Isle Of Dogs
Members’ Rating: 73% Set in Japan, a deeply political story following a boy’s odyssey in search of his lost dog. The all-star voice cast includes Bill Murray. Germany/USA, 2018, Wes Anderson. Animation/Comedy, 1hr 41mins (PG)
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Sweet Country
Members’ Rating: 72% Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defence and goes on the run as a posse...
Shoplifters
Members’ Rating: 78% – This film was the Members’ Choice When a family of small-time crooks find a young child on their doorstep, they have no choice but to bring her into their strange and difficult world. Japan, 2018, Hirokazu...
Western
Members’ Rating: 41% German construction workers start work at a remote site in Bulgaria. The stage is set for a showdown when the men compete for recognition and favour from the local villagers. Germany/Bulgaria/Austria, 2017, Valeska Grisebach. Drama, 2hrs 1min...
Frantz
Members’ Rating: 83% A loose adaptation of the 1932 drama Broken Lullaby. Set in the aftermath of World War One, a bereft young German woman sees a mysterious French veteran laying flowers at the grave of her fiancé. France/Germany, 2016,...
Menashe
Members’ Rating: 60% Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son. A tender drama performed entirely in Yiddish. USA, 2017, Joshua Z Weinstein. Drama, 1hr 22mins (PG)
In Between
Members’ Rating: 80% Three Palestinian women living in an apartment in Tel Aviv fight a small-scale culture war trying to find a balance between traditional and modern culture. Israel/France, 2016, Maysaloun Hamoud. Drama, 1hr 43mins (15)
The Firemen’s Ball
Members’ Rating: 52% – Featured Classic (Original title: Horí, Má Panenko) A volunteer fire department throw a party for their former boss and invite the whole town, but nothing goes as planned. Czechoslovakia/Italy, 1967, Milos Forman. Comedy/Drama, 1hr 13mins (PG)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Members’ Rating: 93% – OUR FILM OF THE SEASON A mother challenges local authorities to solve her daughter’s murder when they fail to catch the culprit. This film won Oscars for Best Actress (Frances McDormand) and Best Actor in a...
The Divine Order
Members’ Rating: 87% In 1970, a Swiss housewife organises the women of her town to petition for the right to vote, joining the suffragettes’ aim for equality. Switzerland, 2017, Petra Volpe. Comedy/Drama, 1hr 36mins (15)
