Claire Foy stars alongside Brendan Gleeson in Philippa Lowthorpe’s beautifully realised and emotionally charged adaptation of Helen MacDonald’s award-winning memoir.

When Cambridge academic Helen’s father dies, the grief sends her spiralling into an abyss. In an effort to process her loss, she retreats from the human world to train a fearsome Northern goshawk. Foy gives an exceptional, career-best performance as Helen, while Charlotte Bruus Christensen’s cinematography and Sarah Finlay’s production design help Lowthorpe access the gravity and emotion of this story.

William Thacker (Hugh Grant) is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) appears in his shop.

A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a full-blown affair. As the average bloke and glamorous movie star draw closer and closer together, they struggle to reconcile their radically different lifestyles in the name of love.

Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning film is a powerful indictment of state-sponsored terror and a moving drama of individuals seeking to rebuild their lives after being subject to it.

A traffic accident involving a man who was once imprisoned and tortured by the Iranian authorities sparks a series of devastating events in Jafar Panahi’s audacious and defiant condemnation of his country’s regime. The filmmaker continues in highlighting and campaigning against the tyranny that occurs in broad daylight. This emotionally explicit work blends drama and satire to the brilliant cumulative effect of inviting scrutiny and condemnation of abuses of power.

This energetic, revealing documentary digs into one of pop’s most fascinating reinvention stories, following Paul McCartney as he tries to outrun the shadow of the Beatles and figure out who he is next.

Director Morgan Neville focuses on the turbulent 1970s, beginning with the band’s breakup and tracing McCartney’s uncertain early solo years through to the formation, rise and eventual fracturing of Wings. Newly unearthed archive footage places us inside a period of doubt and determination, from low-key family life with Linda and their children in rural Scotland to chaotic tours, shifting line-ups and unexpected chart triumphs. Along the way, McCartney reflects candidly on creative risk, bruised confidence and the challenge of stepping out from a once-democratic band into an unquestioned leadership role.

Hit-packed musical sequences are balanced with quieter, more vulnerable moments, letting McCartney’s own words shape the story. Former collaborators are given space to offer differing perspectives on Wings, not all of them flattering, which adds welcome texture. The film also approaches the death of John Lennon with sensitivity, thoughtfully contextualising McCartney’s famously misread reaction through fresh testimony.

Intimate without being reverent, it’s an engaging portrait of an artist starting over and finding new freedom along the way.

Event includes a bonus conversation with Paul McCartney & director Morgan Neville, only available in cinemas

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