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Uberto Pasolini’s stoic, naturalistic and thoughtfully slow-burn adaptation of the final chapters of Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey casts the great Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus in his first role following his Oscar-nominated turn as Cardinal Lawrence in Tyneside favourite Conclave.

Louise Courvoisier’s feature film debut, Holy Cow, is a love letter to the French countryside and the communities that reside within it. Having won the Youth Prize at Cannes Film Festival, the film is receiving glowing reviews.

A quiet comedy with a big heart, Four Mothers explores intergenerational friendship, queer identity, and the joys and challenges of ageing - all with warmth, wit, and a refreshingly honest perspective.

Espionage is a witty medium to discuss the complexity of love in Black Bag, a sophisticated spy thriller following married agents George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) and Kathryn St. Jean (Cate Blanchett).

When Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel premiered in 2014, it quickly became a defining film for visual design. Beyond its distinctive cinematography and set design, its costume choices, led by Milena Canonero, have left a lasting impact on fashion as a whole. A decade later, its influence can be seen in collections, campaigns, and styling choices across the industry.

At this year’s Academy Awards, we saw a film created entirely using a free animation software win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

In 2022, Sight and Sound published the results of their once-a-decade poll: Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles had made the top of the list of greatest and most influential films ever.

Beginning as an absorbing family drama, director Mohammad Rasoulof’s bravely defiant latest turns on its head to become a masterfully unsettling paranoid thriller, chillingly drawing upon real-life events unfolding throughout his native Iran.