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February 2023 Screenings

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Petite Maman  (PG)
Thursday 9th February 2023, 8pm 


France, 2021, 73 mins​
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From the Director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire, this concise film will be sure to have you discussing it in the aisle or on the High Street as the credits rise.  

When her grandmother dies, Nelly returns to her mother’s childhood home to clear the contents.  Here she discovers a den being made in the woods by a girl her own age.  The fact that she is played by her real-life sibling and obvious twin, adds mystery to the story.  

​It is beautifully paced and straightforwardly presented, in fact so much so, you may think you have missed something at the end.  A tender tale of childhood grief, memory and connection with an interesting soundtrack, it will have you discussing it long after the event.

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NT Live: Othello  (12A)
Thursday 23rd February 2023, 7pm 


By William Shakespeare
Directed by Clint Dyer ​
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An extraordinary new production of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy, directed by Clint Dyer with a cast that includes Giles Terera (Hamilton), Rosy McEwean (The Alienist) and Paul Hilton (The Inheritance).
 
She’s a bright, headstrong daughter of a senator; elevated by her status but stifled by its expectations. He’s refugee of slavery; having risen to the top of a white world, he finds love across racial lines has a cost. 
 
Wed in secret, Desdemona and Othello crave a new life together. But as unseen forces conspire against them, they find their future is not theirs to decide.  
 
Othello is filmed live on the Lyttleton stage of the National Theatre. ​

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Limbo  (PG)
Friday 24th February 2023, 8pm 


UK, 2020, 104 mins​
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Limbo is a wry and poignant observation of the refugee experience, set on a fictional remote Scottish island where a group of new arrivals await the results of their asylum claims.  It centres on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by his grandfather's oud (musical instrument), which he has carried all the way from his homeland.

Director and writer Ben Sharrock spent time working for an NGO in refugee camps in southern Algeria and living in Damascus and there he formed a network of friends, whose personal stories inspired the film.  

It sounds like a hard watch, but it is actually rather humorous in an empathic way, acknowledging the bleakness of their existence and filmed in the ragged and beautiful west coast of Scotland.

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Brian and Charles  (PG)
Sunday 26th February 2023, 3pm 


UK, 2022, 91 mins​
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Brian and Charles follows Brian, a lonely inventor in rural Wales, who spends his days building quirky, unconventional contraptions that seldom work.

Undeterred by his lack of success, Brian attempts his biggest project yet. Three days, a washing machine, and various spare parts later, he's invented Charles, an artificially intelligent robot who learns English from a dictionary and has an obsession with cabbages.

​What follows is a humorous and entirely heart-warming story about friendship, family, finding love, and letting go.  Half-documentary, half parable it’s the perfect tonic for a February Sunday afternoon.

March​ 2023 Screenings

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NT LIVE: ​ Life of Pi  (TBC)
Thursday 30th March 2023, 7pm 


By Yann Martel, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti
Directed by Max Webster 
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Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel.
 
After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a 16-year-old boy named Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive?
 
Filmed live in London’s West End and featuring state-of-the-art visuals, the epic journey of endurance and hope is bought to life in a breath-taking new way for cinemas screens.

April​ 2023 Screenings

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NT LIVE: ​ Good  (TBC)
Thursday 20th April 2023, 7pm 


By C.P. Taylor
Directed by Dominic Cooke​
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David Tennant (Doctor Who) makes a much-anticipated return to the West End in a blistering reimagining of one of Britain’s most powerful, political plays.
 
As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.
 
Olivier Award-winner Dominic Cooke (Follies) directs C.P. Taylor’s timely tale, with a cast that also features Elliot Levey (Coriolanus) and Sharon Small (The Bay). Filmed live at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London.

May​ 2023 Screenings

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NT LIVE: ​ Best of Enemies  (TBC)
Thursday 18th May 2023, 7pm 


By James Graham
Directed by Jeremy Herrin
Inspired by the documentary by Morgan Neville & Robert Gordon​
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David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham’s (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama.
 
In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal.
 
During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation. As beliefs are challenged and slurs slung, a new frontier in American politics is opening and television news is about to be transformed forever.
 
Jeremy Herrin (All My Sons) directs this blistering political thriller, filmed live in London’s West End. 

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