<strong><span>You Were Never Really Here</span></strong> <span>A potential festival highlight</span><span>, Cannes favourite and leading light of the British indie scene Lynne Ramsey (</span><span><em>We Need to Talk About Kevin</em></span><span>) brings this brutal hitman thriller, starring Joaquin Phoenix, to Dubai. The film has been almost universally critically lauded, and received a seven-minute standing ovation following its screening at Cannes in May.</span> <em><span>Madinat Arena, </span></em><span><em>6pm</em></span> <strong><span>No Date, No Signature</span></strong> <span>Dr Kaveh Nariman (Amir Aghaee) is a forensic pathologist</span><span>, a tough, hard-working, dedicated professional whose life takes a dangerous turn one night when he accidentally hits a motorbike on the highway. To Nariman's horror, the bike is carrying a young family, a couple</span><span>, their 8-year-old son</span><span> and a baby. Although nobody is seriously hurt, when the body of </span><span>the 8-year-old arrives at Dr Nariman's autopsy room a few days later, he is shaken to the core. Diff returnee Vahid Jalilvand directs.</span> <em><span>Vox 5, Mall of the Emirates, 6.30pm</span></em> <strong><span>Downsizing</span></strong> <span>Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig are a typical couple who decide to sign up for a revolutionary technique that shrinks you </span><span>to five inches tall in a bid to counter overpopulation and the rising cost of living. Director Alexander Payne (</span><span><em>Sideways</em></span><span>) is something of a comic master, so it is no surprise that things soon go awry, sending our heroes off on a series of bizarre</span><span>, surreal mini-adventures.</span> <em><span>Madinat Arena, </span></em><span><em>9pm</em></span> <strong><span>I, Tonya</span></strong> <span>This is another film that has garnered rave reviews following its festival debut,</span><span> at Toronto in September. Hollywood woman-of-the-moment Margot Robbie takes on the role of figure skater Tonya Harding, who famously hired a hitman to break the legs of her main competitor, Nancy Kerrigan, ahead of 1994's </span><span>United States Figure Skating Championships.</span> <em><span>Vox 1, Mall of the Emirates, 9.15pm</span></em> <strong><span>King Kong</span></strong> <span>Merian C Cooper and Ernest B Schoedsack's 1933 monster movie classic comes to The Beach in a digitally restored, re-edited cut that brings the grainy old footage up to date with the </span><span>latest technology. Prepare to be terrified with Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and</span><span> King Kong himself, as the giant gorilla goes on the rampage across New York</span><span>.</span> <em><span>The Beach, JBR, 7.30pm</span></em> __________________________ <strong>Read more from Diff 2017:</strong> __________________________
