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The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on Dune: Part Two, the next chapter of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune, with an expanded all-star international ensemble cast. The film, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2021’s six-time Academy Award-winning Dune.

“Audacious, intimate, and menacing like no other blockbuster in existence” Independent ★★★★★

Guardian ★★★★ Empire ★★★★

Directed by Denis Villeneuve
With Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac
2hrs 47 mins // US 2023

One Life tells the true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker played by Johnny Flynn, who, along with Trevor Chadwick (played by Alex Sharp) and Doreen Warinner (played by Romola Garai) of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia, rescued 669 children from the Nazis in the months leading up to World War II,. Nicky visited Prague in December 1938 and found families who had fled the rise of the Nazis in Germany and Austria, living in desperate conditions with little or no shelter and food, and under threat of Nazi invasion. He immediately realised it was a race against time.

How many children could he and the team rescue before the borders closed? Fifty years later, it’s 1988 and Nicky (played by Anthony Hopkins) lives haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England; always blaming himself for not doing more. It’s not until a live BBC television show, ‘That’s Life!’, surprises him by introducing him to some surviving children – now adults – that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he had carried for five decades.

“Anthony Hopkins is stirring as the ‘British Schindler’ who saved 600 Jewish children” Telegraph ★★★★

Directed by James Hawes
With Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn
1hr 50 mins // UK 2023

Set in a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, Disney and Pixar’s original feature film Luca is a coming-of-age story about one young boy experiencing an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. Luca (voice of Jacob Tremblay) shares these adventures with his newfound best friend, Alberto (voice of Jack Dylan Grazer), but all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.

“Pixar’s Riviera dream is a beautiful evocation of youthful possibility” Independent ★★★★

*Includes the short film For The Birds

Directed by Enrico Casarosa
Voiced by Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer
1hr 40 mins // US 2021

Ever wonder where your passion, your dreams and your interests come from? What is it that makes you… YOU? Pixar Animation Studios will take you on a journey from the streets of New York City to the cosmic realms to discover the answers to life’s most important questions.

Soul introduces Joe Gardner voiced by Jamie Foxx, a school band teacher whose true passion is playing jazz. In the film, just when Joe thinks his dream might be in reach, a single unexpected step sends him to a fantastical place where he’s is forced to think again about what it truly means to have soul. That’s where he meets and ultimately teams up with 22 voiced by Tina Fey, a soul who doesn’t think life on Earth is all it’s cracked up to be.

“With beauty, humour, and heart, this is Pixar at its very best” Independent ★★★★★

“A deeply sweet, happy, gentle film.” Guardian ★★★★★

“Pixar’s latest masterpiece” Telegraph ★★★★★

*Includes the short film Burrow 

Directed by Kemp Powers, Pete Docter
Voiced by Jamie Foxx
1hr 47 mins // US 2020

Bob Marley: One Love celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for the first time, discover Bob’s powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music. Produced in partnership with the Marley family and starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as the legendary musician and Lashana Lynch as his wife Rita.

“Kingsley Ben-Adir is a beautifully faultless Bob Marley in One Love biopic” Metro ★★★ 

Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green
With Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch
1hr 44 mins // US 2023

A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death and creation, in tribute to friendship from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.

*Saturday 30 March will be the English Dubbed Version (Voice cast includes Robert Pattinson, Luca Padovan, Christian Bale)

*Monday 1 April will be the Subtitled Version (Original language- Japanese)

“An astonishing, sumptuous animated fantasy featuring everything you love about one of the greatest filmmakers of all time” Empire ★★★★★

Guardian ★★★★ Independent ★★★★

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film 

Winner of 1 Academy Award – Best Animated Feature Film

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
2hr 4 mins // JAP 2023

A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than fiction true story, Wicked Little Letters follows two neighbours: deeply conservative local Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley).

When Edith and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women – led by Police Officer Gladys Moss (Anjana Vasan) – begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect that something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all.

Directed by Thea Sharrock
With Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley,
1hr 40 mins // UK 2023

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

“A landmark movie” Times ★★★★★

“Devastating and vital” Telegraph ★★★★★

“A masterpiece” BBC ★★★★★ 

Nominated for 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director (Jonathan Glazer)

Winner of 2 Academy Awards- Best International Feature and Best Sound

*In German with subtitles
Directed by Jonathan Glazer
With Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel,
1hrs 45 mins // UK 2023

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 27^th February – The Color Purple

The Color Purple centres around Celie’s painful but triumphant journey of self-realisation as she faces prejudice, abuse and sexual violence, eventually leaving her abusive husband for a romantic relationship with jazz singer, Shrug Avery and becomes an independent business woman.

This musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel, featuring jubilant and defiant songs in the face of challenging themes.

“A joy to watch” BBC ★★★★

Nominated for 1 Academy Award– Best Supporting Actress (Danielle Brooks)

N.B. This film is 2 hrs 20 mins so will finish at 3.40pm.

Peerless cook Eugenie (Juliette Binoche) has worked for the famous gourmet Dodin (Benoît Magimel) for the last 20 years. Bonding over a passion for gastronomy and mutual admiration, their relationship develops into romance and gives rise to delicious dishes that impress even the world’s most illustrious chefs. But Eugenie is fond of her freedom and has never wanted to marry Dodin.

So, he decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her. A delectable feast for the senses, The Taste of Things is a stunningly beautiful romance that simmers with emotion. The new film from acclaimed director Trần Anh Hùng, it will be an unmissable cinematic treat.

“Every frame is delectable” Little White Lies ★★★★★

“You’ll swear you can smell and taste every shot” Telegraph ★★★★

Times ★★★★ Empire ★★★★ Observer ★★★★

*In French subtitles
Directed by Trần Anh Hùng
With Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel
2hrs 15 mins // FRA 2023