Previous Films

It is the summer of 1936 and Europe is on the verge of terrible change. But far removed from the frightening violence, the Mundy family are sheltered in their close-knit home in Ballybeg, Donegal. Michael, the illegitimate son of the youngest sister, feels the joy and security of his family. But when his father comes home, the cracks begin to show. Secrets and sorrows break through the happiness and repressed passion is released. Lingering below the surface lie concealed anxieties which will tear the world apart and change Ballybeg and the family forever. Starring Meryl Street, Kathy Burke and Michael Gambon.

A South African hoodlum named Tsotsi (Presley Chweneyagae) lives by a code of violence, and he and his gang of thugs prowl the streets of Johannesburg day and night, attacking those who fail to give them what they want. After casually shooting a woman and stealing her car, he discovers her baby in the back seat. Instead of harming the mewling infant, he takes it home and cares for it. The child acts as a catalyst for the hardened thug to regain his humanity.

Based on real events, this dramatic thriller chronicles a British investigative journalist as he travels deep into the Soviet Union to uncover an international conspiracy. His life-or-death journey inspires George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Starring James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard and Kenneth Cranham, this is a true story of how the New York Times and the other intellectual elites in the 1930s defended “one of the most evil regimes in history”.

Monsieur and Madame Arpel live in a remarkably modern house in a crisp, clean neighbourhood. In this excessively controlled universe there is no room for play, chance or humour, and their son Gérard is bored stiff. However the calm is broken with the sudden appearance of his eccentric and scatter-brained uncle, Monsieur Hulot, Madame Arpel’s brother. The whole family and entourage resent his whimsicality, especially as he becomes a role model for Gérard …

Nora and Hae Sung are classmates at school in Seoul. But their friendship ends when Nora’s family moves to Canada. Twelve years later, Nora notices that Hae Sung has been searching for her on social media. They reconnect, but another dozen years pass before they meet during his visit to New York as they confront notions of destiny, love and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance.

Showman Jerry Travers (Fred Astaire) is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace’s hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers) in the room below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace. Possibly the greatest of the Astaire / Rogers collaborations with music from Irving Berlin in the form of songs, including Cheek to Cheek, Isn’t This a Lovely Day? and Top Hat, White Tie and Tails. Perfection!

A young teacher in modern Bhutan, shirks his duties while planning to go to Australia to become a singer. As a reprimand, his superiors send him to the most remote school in the world, a glacial Himalayan village called Lunana, to complete his service. He finds himself exiled from his Westernised comforts after an arduous eight-day trek just to get there. There he finds no electricity, no textbooks, not even a blackboard. Though poor, the villagers extend a warm welcome to their new teacher, but he faces the daunting task of teaching the village children without any supplies. He wants to quit and go home, but he begins to learn of the hardship in the lives of the beautiful children he teaches, and begins to be transformed through the amazing spiritual strength of the villagers.

The Marx Brothers cause chaos in the world of opera when Otis B. Driftwood (Groucho Marx) meets aspiring singer Riccardo, who is determined to win the love of fellow performer Rosa. Aided by Fiorello (Chico Marx) and Tomasso (Harpo Marx), Otis attempts to unite the young couple, but faces opposition from the preening star Lassparri, who also has his sights on Rosa. Travelling from Italy to New York, Otis and friends rally to try and win the day. The first of five films the Marx Brothers made for MGM and was one of MGM’s biggest hits at the 1935 box office.

Empress Elisabeth of Austria is idolised for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in 1877, she celebrates her 40th birthday and must fight to maintain her public image by lacing her corset tighter and tighter. While Elisabeth’s role has been reduced against her wishes to purely performative, her hunger for knowledge and zest for life makes her more and more restless in Vienna. She travels to England and Bavaria, visiting former lovers and old friends, seeking the excitement and purpose of her youth. With a future of strictly ceremonial duties laid out in front of her, Elisabeth rebels against the hyperbolised image of herself and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.

Estrella Arenas (Icíar Bollaín), a rural Spanish teenager with a rich imagination, dreams of her mysterious father Agustín (Omero Antonutti), a man who in recent years has drifted away from her and her mother. Estrella struggles to piece together Agustín’s secret history and recalls her family’s sudden unexplained move from Seville in Spain, to the northern countryside when she was young. Estrella decides to return alone to the South, a place warped by years of her father’s hazy and nostalgic recollections.