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Robert Aramayo leads a stellar British cast (Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson and Peter Mullan) in this true story of John Davidson who was diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome age 10.

In the 1980s the condition wasn’t understood or managed and Davidson has to navigate a traumatic route through adolescence to adulthood, faced with ignorance, violence and misunderstanding.

Funny and moving, the film pulls no punches yet is a celebration of love and friendship.

The King’s Speech is based on King George VI’s struggle to overcome a debilitating stutter and explores the arc of friendship between the king and his speech therapist.

Tom Hooper’s multi-award-winning triumph starred Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush - winning 4 major Oscars (best screenplay, best actor, best director and best film), out of its 12 nominations.

Suffragette is a British historical drama depicting the fight for women’s suffrage. Written by Abi Morgan and directed by Sarah Gavron, the feminist masterpiece stars Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Meryl Streep, Brendon Gleeson and Ben Whishaw. Interestingly, it is the first feature film to be shot in the Houses of Parliament!

Philomena is based on Martin Sixsmith’s book The Lost Child of Philomena – chronicling the true story of an elderly woman’s search for the son she was forced to give up as a young unmarried woman 50 years earlier. The story exposes the horror and trauma of forced adoption facilitated by the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland. Dame Judi Dench and Steve Coogan deliver career defining performances, directed by Stephen Frears.

The Lady in the Van sees Maggie Smith as the eponymous heroine who is brought back to life from the pages of Sir Alan Bennett’s memoir.

After "temporarily" parking her van in his London driveway, Miss Shepherd, a transient woman of uncertain origins, remains there for the next 15 years, resulting in an unexpected and life-changing friendship for them both.

Wicked Little Letters set in the early 1920s is based on the true story of Edith Swan (played by Olivia Colman) the Littlehampton resident who found herself inundated with vulgar correspondence sent - it is (wrongly) assumed by Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley) the Irish immigrant with a colourful turn of phrase.

Colman and Buckley deliver larger-than-life performances, delighting in the hilarity of vulgar slapstick!

In The Penguin Lessons, Peter Cattaneo directs Steve Coogan in a poignant dramedy adapted from Tom Michell’s memoir of the same name. After taking up a teaching position at a prestigious boys’ school during a cataclysmic period in 1970s Argentina, he finds himself the reluctant guardian of an orphaned penguin.
The unlikely relationship facilitates a personal and political awakening.

Looking ahead to January 2026, we can’t wait for Hamnet based on Maggie O’Farrell’s devastatingly moving novel about Shakespeare’s personal life, love and the tragedy that inspired his greatest play.

Jessie Buckley is Anne Hathaway and Paul Mescal is the Bard in this Oscar-tipped masterpiece directed by Chloé Zhao.