Created in the style of van Gogh’s paintings, LOVING VINCENT matches extraordinary visual style with richly satisfying storytelling

Mystery and art combine in Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman’s new film LOVING VINCENT, the world’s first fully painted feature film about the life and death of the famous Dutch painter.

Taking place a year after Vincent van Gogh’s death, LOVING VINCENT follows Armand Roulin (Douglas Booth) as he sets out to deliver Vincent’s final letter to his brother, Theo...

Taut, intelligent and unflinchingly dark, MEMOIR OF A MURDERER is an engrossing crime thriller with plenty of twists and turns

Following SEVEN DAYS (2007) and THE SUSPECT (2013), director Won Shin-yun returns to the big screen with MEMOIR OF A MURDERER, a twisted Korean tale of fatherly love and killer instinct.

Described as “TO CATCH A THIEF meets MEMENTO”, MEMOIR OF A MURDERER tells the story of retired serial killer Kim Byung-su who is encouraged to keep a diary by his daughter Eun-hee aft...

Affecting and thought provoking, OUR TIME WILL COME is an acute spy thriller about family and sacrifice

Following LOVE IN A FALLEN CITY (1984) and THE GOLDEN ERA (2014), director Ann Hui returns once again to the Sino-Japanese War for the setting of her latest film OUR TIME WILL COME, an acute spy thriller about a young woman drawn into Hong Kong’s underground resistance movement.

Set in 1941 in Japan-occupied Hong Kong, OUR TIME WILL COME tells the story of quiet schoolteacher Fang Lan (Xun ...

Rich, tense and documented with extraordinary intimacy, THE FINAL YEAR offers a unique insight into Barack Obama’s final year in office

It’s hard not to watch Greg Barker’s fly-on-the-wall documentary about Barack Obama’s final year in office without feeling a twinge of nostalgia. Since Donald Trump took office, the President has backed out of the Paris climate accord, decimated the State Department and reintroduced a trade embargo against Cuba – and that’s just in his first 100 days...

LAST FLAG FLYING is a sombre meditation on the friendship, loss and futility of war

Richard Linklater’s ruminative comedy LAST FLAG FLYING heads to the BFI London Film Festival following its world premiere at the New York Film Festival last month.

LAST FLAG FLYING tells the story of three Vietnam veterans as they travel from Virginia to Portsmouth...

Fascinating, controversial and quietly brutal, APOSTASY is remarkably assured and understated piece of filmmaking

British director Daniel Kokotajlo turns the spotlight on Jehovah’s Witnesses in his directorial debut APOSTASY, a gripping story about a family torn between their devotion to one another or to their faith.

Written and directed by Kokotajlo, himself a former Jehovah’s Witness, APOSTASY tells the story of 18 year-old Alex (Molly Wright), her elder sister Luisa (Sacha Parkinson) and ...

When you visit the theatre to see a show you have booked it can still be a bit daunting. Perhaps you’ve seen the play performed by a different troupe. What if it doesn’t live up to that performance? What if it’s no good and you’ve paid a lot of money for your ticket? And that’s a show you know your going to watch. You know roughly what the performance is going to be about.

Now attend the theatre and not have a clue about what you will see…but this time you haven’t paid for the ticket...

Dark, moody and incredibly intense, DARK RIVER is a troubled tale of a family ripped apart by demons of the past

Following THE SELFISH GIANT (2013) and THE ARBOR (2010), Clio Barnard makes a welcome return to the big screen with DARK RIVER, a tense tale of a sibling resentment and a troubled past.

Inspired by Rose Tremain’s novel TRESPASS, DARK RIVER follows estranged siblings Alice (Ruth Wilson) and Joe (Mark Stanley) as they struggle to come to terms with their inheritance following the deat...

Powerful and affecting, BREATHE is an inspiring tale of love and courage in the face of adversity

After winning over audiences with his incredible performances in LORD OF THE RINGS (2001-2003), KING KONG (2005) and PLANET OF THE APES (2011–2017) celebrated actor Andy Serkis takes his talent behind the camera with BREATHE, a moving new drama about courage under profound difficulties.

Based on an inspiring true story, BREATHE tells the tale of Robin (Andrew Garfield) and Diana Cavendish (Claire...

We don our best Sherlock gear in an attempt to find out more about HUSH HUSH at The Lowry

Here at Frankly My Dear UK, we love a good mystery so when we heard about The Lowry’s HUSH HUSH performance, we instantly set out to find out more. 

Billed as a “secret performance”, HUSH HUSH forms part of The Lowry’s Pay What You Decide (PWYD) season. Instead of paying for a ticket in advance, audiences are asked to pay what they think the show is worth at the end of the performance...