Film / Action
Midway
CGI-laden reworking of the war in the Pacific flick from the director of Independence Day
Film
Afrika Eye 2019: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Preview of Chiwetel Ejiofor's directorial debut - an official British Oscar submission
Film
A Grand Day Out 30th anniversary + Q&A
Charity screening of Nick Park's very first Wallace and Gromit film
The Good Liar, Midway and The Aeronauts are among this week’s new releases aimnig to knock Joker off its perch.
Elsewhere, the Everyman has a preview of Scorsese’s Oscar-tipped The Irishman on Thursday and the Afrika Eye festival boasts a packed weekend of diverse events.
Follow the links below for further details and screening times and go here for our comprehensive film listings.
Film / Action
CGI-laden reworking of the war in the Pacific flick from the director of Independence Day
Film / Drama
Career conman Ian McKellen meets his match in the form of Helen Mirren
Film / Drama
Button-pushing drama about a liberal US couple who adopt an Eritrean former child soldier
Film / Drama
Period hot air balloon adventure romp with Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones
Film / Documentary
When Werner met Gorby
Film / Documentary
Unconventional, impressionistic film about the creation of cult musician PJ Harvey's 2016 album
Film / Documentary
Fascinating documentary exploring the power of sound in cinema
Film / Animation
Boilerplate arctic animation for easily entertained nippers
Film / Documentary
Documentary about a Malawian teenager torn between his African roots and Chinese upbringing
Film / Art House
Restoration of Julie Dash's acclaimed feature debut
Film / Documentary
Hard-hitting documentary about the #FeesMustFall student movement in South Africa
Film / Festival Screening
Cables & Cameras present new wave short films from the African diaspora
Film / Art House
Acclaimed French girl gang coming-of-age drama
Film / Documentary
A jaunt through the ghettos of Kinshasa to meet musicians who struggle to emerge from the chaos
Film / Drama
Drama based on the extraordinary kidnapping of football star Eusébio
Film / Documentary
A quartet of Sudanese filmmakers set out to revive cinema in their now strictly Islamic country
Film / Documentary
Documentary about a Kenyan farmer who became a climate change activist
Film / Drama
Preview of Chiwetel Ejiofor's directorial debut - an official British Oscar submission
Film / Art House
A South African coming of age story with a sexual identity twist
Film / Documentary
Documentary about fearless South African anti-corruption activist Thuli Madonsela
Film / Animation
Charity screening of Nick Park's very first Wallace and Gromit film
Film / Event Cinema
Bonnie Langford stars in the glitzy musical, recorded live at the Theatre Royal
Film / Event Cinema
The late Anthony Minghella's production of the evergreen Puccini opera
Film / Event Cinema
Colombian popstrel performs the hits in big sheds and stadiums around the globe
Film / Documentary
The Boss tells the story of his first album in five years
Film / Event Cinema
Watch other people playing computer games for hours and hours and hours
Film / Event Cinema
Gwendoline Christie stars in Nicholas Hytner's immersive staging of the Bard's romcom
Film / Event Cinema
Phoebe Waller-Bridge's one-woman play that inspired the hit TV series returns to the stage
Film / Ballet
Concerto, Enigma Variations and Raymonda Act III
Film / Documentary
Documentary about rapper Lil Peep, who died of a drug overdose at 21
Film / Drama
Splendid if overlooked Hitchcockian gothic mystery from 1945
Film / Animation
Marjane Satrapi's brilliant, autobiographical coming-of-age in Iran animation
Film / Action
Ang Lee's stunning, graceful Oscar winner, which reinvented the martial arts movie
Film / Drama
Ang Lee's spiritual shipwreck drama with extraordinary CGI effects
Film / Drama
Cracking 1959 heist flick with a nasty underbelly of racism
Film / Animation
Disney's searing indictment of class prejudice (with saucy songs)
Film / Drama
A brief opportunity to see Scorsese's Netflix gangster epic on the big screen
Film / Fantasy
Joaquin Phoenix slaps on the clown face in this darker take on the DC villain
Film / Drama
Ken Loach puts the boot in to the 'gig economy'
Film / Horror
That sequel to The Shining you didn't know you needed
Film / Animation
Charles Addams's spooky creation gets an animated update for the Instagram era
Film / Fantasy
Horny old Angelina Jolie returns in Disney's sequel to its adult reworking of Sleeping Beauty
Film / Art House
Colombia's official Oscar entry: 'Apocalypse Now on shrooms'
Film / Drama
Timely, fact-based drama of gentrification
Film / Action
Creaky old Arnie's back in a direct sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Film / Animation
Aardman's woolly mischief-maker befriends a cute burpy space alien
Film / Animation
A teen girl escorts a yeti back to his mountain home in this DreamWorks animation
Film / Comedy
All the gang are back for this zombie comedy sequel
Film / Drama
Keira Knightley stars in the true story of GCHQ whistleblower Katharine Gun
Film / Fantasy
Horny old Angelina Jolie returns in Disney's sequel to its adult reworking of Sleeping Beauty
Film / Drama
Julian Fellowes' toffs and forelock-tuggers invade the big screen
Film / Action
Will Smith is targeted by younger clone of himself in Ang Lee's Looper-style sci-fi action thriller
Film / Horror
Killer app targets smartphone users in this latest variation on the techno-horror template
Film / Drama
J-Lo stars in a true-ish-life drama about a bunch of strippers who scam their wealthy clients
Film / Action
Home Alone with extra gore and bloodshed in the BBFC's crappy Christmas treat
Film / Comedy
Zombie comedy with a pleasingly bad taste ankle-biter twist
Film / Documentary
Iggy Pop narrates the story of Banksy's undercover visit to Palestine back in 2007
Film / Drama
E.M. Forster's eloquent tale of tortured Edwardian romance gets the Merchant-Ivory treatment
Film / Documentary
Relentlessly upbeat eco-doc structured as a conversation with the director's infant daughter
Film / Drama
Dramatisation of the extraordinary true story of the probe into the CIA's use of torture after 9/11