of a man wrongly accused of collaboration with the German…
In the House (2012)- Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Fabrice Luchini, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner… - Set in a literary milieu, this deliciously warped meta drama from dir. Francois Ozon concerns the writings of a precocious 16–year–old…
Inch'Allah (2012)- Dir. Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
Feat. Evelyne Brochu, Sabrina Ouazani, Sivan Levy - A French Canadian doctor working in Ramallah experiences the conflict of the Israel–Palestine divide firsthand in this powerful…
Italian Film Festival Collection, The - 2012: Volume One (2012)- Comprehensive box–set collection of 16 of the best Italian films featured at the 'Italian Film Festival 2012' spread over 5 discs. Films…
Italian Film Festival Collection, The - 2012: Volume Two (2012)- Comprehensive box–set collection of 14 of the best Italian films featured at the 'Italian Film Festival 2012' spread over 5 discs. Films…
Jack & Diane (Jack and Diane) (2012)- Dir. Bradley Rust Gray
Feat. Riley Keough, Juno Temple, Kylie Minogue… - Juno Temple and Riley Keough star in this romance between two teenage girls that quickly manifests as terrifying, violent and inexplicable.
Jackie (2012)- Dir. Antoinette Beumer
Feat. Carice Van Houten, Jelka van Houten, Holly Hunter - Two Dutch sisters (played by real life siblings Carice and van Houten) trek from the Netherlands to mid–west America in aid of a mother they've…
Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012)- Dir. Billy Bob Thornton
Feat. Robert Duvall, Kevin Bacon, Robert Patrick… - Flavoursome southern drama set during the Vietnam war is about two families from different countries whose cultures clash.
Joyful Noise (2012)- Dir. Todd Graff
Feat. Dolly Parton, Queen Latifah, Keke Palmer… - Bright, uplifting show choir musical from the dir. of CAMP concerns the rivalry between two big–voiced divas (Parton and Latifah) who must work…
Jump (2012)- Dir. Kieron J Walsh
Feat. Nichola Burley, Martin McCann - A clever Irish drama of chance encounters and crime capers, this centres on a gangster's daughter and those who cross her path as she attempts to…
Just Like a Woman (2012)- Dir. Rachid Bouchareb
Feat. Sienna Miller, Golshifteh Farahani, Roschdy Zem - Sienna Miller plays a Chicago housewife who joins a North African belly dancer en route to Santa Fe in this light comedy of…
Justified - Season 3 (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, Joelle Carter…
- Further episodes from the slick urban western about an old–school U.S. Marshal reassigned from Miami to his childhood home in the poor, rural…
Kiwi Flyer (2012)- Dir. Tony Simpson
Feat. Edward Hall, Tikirau Hathaway, Tandi Wright… - Amiable family fun follows twelve–year old Ben as he sets out to win Nelson's annual trolley derby, but he's up against some stiff Aussie…
Kon-Tiki (2012)- Dir. Espen Sandberg, Joachim Roenning
Feat. Pål Sverre Hagen - A rousing dramatisation of the 1947 voyage of the legendary Kon–Tiki, a balsa–wood raft lead across the Pacific by Norwegian explorer…
Labyrinth (TV Mini-Series) (2012)- Dir. Christopher Smith
Feat. Jessica Brown-Findlay, Vanessa Kirby, John Hurt… - The search for the Holy Grail provides the link between two parallel story lines – one set in medieval France, the other during a modern day…
Last Sentence, The (2012)- Dir. Jan Troell
Feat. Jesper Christensen, Pernilla August - Anchored by a superb Jesper Christensen, this serious and sombre biopic accurately reflects Swedish journalist Jesper Christensen's stubborn…
Last Tango in Halifax (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Derek Jacobi, Anne Reid, Sarah Lancashire…
- Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid play childhood sweethearts reunited via Facebook in their seventies in this thoughtful and engaging depiction of…
Laurence Anyways (2012)- Dir. Xavier Dolan
Feat. Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Nathalie Baye… - Young French–Canadian actor/director Xavier Dolan stays behind the camera of his third film (made at 23 years of age, no less), an assured…
Les Miserables (2012)- Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway… - Victor Hugo's classic novel set during the French revolution receives its latest big screen musical adaptation courtesy of dir. Tom Hooper (THE…
Letter, The (2012)- Dir. Jay Anania
Feat. Winona Ryder, James Franco, Josh Hamilton - Discordant effort by James Franco's NYU professor has Winona Ryder as a playwright suffering paranoid hallucinations as she attempts to stage a new…
Liberal Arts (2012)- Dir. Josh Radnor
Feat. Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins… - Josh Radnor, star of top–draw sitcom HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER directs his second self–penned romantic comedy, himself playing a…
Life of Pi (2012)- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu … - An Indian storyteller recalls the events of his extraordinary life, beginning as a boy shipwrecked along with animals from his family's zoo, in this…
Lincoln (2012)- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn… - Daniel Day–Lewis portrays the famed U.S. President between 1861 and 1865 as he dealt with personal demons and politics during the Civil War in…
Little Red Wagon (2012)- Dir. David Anspaugh
Feat. Anna Gunn, Frances O’Connor, Chandler Canterbury - An unapologetic tearjerker from the director of RUDY, about a determined eight–year–old whose mission to help the homeless inspires a…
Liz & Dick (Liz and Dick) (2012)- Dir. Lloyd Kramer
Feat. Lindsay Lohan, Grant Bowler, Theresa Russell - Enjoyably trashy biopic of the torrid Hollywood romance of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton with our own Grant Bowler gamely attempting Burton's…
LOL (2012)- Dir. Lisa Azuelos
Feat. Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore, Jean-Luc Bilodeau… - Perfunctory remake of the hit French teen comedy casts Demi Moore and Miley Cyrus as lovelorn mother and daughter in the social media age.
Longmire (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Robert Taylor, Katee Sackhoff, Lou Diamond Phillips
- A widowed sheriff returning to his jurisdiction within Wyoming's big sky country looks to crack down on crime in this involving period TV series,…
Looking for Hortense (2012)- Dir. Pascal Bonitzer
Feat. Jean-Pierre Bacri, Kristin Scott Thomas, Isabelle Carré… - This bittersweet comedy of manners finds familiar May–December pleasures in the mid–life journey of an unhappily married professor who…
Lore (2012)- Dir. Cate Shortland
Feat. Saskia Rosendahl - A satisfyingly ambitious and haunting drama from the Australian dir. of SOMERSAULT, set in Europe in the aftermath of WWII. Following the arrest…
Love is All You Need (2012)- Dir. Susanne Bier
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Molly Blixt Egelind - Susanne Bier (AFTER THE WEDDING) directs this tender drama of mid–life romance, about an Englishman and a Danish woman who forge an unexpected…
Lucky One, The (2012)- Dir. Scott Hicks
Feat. Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner… - Man–candy Zac Efron stretches the truth as a hardened Iraq war veteran who falls in love with a woman whose photo he credits with keeping him…
Mad Men - Season 5 (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser…
- Further episodes of the 60's–New–York–set television drama series focused on an ad exec basking in the glow of the golden age of…
Magic City (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olga Kurylenko, Steven Strait…
- Slavishly seductive period drama set in late 50s Florida, where a high–rolling hotel owner is forced to do business with a Miami mob boss in…
Magic Mike (2012)- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer… - Steven Soderbergh directs this hard–bodied drama of an upstart male stripper mentored by a veteran of the business, apparently based on…
Magic of Belle Isle, The (2012)- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Virginia Madsen, Madeline Carroll… - Morgan Freeman plays against type as an alcoholic novelist trying to overcome writer's block by retreating to a remote lakeside community. Despite…
Man Who Laughs, The (2012)- Dir. Jean-Pierre Améris
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Marc-André Grondin, Emmanuelle Seigner… - Victor Hugo's classic tale of two orphans – one disfigured, one blind – who become popular entertainers compels in this handsomely…
Masquerade (2012)- Dir. Chang-min Choo
Feat. Byung-hun Lee - A Chosun Dynasty monarch under threat of assassination recruits a jester who specialises in satrising royals to impersonate him in this richly…
Master, The (2012)- Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams… - Paul Thomas Anderson directs this mercurial period drama of a disaffected war veteran who falls under the spell of the charismatic leader of a…
Most Fun You Can Have Dying, The (2012)- Dir. Kirstin Marcon
Feat. Matt Whelan, Roxane Mesquida, Pana Hema Taylor… - Sultry youth drama from first–time feature dir. Kirstin Marcon about a terminally ill young man who absconds overseas with the money raised for…
Motel Life, The (2012)- Dir. Gabe Polsky, Alan Polsky
Feat. Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Dakota Fanning… - Two brothers hit the road after becoming involved in a fatal hit–and–run accident. Evocatively set between Reno and the Sierra Nevadas,…
Mr. Pip (2012)- Dir. Andrew Adamson
Feat. Hugh Laurie, Florence Korokoro, Eka Darville… - In a remote Bougainville village, isolated by a rebellion over self–determination and mineral rights, the only remaining white man (Hugh…
Much Ado About Nothing (2012)- Dir. Joss Whedon
Feat. Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion… - Thank heaven for Joss Whedon and for a tiny little project he threw together in his spare time whole he was in the editing room for THE AVENGERS.…
Mud (2012)- Dir. Jeff Nichols
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland… - Jeff Nichols (TAKE SHELTER) directs this thrilling backwoods adventure, about two boys who befriend a charismatic criminal in hiding on the…
My Brother the Devil (2012)- Dir. Sally El Hosaini
Feat. James Floyd, Fady Elsayed, Said Taghmaoui - A tough–minded yet unusually sensitive portrayal of gangland ties, centred on two Arab brothers who are drawn into street crime from their…
My Straight Son (Azul y no tan rosa) (2012)- Dir. Miguel Ferrari
Feat. Guillermo Garcia, Nacho Montes, Hilda Abrahamz - Venezuelan drama about a successful gay photographer living in Caracas whose teenage son from a past relationship comes to stay. Unfamiliar with the…
Mystery of a Hansom Cab, The (2012)- This costume drama is based on the international best–selling crime novel by Fergus Hume. Set on the grimy streets of Melbourne during the…
Mystery of Edwin Drood, The (TV Mini-Series) (2012)- Feat. Matthew Rhys, Julia McKenzie, Rory Kinnear…
- An unfinished Dickens novel of obsessive love, betrayal and murder is sturdily adapted by the BBC, with the story's unknown ending fascinatingly…
Nashville (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Clare Bowen
- A juicy, broadly appealing showbiz drama about private and professional rivalries in the country music industry. Stars Connie Britton as a Bonnie…
Neighboring Sounds (Neighbouring Sounds) (2012)- Dir. Kleber Mendonca Filho
Feat. Irandhir Santos, Maeve Jinkings, Gustavo Jahn - The striking feature debut of Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho (BACURAU) depicting life on a sheltered prosperous street adjacent to a poor…
Newsroom, The (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher, Jr.…
- HBO and Aaron Sorkin team up for this quick–thinking workplace drama set behind the scenes at a fictional cable news network. Ambitious for…
No (2012)- Dir. Pablo Larrain
Feat. Gael Garcia Bernal, Alfredo Castro - Gael Garcia Bernal plays an ad executive who conceives a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum in this unique celebration of…
Now is Good (2012)- Dir. Ol Parker
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine… - Dakota Fanning plays a terminally ill teen determined to, among other bucket list necessities, lose her virginity before dying. A big, damp weepie…
Odd Life of Timothy Green, The (2012)- Dir. Peter Hedges
Feat. Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, CJ Adams… - A married couple struggling to start a new family are greeting in the aftermath of a storm by a curious young boy on their doorstep in this…
Oh Boy (A Coffee in Berlin) (2012)- Dir. Jan Ole Gerster
Feat. Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler - A college dropout wanders the streets of Berlin contemplating his place in the world in this ironic portrait of early adulthood.
On Air (Parlez-moi de vous) (2012)- Dir. Pierre Pinaud
Feat. Karin Viard, Nicolas Duvauchelle - A solid character vehicle for French mainstay Karin Viard, here playing the sophisticated host of a radio talkback show, whose knack for delivering…
On the Road (2012)- Dir. Walter Salles
Feat. Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart… - Handsomely mounted adaptation of Kerouac's counter–culture classic of a young writer whose life is profoundly shaken by the arrival of the…
Other Son, The (2012)- Dir. Lorraine Levy
Feat. Emmanuelle Devos, Pascal Elbé, Jules Sitruk… - Two families on either side of the Israeli–Palestinian divide learn that their sons were switched at birth in this moving human drama.
Parade's End (TV Mini-Series) (2012)- Dir. Susanna White
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Roger Allam… - Benedict Cumberbatch plays an English aristocrat torn between loyalty to his beautiful but manipulative wife, and a young, passionate suffragette on…
Paradise, The (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Emun Elliott, Joanna Vanderham, Elaine Cassidy…
- The BBC's answer to MR SELFRIDGE, this delightful period drama set in a Victorian–era department store revolves around a blossoming romance…
Paradise: Faith (Paradise Faith) (2012)- Dir. Ulrich Seidl
Feat. Maria Hofstatter, Nabil Saleh, Natalija Baranova - The second installment of Ulrich Seidl's PARADISE trilogy follows Anna Maria, the sister of Teresa (in PARADISE: LOVE), a single woman in her 50s…
Paradise: Love (Paradise Love) (2012)- Dir. Ulrich Seidl
Feat. Margarethe Tiesel - The first chapter of the Ulrich Seidl's PARADISE trilogy is a provocative take on exotic romance in which a middle–aged Austrian woman plays…
Patience Stone, The (2012)- Dir. Atiq Rahimi
Feat. Golshifteh Farahani, Hami Djavadan - Atiq Rahimi's adapts his own bestselling novel about a Muslim woman whose paralyzed husband offers quiet relief amid the sorrows of life in a…
Performance (A Late Quartet) (2012)- Dir. Yaron Zilberman
Feat. Catherine Keener, Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman… - A celebrated string quartet in New York struggle to stay together through a combination of illness and relationship woes in this nuanced ensemble…
Perks of Being a Wallflower, The (2012)- Dir. Stephen Chbosky
Feat. Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller… - An introverted teen with a troubled past is embraced by an eccentric clique of friends in this deeply–felt coming–of–age drama,…
Petunia (2012)- Dir. Ash Christian
Feat. Thora Birch, Brittany Snow, Eddie Kaye Thomas… - Biting comedy weaves together the lives of three differently dysfunctional New York brothers as they strive to unlearn everything their psychoanalyst…
Picture Day (2012)- Dir. Kate Melville
Feat. Tatiana Maslany, Spencer Van Wyck, Steven McCarthy - A rebellious teenager forced to complete her senior year of high school falls in romantically with two very different guys in this modest indie…
Pieta (2012)- Dir. Kim Ki-Duk
Feat. Min-soo Jo, Jung-Jin Lee - Kim Ki–Duk directs this controversial Golden Lion winner, about a debt–collecting thug who is forced to confront his violent ways when a…
Place Beyond the Pines, The (2012)- Dir. Derek Cianfrance
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, Bradley Cooper… - Ryan Gosling re–teams with the dir. of BLUE VALENTINE for this equally arresting crime saga that unfolds after a motorcycling drifter's…
Political Animals (TV Mini-Series) (2012)- Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Carla Gugino, James Wolk…
- Meaty White House drama with Sigourney Weaver, in a clear nod to Hillary Clinton, playing a divorced former First Lady now making waves as Secretary…
Private Peaceful (2012)- Dir. Pat O'Connor
Feat. Jack O'Connell, George MacKay, Alexandra Roach… - This sensitive, small scale contrast to Spielberg's WAR HORSE (also from a Michael Morgpurgo novel) centres on two brothers who are compelled to put…
Promised Land (2012)- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Matt Damon, Frances McDormand, John Krasinski… - Matt Damon plays a natural–gas representative who has the best interests of a small–town community at heart despite his company's…
Puberty Blues (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Claudia Karvan, Ashleigh Cummings, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
- Two inseparable teenage girls growing up on the beaches of Cronulla come of age in this acclaimed TV adaptation of the seminal late 70s Australian…
Pusher (2012)- Dir. Luke Prieto
Feat. Richard Coyle, Bronson Webb, Agyness Deyn… - Slick remake of the Nicolas Winding Refn thriller with Richard Coyle as a street dealer who's life spins out of control after losing a drug shipment.
Quartet (2012)- Dir. Dustin Hoffman
Feat. Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly… - Another pleasant surprise for the retiree set, this time centred on a home for retired musicians, and the recently arrived opera diva (Maggie Smith)…
Reality (2012)- Dir. Matteo Garrone
Feat. Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone - A working class scam artist tries out for 'Big Brother' in this bustling, Fellini–esque satire of unrealised dreams from dir. Matteo Garrone…
Red House, The (2012)- Dir. Alyx Duncan
- A breakthrough for New Zealand's fledgling art cinema, this impressive first feature finds a beguiling middle ground between fiction and documentary…
Renoir (2012)- Dir. Gilles Bourdos
Feat. Michel Bouquet, Christa Theret, Vincent Rottiers… - Sumptuous, sun–kissed art biopic based on the last years of impressionist painter Auguste Renoir (Bouquet) during World War I, and the…
Restless (TV Mini-Series) (2012)- Dir. Edward Hall
Feat. Hayley Atwell, Rufus Sewell, Michelle Dockery… - A fine small screen adaptation of William Boyd's espionage novel, about a young woman who learns that her mother was recruited as a spy during World…
Rita (TV Series) (2012-2015)- Feat. Mille Dinesen, Lise Baastrup, Carsten Bjørnlund…
- Danish comedy series following the life of a defiantly outspoken school teacher and single mother who excels in her teaching but struggles in her…
Robot and Frank (Robot & Frank) (2012)- Dir. Jake Schreier
Feat. Frank Langella, James Marsden, Liv Tyler… - Sentimental futurism finds aging Frank Langella search for companionship and purpose in (late) life in the robot servant purchased for him by his…
Rust and Bone (2012)- Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Celine Sallette… - Jacques Audiard (A PROPHET) directs this searing drama of a broken woman (Marion Cotillard) who rediscovers the will to live through an itinerant man…
Sapphires, The (2012)- Dir. Wayne Blair
Feat. Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens… - The upbeat story of four talented indigenous women, whose exploits entertaining U.S. troops during the Vietnam era made them Australia’s answer to…
Satellite Boy (2012)- Dir. Catriona McKenzie
Feat. David Gulpilil, Cameron Wallaby - This warm, gorgeously lensed traipse throughout the Australian outback centres on a ten–year–old boy who lives with his grandfather…
Scandal (TV Series) (2012-2016)- Feat. Kerry Washington, Columbus Short, Tony Goldwyn
- Kerry Washington plays a 'professional fixer' whose former life as a White House staffer draws her back into the world of political…
Scapegoat, The (2012)- Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Matthew Rhys, Andrew Scott, Eileen Atkins… - An involving, atmospheric tale of deceit, this period drama centres on a down–on–his–luck teacher (Rhys) who inadvertently meets…
Secret of Crickley Hall, The (TV Mini-series) (2012)- Dir. Joe Ahearne
Feat. Suranne Jones, Tom Ellis, Douglas Henshall… - Atmospheric 3–part BBC adaptation of the novel by prolific British horror writer James Herbert that connects a supernatural mystery between two…
Sessions, The (2012)- Dir. Ben Lewin
Feat. John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy… - A compassionate, entertaining drama adapted from the memoir of a writer whose lifelong confinement to an iron lung compels him to lose his virginity…
Shackleton's Captain (2012)- Dir. Leanne Pooley
Feat. Craig Parker - The Endurance's ship captain, Frank Worsley, is given the spotlight in this searing reenactment of Ernest Shackleton’s troubled expedition to the…
Sherlock - Series 2 (TV Series) (2012)- Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Mark Gatiss… - Further episodes from this ingenious update of the master detective, with Benedict Cumberbatch's idiosyncratic take on the character nicely…
Silent Youth (2012)- Dir. Diemo Kemmesies
Feat. Martin Bruchmann, Josef Mattes, Linda Schule - Low key German indie drama offering a story of gay first love, replete with palpable sexual tension and interesting, honest performances. Like so…
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)- Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro… - An institutionalized man attempts to readjust to life and love in this full–bodied comedy–drama that pairs two of the hottest stars of…
Sister (2012)- Dir. Ursula Meier
Feat. Léa Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein, Martin Compston… - On the slopes of a Swiss ski resort, a resourceful 12–year–old boy steals to support his troubled older sister in this fine…
Smash (TV Series) (2012)- Feat. Debra Messing, Jack Davenport, Anjelica Huston…
- A superior, adult–minded alternative to GLEE, this focuses on the creative talent both on–stage and behind–the–scenes of a…
Smashed (2012)- Dir. James Ponsoldt
Feat. Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Nick Offerman… - Riveting portrait, much acclaimed at Sundance, of a married couple mutually dependent on alcohol who attempt to start the long road to recovery.
Song for Marion (Unfinished Song) (2012)- Dir. Paul Andrew Williams
Feat. Terence Stamp, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Arterton… - A dying woma