Showing Type: Film

It’s a true story. In a Monmouthshire village, Jan Vokes, Co-op checkout woman by day, barmaid by night, ambitiously decides to apply her pigeon-breeding expertise to horse racing. Dream Horse doesn’t pretend to be anything other than a crowd-pleaser, and that is its biggest strength.

If you loved “Downton Abbey” on the telly then you are going to love this film. Writer Julian Fellowes does a fine job of keeping all of the various balls in the air, balancing pathos and intrigue with splashes of repartee.

With double bluffs and knowingly byzantine plot twists, Knives Out nimbly swerves around the pitfalls of murder mysteries past. Full of rhythmic verve and pithy humour, this is uproariously entertaining film-making.

For Sama’ earned a standing ovation at the Cannes Film festival and it went on to win best documentary. For Sama powerfully distils the difficult choices faced by citizens of war-torn regions.

Adapted from Richard Forde’s book, Wildlife’s portrait of a family in crisis is beautifully composed by director Paul Dano and is brought brilliantly to life by a career-best performance from Carey Mulligan.

Judy captures the waning days of a beloved performer with clear-eyed compassion. Renée Zellweger won an Oscar for ‘Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role’ for her deeply committed performance,

It is sometimes hard to believe that the first moon landing took place 50 years ago and this film is a testament to the sheer magnificence of that achievement. This film is utterly astonishing and is out of this world in every sense.

‘By the Grace of God’ is a powerful, meticulously researched and vital film about true events that took the Catholic Church in France to court and changed the future of Catholicism forever.