Empathy Machines

Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend. Andrea Arnold. 2009.

Put in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident. Jacques Audiard. 2012.

A delinquent Muslim man struggles to get by in prison until he is taken under the wing of a powerful mob boss. But his gradual rise through the mob's ranks brings him in conflict with his mentor. Jacques Audiard. 2009.

Will Thomas still lead a life of crime and cruelty, just like his thuggish father, or will he pursue his dream of becoming a pianist? Jacques Audiard. 2005.

She is almost deaf and he lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself. Jacques Audiard. 2001.

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. John Carpenter. 1982. Music Credit 'Halloween Long Edit' by Alex-Productions.

A single evening at a house party in 1980s West London sets the scene, developing intertwined relationships against a background of violence, romance and music. Steve McQueen. 2020.

Four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. Steve McQueen. 2018.

A sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay. Steve McQueen. 2011.

Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike. Steve McQueen. 2008.