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The Woman King and The Son
Alice, Darling
(Country: US, Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Mary Nighy; Writer: Alanna Francis; Stars: Anna Kendrick, Charlie Carrick, Wunmi Mosaku, Kaniehtiio Horn)
A young woman trapped in an abusive relationship becomes the unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends.
Black Ice
(Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Hubert Davis; Writer: Hubert Davis)
A history of the Coloured Hockey League of the Maritimes of the early 20th century, and the lingering history of anti-black racism in the sport of ice hockey.
Butcher's Crossing
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Gabe Polsky; Writer: Gabe Polsky, Liam Satre-Meloy, based on the book by John Williams; Stars: Nicolas Cage)
A frontier epic about an Ivy League drop-out as he travels to the Colorado wilderness, where he joins a team of buffalo hunters on a journey that puts his life and sanity at risk.
Dalíland
(Country: US, France, UK; Year: 2022; Director: Mary Harron; Stars: Ben Kingsley, Barbara Sukowa, Ezra Miller, Christopher Briney, Rupert Graves, Andreja Pejic)
In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps the aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York.
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Peter Farrelly; Writer: Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, Pete Jones; Stars: Zac Efron, Russell Crowe, Bill Murray, Kyle Allen, Jake Picking, Bill Ropp, Archie Renaux)
A man's story of leaving New York in 1967 to bring beer to his childhood buddies in the Army while they are fighting in Vietnam.
Paris Memories and Alice, Darling
The Hummingbird
(Country: Italy, France; Year: 2022; Director: Francesca Archibugi; Writer: Francesca Archibugi, Laura Paolucci, based on the book by Sandro Veronesi; Stars: Bérénice Bejo, Kasia Smutniak, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante)
The life of a male protagonist from the 1970s to the near future and the myriad relationships that have criss-crossed his path along the way.
Hunt
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Lee Jung-jae; Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Heo Sung-tae, Jung Woo-sung, Hye-jin Jeon, Man-sik Jeong, Go Yoon-Jung, Derek Chouinard, Kim Jong-soo)
Two national security agents - and rivals - hunt for a spy chief.
A Jazzman's Blues
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Tyler Perry; Writer: Tyler Perry; Stars: Ryan Eggold, Milauna Jackson, Solea Pfeiffer, E Roger Mitchell, Amirah Vann, Mone Monroe, Brad Benedict)
An investigation into an unsolved murder unveils a story full of forbidden love, deceit and a secret.
Kacchey Limbu
(Country: India; Year: 2022; Director: Shubham Yogi; Writer: Neeraj Pandey, Sukanya Subramaniyan, Shubham Yogi; Stars: Radhika Madan, Ayush Mehra, Rajat Barmecha)
Siblings on competing cricket teams struggle to balance family and team loyalties.
Paris Memories
(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Alice Winocour; Writer: Jean-Stéphane Bron, Marcia Romano, Alice Winocour; Stars: Virginie Efira, Benoît Magimel, Maya Sansa, Grégoire Colin, Nastya Golubeva Carax, Amadou Mbow, Ema Zampa, Souleymane Touré, Jean Pierre Horcholle, Clarisse Makundul)
A woman is caught up in a Paris terror attack and three months on she tries to piece together her memory.
Prisoner's Daughter
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Catherine Hardwicke; Writer: Mark Bacci; Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Brian Cox, Ernie Hudson, John Huertas, Tyson Ritter)
A father fights for the love of his daughter and grandson after serving 12 years in prison.
Raymond And Ray
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Rodrigo García; Writer: Rodrigo García; Stars: Ethan Hawke, Ewan McGregor, Sophie Okonedo, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tom Bower)
Two half-brothers reunite at the funeral of their father.
Roost
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Amy Redford; Writer: Scott Organ; Stars: Summer Phoenix, Grace Van Dien, Kyle Gallner, Jesse Garcia, Raina Hardesty)
A young love affair becomes a menacing game of cat and mouse. Nothing and no one is as it seems.
Sidney
(Country: US, Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Reginald Hudlin; Writer: Jesse James Miller; Stars: Denzel Washington, Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, Halle Berry, Barbra Streisand, Spike Lee)
A documentary charting the life of Sidney Poitier.
The Son
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Florian Zeller; Writer: Christopher Hampton, based on the play by Florian Zeller; Stars: Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Quarshie)
Peter's busy life with new wife Beth and their baby is thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate comes to him with concerns about their teenage son, Nicholas.
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.
What's Love Got To Do With It?
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Shekhar Kapur; Writer: Jemima Khan; Stars: Lily James, Emma Thompson, Taj Atwal, Asim Chaudhry, Shazad Latif, Oliver Chris)
A cross-cultural romantic comedy.
The Woman King
(Country: Canada, US; Year: 2022; Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood; Writer: Maria Bello, Dana Stevens; Stars: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, John Boyega, Jordan Bolger, Shaina West, Hero Fiennes Tiffin)
A historical epic inspired by the true events that happened in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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