JOHN HURT

DARKEST HOUR (2018)
Starring Gary Oldman, Stephen Dillane, John Hurt, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn, Kristin Scott Thomas, Richard Lumsden, Charley Palmer Rothwell, Hannah Steele and Nicholas Jones. Directed by Joe Wright.

Within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill (BAFTA Award winner Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a skeptical King, and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation, and attempt to change the course of world history.

REVIEWS Darkest Hour - Third time's the charm for Churchill biopic

JACKIE (2017)
Starring Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, John Hurt, Richard E. Grant, Caspar Phillipson, Beth Grant, John Carroll Lynch and Max Casella. Directed by Pablo Larraín.

An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

REVIEWS Jackie - An appreciation of a new American classic
Jackie - Natalie Portman is Jackie O

SNOWPIERCER (2014)
Starring Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Chris Evans, Kang-Ho Song, Octavia Spencer, John Hurt, Ed Harris and Alison Pill. Directed by Joon-Ho Bong.

It's been 18 years since a failed global warming experiment froze the earth and killed off most life on the planet. The few remaining humans live on the Snowpiercer, a train on an infinite loop around the globe. For those at the front, it's a lavish paradise of drugs and sushi in the lap of luxury; for those trapped in the tail section, life is short and cruel. But change is in the air.

Curtis, desperate to escape the tail of the train, plans an uprising, aided by his mentor Gilliam (Hurt). What begins as an isolated riot explodes into a mass revolution, an all-or-nothing push to the front of the train, and a war for humanity's future.

REVIEWS Snowpiercer - Balls-to-the-wall trip of a lifetime
Snowpiercer - A dystopian science fiction marvel

ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (2014)
Starring Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin, Slimane Dazi, Jeffrey Wright, Ali Amine, Carter Logan and Aurélie Thépaut. Directed by Jim Jarmusch.

Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangiers, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover. Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister. Can these wise but fragile outsiders continue to survive as the modern world collapses around them?

REVIEWS Only Lovers Left Alive - A mesmerising tragedy

THE LORD OF THE RINGS (1978)
Starring Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes, John Hurt, Simon Chandler, Dominic Guard, Norman Bird, Michael Graham Cox, Anthony Daniels and David Buck. Directed by Ralph Bakshi.

In this 1978 animated adaptation, the Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.

REVIEWS The Lord of the Rings - 40th anniversary of an animated oddity