Depot

• 1968
• UK
• 2h 19min
• U

• Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
• Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rain (voice)

Kubrick's gloriously grand architecture sees prehistoric apes timelined into a space ballet featuring a lunar craft docking to the sound of Strauss. This scene prefigures an extended drama aboard a spacecraft bound for Jupiter involving the murderous AI computer and the giant embryo of a space child signifying … what? The next step in human evolution? An opaque masterpiece, which suggests so much, yet explains so little. Which is why it's a timeless classic.

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• 2017
• USA
• PG

• Directed by: Sara Driver
• Cast: Jean-Michel Basquiat

Documentary about the emergence in the late 70s of the young Jean-Michel Basquiat, with enough access to his contemporaries to make the narrow focus worthwhile. Driver pulls together a strong collection of anecdotal evidence and it’s a personal glimpse of an artist as a young man.

• 59%
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• 1985
• US
• 1h 36min
• 18

• Directed by: Donna Deitch
• Cast: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley

A Columbia professor finds her awareness of herself challenged when she becomes attracted to a confident young lesbian woman on a trip to Nevada.

• 70%
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• 2017
• UK
• 1h 37min
• 12A

• Directed by: Simon Hunter
• Cast: Sheila Hancock, Kevin Guthrie, Paul Brannigan

Edie (Hancock) was trapped in a loveless marriage for years, so when her husband dies, the 85-year-old takes advantage of her new freedom to go mountain-climbing in the Scottish Highlands. There’s charming chemistry between Hancock and co-star Guthrie, and the film is not unaware of how unprepared Edie is; unashamedly feel-good if somewhat formulaic.

• 64%

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• 1940
• US
• 2h 5min
• U

• Directed by: Norman Ferguson, James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr, Jim Handley, T Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen
• Cast: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, Corey Burton

A collection of eight animations set to great works of Western classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski.

• 78%
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• 2018
• Germany / Belgium / UK / Italy
• 1h 45min
• 15

• Directed by: Rupert Everett
• Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Emily Watson

The tale of the last days of Oscar Wilde (Everett), as he lives out his post-prison existence in France and Italy. If Firth and Watson are underused as pal Reggie Turner and wife Constance, they’re well-cast, and Everett himself, in his accomplished directorial debut, is sensational as the fallen star. A surprising and courageously unflattering portrait.

• 66%
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• 2017
• Germany/France
• 1h 46min
• 18

• Directed by: Fatih Akin
• Cast: Diane Kruger, Denis Moschitto, Numan Acar

When Katja (Kruger)’s husband (Acar) and young son (Santana) are killed in a nail bomb attack, she is further traumatised by a police investigation which focuses on his criminal past rather than the evidence that it was racially motivated. Kruger won Best Actress at Cannes for her outstanding work as Katja.

• 71%
• 64%

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• 1975
• US
• 2h 5min
• 12A

• Directed by: Steven Spielberg
• Cast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton

Shark meets girl, shark eats girl, shark meets cop. When peaceful Amity Island is terrorised by a rogue great white, police chief Brody (Scheider), oceanographer Hooper (Dreyfuss) and seadog Quint (Shaw) take to the hunt. Restored and digitally remastered, Spielberg's thriller balances ingenious terror with likeable characterisations and remains exceptional entertainment.

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• Written by: Prokofiev (music), Matthew Bourne

Screening of choreographer Matthew Bourne's unique take on Cinderella.

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• 2018
• UK
• 1h 51min
• 15

• Directed by: Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui
• Cast: Alexander McQueen

Elegant documentary on the working-class London lad who became chief designer at Givenchy, combining behind-the-scenes footage with archive comments and fresh interviews, looking at the grief caused by the loss of close friend Isabella Blow and his beloved mother. Informative, engrossing but never maudlin.

• 88%
• 86%

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• 1993
• Australia/New Zealand
• 2h
• 15

• Directed by: Jane Campion
• Written by: Jane Campion
• Cast: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Anna Paquin, Sam Neill

Jane Campion's masterpiece follows mute Scotswoman Ada (Hunter) as she travels to 19th century New Zealand with her piano and daughter to enter into an arranged marriage. Soon she begins a passionate and erotic affair with her illiterate neighbour as a means to regaining her treasured instrument. Impeccable performances lift this highly charged piece to the realms of classic cinema. Undoubtedly one of the best films of the 90s.

• 76%
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• 2014
• US
• 1h 46min
• 15

• Directed by: Damien Chazelle
• Cast: Miles Teller, JK Simmons, Melissa Benoist

Andrew (Teller) is an aspiring jazz drummer at Shaffer Conservatory, who falls under the influence of terrifying conductor/instructor Terence Fletcher (Simmons). Teller thrives as the obsessively determined Andrew, and lifelong supporting actor Simmons emerges with formidable authority as the psychotically particular Fletcher. Riveting, audaciously edited and voraciously performed.

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