Ridley Scott follows up his modern epic masterpiece with a similarly gigantic, gripping, and impeccably made story of a broken man taking on the Roman Empire. Decades after Maximus restored order to Ancient Rome, his son Lucius lives peacefully away from it in North Africa with his family – only for history to repeat itself when its new rulers invade, kill his family, and enslave him. Forced to f...

Steve McQueen’s visually stunning Blitz offers a poignant tapestry of British life during World War II. Saoirse Ronan stars as Rita, an East End mother who, fearing for her son George’s (Elliott Heffernan) safety during nightly air raids, makes the painful decision to send him to the countryside. However, George soon leaves the train, determined to return home to Stepney Green. As he navigates wa...

Have you ever wondered what determined good and evil in the land of Oz? It is time for the untold and truly Wicked story of the witches of Oz - where green is the new pink! Starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda, the most unlikely of friends. Meeting as students at Shiz University in the enchanting Land of Oz, they form an incredibly unexpected but profound friendship. B...

Ralph Fiennes lends gravitas to the new Robert Harris adaptation: an operatic, thoughtful thriller on the race for the papacy. Cardinal Thomas Lawrence wishes to leave the murky machinations of the Vatican, but is asked by the Pope to stay on, just before his death puts Lawrence in charge of choosing a replacement. Among candidates greatly differing in ideology and character, he must guide the el...

Hugh Grant delivers a devilishly dark performance in the twisty horror Heretic, showcasing his knack for playing devious villains, as seen in Paddington 2. In this chilling tale, written and directed by A Quiet Place creators Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, Grant stars as Mr. Reed, a seemingly charming man who is visited by two Mormon missionaries after expressing interest in conversion. However, thi...

The heartwarming adventures of the beloved bear Paddington continues - so follow the marmalade footprints to the Odyssey, for the year’s hairiest threequel! Paddington heads back home to the Peruvian jungle to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, now a resident at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family and Mrs Bird in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mysterious disappearance plunges t...

Sean Baker’s Anora, winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, features a star-making performance from Mikey Madison. Baker (The Florida Project, Red Rocket) tells a modern-day Cinderella story about Ani, a Brooklyn sex worker, who meets Vanya, the spoiled son of a Russian oligarch. He offers her a life of wealth and glamour, but their whirlwind marriage faces trouble when Vanya’s parents fly to New Yor...

It is 1985, in the run-up to Christmas in a small town in County Wexford, Ireland, Small Things Like These stars Cillian Murphy as Bill Furlong, a coal merchant supporting his wife and five daughters. While delivering coal to a local convent one morning, Bill uncovers a disturbing secret that forces him to confront the dark realities of the town, dominated by the Catholic Church, and his own past...

200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery is hosting the UK’s biggest-ever Van Gogh exhibition. Van Gogh is not only one of the most beloved artists of all time, but perhaps the most misunderstood. This film is a chance to reexamine and better understand this iconic artist. Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & ...

The latest film from John Crowley (Brooklyn) is a poignant British romantic drama, strikingly led by Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield. Rather than a meet-cute, restaurateur Almut and recent divorcee Tobias’s first encounter is quite literally a car crash. After such a memorable meeting, an instant spark forms between the pair, overpowering any disagreements they may have about matrimony and ch...

Cate Blanchett and Charles Dance lead a droll, carnivalesque political satire,on world leaders facing a global crisis. At the G7 in rural Germany, international leaders meet to compose a vague statement against a vaguer looming threat, only for their own liaisons, fixations, and navel-gazing to hamper them at every step. A bigger distraction emerges when night falls, the outside world vanishes, a...

Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton shine in Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature, an exquisite adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s What Are You Going Through. The film follows long-time friends Ingrid, a best-selling novelist, and Martha, a war journalist, who reconnect after years apart when Martha is diagnosed with cancer. As Ingrid rushes to support her, their bond deepens through shared me...

Robert Eggers returns to horror by reanimating the classic German film and the Dracula narrative, leaving a magnificent, nuanced, and genuinely frightening story of dread and desire. In Baltic Germany around 1838, young Ellen’s nights are dominated by a vague, monstrous figure, summoning unnameable feelings within that her mind and society cannot manage. As her estate-agent husband engages a myst...

The world’s fastest hedgehog is back, but this time, the stakes are higher than ever! When the nefarious Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) returns, now armed with Chaos Emerald-fueled powers and a new ally, Shadow the Hedgehog (Keanu Reeves), Sonic must race to stop his plans for ultimate domination. Teaming up with his trusty friends Tails (Colleen O'Shaughnessey) and Knuckles (Idris Elba), Sonic embark...

Bringing to life the extraordinary true story of Robbie Williams, the legendary British pop superstar whose electrifying rise, dramatic fall, and jaw-dropping comeback have made him one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Directed by visionary filmmaker Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman), this groundbreaking film is told through Robbie’s own eyes, infused with his razor-sharp wit and uns...

The Commander tells the remarkable true story of Second World War submarine captain Salvatore Todaro (Pierfrancesco Favino - Maria), his vessel the Cappellini, and the unlikely moment that follows his crew coming under fire in October 1940. A brief but violent battle ensues which ends when Todaro sinks the opposing ship – and it is at this point that the commander reaches a decision that is des...

Angelina Jolie gives her most tremendous performance yet in a richly operatic, and cinematic, take on the life of Maria Callas. In 1970s Paris, a documentary filmmaker seeks out the great soprano, now choked by age, illness, and public attention into retirement. Even so, she jumps at the chance to survey her titanic life – from Nazi-oppressed beginnings to unparalleled success to torrid affairs –...

Take to the waves again this winter, measure the stars and sail across the ocean. It is time for the hotly anticipated follow-up to the smash-hit 2016 animated movie musical. Make way, make way – It’s Moana 2, with more breathless and beautiful Polynesian mythology. Plus, we can expect some top tunes to match! Dwayne Johnson and Auli'i Cravalho will be back as Maui and Moana for this new voyag...

Tolkien’s enduring masterwork of high fantasy gets another source of life in this anime epic, exploring the wars and people that made the kingdom of Rohan. 183 years before the One Ring reemerged, ageing king Helm Hammerhand finds his country in danger when he rejects a marriage alliance, leaving a rival lord dead and his son seeking revenge. As the kingdom quickly falls under siege, Helm’s warri...