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Call Girl
Based on a 1970s scandal that rocked the Swedish establishment, linking several prominent politicians to a prostitution ring that included underage girls.
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The Invisible Woman
A sumptuous biopic of the private life of Charles Dickens, focusing on his loveless marriage and secret affair with a younger woman, Nelly Ternan.
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The Past
A film about moral choice and responsibility. A man goes to Iran, abandoning his wife and children in Paris. She asks for a divorce.
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The Kings of Summer
Three teenage boys reject parental restrictions and build a cabin in the woods for the summer.
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Of Horses and Men
This subversively erotic and surreal black comedy-drama combines six interlocking fables of rural life each including a powerful portrayal of human-equine relations (the original Icelandic title is ‘Horse in Us’). Shot beautifully in the great Icelandic outdoors, it depicts a world of violent emotions set against a cinematic love letter to the horse accompanied by
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The Selfish Giant
This passionate contemporary fable, which features outstanding performances by its young leads, has echoes of socio-realist classics such as Ken Loach’s Kes. Set in modern Bradford, it charts the progress of two adolescent boys from tough estates who survive day to day scavenging for scrap. It is loosely based on the classic Oscar Wilde fairy
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The Stuart Hall Project
This absorbing documentary pays tribute to the sociologist and pioneer of cultural studies Stuart Hall, who founded the New Left Review and coined the term ‘Thatcherism’. Against a fabulous Miles Davis soundtrack (a different track frames each section), the film charts both his life-story and changes within British society from his arrival in post-war Britain
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Locke
Locke has done what many married men fantasize about doing at some point in their lives, he’s slept with another woman (if only for one night). The woman, now in hospital, giving birth to his child, requires his support and presence, and Ivan aims not to disappoint. Ivan is at a stage in his life
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The Act of Killing
This horrifically gripping Oscar-nominated documentary examines the legacy of the anti-communist atrocities in the wake of a failed coup in mid-1960s Indonesia. It interviews members of the death squads, who were never prosecuted for their crimes, and gets them to stage bizarre re-enactments of their crimes interspersed with movie footage. While not an easy watch
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Nebraska
This bittersweet, tragicomic but unsentimental road movie from a distinguished director and star at the top of their game depicts a crotchety, senile old man and his harassed son’s quest for riches in Lincoln, Nebraska. Panoramic shots in grainy black and white of the American mid-west are accompanied by an elegiac, plaintive soundtrack. Distinguished actor
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