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USA 2019.
A variation on a call to arms, this film is inspired by the true stories of three women who answered the call and worked as spies in Churchill’s Special Operations Executive. An engrossing and thrilling spy drama and a tribute to this courageous and diverse group of women.
USA/Australia 2020.
A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As newly employed Jane follows her daily routine, she becomes increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.
USA 2020
Fern is forced to leave her hometown in Nevada after her husband dies and the sole industry in town closes down. She has no choice but to travel from town to town in her mobile home looking for work, the fate of many after the 1990s recession.
UK 1969
An Oscar winning performance by Maggie Smith as an eccentric teacher in a girl’s school in Edinburgh, who wields a spellbinding influence on her ‘girls’. Adapted from Muriel Spark’s novel.
UK 2019
In this bitter sweet drama a family reunites for one last gathering before their terminally ill mother passes away. As the weekend progresses old wounds come to the surface, driving some family members apart and others together.
UK 2020
During World War 2 a reclusive writer reluctantly agrees to take in a young evacuee who has been entrusted to her care after the London Blitz. She gradually forms a bond with the young boy in this story of love and friendship.
USA 2020
A tender and sweeping story that follows the life of a Korean - American family as they move from California to a tiny farm in Arkansas in search of their own American Dream. This semi-autobiographical movie has been nominated for six Academy Awards.
Ireland/UK 2020
A heart-warming romantic drama set in the beautiful Irish countryside. A young couple living on neighbouring farms plan to marry but get caught up in their families’ land dispute.
Australia 2020
Set against the stunning landscape of Arnhem Land, this film follows the story of a young Aboriginal man in his bid to save the last of his family. He teams up with an ex-soldier to track down Baywara, his uncle, the most dangerous warrior in the Territory.
Australia 2021
This highly entertaining documentary follows the journey of a band of renegade surfers, who took on the male-dominated professional surfing world to achieve equality and change the sport forever. Features surfing greats including Jodie Cooper, Pam Burridge and Layne Beachley.
UK/France 2020
‘The Father’ warmly embraces real life as it follows an ageing man who must deal with progressing memory loss. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind, and even the fabric of his own reality.
Morocco 2019
Abla runs a modest local bakery from her home in Casablanca where she lives with her eight year old daughter. Their routine of housework and homework is interrupted one day by a young woman looking for a job.
USA 2020
A powerful biographical drama about the betrayal of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in late 1960s Chicago, at the hands of William O’Neal, an FBI informant. Nominated for six Academy Awards.
USA 2021
An American neo-noir crime thriller set in 1990s Los Angeles. A burnt out deputy sheriff teams up with a crack detective to investigate a string of murders which lead them to a strange loner who may be the culprit.
USA 2020
In this surreal arch comedy Michelle Pfeiffer plays an ageing Manhattan socialite who goes from riches to rags after her deceased husband’s money runs out. She and her son move to a small apartment in Paris, where they attract numerous hangers-on.
Ireland/UK 2020
With unprecedented access to the elusive truffle hunters, the filmmakers follow their attempts to do what modern science has not - cultivate a rare white Alba truffle deep in the forests of Piedmont.
UK 2019
In 1939 on the eve of World War 2, a school teacher takes a job teaching English at a finishing school for young German girls on the south coast of England. When the body of a former teacher is discovered, it triggers a sequence of deadly events.
Please note screenings on FRIDAY and SUNDAY evenings
UK/Aust/USA 2020
A romantic drama set in the 1840s, loosely inspired by the life of acclaimed British palaeontologist Mary Anning. The film centres on a speculative passionate relationship that develops between Mary and another woman.
USA 2020
A young woman, traumatised by a tragic event in her past and the death of her best friend who was a victim of rape, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path. Nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Actress for Carey Mulligan.
USA/UK/Can 2020
This psychological thriller is a study of a family breakdown. Jude Law plays a go-getting stock trader who returns home to England, with his American wife and children reluctantly in tow, intent on becoming even wealthier.
France 2020
Antoinette, a school teacher in Paris, finds herself on a journey of self-discovery when her planned summer holiday with her secret lover, the father of one of her pupils, is upended. She finds herself alone on a trek through the Cevennes with a donkey.
France 2020
Nine translators group together to work on a top secret manuscript, but they soon find themselves inside a living nightmare when the first ten pages of the book mysteriously appear online.
