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My Imaginary Country and Bones And All
Allelujah
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Richard Eyre; Writer: Heidi Thomas, based on the play by Allan Bennett; Stars: Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench, David Bradley, Jennifer Saunders, Russell Tovey, Julia McKenzie)
The story of a geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital threatened with closure.
Bones And All
(Country: Italy, US; Year: 2022; Director: Luca Guadagnino; Writer: David Kajganich, based on the book by Camille DeAngelis; Stars: Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, André Holland, Chloë Sevigny, Jessica Harper, David Gordon Green, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jake Horowitz)
Maren, a young woman, learns how to survive on the margins of society.
Causeway
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Lila Neugebauer; Writer: Luke Goebel, Ottessa Moshfegh, Elizabeth Sanders; Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Brian Tyree Henry, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jayne Houdyshell)
A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home.
The Eternal Daughter
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Joanna Hogg; Writer: Joanna Hogg; Stars: Tilda Swinton, Joseph Mydell, Carly-Sophia Davies)
A ghost story about a middle-aged daughter and her elderly mother must confront long-buried secrets when they return to their former family home, a once-grand manor that has become a nearly vacant hotel brimming with mystery.
Holy Spider (Ankabut-e moqaddas)
(Country: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, France; Year: 2022; Director: Ali Abbasi; Writer: Ali Abbasi, Afshin Kamran Bahrami; Stars: Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Sina Parvaneh, Nima Akbarpour, Sara Fazilat, Alice Rahimi, M. Ali Nazarian, Sima Seyed, Firouz Ageli, Farhad Faghih Habibi)
A journalist tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering sex workers.
Piaffe and Women Talking
The Inspection
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Elegance Bratton; Writer: Elegance Bratton; Stars: Jeremy Pope, Gabrielle Union, Bokeem Woodbine, Raúl Castillo, McCaul Lombardi, Nicholas Logan, Eman Esfandi, Aaron Dominguez, Aubrey Joseph, Andrew Kai, Tyler Merritt, Steve Mokate, Brad Napp, Daniel Williamson, Wynn Reichert)
Drama based on the filmmaker's own experiences as a gay man in Marine Corps basic training following a decade of living on the streets.
My Imaginary Country (Mi País Imaginario)
(Country: Chile; Year: 2022; Director: Patricio Guzmán; Writer: Patricio Guzmán)
Protests that exploded onto the streets of Chile's capital of Santiago in 2019 as the population demanded more democracy and social equality around education, healthcare and job opportunities.
My Policeman
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Michael Grandage; Writer: Ron Nyswaner, based on the book by Bethan Roberts; Stars: Harry Styles, Linus Roache, Rupert Everett, Gina McKee, Emma Corrin, David Dawson)
The arrival of Patrick into Marion and Tom's home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previously.
Nanny
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Nikyatu Jusu; Writer: Nikyatu Jusu; Stars: Michelle Monaghan, Anna Diop, Phylicia Rashad, Morgan Spector, Leslie Uggams, Sinqua Walls, Zephani Idoko, Billy Griffith, Princess Adenike, Mitzie Pratt, Rich Graff, Michael Cuomo, Rose Decker, Olamide Candide-Johnson, Keturah Hamilton)
Aisha is an undocumented nanny working for a privileged couple in New York City. As she prepares for the arrival of the son she left behind in Senegal, a violent supernatural presence invades her reality, threatening the American dream she is painstakingly piecing together.
Nil By Mouth
(Country: UK; Year: 1997; Director: Gary Oldman; Writer: Gary Oldman; Stars: Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles, Laila Morse, Edna Dore, Chrissie Cotterill, Jon Morrison, Jamie Forman)
The violent life of a working-class London family.
Newly remastered
Holy Spider and The Inspection
Piaffe
(Country: Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Ann Oren; Writer: Thais Guisasola, Ann Oren; Stars: Simone Bucio, Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau, Sebastian Rudolph)
An introverted foley artist, Eva struggles to create sounds for a commercial featuring a horse. Empowered by a horsetail growing out of her body, she lures a botanist into an affair, through a game of submission.
The Swimmers
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Sally El Hosaini; Writer: Sally El Hosaini, Jack Thorne; Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, James Krishna Floyd, Ali Sulima, Carlotta De Gregori, Ahmed Malek, Manal Issa)
A story about the journey made by swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Triangle Of Sadness
(Country: Sweden, UK, US, France, Greece; Year: 2022; Director: Ruben Östlund; Writer: Ruben Östlund; Stars: Woody Harrelson, Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Hanna Oldenburg, Zlatko Buric, Oliver Ford Davies, Linda Anborg, Iris Berben, Carolina Gynning, Sunnyi Melles, Malte Gårdinger, Vicki Berlin, Arvin Kananian, Beata Borelius, Shaniaz Hama Ali)
A yacht for the super-rich sinks, leaving its passengers marooned on an island.
Women Talking
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Sarah Polley; Writer: Sarah Polley, based on the novel of Miriam Toews; Stars: Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, Ben Whishaw, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, Michelle McLeod, August Winter, Kira Guloien, Emily Mitchell, Will Bowes, Shayla Brown, Nathaniel McParland, Kate Hallett)
A group of women from a remote religious community deal with the aftermath of sexual assault perpetrated by the colony’s men.
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