The Drama (April 3rd cinemas)
Norwegian writer/director Kristoffer Borgli has established himself as a modern master of absurd comedy
with Sick of Myself and Dream Scenario. Next up from Borgli is The Drama, which sees Robert Pattinson and Zendaya play a young couple whose impending wedding is rocked when an
unsettling revelation emerges.
Father Mother Sister Brother (April 10th cinemas)
Jim Jarmusch's latest sees him return to the anthology format he
employed in Mystery Train, Night on Earth and
Coffee and Cigarettes, telling three distinct stories of estranged families in the US, Ireland
and France. The ensemble cast includes
Adam Driver, Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Rampling, Vicky Krieps and
Tom Waits.
The Stranger (April 10th cinemas)
Writer/director François Ozon (When Autumn Falls; The Crime is Mine) adapts Albert Camus' classic novel The Stranger. Benjamin Voisin plays the lead role of Mersault, a
Frenchman whose existential crisis in the wake of his mother's death
leads him to commit murder.
Undertone (April 10th cinemas)
Writer/director Ian Tuason makes his feature debut with Undertone. The film stars Nina Kiri as Evy, the sceptical host of
a paranormal podcast. When she moves home to care for her terminally ill
mother, Evy comes to question her disbelief as she is drawn into the
nightmare experiences of a couple who send her mysterious recordings made
in their home.
Miroirs No. 3 (April 17th cinemas)
Writer/director Christian Petzold reteams with his Undine, Transit and Afire star Paula Beer once again for Miroirs No. 3. Beer plays Laura, a piano player who survives a car crash in the
countryside. She is taken into the home of Betty (Barbara Auer), a local woman who becomes obsessed with her resemblance to her dead
daughter.
Rebuilding (April 17th cinemas)
Writer/director Max Walker-Silverman follows up his acclaimed tender
debut A Love Song with Rebuilding. The film stars Josh O'Connor as a man who loses his
home in a wildfire and finds himself living in a trailer park. There he
reconnects with his ex-wife (Meghann Fahy) and their young
daughter (Lily LaTorre).
The Plague (April 20th VOD)
The feature debut of writer/director Charlie Polinger, The Plague received much acclaim on its debut at last year's Cannes Film
Festival. The psychological horror stars Joel Edgerton as an instructor at an all-boys' water polo camp. There we find a
culture of bullying, centred on a boy mocked for having a "plague" due
to his skin condition.
Michael (April 22nd cinemas)
Music biopics are all the rage right now, and following the likes of
Elvis, Elton John and Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson is the latest
iconic star to receive the biopic treatment. Directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) from a script by John Logan, Michael sees Jackson's own nephew Jaafar Jackson portray the King of Pop.
Mother Mary (April 24th cinemas)
Written and directed by David Lowery (The Old Man & the Gun, The Green Knight), Mother Mary sees Anne Hathaway play the title character, an
iconic popstar preparing for a comeback. When she reunites with her
estranged costume designer (Michaela Coel), her long-buried past comes back to haunt
her. The movie features original songs performed by Hathaway and written and produced by Jack Antonoff, Charli XCX and FKA Twigs.
Rose of Nevada (April 24th cinemas)
Writer/director Mark Jenkin follows up his distinctive Cornish dramas Bait and Enys Men with time-travel mystery Rose of Nevada. The film sees a decades-lost ship make a surprise return to a coastal
fishing village where the locals believe its reappearance is an omen of
good fortune. When a crew takes the ship out to sea, they return to find
the village unrecognisable from the one they left behind.