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London, 1953. Civil servant William is a cog within the city’s bureaucracy. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty. However, when he receives a shattering medical diagnosis, he is forced to act to try and grasp fulfilment before it goes beyond reach.

“Bill Nighy tackles life and death in exquisitely sad drama” Guardian ★★★★★

“Bill Nighy is brilliant in this graceful, affecting Akira Kurosawa remake” Telegraph ★★★★★

“Bill Nighy is magnificent” Times ★★★★

Directed by Oliver Hermanus
With Bill Nighy
1hr 42 mins // UK 2022

From Academy Award®-winning director and writer Sam Mendes, Empire of Light is a moving drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. Set in and around a faded old cinema in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, it follows Hilary (Olivia Colman) a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen (Micheal Ward), a new employee who longs to escape this provincial town in which he faces daily adversity. Both Hilary and Stephen find a sense of belonging through their unlikely and tender relationship and come to experience the healing power of music, cinema, and community.

“Olivia Colman shines in Sam Mendes’ darkening hymn to cinema” Guardian ★★★★

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Directed by Sam Mendes
With Olivia Colman, Michael Ward, Colin Firth
1hr 55 mins // UK 2022

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar The Way of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive and the tragedies they endure.

“Eccentric, soulful, joyous, dark and very, very blue.” Empire ★★★★★

Nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture

Directed by James Cameron
With Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana
3hr 12 mins // US 2022

Academy Award® winners George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite on the big screen as exes who find themselves on a shared mission to stop their lovestruck daughter from making the same mistake they once made. From Working Title, Smokehouse Pictures and Red Om Films, Ticket to Paradise is a romantic comedy about the sweet surprise of second chances.

Directed by Ol Parker
With George Clooney, Julia Roberts
1hr 44 mins // US 2022

Faced with a future of strict ceremony and royal duties, Empress Elisabeth of Austria rebels against her public image and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.

“Intelligent, quietly defiant, and gorgeously appointed period drama.” The i ★★★★★

“Vicky Krieps puts in a star turn as lonely, patronised Elizabeth of Austria” Guardian ★★★★

Times ★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★

*In German, French and English
Directed by Marie Kreutzer
With Vicky Krieps
1hr 54 mins

Two-time Academy Award® nominee Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman, An Education) and Emmy nominee Zoe Kazan (The Plot Against America, The Big Sick) star as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who together broke one of the most important stories in a generation— a story that shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood and impelled a shift in American culture that continues to this day.

“A stirring drama about the fall of Harvey Weinstein” Guardian ★★★★

Times ★★★★  Empire ★★★★

Directed by Maria Schrader
With Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan
2hrs 9 mins // US 2022

In this delightful comedy romp, Jon Hamm stars as the roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch, who becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of suspects is the culprit–from the eccentric art dealer and a missing playboy to a crazy neighbour and Fletch’s Italian girlfriend.

Crime, in fact, has never been this disorganized!

“Confess, Fletch is a mid-budget mystery comedy for adults that will delight newcomers and please Mcdonald fanatics. Really, what more could you ask for… besides a sequel?” – Empire ★★★★

Guardian ★★★ Express ★★★

Directed by Greg Mottola
With Jon Hamm, Annie Mumolo
1hr 38 mins // US 2022

Call Jane explores the true story of the “Janes,” an underground collective of women, who in Chicago during the 1960s, came together to secretly provide nearly 12,000 women and girls with safe and secure abortions.

The story is told through the eyes of Joy (Elizabeth Banks), a suburban wife, and mother to a whip-smart teenage daughter. Joy’s happy life, filled with caring for her family and sharing confidences with her best friend, Lana (Kate Mara), is derailed when her much wanted pregnancy becomes life threatening.

“A crowd-pleasing feel-good movie of personal empowerment” – Times ★★★★

Directed by Phyllis Nagy
With Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver
2hrs // US 2022

From acclaimed filmmaker James Gray, Armageddon Time is a deeply personal story on the strength of family, the complexity of friendship and the generational pursuit of the American Dream. The film features an all-star cast including Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong.

“A marvel from one of our finest cine-memoirists.” Little White Lies ★★★★★

“Anthony Hopkins vs the playground bigots of the Reagan era.” Telegraph ★★★★

Directed by James Gray
With Anne Hathaway, Anthony Hopkins
1hr 54 mins // US 2022

Members of a quintessentially British working-class amateur filmmaking club, ‘BRADFORD MOVIE MAKERS’ grow old together amid flickering memories and challenging final years. Clinging to their dreams, and to each other, fuelled by endless cups of tea, this gently comedic, profoundly moving portrait of shared artistic folly speaks to the escapist dreamer in us all and to the enduring power of face-to-face time together, in an increasingly lonely, digital age.

“Joyous and heart-breaking celebration of filmmaking talent” Guardian ★★★★

“A charming ode to misfits” Metro ★★★★

Directed by Kim Hopkins
1hr 35 mins // UK 2022