What's On
Cléo from 5 to 7
Agnes Varda's second feature, Cléo from 5 to 7, is a marvelously charming real-time portrait of a young singer, Cléo Victoire (Corinne Marchand) one evening in Paris as she nervously awaits the results from a biopsy.
Tautuktavuk (What We See)
In this palpably authentic slice of Inuit life, two sisters are able to speak up about their experience of trauma as they talk on Zoom during the Covid-19 pandemic. It feels as real as a documentary, but in fact it's scripted by the actors/co-directors.
The Monk and the Gun
A monk sends his disciple on a surprising mission in this gentle, joyful Bhutanese comedy offering shrewd reflections from a culture far-removed from our own.
The Animal Kingdom
In a world where mysterious mutations are gradually evolving humans into animal hybrids in an unpredictable and frightening way, a father tries to protect his 16-year-old son who is starting to acquire beastly characteristics.
Goodbye Don Glees!
A bittersweet tale of childhood friendship and misadventure: after teen misfits Roma, Toto, and Drop are falsely accused of causing a forest fire, they set off into the woods to locate a missing drone which would prove their innocence.
On the Adamant
On the Seine in central Paris, not far from the city’s cultural landmarks, is a huge, floating barge called The Adamant, a psychotherapy day centre with a special focus on art therapy. This tender doc won the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlinale.
Stolen Time
Charismatic elder rights lawyer Melissa Miller and hundreds of aggrieved families take on the corporate for-profit nursing-home industry—an industry notorious for its lack of transparency and accountability.
Uproar
Uproar is a charming coming of age story with Hunt for the Wilderpeople star Julian Dennison as a mixed-up, mixed-race Maori kid gradually coming to terms with his own identity in the early 1980s.
The First Slam Dunk
Taking place entirely during a high school championship basketball game, interrupted by flashbacks which illuminate the players' lives, Inoue's film is a dazzling sports movie, and another example of how versatile and accomplished the anime world is.
High & Low: John Galliano
Fashion designer John Galliano is one of those people who changed the style, the look, of an era. He worked at the top, for Dior, for Givenchy. He dressed Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Penelope Cruz, Charlize Theron. And in 2011, it all came crashing down...