Jeanne D’Arc

Albert Serra’s humanising of historical figures continues with this tale of the dying days of the Sun King. 1960s-era Truffaut and Godard regular Jean-Pierre Léaud takes on the titular role, bringing more than a little wit to the drama, while Serra’s studied camerawork hones in on the minutiae of the monarch’s daily routine and the […]

1989 and 24 year old Tracy Edwards is a cook on charter boats. No one expected her to lead the first all-female crew to take on the Whitbread Round the World Race. Facing massive opposition – from male competitors who doubted women were up to the challenge, to incredulous sponsors – Tracy’s refusal to give […]

Director Kaneto Shindo’s documentary-like, dialogue-free portrayal of daily struggle is a work of stunning visual beauty and invention. The international breakthrough for one of Japan’s most innovative

With his eighth and most personal film, Alfonso Cuarón recreated the early-1970s Mexico City of his childhood, narrating a tumultuous period in the life of a middle-class family through the experiences of Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio, in a revelatory screen debut), the indigenous domestic worker who keeps the household running. Charged with the care of four […]

En film om fotboll, kärlek och att jaga den stora drömmen – med livet som insats. En verklighetsbaserad skildring inifrån de stora arenorna, de drogfyllda festerna och de snabba bilarna. Men också berättelsen om en ung mans brinnande besatthet, fångad i en absurd fotbollsindustri där allt och alla kan köpas för pengar. Snart är det […]

Donald (Brendan Gleeson) lives on Hampstead Heath. Emily lives on its edge (Diane Keaton). They seem to have little in common, but when developers want to remove Donald from his home the two find themselves fighting alongside each other. Inspired by a true story, Joel Hopkins’ (Last Chance Harvey) gentle comedy drama profits from the […]

From acclaimed filmmaker Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud) comes a genre-defying thriller starring long-time collaborator Michael Shannon alongside a brilliant ensemble cast including Adam Driver, Kirsten Dunst, Joel Edgerton, , Sam Shepard and talented newcomer Jaeden Lieberher. Roy (Michael Shannon) is a father desperate to protect his uniquely gifted eight-year-old son in this gripping take on the […]

A dog plays the central role in Todd Solondz’s (Happiness, Life During Wartime) scrappy mosaic of four characters’ lives. The humans are the dog’s owners and the film’s chapters follow the various owners of the winsome Daschund. The tone that runs through this quartet of stories will be familiar to anyone who’s seen a Solondz […]