World Cinema Saturday (25/6)        22:30   BBC2                Borg vs. McEnroe (2017). A rather good dramatisation of the rivalry between the two tennis greats of the 1980s, with excellent performances by Sverrir Gudnason and Shia LaBeouf in the title roles. I like Shia, especially since The Peanut Butter Falcon, one of my favourite modern films. (JM) Monday… [continues]

Sensible previews by PW. Sarcastic asides by JM. The Roses It’s another varied week at The Roses in Tewkesbury, starting with The Drover’s Wife, an Australian ‘Western’ starring Leah Purcell, who also wrote and directed it. Molly Johnson (pictured) is heavily pregnant and trying to run the remote family farm and look after her family,… [continues]

The Roses There is a variety of films at the Roses this week. Top Gun: Maverick gets a final screening on Tuesday but for genuine aviation history there is Lancaster, a documentary directed by David Fairhead. As the title indicates the film tells the story of the Lancaster Bomber and its role in WWII, through… [continues]

The Cineworlds The Cineworlds have Jurassic World: Dominion all week. It’s a franchise, so you know what you are getting, although why you’d want it remains a mystery. Newsflash: increasingly, you don’t. Our picture shows actress Bryce Dallas Howard up to her neck in slime and at the mercy of brutal and atavistic monsters who… [continues]

The Cineworlds I got it wrong last week: Minions: the Rise of Gru doesn’t start until July 1st. My apologies for that.  If (and it’s quite a big if) I have navigated the Cineworld website successfully this week it seems like more of the same, with the only new film at Cheltenham being Jurassic World… [continues]

CIFF Cheltenham International Film Festival moves into its second week, again showing lots of films you won’t be able to see anywhere else. Today (Sunday) we have three films, including a free screening of The Crying Game, with producer Steve Woolley in attendance (it says here). 16:00 • Parabola Arts Centre • Notes on a… [continues]

Cheltenham International Film Festival Never mind “around “Cheltenham, the big news this week is the opening of the Cheltenham International Film Festival, which opens on Monday evening at the Playhouse with The Good Boss, a Spanish comedy directed by Fernando Alon de Aranoa and starring the magnificent Javier Bardem. There are probably more international films… [continues]

All written by Pamela Weaver this week, except where stated, and with an added soupçon of sarcasm by JM (of course). The Cineworlds Cheltenham and Gloucester both continue to screen Downton, Mincemeat, Dr Strange, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Fantastic Beasts and Everything Everywhere All at Once. Sarkaru Vaari Paata continues in Cheltenham. There are three… [continues]

Cheltenham Film Society You have to be a member. Now I’ve made that clear, I should tell you that tomorrow there is the event to celebrate the society’s 75th birthday. You have to be a member. You can’t even go as a guest. There are three excellent films at the Playhouse (Emil & the Detectives,… [continues]

The Roses Here all week – it’s Downton Abbey: A New Era. Posh people in posh frocks go to the French Riviera with a retinue of faithful lackeys who Know Their Place. (PW) Click here to see the full Roses film programme for May, apart from Downton. Newsflash: there isn’t much of it. The Guildhall… [continues]

The Roses On Monday there is the first screening of The Outfit, a crime thriller directed and co-written by Graham Moore. It is set in 1950s Chicago, starring Mark Rylance (again) as a tailor who makes stylish suits for the local mobsters, allowing them to use his premises for a spot of money laundering. The… [continues]