Fresh film releases to stream now

Emma

Autumn de Wilde's dreamy take on Jane Austen is buoyed by exquisite pastel colours and costumes and charming performances from Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy and Anna Taylor Joy. It's sweet, zesty and a feast for the eyes.

Available to watch on Amazon Prime

Little Women

Greta Gerwig made us fall in love with Louisa M Alcott all over again in this insightful and spirited adaptation of much-loved novel Little Women. Enjoy watching the next generation of stars – Florence Pugh, Timothee Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan – alongside the likes of Meryl Streep and Laura Dern.

Available to watch on Amazon Prime

Birds of Prey

Margot Robbie’s frenetic, bombastic anti-heroine character from Suicide Squad is given a post-breakup solo film, after splitting from the Joker. Birds of Prey fizzes with madness, violence, and blistering fun, with Harley Quinn as an agent of chaos at the centre.

Available to watch on Amazon

Ema

Chilean director Pablo Larraín reunites with his No and Neruda star Gael García Bernal in this evocative mix of family drama and dance film.

Available to watch on Mubi

Romantic Comedy

In this sharp but sweet documentary Elisabeth Sankey dissects famous romantic comedies to explore the gender roles, stale stereotypes and enduring charm.

Available to watch on Mubi

Knives Out

The premise of Knives Out might elicit something of a soft groan. Who has the energy for another Agatha Christie-like murder-mystery? Even those that make drastic changes to time and place rarely breathe new life into the genre. How, then, has director Rian Johnson managed to assemble a blockbuster cast to make one of the most enticing, convoluted, and hilarious whodunnits in recent times?

Available to watch on Amazon Prime

Lady and the Tramp

Tessa Thompson and Justin Theroux lend their voices to this live-action remake of the Disney classic about a pampered pooch and a hound from the wrong side of the tracks.

Available to watch on Disney

And Then We Danced

Levan Akin's romantic LGBT drama shows the struggles of homosexuality in the hyper-masculine world of Georgian dance.

Available to watch on Curzon Home Cinema

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Céline Sciamma's period romance premiered in competition in Cannes – its exquisite beauty impressing audiences without fail. Understanding the complicated paradoxes of the realities we see, at war with the representations we create of them, Sciamma taps into a raw and overflowing reserve of concealed desire and shattering kindness.

Available to watch on Amazon Prime and Curzon Home Cinema

Bacurau

Brazilian filmmakers Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles love to confuse and raise adrenaline with their bizarre genre-clasher Bacurau.

Available to watch on Curzon Home Cinema