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A rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse. The Turn Horse, originally released in 2011, is being shown in tribute to Hungarian director Béla Tarr who died in January aged 70. As with every black and white Hungarian film shown for Monday Night Film Club a member of the McMorran family will introduce the film, this time Dr Connor McMorran. In Hungarian and German with English subtitles.
Bart Schrijver’s acclaimed drama follows former best friends and roommates Chris (Bart Harder) and Lluis (Carles Pulido), who meet up after a decade to hike Scotland’s West Highland Way and Cape Wrath Trail.
Shot entirely on the route of the walk, and in chronological order, The North is a beautiful ode to friendship and the healing power of nature. It’s not only a poignant and powerful drama, but also perhaps the definitive hiking film, allowing us to take in the stunning majesty of the Highlands shoulder-to-shoulder with Lluis and Chris as they reconnect with each other and with nature.
Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow (Glen Powell) will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way. How To Make A Killing is a dark comedy & a modern reimagining of the beloved Kind Hearts & Coronets (1949).
The extraordinary story of true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers. Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried delivers a career-best performance as Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers.
The Testament of Ann Lee captures the ecstasy and agony of her quest to build a utopia, featuring more than a dozen traditional Shaker hymns reimagined as rapturous movements with choreography by Celia Rowlson-Hall (Vox Lux, Aftersun) and original songs & score by Academy Award winner Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist).
A remote German farm harbours generations of secrets. Four women, separated by decades but united by trauma, uncover the truth behind its weathered walls. In German with English subtitles.
★★★★★ "It’s a cliché to say that a film will stay with you long after you leave the cinema. This one could haunt you to the grave." — Time Out.
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge).
One family, the heart of the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing deals, and his eldest son goes missing in action. Will peacetime bring peace of mind, or will he be confronted by the consequence of his actions?
Filmed live from the West End, Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Tom Glynn-Carney (House of the Dragon), and Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake) also feature in this disturbingly prescient play.
This April Amélie returns to cinemas, celebrating 25 years of pure cinematic spectacle; the film that broke the barrier between arthouse and mainstream. The re-release of this magical picture is ripe for discovery by younger audiences and indeed rediscovery by those of us that were there the first time in 2001...
Despite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love. In French with English subtitles.
A 15-year-old Yuruk boy from a remote Macedonian village escapes into music amid parental expectations, societal conservatism and forbidden love for a promised girl. In Macedonian, Turkish, English, with English subtitles.
“Music-soaked, delightfully humorous and unpretentiously stylish… a revelation”– Variety
“Luminous…ever so watchable” – Sight and Sound
“Beautiful landscape cinematography combined with authentic locations immerses you in the world” – ★★★★ Film Threat
In a world where humanity has lost the ability to dream, one creature remains entranced by the fading illusions of the dreamworld. This monster, adrift in reverie, clings to visions no one else can see—until a woman appears. Gifted with the rare power to perceive these illusions for what they truly are, she chooses to enter the monster’s dreams, determined to uncover the truth that lies hidden within. In Chinese and Mandarin with English subtitles.
“An immersive, hyper-visual, wildly imaginative arthouse-movie experience, suggesting that watching a film is a lot like dreaming, seeing into other worlds, viewing experiences that aren’t our own.” – 4/5 Neil’s Entertainment Picks
30 years ago, the Rose of Nevada was lost at sea with all hands. When it suddenly reappears in the harbour of a rundown Cornish fishing village, it feels like a sign: if the Rose sets sail again, perhaps the village’s luck will turn. Nick (George MacKay) takes a job aboard, joined by newly arrived drifter Liam (Callum Turner). The boat and its new voyage are symbols of hope, but when Nick and Liam return from the sea, something strange has happened – instead of moving into the future, they have re-entered the past.
Bait and Enys Men director Mark Jenkin’s time-travelling odyssey is a mysterious and unconventional story of identity, grief and the vagaries of time, of people who are attuned to the present and those who are fixed in the past. Like Bait, it’s shot in 16mm (though this time in bold colour) and delights in distinctive texture and composition, with painterly touches that make it feel like a found object, a film by and of Cornwall and the sea.
