THURSDAY 9
BATTLE OF THE SEXES (12A) | 2017 | 2h 1m | 11am DIRECTED BY | Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris STARRING | Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough In 1970, Billie Jean King and Gladys Heldman confront Jack Kramer, who has organized a tennis tournament where the top prize for women is one-eighth of the men’s prize, despite equal ticket sales. King and Heldman threaten to start their own tour but Kramer won’t alter the terms, citing the inferiority of women’s tennis. When Billie Jean, Julie Heldman, Valerie Ziegenfuss, Judy Dalton, Kristy Pigeon, Peaches Bartkowicz, Kerry Melville Reid, Nancy Richey, and Rosie Casals sign on as the “Original 9” players of what becomes the Virginia Slims Circuit, Kramer bans them from tournaments organized by the US Lawn Tennis Association.
SUNDAY 12
FREE SOLO (12A) | 1h 40m |..2pm DIRECTED BY | Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi STARRING | Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin A stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of the free soloist climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s most famous rock... the 3,000ft El Capitan in Yosemite National Park... without a rope. Celebrated as one of the greatest athletic feats of any kind, Honnold’s climb set the ultimate standard: perfection or death. Academy Award 2019 & BAFTA 2019 award for Best Documentary
THURSDAY 16
THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME (15) | 2018 | 1h 38m | 11am DIRECTED BY | Keith English STARRING | Tony Way, Mark Addy, Sheridan Smith Based on Jo Brand’s critically acclaimed novel of the same name, The More You Ignore Me is a warm, comedy drama focusing on the life of an unconventional family in 1980s rural England. The film focuses on Gina, a young mother, whose efforts to be a loving mother and wife are undermined by her declining mental health.
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