Films around Cheltenham from 30 October 2021

By John MorrishOctober 30, 2021October 30, 2021 Films around Cheltenham Leave a comment

The Cineworlds New at the Cineworlds this week are Antlers (2021), Last Night in Soho (2021) and, from Friday, Spencer (2021). Antlers is directed by Scott Cooper, of whom I know nothing, and produced by Guillermo del Toro, who is, as we know, very good with special effects and prosthetics. It’s a horror about a… [continues]

Freeview films 30/10/21 to 5/11/21

By Film Cheltenham TeamOctober 29, 2021October 30, 2021 Freeview highlights Leave a comment

World Cinema Saturday (30/10) 21:00 Talking Pictures The Gods Must Be Crazy (1981). A South African – Botswanan comedy, which became the most commercially successful South African film up to that time and gained wider release. The farcical action revolves round a Coca Cola bottle dropped from a plane, a biologist and some guerrillas. Largely seen as a… [continues]

Hallowe’en Roundup

By Steve SasanowOctober 29, 2021October 29, 2021 Films of the Week, Uncategorized Leave a comment

(Films in bold are on television this weekend.) It’s almost Halloween, so it must be time for a few scary movies. But what is a scary movie? Is a movie that startles you scary – or does it just have good timing? Is what was scary 80 years ago still scary enough – or do modern filmmakers have… [continues]

Dune

By John MorrishOctober 23, 2021 Films of the Week Leave a comment

Dune (2021). Directed by Denis Villeneuve. English. 155m. Showing all over. There’s a whole story to be told about the various attempts at making films of Frank Herbert’s epic space opera, but I won’t go into that. Denis Villefranche is a good filmmaker, who has made some interesting films. But this is not one of… [continues]

Films around Cheltenham from 23 October

By John MorrishOctober 23, 2021October 30, 2021 Films around Cheltenham, Uncategorized Leave a comment

The Cineworlds I suppose the big event of the week in terms of mainstream cinema was the opening of Dune. I went to Cineworld Cheltenham on Thursday, which was the opening night, and saw it in 2D (nearly £12) at the 18:20 screening. The auditorium was only two-thirds full, despite the hype. The picture was… [continues]

Don’t Look Now

By John MorrishOctober 23, 2021October 23, 2021 Films of the Week Leave a comment

Don’t Look Now (1973). Directed by Nicholas Roeg, English, 110 minutes. BBC4, Thursday (28/10), 21:00. Situation Vacant: Favourite Film. For 40 years I’ve been telling people that my favourite film is Nic Roeg’s Don’t Look Now. Well, I watched it again the other night, and it is still an extraordinary piece of cinema, but I’m… [continues]

Freeview films 23/10/21 to 29/10/21

By Film Cheltenham TeamOctober 22, 2021October 23, 2021 Freeview highlights Leave a comment

World Cinema Sunday (24/10) 00:40 BBC2 The Age of Shadows (2016). Korean resistance fighters smuggle explosives from China to attack the occupying Japanese in Seoul in the 1920s. The first Korean film funded by Warner Bros. Hollywood loves a revolution, but only some revolutions. Never mind: the trailer suggests it… [continues]

Souad

By John MorrishOctober 16, 2021October 16, 2021 Films of the Week Leave a comment

The Guildhall had three barely-publicised showings of the Egyptian film Souad (2021), so I went across to have a look. It proved to be a very engaging and worthwhile feature, by the courageous female director Ayten Amin, who came to prominence with Tahrir 2011: The Good, The Bad and the Politician (2011), a documentary made… [continues]

Films around Cheltenham from 16 October

By John MorrishOctober 16, 2021 Films around Cheltenham Leave a comment

The Guildhall Well, I went over to The Guildhall this week (Thursday morning) to see Souad, which I have written about as a Film of The Week. There were four people in the audience. Two of them left during the film, leaving just Stephen Ilott and me. This is shame, because the seats are now… [continues]

Freeview films 16/10/21 to 23/10/21

By Film Cheltenham TeamOctober 16, 2021October 16, 2021 Freeview highlights Leave a comment

FILM OF THE WEEK I chose this week’s Film of the Week, Young Ahmed by the Dardenne brothers, before the news of the killing of the Tory MP. It couldn’t be more topical or apposite. The review is here. World Cinema Sunday (17/10) 01:10 BBC2 … [continues]