A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things

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

The on and off-screen character of Toshiro Mifune, Japan’s first international movie star, is explored in this illuminating documentary.

Archive propels argument in this fascinating exploration of the social and cultural importance of Japan's film heritage.

In her final film, Agnès Varda offers a personal insight into her oeuvre, using excerpts from her work to illustrate her unique artistic visions and ideas.

An award-winning documentary following young activists in Sudan as they oppose a military crackdown.

Huw Wahl’s immersive, meditative exploration into engineless sailing, shot over three years with a 1960s hand-wound camera.

Fantastically outlandish biopic about the anarchic Belfast rap trio and their fight to save the Irish language.

This powerful documentary from a Palestinian-Israeli collective might be one of the most important films of this year.

Johan Grimonprez’s involving film essay, anchored by the rhythm of American jazz, reveals disturbing truths about the decolonial struggle between global political powers.

François Ozon’s witty 1930s farce about a penniless actress who finds fame while on trial for murder, featuring a riotous performance from Isabelle Huppert.

A candid portrait of a literary sensation that’s as enchanting as O’Brien’s wonderful novels.

Iris (Laure Calamy) disrupts her bourgeois routine by joining a dating app and embarking on an amusing, sensual quest for identity and lost desire.

Tilda Swinton stars in Sally Potter's dazzling interpretation of Virginia Woolf's novel.

Ralph Fiennes delivers a sensational performance as one of four passionate souls sharing a villa in the Sicilian sunshine, with jealousy, intrigue and violence simmering beneath the surface.

The second chapter of Joanna Hogg’s semi-autobiographical masterpiece and winner of Sight and Sound's 'Best Films of 2021' poll.

Tilda Swinton plays an extra-terrestrial android discussing life’s big questions in this unique sci-fi by influential film theorist Peter Wollen.

Armando Iannucci brings David Copperfield fizzing to life with all-star collaborators in this exuberant, entertaining and sharply pertinent adaptation.

Mark Cousins' epic journey continues with focuses on movement, simplicity of style, the story of films about children, dreams, the power of the close-up.

Mark Cousins re-examines the vast filmography and legacy of one of the 20th century’s greatest filmmakers, through a new lens: the auteur’s own voice.

Mark Cousins returns with another journey across the landscape of film, examining what changes the 21st century has brought.

Mark Cousins’ personal meditation on the power of looking.

The journey ends with the biggest themes of love, death and the meaning of life.

Melodrama, memory, classic genres and tense emotions come under the spotlight in the fourth part of Mark Cousins' sprawling opus.

Sex, religion and politics are among the themes in the third part of Mark Cousins' monumental documentary on women's cinema.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s follow-up to his Palme d’Or-winning Winter Sleep is a persuasive portrait of a young writer at odds with his hometown and family.

A chance encounter reconnects two men in this heart-breaking lament on love, lust and missed opportunities.

Lila Avilés provides an engaging, behind-closed-doors look at the working environment of a chambermaid in one of Mexico City’s most luxurious hotels.

In this spirited romantic comedy, the footloose and fancy-free Anaïs (Anaïs Demoustier, The New Girlfriend) skips from one lover to the next while trying to find some direction in her life.

Cronenberg’s fully-fledged return to body horror and the cinema of transgression.

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