Cinema, Monday Night Cinema
★★★★ The Irish Times
Julien Colonna’s 1990s Corsica-set debut follows 15-year-old Lesia as she confronts her father’s violent criminal world, delivering a fresh and authentic new take on the mafia genre.
Cinema, Monday Night Cinema
Silver Bear, Berlin Film Festival 2024
German director Matthias Glasner delivers a perceptive, blackly comic family drama exploring aging, mortality, and flawed relationships, following a terminally ill couple and their struggling, self-absorbed adult children with striking narrative depth.
Cinema, Monday Night Cinema
8 Nominations incl. Best Film, César Awards 2025
Alain Guiraudie’s (Stranger by the Lake) latest twists a small-town thriller with dark comedy, simmering sexuality, and social satire, as old tensions ignite following a funeral, sparking lies, violence, and unexpected chaos.
Cinema, Monday Night Cinema
★★★★★ Financial Times
A slow-burning, elegant indie drama from India Donaldson following 17-year-old Sam on a Catskills camping trip, revealing adult frustrations, complex relationships, and unspoken truths through intimate, character-driven storytelling.
Cinema, Monday Night Cinema
7 Nominations incl. Best Film, César Awards 2025
Emmanuel Courcol’s French comedy-drama follows two newly discovered brothers who bond over music, blending humour, warmth, and charismatic performances from Benjamin Lavernhe and Pierre Lottin.
