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Rye Lane | Picturehouse Recommends

Rye Lane | Picturehouse Recommends

You know when a romcom hits Cupid’s target, because it makes you fall back in love with love. Rye Lane does that with a hip, heartfelt ode to London’s infinite variety.

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh 17 Mar 23
Shazam! Fury Of The Gods | Picturehouse Recommends

Shazam! Fury Of The Gods | Picturehouse Recommends

Facing off against giant dragons and a trio of immortal beings with a powerful new weapon, Shazam! Fury Of The Gods will be Billy’s biggest endurance test yet.

Hannah Strong 17 Mar 23
Allelujah | Picturehouse Recommends

Allelujah | Picturehouse Recommends

This thoroughly British comedy about care for the elderly and our beloved NHS – which marks its 75th anniversary this year – comes from the pens of national treasure Alan Bennett.

Ed Gibbs 17 Mar 23
Close | Picturehouse Recommends

Close | Picturehouse Recommends

A deeply moving experience, Close leaves a mark not just through its performances but through the elegant cinematography from cinematographer Frank van den Eeden.

Ella Kemp 03 Mar 23
Get Ready For Plan B | Picturehouse Recommends

Get Ready For Plan B | Picturehouse Recommends

B Corporations, or ‘B Corps’, are shaping the future of Picturehouse’s food. But what does that mean, and why does it matter?

The Picturehouse Team 02 Mar 23
Takahide Hori Q&A | Picturehouse Recommends

Takahide Hori Q&A | Picturehouse Recommends

An explorer plumbs the depths of a distant-future dystopia in Junk Head, a stop-motion animation project once hailed by Guillermo del Toro as “a one-man band work of deranged brilliance”.

Michael Leader 27 Feb 23
Creed III | Picturehouse Recommends

Creed III | Picturehouse Recommends

Michael B. Jordan steps into the role of director for the first time with Creed III. The story continues as a fresh tale of a battle for the heavyweight boxing title as Creed faces a new, dangerous rival.

Christina Newland 27 Feb 23
Why The Blockbuster Is Here To Stay | Picturehouse Recommends

Why The Blockbuster Is Here To Stay | Picturehouse Recommends

Post-pandemic, huge movies are back with a vengeance. We highlight the big-screen delights 2023 has to offer.

James Luxford 23 Feb 23
What's Love Got To Do With It? | Picturehouse Recommends

What's Love Got To Do With It? | Picturehouse Recommends

Following the success of Ticket To Paradise, the big-screen rom-com revival continues apace with legendary Working Title producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner bringing us What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Ally Wybrew 23 Feb 23
Hirokazu Kore-eda Hall Of Fame | Picturehouse Recommends

Hirokazu Kore-eda Hall Of Fame | Picturehouse Recommends

The Japanese master behind Like Father, Like Son and Shoplifters is back with Broker, a different kind of family drama. Here, he talks dinner with Bong Joon-ho, learning from his actors and his favourite cinema-going experiences...

Michael Leader 21 Feb 23
Empire Of Light | Picturehouse Recommends

Empire Of Light | Picturehouse Recommends

A break from the big-budget world of 007 and 1917, Mendes heads for the relatively humble British seaside, and with the support of a star-studded cast, masterful cinematography and mesmerising score.

Steph Watts 06 Jan 23
Babylon | Picturehouse Recommends

Babylon | Picturehouse Recommends

Chazelle reunites with cinematographer Linus Sandgren and composer Justin Hurwitz from La La Land (both Oscar winners for their work on that film) to bring this old world to life with brand new pizzazz.

Ella Kemp 06 Jan 23
Broker | Picturehouse Recommends

Broker | Picturehouse Recommends

The films of Hirokazu Kore-eda are intimate perfectly formed slices of humanity.

Elena Lazic 04 Jan 23
Till | Picturehouse Recommends

Till | Picturehouse Recommends

Following up her acclaimed 2019 film Clemency, co-writer-director Chinonye Chukwu puts the tragic story on screen for the first time with a blistering but clear-eyed vision that makes the story feel more resonant and relevant than ever.

Jimmy Nsubuga 04 Jan 23
Aftersun | Picturehouse Recommends

Aftersun | Picturehouse Recommends

What Wells has crafted in Aftersun feels rare: a film that captures a time and place so intimately yet universally, a story of familial love so fragile yet headstrong.

Caitlin Quinlan 18 Nov 22
Tori And Lokita | Picturehouse Recommends

Tori And Lokita | Picturehouse Recommends

Directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have built up an extraordinary body of work that unites a keen social conscience with incredible and thrilling drama. With their newest offering, they again confirm their status as two of Europe’s most remarkable and special auteurs.

Neil Smith 27 Oct 22
Emily | Picturehouse Recommends

Emily | Picturehouse Recommends

With scant hard evidence to go on, O'Connor could let her imagination rip. Emily the movie is a potent blend of historical fact and fantasy. Emily is in cinemas from Friday 14 October.

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh 10 Oct 22
The Lost King | Picturehouse Recommends

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
Hatching | Picturehouse Recommends

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

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

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

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 Avenging Femme Fatale

The Avenging Femme Fatale

In a special Picturehouse season we showcase the work of Blaxploitation heroine Pam Grier…

Amon Warmann 31 Aug 22
See How They Run | Picturehouse Recommends

See How They Run | Picturehouse Recommends

See How They Run, a murder mystery with a witty sense of humour at its heart and the ensemble cast to pull it off.

Steph Watts 05 Sep 22
Don't Worry Darling | Picturehouse Recommends

Don't Worry Darling | Picturehouse Recommends

You'd be hard-pressed to find two "buzzier" names in Hollywood than Florence Pugh and Harry Styles right now. In cinemas from Friday 23 September.

Ally Wybrew 13 Sep 22
The Woman King | Picturehouse Recommends

The Woman King | Picturehouse Recommends

A spirited, take-no-prisoners romp that is poised to be one hell of a contender come awards season. The Woman King is in cinemas now.

Ed Gibbs 04 Oct 22
Introducing... Reggie Yates

Introducing... Reggie Yates

Reggie Yates is the English writer/director of Pirates, a laugh-out-loud comedy set in London about three teenage friends trying to get into an exclusive party on New Year's Eve, 1999.

Neil Smith 12 Nov 21
Coming Soon | Herself

Coming Soon | Herself

Coming soon to cinemas.

Picturehouse Recommends 14 May 21
Coming Soon | Earwig And The Witch

Coming Soon | Earwig And The Witch

In cinemas from 28 May.

Picturehouse Recommends 14 May 21
Catching Animals And Planting Trees

Catching Animals And Planting Trees

Picturehouse Entertainment's very own Paul Ridd talks about the exciting rollercoaster of a ride that is finding new films to release.

Paul Ridd 26 Apr 19