WEDNESDAY 6 May
Dead of Winter
Directed by Brian Kirk
2025 | R16 | 1 hour 38 mins | USA | English
Doors open at 6:30pm.
Screening starts at 7pm sharp.
Emma Thompson delivers a gripping, against‑type performance in Dead of Winter, a taut psychological thriller set in the frozen isolation of northern Minnesota. What begins as a widow’s quiet pilgrimage to scatter her late husband’s ashes quickly spirals into a harrowing fight for survival when she stumbles upon a kidnapped young woman and a couple hiding a chilling secret. Director Brian Kirk builds an atmosphere of creeping dread, using blizzards, remote cabins and the stark emptiness of the landscape to trap both characters and audience in a tightening vice of tension.
As Barb’s desperate attempts to help the captive Leah escalate, the film shifts into a brutal cat‑and‑mouse struggle where moral resolve is tested against human desperation. Judy Greer’s unsettling turn as the terminally ill “Purple Lady” adds emotional complexity to the violence, while the story barrels toward a fiery, ice‑cracking finale that lingers long after the credits. Dead of Winter is a character‑driven, nerve‑shredding thriller that blends survival drama with psychological intensity — a must‑see for members who appreciate smart, atmospheric genre filmmaking.
Producer: Jon Berg and Jonas Katzenstein
Screenplay: Nicholas Jacobson-Larson and Dalton Leeb
Music: Volker Bertelmann
Cinematography: Chirstopher Ross
Cast: Emma Thompson, Judy Greer, Cuan Hosty-Blaney, Marc Menchaca, Laurel Marsden