Programme - 2019/2020 Film Season
| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 Mon 16 Sept Tues 17 Sept |
Green Book | Oscar winner, Best Picture: a true story from 1962. Tony, a working-class New Yorker, becomes chauffeur to Dr Don Shirley, a world-class black pianist. The mismatched pair bond in the course of a two-month tour of concert venues in the Deep South. Dir: Peter Farrelly/2018/USA/Cert 12A 130min |
| 2019 Mon 30 Sept Tues 1 Oct |
C’est la Vie! | From the team who gave us Untouchable comes this deliciously deadpan comedy. As disaster follows disaster, a luxury wedding at a palace threatens to erupt into nightmare for its cantankerous planner. Subtitles Dirs: O.Nakache,E.Toledano /2017/Fr/Cert 15 117min |
| 2019 Mon 7 Oct Tues 8 Oct |
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society | After World War 2 a free-spirited writer forms an unexpected bond with a group of eccentric Guernsey residents when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the island’s occupation. Dir: Mike Newell /2018/UK/Cert 12A 124min |
| 2019 Mon 21 Oct Tues 22 Oct |
Il Postino | An old favourite from Italy. A shy postman doesn't stand a chance with the island's most beautiful woman until a poet gives him the courage to follow his dreams...and the words to win her heart. Subtitles Dir: Michael Radford /1994/Italy/Cert U 108min |
| 2019 Mon 4 Nov Tues 5 Nov |
The Wife | Glenn Close gives a terrific performance as a wife who’s spent years playing second fiddle to her Nobel prizewinning author husband (Jonathan Pryce) although she’s been instrumental in his success. Dir: Bjorn Runge /2017/UK,Sweden/Cert 15 100min |
| 2019 Mon 18 Nov Tues 19 Nov |
Woman at War | Halla’s quiet routine hides her secret double life as an environmental activist, the Mountain Woman. When her application to adopt a child is successful, she plans one final attack. Funny, moving, and utterly unique. Subtitles Dir: Benedikt Erlingsson /2018/Iceland/Cert 12A 101min |
| 2019 Mon 2 Dec Tues 3 Dec |
Shoplifters | Another gem from Kore-eda: a compassionate portrait of a ragtag Japanese family who rely on petty crime to make ends meet. Even so, when they find a little girl in the freezing cold they agree to take her in. Subtitles Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda /2018/Japan/Cert 15 120min |
| 2019 Mon 16 Dec |
Wild Rose | Jessie Buckley delivers a star-making performance as a rebellious country singer who dreams of escaping Glasgow for Nashville. Fresh out of prison, she juggles her menial job, two children and resolute mother as she pursues her ambition. Dir: Tom Harper /2018/UK/Cert 15 100min |
| 2020 Mon 13 Jan Tues 14 Jan |
The Children Act | Emma Thomson excels as a High Court judge who, even as her marriage founders, has a life-changing decision to make at work: Should she force a teenage boy to have the blood transfusion that will save his life? Dir: Richard Eyre /2017/UK/Cert 12A 105min |
| 2020 Mon 27 Jan Tues 28 Jan |
Rams | A touching tragicomedy. When ovine disease strikes their remote valley two brothers, at loggerheads for 40 years, are forced to come together to save their unique breed of sheep from extinction. Subtitles Dir: Grimur Hakonarson /2015/Iceland/Cert 15 93min |
| 2020 Mon 10 Feb Tues 11 Feb |
The Breadwinner | A vibrant animated tour-de-force. In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan a young girl disguises herself as a boy so that she can venture outside her home to support her family and seek her imprisoned father. Dir: Nora Twomey /2017/Ireland/Cert 12A 93min |
| 2020 Mon 24 Feb Tues 25 Feb |
In the Fade | A gripping, edge-of-the-seat contemporary thriller which explores the lengths that a woman seeking retribution will go to after her husband and son are killed in a brutal terrorist attack. Subtitles Dir: Fatih Akin /2017/Germany/Cert 18 106min |
| 2020 Mon 9 Mar Tues 10 Mar |
The Old Man & The Gun | Robert Redford’s swansong: a beautifully understated crime comedy based on fact. Forrest Tucker, 70 and on the run from San Quentin, undertakes a string of bank robberies that confound authorities and enchant the public. Dir: David Lowery /2018/USA/Cert 12A 93min |
| 2020 Mon 23 Mar Tues 24 Mar |
5 Broken Cameras | Cancelled |
| 2020 Mon 6 Apr Tues 7 Apr |
The Little Stranger | Cancelled |
| 2020 Mon 20 Apr Tues 21 Apr |
Back to Burgundy | Cancelled |
| 2020 Mon 27 Apr Tues 28 Apr |
All is True | Cancelled |
| 2020 Fri 1 May |
Supper Evening | Cancelled |
| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 Mon 12 Oct Tue 13 Oct | Fisherman's Friends | A lively romantic comedy. A fast-living, cynical London music executive is fooled by his boss into trying to sign a group of shanty-singing Cornish fishermen who all value friendship and community over fame and fortune. Dir: Chris Foggin /2019/UK/Cert 12A 112min |
| 2020 Mon 26 Oct Tue 27 Oct | Pain and Glory | A touching drama about an ageing film-maker reflecting on his past, present and future and seeking to recover his joy and purpose in life. Almodóvar’s most personal of films, with excellent performances by Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz. Subtitles Dir: Pedro Almodóvar /2019/Spain/Cert 15 113min |
| 2020 Mon 9 Nov Tue 10 Nov | The Little Stranger | Cancelled |
| 2020 Mon 23 Nov Tue 24 Nov | Back to Burgundy | Cancelled |
| 2020 Mon 7 Dec Tue 8 Dec | All is True | Cancelled |