Jon, compelled to honour his mother’s dying wish, embarks on a life changing trip across Iceland. With her body propped up in the backseat, along with the scene stealing family dog Bresnef, they travel to her home village and final resting place. Along the way Jon meets a variety of strangers and begins to question… Read more »
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Review: Conversations with my Gardener
Returning to his home town in rural France a successful Parisian artist needs someone to tame his wild large garden. Advertising for local help and completely by chance an old school friend who he hasn’t seen for years turns up. Spending time in each other’s company their old friendship is renewed. The artist is impressed… Read more »
Review: All of Us Strangers
One night in a London tower-block, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbour, Harry (Paul Mescal), which changes his everyday life. As their intimate relationship develops, Adam revisits memories of his past and is drawn back to his childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be… Read more »
Review: Wicked Little Letters
It’s the 1920s and in a quiet little English hamlet, someone has been sending foul-mouthed, anonymous letters to a well-respected Christian woman who still lives with her parents. The main suspect is a young, free-spirited, crude Irish widow who lives next door. Based on a true story, Olivia Coleman, Jessie Buckley and Timothy Spall bring… Read more »
Review: Perfect Days
Hirayama lives a blissful contented life balancing his job as caretaker of Tokyo’s public toilets with his love of music, literature and photography. However, his regimented daily routine is interrupted by a series on unexpected encounters which force him to reconsider his past. This is a delightful and life-affirming story by Wim Wenders, with a… Read more »
Review: One Life
Arriving in Prague, just a few weeks before WW2 starts, Nicholas Winton (Anthony Hopkins) sees the plight of many refugee families and children. He spurs a small group of people, including his Mother (Helena Bonham Carter), to act. This timely intervention had a dramatic affected saving hundreds of lives, the consequences Nicholas could have never… Read more »
Review: Anatomy of a Fall
An award winning French legal drama. Sandra a successful author is suspected of murdering her aspiring writer husband, Samuel. What ensues is a fascinating court room thriller. It explores the troubled marriage of the couple whilst their visually challenged young son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness. Sandra, while her own secrets are… Read more »
Review: The Old Oak
The Old Oak is set in a once thriving mining village now in rapid decline. There’s a deep sense of injustice pervading the community which is exacerbated by the unexpected arrival of a number of Syrian refugee families. This becomes the flashpoint for angry xenophobic tensions and views which are vented openly in the local… Read more »
Review: Fremont
Following Donya’s evacuation from Afghanistan ,where she worked as a translator for the US army, she is living alone in the town of Fremont, California. Donya has a lonely existence in an apartment block with other evacuees and she works in a Chinese fortune cookie factory. When Donya is surprisingly promoted to writing the fortunes… Read more »
Review: The Worst Person in the World
A “coming of age film for grownups who still feel like they haven’t grown up”, Julie is a young woman struggling to navigate adult life – never quite seeing things through in her ever-changing professional life and especially her personal and love life. Winner of Cannes Best Actress, Renate Reinsve is outstanding as the troubled… Read more »