"The director’s candid exploration of self-doubt, grief and struggle with his creative life has none of the bitterness of its title": The Observer

Grief, memory and creativity intertwine in Bitter Christmas, the latest film from Pedro Almodóvar. As one woman struggles with devastating loss, a filmmaker searches for inspiration, blurring the boundaries between art and life in this moving, witty and emotionally rich drama.

Boldly experimental and famously witty, Whistler disrupted the strict conventions of Victorian society in pursuit of a new cult of beauty, creating “art for art’s sake” and earning himself a place in the history of great art. This blockbuster exhibition from Tate Britain brings together famous and lesser known works by this important artist.

"Powerful and atmospheric": The Guardian

Faith, redemption and resistance collide in Roland Joffé’s visually spectacular, Palme d’Or-winning epic. Jeremy Irons and Robert De Niro play two very different men united in defending a Guaraní community from the forces of colonial power. Featuring breathtaking cinematography and Ennio Morricone’s magnificent, unforgettable score.

"Dafoe is low key and magnificent [in a] beautifully underplayed drama": The Hollywood Reporter

What happens when your big break arrives decades late? Willem Dafoe plays a forgotten poet unexpectedly rediscovered by a new generation of New York artists. With Greta Lee as an actress drawn into his orbit, Late Fame is a witty, wistful tale of ageing, ambition, authenticity and artistic recognition.

★★★★ "Anthony Bourdain's wild youth brought to exhilarating life in a delicious biopic": The Times

Before the books, the TV shows and the unmistakable voice, there was Tony. In the summer of 1975, 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain arrives in Provincetown and stumbles into the exhilarating chaos of a restaurant kitchen, beginning a formative summer that will set him on the path to becoming a culinary icon.

"A sharp, dark comedy with shocking twists... Ronan is in fine acting form": The Hollywood Reporter

Saoirse Ronan stars as a teacher whose struggle with one disruptive pupil takes a spectacularly wrong turn. But when her terrible decision unexpectedly transforms the school for the better, putting things right becomes increasingly complicated. Bad Apples is a darkly funny, provocative thriller about very bad behaviour and its surprisingly good consequences.

"A theatrical triumph": New York Times

The road to Hell has never sounded this good. Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical phenomenon Hadestown brings the myths of Orpheus and Eurydice, Hades and Persephone thrillingly to life through folk, blues and New Orleans-inspired jazz. Filmed live in London’s West End with the original Broadway stars.

★★★★ "Genuine gripping tension... Scott is on mesmeric form...it's engrossing": The Times

Seventy-two hours before D-Day, one decision could change the course of history. Brendan Fraser stars as Eisenhower, forced to decide whether to launch the Allied invasion as a British meteorologist delivers a dangerously uncertain forecast. Pressure turns the remarkable true story behind D-Day into a tense race against time.

Before the hits came the hustle. Shot on the streets, pubs and clubs of North London, with the band playing themselves, Dave Robinson's gritty and hilarious feature stands alongside A Hard Day's Night and Slade in Flame as one of the great British pop movies.