Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

Four adolescent girls each spend their youth in the same farmhouse over the last century. Though separated by decades, resonances between their lives emerge: their desires and distress, secrets and truths, encounters with another’s gaze and defiant gaze in return.

Long-lost footage from Elvis Presley's legendary Las Vegas residency in the 1970s, woven together with rare 16mm footage from Elvis on Tour, and 8mm from the Graceland archive, plus recordings of Elvis telling "his side of the story" rediscovered during Baz Luhrmann's research for his 2022 film, Elvis.

A comedy about a failing pub, a divided community and a grieving family whose lives are changed by brewing real ale and entering the Great British Beer Awards.

Join Film Stories editor Simon Brew for an evening of film chat, random clips, filmmaker interviews and a lot of general nerdy stuff. From Kevin Costner to cinema etiquette and to the future of Midlands filmmaking, no topic is off-limits. Oh, and you might even get a quiz!

Birmingham, 1940: Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground.

Tenderly captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through both playful and heartfelt moments, the film portrays the bittersweet essence of faded love and shared memories amidst the changing seasons.

A 10 - year - old boy from a peaceful, distant future accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. As Arco develops a friendship with a young girl named Iris, they band together and, along with her trusted robot caretaker Mikki, set out on a quest to get Arco home. A remarkable journey through time, ARCO is a dazzling animated adventure full of hope, friendship , and...

George Orwell was one of the most visionary authors of the 20th Century, whose novels, 1984 and Animal Farm, foretold a chilling, authoritarian future. Acclaimed director Raoul Peck interweaves clips, readings from Orwell's diary, cinematic references, and modern-day footage to craft not only a portrait of the writer, but a fresh take on how prophetic his work has become.

In 1937, amidst Stalin's Great Terror, a newly appointed prosecutor for the USSR is made aware of alleged corruption in the Secret Police, and takes it upon himself to investigate.

An elderly inmate serving a life sentence awaits a lonely death in his solitary cell—until a voice calls out to him. It belongs to a balsam flower, Housenka, that speaks like a human. Through their "conversation", the old man begins to reflect on the life he's led.

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In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.

Across five continents and seven of the world?s most brutal channels, Australian swimmer Mark Sowerby takes on the Oceans Seven?an ordeal as unforgiving as Everest, but in water. No cage. No wetsuit. No escape. Just man against Mother Nature. After a life-changing event leaves him struggling with uncertainty, coach Tim Denyer pushes Mark to turn anguish into purpose. Each crossing becomes more tha...

After sparking a gang war in Amsterdam, a hot-headed Rajbir escapes to London—only to uncover his uncle’s taxi empire hides a vigilante syndicate; when his little brother is kidnapped and old enemies close in, he must choose: run from the streets… or rule them.

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore the vision of a singer he accidentally blinded.

Obsessed with the BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice", a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.

Whatever Pays the Rent presents AN OFFER YOU CAN’T REFUSE. A double bill dedicated to the original Hollywood hunk, Al Pacino, in two stand out films, both on the edge of queer cinema, directed by Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Network) and William Friedkin (The Exorcist, Sorcerer). Dog Day Afternoon (1975) is a crime drama based on the true story of Sonny - a young man who attempts to rob a bank in ...

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.