Frugal housewife Atsuko’s (AMAMI Yuki) retirement savings are struck by a series of disasters: she is forced to pay for an expensive funeral for her father-in-law, her husband loses his job, and above all, her big-spending mother-in-law (KUSABUE Mitsuko) moves in… Can the family overcome their newfound financial adversity?

The latest film from Hong Sangsoo reunites Kim Minhee and Kwon Haehyo in an autumnal tale of desire, self-expression and the inescapable nature of the past.

Shot entirely in secret, Mohammad Rasoulof’s searing drama depicts a man’s growing paranoia around encroaching state repression, whilst his family’s increasingly anti-patriarchal conviction at home threatens his carefully constructed public life.

When 45-year-old KUSUNOKI Kazuha (SANGOUMI Midori) is asked if she’s ever going to have children, she is uncertain, not only due to a past miscarriage but also because of her Asperger’s syndrome. This uncompromising drama explores the conventional standards enforced upon women on the autism spectrum.

Ann (KAWAI Yumi) has survived a traumatic, troubled childhood. One day, she meets detective TATARA (SATO Jiro), who successfully sets her up for a better life. Soon enough, though, rumours begin to circulate about TATARA’s involvement in a scandal, and a pandemic threatens Ann’s future.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivers a career-best performance as Pansy, a woman battling grief, rage, and disconnection in Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths, three decades after their collaboration on Secrets and Lies.