FOUR STARS A teenage girl considers joining an order of cloistered nuns. While her father is supportive to a point, her aunt is appalled. DRAMA SPAIN Spanish #SUNDAYS Starring Blanca Soroa, Patricia López Arnaiz Ever considered becoming a nun? Not many people have, and even fewer do. Yet teenage Aniara is thinking about it, much to the surprise of her father and horror of her atheist aunty. Spanish filmmaker Alauda Ruiz de Azúa takes this unlikely premise and turns it into a

FOUR STARS A billionaire businessman has caused a chain of climate catastrophes. Now he's trying to save humanity, and maybe make a buck or two along the way. COMEDY DRAMA US English #DIGGERMOVIE Starring Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed Climate change has provided fertile ground for cinematic satire, from the suburban absurdities of DOWNSIZING to the apocalyptic finger-pointing of DON’T LOOK UP! Alejandro González Iñárritu joins that lineage with a considerably bigger shovel, digging

FOUR STARS As Palestinian villages revolt against British colonial rule, Yusuf has to navigate competing interests and escalating unrest. PERIOD DRAMA PALESTINE Arabic, English #PALESTINE36 Starring Karim Daoud Anaya, Jeremy Irons Annemarie Jacir’s PALESTINE 36 is an engaging, impeccably produced historical drama about how the future of Palestine was being shaped by decisions that would reverberate for generations. Set during the 1936 Arab Revolt against British rule, it is a

FOUR STARS Four musicians are brought together to play a commissioned piece on Stradivarius instruments. Ego, talent and poor humour collide. DRAMA FRANCE French #THEMUSICIANS Starring Valérie Donzelli, Frédéric Pierrot THE MUSICIANS is a French ensemble with the light touch of a chamber piece and the timing of an old-fashioned backstage farce. Warm, witty and sharply observed, the film takes an appealing premise of talented artists trapped together under pressure and turns i

FOUR AND A HALF STARS Generations of family history and emotion play out on a remote German farm. It's a history no one can escape. PERIOD DRAMA GERMANY German #THESOUNDOFFALLING Starring Hanna Heckt, Susanne Wuest Mascha Schilinski’s THE SOUND OF FALLING is a staggering piece of filmmaking - dense, demanding and emotionally bruising in ways that stay with you long after the credits roll. It is not a film interested in accessibility and will make you work for its pleasures.

FOUR AND A HALF STARS The world suddenly and fundamentally shifts for a young boy - a member of The Hitler Youth - when the Third Reich falls. PERIOD DRAMA GERMANY German #AMRUM Starring Jasper Billerbeck, Diane Kruger In his quietly extraordinary AMRUM, Fatih Akin (HEAD ON) trades the urban intensity that has long defined his work for something softer, sadder and infinitely more reflective. This is perhaps the least recognisably “Fatih Akin” film he has made - stripped of t