Genre: Drama – Page 25 – Wimbledon Film Club

Monster

An incident involving a troubled schoolboy has ramifications for the wider community. Shape-shifting mystery drama from distinguished Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters), featuring a score by the late great Ryuichi Sakamoto. Winner Cannes Best Screenplay Award.

The Holdovers

The star (Paul Giamatti) and director (Alexander Payne) of Sideways reunite, in this funny and bittersweet comedy-drama about staff and pupils of a New England boarding school ‘held over’ to reluctantly spend the holidays together.

All of Us Strangers

A moving meditation on love, loneliness and the nature of family starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell & Claire Foy. Winner of 7 British Independent Film Awards, including Best Film and Best Screenplay.

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

A drolly amusing Georgian comedy-drama that tackles the way life can take a sharp turn in middle-age. As the taciturn shopkeeper who rebels against her lot after a near-death experience, Eka Chavleishvili is both sympathetic and constantly surprising.

Orlando

Sally Potter’s 1992 film, already regarded as a classic of British cinema, stars Tilda Swinton in a clever, visually-arresting adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel. Restored in 4K and re-released in 2022 to mark its 30th anniversary.

Summer with Monika

A young couple flee Stockholm in a boat to spend an idyllic summer on an island. A key work by writer and director Ingmar Bergman, the film was initially notorious for a nude scene that helped establish Sweden’s reputation as sexually liberal.

If Only I Could Hibernate

A Mongolian-set drama about a teenager who must balance the demands of his dysfunctional family and the possibilities opened up by academic success.

Perfect Days

Hirayama, played by Koji Yakusho, a middle-aged toilet cleaner in Tokyo, enjoys a rich interior life through reading, photography and classic rock cassette tapes. Wim Wenders’ film artfully mixes the simple enjoyment of the world with the tribulations of human engagement.

The Damned Don’t Cry

A rootless mother and teenage son struggle to get by in an inhospitable society, drifting from one Moroccan town to another, bound by a shameful secret and forced by circumstance into selling themselves.

Rye Lane

Two twenty-somethings connect over the course of an eventful day in South London. Raine Allen-Miller’s refreshing take on the meet-cute rom com received 2 BAFTA nominations.