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The Stranger

11/03/2026 |

Directed by François Ozon Certificate 15 120 minutes Released 10 April

The figure of the antihero a protagonist of a story, with less praiseworthy qualities than we traditionally expect from a hero can be traced back through Western culture to … Read More

The Testament of Ann Lee

23/02/2026 |

Directed by Mona Fastvold Certificate 15 130 minutes Released 27 February

Few films accurately chronicle a specific, historical Christian sect, fewer still do so as a musical. I knew virtually nothing about the Shakers, before seeing The Testament of Ann … Read More

Hamnet

05/01/2026 |

Directed by Chloé Zhao Certificate 12A125 minutes Released 9 January

Shakespeare’s romantic relationship, family life and the tragedy of bereavement resulted in his writing one of his bestknown plays, Hamlet. In Elizabethan England, we are told at the start of … Read More

The Choral

07/11/2025 |

Directed by Nicholas Hytner Certificate 12a113 minutes Released 7 November

Two years into the First World War, Ramsden, Yorkshire, is feeling the pinch. The musical director of the local choral society has just joined up, forcing the organiser, local mill … Read More

The Glassworker

17/09/2025 |

Directed by Usman Riaz Certificate 12a98 minutes Released 19 September

Although this looks and feels like a movie made by Japan’s famed drawn animation house Studio Ghibli, it is in fact Pakistan’s first animated feature: no mean feat given … Read More

The Life of Chuck

23/07/2025 |

Directed by Mike FlanaganCertificate 15, 110 minutesReleased 20 August

‘What are mortals, that you should think of them?’, asks the psalmist.

Stephen King is known as a horror writer, but he sometimes breaks that mould; his stories have produced the … Read More