Films I might want to watch this week

A tale of control, envy and toxic male behavior delves into the sinister aspects of dominance, fury and want.

A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.

In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein asks Dr. Euphronius to help create a companion. They give life to a murdered woman as the Bride, sparking romance, police interest, and radical social change.

In 1977, a technology expert flees from a mysterious past and returns to his hometown of Recife in search of peace. He soon realizes that the city is far from being the refuge he seeks.

Follows Elvis Presley, featuring never-before-seen footage and recordings.

A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Ann Lee, the founding leader of the Shaker Movement, is proclaimed as the female Christ by her followers. This film depicts her establishment of a utopian society and the Shakers' worship through song and dance, based on real events.

In 1990s Iraq, 9-year-old Lamia must bake Saddam Hussein's birthday cake. She scrambles to find ingredients for this compulsory task while facing potential punishment if she fails.

Leopoldo is an 11 year old boy who grew up surrounded by artists. During the three months of spring, the boy discovers love in one of his of poetry classmates which she then leaves him with a broken heart.

A rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.

After witnessing a crime during his night shift as railway switchman near the docks, a man finds a briefcase full of money. While he and his family step up their living standards, others start looking for the disappeared case.

Fact-based story about the controversial conviction of Dr. Sam Sheppard (Peter Strauss) for the murder of his wife in Cleveland. The story picks up with his conviction and concentrates on his son's (Henry Czerny) efforts 40 years ...

A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to get even with her callous family and free her kindly schoolteacher from the tyrannical grip of a sadistic headmistress.

A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.

As World War II and the German occupation ends, the Polish resistance and the Soviet forces turn on each other in an attempt to take over leadership in Communist Poland.

Screening as part of Iris on the Move 2026. This screening will have a short introduction from and be followed by a Q&A with Berwyn Rowlands, Festival Director of the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival. Award winners, audience favourites from the opening night - unforgettable stories from the 2025 Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival. From a haunted tollhouse to a high-rise reckoning, from quiet self-discovery to a love song by the sea, these films capture the brilliance, beauty, and bravery that define Iris. Featuring Y Tolldy, Blackout, One Day This Kid and Never, Never, Never, this programme celebrates the very best of Iris 2025 — films that moved audiences, impressed juries, and reminded us why Iris has never been just a festival. Y Tolldy Welsh with English Subtitles When Emyr visits his hometown with his partner, a decade after vowing not to return, a chance meeting with his old school bully turns into a terrifying battle against forces they cannot explain. Blackout English, No Subtitles When a young man living in a high-rise is disturbed by domestic violence in the flat next door, he comes to realise that violence isn’t always on the outside – sometimes it’s with us all along. One Day This Kid English & Farsi with English Subtitles As told by filmmaker Alexander Farah through a deftly composed array of small yet pivotal moments, a first-generation Afghan Canadian man takes steps toward establishing an identity of his own while always conscious of his father's shadow. Never Never Never English & Welsh with English Subtitles A poignant and heartwarming story set in a Welsh fishing village. Henrick and Arwyn share a bond that transcends friendship, filled with unspoken longing and love. Henrick's love for Shirley Bassey's music is his way to overcome the conservative views of their community. The film explores the struggles of Henrick and Arwyn as they navigate their feelings for each other in a society that may not fully accept them. This is the thirteenth film made by a winner of the Iris Prize.

Screening as part of Iris on the Move 2026. From forbidden kisses to real-life revolution, this double bill shows that love has always been our greatest act of defiance. In the freshly Oscar-nominated for Best Live Action Short Two People Exchanging Saliva, affection itself is a crime — and yet, someone dares to kiss. In Jackie, the fearless story of a pioneering lesbian activist reminds us that real change begins with small acts of courage. Together, these films celebrate desire, protest, and the power of those who refused to live by anyone else’s rules. Two People Exchanging Saliva French with English Subtitles In a farcical world where kissing is punishable by death, a personal shopper threatens the status quo. Jackie English, No Subtitles A short documentary about the life of Jackie Forster; a groundbreaking, outrageous — and largely unknown — LGBT+ rights campaigner whose underground donor sperm operation helped the first queer women to have children. This is the third film to be made with the Iris Prize Documentary Film Finance Fund sponsored by OUTFlix. Presented in partnership with DIVA Film Festival

Screening as part of Nationwide Screenings at Glasgow Film Festival 2026. The morning of February 8, 1977, Anthony G. “Tony” Kiritsis, 44, entered the office of Richard O. Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawn-off 12-gauge shotgun wired with a “dead man’s wire” from the trigger to Hall’s head. This is the true story of the stand-off that took the world by storm as Tony demanded $5 million, no charges or prosecution, and a personal apology from the Halls for cheating him out of what he was “owed.”

This screening will be followed by a post-screening Q&A with Batoul Faour and director Jayce Salloum via Zoom. Talaeen a Junuub is ostensibly a documentary on the south of Lebanon exploring the conditions of the time it was shot, the issues behind those conditions and their representation both in the West and in Lebanon itself. Within this, the directors tried to tackle two concerns: the terms inherent in the discourse surrounding the issues, i.e. terrorism, colonialism, occupation, resistance, collaboration, experts, spokespeople, leadership, the land, etc., and the history and structure of the documentary genre in regards to the representation of other cultures by the West. This screening is part of a programme of monthly screenings from Falastin Film Festival. See the full programme here.

This screening will be accompanied by a live-performed score by Edinburgh-based improvisational group S!nk. In order to keep the revolutionary flame alive, Sergei Eisenstein, the director, purportedly proposed almost a hundred years ago that a new score be made for Battleship Potemkin every twenty years. Since then, among others, Shostakovich and the Pet Shop Boys have made notable contributions. S!nk are delighted to return to the Filmhouse to present their own new live soundtrack to this milestone in cinematic history. The opening title card of the film describes how an idea can spread and gather force until its revolutionary power tears reality itself. S!nk's score takes this principle as inspiration. Simple ideas, though a process of simultaneous composition/improvisation using piano, voice, saxophones, strings, electric guitar, loops and found/electronic percussion, gather form and emerge as complex sweeping orchestration. S!nk aspire to do justice to the ingenuity and power of this remarkable film. It is 1905 and the words of Lenin are reverberating throughout Russia: "Revolution is war. Of all the wars known in history, it is the only lawful, rightful, just and truly great war... In Russia this war has been declared and won." The crew of the czarist battleship Potemkin, some of whom are sympathetic to Lenin and his cause, have had their fill of the maggoty meat being served them. When their protests become too vocal, a group of them are rounded up and confronted with a firing squad. Just as the order to shoot is being delivered, Vakulinchuk , a sailor standing on the sidelines, urges his comrades to rise in revolt and a fierce battle ensues. Naturally, the inspirational and highly referenced Russian classic is close to political propaganda, but it is also a historical document – today perhaps most importantly for the history of film – and its technical and visual accomplishments are second to none. A must-see for anyone interested in the art of film.

Tommy Shelby is forced by the upheaval of World War Two in 1940 Birmingham to abandon his self-imposed exile and confront his most catastrophic challenge yet. The immortal man must battle his own demons while deciding between facing up to his violent legacy or destroying it all, all while the family's - and the country's - futures remain at stake. By order of the Peaky Blinders… Academy Award winner Cillian Murphy returns as the iconic Tommy Shelby in this epic feature film directed by Tom Harper and written by Steven Knight. The cast also includes Rebecca Ferguson , Academy Award nominee Tim Roth , Sophie Rundle with Academy Award nominee Barry Keoghan and Primetime Emmy Award winner Stephen Graham .

Screening as part of KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival 2026. PERFECT PAIRS: Book tickets for both Man of Iron and Possession to receive a discount! Tickets can also be bought separately. This screening will have an introduction from Polish film critic Michal Oleszczyk. The Palme d’Or-winning follow-up to Man of Marble sees Winkel, a Communist-friendly radio journalist, charged with finding compromising information about a Solidarity opposition leader. But in witnessing protesting workers’ fight against political propaganda and commitment to overturn a repressive regime, Winkel questions his own beliefs. Directly addressing the contemporary political situation as Poland entered the 1980s, Man of Iron combines fact and fiction to stunning effect, resulting in one of Wajda’s most profound artistic achievements.

Screening as part of KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival 2026. PERFECT PAIRS: Book tickets for both Possession and Man of Iron to receive a discount! Tickets can also be bought separately. This screening will have an introduction from Polish film critic Michal Oleszczyk. Possession emerged as the ‘loser’ of the unofficial duel of two Cannes 1982 competition entries by esteemed Eastern European masters. While Andrzej Wajda’s somber Man of Iron won the Palme d’Or, his onetime protégé’s ambitious body horror garnered only a Best Actress accolade for Isabelle Adjani. Żuławski was adamant that his tale of dissolution of a marriage was in fact a Cold War parable of pure evil infiltrating the West through the cracks of the Berlin Wall . Set to a hypnotic, percussive synth score by Andrzej Korzyński, Possession remains one of a kind — a true horror masterpiece, an acting tour de force, as well as a work of lacerating autobiography, in which Żuławski reworks his own split from his wife Małgorzata Braunek in terms of a delirious genre ride.