Columbus
Kogonada | 2017 | 104 mins  
USA | M 

Jin is stranded in Columbus, Indiana and finds friendship with a young librarian who shares his passion for city's modernist architecture.

Strange Days
Kathryn Bigelow | 1995
145 mins | USA | R18  

In the last days of 1999, a former LAPD detective is now a dealer in illegal recordings of other people’s memories and sensations.

Departures
Yōjirō Takita | 2008 
130 mins | Japan | M 

An unemployed cellist moves back to his old home town and takes a job as a nōkanshi – a traditional Japanese ritual mortician.

Let the Sunshine In
Claire Denis | 2017 | 94 mins
France | R13 

Isabelle (Juliette Binoche) is a divorced Parisian painter searching for another shot at love, and pleasure along the way.

Exhibition
Joanna Hogg | 2013 
104 mins | UK | M  

An intimate portrait of an artist couple framed within the glass walls of their modernist London townhouse.

Orlando
Sally Potter | 1992 | 94 mins
UK | PG

Orlando is given immortality by Queen Elizabeth I and experiences different lives and relationships through the centuries – even changing sex.

Only Lovers Left Alive
Jim Jarmusch | 2013 
123 mins | UK/Germany | M  

Adam and Eve are elegant vampires – partners since the beginning of time – reunited in the decayed splendour of Detroit.

I Am Love
Luca Guadagnino | 2009 
120 mins | Italy | M

In a rich and powerful Milanese family, Emma is a respected wife and mother who falls for a handsome young chef.

In the Aisles
Thomas Stuber | 2018 
126 mins | Germany | M    

Among the long aisles of a supermarket warehouse, the new night stockman falls in love with mysterious co-worker “Sweets Marion”.

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Fred Schepisi | 1978
108 mins | Australia | R18

Beaten down by racist abuse and exploitation, Jimmie is triggered to a terrifying murderous rage.

The Seduction of Mimi
Lina Wertmüller | 1972
108 mins | Italy | R18

Sicilian labourer Mimi falls foul of the Mafia and loses his job. He leaves his wife to flee to Turin and an affair with a lovely Trotskyist.

And Life Goes On...
Abbas Kiarostami | 1992 
91 mins | Iran | PG  

After the 1990 earthquake, a film director travels to the devastated area searching for the villagers who acted in Where Is the Friend’s Home?

Through the Olive Trees
Abbas Kiarostami | 1994 
108 mins | Iran | G  

“Behind-the-scenes” of And Life Goes On…, one of the actors is pining for the woman cast as his wife, creating turmoil on set.

Certain Women
Kelly Reichardt | 2016
107 mins | USA | M  

Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amid the wide plains of Montana.

Tehran Taxi
Jafar Panahi | 2015 | 82 mins  
Iran | PG 

Banned from filmmaking by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver to make a film about social challenges in Iran. 

Ixcanul Volcano
Jayro Bustamante | 2015
95 mins | Guatemala/FR | M 

On the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala, a marriage is arranged for seventeen-year-old María by her Kaqchikel parents.

I Am Not a Witch
Rungano Nyoni | 2017
95 mins | Zambia/UK | PG   

Convicted of witchcraft, 8-year-old Shula is sent to a penal colony where witches do hard labour in service of the government.

The Florida Project
Sean Baker | 2017 | 111 mins  
USA | R13   

Six-year-old Moonee and her friends adventure round the hallways of the Magic Castle, a ratty motel in the shadow of Disney World.

Woman at War
Benedikt Erlingsson | 2018

100 mins | Iceland | PG 

Halla is an Icelandic superwoman in a woolly jumper – but how much longer can she hide her eco-warrior activities?

God's Own Country
Francis Lee | 2017 | 105 mins
UK | R16 

Johnny's isolated life on a bleak Yorkshire farm is transformed with the arrival of a handsome migrant worker.

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Masculin Féminin
Jean-Luc Godard | 1966  
110 mins | France/SE | R16   

Paul, an idealistic would-be intellectual, and Madeleine, an adorable pop star, are “the children of Marx and Coca-Cola” in 1960s Paris.

Daughters of the Dust
Julie Dash | 1991 | 112 mins  

USA | PG  

A Gullah family (descendants of West African slaves) struggle to maintain their cultural heritage while contemplating a migration.

Skate Kitchen
Crystal Moselle | 2018
106 mins | USA | M 

Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes when she befriends a group of girl skateboarders in New York City.

3 Days in Quiberon
Emily Atef | 2018 | 115 mins
Germany/Austria/France | PG     

One year before her death, famous actress Romy Schneider retreats to a spa hotel and gives her last interview to two journalists.

The Babadook
Jennifer Kent | 2014| 96 mins Australia | M 

Amelia is struggling as a single mum, but things are about to get darker when her son finds a strange book called Mister Babadook…

Metropolis
Fritz Lang | 1927 | 153 mins  
Germany | PG 

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, a forbidden love threatens to bring chaos.