Pedro Almodóvar’s tantalising short 'Strange Way of Life' starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as a sheriff and an outlaw in love in the wild West screens for one night only at Warwick Arts Centre (Monday 25th September).

Rancher Silva (Pascal) rides into Bitter Creek to see Sheriff Jake (Hawke) for the first time since they worked together as hired gunmen 25 years ago. Silva thinks he’s back to rekindle old memories – and they do celebrate their meeting – but the next day, Sheriff Jake tells him that he has other, darker goals besides exploring memory lane. Steamy, sexy, sumptuously cinematic, beautifully costumed (by Yves Saint Laurent, whose creative director produced the film) and performed, Almodóvar’s short is an unabashedly romantic revisionist Western.

The film will be followed by a pre-recorded Q&A with director Pedro Almodóvar.

Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw and Adèle Exarchopoulos headline Ira Sachs’ seductive, intelligent new drama Passages, investigating the complexities and contradictions of love and desire. Screening Friday 1st - Thursday 14th September at Warwick Arts Centre.

Tomas (Rogowski) and Martin’s (Whishaw) relationship is thrown into crisis when Tomas begins an affair with Agathe (Exarchopoulos), a younger woman he meets after completing his latest film.

Perceptive, intimate and unashamedly sexy, Passages sees Sachs fuse his tender style with a uniquely European sensibility, investigating the complexities, contradictions and cruelties of love and desire.