Belle de Jour Luis BuΓ±uel's provocative classic about a bored and neglected housewife (Catherine Deneuve) risks her reputation to take up a daring new hobby. Drama 1967 100 mins Luis BuΓ±uel The Florida Project Tangerine director Sean Baker presents another visionary take on the wild ups and dangerous downs of life in Americaβs underbelly, featuring an Oscar-nominated turn from Willem Dafoe. Drama 2017 112 mins Sean Baker The Wild Pear Tree Nuri Bilge Ceylanβs follow-up to his Palme dβOr-winning Winter Sleep is a persuasive portrait of a young writer at odds with his hometown and family. Drama 2018 189 mins Nuri Bilge Ceylan Zama Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel returns with a fine adaptation of Antonio Di Benedettoβs existential novel. In her first feature since 2008βs The Headless Woman, Martel creates a richly layered exploration of personal malaise. Drama 2017 115 mins Lucrecia Martel Western Masculine tensions reaching boiling point in this sizzling, brilliantly observed neo-western, where migrant German construction workers are pitched against villagers in remotest Bulgaria. Drama 2017 121 mins Valeska Grisebach Paterson Adam Driver excels in this effortlessly charming tale of a bus driver poet in New Jersey, filmed with typically groovy elan by Jim Jarmusch. Comedy 2016 118 mins Jim Jarmusch Toni Erdmann A lonely prankster upends the life of his high-powered daughter in a riotous comedy, deep and sharp. Comedy 2016 162 mins Maren Ade Silence Scorseseβs epic meditation on spiritual strength, with Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver as missionaries on the search for their missing mentor. Drama 2017 161 mins Martin Scorsese Loveless Andrey Zvyagintsev (Elena, Leviathan) delivers a masterpiece in this caustic look at contemporary Russian society, a failed marriage and the disappearance of a child. A major prize winner at both Cannes and BFI London Film Festival. Drama 2017 127 mins Andrey Zvyagintsev Apostasy A deeply religious family must decide whether to stick by their relation or abandon her, in this striking debut from Daniel Kokotajlo - a prizewinner at BFI London Film Festival 2017. Drama 2018 95 mins Dan Kokotajlo You Were Never Really Here Lynne Ramsay journeys with Joaquin Phoenix into the mind of an ex-soldier gun-for-hire whose own demons are as brutal as the actions of his adversaries. Thriller 2017 90 mins Lynne Ramsay Lady Macbeth Florence Pugh shines in this exceptional British debut of a young wife's need for freedom, whatever the cost. Period drama 2017 89 mins William Oldroyd I Am Not Your Negro Raoul Peckβs penetrating and acclaimed documentary reconstructs an unfinished manuscript by James Baldwin, chronicler of Americaβs Civil Rights Movement. Documentary Biopic 2016 94 mins Raoul Peck God's Own Country A troubled young sheep farmer falls for a hired hand in this stunning debut from Francis Lee. Drama 2017 105 mins Francis Lee Elle Isabelle Huppert gives an unforgettable performance in Paul Verhoevenβs provocative thriller about one womanβs response to a violent attack. Drama Thriller 2015 131 mins Paul Verhoeven Manchester by the Sea Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams shine in this devastating, Oscar-winning drama from Kenneth Lonergan about a manβs painful hometown return. Drama 2016 137 mins Kenneth Lonergan I, Daniel Blake Ken Loachβs powerful, Palme dβOr-winning invective against welfare injustice captured the mood of modern Britain and became his biggest box office success. Drama 2016 100 mins Ken Loach A Ghost Story David Lowery's haunting exploration of love and loss, with Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck is a high-point of recent independent American cinema. Drama 2017 92 mins David Lowery Moonlight Winner of the 2017 Oscar for Best Picture (eventually!), Barry Jenkinsβ intoxicating drama follows the furtive life of a gay black boy through 80s Miami. Drama 2016 111 mins Barry Jenkins Love & Friendship Whit Stillman crosses the Atlantic for this irresistible Jane Austen adaptation, following the delicious and devious exploits of Lady Susan (Kate Beckinsale). Comedy 2016 93 mins Whit Stillman Embrace of the Serpent The spirit of Werner Herzog and Apocalypse Now imbue this majestic Oscar-nominated odyssey through the heart of the Amazon. Action and Adventure Drama 2015 124 mins Ciro Guerra The Assassin Hou Hsiao-Hsienβs mesmerising, visually stunning tale of love and honour was Sight and Sound magazineβs best film of 2015. Action and Adventure 2015 106 mins Hou Hsiao-Hsien Hell or High Water Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine star in David Mackenzieβs acclaimed crime drama about two brothers who rob the banks that seized their ranch, and the sheriff on their heels. Crime Drama 2016 102 mins David Mackenzie Neruda Pablo LarraΓn's bold, inventive detective thriller offers an electrifying contemplation of the Chilean poet's life on the run in the late 1940s. Biopic 2016 110 mins Pablo LarraΓn La La Land Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone channel old-school Hollywood glamour in this bright and playful romantic musical from director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash). Comedy Musical 2016 128 mins Damien Chazelle 45 Years One of the most acclaimed British features of recent years, starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay as a couple rocked by news from the past. Drama 2015 95 mins Andrew Haigh Evolution The long-awaited second feature from Lucile HadΕΎihaliloviΔ (Innocence) is a gorgeously surreal coming-of-age tale laced with bizarre body-horror. Drama 2015 82 mins Lucile Hadzihalilovic No Home Movie Chantal Akermanβs rigorously observational portrait of her late mother takes on a whole new significance in the wake of the directorβs own premature passing. Documentary 2015 118 mins Chantal Akerman Phoenix Nina Hoss is superb as concentration camp survivor who assumes a new identity, in Christian Petzoldβs intricate post-WWII thriller. Drama 2014 98 mins Christian Petzold Cemetery of Splendour Apichatpong Weerasethakulβs imaginative, sensuous and enigmatic film about soldiers suffering from a mysterious sleeping sickness. Drama 2016 120 mins Apichatpong Weerasethakul Tangerine A big-hearted film shot on a small phone, this LA tale of two transgender working girls out for vengeance fizzes with wild energy. Comedy Drama 2015 88 mins Sean Baker Son of Saul A devastating portrait of life in a concentration camp from the perspective of a Sonderkommando; winner of Cannes Film Festivalβs Grand Prix. Drama 2015 107 mins LΓ‘szlΓ³ Nemes Girlhood In the tough suburbs of Paris, sixteen-year-old Marieme decides to reinvent herself when she joins a girl gang. Drama 2014 113 mins CΓ©line Sciamma Goodbye to Language Jean-Luc Godardβs typically innovative and playful meditation on technology, love and language was acclaimed one of the best films of 2014. Drama Animation & Artists Moving Image 2014 70 mins Jean-Luc Godard Winter Sleep Modern master filmmaker Nuri Bilge Celyanβs Palme dβOr winner: an extraordinary, epic drama. Drama 2014 197 mins Nuri Bilge Ceylan Under the Skin An alien Scarlett Johansson prowls the streets of Glasgow in Jonathan Glazerβs astonishing, mind-bending mixture of existential sci-fi and inner-city realism. Horror Science Fiction 2014 108 mins Jonathan Glazer The Tribe A new arrival at a school for young deaf people is drawn into a nightmarish world of crime and brutality, in this audacious and acclaimed modern classic told in unsubtitled sign. Drama 2014 132 mins Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy Ida The Best Film winner at the 2013 BFI London Film Festival is an exquisitely shot, moving drama about a Polish nun exploring her family past, from UK-based director Pawel Pawlikowski. Drama 2014 82 mins Pawel Pawlikowski Mr. Turner Mike Leighβs Cannes-winning account of the later years of J. M. W. Turner, brilliantly played by Timothy Spall. Biopic Historical drama 2014 150 mins Mike Leigh National Gallery The inner workings of Londonβs National Gallery are laid bare in this absorbing, forensic examination by revered filmmaker Frederick Wiseman. Documentary 2014 181 mins Frederick Wiseman Carol Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara illuminate Todd Haynesβ intoxicating adaptation of Patricia Highsmithβs beloved novel. Drama 2015 119 mins Todd Haynes Two Days, One Night Academy Award-winner Marion Cotillardβs collaboration with Cannes Festival-favourites Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne is a stunning, tense drama about a womanβs race against time to save her job. Drama 2014 95 mins Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne Everybody Wants Some!! A gang of wild college jocks enjoy three days of freewheeling fun before school starts, in Richard Linklaterβs βspiritual sequelβ to Boyhood and Dazed and Confused. Drama 2014 117 mins Richard Linklater
