Christine “Lady Bird” (Saoirse Ronan) fights against, but is exactly like, her loving yet deeply opinionated mum, a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird’s father loses his job.
Set in California in 2002, amidst a rapidly shifting American economic landscape, Lady Bird  balances humour and pathos to reflect the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home.

• Director: Greta Gerwig
• Certificate: 15
• Running time: 104 minutes
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Based on a hit novel by Fredrik Backman, Sweden’s 2017 Oscar entry is a heart-winning tale of a seemingly hopeless curmudgeon who appears to  have given up on life.  His daily parade of annoyances is compounded when the boisterous Iranian immigrant family next door flattens his mailbox. But an unexpected friendship arises from the encounter, setting Ove out on a new path to reconsider his downbeat view of the world.

• Director: Hannes Holm
• Certificate: 15
• Running time: 116 minutes
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A local film partly shot in the Downs Road, Prom and old ironworks area of Maldon and the River Blackwater..

Starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz, this is the story of Donald Crowhurst who was inspired by the solo exploits of Sir Francis Chichester to circumnavigate the globe in 1968 as part of the Sunday Times sponsored yacht race. A Maldon boat builder created a replica trimaran for the film.

• Director: James Marsh
• Certificate: 12A
• Running time: 112 minutes
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When her lover Orlando dies suddenly one night, Marina is left in a state of shock. Still raw with grief, the singer and waitress must navigate the horrors of recounting the night to Orlando’s family, whose responses to the fact that she’s a trans woman range from frosty to scabrous and even hostile. It seems love and cohabitation count for little and Marina must fight for her rights, her home and even custody of her dog.

• Director: Sebastian Lelio
• Certificate: 15
• Running time: 107 minutes
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In the trenches a group of soldiers wait to be bombarded, anticipating certain death. The story charts the tension and claustrophobia of the officers’ dug-out as new recruit, 18-year-old Lieutenant Raleigh joins the Company commanded by 20-year-old Captain Stanhope, his former  childhood friend and hero, who has changed almost beyond recognition.  Sherriff drew on his own experiences in the trenches to write Journey’s End.

• Director: Saul Dibb
• Certificate: 12A
• Running time: 107 minutes
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After his elderly mother dies Luke, an independent young man with Down’s syndrome, is forced to live in a care home. He struggles to settle but  his disappointment with his new home soon turns to wonder when he discovers a way out and begins to explore the surrounding countryside.  When Luke is caught sneaking out by Pete, a troubled youth who tends the gardens at the home, the two strike up an unlikely rapport.

• Director: Janet Gull
• Certificate: 12A
• Running time: 83 minutes
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A misunderstanding involving a drainpipe on a balcony incongruously sparks a politically charged scandal that reopens historical and political  wounds in Lebanon.  When Yasser, a Palestinian refugee, and Tony, a Christian nationalist, go head to head, Yasser utters an insult Tony cannot forgive.  The media and a famous right-wing Christian lawyer fuel the two stubborn men in court opening old wounds and unresolved tensions that threaten to divide the nation.

• Director: Ziad Doueiri
• Certificate: TBA
• Running time: 112 minutes
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When ‘Lady’ Sandra Abbott (Imelda Staunton) discovers that her husband of forty years (John Sessions) is having an affair with her best friend (Josie  Lawrence) she seeks refuge in London with her estranged, older sister Bif (Celia Imrie). Bif drags her along to a community dance class, where
gradually she starts finding her feet and romance.  Also starring Timothy Spall, Joanna Lumley and David Hayman. A light hearted, happy, uplifting film

• Director: Richard Loncraine
• Certificate: 12A
• Running time: 111 minutes
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In Paris, before WWI, two
friends, Jules (Austrian)
and Jim (French) fall in
love with the same woman,
Catherine. But Catherine
loves and marries
Jules. After the war,
when they meet again in
Germany, Catherine
starts to love Jim…
This is the story of three
people in love, a love
which does not affect
their friendship, and
about how their relationship
evolves with the
years.

• Director: Francois Truffaut
• Certificate: PG
• Running time: 105 minutes
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A darkly comic drama in which Mildrid Hayes (Frances McDorman), whose daughter was murdered and no culprit found, decides to paint three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at the town’s revered chief of police (Woody Harrelson).  When his second-in-command
(Sam Rockwell), a violent, immature mother’s boy gets involved, battle with Mildred is joined.

• Director: Martin McDonagh
• Certificate: 15
• Running time: 104 minutes
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