It's a wonderfully mixed bunch with something for everyone: perfect for times when the weather can't decide what to do with itself and the best course of action is escaping it all in a cinema!
As ever, all films below are released in cinemas in April 2017 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.
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
Friday 7th April 2017
Cert.: 12A / Dir.: Raoul Peck
"Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House."
NERUDA
Friday 7th April 2017
Cert.: 15 / Dir.: Pablo Larraín
"An inspector hunts down Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his home country in the late 1940s for joining the Communist Party."
A QUIET PASSION
Friday 7th April 2017
Cert.: 12A / Dir.: Terence Davies
"The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist."
RAW
Friday 7th April 2017
Cert.: 18 / Dir.: Julia Ducournau
"When a young vegetarian undergoes a carnivorous hazing ritual at vet school, an unbidden taste for meat begins to grow in her."
FAST AND FURIOUS 8
Friday 14th April 2017
Cert.: 12A / Dir.: F. Gary Gray
"When a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of terrorism and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before."
THE HANDMAIDEN
Friday 7th April 2017
Cert.: 18 / Dir.: Park Chan-wook
"A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her."
RULES DON'T APPLY
Friday 21st April 2017
Cert.: 12A / Dir.: Warren Beatty
"The unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her determined driver, and their boss, an eccentric billionaire named Howard Hughes."
THE BELKO EXPERIMENT
Friday 21st April 2017
Cert.: 18 / Dir.: Greg McLean
"In a twisted social experiment, 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed."
THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Friday 21st April 2017
Cert.: TBC / Dir.: Niki Caro
"The Zookeeper's Wife tells the account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the German invasion."
THEIR FINEST
Friday 21st April 2017
Cert.: 12A / Dir.: Lone Scherfig
"A British film crew attempts to boost morale during World War II by making a propaganda film after the Blitzkrieg."
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
Friday 28th April 2017
Cert.: 12A / Dir.: James Gunn
"Set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' continues the team's adventures as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill's true parentage."
LADY MACBETH
Friday 28th April 2017
Cert.: 15 / Dir.: William Oldroyd
"In this adaptation of Nikolai Leskov's novella "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk, a 19th century young bride is sold into marriage to a middle-aged man."
THE PROMISE
Friday 28th April 2017
Cert.: 15 / Dir.: Terry George
"Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris - a renowned American journalist based in Paris."
I think this is one of the most exciting non-awards months for film in a while! I've already seen Their Finest and it's up in my top 10 film list (let's be honest though, it ticked every single box for me: WWII, film as propaganda, feminism and one of my favourite directors), and I'm super excited for The Zookeeper's Wife, Neruda, I'm Not Your Negro and The Handmaiden too.
Plus, who can resist Baby Groot in Guardians?!
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