10 Jan 1996 Director: Nicholas Hytner UK, USA 1994 110 min Re-titled from the play The Madness of George III (so Americans would not ask to see I and II), this film is an ebullient tragic-comedy adapted by Alan Bennett from his own stage play. It is a ribald romp through the royal courtyards of… Continue reading Madness Of King George
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Leon The Pig Farmer
7 Feb 1996 Directors: Vadim Jean & Gary Sinyor UK 1992 104 min Leon Geller, following problems at work resigns his job as an estate agent. He begins two love affairs, one with a gentile who loves him because he is Jewish, and the other with a local Jewish girl. Whilst working for his mother… Continue reading Leon The Pig Farmer
Antonia’s Line
26 Nov 1997 Director: Marleen Gorris Belgium, Netherlands, UK 1995 105 min A drama/comedy about a matriarchy founded by an unusual woman named Antonia, who returning to her village after World War Two takes up residence with her daughter and over the 50 years the film spans, raises an extended family. A warm engaging film… Continue reading Antonia’s Line
Career Girls
21 Oct 1998 Director: Mike Leigh UK 1997 87 min Annie (Lynda Steadman) reconnects with an old college friend, Hannah (Katrin Cartlidge); whom she has not seen since leaving university. They spend a weekend together during which Annie recalls her student days, portrayed by a series of flashbacks. During their reunion they encounter faces from… Continue reading Career Girls
TwentyFourSeven
02 Dec 1998 Director: Shane Meadows UK 1997 96 min 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Filmed emotively in black and white and full of beautiful landscapes and visual imagery. An evocative sound track accompanies the story. Our Hero is Darcy (Bob Hoskins at his best), a flawed modern day saint, who is… Continue reading TwentyFourSeven
Men Who Sing
30 March 2022 UK 2021 Director: Dylan Williams This humorous and melancholic portrait of a male voice choir in North East Wales begins with filmmaker Merf’s father, Ed, a 90-year-old widower, selling the family home and making early arrangements for his own funeral. Weekly practice is his last remaining solace but, with an average age… Continue reading Men Who Sing
Limbo
16 March 2022 UK 2020 Director: Ben Sharrock Ben Sharrock’s deadpan comedy-drama brings a completely fresh perspective to the life of a migrant. On Scotland’s remote Uist Islands, surrounded by gale-force winds and stormy seas, gifted musician Omar (Amir El-Masry) and his fellow Syrian asylum seekers endure puzzling cultural-awareness lessons from an oddball pair of… Continue reading Limbo
La Cha Cha
16 February 2022 UK 2020 Director: Kevin Allen La Cha Cha is an outrageous comedy set at a campsite on the Gower Peninsula. The story follows the mild-mannered Solti Buttering’s (Liam Hourican) quest to scatter his grandfather’s ashes. Failing to find any campsites open during lockdown, Solti seeks refuge in the La Cha Cha where… Continue reading La Cha Cha
Mr Jones
05 January 2022 Poland/UK/Ukraine 2019 Director: Agnieszka Holland Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland tells the extraordinary story of the real-life Welsh journalist who uncovered Stalin’s genocidal famine in Ukraine. Almost 10 million were killed during what became known as The Holodomor of 1932 and 1933. Gareth Jones gained fame, in 1933, from being the first foreign… Continue reading Mr Jones
One Way to Denmark
15 December 2021 UK 2019 Director: Adrian Shergold In this heart-warming comedy, Herb, a down on his luck Welshman played by Rafe Spall, hatches a far-fetched plan to better his life. Herb’s life is a mess. He’s lost his social benefits, can’t hold a job,can’t talk to his son, has a neighbour who won’t shut… Continue reading One Way to Denmark