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Short documentary on the incredible, diverse native forests in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star in this adaptation of the massive Broadway musical, a prequel to cinema classic The Wizard of Oz. Nominated for 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture.

Already devastated by World War II, Japan must now contend with the terrifying and overwhelming force known as Godzilla.

The 1984 concert film from Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) following Talking Heads.

Documentary based on a major exhibition at the Ashmolean in Oxford, spanning 400 years of dynamic art from one of the world’s great art capitals.

Epic Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli eco-themed fantasy anime, 16 years in the making, about the struggle between supernatural guardians of a forest and the humans who consume its resources. Princess Mononoke was the first Studio Ghibli film to be a major hit and receive worldwide attention.

To fully understand the importance of his work, a teacher is sent to the world's most remote school in this breezy Bhutanese tale. Shot at the actual Himalayan school, which stands at roughly 5,000 metres altitude, the filmmakers had to use solar-powered batteries to achieve the shoot.

Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Polly aspires to be a professional photographer, and idolises Gabrielle for her artistic ability. When Gabrielle rekindles an old romantic relationship with the younger painter Mary, Polly becomes jealous, and discovers Gabrielle isn’t exactly who she claims to be.

Winner of Best International Feature at the 2022 Oscars and Best Screenplay at Cannes 2021, this Japanese drama from Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Happy Hour) follows a happily married stage director who must suddenly deal with life without his beloved partner.

Movie sequel to the 2019 anime series, based on the shōnen manga series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotōge.

New Zealand documentary on the culling of deer in the Southern Alps using helicopters in the 1960s - a time when they were becoming enviromental pests.

A judge starts a running club in LA's Skid Row for recovering alcoholics, the homeless and paroled men and women in this award-winning documentary from Mark Hayes.

The Palme d'Or winner at Cannes 2018 follows a family of small-time crooks who take in a child they find on the streets.

The spirit of a recently deceased matriarch haunts her surviving family in filmmaker Ari Aster's debut, starring the great Toni Collette.

Wes Anderson's stop-motion animated comedy about a Japanese boy who sets out on an adventure to find his dog.

Steven Yeun (Okja) co-stars in this Cannes prize-winning love triangle mystery from Korean great Chang-dong Lee (Secret Sunshine).

Mark Hadlow and Jed Brophy (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) star in this New Zealand thriller from writer-director Stefen Harris.

After the death of his father, a private detective with a punishing gambling habit attempts to reconnect with his family.

Biblical epic from director Timur Bekmambetov (Nightwatch), an adaptation of the 1880 novel by Lew Wallace which has of course been previously big-screened with the 1959 Charlton Heston classic.

Japanese drama follows a trio of sisters - Sachi, Yoshino, and Chika -  who take in a fourth, Suzu, the daughter from their father's second marriage. From the director of Like Father, Like Son.

New Zealand’s farming community and grassroots rugby are the focus of this cultural slice-of-life documentary following a rural rugby team looking to overcome a string of bitter losses. Shot in black and white from the filmmakers behind How Far is Heaven.

From the National Theatre's 2014 season of live recordings direct from the London stage, this is the Young Vic's production of Tennessee Williams' masterpiece starring Gillian Anderson and Ben Foster.