A sweeping and immersive portrait, Michael brings the story of Michael Jackson to the big screen with striking ambition. Rather than simply revisiting familiar hits, the film digs deeper, tracing his evolution from a prodigious talent fronting the Jackson Five to a visionary artist determined to redefine global entertainment. At its centre is an assured debut from Jaafar Jackson, capturing both...

From France, a small-scale, warm-hearted comedy of nuns entering a bike race in the Jura mountains. In a small countryside village, the sisters of a dysfunctional convent find that their local hospice is falling to pieces and dangerously short of funds – and that only the cash prize for a 30km cycling race can provide them. Against total inexperience, infirmity, and a fearsome rival convent,...

Thirty years after Pixar’s groundbreaking Toy Story first arrived in cinemas, Woody and Buzz return for an all-new adventure. The beloved toys find themselves facing a modern challenge as Bonnie becomes obsessed with Lilypad, a mysterious frog-shaped tablet that threatens to replace traditional playtime. Just as Woody once worried about being overshadowed by the arrival of Buzz Lightyear, the t...

Following the immense success of Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan now lends his craftsmanship to a truly timeless story. The Odyssey is an adaptation of Homer’s monument of literature, and depicts the story of Odysseus and his long voyage home after the Trojan War, during which he encounters all manner of obstacles. Matt Damon steps into the role of our beleaguered hero, bolstered by a stacked su...

He’s on a mission to save the Earth with no idea how he got there. Astronaut Dr. Ryland Grace finds himself aboard the Hail Mary, a spacecraft dispatched on a last-chance mission to save Earth from interstellar catastrophe. Based on the bestselling novel by Andy Weir, the film shares a similar edutainment-meets-space-adventure tone to his previous work, The Martian. But here, the stakes are far...

Hide your bananas, because the Minions are back, and this time, they’re taking over the film industry! Set before the first Minions film, we follow a new tribe as they find themselves flung into the studio lots of silent-era Hollywood, and landing in the positions of cast and crew. But when the advent of sound technology threatens their new standing, the minions have to pull out all the stops t...

A decade after the original film's release, modern Disney classic Moana receives a stunning live action reimagination! Moana (played this time by Catherine Laga’aia) is the courageous daughter of a village chief in ancient Polynesia, who sets out to save her community after a curse takes over her island, encountering the demigod Maui (once again played by Dwayne Johnson) and numerous perils alo...

Tove Jansson’s coming-of-age classic gets a suitably tranquil yet luminous adaptation, backed by a quietly formidable performance from Glenn Close. Sometime last century, six-year-old Sophia is taken by her stoic father to a small island off the south of Finland, where they spend a peaceful midsummer with his mother in tow. All three are shaken by grief, with Sophia’s mother recently dead – but...

The Runway office doors swing open once more in The Devil Wears Prada 2, the highly anticipated sequel to the iconic fashion-world comedy drama The Devil Wears Prada. Years after surviving the whirlwind demands of legendary editor Miranda Priestly, journalist Andy Sachs has built a respected career far from the glossy pages of Runway magazine. But when the publishing industry faces a digital re...

Steven Spielberg reunites with science fiction for an otherworldly conspiracy thriller, following the race to uncover the truth of life beyond Earth. One day in Kansas City, a meteorologist suddenly starts speaking in an unrecognisable language on live television, and only a young cybersecurity expert can understand her. With this, he can reveal a shattering truth about humanity’s place in the ...

If all the buzz around The Odyssey has you looking back at Christopher Nolan’s work, why not check out one of his most iconic films? The second installment in the Dark Knight trilogy, the film follows masked vigilante Batman (Christian Bale) on a crusade against organised crime in Gotham City. But when a sadistic, green-haired criminal known as The Joker (Heath Ledger) unleashes new levels of ...

In the style of classic screwball comedies (with Bringing Up Baby as a key influence), What’s Up Doc? is an uproarious throwback and an ode to the craftsmanship of cinematic comedy. When befuddled musicologist Howard Bannister (Ryan O’Neal) finds himself in the same hotel as free spirit Judy Maxwell (Barbara Streisand), he is pulled into a series of escalating catastrophes involving jewel thief...

Olivia Wilde returns to directing with a smart, nuanced, and brilliantly uncomfortable comedy of marital manners. Seeking a release from constant stand-offs with her listless husband Joe (Seth Rogen), Angela (Wilde) invites the (audibly) much happier couple upstairs to a dinner party. She is bent on making it work; he won’t even try to help; they’re just happy to be there – and before long, var...

For over six decades, Northern Soul has burned as a musical and cultural phenomenon. Discarded by the mainstream, black soul artists from the US became underground legends across the UK's Northern Soul clubs — kept alive through rare vinyl, all-night dancefloors, and fierce loyalty. Born in the working-class communities of the North and the Midlands in the 60s and 70s, the movement fused American ...

Released in 1963, Summer Holiday is one of the most enduring and enjoyable British musicals of its era. Starring Cliff Richard alongside Lauri Peters, Una Stubbs and Melvyn Hayes, it follows a group of London bus mechanics who convert a double-decker bus into a travelling hotel and set off on an adventure across Europe. Along the way they encounter a runaway American singer, unexpected romance ...

Before the neon skylines of countless modern sci-fi worlds, there was Blade Runner. Ridley Scott's definitive edition of this timeless dystopian classic inspired a generation of filmmakers and helped define the cyberpunk genre. Beyond its groundbreaking visual design, Blade Runner remains one of cinema's most thought-provoking works, exploring enduring philosophical questions about identity, co...

Viva Maastricht! This year, André Rieu celebrates a spectacular milestone — the 20th anniversary of his iconic summer concerts on the magnificent Vrijthof square. Captured live in his beloved hometown, this brand-new cinema event marks two decades of music and unforgettable magical summer nights. Viva Maastricht! is a joyful tribute to the city where it all began. Joined by his world-renowne...

Years after standing out as the sister in Fleabag, Sian Clifford commands attention again as an artsy, unstable aristocrat hosting a film crew. Isolated at her palatial English country house and seeking an audience for her outlandish new performance-installation work, Lady Isabella invites a young documentarian to make her –“aristocracy’s answer to the Kardashians” – better known. Seeing a rich...

Bill Nighy leads an outstanding ensemble cast as an aging, irascible author facing off against his family. After gaining literary stardom as a young man, Andrew Dyer is an alcoholic recluse, having alienated his wife and sons through an affair that produced another child. On suddenly inviting them all to his English mansion, conflict between them soon erupts – but they, and particularly Andrew,...