Best Films to Watch in London and Stream This Week
With UK cinemas back in business, we highlight the best of what's new, from a heartbreaking drama to a Robert Altman classic in 4K
And we’re back! After what’s felt like an endless limbo, UK cinemas have finally reopened their doors. Of course, we couldn’t be more pleased about the return to our happy place – a darkened theatre, surrounded by our fellow movie lovers. But we also understand that maybe everyone’s not ready yet. That’s why our team has you covered with all the latest releases, be it in cinemas, or streaming from the comfort of your own home…
[New in Cinemas and Streaming]
Supernova
Where to watch it: Get London showtimes
Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth are brilliantly cast in a heartbreaking drama about a couple facing up to an early dementia diagnosis (read our full review).
Fast & Furious 9
Where to watch it: Get London showtimes
Vin Diesel and the gang are back for another ridiculously explosive and physics-defying meditation on family and fast cars (read our full review).
Sweat
Where to watch it: Get London showtimes or watch it on Curzon Home Cinema
The life of a seemingly perfect social media influencer is examined with empathy in this layered drama from Magnus von Horn (read our full review).
Acasa, My Home
Where to watch it: Get London showtimes
This fascinating documentary follows a rural Romanian couple and their nine children whose lives are upended when they’re a forced to move to the city.
Sing, Freetown
Where to watch it: Get London showtimes
A journalist and a playwright from Sierra Leone attempt to stage a play that will invert the negative views of their country – but it’s easier said than done.
Nashville
Where to watch it: Get London showtimes
Robert Altman’s brilliantly enigmatic – and musically rich – portrait of America returns to the big screen with a stunning new 4K restoration (read our full review).
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[Still in Cinemas and Streaming]
In the Heights
Where to watch it: Get London showtimes
Lights up! Lin-Manuel Miranda’s acclaimed Broadway show makes the transition to the big screen with this relentlessly vibrant, kinetic, and summer-ready adaptation from Step Up and Crazy Rich Asians filmmaker Jon M. Chu (read our full review).
Luca
Where to watch it: Disney+
Pixar’s latest effort, set in an idyllic Italian coastal town at the height of summer, is a gorgeous, meticulously animated tale of friendship concerning two young boys who have a strange connection to the water (read our full review).
In the Earth
Where to watch it: Get London showtimes
British writer-director Ben Wheatley ditches the adaptation and returns to his roots for this disturbingly drawn horror yarn, a plainly crazy forest foray that – for better or worse – asks a lot more questions than it answers (read our full review).
One in a Thousand
Where to watch it: MUBI
Filmmaker Clarisa Navas’ second feature is a highly personal and affecting queer love story set against the backdrop of a poor neighbourhood in Argentina, featuring great performances and a wonderful sense of place (read our full review).
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