Win tickets to Hard Truths – coming to cinemas 6 March!
In this multi-award-winning tragi-comedy set in London, famed director Mike Leigh reunites with Marianne Jean-Baptiste for a compelling study of human strengths and weaknesses.
The story revolves around Pansy, a hypersensitive woman who constantly criticizes her husband Curtley and adult son Moses, leading to their silence rather than argument.
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She often picks fights with strangers and shares her grievances with her empathetic sister Chantal.
As Pansy’s ...
I’m Still Here Movie Review
Plunged Into this maelstrom, we are introduced to the Paiva family who lead an idyllic life style living in a large house by the seaside in Rio de Janeiro. The patriarch of the family Rubens (Selton Mello) is a former congressman who now earns a good living as an architect. One night a group of men come to the house and take him into custody and whisk him away to parts unknown.
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The structure of the film puts you in the same situation as the family and you are ...
Win tickets to I’m Still Here – coming to cinemas February 27!
Brazil, 1971. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children, is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government.
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The film is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.
Starring Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello and Fernanda Montenegro, I'm Still Here will be ...
Win tickets to Bird – coming to cinemas 20 February!
The long-awaited return to fiction filmmaking from Academy Award-winner Andrea Arnold (American Honey, Fish Tank), BIRD is a tender, striking and extraordinarily surprising coming-of-age fable about marginalized life in the fringes of contemporary society.
12-year-old Bailey (astounding newcomer Nykiya Adams) lives with her devoted but chaotic single dad Bug (Barry Keoghan, Saltburn) and wayward brother Hunter in a squat in Gravesend, north Kent.
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Check out the official trailer for Sinners – starring Michael B. Jordan!
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
“You keep dancing with the devil, one day he’s gonna follow you home.”
Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, “Sinners” stars Jordan (the “Black Panther” and “Creed” franchises) in a dual role, joined by Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld (“Bumblebee”. ...
A Complete Unknown Movie Review
Reducing a long professional life down into a much heralded and singular event also pays dividends as it helps the film keep focus. The event in question was Dylan’s performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival when he outraged the crowd by delivering an electric and rock-oriented set to the folkies. Little did the crowd on that night know what a pivotal event that would become in musical history.
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Chalamet’s take on Dylan challenges you to even like the man, ...
Preview screening of Queer starring Daniel Craig is coming to Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo!
Adapted from William S Burroughs' novel of the same name and starring Daniel Craig in his stunning Golden Globe-nominated performance, this hallucinogenic odyssey bathed in desire is already one of the most talked-about films of the year.
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Brilliant, challenging, and wildly audacious, Guadagnino delivers another captivating piece of cinema that offers unexpected encounters and sobering lessons.
"Soul-swellingly lush and allusive." - The Telegraph
"Craig is ...
The Brutalist Movie Review
It is the kind of work that asks much from its audience. It cleverly sets up the initial elements of the back story with a tilted view from Ellis Island at the Statue Of Liberty. The huddled masses are easily identified as post-World War II immigrants still shell-shocked by the horrors that they endured during that great war.
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The focus then shifts to one man, László Tóth brought to life on the screen via an amazing performance by Adrien Brody. We are left to ...
Maria Seniors Morning Tea Preview is coming to Dendy Cinemas!
Join us for a preview of Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie's stunning new film from the acclaimed director of Jackie and Spencer.
Delving into the life and psyche of legendary opera singer Maria Callas, be among the first to see the final entry in Larrain’s intensely artistic trilogy of iconic women who shaped 20th century culture. Straight from a critically lauded run at Venice, Telluride, New York, and BFI London film festivals, this is an unmissable biographical drama that hits ...
Check out the official trailer for The Alto Knights!
The film follows two of New York’s most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello (De Niro) and Vito Genovese (De Niro), as they vie for control of the city’s streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that will reshape the Mafia (and America) forever.
“The Alto Knights” was written by Oscar nominee Nicholas Pileggi (“Goodfellas”) and produced by Oscar winner Irwin Winkler (“Rocky,” “Goo...
