Best new films – quick links
The Welcome Table – 24 June
Documentary. Directed by Josh Fox (Gasland), the documentary tells the story of climate refugees across six continents, celebrating the voices and experiences of people living at the forefront of the climate crisis and displaced from their homes by climate disasters.
Featuring John Boutté, John Cameron Mitchell and celebrated New Orleans musicians, the film weaves together stories of migration and resilience through music, performance and the installation of a 1000-foot table along the New Orleans levee where communities gather in conversation, solidarity and celebration.
Wicked – 26 June (Paramount+)
Film (2024). The untold story of the witches of Oz comes to life. Misunderstood because of her green skin, Elphaba forms an unlikely yet profound friendship with the ambitious and popular Glinda while studying at Shiz University.
Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum.
Wicked: For Good – 25 June (Binge)
Film (2025). The global cinematic cultural sensation, which became the most successful Broadway film adaptation of all time, reaches its epic, electrifying, emotional conclusion in Wicked: For Good.
Directed once again by award-winning director Jon M Chu and starring the spectacular returning cast, led by Academy Award nominated superstars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, the final chapter of the untold story of the witches of Oz begins with Elphaba and Glinda estranged and living with the consequences of their choices.
As Glinda’s stardom expands and she prepares to marry Prince Fiyero in a spectacular Ozian wedding, she is haunted by her separation from Elphaba. She attempts to broker a conciliation, which only drives Elphaba and Glinda further apart. Then a girl from Kansas comes crashing into all their lives. Watch the trailer.
Little Brother – 26 June (Netflix)
Film (2026). A successful realtor’s life completely flips when his chaotic ‘little brother’ suddenly reappears in this raunchy comedy starring John Cena and Eric André.
Starring John Cena, Eric André, Michelle Monaghan and Christopher Meloni. Watch the trailer.
Theatre of The World – 26 June (MUBI)
Spotlight collection. Queer, feminist, and defiantly avant-garde, Ulrike Ottinger’s ‘Berlin’ trilogy transforms Cold War-era West Berlin into a dazzling landscape of theatricality, excess, and radical imagination. Blurring fantasy, satire, and political provocation, Ottinger’s cinema revels in collisions between the grotesque and the beautiful.
Includes Ticket of No Return, Freak Orlando, Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press.
