Lily Allen Edition: Bits & Pieces

Lily Allen Edition: Bits & Pieces – A celebration of girlhood and the complexities that come with it, Cookie Queens is a coming-of-age story about the joys, pressures, and tensions woven into one of America’s most cherished rituals: Girl Scout Cookie season.

Black Bear has announced the theatrical release date for I Want Your Sex, the first feature in twelve years from New Queer Cinema pioneer Gregg Araki (MYSTERIOUS SKIN, THE DOOM GENERATION, WHITE BIRD IN A BLIZZARD). The film, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January, features an all-star cast headlined by Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman and will be released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on August 28, 2026.

Based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis follows Olive (Lili Reinhart), a brilliant Ph.D. candidate focused on her future in academia. But when she realizes her best friend Ahn (Rachel Marsh) has fallen for her crush Jeremy (Nicholas Duvernay), Olive impulsively kisses intimidating professor Adam Carlsen (Tom Bateman) to prove she’s moved on. What begins as a desperate act of friendship spirals into a fake relationship with rules, boundaries, and a mutually beneficial agreement. When their arrangement begins to blur the lines between performance and reality, Olive is forced to test her most daunting hypothesis yet: that love might actually be worth the risk.

Christopher Nolan’s next film, The Odyssey, is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX® film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX® film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026.

Monday, 22 June 2026 – MUBI, the global film distributor, streaming service, and production company, has announced the upcoming UK and Ireland theatrical release date for Her Private Hell, the highly anticipated new feature from visionary writer‑director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, The Neon Demon).  Her Private Hell will be released in UK and Irish cinemas on 25 September 2026.

When Lord Murashige rises up against the tyrannical Oda, he finds himself besieged within the walls of his own castle. Isolated, he is confronted with a series of mysterious crimes that shatter the fragile order of his court, plunging the fortress into fear and suspicion. With Oda’s army closing in and a traitor hiding among his ranks, Murashige is forced into an uneasy alliance with Kanbei, a brilliant and dangerous strategist held prisoner in the dungeon, as he must outwit his enemies and uncover the truth before time runs out.

ANIMALS., the short psychological thriller from writer-director Maya Gray, will make its International Premiere at Raindance Film Festival, bringing audiences an unsettling and emotionally charged exploration of dehumanization, coercive control, and forced occupation.

Based on the bestselling novel from Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro and written and directed by Academy-Award® winner Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit), Klara and the Sun introduces audiences to Klara (Jenna Ortega), an Artificial Friend who wants nothing more than to find the perfect home. When Klara meets Josie (Mia Tharia), each immediately senses a kindred spirit in the other. Josie has a fraught relationship with her mother (Amy Adams) and they’ve suffered great loss, but Klara’s innocent wonder and unwavering loyalty begin to heal the family and bring light to Josie’s complicated world.