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Wilding

A dying landscape is healed against all odds, going on to thrive in astonishing ways, in this hopeful story of ecological regeneration.

Tchaikovsky's Wife

Award-winning director Kirill Serebrennikov (Petrov's Flu) charts the tumultuous relationship between the 19th-century composer and his wife, in this poignant and powerful biopic.

Body Double

An unemployed actor is drawn into a world of voyeurism, seduction, mystery and murder, in Brian De Palma's playful and satirical homage to Hitchcock.

Red Rooms

The allure of the serial killer is explored in this deeply unsettling and unforgettable exploration of the impact of extreme violence.

Samsara

Berlin Film Festival award winner Lois Patiño’s assured third feature transports us to magical places in Laos and Zanzibar, where the visible and the invisible merge.

The Origin of Evil

Laure Calamy stars in this devious, involving French thriller by Sébastien Marnier, playing an outsider tangled in a web of upper-class family malice.

The Last Detail

Jack Nicholson is at his very best in this highly-acclaimed dramatic comedy from Hal Ashby about three sailors on the loose.

The Queen of My Dreams

Soulful story of the love and war between a queer woman and her mother, spanning across decades and continents.

The Man from London

Tilda Swinton stars in this profoundly nocturnal Georges Simenon adaptation.

Starve Acre

Dark and sinister forces invade a couple’s home in this wildly eerie British folk horror, with unflinching performances from Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark.

Red Island

French writer-director Robin Campillo offers a searching exploration of memory and politics, in this boldly conceived story of boyhood in 1970s Madagascar.

Watership Down

An apocalyptic vision pushes a group of rabbits to abandon their warren in search of a new home, in this landmark British animation.

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