Tuesday Night Arthouse 2026
Starting Back Tuesday, 29th of September.
All films showing at 8:00pm unless otherwise advertised
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Dear You Gei a ma de qing shu
Showing Tuesday, 29th September @ 8PM
119 minutes, China, 2026, Cert: 15A
Director: Lan Hongchun
Cast: Li Sitong, Wang Yantong, Wu Shaoqing, Zheng Runqi, Usha Seamkhum
Language:Teochew, Chaozhou, Mandarin, Chinese, Thai
Trailer: Dear you
1940s, South China. Musheng emigrates to Thailand to avoid the Chinese civil war draft, leaving behind his young wife Shurou and their three children. Like many overseas Chinese workers, he initially sends letters and money home via a system known as Qiaopi. When Musheng’s letters eventually stop arriving, Shurou believes he has abandoned his homeland for a second family. Years later, an incredible truth emerges...
A huge unexpected box-office hit in China, Dear You combines epic family drama with a rare exploration of South China’s migration history, and in particular qiaopi correspondence, now considered historical documents, and of such great cultural value that UNESCO added these documents to the Memory of the World Register in 2013. A fascinating, enjoyable crowd-pleaser.
Festivals:
New York Asian Film Festival 2026
Quotes:
“★★★★★ … a poignant film about love, distance and heartbreak in 20th-century Asia.”
- Scannain
“Dear You is a definite crowd pleaser, very smartly written and directed, and a story that is bound to entertain viewers who enjoy epic dramas.” - Asian Movie Pulse
A Private Life Vie privée
Showing Tuesday, 6th October @
2025. 104 mins. France. Cert: 15A
Director: Rebecca Zlotowski
Starring: Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira
Language: French
Trailer: A Private Life
Dr. Lilian Steiner, an American psychiatrist living in Paris, is already struggling with professional and family life stress when she receives the news a patient, Paula, has died. Attending the wake, Steiner receives a hostile reception from Paula’s husband and becomes convinced there’s more to her patient’s death than meets the eye. She embarks on her own investigation into the death, confronting some of her own neuroses and unresolved traumas along the way.
Jodie Foster - speaking fluent French throughout - leads the cast of Rebecca Zlotowski’s new film. Part psychological character study and part suspense thriller - with a dash of farce for good measure - this is a thoroughly enjoyable mystery with some of contemporary French cinema’s finest actors starring alongside Foster.
Festivals:
Cannes Film Festival, 2025
Awards:
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Reviews:
“A Private Life is as much a thriller as it is a character study, also making room for a romantic drama and even elements of dark comedy… Foster’s quiet, observant character forms its strong center.” - Tim Grierson, AV Club
“[A] delightful and whimsical film… [It] finds its charm in Foster’s willingness to play an increasingly neurotic therapist who will do anything but go to therapy herself.” - Guilherme Jacobs, Indiewire
The Last One for the Road Le città di pianura
Showing Tuesday, 13th October @
2025, 100Mins, Italy, Germay Cert: Club
Director: Francesco Sossai
Starring: Filippo Scotti, Sergio Romano, Pierpaolo Capovilla
Language: Italian, English, Spanish, Japanese
Trailer: The Last One for the Road
Two blustery 50-somethings have an obsession: going for their last drink. One night, they run into Giulio, a shy architecture student, whose way of seeing the world and love will be transformed as the trio wander from bar to bar of Veneto.
Blue Heron
Showing Tuesday, 20th October @
2025, 91Mins, Canada, Hungary, Cert: Club
Director: Sophy Romvari
Starring: Eylul Guven, Edik Beddoes, Iringó Réti, Ádám Tompa, Liam Serg
Language: Hungarian, English
Trailer: Blue Heron
Vancouver Island in the 1990s. Eight-year-old Sasha’s parents have moved their family from Hungary to Canada. As Sasha and her siblings enjoy the new environment, their parents have become increasingly concerned about the unpredictable behaviour of their eldest son Jeremy. As the parents desperately try to help their troubled son, Sasha struggles to understand what’s unfolding around her - an uncertainty she will revisit as an adult when she works on a deeply personal filmmaking project.
This extraordinary film from Canadian filmmaker Sophy Romvari is a quietly devastating reckoning with a family’s traumatic past. Using several inventive structural and narrative devices, Blue Heron emerges as one of the most accomplished and moving feature debuts of recent times.
Festivals:
Locarno Film Festival 2025
Toronto Film Festival 2025
Awards:
Winner - First Feature Award, Locarno Film Festival 2025
Winner - Best Canadian Discovery, Toronto Film Festival 2025
Review quotes:
“★★★★ Blue Heron juggles painful memoir and self-reflexive film-making with remarkable assurance… A surgically precise and poignant exploration of how families mythologise and editorialise the pain away.” - Tara Brady, The Irish Times
“Occasionally, a talent arrives fully formed, and the Canadian-Hungarian director Sophy Romvari is one such phenomenon… [She is] already effortlessly fluent in the language of cinema.” - Wendy Ide, The Observer
Just an Illusion Juste une illusion
Showing Tuesday, 27th October @
2026. 119 mins. France. Cert: 12A
Director: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano
Starring: Louis Garrel, Camille Cottin, Simon Boublil
Language: French
Trailer: Just an illusion
1985, the Paris suburbs. 13-year-old Vincent lives in an apartment block with his parents Yves and Sandrine and older brother Amaud. Yves has recently lost his job and is trying to hide the fact from his family. Vincent and his friends, meanwhile, are experiencing the highs and lows of early adolescence. When assigned to a school project with his classmate Anne-Karine, Vincent is determined to win her over.
The directors of the hit comedy-drama The Intouchables return with this funny and charming study of family life. It is a lovingly nostalgic crowd-pleaser that captures a particular French sensibility alongside universal truths about growing up. It also boasts an impressively rich soundtrack of 80s hits, including the titular Imagination classic.
Festivals:
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Awards:
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Review quotes
“[It has] a warm, good-natured atmosphere, carried by a very strong cast.” - Fabien Lemercier, Cineuropa
“The film captures the era with so much detail… It’s both very specific, with all the social and cultural context, and at the same time completely universal.” - Manon Kerjean, France 24
Familiar Touch
Showing Tuesday, 3rd November @
2024, 92 mins, USA, Cert: CLUB
Director: Sarah Friedland
Starring: Kathleen Chalfant, H. Jon Benjamin, Rafael Hernandez, Florinda Medina
Language: English language
Trailer: Familiar Touch
Ruth - an older woman living alone - is experiencing the onset of dementia. When her son moves her to an assisted living facility, Ruth is frustrated by the limited freedom. However, she is determined to make the most out of the situation - including bringing her cooking skills to the facility’s kitchen and befriending her caregivers. Despite her cognitive decline, Ruth seeks out moments of satisfaction, connection and affection in her new surroundings.
Sarah Friedland’s debut feature is a remarkable and sensitive film. It is elegant, gentle and often surprisingly funny, deeply concerned with Ruth’s inner and sensory life. Kathleen Chalfant is simply extraordinary - through her performance, Ruth becomes a fully-fleshed out person overflowing with life and personality.
Festivals:
Venice Film Festival, 2024
Awards:
Winner - Best Director and Best Actress, Venice Film Festival 2024 (Horizons strand)
Reviews:
“A still, gentle film about the ravages of time told with uncommon grace and dignity.” - Jarrod Jones, Paste Magazine
“Familiar Touch is a breathtaking feature directorial debut from Friedland, who comes right out of the gate with an assured narrative voice.” - RogerEbert.com, Jourdain Searles
“Without straining the importance of any scene, Chalfant puts on a performance master class… There’s not an ounce of spectacle in her turn, yet her work still registers seismically throughout.” - Marshall Shaffer, Slant Magazine