The Devil wears Prada 2
Wednesday 16th September 7.00 pm
Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), now an award-winning reporter, becomes a casualty of cutbacks at her publication. At the same time, Miranda Priestley (Meryl Streep) is accidentally caught up in a sweatshop scandal through a story she commissioned for Runway, so her erstwhile assistant is recruited to rescue the magazine’s editorial reputation. Upon arrival, Andy discovers that budgets have dwindled, words like “engagement” and “digital” dominate meeting rooms, and perhaps worst of all, Miranda must pander to advertisers including scorned former assistant Emily (Emily Blunt), who now holds a senior role at Dior.
WHY WATCH THIS FILM? For a bit of escapist fun.
“Like the first movie, the second is a sleek diversion with brittle and sharp laughs, truckloads of couture threads and lashings of light drama.” New York Times
“This is good-natured, buoyant entertainment. It’s wearing well.” The Guardian
“An avalanche of fashion-world cameos and a crack returning cast turn this sequel into a millennial nostalgia bath – who’s complaining?” The Telegraph
Watch the trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9HXmMnUEdE
Rating: 12A
Runtime: 119 Minutes
Ticket price £6 – online (see below) or on the door
Hamnet
Wednesday 21st October 7.00 pm
Based on the novel by Maggie O’Farrell, who co-wrote the screenplay. William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal), a young Latin tutor, falls in love with the free-spirited Agnes (Jessie Buckley) and marries her despite his parents’ disapproval.
In due course they have three children, but William heads to London to pursue his career as a dramatist, leaving his family in Stratford. During his absence young Hamnet (Jacobi Jupe) falls sick with the plague, and dies before his father arrives home. Later Agnes journeys to London to watch her husband’s latest play, Hamlet.
WHY WATCH THIS FILM? Jessie Buckley’s performance won her the Best Actress Oscar and BAFTA award, and the film had 7 other Oscar nominations
“With strong performances in service to a clear, confident vision from Chloé Zhao, this is a wrenching contemplation of the “undiscovered country” of death and grief.” Empire
“Mescal, rightly, takes a back seat while Buckley lets rip with the most astounding ferocity. It is ruthlessly manipulative and maybe you will be able to resist. But I’d take a hanky all the same.” Spectator
“Buckley’s performance is ferocious and astounding.” New York Times
Watch the trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYcgQMxQwmk
Rating: 12A
Runtime: 125 Minutes
Ticket price £6 – online (see below) or on the door
Tuner
Wednesday 18th November 7.00 pm
Niki (Woodall) works as a piano tuner under the mentorship of Harry (Hoffman), and the two of them bond over their work and their shared love of music. Niki has hyperacusis, an allergy to loud noises, and when Harry falls ill, Niki, desperate to help pay the hospital bills, gets tangled up in crime, discovering that his condition qualifies him as an exceptional safe-cracker. Meanwhile, he develops feelings for Ruthie (Havana Rose Liu), an aspiring composer.
WHY WATCH THIS FILM? It’s a fun thriller
“Leo Woodall’s breakout TV roles in The White Lotus and One Day offered a megawatt charisma, but for his biggest film role to date he dims it to a soft glow with gentle performance opposite Dustin Hoffman as one of a pair of New York piano tuners. And what a pair they are; they are a real pleasure to watch in an easy, unforced drama that mixes romcom moments with a relaxed crime thriller.” The Guardian
“Jazzy soundtrack. Smart script. Moving medical condition. Sweet love story. Oh, and The Sydney Opera House namechecked as a highly coveted gig on the composing circuit. What’s not to love?.” The Australian
“A damn good watch.” Empire
Watch the trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKfGU0kUHQc
Rating: 15
Runtime: 107 Minutes
Ticket price £6 – online (see below) or on the door
Rebuilding
Wednesday 16th December 7.00 pm
After losing the old family ranch to a wildfire, a cowboy, Dusty (O’Connor), winds up in a small FEMA camp in the vast American West. The last of a long line of ranchers, he’s stranded between the legacy of his land and the changes to it. But he begins to reconnect with his young daughter, Callie Rose, and his ex-wife, Ruby, and ultimately the neighbourhood around him. Together they find an unlikely community – and maybe even hope, beauty, and a future in this wild place.
WHY WATCH THIS FILM? It looks stunning.
“Alfonso Herrera Salcedo’s gorgeous cinematography and an Americana-tinged guitar score from Jake Xerxes Fussell and James Elkington give the piece a finely tuned western-movie sensibility. A quiet film that manages to retain a sense of hope and redemption at its heart while largely keeping platitudes at bay, this is a relatively small but no less worthwhile addition to O’Connor’s impressive CV.” Radio Times
“It’s a definitive “we the people” movie filled with gorgeous vistas, crepuscular landscapes, authentic people and a deeply moving sense of everything that’s best about the US at a time when it needs it most.” The Times
“A sweet, sad country song of a movie.” The Guardian
Watch the trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkwoapyJjiI
Rating: PG
Runtime: 96 Minutes
Ticket price £6 – online (see below) or on the door