Dome Karukoski | 2019 | USA | 112’

Biopic about one of the most celebrated authors of the 20th century, J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings), focusing on his formative years as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school and his experiences of the first world war. A fascinating insight into the events that drove this young soldier to conjure the magical, ethereal, quasi-medieval world of Middle-earth and the intricate details of its sprawling mythology. 

£7.70 (£5.90)