Leaning into the Wind

Directed by acclaimed Swedish filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson, That Summer centres on the film project artist Peter Beard initiated together with the incandescent Lee Radziwill about her relatives: the Beales of Grey Gardens. Lost for decades, this extraordinary footage re-emerges in Olsson s documentary, which focuses on Peter Beard and his family of friends, who […]

‘The German invasion of England took place in July 1940 after the British retreat from Dunkirk. Strongly resisted at first, the German army took many months to restore order. But the resistance movement, lacking outside support, was finally crushed. Then, in 1944, the resistance movement reappeared.’ That is what happened when history was rewritten. Nazi […]

Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev makes his feature debut with this haunting, poignant family drama. Teenage brothers Andrei (Vladimir Garin) and Ivan (Ivan Dobronravov) have lived with their mother (Natalya Vdovina) and grandmother (Galina Petrova) for as long as they can remember when their long-lost father (Konstantin Lavronenko) suddenly turns up after a twelve-year absence. While […]

Ian McEwan’s adaptation of his novel, directed by Dominic Cooke, is an emotionally charged exploration of love, sex and marriage, featuring superb performances by Lady Bird star Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle (Dunkirk). It is summer 1962, and England has yet to undergo the social changes that ushered in a new morality synonymous with the Swinging […]