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Emilia Perez and Bird
Anora
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Sean Baker; Writer: Sean Baker; Stars: Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov, Ivy Wolk, Lindsey Normington, Karren Karagulian, Ross Brodar, Mark Eydelshteyn, Emily Weider, Alena Gurevich, Paul Weissman, Luna Sofía Miranda, Masha Zhak, Vache Tovmasyan, Charlton Lamar)
Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch.
The Apprentice
(Country: US, Denmark, Ireland, Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Ali Abbasi; Writer: Gabriel Sherman; Stars: Sebastian Stan, Maria Bakalova, Jeremy Strong, Martin Donovan, Emily Mitchell, Patch Darragh, Stuart Hughes, Michael Hough, Joe Pingue, Eoin Duffy, Randy Thomas, Chloe Madison, Ben Sullivan, James Downing, Joel Labelle)
A dive into the underbelly of the American empire. It charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.
Bird
(Country: UK, US, France, Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Andrea Arnold; Writer: Andrea Arnold; Stars: Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, Nykiya Adams, James Nelson-Joyce, Jasmine Jobson, Rhys Yates, Joanne Matthews, Frankie Box)
12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids and Bailey who is approaching puberty seeks attention and adventure elsewhere.
Blitz
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2024; Director: Steve McQueen; Writer: Steve McQueen; Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clémentine, Kathy Burke, Paul Weller, Stephen Graham, Elliott Heffernan, John Mackay, Adam Somner, Liam Smith, Sue Maund, Steve Paget, Sally Messham, Tom Crawley, Erin Kellyman)
A kid sent to the countryside during the Blitz embarks on a night-time odyssey through London.
Conclave
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2024; Director: Edward Berger; Writer: Robert Harris, Peter Straughan; Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini, Lucian Msamati, Brían F. O'Byrne, Merab Ninidze, Sergio Castellitto, Jacek Koman, Carlos Diehz, Joseph Mydell, Rony Kramer, Loris Loddi, Thomas Loibl, Jeremy Withrow)
Drama surrounding the election of a new Pope.
The Apprentice and Anora
Elton John: Never Too Late
(Year: 2024; Director: RJ Cutler, David Furnish; Stars: Elton John)
An intimate documentary about the popular musician.
Emilia Perez
(Country: US, Mexico; Year: 2024; Director: Jacques Audiard; Writer: Jacques Audiard; Stars: Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez, Edgar Ramírez, Karla Sofía Gascón, Adriana Paz, James Gerard, Shiraz Tzarfati, Agathe Bokja, Marie-Elisabeth Robert, Stéphane Ly-Cuong, Eric Geynes, Anabel Lopez, Eduardo Aladro, Line Phé, Cyrus Khodaveisi)
A lawyer gets an offer to help a cartel boss start a new life.
Hard Truths
(Country: UK, Spain; Year: 2024; Director: Mike Leigh; Writer: Mike Leigh; Stars: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Bryony Miller, Michele Austin, Llewella Gideon, David Webber, Tuwaine Barrett, Elliot Edusah, Tiwa Lade, Ani Nelson, Felicita Ramundo)
Life's a constant struggle for Pansy. Racked with physical and mental pain, her dealings with the world are channeled through anger and confrontation - only her sister understands and is able to help her.
Joy
(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Ben Taylor; Writer: Jack Thorne; Stars: Thomasin McKenzie, James Norton, Bill Nighy)
The true story of three British pioneers who challenged societal norms and defied the odds to realise the world’s first IVF baby.
Maria
(Country: Germany, US, United Arab Emirates, Italy; Year: 2024; Director: Pablo Larraín; Writer: Steven Knight; Stars: Angelina Jolie, Valeria Golino, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Haluk Bilginer, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Zora Gerda Fejes, Jeremy Wheeler, Rebecka Johnston, Alessandro Bressanello, Toma Hrisztov, Stephen Ashfield, Christiana Aloneftis, Philipp Droste, Marcell Lengyel)
Dramatisation of the life of the opera singer Maria Callas.
The Room Next Door and Hard Truths
Nightbitch
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Marielle Heller; Writer: Marielle Heller, Rachel Yoder; Stars: Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Zoë Chao, Jessica Harper, Mary Holland, Kerry O'Malley, Ella Thomas, Laura Meadows, Roslyn Gentle, Michaela Baham, Stacey Swift, Michael Andrew Baker, Adrienne Rose White, Preston Galli, Garrett C. Phillips)
Feminist fable about motherhood.
Piece By Piece
(Country: US, Denmark; Year: 2024; Director: Morgan Neville; Stars: Pharrell Williams, Morgan Neville, Kendrick Lamar, Gwen Stefani, Timbaland, Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake, ItzKiff, Jay-Z, N.O.R.E., Daft Punk, Busta Rhymes, Taaes2008, Aaron Wickenden)
A chronicle of the life of Pharrell Williams through LEGO animation.
The Room Next Door
(Country: Spain; Year: 2024; Director: Pedro Almodóvar; Writer: Pedro Almodóvar, Sigrid Nunez; Stars: Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola, Juan Diego Botto, Raúl Arévalo, Victoria Luengo, Alex Hogh Andersen, Esther McGregor, Alvise Rigo, Melina Matthews)
Martha's strained relationship with her mother fractures completely when a misunderstanding drives them apart. Their mutual friend Ingrid sees both sides of the rift.
That Christmas
(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Simon Otto; Writer: Richard Curtis, Peter Souter; Stars: Bill Nighy, Brian Cox, Guz Khan, Jack Wisniewski, Zazie Hayhurst, India Brown, Fiona Shaw, Jodie Whittaker, Freddie Spry, Ava Talbot, Kuhu Agarwal, Sienna Sayer, Rhys Darby, Lolly Adefope, Bronte Smith)
Animation sees a community learn the true spirit of Christmas.
We Live In Time
(Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: John Crowley; Writer: Nick Payne; Stars: Florence Pugh, Andrew Garfield)
Almut and Tobias are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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