Pink String and Sealing Wax

Writer-director Alex Camilleri’s powerful neorealist drama is a rare home-grown Maltese production.

When reserved 17-year-old Ida goes to live with her aunt and cousins, she soon becomes embroiled in the family’s aggressive business affairs in this tense, brooding and utterly gripping thriller.

A young thief balances nocturnal thrills with caring for his chronically ill father, in this thrilling yet thoughtful crime drama.

Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart captivate in this bodice-ripping retelling of the strange and fascinating case of Lizzie Borden.

Irfan Khan stars in this stately swordplay epic from director Asif Kapadia (Amy, Senna) which earned critical comparisons with Kurosawa.

Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth) gives a visceral performance as the hired muscle for a crime family in rural Ireland.

Ken Loach’s perceptive, personal, and moving debut feature film tells the story of a young mother’s struggles while her husband is in jail.

A fascinating record of 1960s suedehead youth culture which is largely improvised by a non-professional cast of teenagers from east London

Michael Caine’s storming return to an action role finds him as a retired marine confronting local hoodlums on his housing estate.

Bob Hoskins charms as a London mob boss brokering a development deal with the American mafia – but somebody wants to see him dead.

Neil Jordan's gritty thriller stars Bob Hoskins as a gangster recently released from prison who falls in love with the prostitute he is supposed to be protecting.

Paddy Considine directs and stars with Jodie Whittaker in this emotional knockout - the story of a boxer rebuilding his life after a near-fatal injury.

Ealing's thirstiest comedy: "the longest unsponsored advertisement ever to reach cinema screens"?

The finest example of British wartime fictional propaganda follows a group of women who take on factory work to support the war effort.

A realistic recreation of life as a prisoner of war in Germany lends credence to this moving account of wartime survival against the odds.

The son of a Scottish farmer get a job in a shipyard and shows an unexpected flair for design, conceiving a revolutionary ship.

Sally Ann Howes plays the 12-year-old spotted by a casting director, setting her on the way to stardom.

Austerity noir: Ealing's downbeat but compelling East End thriller.

A group of guests assembled at a country house swap uncanny and supernatural stories in this classic Ealing chiller from 1945.

Mel Gibson’s Rocky the rooster helps the chickens escape from fascistic farmers in Aardman Animations first foray into feature films.

The harsh world of playground politics is seen through the eyes of a seven-year-old girl in a gripping debut from Belgian writer-director Laura Wandel.

Writer-director Alex Camilleri’s powerful neorealist drama is a rare home-grown Maltese production.

The latest in Peccadillo’s critically acclaimed series features a fresh and exciting selection of the very best contemporary gay short films.

A highly anticipated debut feature from Jacqueline Lentzou about the glacial relationship between a father and his daughter.

Juliette Binoche plays an undercover reporter investigating the conditions faced by France’s working women in this insightful, involving drama.