When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church.

Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

Avril, an independently minded lawyer known for taking on lost causes, resolves to secure a victory in her next case. However, when Dariuch another seemingly hopeless client, asks her to defend his faithful canine companion, Cosmos, Avril is unable to resist. She dives into the absurdity of defending a canine client, confronting not only the legal system but also advocating for both women’s and animal rights.

Dog on Trial / Le Procès du chien is also screening as part of this year's French Film Festival.

Mahin (70) lives alone in Tehran since her husband’s death and her daughter’s departure for Europe, until an afternoon tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalize her love life. But as Mahin opens herself up to new romance, what begins as an unexpected encounter quickly evolves into an unpredictable, unforgettable evening.

The story of how a young Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan) started his real-estate business in 1970s and '80s New York with the helping hand of infamous lawyer Roy Cohn.

Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.

Romeo and Juliet, two teenagers from warring families, are smitten after a brief encounter at a masked ball. However, after marrying each other in secret, a terrible feud ensues around them.

The film will be introduced Caitlin Wallace, a member of D&G Council's Arts & Museum Team. Caitlin is a recent graduate in English and Film Studies and her research interests include the representation of femininity and women on screen. In her essay: ‘Men’s Eyes Were Made to Look, and Let Them Gaze’: Female Desire and Agency in Franco Zeffirelli’s and Baz Luhrmann’s Filmic Adaptions of Romeo and Juliet, she analysed the degree of agency represented in the performances of Olivia Hussey and Claire Danes’ as Juliet.

In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance. However, her sexual, rebellious awakening is disrupted by her mother who never got to come of age herself.

This exquisitely shot coming-of-age story film premiered at Sundance, where it scored both the Audience Award, and the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting (Preeti Panigrahi).

Director Cédric Kahn's film recreates the real-life trial of political activist Pierre Goldman.

A second trial begins in November 1975 against French left-wing revolutionary Pierre Goldman, who was accused of several armed robberies and the death of two chemists.

Dedicated police detective Ma Zhe (Zhu Yilong) is assigned the case of a series of horrific murders in a rural Chinese town. As the investigation progresses, pressure from his superiors to find the suspected serial killer mounts, leading to a hasty arrest. But while his colleagues rush to celebrate, several clues push Ma Zhe deeper into a desperate investigation of his own – leading him into a dark world where mystery hangs over his every lead.

Béla Tarr's apocalyptically transcendent portrait of disorder, Werckmeister Harmonies, has been restored in 4K. A mysterious circus excites a small town into rebellion when a promised act doesn't perform. Come see this brooding masterpiece of a town sleepwalking into tyranny from a director who Martin Scorsese called “one of cinema’s most adventurous artists.”

"Unique, mesmeric and sublime."

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ - Guardian

A financially troubled Riyadh courier becomes involved with the illegal supply of alcohol to the rich and famous in this slow-burn Arabic language crime thriller.

Monday Night Film Club is your opportunity to watch a brand new release (or re-release) with fellow cinemagoers and to join in -- or just listen to -- the post-film discussion afterwards.

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in a village close to Tokyo. The serenity of the place is about to be disrupted by the imminent arrival of a glamping site, which will endanger both the ecological balance of the plateau and their way of life.

From the director of Oscar® and BAFTA winner Drive My Car.

“Compositional quirks and unhurried direction turn this tale of a Tokyo company buying up land near a pristine lake into a complex and mysterious drama” ★★★★ The Guardian

“An absorbing film of quiet power” Screen Daily

From Director Rose Glass (Saint Maud) comes an electric new love story; reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou's criminal family.

"A heart-pounding, iron-pumping descent into the heady heart of obsession and desire." Little White Lies ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch - Babylon Berlin, Around the World in 80 Days) decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.

Aleksei, a young Belarusian, has his sights set on the nightclubs of Paris. After a painful journey through Europe, he enlists in the Foreign Legion, in pursuit of a French passport. Fate, however, takes an unexpected turn, propelling Aleksei into the heart of the Niger Delta where Jomo, a fearless and charismatic revolutionary is battling insidious oil conglomerates that threaten his community's existence. While Aleksei seeks a new family in the Legion, Jomo dreams of being a disco dancer; a "disco boy". In the jungle, their paths converge, intertwining their destinies across borders, bodies, life and death. Featuring an original score from electronic musician, Vitalic.

“A visually thrilling, ambitious and distinctly freaky adventure into the heart of imperial darkness… This is bold film-making” — ★★★★ The Guardian

On March 28th, 2023, legendary composer Ryuichi Sakamoto passed away after his struggle against cancer. In the years leading up to his death, Sakamoto could no longer perform live. Single concerts, not to mention sprawling global tours, were too taxing. Despite this, in late 2022, Sakamoto mustered all of his energy to leave the world with one final performance: a concert film, featuring just him and his piano.

Curated by Sakamoto himself and presented in his chosen order, the twenty pieces performed in the film wordlessly narrate his life through his music. The selection spans his entire career, from his popstar Yellow Magic Orchestra period, to his magnificent Bertolucci film scores, to music from his meditative final album, 12.

Intimately filmed in a space he knew well, surrounded by his most trusted collaborators and directed by his son, Sakamoto bares his soul through his music, knowing this may be the last time that he can present his art.

Mysterious and deeply moving, MONSTER is a breathtaking piece of cinema from master director Hirokazu Kore-eda (Broker, Shoplifters). When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, single mother Saori knows that there is something wrong. Discovering that one of his teachers might be responsible, she storms into the school demanding answers. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, shocking truths begin to emerge.

Koji Yakusho stars as Hirayama, a contemplative middle-aged man who lives a life of modesty and serenity, spending his days balancing his job as a dutiful caretaker of Tokyo’s numerous public toilets with his passion for music, literature and photography. As we join him on his structured daily routine, a series of unexpected encounters gradually begin to reveal a hidden past that lies behind his otherwise content and harmonious life.

Nominated for the Best International Film award at the 96th Academy Awards®.

American comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Kelly Reichardt, in her fourth collaboration with actress Michelle Williams. The film follows a sculptor (Williams) managing the competing attentions of her art, job, family, and friendships.

Monk (Jeffrey Wright) is a frustrated novelist who's fed up with the establishment that profits from Black entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, he uses a pen name to write an outlandish Black book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

Winner of Best Adapted Screenplay at this year’s BAFTAs and Academy Awards.

A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with a mysterious neighbour as he then discovers his parents appear to be living just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.

“ALL OF US STRANGERS contains several sequences with flashing lights that may affect those who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or have other photo-sensitivities."

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. Drama based on the novel by Martin Amis.

“★★★★★ A masterpiece.” - BBC

From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows 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 (newcomer Dominic Sessa) -- and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da'Vine Joy Randolph).

From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and writer Alasdair Gray comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.

“An outright masterwork” / “A feast for the eyes, mind, heart and soul” - ★★★★★ Empire

“Miyazaki’s most expansive and magisterial” - ★★★★★ BBC Culture

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend. Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla's long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland, in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy, and fame.

'A transportive, heartbreaking journey into the dark heart of celebrity... Sofia Coppola at her best.' - Rolling Stone

While vacationing by the Baltic Sea, writer Leon and photographer Felix are surprised by the presence of Nadja, a mysterious young woman staying as a guest at Felix's family's holiday home. Nadja distracts Leon from finishing his latest novel and with brutal honesty, forces him to confront his caustic temperament and self-absorption. As Nadja and Leon grow closer, an encroaching forest fire threatens the group and tensions escalate when a handsome lifeguard and Leon's tight-lipped book editor also arrive.

Screening as part of FOKUS: Films from Germany in conjunction with the Goethe Institute.

Award-winning filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre, The Other Side of Hope) makes a masterful return with Fallen Leaves, a timeless, hopeful and ultimately satisfying love story about two lonely souls’ path to happiness – and the numerous hurdles they encounter along the way. Set in contemporary Helsinki, and shot through with Kaurismäki’s typically playful, idiosyncratic style and deadpan humor, this tender romantic tragicomedy is a timely reminder of the potency of movie-going from one of cinema’s living legends. Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.