A community group putting on monthly films, plays, social and community events.
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Films for winter 2024:
13-December
SWEDE CAROLINE (2024) 15A
A hilarious mockumentary which follows Caroline (Jo Hartley), a competitive giant vegetable grower, as she readies herself for the big annual National Veg Championship. When her prized marrow, named Ricky Hutton, is stolen, Caroline and her fellow growers, conspiracy theorist Paul (Richard Lumsden) and affable Willy (Celyn Jones), are led into a seedy world of crime as they attempt to find the culprit.“The film is gloriously silly, with the three reliably retaining their composure as they uncover the truth behind Caroline’s tragic vegetable loss.”
Independent.co.uk“Aside from its comedic achievements, Swede Caroline is surprisingly touching.” Strand
Coming up for Winter/Spring 2025
31 January 2025
THE CRITIC (2023) 15
Set in 1930s London, The Critic revolves around a feared theatre critic
named Jimmy Erskine (Ian McKellen), his loyal assistant, a newspaper
owner (Mark Strong) who wants to get rid of the critic, and an actress
(Gemma Arterton) who has been devastated by his excoriating theatrical
reviews. The critic's determination to survive ensures that the other
characters are caught in a web of blackmail, deceit and murder.
With Ian McKellen, Mark Strong, Lesley Manville, Gemma Arterton
Director: Anand Tucker
Runtime: 95 mins
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
DRAMA/CRIME/MYSTERY
28 February 2025
FREUD’S LAST SESSION (2023) 12A
It’s the onset of WWII and Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins), who is
nearing the end of his life, invites the celebrated Christian author C S Lewis
for a debate over the existence of God. Exploring Freud's unique
relationship with his lesbian daughter Anna (Liv Lisa Fries) and Lewis'
unconventional romance with his best friend's mother (Orla Brady), the
film interweaves past, present and fantasy, opening out from the confines
of Freud's study on a dynamic journey.
With Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode
Director: Matt Brown
Runtime: 108 mins
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
DRAMA
28 March 2025
THELMA (2024) 12A
June Squibb, who did most of her own stunts in the film, plays Thelma Post, a
feisty 93-year-old grandmother who gets conned by a phone scammer
pretending to be her grandson (Fred Hechinger), and sets out on a treacherous
quest across Los Angeles, accompanied by an aging friend (Richard Roundtree)
and his motorized scooter, to reclaim what was taken from her. With Malcolm
McDowell.
With June Squibb, Fred Hechinger
Director: Josh Margolin
Runtime: 98 mins
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
COMEDY/ACTION
25 April 2025
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE (2024) 12A
Based on the novella by Claire Keegan. Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) is a coal
merchant in small-town 1980s Ireland. Everybody in the town knows that the
local convent is one of the infamous Magdalene Laundries, but everybody feigns
ignorance because the nuns have far-reaching power and influence in the
community. When Bill, himself the child of a single mother, finds a bruised and
shivering young woman locked in the convent coalshed on a bitterly cold
December day, he knows that any action on his part will cost him dear.
With Cillian Murphy, Emily Watson
Director: Tim Mielants
Runtime: 98 mins
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
DRAMA
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