Our Film Listings

In 18th-century Denmark, a poor soldier embarks on an ambitious quest to cultivate unclaimed land. Battling harsh nature and class prejudice, “The Promised Land” is an epic tale of endurance, obsession, and the cost of ambition. Based on a true story, it’s a stirring historical drama.

A young archaeologist joins tomb raiders in 1980s Italy while haunted by the memory of a lost lover. “La Chimera” blends magical realism and romance with a critique of greed and longing, exploring what we dig up—literally and emotionally—in pursuit of what we’ve lost.

This poignant British romantic drama explores the emotional turmoil of forbidden love. It follows Laura Jesson, a respectable housewife, who meets Dr. Alec Harvey by chance at a railway station. Their weekly meetings blossom into a deep, yet restrained romance, shadowed by guilt and societal expectations. A classic film that delicately captures the ache of missed opportunities and the quiet heartbreak of choosing duty over desire.

In 1960s New York, an insurance clerk lends his apartment to company execs for their affairs—until love and ethics collide. Billy Wilder’s sharp romantic comedy blends satire and heart in a story of loneliness, compromise, and quiet heroism in the corporate world.

After a school incident, a mother demands answers—but the truth morphs with each perspective. Hirokazu Kore-eda crafts a multi-layered narrative exploring bullying, misunderstanding, and identity, unraveling a tale where nothing is as it seems, and the real “monster” might surprise you.

Directed by Todd Haynes, this is a richly stylized homage to 1950s melodramas, particularly the films of Douglas Sirk. Set in suburban Connecticut, it follows Cathy Whitaker, a seemingly perfect housewife whose life unravels when she faces a marital crisis. As Cathy seeks solace in a friendship with Raymond, her Black gardener, she faces the harsh judgement of a society unwilling to accept their relationship. The film explores themes of race, sexuality, and repression with visual elegance and emotional precision, offering a modern lens on mid-century American ideals.

A young ballerina is torn between love and career when she’s cast in a groundbreaking ballet. “The Red Shoes” dazzles with vivid visuals and timeless themes of artistic passion, control, and self-destruction, marking a pinnacle in classic British cinema.

For the third and final film in our melodrama mini season, we have chosen the master of the genre, Pedro Almodóvar who directs this hauntingly intimate Spanish exploration into grief, guilt, and estrangement through the lens of a mother-daughter relationship. Based on three short stories by Alice Munro, the film follows Julieta, a woman who abruptly cancels plans to move abroad after a chance encounter reveals the whereabouts of her long-lost daughter, Antía. As Julieta retreats into her past, she writes a letter chronicling the emotional events that led to their separation, including the death of Antía’s father and the silence that followed. With Almodóvar’s signature visual elegance and emotional depth, Julieta is a meditation on memory and the pain of absence.

This Senegalese classic depicts resistance against forced religious conversion and European colonisation. Through the eyes of the Ceddo people, Ousmane Sembène weaves a powerful tale of identity, sovereignty, and cultural erosion, offering bold political commentary wrapped in rich historical drama.

In Lahore, a man secretly joins an erotic dance troupe and falls for a transgender performer. “Joyland” explores gender, tradition, and desire with tenderness and tension, breaking cinematic ground while portraying the cost of defiance in a repressive society.

After losing his job, a middle-aged man takes a soul-crushing role as a supermarket security guard. This French drama exposes the quiet tragedy of economic survival, as personal integrity clashes with institutional exploitation. A quietly devastating look at modern precarity.

Freddie, a French woman adopted from South Korea, returns to Seoul to find her birth parents. Her journey unfolds with spontaneity and emotional turbulence in this nuanced exploration of identity, belonging, and the complexity of family across cultures.

François Truffaut’s seminal film follows a Parisian boy navigating neglect, misunderstanding, and juvenile justice. A landmark in French New Wave cinema, it offers a deeply personal and poetic view of adolescence and alienation, still resonant decades later.

After her mother’s death, six-year-old Frida moves to the countryside to live with relatives. Seen through her eyes, “Summer 1993” tenderly captures the confusion, resilience, and quiet moments of a child coping with loss and redefining family in a new world.

A widowed woman defies social norms when she invites a charming stranger into her home for cake—and more. This warm Iranian film is a gentle yet subversive ode to companionship, joy, and the quiet rebellion of living fully, at any age.