The seclusion of a young Bangladeshi woman on the estates of London's Brick Lane is intruded upon by a young lover and the post 9/11 era. Based on the bestselling novel by Monica Ali. Rich and subtle in its characterisation, Brick Lane is an enlightening tale about the breadth and depth of ordinary lives.
Release: out now on DVD
Mike Leigh's infectiously joyous comedy about a London primary school teacher should be required viewing nationwide. An award winning blast of fresh air that sweeps you off your feet.
Release: out now on DVD
Drama starring Colin Firth, Catherine Keener and Hope Davis. Spree killer thrillers, experimental rockumentaries, adaptations of unadaptable books and now supernatural dramas - is there anything Michael Winterbottom cannot do?
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Heroin seeps through the empty lives of the kids in a rural Cotswold village in this quiet, desolate drama by Duane Hopkins. Bleak yet powerful, hushed yet haunting, this is an extraordinary portrait of lives dissolving away into nothing in the chilly English countryside.
Release: out now on DVD
A young mother tries to come to terms with the loss of her son and husband in a terrorist attack in London. From the director of Bridget Jones's Diary, and starring Michelle Williams.
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Turner Prize-winning artist Steve McQueen directs an account of the IRA hunger strike and its leader Bobby Sands. Intense, disturbing and powerful mix of vision and detail: a recreation of a terrible time combined with a vivid and distinctive artistic sensibility.
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Filmmaker Chris Waitt goes in search of every woman who's ever dumped him in an attempt to find out why he's so unlucky in love in this comic, confessional documentary. Waitt's pain is our gain - a funny, smartly put together comic autobiography.
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A girls' weekend in Mallorca turns into a murderous fight for survival in this young and energetic thriller. From tense psychological thriller to slasher fun, Donkey Punch is a thrilling adventure through hedonism gone sour.
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While a godless vigilante stalks a strange future city where religion is mandatory, a father scours modern London for his vanished son. Fantasy and reality collide in this ambitious, genre-defying British drama starring Eva Green, Ryan Phillippe and Sam Riley.
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Hapless weekend warrior Eddie Marsan searches for the hero inside in this British comedy set in the world of battle re-enactments, put together in collaboration with Myspace users. Put away your eight-sided dice and enjoy this immensely likable, sparky little comedy about fantasy, reality and love conquering all.
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Michelle Yeoh and Sean Bean star in this quietly intense drama about a man and two women adrift in the Arctic. Richly atmospheric and finally brutally disturbing, this small yet devastating fable isn't quite like anything else at all.
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British journalist Sidney Young tries to take New York City by storm and spectacularly fails in this romance-tinged comedy starring Simon Pegg and Kirsten Dunst.
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A glimpse of a caged stranger in the back of a truck leads to a grimly relentless pursuit in this abduction thriller by DJ-turned writer-director Mark Tonderai. A potent and menacing little psychological thriller.
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An orphaned Mumbai slum kid tries to change his life by winning TV's 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' in Danny Boyle's multi-Oscar-winning fable. A spirited underdog fable marinated in modern India's melting pot. Danny Boyle's still the master of spices.
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An ailing Manchester postman gets his life back on track with a little help from Eric Cantona in this comedy-drama written by Paul Laverty and starring Steve Evets and the former Manchester United star himself. Funny, touching and cheerfully unlikely in every sense, this ranks among Ken Loach's most enjoyable films.
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A couple travel to the remote jungles of the Thai-Burmese border to look for their son who was lost in the 2004 Asian tsunami, in this psychological horror starring Emmanuelle Béart and Rufus Sewell. Not for the faint-hearted, Vinyan is a pitch-black, poetic exploration of the nightmare of losing a child.
Release: out now on DVD
Britain's first hip-hop musical - stage school brats not welcome. You could call this a 'hip-hopera', a mix of filmmaking and social work, or a shot in the arm for British independent cinema. Just don't call it Bugsy Malone with real bullets.
Release: In cinemas now
A surreal road movie which takes place entirely in a North London flat. The feature debut of 'Mighty Boosh' director Paul King. A wildly inventive debut.
Release: In cinemas now
The second feature from Glue director Alexis Dos Santos takes a look at the lives of two young expatriates finding their way in London's East End. For the Unmade Beds crew's Sundance video diary and photos, check out our preview.
Release: In cinemas December 11.
Award-winning artist Sam Taylor Wood's biopic about the young John Lennon and the women who shaped his life, his mother Cynthia and his aunt Mimi. The first Lennon biopic to brave a fuller excavation of one of pop's saddest back stories, and one of its most complicated psychologies.
Release: In cinemas 26 December.
