21 Jan 2008 Director: Richard Eyre UK 2006 92 min Barbara Covet (Dame Judi Dench) is a veteran school teacher. She lives a lonely existence with only her ageing cat, Portia, for company. To stave off her Isolation she writes journal in which she acerbically and cynically observes those around her. When young and attractive… Continue reading Notes On A Scandal
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Summer
31 Mar 2010 Director: Kenneth Glenaan UK, Germany 2008 88 min Shaun and Daz are inseparable kids who spend the summer bunking off from school, racing bikes and going down to the river with Katy, Shaun’s first love. Shaun comes up against the education system in a battle he will lose and, branded a violent… Continue reading Summer
In Prison My Whole Life
20 Jan 2010 UK, USA 2007 90 min Director: Marc Evans William Francome was born on the 9th of December 1981 in London during a snow storm. At almost exactly the same time a Police officer was shot dead in Philadelphia. A prominent political activist and journalist was arrested at the same time. This man,… Continue reading In Prison My Whole Life
Dean Spanley
16 Dec 2009 New Zealand, UK 2008 100 min Director: Toa Fraser In Edwardian England of a 1904, Henslowe Fisk and his father Horatio attend a lecture on reincarnation given by the Swami Nala Prash. There they meet Dean Spanley from the colonies. Henslowe, after coincidental encounters with Spanley, begins a series of dinners with… Continue reading Dean Spanley
Shadow Dancer
27 Feb 2013 Director: James Marsh UK 2012 101 min This taut and pacey 90s-set thriller is carried along almost singlehandedly by the performance of Andrea Riseborough, who manages to come across as both vulnerable and utterly resolute. She plays IRA activist Colette, coerced by MI5 officer Mac (Clive Owen) into turning on her Belfast… Continue reading Shadow Dancer
Village at the End of The World
20 Nov 2013 Director: Sarah Gavron UK, Denmark, Greenland 2012 82 min What would you do if you were 16, lived in the most remote village in the world and were the only teenager? What would you do if your biological father lived next door, yet never acknowledged your existence? Lars is surprisingly upbeat about… Continue reading Village at the End of The World
L’llusionniste
The Illusionist 18 Dec 2013 Director: Sylvain Chomet UK, France 2010 80 min Monsieur Tatischeff is an artisan illusionist trying to eke out a living at the end of the dying vaudeville era. While performing at a pub in the Scottish Highlands, he meets a simple young woman who is enthralled by his magic. She… Continue reading L’llusionniste
Lovesong
19 Feb 2014 Directors: Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett UK 2012 90 min Digital Theatre presents Frantic Assembly‘s critically acclaimed production of Abi Morgan’s Lovesong. This is a departure from our normal screenings and a rare opportunity to see the play, Lovesong, on the big screen.The production is a visual and emotional feast following a… Continue reading Lovesong
Me and Orson Welles
18 Jan 2012 Director: Richard Linklater UK 2008 114 min A hugely entertaining backstage drama from cult US film-maker Linklater, this is far more than a vehicle for teen heartthrob Zac Efron. Indeed the film belongs to previously unknown Christian McKay as Welles, in a performance that is part impression, part possession from beyond the… Continue reading Me and Orson Welles
Don’t Look Now
21 Oct 1987 Director: Nicholas Roeg UK, Italy 1973 110 min A powerful and visually dazzling film, starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie.