Stockbridge Films
Stockbridge Town Hall reguarly shows films, details of which are below for each month. Tickets cost £6.00 and are on sale online via www.stockbridgecinema.org.uk or by free telephone call to TicketSource 0333 666 3366.
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Friday 18 September
7.30pm
A Private Life (Vie Privée) (15)
Dr Lilian Steiner, an American psychoanalyst in Paris, is devastated to learn that her client Paula has taken her own life. Or has she? Visits from Paula's furious widower, Simon, and taciturn daughter Valérie, along with the discovery that files have been stolen from Lilian's office, suggest that Paula may have fallen victim to foul play. Assisted by her ex-husband Gabriel, Lilian undertakes some amateur sleuthing. Her initial investigations prompt more questions than answers and a taut, intimate character study develops of a woman reckoning with the cost of keeping her history locked away. [In French with English subtitles]
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Wednesday 23 September
5.00pm and 7.30pm
The Christophers (15)
Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) is a once-renowned London painter whose fame has faded with age. In the 1990s, he completed two series of paintings called The Christophers, inspired by a former lover, but a third series remains unfinished. His estranged children hire Lori Butler (Michaela Coel), an art restorer and former forger, to pose as a prospective assistant in order to access eight unfinished canvases Julian has buried deep in storage. The plan is to complete them, then return them to storage, where they are to be "discovered" upon Julian's death for the benefit of their inheritance. As Lori embeds herself in Sklar’s world, their uneasy relationship exposes buried regrets, simmering family tensions, and the moral cost of forging a legacy.
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Showing at Stockbridge Town Hall SO20 6HE. Tickets £6.00 on sale online via www.stockbridgecinema.org.uk or by free telephone call to TicketSource 0333 666 3366. Please visit our website for full details of all films.
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Friday 16 October
7.30pm
The Secret Agent (15)
In 1977, in a Brazil still torn apart by military dictatorship, the story of Marcelo comes to life. A forty-year-old teacher who, leaving behind a troubled past, arrives in the city of Recife hoping to build a new life and reconnect with his family. Upon arriving, he quickly realizes that the new city is very different from the idyllic refuge he hoped to find. A tense and gripping tale of surveillance, paranoia, and the shadows of power. Nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s anarchic political thriller stars Wagner Moura in a risky cat-and-mouse hunt. Mixing taut suspense with sly absurdism, this epoch-defining marvel reconstructs memories of the Brazilian military dictatorship in vivid colours. [In Portuguese with English subtitles]
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Wednesday 21 October
5.00pm and 7.30pm
My Mother's Wedding(15)
Heartfelt and funny, the film follows three sisters who return to their childhood home for a momentous weekend: the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother, Diana Frost (Kristin Scott Thomas). The three daughters are from vastly different walks of life: Katherine (Scarlett Johansson) is a Captain in the Royal Navy; Victoria (Sienna Miller) is a Hollywood star; and Georgina (Emily Beecham) is a hospice nurse. Over the weekend, the family gathers to celebrate the new marriage, but mother and daughters alike are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, all with help from a colourful group of unexpected wedding guests.
[Information common to both films]
Showing at Stockbridge Town Hall SO20 6HE. Tickets £6.00 on sale online via www.stockbridgecinema.org.uk or by free telephone call to TicketSource 0333 666 3366. Please visit our website for full details of all films.
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Friday 6 November
7.30pm
The Love That Remains(15)
Anna, an artist, and Magnús, a fisherman, live with their three children and charismatic sheepdog in the quiet grandeur of the Icelandic countryside. As the fractures in their marriage come to the surface, the couple try to hold onto the afterimages of a life together and make sense of a deep and lingering devotion. Filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason brings surprising humour and emotional weight to this gorgeous, intimate, and brilliantly expansive scenes from a marriage, amidst the majestic backdrop of the changing seasons. [In Icelandic, French and English with English subtitles]
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Wednesday 11 November
4.45pm and 7.30pm
Tuner (15)
Leo Woodall stars as a gifted young piano tuner whose heightened sense of hearing draws the attention of criminals, who see his talents as useful for opening safes as well as for tuning Steinways. With his once-promising musical career over, he works across New York with his mentor Harry Horowitz (Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman), encountering a range of characters, including composition student Ruthie, with whom he forges an unexpected connection. Niki's safecracking work threatens his budding romance with Ruthie and pulls him into increasingly dangerous territory. Blending romance, drama, and the taut suspense of a heist thriller.
[Information common to both films]
Showing at Stockbridge Town Hall SO20 6HE. Tickets £6.00 on sale online via www.stockbridgecinema.org.uk or by free telephone call to TicketSource 0333 666 3366. Please visit our website for full details of all films.