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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.

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Radu Jude’s follow-up to the Golden Bear-winning Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn is a pin-sharp, caustically funny critique of workplace culture and oppression.

Certain Women

Kristen Stewart, Lily Gladstone and Jared Harris star in Kelly Reichardt's acclaimed portmanteau of women's stories; winner of Best Film at BFI London Film Festival 2016.

Sky Peals

A coming-of-age tale about a father-son relationship that might just be out of this world.

Akenfield

Peter Hall’s extraordinary, long-unseen work of sublime poetic realism traces three generations of one Suffolk family and their lives in the farming industry.

Evil Does Not Exist

Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to Drive My Car is a hauntingly enigmatic eco-thriller. Winner of Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival.

Rare Beasts

Billie Piper stars in her own directorial debut, a no-holds-barred, Fleabag-esque anti-romcom about a modern woman’s struggles in work and love.

Apostasy

A deeply religious family must decide whether to stick by their relation or abandon her, in this striking debut from Daniel Kokotajlo - a prizewinner at BFI London Film Festival 2017.

Big Banana Feet

Captivating 'lost' record of Billy Connolly on the cusp of international stardom during his 1975 tour of Ireland.

The Teachers' Lounge

A teacher’s life unravels when one of her students is accused of stealing in this arresting, Oscar-nominated thriller.

Four Little Adults

A Finnish couple facing a marital crisis venture into the world of polyamory, in this mature meditation on love.

The Passenger

Jack Nicholson is at his best in Michelangelo Antonioni’s tale of a burnt-out political correspondent swapping identities with a dead man.

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