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From acclaimed director Mike Leigh comes this epic portrayal of events surrounding the infamous 1819 'Peterloo Massacre' in Manchester, when armed government forces charged into a crowd of 60,000 peaceful protesters who were desperate for greater democracy and improved working conditions. Featuring stellar performances from Maxine Peake and Rory Kinnear, 'Peterloo' is an explosively visceral retelling of a defining moment in British history. - Director:
- Mike Leigh
- Cast:
- Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell
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From writer-director Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) comes a unique film starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. Although Padraic (Farrell) and CoIm (Gleeson) have been lifelong friends, they find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, bringing alarming consequences for both of them. - Director:
- Martin McDonagh
- Cast:
- Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon
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Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)O Beijo da Mulher Aranha
A dreary prison cell is shared by two men who, in terms of lifestyle, could not be further apart. Molina (William Hurt) is a homosexual convicted for obscene behaviour, the other, Valentin (Raul Julia), is a revolutionary who has been continually tortured by the same totalitarian authorities. As the minutes slowly pass, Molina invents a story based on the glamorous cinema of yesteryear - a Nazi propaganda film involving an unlikely love affair. At first, this extravagant display of personality doesn't bode well for the cellmates' relationship but as time and the story progresses a new kind of friendship begins to blossom. - Director:
- Hector Babenco
- Cast:
- William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga
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In a rural community of grinding economic and spiritual poverty, where poaching and delivering bootleg liquor supplement meagre incomes and love is absent, Mouchette is endlessly abused. She cares selflessly and without thanks for her family as her mother slowly dies, whilst she is humiliated by a teacher for singing out of tune, is called a slut by a shopkeeper and even, as she is about to speak to a young man who smiled at her on the dodgems, is slapped by her harsh, judgemental father. Finally, having sought to help the epileptic poacher Arsene, she is raped by him. Even then, she later protects him. Mouchette may not understand all that she experiences but nor is she a helpless victim. She cares for her mother and especially for her infant sibling. Ostracised by her cruel classmates, she retaliates, throwing mud at them. She also avenges herself against the woman who speaks with pious reverence of the dead and who offers Mouchette a funeral shroud for her mother and a dress for herself. - Director:
- Robert Bresson
- Cast:
- Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal
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An unique one-off collage of famous voices and faces, intercut with evocative imagery inspired by the play presented in collaboration with National Theatre Wales to celebrate the centenary year of the poet's birth. Alongside Sir Tom Jones as Captain Cat the cast includes: Michael Sheen, Matthew Rhys. Aimee-Ffion Edwards. Griff Rhys Jones, John Rhys Davies. Andrew Howard. Rakie Ayola (Voice1&2), Jonathan Pryce. Sian Phillips (Mr and Mrs Pugh). Aneurin Barnard. Tom Rhys Harries. Karl Johnson (Drowned). Nia Roberts (Rosie Probert), loan Gruffudd (Mog Edwards). Kimberley Nixon (Myfanwy Price). Bryn Terfel (Rev Eli Jenkins). Katherine Jenkins (Polly Garter). Steffan Rhodri (Mr Waldo). Charlotte Church (Mrs Ogmore Pritchard). Aneirin Hughes (Mr Pritchard). Tom Ellis (Mr Ogmore), Robert Pugh (Butcher Beynon). Suzanne Packer (Mrs Beynon). Eve Myles (Lily Smalls). Iwan Rheon (Evans The Death). Alexandra Roach (Mae Rose Cottage), Craig Roberts (Nogood Boyo), Sharon Morgan (Mary Ann Sailors). Mark Lewis Jones. Richard Harrington. Sophie Evans, Melanie Walters (Neighbours). Owen Teale (Dai Bread). Di Botcher (Mrs Dai Bread One). Sian Thomas (Mrs Dai Bread Two), and Jon Tregenna (Sinbad Sailors). - Director:
- Pip Broughton
- Cast:
- Michael Sheen, Aneurin Barnard, Tom Jones
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Return to Seoul (2022)Retour à Séoul
Davy Chou's 'Return to Seoul', which premiered in Cannes 2022's Un Certain Regard, is an unpredictable and refreshingly authentic story of a young woman's search for identity. Park Ji-Min delivers a revelatory performance as Freddie, an adoptee who was born in South Korea and raised in France. Freddie is magnetic, spirited and hard to pin down; never in one place, or with one person, for long enough to get attached. At 25 years old, she visits Seoul for the first time since her adoption, in an attempt to reconnect with her biological parents and the culture she had to leave behind. - Director:
- Davy Chou
- Cast:
- Park Ji-Min, Kwang-rok Oh, Guka Han
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A collection of sixteen short films from British filmmakers.
Tracklisting:
1. About A Girl - Brian Percival
2. Boy & Bicycle - Ridley Scott
3. Dear Phone - Peter Greenaway
4. Doodlebug - Christopher Nolan
5. Eight - Stephen Daldry6. Gasman - Lynne Ramsay
7. Girl Chewing Gum - John Smith
8. Home - Morag McKinnon
9. Joyride - Jim Gillespie
10. Inside Out - Tom & Charles Guard
11. Je T'aime John Wayne - Toby Macdonald
12. The Sheep Thief - Asif Kapadia
13. The Short & Curlies - Mike Leigh
14. Telling Lies - Simon Ellis
15. UK Images - Martin Parr
16. Who's My Favourite Girl? - Adrian J. McDowall- Director:
- Martin Parr
- Cast:
- Stephen Daldry, Simon Ellis, Jonathan Finn
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Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Sir Alec Guinness stars in one of his most vivid disguises, in this killingly funny black comedy gem. The villains plot to kill the old lady who discovers their robbery. But the pensioner is not as harmless as she seems! A rare colour film from Ealing in the '50s, it was premiered in 1955 at the end of the Ealing Green period. - Director:
- Alexander MacKendrick
- Cast:
- Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker
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Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps and other sordid souls, is a place that reeks of death and hopelessness, where a lonely vampire is stalking the towns most unsavory inhabitants. But when boy meets girl, an unusual love story begins to blossom... blood red. - Director:
- Ana Lily Amirpour
- Cast:
- Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh
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It's 1981, the start of a new decade and Ritchie (Olly Alexander), Roscoe (Omari Douglas) and Colin (Callum Scott Howells) begin a new life in London. Strangers at first, these young gay lads, and their best friend Jill (Lydia West), find themselves thrown together, and soon share each other's adventures. But a new virus is on the rise, and soon their lives will be tested in ways they never imagined. As the decade passes, and they grow up in the shadow of AIDS, they're determined to live and love more fiercely than ever. - Director:
- Peter Hoar
- Cast:
- Olly Alexander, Nathaniel Curtis, Shaun Dooley
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