Showing Type: Film

This film imagines what could have motivated Emily Jane Brontë to write her greatest and best-known work (“Wuthering Heights”) in her short life. The movie is both a fitting tribute and an imaginative portrait of an enigmatic author whose work has stood the test of time.

The Woman King is the kind of historical epic that just doesn’t get made any more. Muscular in its action sequences, sweeping in scope, this action-packed thriller is a prime candidate for this year’s Best Picture award.

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

For thirteen years, the much-anticipated sequel to “Avatar” has required intensive production work. Now, “Avatar: The Way of Water” rewards the long wait with an extravaganza of special effects cinematic spectacle.

I Wanna dance with somebody is a joyous, emotional, heart breaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.

A sly, subversive take on the discovery of Richard III. Sally Hawkins and Steve Coogan star in Stephen Frears’ witty dramatisation of the monarch’s extraction from a Leicester car park.

Todd Field’s masterly film echoes the slippery genius of its protagonist, a brilliant conductor-composer who toys with her admirers.

Set in an English seaside town in the early 1980s, Empire of Light is a powerful and poignant story about human connection and the magic of cinema, from Academy Award winning director Sam Mendes.

Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was brutally lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.

Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical brings the classic story back to the screen with a delightful Emma Thompson, dazzling dancing, and a suitably irascible take on the source material.