When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?

An assassin on a final assignment in Fuerteventura, to kill a man he has never met. When his target is delayed, he finds himself drawn to the island, people and a ghostly shipwreck.

From Downton to darkest Peru, we are thrilled to welcome actor Hugh Bonneville to our home at the Vogue. In what promises to be a highlight of this year’s festival, Hugh joins artistic director Ruthe Stein to discuss his long and varied career, illustrated by clips from films including “Notting Hill,” “Iris,” “The Viceroy’s House” and “Paddington,” the latest installment of which, “Paddington in Peru,” will be sneak previewed on the festival’s closing night in Hugh’s honor. His extensive television credits include the BAFTA-winning “Twenty Twelve” and “WIA” (BBC) and six seasons (and three movies) of the global hit “Downton Abbey” (ITV/PBS). Hugh’s latest appearances include Apple TV’s, “The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin” and “The Agency” on Paramount +. The evening will conclude with a screening of “From Time to Time,” a family drama from “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes, featuring Bonneville and co-staring the late, great Maggie Smith.

Bound 1996, Directed by Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski FOR MONEY. FOR MURDER. FOR EACH OTHER. Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.

After the death of his wife, Kenzaburo receives an unexpected letter from beyond the grave. His late wife asks him to travel to Lake Windermere in England with their son to scatter her ashes. Plagued by sweet and painful memories of his wife, Kenzaburo travels to England from Tokyo to fulfill her final wish, but the father and son’s fraught relationship threatens to upend their journey.

In an auspicious debut as a filmmaker, the German actress Aylin Tezel directs herself as Kira, a German artist living in London. Consumed with self-doubt, she is further shaken when vacationing on the Scottish Isle of Skye, she meets Ian (“Bridgerton’s” Chris Fulton), a struggling musician, at a local pub. Visually stunning early scenes show the pair playfully running and jumping along the isle’s irregular coast, so isolated that they could be alone in the world, in contrast to the London hubbub. All the tropes of romantic movies are honored, but the film never descends into cliché. There is a fullness to the script (written by Tezel) fleshing out the couple’s lives with family, friends and, most dramatically, past lovers.

The filmed account of a large Canadian rock festival train tour boasting major acts like Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead and The Band.

Michael Haneke’s most notorious provocation, FUNNY GAMES spares no detail in its depiction of the agony of a bourgeois family held captive at their vacation home by a pair of white-gloved young men. In a series of escalating “games,” the sadistic duo subject their victims to unspeakable physical and psychological torture over the course of a night. A home-invasion thriller in which the genre’s threat of bloodshed is made stomach-churningly real, the film ratchets up shocks even as its executioners interrupt the action to address the audience, drawing queasy attention to the way that cinema milks pleasure from pain and stokes our appetite for atrocity. With this controversial treatise on violence and entertainment, Haneke issued a summation of his cinematic philosophy, implicating his audience in a spectacle of unbearable cruelty.

Follows the journey of 16 year old Mira, whose sexy, rebellious coming of age is disrupted by her young mother who never got to come of age herself.

Former contestants of the Housewife of the Year competition tell the story of a resilient generation of women, and how they changed a country. Winner of Best Irish Feature Documentary at the Galway Film Fleadh 2024.

A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé. When the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts.

Jane Austen would be delighted in her well-mannered way to learn of all the movies based on her work. The latest, smart 21st-century version by French first-time director Laura Piani is set at Shakespeare & Company, the legendary British bookshop in Paris. There we meet a perpetually single and deeply unhappy clerk, Agathe, who escapes into romance novels, yearning for the happy ending Austen conjures up for her heroines. Piani obviously knows her Austen, and she introduces familiar tropes from her early 19th century classics while contriving a modern, feminist twist. This refreshing take focuses on finding a partner for Agathe, as well as on her quest to become a writer like Austen. In French and English.

Martin Scorsese first encountered the films of Powell and Pressburger when he was a child, sitting in front of the family TV. When their famous logo came up on screen, Scorsese says, "You knew you were in for fantasy, wonder, magic - real film magic." Now, in this documentary, he tells the story of his lifelong love-affair with their movies, including The Red Shoes, The Life and Death Of Colonel Blimp, Black Narcissus, and The Tales of Hoffmann. "Certain films you simply run all the time and you live with them," Scorsese says. "As you grow older they grow deeper. I’m not sure how it happens, but it does. For me, that body of work is a wondrous presence, a constant source of energy, and a reminder of what life and art are all about." Drawing on a rich array of archive material, Scorsese explores in full the collaboration between the Englishman Powell and the Hungarian Pressburger - two romantics and idealists, who thrived in the face of adversity during World War II but were eventually brought low by the film industry of the 1950s. Scorsese celebrates their ability to create "subversive commercial movies" and describes how deeply their films have influenced his own work.

Grace Pudel is a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books. At a young age, when Grace is separated from her fire-breathing twin brother Gilbert, she falls into a spiral of anxiety and angst. Despite a continued series of hardships, inspiration and hope emerge when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman named Pinky, who is full of grit and lust for life. From Academy Award® winning animation writer and director Adam Elliot, MEMOIR OF A SNAIL is a poignant, heartfelt and hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.

Merchant Ivory is a feature documentary film produced and directed by Stephen Soucy in collaboration with Oscar-winner, Director and Screenwriter, James Ivory. The film is the definitive presentation and tribute to the Merchant Ivory partnership, anchored by interviews with James Ivory and forty-one Merchant Ivory close collaborators detailing and celebrating their experiences of being a part of the “wandering company” helmed by legendary producer Ismail Merchant. With six Academy Award-winners among the notable artists participating, including Emma Thompson and Vanessa Redgrave, the documentary provides new and compelling perspectives on a unique partnership that produced seminal films over four decades.

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CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth fearlessly captures footage of war zones. After receiving catastrophic injuries in the crosshairs of battle, she returns to work with more courage than ever. An intimate portrait of a trailblazing female photojournalist. Features interviews with Moth’s family and friends, including CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. A Sundance film festival premiere directed by Lucy Lawless.

John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, devotes his life to raising his 4-year-old son Michael, as the child’s mother left them immediately after his birth. Their life is a simple one, made up of universal daily rituals, a life of complete dedication, and innocent love that reveals the strength of their relationship. But John only has a few months to live. Since he has no family to turn to, he will spend the days left to him looking for a new and perfect one to adopt Michael, trying to protect his child from the terrible reality.

Full of Paddington’s signature blend of wit, charm, and laugh-out-loud humor, Paddington in Peru finds the beloved, marmalade-loving bear lost in the jungle on an exciting, high-stakes adventure. When Paddington discovers his beloved Aunt Lucy has gone missing from the Home for Retired Bears, he and the Brown family head to the wilds of Peru to look for her, the only clue to her whereabouts a spot marked on an enigmatic map. Determined to solve the mystery, Paddington embarks on a thrilling quest through the rainforests of the Amazon to find his aunt and may also uncover one of the world’s most legendary treasures.

Andie (Molly Ringwald) is an outcast at her Chicago high school, hanging out either with her older boss (Annie Potts), who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky classmate Duckie (Jon Cryer), who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane (Andrew McCarthy), asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realizes that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.

Rose's War is a historical thriller based in 1974 Ireland that follows the life of heiress Rose Dugdale, who rebelled against her wealthy upbringing by becoming an active member of the militant Irish Republican Army.

Director Cara Holmes’ singular and ethereal documentary bursts with candid observations of the lipstick wearing, always swearing, no nonsense artist and sheep farmer Orla Barry. A hard-working shepherd in rural Wexford, Barry — an internationally celebrated visual and performance artist — lives life at the intersection of art and farming. This film offers a beguiling immersion into her life and the tapestry of profound connections she experiences with the animals, the land, the elements, words and language. “One of the most mesmerizing pieces of film I have seen in some time. In observing Barry’s creative genius, Holmes has fashioned a completely spellbinding story.” FilmIreland.net

Follows two Brit police officers Thomas Wilkin and Geoffrey Morton in their hunt for charismatic poet and Zionist freedom fighter Avraham Stern, who was plotting to evict British authorities.

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.

Irish woman boxer “Terrible Toni Gale,” whose gangster promoters offer her ten grand to take a dive against Vicious Vicky. She wants to win, to contend for a title. So, she has a dilemma: Money for getting knocked out or a shot at the bigtime? The action takes place not in the ring as you’d expect but in the bowels of the arena in Cork, as confined as Toni’s choices. The cinematography is lavish focusing on Toni’s flaming eyes, her gloves and locker room– the essence of boxing. The suspense lasts until the end. Does she or doesn’t she?

Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost...

Lee Tamahori’s action-filled historical epic stars Guy Pearce as Thomas Munro, a newly arrived preacher in a colonial town in early 19th-century New Zealand who finds himself at the center of a long-standing battle between two Māori tribes.

In the film set in 1934 London, McKellen plays Jimmy Erskine, the most feared drama critic in town—with Arterton as Nina Land, the actress determined to win his favor. When Jimmy finds himself in the crosshairs of his newspaper’s new owner, David Brooke (Strong), Nina becomes entangled in a dangerous web of blackmail, deceit and murder.

After a wealthy San Francisco banker is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, his life is turned upside down as he begins to question if it might really be a concealed conspiracy to destroy him.

Inspired by a true story, Pierce Brosnan plays Artie Crawford, a World War II veteran living in a care home in Northern Ireland who has just lost his wife. On the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, he decides to escape his care home and embarks on a journey to France to pay his final respects.

For an idea of how this gentle true-life tale unfolds, imagine “Dead Poet’s Society” only with a penguin in a co-starring role. Steve Coogan gracefully portrays an English teacher attempting to get his young charges at a private academy in Buenos Aires to grasp the subtleties of poetry – a task made more difficult considering these scions of privilege and wealth live under the cloud of Argentina’s repressive 1976 right-wing dictatorship. When an adorable penguin attaches itself to the teacher, he sees how his unusual pet can help open his students’ eyes. There is an authentic feel to this story, which doesn’t shy away from the kidnapping of innocent people off city streets, and the fear it engenders. But as Peter Cattaneo pulled off in “The Full Monty,” the director never loses sight of his latest film’s beating heart. “The Penguin Lessons” soars alongside its title character.

A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.

If you’ve ever contemplated walking the Camino de Santiago, this adventure film will show you what it’s like and inspire you to do it. Based on his best-selling memoir of the same name, Australian writer-director Bill Bennett simultaneously captures the stunning beauty of the landscape and the physical and emotional pain, as well as elation of trekking 800 kilometers on the pilgrims trail in France and Spain. Chris Haywood plays Bill, whose compulsion to embark on this journey is a mystery even to him. Along the way he meets fellow travelers, a mix of actors and true pilgrims, who help him change in touching and unexpected ways.

A group of “delinquent” girls is sent to a remote New Zealand island in the 1950s to cultivate them through Christianity. The severe, overzealous matron who leads them uses draconian measures to tame their incorrigible spirit. Nevertheless, the girls are joyful and defiant, making the film surprisingly funny and inspiring. We root for them and their insistence on keeping their vitality alive amidst horrific circumstances. A sensitively told coming- of-age story and exploration of female friendship. Breakout star Erana James is definitely an actor to watch. Winner Special Jury Prize at SXSW Film Festival.