An epic musical fantasy about the uncensored human story of Sir Elton John’s breakthrough years. Centred on Elton’s inspirational yet fractious partnership with the lyricist Bernie Taupin, the colours are striking, the settings are stunning and the music is irresistible.
Year: 2019
Director: Dexter Fletcher
Cast: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden
Language: English
Duration: 121 Mins
Cert: 15
Halla is a 50 something independent woman who combines her passion of leading a local choir with serious environmental activism. When the latter activity brings her into conflict with the authorities, she receives some startling news which will change her life for ever.
Year: 2019
Director: Benedict Erlingsson
Cast: Halldora Geirhardsdottir, Johann Sigurdarson
Language: Icelandic, Ukrainian (English subtitles)
Duration: 100 Mins
Cert: 12A
Chela and Chiquita are close friends who come from wealthy families in Asuncion. When their financial situation deteriorates and they are faced with a harsh reality they react in different ways which ultimately transforms their lives. The film depicts the unspoken assumptions of class and privilege and what happens when these break down.
Year: 2018
Director: Marcello Martinessi
Cast: Halldora Geirhardsdottir, Johann Sigurdarson
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)
Duration: 96 Mins
Cert: 12A
A disparate group of students at an elite American college hatch a plan to steal some extremely valuable books from the university library, both for financial gain and to inject some meaning into what they see as their failures in life. The amateurishness of their preparations does not detract from the tension of the heist itself. Based on a true story, the film depicts a generational malaise which is actually tragic.
Year: 2018
Director: Burt Layton
Cast: Evan Peters, Blake Jenner, Ann Dowd
Language: English
Duration: 117 Mins
Cert: 15
A passionate love story between two artistic people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to always return to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible times.
Year: 2018
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Cast: Joanna Kulig, Thomasz Kot
Language: Polish, French (English subtitles)
Duration: 86 Mins
Cert: 15
The film follows Carlos Acosta – nicknamed Yuli by his father – from growing up poor on the streets of his native Havana, through his time at Cuba’s National Dance School, to performing and directing with London’s prestigious Royal Ballet. Throughout, Acosta uses dance to try to make sense of his early life.
Year: 2019
Director: Iclar Bollain
Cast: Carlos Acosta, Santiago Alfonso
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)
Duration: 95 Mins
Cert: 15
With their father an unemployed lorry-driver, the Kim family struggle to get by. Using false accreditation, their college-age son lands a job as tutor to the daughter of the rich Park family and gradually inveigles his sister and parents into jobs at the luxury Park mansion. A searing critique of social inequality and a riotous comedy featuring the ultimate con-artist family, the film won the Palme d’Or at the 2019 Cannes film festival.
n.b. We are not sure if this film will be available to screen by this date. If it is not available we will be showing the Japanese film ‘Shoplifters’ in its place.
Year: 2019
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun
Language: Korean (English subtitles)
Duration: 132 Mins
Cert: 15
Glaswegian girl Rose-Lynn has a burning ambition. She wants to go to Nashville and fulfil her dream of becoming a Country music star. She does have an amazing talent but she is also a single mother of two, has a problem with drink and drugs and has just got out of prison! Music rings throughout a rousing movie that promises to set hearts and heads pounding.
Year: 2019
Director: Tom Harper
Cast: Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, Sophie Okonedo
Language: English
Duration: 98 Mins
Cert: 15
When her daughter is brutally murdered, Mildred Hayes confronts the local police, whose incompetent investigation of the crime reveals small-town lethargy and prejudice. The astonishing twists and turns of the plot and lurches from black comedy to sudden violence are surmounted by an outstanding performance by Frances McDormand as Mildred for which she won best actress at the Oscars.
Year: USA 2017
Director: Martin McDonough
Cast: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson
Language: English
Duration: 115 Mins
Cert: 15
The true story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his marriage to an English woman created political and diplomatic turmoil in Africa and Britain. When the African prince and law student Seretse falls in love with London secretary Ruth, their romance stirs up a whirlwind of diplomatic conflict, revealing the deep-rooted racism of the post-war British establishment and the suspicion of Seretse’s subjects. Will their love overcome such massive obstacles?
Year: UK 2016
Director: Amma Asante
Cast: David Oyelowa, Rosamund Pike
Language: English/Tswana
Duration: 111 Mins
Cert: 12
