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ONE LIFE (2023) 12A (DRAMA)
The true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who visited
Prague in December 1938. He found families who had fled the rise of the Nazis in
Germany and Austria, living in desperate conditions with little or no shelter and
food, and under threat of Nazi invasion. How many children could he and the team
rescue before the borders closed? Fifty years later, Nicky is still blaming himself
for not doing more. It’s not until a live BBC television show, ‘That’s Life’, surprises
him by introducing him to some surviving children – now adults – that he finally
begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he had carried for five decades. Click here for the trailer
WONKA (2023) PG (FAMILY/COMEDY)
Based on the extraordinary character at the centre of Roald Dahl’s beloved
children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Wonka tells the wondrous story
of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the
Willy Wonka we know today. Young Willy Wonka is full of ideas, and determined
to change the world one delectable bite at a time – proving that the best things in
life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka anything
is possible. Click here for the trailer
ANATOMY OF A FALL (2023) 15 (DRAMA/THRILLER)
When her husband Samuel is mysteriously found dead in the snow below their secluded
chalet, Sandra becomes the main suspect when the police begin to question whether
he fell or was pushed. The trial soon becomes not just an investigation, but a gripping
psychological journey into the depths of Sandra and Samuel’s complicated marriage. Click here for the trailer
THE COLOR PURPLE (2023) 12A (MUSICAL)
Billing itself as “a bold new take on the beloved classic”, this is Alice Walker’s novel
reinterpreted as a musical. In 1909 Celie, a young black American girl, is given away
in marriage by her abusive father to a local farmer, Albert, who treats her cruelly.
Deliverance comes in the unexpected form of Albert’s mistress Shug Avery, a jazz
singer who takes her away from her misery. Click here for trailer
HAMLET (2024) 12A (DRAMA)
In this unique age-, colour- and gender-blind production, which re-imagines
Shakespeare’s timeless story of revenge as a modern psychological thriller, Ian
McKellen reprises his lead role as Hamlet, and co-stars with the stage cast of the 2021
Theatre Royal Windsor production of play, including Frances Barber, Jonathan Hyde,
Jenny Seagrove, Steven Berkoff and Francesca Annis. Directed by Sean Mathias, the
movie is shot at the Theatre Royal Windsor, and utilises nearly every room of the
theatre to transform it into Elsinore Castle, from basement dungeon to roof-top
battlements. Click here for Trailer
THE HOLDOVERS (2023) 15 (COMEDY/DRAMA)
With no family and nowhere to go over the Christmas holidays in 1970, unpopular
classics teacher Paul Hunham (Giamatti) is stuck at school to supervise Angus, a
bright teenager whose bad behaviour always threatens to get him expelled.
Joining Paul and Angus is head cook Mary (Oscar-winner Randolph) – an African
American woman whose own son was recently lost in Vietnam. These three
shipwrecked people form an unlikely Christmas family, sharing comic
misadventures during two very snowy weeks in New England. Click here for Trailer
THE LESSON (2023) 15 (THRILLER)
Liam (Daryl McCormack), an aspiring young novelist, is hired to tutor the son of revered
author J M Sinclair (Richard E Grant) and his art-dealer wife (Julie Delpy). However, he
soon realises that Sinclair, his wife and their son all guard a dark past, one that threatens
Liam’s future as well as their own. As the lines between master and protégé blur, class,
ambition, and betrayal become a dangerous combination in this taut noir thriller. Click here for trailer
NEXT GOAL WINS (2023) 12A
From Taika Waititi, who directed the wonderful Hunt for the Wilderpeople, comes
this story of the American Samoa soccer team, who suffered the worst loss in
World Cup history, losing to Australia 31-0 in 2001. With the 2014 World Cup
approaching, the team recruits a down on his luck, maverick coach (Fassbender)
to help turn their fate around. Click for trailer
WICKED LITTLE LETTERS (2023) 15 (CRIME/COMEDY)
A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark, absurd scandal in this
riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger-than-fiction true story, Wicked Little
Letters follows two neighbours: deeply-conservative local Edith Swan (Olivia
Colman) and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley). When Edith and
fellow residents start to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious
profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters
prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women, led
by Police Officer Gladys Moss (Anjana Vasan), begin to investigate the crime
themselves, they suspect that something is amiss and Rose might not be the
culprit after all. Click here for trailer
THE ZONE OF INTEREST (2023) 12A (DRAMA/HISTORY)
Based on the book by Martin Amis. Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his
wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden
beside the camp. Click here for trailer
FALLEN LEAVES (2023) 12A (ROMANTIC COMEDY)
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a
karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost
phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog. Click here for trailer
THE LONGEST DAY (1962) PG (WAR/DRAMA)
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, the U.S.,
Britain, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defences being
established as part of the Reich’s Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the
Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. “For the Allies as well
as the Germans, it will be the longest day. The longest day.” Click here for trailer
POOR THINGS (2023) 18 (DRAMA/COMEDY)
Based on the novel by Alasdair Gray, itself a riff on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,
and set in Victorian Glasgow, this is the story of Bella Baxter (Stone), who comes
into being when the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr Godwin Baxter (Dafoe)
implants a baby’s brain into a corpse and then reanimates it. Under Baxter’s
protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, she
runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a
whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times,
Bella matures into a champion of equality and liberation. Click here for trailer
THE TASTE OF THINGS (2023) 12A (HISTORICAL DRAMA/ROMANCE)
The relationship between Eugénie, an esteemed cook, and Dodin, the gourmet she
has been working for over the last 20 years. Growing fonder of one another, their
bond turns into a romance and gives rise to delicious dishes that impress even the
world’s most illustrious chefs. When Dodin is faced with Eugénie’s reluctance to
commit to him, he decides to start cooking for her. Click here for trailer