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The Old Oak | Picturehouse Recommends

Could this be Ken Loach's swansong? Our most grounded storyteller, voice of reason and all-round man of the people claims his ageing faculties prevent him from making any more films. Judging by this timely and moving story, we beg to differ. There’s plenty, it seems, left in the tank.

Ed Gibbs 03 Oct 23

R.M.N | Picturehouse Recommends

If you want to know European cinema - really know European cinema - you have to know Cristian Mungiu.

Ian Freer 27 Sep 23

The Creator | Picturehouse Recommends

It has become increasingly rare for big, original ideas to be married with big, blockbuster budgets. The Creator is one of the few exceptions to the rule.

Amon Warmann 28 Sep 23

Scrapper | Picturehouse Recommends

This is a comedy that believes life is not so much about chasing rainbows but snatching fistfuls in both hands.

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh 15 Aug 23

Haunted Mansion | Picturehouse Recommends

Since the rollicking success of the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise, Disney has searched for cinematic tales inspired by its own theme park rides that can deliver the same level of thrills as their real-life counterparts.

Ally Wybrew 07 Aug 23

Blue Beetle | Picturehouse Recommends

Angel Manuel Soto has made: small-scale, character-centric and personality-driven. In a genre with so many save-the-world stories, that’s exactly what makes it stand out from the pack.

Amon Warmann 08 Aug 23

Paris Memories | Picturehouse Recommends

Paris Memories is a touching tribute to those impacted by the 2015 attacks, and carries a universally important message: together we are stronger.

Hannah Strong 26 Jul 23

Talk To Me | Picturehouse Recommends

New genre twists, exciting fresh talent... it’s exactly what you would expect from a film championed by US distributor A24.

Victoria Luxford 24 Jul 23

Oppenheimer | Picturehouse Recommends

Scripted by Nolan, this hugely ambitious epic about the famed American theoretical physicist comes adapted from the bestselling account American Prometheus: The Triumph And Tragedy Of J. Robert Oppenheimer, written by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin.

James Mottram 18 Jul 23

Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One | Picturehouse Recommends

Ethan Hunt has been through a lot over the last 27 years, but we reckon he still has some surprises up his sleeve.

Neil Smith 14 Jul 23

Q&A with Quentin Dupieux | Picturehouse Recommends

The French rabble rouser discusses the genius absurdity of Smoking Causes Coughing.

Michael Leader 07 Jul 23

Elemental | Picturehouse Recommends

There’s so much to love about this exciting Pixar adventure.

Hannah Strong 07 Jul 23

Mother And Son | Picturehouse Recommends

It is in the gaps between these moments that Mother And Son works its most spectacular magic.

Elena Lazic 30 Jun 23

Barbie | Picturehouse Recommends

One of the most famous and beloved toys in the world, Barbie, is coming to the big screen – and she couldn’t be in safer hands.

Ella Kemp 12 Jun 23

Asteroid City | Picturehouse Recommends

Asteroid City is Wes Anderson's biggest, boldest film to date. After sojourns in Zubrowka, Japan and France, the filmmaker returns to the US, assembling one of the year’s most sparkling ensemble casts to deliver his own idiosyncratic take on science-fiction staples.

Lillian Crawford 12 Jun 23

Chevalier | Picturehouse Recommends

This sumptuous costume biopic reveals the incredible untold story of 18th-century French composer Joseph Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr.).

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh 12 Jun 23

Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny | Picturehouse Recommends

Cinema’s greatest archaeologist, played by a pitch-perfect Harrison Ford, returns in Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, a new adventure packed with everything we love about Henry Jones Jr.

Ian Freer 13 Jun 23

Hatching | Picturehouse Recommends

Hatching never limits itself to boilerplate horror, often toying with genre expectations. In cinemas from Friday 16 September.

Ella Kemp 05 Sep 22

Ticket To Paradise | Picturehouse Recommends

Six years after we last saw Hollywood heavyweights Julia Roberts and George Clooney together on screen, they are finally reunited for this new adventure, which promises to be the hottest film of the year.

Nikki Baughan 07 Sep 22

Park Chan-Wook | Picturehouse Recommends

Before you see Decision To Leave (because we know you will) why not get to know director Park Chan-wook a little better...

Helen O'Hara 14 Sep 22

Mrs Harris Goes To Paris | Picturehouse Recommends

Lesley Manville is having a moment. More than four decades after her first appearance on our screens, she is bringing her career to a whole new level.

Charles Gant 29 Sep 22

The Lost King | Picturehouse Recommends

Hawkins has brought deft layers of texture to likeable underdog roles, and once again it's her subtle shades of vulnerability that make her character a woman we naturally care about. The Lost King is in cinemas now.

Charles Gant 07 Oct 22

The Night Of The 12th | Picturehouse Recommends

The Night Of The 12th is a brooding reflection on empathy and connection that nudges itself in the mind like a persistent thought and imprints on the memory like a haunting dream. In cinemas now.

Elena Lazic 31 Mar 23

Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves | Picturehouse Recommends

At a time when fantasy cinema and television is better than it’s ever been, the most famous table-top game of all time is finally hitting the big screen with all the fanfare it deserves. In cinemas now.

Helen O’Hara 31 Mar 23

Cairo Conspiracy | Picturehouse Recommends

Egyptian/Swedish filmmaker Tarik Saleh returns with another searing political thriller that promises to keep the audience on the edge of their seats.

Nikki Baughan 31 Mar 23

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry | Picturehouse Recommends

Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent stars as the eponymous protagonist Harold Fry, who finds out that his old friend Queenie is dying. In cinemas from 28 April.

Anna Smith 13 Apr 23

The Eight Mountains | Picturehouse Recommends

Tracing the life-long friendship of two men, The Eight Mountains is a film as spectacular as the rocky Italian vistas of its backdrop. In cinemas from 12 May.

James Motram 13 Apr 23

Tarik Saleh Interview | Picturehouse Recommends

Read The Big Interview with Tarik Saleh. The Swedish-Egyptian filmmaker is one of the most provocative voices in world cinema. And he is bucking the system once more with the electric Cairo Conspiracy. Cairo Conspiracy is out now.

Hanna Flint 10 Apr 23

The Talking Point: London Calling | Picturehouse Recommends

The Sundance Film Festival returns to the capital with its best line-up yet...

The Picturehouse Team 02 Jun 23

The Big Interview: Riley Keough & Gina Gammell | Picturehouse Recommends

The filmmakers behind blistering drama War Pony discuss their unique collaboration, the challenges of shooting in an indigenous community and becoming the toast of the Cannes Film Festival.

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