With five screenings this weekend, we could be forgiven for spoiling you. But as we’re unable to use Boathouse 6 the next weekend (see ‘Coming soon’ below for our special arrangements that weekend) hopefully this week’s marathon extravaganza will tide us all over to the resumption of our normal timetable. Did we say normal? How about big screen whoppers like Alien Romulus and (wait for it) 2001: A Space Odyssey in October along with our second NT Live (Encore) presentation of Present Laughter. Watch this space, and the website, for details
Here is this week’s timetable. Bar opens at 6.15pm for the 7pm screenings.
It Ends With Us
Thursday 19th September at 4.15pm
There are two opportunities this week to see Blake Lively in the much talked about drama It Ends With Us, Director and co-star Justin Baldoni’s take on Colleen Hoovers novel about the dark side of love. The offscreen dramas, on multiple fronts, have catapulted the movie into a compelling must-see event, as takings of $100 million in the eleven days after release clearly testifies.
Wilding
Thursday 19th September at 7pm
Based on Isabella Tree’s groundbreaking book of the same title, Wilding is a documentary by David Allen that brings Tree’s tale to life. From its beginnings as a George Monbiot trope, Wilding has become a cause celebre for those espousing a less destructive use of the land, delivering it from the tyranny of market-driven agribusiness and returning it to the natural processes that have always sustained it. This lovely documentary features, and tells the tale of, Charlie Burrell and Isabella, and the development of the project at Knepp Wildland in West Sussex.
Cult Classic: Dr Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Friday 20th September at 7pm
No one can say Stanley Kubrick didn’t pioneer the use of colons in film titles. This week we’re presenting Kubrick’s 1964 Cult Classic: Dr Srangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Infamous in equal parts for Peter Sellers’s triple performance, all three somewhat unhinged, and for it’s no holds barred take on the lunacy of nuclear Armageddon, this was the Director’s first, but certainly not last, venture way beyond the bounds of the Hollywood mainstream. Also featuring the late, lamented James Earl Jones, surely the most unique voice ever heard booming from a cinema sound system - RIP
Starve Acre
Saturday 21st September at 7pm
Starve Acre is the name of the remote family home belonging to Richard (Matt Smith) and Juliette (Morfydd Clark). When strange, almost supernatural, occurrences disturb their idyll, their relationship is thrown into turmoil by their differing reactions. Described as a ‘folk horror tale’, rooted in mythic folklore, the film invites comparisons with Wicker Man and Blood on Satan’s Claw, not to mention TV classics like Penda’s Fen. Written and directed by Daniel Kokotajlo, Starve Acre is as haunting and disturbing as those comparisons suggest.
It Ends With Us
Sunday 22nd September at 4pm
Time for all you Sunday afternoon movie lovers to see Blake Lively in the much talked about drama It Ends With Us, Director and co-star Justin Baldoni’s take on Colleen Hoovers novel about the dark side of love. Note that the film will start promptly at 4pm.
Up Next Week:
Widow Clicquot, Thelma (matinee)
Coming Soon:
As noted above, due to circumstances beyond our control, we are unable to use the space on our usual days for the weekend of 26th to 28th September. Instead we’ve arranged two screenings for different days, namely:
Wednesday 25th at 7pm - Widow Clicquot
Sunday 29th at 3pm - second showing of Thelma
Meanwhile, we have to announce that, due to price increases, we will now be charging for tea and coffee at matinees. That said, we do love our matinee audience and therefore will be providing free biscuits, and tea and coffee will continue to be free if you bring your own cup. This will start from Thursday 19th September.
