Movie of the Week

• Final Destination: Bloodlines

Cinemas

• Hurry Up Tomorrow
• Hallow Road
• Good One
• Magic Farm
• A New Kind of Wilderness
• The Marching Band
• E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea

Streaming/On-Demand

• Deaf President Now!

CAST: Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Gabrielle Rose, Rya Kihlstedt, Alex Zahara, April Telek, Tinpo Lee, Tony Todd, Max Lloyd-Jones, Brec Bassinger

CREW: Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein (directors), Guy Busick and Lori Evans Taylor (writers), Toby Emmerich, Dianne McGunigle, Craig Perry, Sheila Hanahan and Jon Watts (producers), Tim Wynn (composer), Christian Sebaldt (cinematographer), Sabrina Pitre (editor)

PLOT: After experiencing a recurring nightmare in which she witnesses the death of her family, college student Stefani (Juana) returns home to find the one person who can break the curse that awaits her loved ones…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• The hit supernatural slasher series makes a major comeback with an all-new take on the franchise’s successful formula
• Death is coming after an entire family this time, meaning nobody is safe from its meticulously crafted wrath!
• Among the game new cast is the late horror icon Tony Todd, who reprises his role as the mysteriously knowledgeable William Bludworth one last time
• Of course, the real stars of the movie are the highly intricate and extremely creative death scenes, which are front and centre in all their Rube Goldberg machine-like glory
• It looks set to introduce a whole new generation of horror fans to a series where no matter what the heroes do, death will almost always find a way to get what it wants

Final Destination: Bloodlines is showing in cinemas from Wednesday 14 May 2025

CAST: Abel Tesfaye, Jenna Ortega, Barry Keoghan, Riley Keough, Ash T, Paul L. Davis, Kiara Liz, Ivan Troy

CREW: Trey Edward Shults (director, writer, editor), Abel Tesfaye (writer, producer, composer), Reza Fahim (writer, producer), Harrison Kreiss and Kevin Turen (producers), Daniel Lopatin (composer), Chayse Irvin (cinematographer)

PLOT: Music superstar Abel (Tesfaye), suffering from insomnia, has a tense encounter with young stranger Anima (Ortega) which sends him on a strange odyssey…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Abel Tesfaye – better known as The Weeknd – makes his feature acting debut in a cerebral mind-trip that will put everything you know about the musician into question
• It is a companion piece to his latest (and reportedly last) studio album of the same name, which was released earlier this year to positive reception among critics and fans
• The film is directed and co-written by visual auteur Trey Edward Shults, with Tesfaye also contributing to the script as well as, of course, providing the catchy soundtrack
• The trailers promise plenty of psychological thriller vibes, especially from co-stars Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, but also a much more surreal journey where nothing is as it seems
• In between scratching your head and bopping along to fresh new tunes by the unique artist, you’ll marvel at Tesfaye’s ability to hold a film together with a magnetic lead performance

Hurry Up Tomorrow is showing in cinemas from Friday 16 May 2025

CAST: Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys, Megan McDonnell, Paul Tylak, Stephen Jones

CREW: Babak Anvari (director), William Gillies (writer), Richard Bolger, Ian Henry and Lucan Toh (producers), Peter Adams and Lorne Balfe (composers), Kit Fraser (cinematographer), Laura Jennings (editor)

PLOT: Maddie (Pike) and Frank (Rhys) receive a late-night call from their daughter Alice (McDonnell) who’s just hit someone with her car, but as they race to the scene before anyone else can see her, the parents uncover some disturbing truths that may tear their family apart…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• The latest chiller from BAFTA-winning horror filmmaker Babak Anvari is a suspenseful real-time ride where the setting, among other things, is fairly unpredictable
• The majority of the film takes place in a car with actors Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys on-screen at all times, but Anvari constantly finds ways to amp up the tension, even when we don’t leave the car
• Early reviews have been among the best in the director’s career, with many highlighting the surprising turns that may or may not hinder on the supernatural
• It masterfully plays on the anxieties of modern parenthood, which in the wake of Netflix’s mega-hit miniseries Adolescence feels all too relevant in this day and age
• The suspense is killer, as are the performances and minimalist filmmaking which equally contribute to a truly effective moviegoing experience

Hallow Road is showing in cinemas from Friday 16 May 2025

CAST: Lily Collias, James Le Gros, Danny McCarthy, Julian Grady, Sumaya Bouhbal, Diana Irvine, Sam Lanier, Peter McNally, Eric Yates

CREW: India Donaldson (director, writer, producer), Graham Mason (producer, editor), Wilson Cameron and Diana Irvine (producers), Celia Hollander (composer), Wilson Cameron (cinematographer)

PLOT: Sam (Collias), a queer teenage girl, accompanies her father Chris (Le Gros) and his recently divorced friend Matt (McCarthy) on a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, where she becomes trapped between the warring egos of the older heterosexual men…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• This striking feature debut for filmmaker India Donaldson explores the fragility of insecure masculinity through a necessary feminine queer lens
• Young actor Lily Collias, in a breakout role, holds her own opposite more experienced performers James Le Gros and Danny McCarthy, as men with wildly conflicting personalities
• The glorious woodland landscapes of the Catskills Mountains initially provide a soulful backdrop to human drama that can at times be rather touching
• After a point, though, things start to become more tense as boundaries are crossed and conversations about gender and trust arrive in the foreground
• It’s a film that constantly surprises at every turn, and sets Donaldson up as a real filmmaker to pay attention to in the future

Good One is showing in cinemas from Friday 16 May 2025

CAST: Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff, Guillermo Jacubowicz, Joe Apollonio, Valeria Lois, Camila del Campo, Simon Rex, Amalia Ulman

CREW: Amalia Ulman (director, writer), Alex Hughes, Eugene Kotlyarenko and Riccardo Maddalosso (producers), Carlos Rigo (cinematographer), Arturo Sosa (editor)

PLOT: After a media crew lands in South America to profile a musician, they realise that they’ve arrived in the wrong country, but soon they form relationships with locals to create new music trends, all as an unfolding health crisis rages in the background…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Absurdist filmmaker Amalia Ulman presents an eccentric new vision with plenty of oddball humour and unexpected heart
• Ulman assembles a strong ensemble cast including Oscar-nominee Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff and Red Rocket star Simon Rex, who all bring their A-game to the material
• The film was shot on location in Argentina, which lends authenticity to the chaotic narrative that becomes ever more strange
• It also pokes fun at American ignorance of differing cultures, as well as the obsession with modern viral trends that cause us to lose sight of what really matters
• You can have a good laugh at the absurdist adventure that Ulman takes you on, in addition to being wildly entertained by the filmmaker’s unique vision

Magic Farm is showing in cinemas from Friday 16 May 2025

CAST: Maria Gros Vatne, Nik Payne, Ronja Bede Vatne, Freja Vatne Payne, Falk Vatne Payne, Ulv Vatne Payne

CREW: Silje Evensmo Jacobsen (director, writer, cinematographer), Mari Bakke Riise (producer), Olav Øyehaug (composer), Karine Fosser, Espen Gjermundrød, Line Konstanse Lyngstadaas and Fred Arne Wergeland (cinematographers), Christoffer Heie and Kristian Tveit (editors)

PLOT: Maria and Nik are a couple living on a secluded farm in the Norwegian wilderness with their four young children, but when tragedy strikes, the family is forced to adapt to a more contemporary society…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Experience a different approach to family lifestyles in this captivating Norwegian documentary, which won the Grand Jury Prize in World Cinema Documentary at last year’s Sundance Film Festival
• Filmmaker Silje Evensmo Jacobsen follows a lovable family who have build a sustainable life for themselves far away from civilisation, which has had an especially profound effect on the young children
• Jacobsen also captures their heartbreak and grief as unexpected events bring about even more unexpected change, pushing their unbreakable family unit even further
• Comparisons to past films like Captain Fantastic and Leave No Trace are inevitable, but this film stands out with its own sense of authenticity that can’t be fully recreated through scripted drama
• With its fascinating study of what it is to be truly human in an increasingly dehumanising world, this is a gorgeous journey you’ll want to experience over and over

A New Kind of Wilderness is showing in cinemas from Friday 16 May 2025

CAST: Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Lottin, Sarah Suco, Jacques Bonnaffé, Ludmila Mikaël

CREW: Emmanuel Courcol (director, writer), Oriane Bonduel, Irène Muscari and Marianne Tomersy (writers), Marc Bordure and Robert Guédiguian (producers), Michel Petrossian (composer), Maxence Lemonnier (cinematographer), Guerric Catala (editor)

PLOT: After being diagnosed with leukaemia, renowned orchestra conductor Thibault (Lavernhe) takes a DNA test to find a bone marrow doner and unexpectedly learns that not only was he adopted, but also has a brother he never knew about named Jimmy (Lottin), a lowly cafeteria worker who plays the trombone in a marching band. The brothers’ shared love of music soon proves handy when Thibault steps in to replace the conductor of Jimmy’s band…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• The French critical and box office smash comes to UK screens for international audiences to get sucked into
• It tells the comedic but also tearjerking story of two long-lost brothers with little in common aside from their deep passion and talent for music
• Actors Benjamin Lavernhe and Pierre Lottin share a believable on-screen connection as their characters work past their differences to see the goodness in each other
• Its universal themes of family and compassion are set to make it a real treat for viewers outside of its native France
• You’ll laugh and cry at all the right parts, and possibly even leave the screen with a musical spring in your step!

The Marching Band is showing in cinemas from Friday 16 May 2025

CAST: Eileen Gray, Natalie Radmall-Quirke, Axel Moustache, Charles Morillon, Vera Flück

CREW: Beatrice Minger (director, writer), Christoph Schaub (director), Philip Delaquis and Frank Matter (producers), Peter Scherer (composer), Ramon Giger (cinematographer), Gion-Reto Killias (editor)

PLOT: The story of Irish architect Eileen Gray, who in the early 20th century designed and built a modernist house in the South of France, only for famed architect Le Corbusier to come along and put his own undesired stamp on the property…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Viewers are invited to immerse themselves into the world of a leading pioneer in modernist architecture, in a hybrid documentary that explores the life and times of its titular figure
• The film, from directors Beatrice Minger and Christoph Schaub, blends archival footage and photographs of the real Eileen Gray with dramatised reenactments based on her own memoirs
• Actor Natalie Radmall-Quirke portrays Gray in these scripted segments, and she delivers a commanding performance that encapsulates the film’s arching themes of female success in a male-dominated industry
• The experimental structure allows the audience to connect with Gray on an emotional level as well as a historical one, which could well lead to a renewed interest in her life’s work
• It’s a must-watch for lovers of architecture who are eager to learn more about the defining masterpiece of a real breakthrough in the field

E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea is showing in cinemas from Friday 16 May 2025

CAST: Jerry Covell, Bridgetta Bourne-Firl, Tim Rarus, Greg Hlibok, I. King Jordan, Paul Adelstein, Abigail Marlowe, Tim Blake Nelson, Leland Orser

CREW: Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim (directors, producers), Michael Harte (producer, editor), Jonathan King and Amanda Rohlke (producers), Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders (composers), Jonathan Furmanski (cinematographer)

PLOT: In 1988, Deaf students at Gallaudet University stage a series of protests that eventually lead to the appointment of the university’s first Deaf president…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Apple’s newest documentary takes a look at the most significant civil rights victory that you’ve likely never heard of
• Filmmakers Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim offer viewers a look into the eight-day protests and rallies by Deaf university students, a historic event which also paved the way for the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act
• Interviews with several key Deaf activists involved in the movement give further insight into the political atmosphere of the time
• The film also incorporates an experimental method called Deaf Point of View, which uses impressionistic visual photography and intricate sound design to immerse the audience into the Deaf experience
• It’s an inspiring example of what activism can lead towards, especially among marginalised communities whose voices are among the most vital to hear in modern society

Deaf President Now! is streaming exclusively on Apple TV+ from Friday 16 May 2025