Love Lies Bleeding - May 3rd, cinemas
British writer/director Rose Glass drew acclaim for her debut Saint Maud and now makes her US debut with Love Lies Bleeding, which she co-wrote with Weronika Tofilska. The film sees Kristen Stewart play a gym employee who gets caught up in a web of violence when
she falls for a bodybuilder (Katy O'Brian).
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry - May 3rd, cinemas
Eka Chavleishvili has won much acclaim on the festival circuit for
her lead role in this Georgian drama from director Elene Naveriani. Chavleishvili plays Etero, a middle-aged woman who has spent her life
happily single. When she unexpectedly falls for a man, she must decide if
he's worth giving up her treasured independence.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - May 9th, cinemas
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes continues the hit reboot of the sci-fi series, picking up the
action several years after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes. With Caesar now dead, his son Cornelius (Owen Teague) takes centre stage. With humans having regressed to a feral state, the
apes have divided into rival clans. Cornelius teams up with a human girl,
Nova (Freya Allan), to take on a tyrannical ape regime.
Our Mothers - May 10th, cinemas
This Guatemalan drama is centred on a young anthropologist dedicated to tracing the dead and disappeared of the
country's civil war. When he stumbles across a lead that might reveal the
fate of his father, he's confronted with his family's past.
Cesar Diaz's directorial debut won the Camera D'Or at Cannes back in 2019 and is finally arriving on UK
screens.
La Chimera - May 10th, cinemas
Hot off his acclaimed turn in Challengers, Josh O'Connor collaborates with Italian auteur
Alice Rohrwacher in this 1980s set comedy drama. O'Connor plays a
British archaeologist who finds himself caught up in the illegal trade of
stolen artifacts.
Hoard - May 17th, cinemas
Written and directed by Luna Carmoon, Hoard stars Saura Lightfoot Leon as Maria, a young woman living with a foster mother in 1990s
London. The arrival of a stranger, Michael (Joseph Quinn), stirs up memories of a traumatic incident in Maria's life a decade
prior.
Nightwatch: Demons are Forever - May 7th, Shudder
Danish writer/director Ole Bornedal broke out in 1994 with his acclaimed
thriller Nightwatch, which he subsequently remade in the US in 1997. Now Bornedal returns
along with original cast members Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kim Bodnia and Ulf Pilgaard for a belated sequel. Nightwatch: Demons are Forever sees medical student Emma (the director's daughter Fanny Leander Bornedal) take a job in the infamous forensic
department that terrorised her parents in the original film. Seeking
answers as to what happened to her parents, Emma unleashes a long dormant
evil.
In Flames - May 23rd, cinemas
The feature debut of writer/director Zarrar Kahn, In Flames is a Pakistani horror-thriller that explores the struggle of women
in a highly patriarchal society through a genre lens. The film sees a
mother and daughter menaced by figures from their past following the death
of their family's patriarch. It was Pakistan's submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2024
Academy Awards.
Furiosa - May 24th, cinemas
Director George Miller returns to the world of Mad Max
with Furiosa, a prequel to Fury Road that sees Anya Taylor-Joy play a young version of
the heroine previously played by Charlize Theron. The film, which Miller
co-wrote with Nico Lathouris, sees a
young enslaved Furiosa caught up in a battle between two tyrants as she
tries to make her way home across the wasteland.
The Beast - May 31st, cinemas
Inspired by Henry James' 1903 novella 'The Beast in the Jungle',
writer/director Bertrand Bonello's latest is a romantic sci-fi
drama that spans three time periods. Léa Seydoux plays a woman living in a future where emotions have
become taboo. Using revolutionary technology, she experiences two of her
past lives and encounters a man (George MacKay) with whom she feels
a powerful connection.