Films at Chapter 6 – 12 March

From bold reimaginings to remarkable true stories, this week's films explore desire and devotion in all their forms.

The Bride! reworks Frankenstein’s bride in 1930s Chicago, while The Testament of Ann Lee follows a woman whose ecstatic faith reshaped a community. Sound of Falling traces four generations of women in a German farmhouse, and Bad Film Club returns with the kind of gloriously chaotic cinema that’s best experienced with a crowd.

The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme brings stories of tension and longing too: The Final Piece steps into the high-stakes world of shogi, and Conflagration follows restless desire into the shadows of a sacred temple.

Across time, place and genre, these films move between the intimate and the epic – sometimes tender, sometimes unsettling, always compelling.