Nine years after their chance encounter in Vienna, American author Jesse and French environmentalist Céline cross paths once more in a Paris bookstore on the final leg of Jesse’s European book tour. With barely an hour before Jesse must catch his flight back to the United States, the pair wander through sunlit Parisian alleyways, quiet cafes, and a barge along the Seine. As their casual catch-up unfolds in near real-time, playful conversation rapidly gives way to an intimate confrontation with lost time, unfulfilled promises, and the quiet regrets of adulthood.
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Richard Linklater’s second entry in his seminal Before trilogy is a masterpiece of naturalistic, dialogue-driven cinema. Co-written by Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy, the film builds extraordinary emotional tension through razor-sharp honesty, precise pacing, and effortless chemistry between its leads.
In English.
Rated NC16.
You’re cordially invited to the most chaotic dinner of the year.
Fresh from its buzz heavy Sundance debut, Olivia Wilde’s razor sharp relationship comedy hits right where it hurts. Joe (Seth Rogen) and Angela (Wilde) are stuck in a domestic rut, made worse by the aggressively loud, boundary pushing love life of their upstairs neighbors, Hawk (Edward Norton) and Pina (Penélope Cruz). Hoping to smooth things over, Angela invites them down for a casual dinner party. But as the wine flows, polite small talk is instantly traded for a chaotic, hilariously uncomfortable truth game where social etiquette completely crumbles.
In English
Rated M18 for Mature Content and Coarse Language.
A life-altering event forces 21-year-old Junyang and his girlfriend to face reality. At the same time, while Junyang’s father is struggling to hold their modest life together, a woman enters his life and both generations are forced to redefine their family.
Cast Q&A, Sun 6 Sep
Join us for an in-person Q&A with Cast Members, Andi Lim, Koh Jia Ler and Regene Lim, moderated by Petrina Kow.
In Mandarin and English with English and Mandarin subtitles.
Rated PG13 for Some Coarse Language and Sexual References.
TW: Contains scenes with flashing lights, photosensitive viewers are advised.
Danny Boyle's decade-defining adaptation of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2026, and is heading back to Filmhouse from 21 August in a 4K restoration as part of our Music In Film showcase!
Ewan McGregor stars as Mark Renton, the most reflective member of a group that also includes the compulsive womaniser, Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), and the hapless Spud (Ewen Bremner). Renton, Spud and Sick Boy's issues with drugs alternatively irritate and amuse their friend, Begbie (Robert Carlyle), a periodic psychopath whose outbursts of violence are one of the many factors that convince Renton to leave for London in the hope of starting a new life. Renton enjoys some success remoulding himself as an estate agent in the English capital, but it isn't long before his Edinburgh friends catch up with him. Begbie and co. need the money Renton has saved from his job to finance the drug deal that could make them all rich...
In English with English subtitles.
Rated R21 for Drug Use and Sexual Scenes
Discover how the iconic Anthony Bourdain came to be in Matt Johnson’s scrappy coming-of-age comedy that's equal parts sweet and sour.
Long before he became the world’s favorite culinary storyteller, Anthony Bourdain was just a dishwashing kid getting baptized in the grease, sweat, and chaos of a 1970s coastal seafood shack. This electric origin story follows a young Tony (Dominic Sessa) as he gets thrown into the fire of a cutthroat kitchen brigade. Surrounded by foul-mouthed line cooks, late-night vices, and non-stop pressure, a reckless teenager stumbles into the raw grit and rock-and-roll pulse that defined his entire legacy.
In English with English subtitles.
Rated M18 for Coarse Language and Drug Use.
The film contains an utterance of religious profanity that exceeds IMDA guidelines. The line has been muted by the distributor to be kept in line with guidelines.
Still grieving the tragic loss of her fiancé Itsuki Fujii in a mountain climbing accident, Hiroko Watanabe sends a letter to his old childhood address in snow-covered Otaru, a home she believes no longer exists, hoping to send a message into the ether. To her shock, she receives a reply signed by "Itsuki Fujii." The respondent is not her late lover's ghost, but a female former classmate who shared his exact name. As the two women begin exchanging letters across the snowbound landscape, a tender, long buried portrait of forgotten youth, unrequited first love, and shared memory slowly unfurls.
A foundational landmark of 1990s Asian cinema, Shunji Iwai’s feature debut became a massive cultural phenomenon across East and Southeast Asia, immortalized by Miho Nakayama’s double performance. Shot with a dreamlike, soft focus palette by the late cinematographer Noboru Shinoda, this new 4K digital restoration preserves every delicate detail.
4K remastering under the supervision of Fuji Television Network, Inc., with all analog and digital processes by Imagica Entertainment Media Services, Inc. Image digitization through high-resolution 4K scanning from the original 35mm camera negative. Restoration, color correction, and final sound finishing supervised by director Shunji Iwai.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
Rated PG
Presented at Filmhouse as part of Japanese Film Festival, in partnership with the Singapore Film Society, Japan Creative Center and Japan Foundation
