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Satsuki and Mei’s mother has taken ill. In order to be closer to her while she recovers in a rural convalescent hospital, their father moves the two sisters from their home in a city to the countryside. The house they move into is a ramshackle old place in the shadow of an ancient camphor tree, and Satsuki and Mei embark on adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.

“As magical and moving as cinema gets” Telegraph ★★★★★

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Voiced by Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning
1hrs 27 mins | JAP 1989

A feisty 93-year-old grandmother who gets conned by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson sets out on a treacherous quest across Los Angeles, accompanied by an aging friend and his motorized scooter, to reclaim what was taken from her.

“The film is buoyed by a consistently funny script, real pathos and stellar comic performances” Empire ★★★★

Directed by Josh Margolin
With June Squibb
1hrs 38 mins | US 2024

Two lives. Two stories. One wall that divided them. Witness the historic moment over 70 years after the Holocaust when the son of the Commandant of Auschwitz meets an incredible survivor.

“The son and grandson of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss appear in Daniela Volker’s engrossing documentary” Guardian ★★★★★

Directed by Daniela Völker
1hrs 43 mins | UK/US 2024

Michael Mann’s Miami Vice didn’t quite receive the reception it deserved on release. A reasonable box office return but middling reviews ensured that the film disappeared almost as quickly as it had arrived, with Mann seemingly unable to capitalise on the success of the TV show he had produced in the late 1980s.

Yet if any film from the mid 2000s were ripe for reappraisal then Miami Vice fits the bill. When popular Twitter user Brandon Streussnig jokingly tweeted last month that he would be showing his girlfriend his favourite film in what could be a ‘make-or-break’ move, the joke managed to cause a wild discourse that saw Michael Mann fans rushing to defend him and screenings popping up all over the US.

So in what may (or may not) become a season, we’ve decided to revisit the films of Michael Mann. Starting with 2006’s Miami Vice!

“A bold, powerful and irresistibly thrilling movie” Guardian ★★★★

Tuesday 27 August- Includes introduction from Left Lion Screen Editor Autumn Parker + a Free Mojito cocktail for the first 30 to book!

Directed by Michael Mann
With Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li
2hrs 7 mins | US 2006

Based on the much-loved, best-selling children’s novel by Michael Morpurgo and adapted for screen by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Kensuke’s Kingdom tells of the epic adventure of Michael, a young boy, shipwrecked on a remote island, who must adapt to life alone.

Over time, he feels another presence, learning that this world is home to both unimaginable danger and beauty, in this gripping animated adaptation of a beloved novel.

Kensuke’s Kingdom features the voices of Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy, Oscar-nominated Sally Hawkins, Ken Watanabe, Raffey Cassidy, and Aaron MacGregor.

Directed by Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry
1hr 24 mins | UK/LUX/FRA 2024

Inside of his book, adventurous Harold (Zachary Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life-and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible. When the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take all of Harold and his friends’ creativity to save both the real world and his own.

Harold and the Purple Crayon is the first film adaptation of the beloved children’s classic that has captivated young readers for decades.

Directed by Carlos Saldanha
With Zachari Levi
1hrs 30 mins | US 2024

In pursuit of a serial killer, an FBI agent uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing spree.

“A skin-crawling chiller” Telegraph ★★★★★

Filmhounds ★★★★★ Empire ★★★★ Independent ★★★★ The i ★★★★ Little White Lies ★★★★

Directed by Osgood Perkins
With Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage
1hrs 41 mins | US 2024

*Also screening 16, 20 + 22 August

This summer, the epic studio disaster movie returns with an adrenaline-pumping, seat-gripping, big-screen thrill ride that puts you in direct contact with one of nature’s most wondrous—and destructive—forces.

Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People, Where the Crawdads Sing) stars as Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Golden Globe nominee Anthony Ramos, In the Heights) to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Glen Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew, the more dangerous the better.

As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.

“The best cinematic experience since Top Gun: Maverick” Telegraph ★★★★★

Independent ★★★★

Directed by Lee Isaac Chung
With Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell
2hrs |US 2024

Don’t talk. Don’t move. Don’t breathe.

When New York City comes under attack from an alien invasion, a woman and other survivors try to find a way to safety. They soon learn that they must remain absolutely silent as the mysterious creatures are drawn to the slightest sound.

“Inventive and original” Times ★★★★★

Guardian ★★★★ Empire ★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★ Independent ★★★★

Directed by Michael Sarnoski
With Joseph Quinn, Lupita Nyong’o
1hrs 40 mins | US 2024

We would love you to join us for this once a month opportunity for adult members of the community to come together for fun, camaraderie, learning, sharing food and film.

Each month in the Bonington Theatre, we will meet at 10.30am for a 2-hour exploration workshop (discussions, exercises, some role play and improvisation for those brave enough!) examining the themes, context, characters, ideas and plot of a particular film. There will be a light buffet style lunch, teas and coffees before watching the film at 1.30pm. The event should finish 3.00pm – 3.30pm depending on the length of the film.

Tuesday 23^rd July – Four Weddings and a Funeral (15)

It is 1993 at the wedding of Angus and Laura in Somerset, the perpetually late best man, Charles; his flatmate Scarlett; his aristocratic friend Fiona and her brother Tom; Gareth and his partner Matthew; and Charles’s deaf brother, all unmarried, hastily gather for the first of five social occasions over a fifteen-month period.

Charles is a bachelor and unable to express his feelings to a woman he is attracted to. Over the course of these social occasions, he begins to realise the truth about himself and his notions of love.

Four Weddings and a Funeral celebrates its 30^th Anniversary this year and at the time broke box office records becoming the highest grossing British film in history at £1.4 million in its opening weekend and £2.7 million in its first week. It won BAFTA and Golden Globe awards and was nominated for two Oscars among others.

Directed by Mike Newell
Starring Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charlotte Coleman, Simon Callow, John Hannah and Andie MacDowell

There is some strong language and scenes of moderate sexual activity
N.B. The film is 1hr 57 mins so will finish at 3.27pm