In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbour is pitted against neighbour in Eddington, New Mexico.

The brilliant mind of Ari Aster brings us another dystopian farce, this time in the style of a modern Western about a world gone mad, a world which we will all remember during the Covid pandemic. Experience this satire about our broken brains on the big screen.

From Celine Song, the Academy Award-nominated writer and director of Past Lives, comes Materialists: the story of a young, ambitious New York City matchmaker torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.

Lucy (Dakota Johnson) is the star matchmaker at a boutique New York agency, and believes love is a numbers game. Her beliefs are put to the test when two potential suitors for her come along at once.

One is Harry (Pedro Pascal), a suave, wealthy bachelor who's perfect on paper, and can offer her the lifestyle she covets. The other is her ex: John (Chris Evans), a struggling actor working as a cater-waiter, whose messy lifestyle is her biggest hindrance. But how do you choose between the life you want and the love you need?

From our manager, Neil:

I saw this documentary in September 2024 when it screened at London Film Festival and I have been on the lookout ever since in the hope that we could screen it at The Riverside. It was not necessarily an easy watch, but it moved me and left me thinking about the film for days afterwards. I cannot personally recommend this film enough and would strongly advise you give the film a chance, and come and see it.

Six women return to the now abandoned Holloway Prison to take part in a women’s circle. Sharing some of the most intimate experiences of their lives, they each unravel what led them to prison, building an eye-opening portrait of failing systems and trauma, while discovering their extraordinary capacity to heal through sisterhood.

Directed by BAFTA Breakthrough Daisy-May Hudson and EMMY nominated Sophie Compton, this deeply moving and transformational documentary feature was made via a unique process of a trauma-informed co-creation with six contributors, a group of incredibly talented, high profile women who are running charities and using their lived-experience to call for change. They are Aliyah Ali, Mandy Ogunmokun, Sarah Cassidy, Lady Unchained, Gerrah, and Tamar Mujanay.

The film had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. Its international premiere was at Hot Docs Film Festival in Canada, in competition for the Academy Award Qualifying Best International Documentary.

HOLLOWAY is a profound, meditative, eye-opening and ultimately inspiring exploration of trauma and the immense human capacity for recovery.

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Financial Times 'Hugely powerful..hard to shake'

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Guardian: ' Essential viewing for policy makers' and 'an astonishing new documentary'

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Times ' Moving...the stakes rarely get higher'

The forthcoming film of David Gilmour's 2024 return to Rome's historic Circus Maximus as part of the Luck and Strange tour, his first in nearly a decade, was directed by long-time Gilmour collaborator Gavin Elder.

The sublime spectacle, filmed against the backdrop of the ancient ruins of Rome, blends solo tracks from David’s most recent album Luck and Strange including a stirring rendition of Between Two Points with Romany Gilmour as well as classic Pink Floyd anthems such as Sorrow, High Hopes, Breathe, Time, Wish You Were Here, and Comfortably Numb.

The Luck and Strange tour spanned twenty-three dates in five cities and was instantly sold out. With no new shows on the horizon, David Gilmour Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome is the best and only way to experience the master of his art on stage.

A richly textured essay film on landscape, art, history, life and loss, Patience (After Sebald) offers a unique exploration of the work of internationally acclaimed writer W.G. Sebald, tracking his most influential book, The Rings of Saturn. Grierson award winning filmmaker Grant Gee directs the first film about Sebald, with contributions from major writers, artists and film-makers including Tacita Dean, Robert Macfarlane, Sir Andrew Motion, Rick Moody, Iain Sinclair and Marina Warner, with a haunting soundtrack by acclaimed composer and sound artist The Caretaker, and narration by Jonathan Pryce.

Sebald, who was born in 1944, taught for much of his adult life in this country, mainly at the University of East Anglia, and was killed in a motor accident in 2001. The Rings of Saturn was first published in German in 1995, translated into English three years later and is an account of a walking tour of Suffolk, the people he meets, the places he visits, and the historical and literary reflections prompted by what he sees and senses, taking his mind around the world. Suffolk becomes a sort of palimpsest for his eloquent, precise, lugubrious, often drily witty meditations about war, death, destruction and decay, about memories and continuities and the feeling that nothing entirely disappears.

The Caretaker’s music in the film is deeply atmospheric, creating a haunting and introspective soundscape. It skillfully captures the contemplative and melancholic themes found in Sebald’s writing. The album’s unique approach to sound design immerses listeners in a dreamlike and introspective experience, making ‘Patience (After Sebald)’ a poignant journey into themes of memory, time, and the intricacies of the human psyche.

Drawing inspiration from Franz Schubert’s 1827 composition ‘Winterreise’, The Caretaker employs his signature perplexing processes. He transforms the source material, smudging and rubbing isolated fragments into a dust-caked haze of plangent keys, strangely resolved loops, and de-pitched vocals. The result is a haunting and atmospheric soundscape that mirrors the ethereal nature of Sebald’s literary world, with elements fading in and out, much like memories.

Screening as part of Woodbridge's Ambient Music Festival - more details about the festival here

If you have an Ambient Music Festival pass then you can purchase the cheaper ticket and show your pass at the cinema when arriving.