Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier—the writer-director dream team behind The Worst Person in the World—return with this stunningly observed family drama. Winner of the Best International Feature Oscar®, and featuring an all-star cast, Sentimental Value traces the fault lines between vanity, art, and life.
A young stripper from Brooklyn meets and impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairy tale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
Mike, a rough sleeper in London, is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around. Along the way, he encounters unexpected chances for a fresh start.
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s anarchic political thriller stars Wagner Moura in a risky cat-and-mouse hunt. Mixing taut suspense with sly absurdism, this epoch-defining marvel reconstructs memories of the Brazilian military dictatorship in vivid colors.
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Jafar Panahi won the Palme d’Or for this tour-de-force morality tale, which ignites the pursuit of truth with dark comedy and impassioned urgency. Driving through obstinate barriers of authoritarianism and censorship, this is a defining work of political cinema from one of Iran’s great auteurs.
ased on Stephen King’s novella and brought to the screen by acclaimed director Mike Flanagan, The Life of Chuck is the tale of a seemingly unremarkable man called Charles Krantz . Told in reserve order, Chuck’s life story unfolds over three chapters, reminding us that even the most ordinary life contains multitudes!
Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under IDF fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.
Diagnosed with Tourette’s at 15, targeted as ‘insane’ by his peers, he struggled with a condition few had witnessed. Campaigning for better understanding and acceptance of the condition of Tourette’s as an adult, he finds his life’s purpose.
A man, driven by his desire for a multi-million dollar inheritance, begins to care for his terminally ill grandmother. However, winning her favor will not be an easy task and he is not the only one with an eye on the money.
Celebrate 10 years at The Whitty Theatre with live music in the foyer and free prosecco before the film.
The real life story of Vogue fashion photographer turned war correspondent Lee Miller who battles resistance from the male- dominated military, traveling to the front lines of WW2 to uncover the hidden truths of the Third Reich. In the wake of betrayal, a reckoning will come over the truths of her own past.
A light-hearted and affectionate look behind the scenes of the filming of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960), a landmark of the French New Wave film movement, told in the style and spirit of Godard.
After an unusual encounter, a talented chef and a recently divorcée fall in love and build the home and family they've always dreamed of, until a painful truth puts their love story to the test.
Renowned Swedish TV-duo Filip and Fredrik embark on a trip to France, aiming to rekindle the zest for life of Filip's father. Charming fly-on-the wall documentary.
Swedish with English subtitles.
A struggling novelist who is forced to take care of three eccentric older women - and his own mother - over the course of one chaotic weekend in Dublin
A disillusioned Englishman who goes to work in a school in a divided Argentina in 1976 finds his life transformed when he rescues an orphaned penguin from the beach.
Starring Steve Coogan and Jonathon Price.
Acclaimed conductor Thibaut has leukemia and needs a bone marrow donor. Learning he was adopted, he finds an older brother, a musician and factory worker. Their reunion sparks a fraternal, musical journey amidst the town's factory closure.
French with English subtitles.
This heatwarming British comedy features an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island. Trying to make his fantasies come true, he books his favorite musicians to perform at his home.
Following an arranged marraige a frustrated and misanthropic newlywed discovers certain feral impulses that land her in unlikely situations.
The story of a wild schoolboy son of a boozy miner - Rich Jenkins and the english teacher who recognised his talent; Philip Burton.
A moving story of how Rich Jenkins became Richard Burton, the biggest star Wales has ever produced.
An investigating judge struggles with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran caused by the death of a young woman. When his gun goes missing he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing harsh measures that fray family ties.
Mismatched cousins reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother. But old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
A romantic story spanning several decades and continents. Touch follows one Icelandic man’s emotional journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago before his time runs out.
While serving as a juror in high-profile murder trial a family man finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma, one which he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict or free the wrong killer.
BRAZIL, 1971. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children, is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government.
I’m Still Here is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.
A mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.
Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what's going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, the truth gradually emerges.
While working as a coal merchant to support his family, he discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent — and uncovers truths of his own — forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.
Ingrid (Julianne Moore), a best-selling writer, rekindles her relationship with her friend Martha (Tilda Swinton), a war journalist with whom she has lost touch for a number of years. The two women immerse themselves in their pasts, sharing memories, anecdotes, art, movies—yet Martha has a request that will test their newly strengthened bond.
Set over the course of one week, ROSE is the story of two sisters, Inger and Ellen, and how their relationship is challenged on a highly anticipated coach trip to Paris. When Inger announces her struggles with mental health to the group, the sisters are faced with pity from some and downright discrimination from others.
Saoirse Ronan stars as Rona, who, fresh out of rehab, returns to the Orkney Islands; a place both wild and beautiful right off the Scottish coast.
After more than a decade of living life on the edge in London, where she both found and lost love, Rona – now 30 – attempts to come to terms with her troubled past.
Hirayama lives a life of blissful contentment, spending his days balancing his job as a caretaker of Tokyo’s public toilets with his passion for music, literature, and photography.
His structured routine is slowly interrupted by unexpected encounters that force him to reconnect with his past.
Married to a wild, reckless biker named Benny, Kathy recounts the Vandals' evolution over the course of a decade, beginning as a local club of outsiders united by good times, rumbling bikes and respect for their strong leader Johnny.
As life in the Vandals gets more dangerous, and the club threatens to become a more sinister gang, Kathy, Benny and Johnny are forced to make choices about their loyalty to the club and to each other.
In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect and corruption, a frustrated teacher tries a radical new method to unleash the curiosity and potential of his students... and maybe even their genius.
A curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them -- a damaged, brainy troublemaker -- and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam .
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
You won’t want to miss this 1971 film shot entirely in and around Wokingham. There are tantalising glimpses of the old red brick Victorian railway station, the town centre and a psychopath’s unnerving gaze from The Red Lion out onto Wokingham Market Place.
