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The Penguin LessonsThe Penguin Lessons
Drama2025112 minsDirector: Peter Cattaneo
Steve Coogan is superb as a disillusioned teacher whose life is turned upside-down when he rescues a penguin in turbulent 1970s Argentina.

Mr. BurtonMr. Burton
Biopic2024124 minsDirector: Marc Evans
Toby Jones is terrific as the inspirational mentor who helped propel Richard Burton from the poor son of a Welsh miner to acting legend.

CloudCloud
Drama2024124 minsDirector: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
An online scam leads to deadly consequences in Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s chilling tech thriller.

FlowFlow
Animation & Artists Moving Image202485 minsDirector: Gints Zilbalodis
Oscar-winning animated adventure about an unlikely group of animals who must work together to survive a natural disaster.

Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each OtherTwo Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other
Documentary100 minsDirector: Manon Ouimet and Jacob Perlmutter
A creative artist couple navigate love and ageing in this brave, fascinating documentary.

The Last ShowgirlThe Last Showgirl
Drama202489 minsDirector: Gia Coppola
Golden Globe-nominated Pamela Anderson is enchanting as the Las Vegas showgirl whose stage show is set to close.

RiefenstahlRiefenstahl
Documentary2024115 minsDirector: Andreas Veiel
Captivating insight into the controversial filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, who became world-famous for her Nazi propaganda.

CloudCloud
Drama2024124 minsDirector: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
An online scam leads to deadly consequences in Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s chilling tech thriller.

Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien StoryBlue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
Documentary2025100 minsDirector: Sinéad O'Shea
A candid portrait of a literary sensation that’s as enchanting as O’Brien’s wonderful novels.

Dust & MetalDust & Metal
Documentary202282 minsDirector: Esther Johnson
Discover unfamiliar histories of Vietnam through Esther Johnson’s poetic documentary on the country’s love affair with the motorbike.

MisericordiaMisericordia
Drama2024104 minsDirector: Alain Guiraudie
French provocateur Alain Guiraudie's rural homecoming story mixing passion, crime, mushrooms and bedroom farce to dizzily involving effect.

La CocinaLa Cocina
Drama2024139 minsDirector: Alonso Ruizpalacios
Tensions rise in a frenzied New York diner, in this loose reworking of Arnold Wesker’s 1957 play.

The Penguin LessonsThe Penguin Lessons
Drama2025112 minsDirector: Peter Cattaneo
Steve Coogan is superb as a disillusioned teacher whose life is turned upside-down when he rescues a penguin in turbulent 1970s Argentina.

Mr. BurtonMr. Burton
Biopic2024124 minsDirector: Marc Evans
Toby Jones is terrific as the inspirational mentor who helped propel Richard Burton from the poor son of a Welsh miner to acting legend.

The Summer with CarmenThe Summer with Carmen
Comedy2023106 minsDirector: Zacharias Mavroeidis
A seductive and smart gay comedy set on a cruisy Greek island.

DarlingDarling
Drama1965123 minsDirector: John Schlesinger
Julie Christie stars in the quintessential swinging sixties film, as a young woman flitting nonchalantly through London's nightlife.

Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each OtherTwo Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other
Documentary100 minsDirector: Manon Ouimet and Jacob Perlmutter
A creative artist couple navigate love and ageing in this brave, fascinating documentary.

La ChimeraLa Chimera
Action and Adventure2023132 minsDirector: Alice Rohrwacher
Alice Rohrwacher’s fascinating new drama finds Josh O’Connor’s fish out of water delving into the world of stolen artefacts.

No Other LandNo Other Land
Documentary202492 minsDirector: Basel Adra, Rachel Szor and 2 more
This powerful documentary from a Palestinian-Israeli collective might be one of the most important films of this year.

Boy Meets BoyBoy Meets Boy
Drama202170 minsDirector: Daniel Sánchez López
Two young men fall for each other over the course of a single day in this disarmingly tender debut from director Daniel Sánchez López.

Love Lies BleedingLove Lies Bleeding
Romance2023104 minsDirector: Rose Glass
Rose Glass’s gripping and gory follow-up to Saint Maud finds a lesbian couple drawn into a web of violence in 1980s small-town New Mexico.

UnicornsUnicorns
Drama2023120 minsDirector: Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd
Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd have created a moving romance between an Essex mechanic and a South Asian drag queen.

Barrio BoyBarrio Boy
Romance202283 minsDirector: Dennis Shinners
A Latino barber embarks on an erotically charged odyssey of self-discovery over one hot summer in Brooklyn.

ToveTove
Drama2020103 minsDirector: Zaida Bergroth
A lyrical and romantic biopic of the beloved creator of the Moomins featuring an incredible central performance by Alma Pöysti.

You Can Live ForeverYou Can Live Forever
Drama202296 mins
When Jaime is sent to live in a Jehovah’s Witness community, she falls hard for a devout Witness girl and the two embark on an intense affair with consequences that will reshape the rest of their lives.

La CocinaLa Cocina
Drama2024139 minsDirector: Alonso Ruizpalacios
Tensions rise in a frenzied New York diner, in this loose reworking of Arnold Wesker’s 1957 play.

The Last ShowgirlThe Last Showgirl
Drama202489 minsDirector: Gia Coppola
Golden Globe-nominated Pamela Anderson is enchanting as the Las Vegas showgirl whose stage show is set to close.

Ginger & RosaGinger & Rosa
Drama201290 minsDirector: Sally Potter
Teenage friendship is torn apart when Rosa finds love in the wrong place, in Sally Potter's acute, 60s-set drama.

The CriticThe Critic
Thriller2023101 minsDirector: Anand Tucker
Ian McKellen is in delicious form as London's most vicious critic, who strikes a Faustian pact with a struggling actor (Gemma Arterton).

White GodWhite God
Drama2014121 minsDirector: Kornél Mundruczó
Winner of the 2014 Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes, a bold and visceral tale of canine uprising.

MisericordiaMisericordia
Drama2024104 minsDirector: Alain Guiraudie
French provocateur Alain Guiraudie's rural homecoming story mixing passion, crime, mushrooms and bedroom farce to dizzily involving effect.

G.B.F.G.B.F.
Comedy201393 minsDirector: Darren Stein
Three high-school girls wage war to win the latest must-have social accessory - a Gay Best Friend.

The Summer with CarmenThe Summer with Carmen
Comedy2023106 minsDirector: Zacharias Mavroeidis
A seductive and smart gay comedy set on a cruisy Greek island.

The WeekendThe Weekend
Comedy201694 minsDirector: Sheridan De Myers
Street-smart Hackney comedy about three friends whose unexpected cash windfall funds the mother of all parties; from the talents behind YouTube hit Mandem on the Wall.

Good Luck to You, Leo GrandeGood Luck to You, Leo Grande
Comedy202297 minsDirector: Sophie Hyde
Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompson), a retired schoolteacher and widow, is yearning for adventure and really good sex, in comedian Katy Brand’s BAFTA-nominated drama.

Baby DoneBaby Done
Comedy202091 minsDirector: Curtis Vowell
When couple Tim and Zoe find out they're expecting, their approaches couldn't be more different. Tim runs towards fatherhood with joy, while Zoe is more hesitant, this heartfelt comedy takes their relationship to uncharted territory.

The Good BossThe Good Boss
Comedy2021120 minsDirector: Fernando León
Javier Bardem is a beleaguered Spanish factory boss in ruthless pursuit of winning an award for excellence in this waspish corporate comedy.

Only the River FlowsOnly the River Flows
Drama2023102 mins
Shujun Wei's slow-burn noir draws us inexorably into its mysterious psychological journey.

The Crime is MineThe Crime is Mine
Thriller2022103 minsDirector: François Ozon
François Ozon’s witty 1930s farce about a penniless actress who finds fame while on trial for murder, featuring a riotous performance from Isabelle Huppert.

Night MovesNight Moves
Thriller2013113 minsDirector: Kelly Reichardt
Jesse Eisenberg and Dakota Fanning star in a taut political thriller about radical environmentalists planning to commit an act of eco-terrorism.

Les MisérablesLes Misérables
Thriller2019104 minsDirector: Ladj Ly
Ladj Ly’s extraordinary Cannes Jury Prize-winning debut obliterates the myth of cultural integration in France.

The VillainessThe Villainess
Thriller2017124 minsDirector: Jung Byung-gil
Jung Byung-gil's superb, hyper-kinetic action thriller follows a female assassin who takes a new identity but finds her past life inescapable.

Official SecretsOfficial Secrets
Thriller2018112 minsDirector: Gavin Hood
Gripping political thriller with Keira Knightley as the intelligence officer who discovers a plot to rig a UN vote on the eve of the Iraq war.

Ernest Cole: Lost and FoundErnest Cole: Lost and Found
Documentary2024107 minsDirector: Raoul Peck
Raoul Peck’s sorrowful portrait of Ernest Cole, the first photographer to expose the horrors of apartheid to the world.

The Rubber-Keyed WonderThe Rubber-Keyed Wonder
Documentary2024141 minsDirector: Anthony Caulfield and Nicola Caulfield
If you are a fan of the ZX Spectrum, grew up in the 80s or 90s or just love video games then this film is for you!

Copa 71Copa 71
Documentary202390 minsDirector: Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine
Buried for 50 years, this is the untold story of the 1971 Women’s World Cup – a tremendous, televised rollercoaster ride and a historic moment in football.

Smoke Sauna SisterhoodSmoke Sauna Sisterhood
Documentary202389 minsDirector: Anna Hints
A remarkable and award-winning documentary exploring female solidarity through a soothing ancient tradition.

Is There Anybody Out There?Is There Anybody Out There?
Documentary202387 minsDirector: Ella Glendining
Highlighting the importance of being seen, Ella Glendining invites us on a personal journey as she sets out to find others with the same rare disability as herself.

TRAMPS!TRAMPS!
2022103 minsDirector: Kevin Hegge
Rising from the nihilistic ashes of the punk movement in the late 1970s, a fresh crowd of flamboyant fashionistas, who would later be christened the New Romantics, began to materialise on the streets of London, England.

Tell It to the BeesTell It to the Bees
Drama2017108 minsDirector: Annabel Jankel
Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger star as two very different women who fall in love in this 1950s-set romantic drama.

In CameraIn Camera
Drama202495 minsDirector: Naqqash Khalid
A struggling actor faces relentless knockbacks in Naqqash Khalid’s sharp-witted comment on race and identity in the film industry.

Funny CowFunny Cow
Comedy2018102 minsDirector: Adrian Shergold
Maxine Peake plays a woman who rises above abusive relationships and crass sexist audiences of the 1970s to become a female stand-up comedian.

YardieYardie
Crime2018102 minsDirector: Idris Elba
In his thrilling directorial debut, Idris Elba brings to life Victor Headley’s cult crime novel.

Saint MaudSaint Maud
Drama201981 minsDirector: Rose Glass
A mysterious nurse becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient in director Rose Glass’ divine debut.

You Were Never Really HereYou Were Never Really Here
Thriller201790 minsDirector: Lynne Ramsay
Lynne Ramsay journeys with Joaquin Phoenix into the mind of an ex-soldier gun-for-hire whose own demons are as brutal as the actions of his adversaries.

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Sight and Sound Poll
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Woman with a Movie Camera
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