A list of the new films being released in UK cinemas as of Friday 15 May 2015. For details of where to see these films, use the Find Any Film website.
Clouds of Silas Maria
The fragrant Juliette Binoche stars as a middle-aged actress who retreats to the Swiss mountains with her personal assistant Kristen Stewart in this Cesar award winning drama. The official IFC Film webpage includes a trailer. The film will be playing in key cities only.
A Fuller Life
Samuel Fuller was perhaps most well-known as a film director of such classics as The Naked Kiss (1964) with Constance Towers and The Big Red One (1980) with Mark Hamill. Towers and Hamill are two of the many admirers of Fuller’s who read extracts from his autobiography in this filmed recollection of the man’s life and work. The official website with trailer tells you more; showing in key cities only, so check out Find Any Film for where is nearest you.
Lambert and Stamp
Another hark back to 1960’s pioneers, in post-war London Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert, aspiring New Wave film directors from opposite sides of the tracks form an unlikely partnership to find a rock band for their underground movie, leading them to discover, mentor and manage the iconic band that would become know as The Who. Check out the official website for the trailer and gallery and screening details.
Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller reimagines his 1980’s future-on-a-budget series of Mel Gibson actioneers with Tom Hardy now assuming the role of the titular post-apocalyptic. Charlize Theron accompanies him on a journey in a desert wasteland where it’s dog eat dog for the few humans who are alive. The official website will give you the trailer; you should be able to catch it all over the place.
The Man Who Saved the World
Kevin Costner and Robert De Niro are the American stars in this largely Russian-cast film, about a man who once averted nuclear holocaust during the Cold War but now struggles to get his own life back on track. The official website gives you the low-down, it will be screened in key city cinemas only.
The Galloping Vet: Niyazi Gul
The London Turkish Film Festival has just started and runs until Sunday 17 May. This action comedy was the opening gala film and follows a country vet who tries to re-discover an elixir to cure animals first developed by his grandfather. No official website, so check out IMDb for more detail.
Only Angels Have Wings
A well-deserved dusting off for this luminous Howard Hawks aeronautical soap opera as a very young Rita Hayworth, alongside Cary Grant’s ace pilot, and love interest Jean Arthur. Silent movie matinee idol Richard Barthlemess is Hayworth’s older husband, a disgraced pilot seeking redemption. Released through Park Circus films, check their site for screening details. There is more info about the film on Wikipedia.
Pitch Perfect 2
Sequel to the 2012 comedy about an ‘A Capella’ dance troupe, with Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson et al returning to take on a mighty European group who have never been beaten. Trailer looks fun, you should be able to catch this at most multiplexes and other cinemas. The official Facebook page has the goss.
A Royal Night Out
VE Day anniversary celebrations may now be over, but this film, an account of the future Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret’s night on the tiles with the masses, is still worth seeing, if the reviews and endearing trailer are anything to go by. It will be showing all over the UK, but the official Lionsgate Film webpage has more.
The Tribe
Getting a lot of attention at the moment is this extraordinary sounding ‘silent’ film. From Ukraine, it follows a group of children in a boarding school for deaf people. A new student must prove himself worthy to be brought under the protective wing of the school gang’s leader. His new-found clique introduces him to their common activities of robbery, bribery and prostitution, but he finds himself compromised as he begins to fall in love with his female classmate—and one of the gang’s escorts—triggering a sequence of stunningly diabolical events. Told in Ukranian sign-language and without subtitles, it is being heralded as revolutionary.
And on Thursday 21 May…
We Are Many
This documentary looks at the motivations behind the 30 million or so people around the world who came out in protest in February 2003 against the impending Iraqi war. It also looks at the people who were behind organising it. The official website tells you more and has details of screening locations.
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