Dir: Adam Rehmeier, US, 2026, Romance/Thriller. Samara Weaving, Kyle Gallner, Kyra Sedgwick. “Carolina Caroline is a pleasant surprise, filled with heists, car chases, and heart… The film will make you laugh, cry, and revel in the chaos of its wild ride. This crime thriller romance hooks viewers with its action-packed crime spree promises, but what keeps the audience hooked is the unexpected. This film is filled with moments that are just as heartwarming as they are heartbreaking… The story opens with Oliver conning a small town gas station clerk, while employee Caroline oversees the whole thing… Her curiosity draws her to Oliver, and soon, into his lifestyle. The two fall in love with each other, and with the rush of chasing more and more money. They decide to travel across the U.S.A., hoping that along the way Caroline can reconnect with her long-lost mother and steal everything they can. But as their petty crimes level up to bank heists, the stakes rise, and they realize they may not have been as prepared as they thought they were… Even in all the mess, there’s a sweetness to the way they find comfort in each other, those heartwarming moments hitting just as hard as the action.” - Hannah Cronk, Film Threat

Presented by Roving Picture Shows & Island Jazz. Dir: Fritz Lang, Germany, 1929, Science Fiction. With Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm & Gustav Fröhlich. Silent with Live Improvised Musical Accompaniment by Chris Coupland. Set in a futuristic city split between wealthy elites above ground and oppressed workers below. The son of the city’s ruler discovers the workers’ suffering after meeting a woman who calls for unity. Meanwhile, a scientist creates a robot that incites chaos and rebellion. “Metropolis does what many great films do, creating a time, place and characters so striking that they become part of our arsenal of images for imagining the world. The ideas of “Metropolis” have been so often absorbed into popular culture that its horrific future city is almost a given . Lang filmed for nearly a year, driven by obsession, a perfectionist madman, and the result is one of those seminal films without which the others cannot be fully appreciated” Roger Ebert.

Dir: Mel Smith, UK, 1989, Comedy/Romance. Jeff Goldblum, Rowan Atkinson, Emma Thompson. “Jeff Goldblum is a paragon of gawky charm and awkward vulnerabilities in The Tall Guy, a British-made romp with the comic gusto of A Fish Called Wanda… Goldblum is Dexter King, an actor who figured he'd have no competition for American roles if he moved to London. What he didn't expect was that there would be none. So he has become a straight man for Ron Anderson (Rowan Atkinson), an abusive superstar with a long-running show on London's White Way… At the local allergy clinic, Dexter is smitten by nurse Kate Lemmon (Emma Thompson)… Urged on by Kate, he goes on a series of auditions and lands the role of John Merrick in a preposterous musical adaptation of The Elephant Man called Elephant!… Just when everything seems to be falling into place, he falls in with a seductive chorine and very nearly loses everything…. The Tall Guy, breezily steered along by British comedian, writer and TV director Mel Smith, is chockablock with bits, puns, stuff and nonsense. Every twist brings some new turn-on, as when Dexter and Kate's love is requited in a rumpus of burst milk cartons and broken furniture. It's a triumph of tongue and cheekiness.” - Rita Kempley, The Washington Post

Dir: Peter Weir, US, 1985, Thriller/Drama/Romance. Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes. Academy Award nominee for Best Picture, Director, and Actor; Winner for Best Screenplay and Editing. “Witness begins like many thrillers, with a murder, this time at a city railway station. The killing is witnessed by a small boy who is a member of the Amish community… Pursued by the bad guys, the boy and his widowed mother are protected by a cop, who takes them back to their village and awaits the killers' arrival, just as Gary Cooper did in High Noon… Witness is partly a love story and partly a thriller, but mainly a study of cultural collision… This bucolic world is brilliantly evoked: there is a magical barn-raising scene, a beautiful sequence when an embarrassed yet lustful Ford discovers a half-naked McGillis in the middle of her ablutions, and a telling episode as the Amish endure the hostility of the tourists who gawp at them. The performances are immaculate, with Ford shining in his first serious dramatic role after his action escapades as Han Solo and Indiana Jones. McGillis is perfectly cast, the camera adoring her Nordic beauty beneath her bonnet… There are also fine turns by Alexander Godunov as McGillis's suitor, and Danny Glover as one of the heavies. Yet it's Weir's delicacy of touch that impresses the most.” - John Ferguson, Radio Times (UK)

Dir: Andy Hines, Nova Scotia, 2025, Crime/Drama. Stephen Amell, Sean Astin, Stephen McHattie. “An unbelievable true slice of Canadian history serves as the basis for the crime drama Little Lorraine. It tells the story of how a remote Canadian fishing village with 60 residents became a major hub for cross-border cocaine smuggling in the 1980s… the film is both enthralling and haunting, delivering a story of deception, morality, and community… Set amid the stunning landscape of Little Lorraine in Cape Breton, the film opens in the wake of a devastating 1986 mining explosion that claimed the lives of 10 men. Amidst the mine’s closure, Jimmy is left jobless with a young family to support. His estranged and unreliable great uncle Huey reappears, offering Jimmy a position on his lobster fishing boat – an offer he is in no position to decline… Huey’s true intentions are soon revealed: the men are part of a cocaine smuggling operation… The situation escalates when an Interpol agent determined to dismantle the ring, arrives, setting the players on a collision course… Hines debut transforms a forgotten chapter of Canadian history into a very human drama. Little Lorraine proves that reality can be stranger and more gripping than fiction, making it one to watch.” – Rachel West, The Alliance of Women Film Journalists

Dir: Alison Reid, Canada, 2025, Travel Adventure Documentary. Robert Bateman, Bristol Foster, David Suzuki, Wade Davis. “This exceptional documentary, with original 1957 restored footage, captures the essence of mid-century exploration in its purest form. Two men, one outfitted range rover, and a lust for adventure through untamed landscapes offer a rare glimpse into a world before greed and chaos upset everything. It’s a film that doesn’t just show you some wild places, it invites you to feel it. The men in question are renowned Canadian wildlife artist and naturalist, Robert Bateman, and Bristol Foster, a prominent biologist… These men traveled to Africa at a time when it was very unusual to see foreign people… And they took chances off the beaten path. Young and fearless, but extremely smart and capable…The Range Rover (aka the ‘Grizzly Torque’) ran 30,000 kilometres across Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Australia…. Bateman sketched animals and people along the way and painted a mural of every place they visited along the Grizzly Torque… Through in-depth interviews with friends and family and the original 16mm film footage of their incredible journey, Reid shows how the trip expanded the pair’s knowledge of the physical world while deepening their spiritual and emotional connection to it. A heartwarming, inspirational love letter to the adventure of life itself.” – Debbie King, The Girl Who Would Be King

Dir: Steven Soderbergh, UK/US, 2026, Comedy/Drama. Ian McKellen, Michaela Coel, James Corden, Jessica Gunning. “Steven Soderbergh has reminded us that, yes, old-school artistry is still valued and viable. On its surface, this movie is about a famously difficult painter, Julian Sklar, and the young restorer, Lori Butler, attempting to exploit his dotage. But this is a Soderbergh film... So clearly, there’s more to the story than the initial set-up, in which Julian is eking out his final years in resentful boredom until Lori shows up as his inspiring new assistant. She’s actually a forger secretly hired by his children... to finish a series of paintings inspired by a long-ago lover. Julian has hidden his half-done ‘Christopher’ canvases in the attic, so if Lori can sneak up there between tea-fetching and brush-cleaning, everyone stands to make a fortune when he dies. Well, everyone but Julian, who’s delighted to discover one last opportunity to beat others at their own game... Go see The Christophers.” - Elizabeth Weitzman

Dir: Daniel Roher, Canada/US, 2026, Drama/Thriller/Romance. Leo Woodall, Havana Rose Liu, Dustin Hoffman. “Sometimes a movie sneaks up on you with such effortless charm and cleverness that you can’t help but grin at its sheer audacity. Tuner is one of those surprises. What begins as a modest character study about a soft-spoken piano tuner unfolds into a witty, quick-witted caper that hums with rhythm, humour, and invention… It ends up being one of the most purely enjoyable genre films of the year. Leo Woodall stars as Henry, a shy, musically gifted technician whose perfect ear makes him one of the best piano tuners in London, working alongside his mentor Harry Horowitz (Dustin Hoffman). When a late-night house call goes awry, Henry realises that the delicate art of listening for tonal imperfections also allows him to detect the subtle clicks of tumblers inside a safe. One small crime of curiosity spirals into a double life that brings him into contact with an eccentric underworld of thieves, collectors, and con artists.” – Doug Jamieson, The Jam Report.