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Women Talking and Driving Madeleine
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.
All Quiet On The Western Front (Im Westen Nichts Neues)
(Country: Germany, US; Year: 2022; Director: Edward Berger; Writer: Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell, based on the book by Erich Maria Remarque; Stars: Daniel Brühl, Albrecht Schuch, Sebastian Hülk, Edin Hasanovich, Anton von Lucke)
A young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I.
The Banshees Of Inisherin
(Country: Ireland, UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Martin McDonagh; Writer: Martin McDonagh; Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Morse)
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
Biosphere
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Mel Eslyn; Writer: Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn; Stars: Sterling K Brown, Mark Duplass)
Plot details for this film are yet to be released.
Blueback
(Country: Australia; Year: 2022; Director: Robert Connolly; Writer: Robert Connolly; Stars: Radha Mitchell, Eric Bana, Mia Wasikowska, Ariel Donoghue)
The story of a child who befriends a magnificent wild blue grouper while diving. When she realises that the fish is under threat, she takes inspiration from her activist mother, and takes on poachers to save her friend.
Wendell & Wild and The Blue Caftan
The Blue Caftan
(Country: France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark; Year: 2022; Director: Maryam Touzani; Writer: Maryam Touzani, Nabil Ayouch; Stars: Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui)
Halim and Mina own a small family tailor shop that specializes in sewing ceremonial caftans. Since traditional hand-crafted work is time-consuming, Halim decides to hire an assistant, Youssef. The presence of the attractive young man arouses long-suppressed feelings in Halim, something that does not go unnoticed by his wife Mina.
Broker
(Country: Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda; Writer: Hirokazu Kore-eda; Stars: Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doona, Lee Ji-eun, Lee Joo-young)
Drama following a group of people brought together by "baby post boxes" used to help abandoned babies.
Bros
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Nicholas Stoller; Writer: Billy Eichner, Nicholas Stoller; Stars: Luke Macfarlane, Billy Eichner, Kristin Chenoweth)
Two men with commitment problems attempt a relationship.
Brother
(Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Clement Virgo; Writer: David Chariandy, Clement Virgo; Stars: Lamar Johnson, Aaron Pierre, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Kiana Madeira, Lovell Adams-Gray, Maurice Dean Wint, Taveeta Szymanowicz, Dwain Murphy, Anthony Grant, Delia Lisette Chambers, Evan Buliung, Beth Hornby, Mazin Elsadig, Bracken Burns, Kara Wooten)
The story of two sons of Caribbean immigrants maturing amid escalating tensions.
Catherine Called Birdy
(Country: US, UK; Year: 2022; Director: Lena Dunham; Writer: Lena Dunham, based on the book by Karen Cushman; Stars: Bella Ramsey, Andrew Scott, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joe Alwyn, Billie Piper, Sophie Okonedo)
A 14-year-old girl in Medieval England navigates through life and avoiding potential suitors her father has in mind.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and The Good Nurse
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.
Chevalier
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Stephen Williams; Writer: Stefani Robinson; Stars: Lucy Boynton, Samara Weaving, Minnie Driver, Marton Csokas)
The true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, who rises to heights in French society as a composer before an ill-fated love affair.
Corsage
(Country: Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg; Year: 2022; Director: Marie Kreutzer; Writer: Marie Kreutzer; Stars: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Finnegan Oldfield, Jeanne Werner, Alma Hasun, Manuel Rubey, Colin Morgan, Rosa Hajjaj, Lilly Marie Tschörtner , Aaron Friesz, Ivana Urban, Raphael von Bargen, Alexander Pschill, Regina Fritsch, Raphael Nicholas)
A period drama about Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as Sisi.
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See:
Marie Kreutzer in conversation on Empress Elisabeth of Austria with King Ludwig II of Bavaria, Luchino Visconti, Finnegan Oldfield’s Louis Le Prince and the biographies of Sisi
, Marie Kreutzer in conversation on Corsage, Vicky Krieps as Sisi, singer/songwriter Camille, and the look of the film
, Vicky Krieps in conversation on Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, Romy Schneider, and Margarethe von Trotta’s Bachmann & Frisch
, Marie Kreutzer in conversation on Corsage, Vicky Krieps as Sisi, singer/songwriter Camille, and the look of the film
, Vicky Krieps in conversation on Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, Romy Schneider, and Margarethe von Trotta’s Bachmann & Frisch
Decision To Leave
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Park Chan-wook; Writer: Park Chan-wook, Seo-kyeong Jeong; Stars: Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Go Kyung-Pyo, Lee Jung-Hyun, Park Yong-woo)
A detective investigates a man's death in the mountains.
Devotion
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: JD Dillard; Writer: Jake Crane, Jonathan Stewart, based on the book by Adam Makos; Stars: Glen Powell, Serinda Swan, Jonathan Majors, Spencer Neville, Thomas Sadowski)
A pair of US Navy fighter pilots risk their lives during the Korean War and become some of the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.
Saint Omer and All Quiet On The Western Front
Driving Madeleine (Une Belle Course)
(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Christian Carion; Writer: Christian Carion, Cyril Gely; Stars: Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz, Line Renaud)
A taxi driver drives a passenger across Paris as she recalls her life.
Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman
(Country: Nigeria; Year: 2022; Director: Biyi Bandele; Writer: Biyi Bandele; Stars: Odunlade Adekola, Shaffy Bello, Olawale-Brymo Olofooro, Deyemi Okanlawon)
Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfil his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors.
Empire Of Light
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2022; Director: Sam Mendes; Writer: Sam Mendes; Stars: Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Monica Dolan, Toby Jones, Sara Stewart, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke)
A peek into the lives of staff at a cinema in an English seaside town in the early 1980s.
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.
The Fabelmans
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Steven Spielberg; Writer: Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg; Stars: Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle)
Growing up in post-World War Two era Arizona, a young man named Sammy Fabelman discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
Empire Of Light and The Whale
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Rian Johnson; Writer: Rian Johnson; Stars: Jessica Henwick, Ethan Hawke, Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista, Madelyn Kline)
Famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece for his latest case.
Good Night Oppy
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Ryan White)
The story of Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rover affectionately dubbed Oppy by her creators and scientists at NASA. Oppy was originally expected to live for only 90 days but she ultimately explored Mars for nearly 15 years.
The Good Nurse
(Year: 2022; Director: Tobias Lindholm; Writer: Krysty Wilson-Cairn, based on the book by Charles Graeber; Stars: Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Kim Dickens, Noah Emmerich, Malik Yoba, Ajay Naidu)
An infamous caregiver is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients.
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.
Il Signore Delle Formiche
(Country: Italy; Year: 2022; Director: Gianni Amelio; Writer: Gianni Amelio, Federico Fava, Edoardo Petti; Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Elio Germano, Leonardo Maltese, Sara Serraiocco)
Italian poet, playwright and director Aldo Braibanti is jailed in 1968 under a Fascist-era law criminalizing gay activity. The informant is his partner's father, who forces his son to undergo electroshock conversion therapy.
The Substitute and The Menu
Joyland
(Country: Pakistan; Year: 2022; Director: Saim Sadiq; Writer: Saim Sadiq; Stars: Sana Jafri, Ali Junejo)
As the Ranas, a happily patriarchal joint family, yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theater and falls for an ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story illuminates the entire family's desire for a sexual rebellion.
The Lost King
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Stephen Frears; Writer: Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope; Stars: Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, Harry Lloyd, Mark Addy, James Fleet, Jessica Hardwick, Robert Jack)
An amateur historian defies the stodgy academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.
A Man Of Reason
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Jung Woo-sung; Stars: Jung Woo-sung)
After 10 years of incarceration on behalf of his employer, all Su-hyuk wants is a normal life - one he hopes will include his former girlfriend, Min-seo, and their daughter, In-bi. But once you've penetrated the upper echelons of the underworld, normal can prove hard to come by.
The Menu
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Mark Mylod; Writer: Seth Reiss, Will Tracy; Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes)
A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Moonage Daydream
(Year: 2022; Director: Brett Morgen; Writer: Brett Morgen; Stars: David Bowie)
Documentary featuring a wealth of David Bowie archive.
Holy Spider and Nanny
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.
Nope
(Country: US, Japan, Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Jordan Peele; Writer: Jordan Peele; Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott, Steven Yeun, Wrenn Schmidt)
The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.
No Bears
(Year: 2022; Director: Jafar Panahi; Writer: Jafar Panahi; Stars: Jafar Panahi, Mina Kavani, Bülent Keser, Vahid Mobasheri, Sinan Yusufoglu, Naser Hashemi, Bakhtiyar Panjeei, Reza Heydari, Mina Khosrovani)
The director appears as himself, relocated to a rural border town to remotely oversee the making of a new film in Turkey, the story of which comes to sharply parallel disturbing events that begin to occur around him.
One Fine Morning
(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Mia Hansen-Løve; Writer: Mia Hansen-Løve; Stars: Léa Seydoux, Melvil Poupaud, Nicole Garcia, Pascal Greggory, Kester Lovelace, Ema Zampa)
A woman who is raising her daughter alone and looking after her dad, who has a degenerative disease, embarks on a passionate affair.
The Fabelmans and No Bears
On The Come Up
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Sanaa Lathan; Writer: Zora Howard, Kay Oyegun, based on the book by Angie Thomas; Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Method Man, Mike Epps, Nijah Brenea, Jamila Gray)
The story of 16-year-old Bri, who wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time but is facing controversies and with an eviction notice staring down her family.
Other People's Children (Les Enfants Des Autres)
(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Rebecca Zlotowski; Writer: Rebecca Zlotowski; Stars: Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira)
A childless woman forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter.
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlisle
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Kathlyn Horan; Writer: Kathlyn Horan; Stars: Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker)
Decades after Tanya Tucker slipped from the spotlight, music star Brandi Carlile takes it upon herself to write an entire album for her hero based on Tanya's extraordinary life, spurring the greatest comeback in country music history.
Saint Omer
(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Alice Diop; Writer: Alice Diop, Marie N'Diaye; Stars: Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia Petit)
A novelist who attends the trial of Laurence Coly at the Saint-Omer Criminal Court tries to use her story to write a modern-day adaptation of the ancient myth of Medea, but things don't go as expected.
Sanctuary
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Zachary Wigon; Writer: Micah Bloomberg; Stars: Margaret Qualley, Christopher Abbott)
The story of a dominatrix and her wealthy client, and the disaster which ensues when the latter tries to end their relationship.
One Fine Morning and Blueback
Stories Not To Be Told (Historias Para No Contar)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Cesc Gay; Writer: Cesc Gay; Stars: Alex Brendemühl, Anna Castillo, Jose Coronado, Javier Cámara, Chino Darín, Antonio de la Torre)
Five comedic tales criss-cross at random.
The Substitute (El Suplente)
(Country: Argentina, Italy, France, Spain, Mexico; Year: 2022; Director: Diego Lerman; Writer: Diego Lerman, María Meira, Luciana De Mello; Stars: Juan Minujín, Alfredo Castro, Bárbara Lennie, Rita Cortese, María Merlino)
A professor tries to help a student who is being hounded by drug traffickers.
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.
Walk Up
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Hong Sang-soo; Stars: Kwon Haehyo, Lee Hyeyoung, Mi-so Park)
A middle-aged film director and the daughter he hasn't seen in years visit a building owned by an interior designer... but something unusual happens during the tour.
Wendell & Wild
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Henry Selick; Writer: Clay McLeod Chapman, Jordan Peele, Henry Selick; Stars: Lyric Ross, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Angela Bassett, James Hong)
Two scheming demon brothers, Wendell and Wild, must face their arch-nemesis, the demon-dusting nun Sister Helly, and her two acolytes, the goth teens Kat and Raul.
Corsage and Other People's Children
The Whale
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Darren Aronofsky; Writer: Samuel D Hunter; Stars: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton, Ty Simpkins)
A reclusive English teacher living with severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
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.
The Wonder
(Country: US, UK, Ireland; Year: 2022; Director: Sebastián Lelio; Writer: Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue, Sebastián Lelio; Stars: Florence Pugh, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Elaine Cassidy, Tom Burke, Ciarán Hinds, Niamh Algar, Toby Jones)
The Irish Midlands, 1862. A young girl stops eating but remains miraculously alive and well. English nurse Lib Wright is brought to a tiny village to observe eleven-year old Anna O'Donnell. Tourists and pilgrims mass to witness the girl who is said to have survived without food for months.
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