Genre: Documentary Drama
Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes 

Certificate: 15

Synopsis: Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, ‘The Shepherd And The Bear’ explores a conflict provoked by the re-introduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional shepherding community. The film follows an ageing shepherd who struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who becomes obsessed with tracking the bears. Through its breathtaking cinematography and immersive storytelling, ‘The Shepherd And The Bear’ is a modern folktale about tradition, community and humanity’s relationship with a vanishing natural world. Subtitled.

Synopsis: Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he’s given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics. With subtitles.

Genre: World War 1 musical drama
Runtime: 2 hours 40 minutes 
Starring: John Mills, Michael Redgrave, John Gielgud, Maggie Smith, Corin Redgrave, Juliet Mills

Certificate: PG

Synopsis: Adapted from Joan Littlewood’s 1963 stage musical of the same name (itself a reworking of Charles Chilton’s 1961 radio play ‘The Long, Long Trail’) ‘Oh! What A Lovely War’ restages the events of the Great War. As the film traces the progression of the conflict  from the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914 to the Armistice of November 1918, it intertwines the fortunes of the everyman Smith family with the performances of popular wartime music. 

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Runtime: 2 hours 8 mins
Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes
Certificate: 12A

Synopsis: Considered by many to be director Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest achievement. A retired detective with a fear of heights is hired to shadow a friend’s suicidal wife. After he saves her from drowning in San Francisco Bay, his interest shifts from business to fascination with the wife. When tragedy strikes and the wife dies, the detective is devastated. But when he finds another woman remarkably like his lost love, the now obsessed detective must unravel the secrets of the past to find the key to his future.