May really has something for everyone, and if there's ever a time to branch out and try a film out of your comfort zone then this is the month to throw caution to the wind and just go for it.
It's an eclectic month. American comedian and winner of 20 Primetime Emmy Awards, Jon Stewart, makes his directing debut with Rosewater, the true story of an Iranian-Canadian journalist detained and interrogated by Iranian forces under the suspicion that he is a spy. Chris Rock writes, directs and acts in Top Five, a celebrity satire that has been loved by critics. Described as the "first Iranian vampire Western" (is there anything more intriguing?!), A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night looks like a stylish and unmissable multi-genre offering from first-time feature film director Ana Lily Amirpour. There's also the Blake Lively romance The Age of Adeline; digital horror Unfriended; and French coming-of-age drama Girlhood. Plus, Timbuktu - the Mauritanian film that achieved widespread critical acclaim and swept up at the César awards this year (its 7 wins out of 8 nominations made it the most successful African film ever at the awards); and Clouds of Sils Maria, the movie that won Kristen Stewart a Best Supporting Actress César award, making her the first American actress to do so.
Read on for trailers, synopsis and dates as ever... Mark your diaries: this is an epic month!
All films below are released in cinemas in May in the U.K.: some may have already opened abroad so if you're outside the U.K. then do check your local cinemas for film times and release dates.
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
Friday 1st May 2015
"In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor."
SAMBA
Friday 1st May 2015
"Samba migrated to France ten years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recently undergone a burn-out. Both struggle to get out of their dead-end lives. Samba's willing to do whatever it takes to get working papers, while Alice tries to get her life back on track until fate draws them together."
UNFRIENDED
Friday 1st May 2015
"A group of online chat room friends find themselves haunted by a mysterious, supernatural force using the account of their dead friend."
THE AGE OF ADALINE
Friday 8th May 2015
"A young woman, born at the turn of the 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After many solitary years, she meets a man who complicates the eternal life she has settled into."
BIG GAME
Friday 8th May 2015
"A young teenager camping in the woods helps rescue the President of the United States when Air Force One is shot down near his campsite."
GIRLHOOD
Friday 8th May 2015
"Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of 3 free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom."
ROSEWATER
Friday 8th May 2015
"Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who brutally interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy."
SPOOKS: THE GREATER GOOD
Friday 8th May 2015
"When a terrorist escapes custody during a routine handover, Will Holloway must team with disgraced MI5 Intelligence Chief Harry Pearce to track him down before an imminent terrorist attack on London."
STILL
Friday 8th May 2015
"Still is a London based thriller drama, starring Aidan Gillen, about a man whose life starts to disintegrate after a seemingly harmless collision with a local teenager."
TOP FIVE
Friday 8th May 2015
"A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancée talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show."
CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA
Friday 15th May 2015
"A veteran actress comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself when she agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career 20 years earlier."
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Friday 15th May 2015
"In a post-apocalyptic world, in which people fight to the death, Max teams up with a mysterious woman, Furiousa, to try and survive."
PITCH PERFECT 2
Friday 15th May 2015
"After a humiliating command performance at Lincoln Center, the Barden Bellas enter an international competition that no American group has never won in order to regain their status and right to perform."
A ROYAL NIGHT OUT
Friday 15th May 2015
"On V.E. Day in 1945, as peace extends across Europe, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret are allowed out to join the celebrations. It is a night full of excitement, danger and the first flutters of romance."
A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT
Friday 22nd May 2015
"In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire."
TOMORROWLAND
Friday 22nd May 2015
"Bound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory."
MAN UP
Friday 29th May 2015
"A single woman who's mistaken for a stranger's blind date, leads to her finding the perfect boyfriend."
SAN ANDREAS
Friday 29th May 2015
"In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter."
TIMBUKTU
Friday 29th May 2015
"A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed."
It's safe to say that aside from the horror, Unfriended, I want to watch everything highlighted above this month! I've been looking forward to Far From the Madding Crowd and Clouds of Sils Maria for months, and I'm practically giddy with acca-anticipation for Pitch Perfect 2. Also, I was annoyed I missed the special preview screening of Girlhood at the Barbican Focus Film Festival so I'm looking forward to finally catching it on the big screen in a few weeks' time!
So, what are you planning to watch this month? Do let me know in the comments below!
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