Award Winning Independent Cinema
Category: Film
January February 2020 Film Programme
Wednesday 4th December 2019
Here’s our first film programme of the new decade! January and February is always an exciting time for cinema as we see lots of hotly tipped new releases in the run-up to awards season.
Programme Highlights and Special Offers
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Film Preview: Meet Me in St Louis – “Garland, under Minnelli’s direction, gives a performance that bursts with energy.”
Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Regular blog contributor Helen Tope previews Meet Me in St Louis showing in our cinema from Friday 20 to Saturday 28 December.
It’s 1903, and St Louis, Missouri, is just one year away from hosting the World’s Fair, and most definitely a town on the rise.
Against … Continue Reading
Film Preview: It’s a Wonderful Life – “George Bailey’s life is not only wonderful, it is irreplaceable.”
Monday 2nd December 2019
Regular blog contributor Helen Tope previews It’s a Wonderful Life, her favourite film! This beloved Christmas classic is showing in our cinema from Thursday 12 to Thursday 19 December.
A perennial classic, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life is a film that has become a victim of … Continue Reading
Film review: The Peanut Butter Falcon – “one of the year’s most uplifting and surprising feats”
Monday 18th November 2019
Alice O’Hare reviews The Peanut Butter Falcon, showing in our cinema until Thursday 21 November.
At the centre of modern-day buddy film and road movie mash-up The Peanut Butter Falcon is the most unlikely of pairings. We meet the charming Zak (Zack Gottsagen) first, a young … Continue Reading
Film Review: The Laundromat – “Soderbergh’s film is a kaleidoscopic portrayal of greed and corruption”
Monday 18th November 2019
Helen Tope reviews The Laundromat, showing in our cinema until Thursday 21 November.
The Laundromat attempts to unsettle us right from the start. We meet our narrators, smartly suited and impeccably groomed, walking through a primeval landscape. They explain the story of finance to us, from … Continue Reading
Film Review: “Don’t Look Now looks stunning on the big screen and has lost none of its power to intrigue and shock”
Monday 4th November 2019
Ben Cherry reviews Don’t Look Now, showing in our cinema until Thursday 7 November.
Halloween may be over, but horror films are for all year round and not just for October 31st. Don’t Look Now is a 1970s classic from arguably the greatest decade of the genre and … Continue Reading
Film review: The Goldfinch – “a beautifully-voiced odyssey through pain and privilege”
Monday 28th October 2019
Helen Tope reviews The Goldfinch, showing in our cinema until Thursday 31 October.
Taking a book from page to screen is no easy task. In adapting such a large, complex book, the temptation is to go simpler; to pare down the ideas. But with Donna Tartt’s novel, … Continue Reading
Film Preview: Judy – “Zellweger nails Garland’s ability to tap into the pain, and just makes it sing”
Monday 28th October 2019
Helen Tope reviews Judy Garland’s biopic Judy, showing in our cinema from Friday 1 November to Thursday 7 November.
After a brief hiatus, it seems that biopics are back. Following on from Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, theatre director Rupert Goold brings us the story of Judy … Continue Reading