Event Type: Film

-Belle

Director: Amma Asante (UK, 2013) Certification: 12  | 1h 40 min | Drama, Romance | Language: English “Belle” is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of Admiral Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode).  Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) and his wife (Emily… Read more »

-Poly Styrene – I am a Cliché

Director: Celeste Bell, Paul Sng  (UK, 2020) Certification:  12A | 1h 29 min | Documentary | Language: English Poly Styrene was the first woman of colour in the UK to front a successful rock band. She introduced the world to a new sound of rebellion, using her unconventional voice to sing about identity, consumerism, postmodernism,… Read more »

-Secret Spitfires – Starry Eyes Performance Foundation

Secret Spitfires Film Screening hosted by Starry Eyes Performance FoundationSaturday 16th October – 2pm (doors open 1.30pm). The unknown story of hundreds of women, girls and a handful of men who built Spitfires in secret during WW2. This is a fundraiser for Alzheimer’s Support at £8 per ticket (to include cream tea). Pre film talk… Read more »

-Yuli

Director: Icíar Bollaín (Spain, Cuba, UK, Germany, 2018)Certification: 15  | 1h 55 min | Drama, Biography, Music | Language: Spanish with English subtitles The film follows Carlos Acosta – nicknamed Yuli by his father – from growing up on the streets of his native Cuba, through his time at the country’s National Dance School, to… Read more »

-The Secret Spitfires’ Charity Film Event

The Secret Spitfire Film is being shown here at the Town Hall on September 25th as a fundraiser for Alzheimer’s Support Tickets include the film screening, cream teas in the Old Court and a talk from a guest speaker. There will be a 1940’s theme, so be sure to dress up! To purchase tickets please email… Read more »

-Kusama – Infinity

Director: Heather Lenz (United States, 2018) Certification: 12 | 1h 17 min | Documentary | Language: English, Japanese | F-Rated Kusama – Infinity explores Yayoi Kusama’s fierce determination to become a world-renowned artist. Kusama was born into a conservative family in rural Japan and she made her way to America on the heels of WWII…. Read more »

-Judas and the Black Messiah

Director: Shaka King (United States, 2021)Certification: 15  | 2h 6 min | Drama, Biography | Language: English Chairman Fred Hampton was 21 years old when he was assassinated by the FBI, who coerced a petty criminal named William O’Neal to help them silence him and the Black Panther Party. But they could not kill Fred… Read more »

-The Wolves (Los Lobos)

Director: Samuel Kishi Leopo (México, 2019) Certification: Recommended 12A | 1h 35 min | Drama | Language: Spanish, English, Cantonese with English subtitles In search of a better life, Max and Leo are taken by their mother, Lucia, from Mexico to Albuquerque in the United States. While waiting for her to return from work, the… Read more »

-After Love

Director: Aleem Khan (United Kingdom, 2020) Certification: 12A | 1h 29 min | Drama | Language: English Veteran TV and film actress Joanna Scanlan (The Thick of It, Pin Cushion, How to Build a Girl) gives a quietly devastating performance as a woman exploring her late husband’s secrets in After Love, the arresting feature debut… Read more »

-Honeyland

Directors: Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov, Macedonia, 2019 Certification: 12 | 1h 29min | Documentary, Drama | F-Rated | Language: Turkish, Macedonian with English subtitles In a deserted Macedonian village, Hatidze, a 50-something woman, trudges up a hillside to check her bee colonies nestled in the rocks. Serenading them with a secret chant, she gently maneuvers… Read more »