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From master story teller Guillermo del Toro, comes The Shape Of Water – an other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when […]

Paweł Pawlikowski follows his Oscar-winning Ida with the stunning Cold War, an epic romance set against the backdrop of Europe after World War II. In the ruins of post-war Poland, Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) and Zula (Joanna Kulig) fall deeply, obsessively and destructively in love. As performing musicians forced to play into the Soviet propaganda machine, […]

George A. Romero’s terrifying classic, the movie that invented the zombie genre, in a stunning new 4K restoration. Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is one of the great stories of independent […]

Ett nytt animerat mästerverk från Studio Ghibli! Anna ska tillbringa sommaren på Hokkaido. Tanken är att den fuktiga luften ska lindra hennes astma. Hon fördriver tiden med att dagdrömma, övertygad om att hon står utanför den osynliga cirkeln som de flesta människor tillhör. Då träffar hon Marnie, en flicka som inte dömer utan låter henne […]

In Beginners, director Mike Mills offered up a loving portrait of his father. This time it’s the turn of his mother and Annette Bening gives a barnstorming, career-best performance as Dorothea Fields, flawlessly delivering zingers like “Wondering if you’re happy is just a shortcut to being depressed”. Unvarnished and oozing charisma, Bening radiates in this […]

Set against a backdrop of emerging teen culture and rising racial tension in late 50s London, Colin MacInnes’ cult novel is brought to the screen in Julien Temple’s lavish musical adaptation. Struggling young photographer Colin sees his ambitious, fame-seeking girlfriend Crepe Suzette slipping away as she ruthlessly pursues a career in fashion. To win her […]

A couple search for their missing son in this beguiling thriller from Andrey Zvyagintsev (Leviathan, The Return). Winner of Best Film at the 2017 London Film Festival. Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to […]

Peter Turner met Hollywood legend Gloria Grahame at a London lodging in the late 1970s. They fell in love and embarked on an intense if short-lived affair. Paul McGuigan’s touching film, based on Turner’s memoir, recalls that time and their subsequent encounter in Liverpool a few years later. It’s a beautiful and evocative drama, with […]