Prime Video's film library continues to be updated on a weekly basis, with one of the most exciting additions to have arrived in the past month being five-time Oscar nominee American Fiction.

The film, which won the Best Adapted Screenplay award at this year's ceremony, joins other awards contenders of this and recent years such as Saltburn, Women Talking and Dunkirk. Meanwhile, awards films from slightly further back include Blade Runner and Brian De Palma's Blow Out.

Another recent addition to the platform is the fascinating true story whistleblower drama Reality, which features buzzy star Sydney Sweeney in the title role and was released in cinemas to strong reviews last year.

Meanwhile, uproarious comedy Bottoms, You Hurt My Feelings, Red, White & Royal Blue and Catherine Called Birdy, which stars The Last of Us's Bella Ramsey, are all still available to stream.

Every film on the list below has been hand-picked by RadioTimes.com's team of film experts, so you will know exactly which movies you should dive into when you next open Amazon Prime Video.

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  • American Fiction

    • Drama
    • Comedy
    • 2023
    • Cord Jefferson
    • 116 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    A frustrated novelist, fed up with the establishment profiting from 'Black' entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes, uses a pen name to write his own outlandish 'Black' book and is suddenly swept up in the madness he claims to disdain.

    Why watch American Fiction?:

    First-time director Cord Jefferson both wrote and directed this comedy-drama which went on to win the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, with the script having been based on Percival Everett's 2001 novel Erasure. Meanwhile, the film was also nominated in four other categories at the Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Jeffrey Wright.

    The film follows Wright's character Monk, an author who writes a satire of stereotypical "black novels", only for it to become a major success.

    It's clear why it was such as critical darling – not only is it a hugely funny watch at times, but it also has a real emotional core, as well as fascinating intellectual interrogation at its centre, around the ways race, class and media intersect. Meanwhile, the cast are all phenomenal, especially Wright, who sells the exasperation of Monk, as well as his complexities as a character. - James Hibbs

    How to watch
  • Reality

    • Drama
    • Crime/detective
    • 2023
    • Tina Satter
    • 82 mins
    • 12A

    Summary:

    On June 3, 2017, 25-year-old Reality Winner returns to her home in Augusta. She is greeted by FBI Special Agents Garrick and Taylor, who intend to interrogate Winner about her possible involvement in the leak of a classified report about Russian interference in US 2016 elections. Crime drama, starring Sydney Sweeney

    Why watch Reality?:

    The fascinating true story of American whistleblower Reality Winner is explored to chilling effect in this razor-sharp drama from debut filmmaker Tina Satter. Using a script drawn from genuine transcripts, the film recreates the former NSA translator's interrogation by two FBI agents after she was arrested in 2017 for leaking a classified report about Russian interference in US elections to the press.

    Bolstered by a superb central performance from Sydney Sweeney, the film is all the more tense for Satter's decision to eschew melodrama in favour of sober realism, which has the effect of making even the seemingly banal moments appear sinister. The choice to obscure certain words of dialogue adds a sense of paranoia that ensures the film feels more like a conspiracy thriller than a docudrama, and it all adds up to a captivating experience for both those in the know, and those with no prior knowledge of Winner's case. – Patrick Cremona

    How to watch
  • Moonstruck

    • Comedy
    • Drama
    • 1987
    • Norman Jewison
    • 101 mins
    • PG

    Summary:

    Oscar-winning romantic comedy starring Cher, Nicolas Cage and Olympia Dukakis. Loretta Castorini is a dowdy widow, engaged to the timid Johnny Cammareri. In Johnny's absence she tries to mend the bad blood between her fiancé and his brother Ronny but, under the light of the fullest of moons, she finds herself falling head over heels in love with the passionate young man.

    Why watch Moonstruck?:

    Cher won a Best Actress Oscar for her turn in this delightful romantic comedy, which sees her star as Italian-American widow Loretta – whose impending second marriage is doomed when she finds herself following for her fiancé's hot-tempered, opera-loving and estranged brother Ronny.

    That role is played by Nicolas Cage at his maverick best – with his line deliveries in a scene that sees him detailing the reasons for the falling out between him and his brother especially memorable. It's a romcom that excels when it comes to both the romance and the comedy and has a quirky edge that sets it apart from most other examples in the genre. – Patrick Cremona

    How to watch
  • Blow Out

    • Drama
    • Crime/detective
    • 1981
    • Brian De Palma
    • 103 mins
    • X

    Summary:

    Thriller starring John Travolta and Nancy Allen. Movie sound man Jack Terry records a car accident while working on a horror film. He manages to rescue the female passenger from a river, but cannot save the driver, who he later learns was a leading politician. When his recording reveals the unmistakeable sound of a gunshot, Jack begins to suspect that the crash was no accident.

    Why watch Blow Out?:

    Throughout his career, Brian De Palma has often been described as a spiritual successor to Alfred Hitchcock – and this John Travolta-led thriller finds the director operating at his top level, crafting a gripping and extremely suspenseful story complete with a handful of memorable set-pieces. Inspired by the 1966 Michelangelo Antonioni film Blow-Up, Travolta plays Jack Terry, a film sound designer who is drawn into a conspiracy when he accidentally records a gunshot that proves to be evidence of a murder.

    Jack soon finds himself in danger as he begins to carry out his own investigations with help from Nancy Allen's Sally Bedina – and a mood of deep paranoia sets in the closer they get to the truth. Typical of De Palma's work, the film is also supremely stylish and profoundly cinematic – a true gem of the paranoid thriller genre. – Patrick Cremona

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  • The Social Network

    • Documentary and factual
    • Drama
    • 2010
    • David Fincher
    • 115 mins
    • 12A

    Summary:

    Oscar-winning drama based on a true story, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield. Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg is a computer programming genius, but he struggles to fit in with the movers and shakers of the university's elite. As a reaction to not being part of the social scene he creates the online network Facebook, an invention that will make him one of the youngest ever billionaires - but not before he has battled his rivals in court.

    Why watch The Social Network?:

    With the Oscars having just passed, it might just be time to revisit one of the great Best Pictures that never was – The Social Network.

    David Fincher's masterpiece was pipped to the post by The King's Speech, but it's a perfect analysis of our time, how the social media age got started, and just what it meant for the people involved at the ground floor.

    It works as a terrific legal drama, works as a movie centred around technology, works as a piece about betrayal – everything about it is gripping and well-paced, while it also featured phenomenal performances across the board, including from the likes of Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield. - James Hibbs

    How to watch
  • Catch Me If You Can

    • Documentary and factual
    • Drama
    • 2002
    • Steven Spielberg
    • 134 mins
    • 12

    Summary:

    Comedy drama, based on the true story of conman Frank Abagnale Jr, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. Shattered by the news that his parents are divorcing, 16-year-old Frank runs away to New York. For six years he lives a life of fraud, cashing over $2 million in bad cheques while impersonating an airline pilot, a paediatrician and a lawyer, and always staying one step ahead of tenacious FBI agent Carl Hanratty.

    Why watch Catch Me if You Can?:

    Leonardo DiCaprio made waves last year in Oscar nominated film Killers of the Flower Moon, but if you're looking to return to his earlier work, Prime Video currently has one of his finest turns in a film available to stream now.

    Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can paired the young actor up with Tom Hanks, to tell the true story of Frank Abagnale Jr, a notorious con artists whose stories of his own escapades have been heavily disputed, but which make for a hugely enjoyable film all the same.

    The two central performances are as brilliant as you'd expect, while the film is a tonal masterpiece, dipping between the serious and the fun-filled frequently, but in a way which never feels jarring. For a film that's over two hours long, it absolutely zips by, and has become rightly beloved by both critics and audiences over the years. - James Hibbs

    How to watch
  • Bottoms

    • Comedy
    • Drama
    • 2023
    • Emma Seligman
    • 91 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    Two unpopular girls in their senior year of high school start a fight club to try to impress and hook up with cheerleaders. When their bizarre plan works, they find themselves in over their heads. Comedy, starring Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri and Ruby Cruz

    Why watch Bottoms?:

    While Ayo Edebiri is becoming a deserved household name from her role as Sydney in The Bear, fans of hers can see her bring her usual comedic charm in Bottoms opposite Rachel Sennott (Shiva Baby). The pair star as friends PJ and Josie who aren't the most popular in their high school and so, start up a fight club with the intention of meeting girls and losing their virginity.

    But they soon find themselves way in over their heads, with the their actions having some hilarious consequences. Bottoms is unique in its storytelling and while there's been some criticism waged over its storytelling, the queer comedy packs the laughs and is a refreshing take on the beloved high school romcom genre. - Morgan Cormack

    How to watch
  • Saltburn

    • Comedy
    • Romance
    • 2023
    • Emerald Fennell
    • 130 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    Working class Liverpudlian student Oliver Quick is a socially awkward square peg in the polished round hole of Oxford University. A random act of kindness lavished on dashing aristocrat Felix Catton grants Oliver access to rarefied circles. Comedy thriller starring Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi

    Why watch Saltburn?:

    Described as a "a beautifully wicked tale of privilege and desire", Saltburn follows Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) a shy, quiet and apparently innocent Oxford Student who is drawn into the life of the charming Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi). When Felix invites Oliver to spend the summer with him at his eccentric family home, Saltburn, both their lives, and the lives of everyone around them, are changed forever.

    Directed by the Oscar winning and always wonderful Emerald Fennell, Saltburn is a superbly acted, well paced and boldly written tale of complicated friendship and intense obsession. And with a scene (or three) that will leave you with your eyes wide and your mouth agape, Saltburn is certainly not to be missed. – Chezelle Bingham

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  • Women Talking

    • Drama
    • 2022
    • Sarah Polley
    • 104 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    "Women Talking" follows a group of women in an isolated religious colony as they figure out how they might move forward to build a better world for themselves and their children. Stay and fight or leave. They will not do nothing.

    Why watch Women Talking?:

    As awards seasons heats up, now's the perfect time to revisit some of the nominees from last year's Oscars, and there's no better place to start than with Women Talking.

    This quietly powerful drama stars Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand, all putting in excellent work, and follows a group of women in an isolated Mennonite community who must decide whether to leave or stay after a series of horrific attacks perpetrated by the men.

    If you're looking for fast paced thrills, this isn't it. Instead, this is a moving, thoughtful and oftentimes harrowing drama with some stunning central performances, which leaves you with a lot to sit with and think about as the credits roll. – James Hibbs

    How to watch
  • Frances Ha

    • Comedy
    • Drama
    • 2012
    • Noah Baumbach
    • 82 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    Comedy starring Greta Gerwig. Frances is a free-spirited 20-something who makes the most of life in New York, pursuing her dream of becoming a professional dancer. Even though it may never happen, and despite being dumped by her boyfriend and her best friend, her optimism doesn't wane.

    Why watch Frances Ha:

    If you're celebrating Barbie's multiple Oscar nominations, or commiserating the fact that Greta Gerwig didn't get a nod in the Best Director category, then why not check back in with some of her previous work, including 2012's Frances Ha?

    Gerwig didn't direct this one but instead starred in it and co-wrote it alongside her now husband and the director of the film, Noah Baumbach. Whether a black and white comedy-drama about a struggling dancer sounds up your street or not, the film has an infectious, light and funny tone to it, and will likely blow away any expectations you had going in. Gerwig is excellent in the central role, while Adam Driver also provides a strong supporting turn. - James Hibbs

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  • Mafia Mamma

    • Comedy
    • Drama
    • 2023
    • Catherine Hardwicke
    • 101 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    An insecure American woman unexpectedly inherits her grandfather's mafia empire in Italy, where she hilariously defies everyone's expectations as the new head of the family business.

    Why watch Mafia Mamma?:

    Part screwball comedy, part Mob-movie pastiche, this outlandish yarn stars Toni Collette as a timid American mom who is installed as the head of a crime syndicate following the death of her grandfather. While attending his funeral in Italy, she finds herself in the midst of a war between rival families and forced to broker peace while dodging assassination attempts. The broad gagfest isn’t subtle, but there’s a lot to like, including Collette, whose comic timing is exemplary. – Terry Staunton

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  • The Silence of the Lambs

    • Drama
    • Crime/detective
    • 1991
    • Jonathan Demme
    • 113 mins
    • 18

    Summary:

    Classic psychological thriller starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. Promising FBI student Clarice Starling is assigned to help in the search for the serial killer known as "Buffalo Bill", a brutal murderer who skins the bodies of his female victims. Starling seeks the assistance of Dr Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter, a sociopathic former psychiatrist held in a maximum security hospital for the criminally insane.

    Why watch The Silence of the Lambs?:

    Anthony Hopkins is currently receiving critical acclaim for his performance in the stirring true life drama One Life, as he has for previous emotional performances – however, he is far from a one note actor.

    That is perhaps best-proved by his chilling performance as Hannibal Lecter in 1991's The Silence of the Lambs, a thriller which is tough to beat when it comes to the genre.

    Jodie Foster also impresses as Clarice Starling, the FBI trainee hunting a serial killer called Buffalo Bill. It's a macabre, grimy film, which keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout and which is restrained in its use of Hopkins's Lecter – to magnificent effect. - James Hibbs

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  • Knives Out

    • Comedy
    • Mystery
    • 2019
    • Rian Johnson
    • 124 mins
    • 12

    Summary:

    Murder mystery comedy starring Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas and Chris Evans. "Gentleman detective" Benoit Blanc is summoned to the home of a wealthy author who has been found with his throat slit. As he learns more about the deceased's eccentric family and their likely motives for murder, he forms a bond with the dead man's nurse, Marta, who also has something to hide. Meanwhile, one key question continues to gnaw at Blanc: who actually hired him?

    Why watch Knives Out?:

    The comedy murder-mystery has been enjoying something of a moment in recent years – thanks to everything from British flick See How They Run to hit TV series Only Murders in the Building. But arguably no one has done it better than Rian Johnson, whose two star-studded Knives Out mysteries have both proven extremely popular with fans and critics.

    The first film is currently available on Prime Video and sees Daniel Craig’s heavily accented sleuth Benoit Blanc attempt to unravel a very mysterious case involving the death of a revered crime writer in a cosy mansion, with Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans and Toni Colette among the big names playing potential culprits. Craig is on terrific form throughout, and the film as humorous as it is exciting, packed with intriguing twists that keep the audience guessing until the end. – Patrick Cremona

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  • John Wick: Chapter 4

    • Thriller
    • Drama
    • 2023
    • Chad Stahelski
    • 169 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    John Wick (Keanu Reeves) uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.

    Why watch John Wick: Chapter 4?:

    Ever since the first one debuted, the John Wick films have been a masterclass in how to make an action film work. The plot machinations have been light and breezy, and the action itself has been exhilaratingly choreographed. Plus, it doesn't hurt to have the excellent Keanu Reeves in the central role.

    However, this might just be the best yet in the franchise - a breathless, three hour epic in which we watch John on the run, attempting to beat the high table once and for all, and escape the hit they put out on him. Reeves is brilliant as ever, while Donnie Yen brings an intriguing new character, Caine, to life. The action is absolutely top notch and you'll find yourself mouth agape at the audacity of some of the sequences. - James Hibbs

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  • Bones and All

    • Horror
    • Romance
    • 2022
    • Luca Guadagnino
    • 125 mins
    • 18

    Summary:

    Teenager Maren learns from her absent father that she may have inherited her hunger for human flesh from the biological mother she has never known. She embarks on a quest to track down the missing matriarch and crosses paths with fellow "eater" Lee. Horror romance, starring Taylor Russell, Timothee Chalamet, Mark Rylance and Michael Stuhlbarg

    Why watch Bones and All?:

    Italian director Luca Guadagnino's previous collaboration with Timothée Chalamet was the much lauded romantic drama Call Me by Your Name, and here the pair reunite for a very different sort of love story. Based on a novel by Camille DeAngelis, the film stars Chalamet and Taylor Russell as Lee and Maren, a couple of runaways who embark on a road trip across Reagan-era America while bonding over their unusual shared affliction: an insatiable appetite for human flesh.

    That premise might sound like the basis for a schlocky pulp romance, but while the film does contain its share of grisly set-pieces, this is more than just a provocation. Instead, Guadagnino has crafted something unexpectedly tender, a deeply romantic and empathetic study of young love between outsiders. Russell is the star of the show, but there are also memorable supporting turns from Chloë Sevigny, Michael Stuhlbarg and Mark Rylance, the latter playing a fellow cannibal who is at once bone-chillingly creepy and profoundly tragic. – Patrick Cremona

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  • Sitting in Bars With Cake

    • Romance
    • Drama
    • 2023
    • Trish Sie
    • 120 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    Adapted for the screen by author Audrey Shulman from her book of the same name, Sitting In Bars With Cake is a celebration of female friendship, compassion and self-confidence inspired by true events. Twenty-something extrovert Corinne (Odessa A'zion) lives in Los Angeles with her painfully best friend Jane (Yara Shahidi) and is determined to tease her favourite gal pal out of her shell. She persuades talented home baker best friend Jane to agree to a full year of "cakebarring": a practice of baking cakes and taking them to bars as a way of meeting new people. During 12 months of delicious creations, Corinne is shaken by a life-altering diagnosis and she looks to Jane to support her through the most challenging and physically exhausting period of her life

    Why watch Sitting in Bars With Cake?:

    We love a film title that pretty much sums up the premise of the film and while you’d most certainly think that this new Prime Video original film was all about pretty cakes sitting atop dingy bar counters, it takes a surprisingly heartfelt turn.

    The film follows Jane (Yara Shahidi) who is slightly shy but bakes avidly during her LSAT study breaks, and her childhood best friend turned roommate Corinne (Odessa A’Zion) as they navigate life together. Corinne continually tries to get Jane out of her shell so sets her a task of baking cakes for a year and taking them to bars in order to meet people and build up her dwindling social skills. The result? An oftentimes funny but seriously heartwarming tale of female friendship in the wake of serious life issues that may just have you reaching for the tissues. – Morgan Cormack

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  • You Hurt My Feelings

    • Comedy
    • Romance
    • 2023
    • Nicole Holofcener
    • 93 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book. Comedy drama starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus

    Why watch You Hurt My Feelings?:

    Social niceties are put in the spotlight in this lovable comedy drama that reunites writer/director Nicole Holofcener with her Enough Said star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Beth (Louis-Dreyfus) is a writer who is nervous about following up an under-performing memoir with her first novel. But after inadvertently eavesdropping on his conversation with a friend, Beth finds out that her therapist husband Don (Tobias Menzies) is only pretending to like her new book, a discovery that throws their perfect marriage into jeopardy.

    It’s a thought-provoking, sometimes hilarious reflection on just how difficult it can be to do the right thing. – Emma Simmonds

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  • Till

    • Drama
    • Crime/detective
    • 2022
    • Chinonye Chukwu
    • 130 mins
    • 12A

    Summary:

    Mamie Till-Mobley lives in an all-black neighbourhood of 1955 Chicago with 14-year-old son Emmett. The boy visits cousins in Mississippi and violates an unspoken code of conduct by paying 21-year-old white shopkeeper Carolyn Bryant a compliment. He is lynched and Mamie fights for justice. History biopic, starring Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison and Haley Bennett

    Why watch Till?:

    This bold, heartbreaking historical drama depicts the aftermath of the infamous 1955 lynching of teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi. Co-writer/director Chinonye Chukwu focuses on the protracted attempt by the boy’s resolute mother, Mamie Till-Mobley (Danielle Deadwyler), to bring the killers to justice in a state riddled with systemic racism. The film thankfully holds back on the violence, but Chukwu finds plenty of chilling moments throughout. Meanwhile, Deadwyler’s powerful, dignified central performance ably carries this portrait of a woman whose tenacious campaigning helped galvanise the civil rights movement in America. – James Mottram

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  • Creed III

    • Drama
    • Sport
    • 2023
    • Michael B Jordan
    • 116 mins
    • 12A

    Summary:

    Adonis Creed retires from boxing as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world to devote more time to his musician wife Bianca and their daughter Amara. When childhood friend Damian Anderson resurfaces after a stint behind bars, Creed is lured back into the ring to settle an old score

    Why watch Creed III?:

    Michael B Jordan returns as boxer Adonis Creed in this pumped-up third Rocky spin-off. Also stepping behind the camera for his directorial debut, Jordan crafts an electric tale of friendship gone awry, as Creed is reunited with his old friend Damian (Jonathan Majors), an aspiring boxer fresh from a long stint in jail. Now back in Los Angeles, Damian wants a shot in the ring, which he hopes Creed will engineer.

    Jordan proves unafraid of shaking up the franchise, setting the film away from the series’ spiritual Philadelphia home. The boxing scenes are punchy, while Majors is a heavyweight addition to the cast, bringing muscular intensity to the film. – James Mottram

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  • Living

    • Drama
    • 2022
    • Oliver Hermanus
    • 102 mins
    • 12A

    Summary:

    During the 1950s, an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful. Drama, starring Bill Nighy, Tom Burke and Aimee Lou Wood

    Why watch Living?:

    Bill Nighy received the first Oscar nomination of his career for this superb remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru (1952).

    Brilliantly reimagined by Booker Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro, the film follows stiff upper-lipped bureaucrat Williams (Nighy) as he decides to make the most of the time he has left after being told he has only months to live. The result is a thoughtful exploration of reawakening and redemption, and Nighy’s subtle and reflective performance makes it truly soar. – Alan Jones

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  • The Whale

    • Drama
    • 2022
    • Darren Aronofsky
    • 116 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    Oscar winner Brendan Fraser stars as Charlie, a reclusive, obese English teacher who tries to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter. Drama, starring Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins and Hong Chau

    Why watch The Whale?:

    Director Darren Aronofsky’s heartfelt, often wildly funny adaptation of Samuel D Hunter’s semi-autobiographical off-Broadway play is a moving tale of last-chance redemption. Brendan Fraser gives a heroic, Oscar-winning performance as Charlie, a morbidly obese gay recluse who desperately tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter, Ellie (Sadie Sink from Stranger Things).

    Aronofsky deliberately reins in his often flamboyant style, underlining the theatrical origins of the intense chamber piece by using the claustrophobic Academy ratio. The result is an penetrating examination of self-destruction – Alan Jones

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  • Air

    • Drama
    • Sport
    • 2023
    • Ben Affleck
    • 111 mins
    • 12

    Summary:

    In 1984, Nike's basketball talent scout Sonny Vaccaro believes the company should invest its entire annual 250,000 US dollar budget in one prospect: 21-year-old NBA rookie Michael Jordan. Vaccaro travels to North Carolina to speak directly to Michael's parents Deloris and James. Drama starring Matt Damon, Viola Davis and Ben Affleck

    Why watch Air?:

    Ben Affleck directs and co-stars in this infectious 1980s-set tale of how underperforming sports clothing brand Nike turned its fortunes around by luring basketball star Michael Jordan to endorse its trainers. Affleck plays Phil Knight, Nike’s Porsche-driving CEO, but the film belongs to Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro, the basketball guru who spots Jordan’s potential and sets out to reel him in with the creation of the Air Jordan trainer.

    Air is an absorbing film about money, power, race and class, revealing how Jordan’s relationship with Nike changed the face of corporate sponsorship for ever. – James Mottram

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  • Nanny

    • Drama
    • Horror
    • 2022
    • Nikyatu Jusu
    • 98 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    Aisha is an undocumented nanny working for a privileged couple in New York City. As she prepares for the arrival of the son she left behind in West Africa, a violent presence invades her reality, threatening the American dream she is painstakingly piecing together

    Why watch Nanny?:

    An undocumented nanny struggles with both the supernatural and the harsh realities of everyday life in Nikyatu Jusu’s unsettling thriller. Caught between the life she has left behind and the one she wishes to obtain, Senegalese migrant Aisha (Anna Diop) cares for the six-year-old daughter of a well-to-do couple (Michelle Monaghan and Morgan Spector). She longs to save enough money to bring her son to the US, while also experiencing disturbing dreams that could be the work of a malevolent presence. Meanwhile, the way she is treated by her casually privileged employers proves every bit as disturbing as her nightmares.

    Ultimately, this is an atmospheric and deeply personal debut that simmers with slow-burn dread – Amber Wilkinson

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  • Wildcat

    • Drama
    • Documentary and factual
    • 2021
    • Jonathan W Stokes
    • 93 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    An ambitious reporter stationed in the Middle East is taken captive after her convoy is ambushed. She is confronted by the trauma of her past and must find a way to bring down the militants who incarcerated her. Drama, starring Georgina Campbell and Luke Benward

    Why watch Wildcat?:

    A nature film that’s more about humans than animals, this feature documentary follows British ex-soldier Harry Turner as he lives a new life in the Amazon Rainforest, having been discharged from the Army with depression and PTSD. We see him transformed, or at least inspired and comforted, by his relationship with American conservationist Sam, and in particular by their fostering of a baby ocelot, whose struggles to be ready for release into the wild can be seen as mirroring Harry’s effort to regain his own mental health. The result is a stark picture of the internal struggles undergone by many veterans, but with beautiful notes of hope – Jack Seale

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