Film
The Critic (15)
Dir. Anand Tucker, UK, 2024, 101 mins. Cast. Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, Mark Strong.
The Critic is a deliciously dark and sharp-witted thriller set in 1930s London ‘theatreland’, featuring an all-star cast.
When the most feared and vicious theatre critic in town Jimmy Erskine, finds himself suddenly in the crosshairs of the Daily Chronicle’s new owner David Brooke, he strikes a sinister Faustian pact with struggling actress Nina Land who is desperate to win his favour.
For detailed information about the film's age rating and content notices, you can visit the BBFC website and search the film title, then scroll down to the “Content Advice” section: www.bbfc.co.uk
The 5.30pm screening on Saturday 12 October will be preceded by a short film from the Artist Moving Image Programme “Moving Waters”:
√ (Root) (Till Gombert and Gesa Kolb, 4 mins 44)
Partnerships often manoeuvre somewhere between turmoil and reconciliation, distance and togetherness. In this experimental silent film, partners Kolb and Gombert reflect on complex process of growing together within long-term relationships. Kolb studied Fine Arts at Kunstakademie Karlsruhe in the class of the painter Erwin Gross. Gombert studied at Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe with a major in Media Art / Film and as post-graduate at Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln.
The Critic is a deliciously dark and sharp-witted thriller set in 1930s London ‘theatreland’, featuring an all-star cast.
When the most feared and vicious theatre critic in town Jimmy Erskine, finds himself suddenly in the crosshairs of the Daily Chronicle’s new owner David Brooke, he strikes a sinister Faustian pact with struggling actress Nina Land who is desperate to win his favour.
For detailed information about the film's age rating and content notices, you can visit the BBFC website and search the film title, then scroll down to the “Content Advice” section: www.bbfc.co.uk
The 5.30pm screening on Saturday 12 October will be preceded by a short film from the Artist Moving Image Programme “Moving Waters”:
√ (Root) (Till Gombert and Gesa Kolb, 4 mins 44)
Partnerships often manoeuvre somewhere between turmoil and reconciliation, distance and togetherness. In this experimental silent film, partners Kolb and Gombert reflect on complex process of growing together within long-term relationships. Kolb studied Fine Arts at Kunstakademie Karlsruhe in the class of the painter Erwin Gross. Gombert studied at Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe with a major in Media Art / Film and as post-graduate at Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln.
