Tornado15

Directed by John Maclean | UK | 2025 | 1h 31m | Starring Kôki, Tim Roth, Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira, Joanne Whalley

In 1790s Britain, the daughter of a Japanese puppeteer finds herself alone and hunted after her father’s travelling Samurai show collides with a band of ruthless criminals. With their stolen gold in hand and her father’s warrior teachings as her guide, she sets out on a path of vengeance. Directed by Slow West’s John Maclean, this bold, blood-soaked thriller pays homage to classic samurai cinema while blazing its own trail.

Reviews

‘It’s more that the specific combination of jidaigeki period piece, highland character study, and frontier justice that’s new, making Tornado a harrowing, blustery, violent amalgamation of an idiosyncratic spirit.’
★★★★
Andy Crump, The AV Club

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Today (Wednesday 14th October)

17:30

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Tomorrow (Thursday 15th October)

11:00

Sense and Sensibility U
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2h 12m
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14:00

De Gaulle: Liberté 15
2h 39m | French w/ English subtitles
June 1940: France has fallen and signed an armistice with Germany. With no army, no backing and little hope, General de Gaulle gambles everything to convince the world France's fight isn't over. Part two of Antonin Baudry's historical epic.

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17:30

Sense and Sensibility U
2h 12m
Mrs Dashwood and her daughters lose their Sussex home to her stepson and move to a Devon cottage, finding love and heartbreak. Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean) directs Jane Austen's story, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Fiona Shaw and George MacKay.

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20:30

Remake 15
1h 56m
After his son Adrian dies, filmmaker Ross McElwee revisits his home movie archive and asks whether his camera brought him closer to Adrian or got in the way. A searching, self-questioning look at documenting a life versus understanding it.

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