Drama

Loach’s most accessible and heartwarming film to date tells the story of Eric the postman whose life is slipping through his own fingers…

Showing in this restored print Lindsay Anderson’s debut feature was probably the closest we ever came to a British New Wave.

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck go out on a limb with this new film about an ambitious young baseball player from the Dominican Republic. “Beautiful and searching… one of the must see films of 2009” – The Daily Telegraph

This classically styled piece of art house cinema was Sweden’s entry for this years Oscars. “An intense pleasure” Variety

Happily-married couple Lisa and Julien lead a quiet life with their son Oscar. But one morning their lives are turned upside down when the police arrest Lisa for murder. “Thriller of the year” – Figaro | “Pure entertainment: utterly gripping and extremely persuasive” – Sight & Sound

A powerful, poetic and emotionally-charged drama about love, loss and liberation. The film tells the story of Jakob Beer, a man whose life is haunted by his childhood experiences during WWII.

Based on the award-winning novel from bestselling author Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper tells the story of Sara and Brian who live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl’s life.

A truly epic film returns to the big screen in this full digital restoration. Although Kubrick took over the direction fromAnthony Mann this is very much a Kirk Douglas project.

A film about the continuing struggle over history and memory, and an uncompromising exploration of the Russian cover up of the massacre that prevented the Polish people from commemorating those that had been killed for nearly 50 years.

Michael Mann takes us back to the dust bowl days to re-tell the story of Depression era legend John Dillinger – superbly played by Johnny Depp – and the fledgling FBI who named him America’s first Public Enemy Number One.

Hollywood studio film-making reached its zenith with Hitchcock’s stunning thriller – released in this brand new print to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

Following a sneak preview last year, DISS film composition course leader Miguel Mera’s new work receives a full screening this summer.

UK film-maker Sadik Ahmed directs this intense contemporary Western, which takes place in a remote town in the marshlands of Bangladesh.

As Pippa dutifully follows her husband to a new life in a staid Connecticut retirement community, her idyllic world and the persona she has built over the course of her marriage will be put to the test.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the lunar landings we screen Moon, a refreshingly philosophical eco sci-fi inspired by such classics of the genre as Silent Running.

A family’s peaceful existence is threatened when a busy highway is opened only metres away from their isolated house in the middle of nowhere. Refusing to move, Marthe, Michel and their three children find new ways to adapt to their new environment.