PATRICK STEWART

H IS FOR HAWK (2026)

Starring Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson, Lindsay Duncan, Denise Gough, Josh Dylan, Eden Hamilton, Arty Froushan, Sam Spruell, Emma Cunniffe and Garry Cooper. Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe.

When Helen's beloved father passes away, she is overtaken by grief and loses herself in memories of their time birding and exploring the natural world together. She becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk, and so she brings the fearsome bird Mabel home to Cambridge with her.

Ready to embark on the arduous process of trying to train the wildest of animals, Helen fills the freezer with hawk food and turns off her phone. But as she labours to teach Mabel how to hunt and fly free on her own, Helen uncovers how neglected her own emotions and life have become.

THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING (2019)

Starring Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Tom Taylor, Angus Imrie, Patrick Stewart, Rebecca Ferguson, Denise Gough, Dean Chaumoo, Rhianna Dorris, Genevieve O'Reilly and Noma Dumezweni. Directed by Joe Cornish.

Alex thinks he's just another nobody, until he stumbles upon the mythical Sword in the Stone, Excalibur. Now, he must unite his friends and enemies into a band of knights and, together with the legendary wizard Merlin (Stewart), take on the wicked enchantress Morgana. With the future at stake, Alex must become the great leader he never dreamed he could be.

REVIEWS The Kid Who Would Be King - A fresh look at an old tale

COLETTE (2018)

Starring Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Fiona Shaw, Ray Panthaki, Denise Gough, Robert Pugh, Rebecca Root, Aiysha Hart, Caroline Boulton and Máté Haumann. Directed by Wash Westmoreland.

The story of the woman behind the scandalous Claudine novels (and later Gigi) that dazzled French society in the first half of the 20th Century. The film depicts her rise from country girl to darling of the Parisian demi-monde with her husband Henry ‘Willy’ Gauthier-Villars. A critic and author in his own right, he mentors and later betrays her, as her stories gain them fame and notoriety.

REVIEWS Colette - The myth, The legend, The Claudine