14 December 2022 UK 2019 Director: Michael Caton-Jones Lock up your loved ones. The girls of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour are heading to the big city and nobody is safe. Michael Caton-Jones’ adaptation of Alan Warner’s novel The Sopranos does not disappoint. A school trip to an Edinburgh singing competition is justthe ticket for… Continue reading Our Ladies
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Our Memory Belongs To Us
30 November 2022 Syria/Denmark/France/Palestine 2021 Director: Rami Farah Nearly 10 years after the beginning of the Syrian revolution, three Syrian activists, Yadan, Odai and Rani reunite on a theatre stage in Paris. Through life-size projections onto a big screen, director Rami Farah confronts the three men with footage, some of it their own, depicting events… Continue reading Our Memory Belongs To Us
Bacurau
16 November 2022 Brazil/France 2019 130 Minutes Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho A bracing mash-up of genres and political comment, Bacurau offers stinging insights into the state of modern Brazil and the legacy of colonialism. Set in the near future, it follows Teresa (Bárbara Colen) as she returns home to attend her mother’s funeral. Bacurau is… Continue reading Bacurau
Another Round
2 November 2022 Denmark 2020 117 Minutes Director: Thomas Vinterberg Mads Mikkelsen reunites with Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt) in this spirited and thought-provoking drama that asks if a regular tipple is the key to unlocking the best version of yourself. Four friends, all teachers at various stages of middle age, are stuck in a rut.… Continue reading Another Round
Made In Bangladesh
19 October 2022 Bangladesh 2019 95 Minutes Director: Rubaiyat Hossain Shimu (Rikita Nandini Shimu) works long and physically punishing shifts at a Dhaka garment factory. After a fire at the factory sends all the workers fleeing in panic into the streets, they all mourn the death of one of their co-workers. This catastrophe ripples through… Continue reading Made In Bangladesh
Hive
Kosovo/Switzerland/Albania/North Macedonia 2021 84 Minutes Director: Blerta Basholli A major award-winner at Sundance, Hive is an outstanding first feature from director Blerta Basholli. In March 1999, the Kosovan village of Krusha e Madhe was the site of a massacre that left 240 people dead or missing. Seven years later, the villagers live without knowing the… Continue reading Hive
The Outfit
USA 2022 Director: Grahame Moore 106 minutes September 21st 2022 Mark Rylance stars as a British tailor caught up in a 1956 Chicago mob war in this precision- tooled crime thriller from Oscar winner Graham Moore (The Imitation Game). Leonard Burling isn’t just a tailor. He’s a cutter, and there’s a big difference. Mark Rylance… Continue reading The Outfit
Cairo Conspiracy
20th September 2023 Sweden/France/Finland 2022 121 minutes Director: Tarik Saleh The gripping and critically acclaimed new thriller from Tarik Saleh (The Nile Hilton Incident, The Contractor), follows Adam, a young man who is offered a place to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo. Shortly after his arrival in the city, the university’s highest-ranking religious… Continue reading Cairo Conspiracy
Lunana – A Yak In The Classroom
4 October 2023 Bhutan 2019 109 Minutes Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji Enchanting, entertaining and gloriously filmed, Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom follows a daydreaming young teacher who discovers an unlikely path to contentment after being posted to a remote school, dizzyingly high up in the Himalayan mountain village of Lunana. Beautifully photographed in extraordinary… Continue reading Lunana – A Yak In The Classroom
The Grave Digger’s Wife
1 November 2023 Finland/Germany/France/ Somalia/Qatar 2021 83 Minutes Director: Khadar Aydreus Ahmed Winner of Best Film at the African Movie Academy Awards, Khadar Ayderus Ahmed’s The Gravedigger’s Wife is set in Djibouti City, where Guled (Omar Abdi) works hard to support his wife and son. The deaths of others provide him with a living as… Continue reading The Grave Digger’s Wife