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Recommends Contents ith International Women’s Day falling in this issue’s on-shelf date, it’s fitting that we have two such strong women gracing our front covers.

Isabelle Huppert and Scarlett Johansson are actresses at the top of their game and put in incredible performances in a couple of very

different films: Ira Sachs’ family drama, Frankie, and the first solo outing for Marvel’s super-spy, Black Widow. Those two roles could

02 Black Widow

not be more different but are both equally worthy of your attention.

04 The Talking Point:

Tales Of The Unexpected

vanguard, both new and more established – from Proxima’s

06 Coming Soon

up-and-coming director Alice Winocour, to the Bond franchise’s

08 The Big Interview:

Eva Green

formidable producer Barbara Broccoli. There’s also an exclusive in-depth interview with Eva Green, in which she talks astronaut training and her fear of heights.

There are also some fantastic films from female directors, including the deliciously controversial Misbehaviour from Philippa Lowthorpe; Sarah Gavron’s dynamic Rocks, about an east London girlhood; and Emerald Fennell’s directing debut, Promising Young Woman, with a you-cannot-miss-it turn by Carey Mulligan. Every day is International Women’s Day at Picturehouse, so enjoy the issue.

12 Bluffer’s Guide To...

James Bond 14 Introducing...

Alice Winocour

PREVIEWS 18 Les Misérables 20 Saint Maud

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This issue we also feature many more of cinema’s female

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30 No Time To Die 32 Frankie 34 Promising Young Woman 36 Antlers 38 Rocks 40 The Secret Garden 42 Mulan 44 The Woman In The Window 46 Dream Horse 50 Hall Of Fame:

Michael G. Wilson and

Barbara Broccoli 53 Well Crafted 54 The Top Ten:

Isabelle Huppert Films 56 Staff Reviews

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BLACK WIDOW DIRECTOR CATE SHORTLAND

CERTIFICATE TBC RUNNING TIME 93 MINS

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RELEASE DATE 1 MAY

STARRING SCARLETT JOHANSSON, RACHEL WEISZ, FLORENCE PUGH, DAVID HARBOUR

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AFTER THE HUGE

have been happy to let that

before-seen roles, David

SUCCESS OF AVENGERS:

be it. So there had to be a

Harbour, Rachel Weisz and

ENDGAME, THE MARVEL

reason to do it other than

Florence Pugh star as faces

CINEMATIC UNIVERSE

just to milk something.”

from Romanoff’s past. Newly

Set after Captain

anointed Oscar nominee

WITH BLACK WIDOW.

America: Civil War but

Pugh plays Yelena – or “Sis”,

As one of the few remaining

before the climactic events

as Natasha calls her in the

Avengers not to get her

of Endgame, Black Widow

trailer – and Hollywood

own solo outing, it feels

follows Natasha Romanoff

heavyweight Weisz drops in

natural that the superspy is

(Johansson) as she

as Melina, complete with

the next to strike out on her

discovers a dangerous

thick Russian accent.

own, but only, says Scarlett

conspiracy with ties to her

Stranger Things’ Harbour

Johansson, if it makes sense

chequered past. At a young

pops up as comic-book

to do so.

age, she was indoctrinated

favourite The Red Guardian

by the Red Room, a Russian

– or Alexei to his friends.

“I did not want it to be an origin story,” the MCU

training programme that

veteran told Vanity Fair.

took young girls and turned

Marvel stable is Australian

“I did not want it to be an

them into lethal undercover

director Cate Shortland,

espionage story. I didn’t

assassins. Now, the secret

who’s helming her first

want it to feel superficial

agent must confront her

superhero flick after

at all. I only wanted to do

shadowy beginnings and

spending the early part of

Another addition to the

her career stockpiling indie

what tempted her out of the arthouse and into the multiplex. “Natasha has so many secrets and she’s got so much vulnerability and that’s what makes her such a great heroine,” Shortland

deal with the broken

understand her past and

with that character. I had

relationships she cast aside,

she gets to put all the pieces

spent such a long time

all while being pursued by

of herself together and

peeling those layers away –

an unknown force that

come out a whole person.”

was no reason to make it.

Luckily for her,

2 combat styles, including karate, judo, kung fu and wrestling.

3 Whether we learn more about what happened in Budapest ­remains to be seen, but ­Johansson says, “I’m looking to wipe out some of that red in my ledger so you guys will be seeing more of that.”

Black Widow is shaping up to be the perfect action-packed thriller to

Because I did my job in

Romanoff is joined by some

kick-start Marvel’s new

Endgame and actually felt

old friends to help her along

wave of superhero stories.

satisfied with that. I would

the way. In three never-

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her introduction in Iron Man 2.

said. “In this film we get to

it if it actually fit where I was

will stop at nothing to bring

is being released 10 years since

Natasha Romanoff boasts

last year, Shortland revealed

her down.

Natasha Romanoff. Black Widow

­extensive training in various

At San Diego Comic Con

something deep, then there

This will be the ninth time Scarlett Johansson has played

budget dramas (World War mystery Berlin Syndrome).

I felt that unless we got to

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creds as an auteur of small II romance Lore; horror

“Black Widow is shaping up to be the perfect action-packed thriller to kick-start Marvel’s new wave of superhero stories”

IN THE KNOW

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ENTERS A NEW PHASE

Alex Flood

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THE TALKING

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POINT

Tales Of The Unexpected Friday night just got a whole lot more fun, with the Surprise Film making its triumphant return to Picturehouse screens. We find out why it’s proving such to be such a hit with cinemagoers....

WHERE ELSE CAN YOU SPEND A FIVER AND ENJOY SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW AND UNEXPECTED? That’s the rationale behind one of Picturehouse’s biggest successes of recent months, the Surprise Film, which has to date shown everything from Knives Out to The Farewell, to a wildly enthusiastic response.

“They are always previews, and they are always different,” explains Carol McKay, programming director for Picturehouse, on the Friday night phenomenon that’s wowed audiences across the UK. “Once people are there, they are committed. It’s an exciting event.

Ed Gibbs

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And it’s always something they may otherwise have not seen.”

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nearly a decade, and knows exactly

shared experience, adds Matt Smith,

what works (and what doesn’t).

co-head of theatrical at Lionsgate

When the summer months were

Films, whose recent hits include

beginning to look a little dry last

Knives Out and The Personal History

year, the answer seemed obvious:

Of David Copperfield. “Everyone’s on

have some fun, and keep the ticket

the same side,” he says. “All the seats

price as low as you can. Which is

are facing in the same direction. It’s

why it’s just £5 for members and £8

something you can’t get at home.

for non-members, allowing as wide

It’s like the camaraderie you have

an audience as possible to access

at a concert. We know how much

the sessions.

Picturehouse cinemagoers appreciate

“We initially asked people to try

a good film. They’re very much film

and name the movie, revealing just

fans. When we have a film that’s a

the running time. Now, we have to

crowd-pleaser, a five-star film, there’s

keep that a secret as well, as some

nothing better than getting it out there

were guessing the movie too

in front of the people. A great film

quickly!” she says. “But the ethos

speaks for itself.”

remains the same. Always have

By their very nature, all Surprise

really entertaining films that

Films remain shrouded in secrecy,

everyone can enjoy.”

which adds to the magic and avoids

One of Carol’s colleagues, Paul

“By their very nature, all Surprise Films remain shrouded in secrecy, which adds to the magic and avoids any plot spoilers”

The key to the success of Picturehouse’s Surprise Film is its

any plot spoilers. Matt is particularly

Ridd, who is busily programming

excited about some of the big films

the Sundance London festival

he is releasing this year – including

for Picturehouse in June, agrees.

Ironbark, starring Benedict

Sundance London’s Surprise

Cumberbatch, and The Father, starring

Film, which plays on the last

Anthony Hopkins, which both

Sunday of the festival each year,

premiered at Sundance this year –

is always packed.

plus there’s a double whammy of

“It’s one of the first things to sell

blockbusters due over the summer

out,” he says. “It has to have broad

(Top Gun: Maverick and Wonder

appeal – we don’t want anything

Woman 1984) already generating

violent. Last year, we had Greener

heaps of buzz.

Grass, an excellent, surrealist,

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Carol has headed up the Picturehouse programming team for

The year ahead looks full of great

Stepford Wives-type film, which we

films – and with them, a slew of

saw at Sundance and really loved.

surprises worth getting seriously

We were able to bring over the two

excited about. “I love going to the

female writer-directors as well,

cinema,” Matt says. “When the lights

which was great. Patti Cakes was

go down, it’s just fantastic. There is

another one that worked really well.

nothing quite like it.”

It’s those zany, quality US indies –

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dramas, comedies or documentaries

Please check listings at your local

– that audiences really love.”

cinema for the next Surprise Film

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COMING

SOON

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TENET DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN S TA R R I N G J O H N D AV I D WA S H I N G T O N, R O B E R T PAT T I N S O N, ELIZABETH DEBICKI R E L E A S E DAT E 1 7 J U LY

HOW IMPENETRABLE IS THE

operatives seem to have found a

VEIL OF SECRECY AROUND

way to use time travel to combat

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S LATEST

world-imperilling threats. “We’re

BLOCKBUSTER? Just ask Robert

jumping off from the point of view

Pattinson, who was only permitted

of an espionage film, but we’re going

to read its script inside a locked-tight

to a number of different places,”

room. It was a price worth paying for

reveals Nolan himself, who calls

the Twilight star, who says what he

Tenet, “the most ambitious film we

read that day was “unreal”. Nolan,

have ever made”.

he continues, “seems like the only director now who can do what

genres in a hopefully exciting and

is essentially a very personal,

fresh way,” continues the filmmaker,

independent movie that has huge

who shot it in India, Estonia and five

scale.” It’s an opinion shared by his

other countries. “We’ve put together

Tenet co-star Aaron Taylor-Johnson,

a lot of large-scale productions, but

who applauds the Dunkirk director

this is certainly the biggest in terms

for “trying to push the boundaries of

of international reach.”

cinema”. “It was a real honour and

With a cast that is top-lined by

pleasure to be in his presence,” said

BlacKkKlansman’s John David

the actor last year. “But to be honest,

Washington and Widows’ Elizabeth

there’s nothing else I can really say

Debicki, and which includes Sir

about it.”

Kenneth Branagh, Yesterday’s

So what do we know about

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“We’re crossing a few different

Himesh Patel and Nolan regular Sir

Nolan’s palindromic puzzler?

Michael Caine, Tenet looks set to be

According to its distributor, it’s “an

another winner from one of Britain’s

action epic evolving from the world

most unpredictable auteurs.

of international espionage”, in

Inception, it would appear, was

which an elite task force of shadowy

only the beginning.

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BABYTEETH DIRECTOR SHANNON MURPHY S TA R R I N G E L I Z A S C A N L E N, B E N M E N D E L S O H N, E S S I E D AV I S R E L E A S E DAT E TBC

in her native Australia,

Henry and Anna (Ben

and London Film Festivals,

SCANLEN AS BETH

Shannon Murphy’s debut

Mendelsohn and Essie Davis),

Babyteeth offers a funny and

MARCH IN LITTLE

feature tells of Milla, a

who have enough on their

bracingly unsentimental

WOMEN, catch her playing

seriously ill teenager who falls

plates without Moses (Toby

portrait of growing up that will

another talented musician

for a tearaway from the wrong

Wallace) making things

send you home determined

with health issues in this

side of the tracks. That’s not

harder. Received to great

to seize the day as zestily as its

emotional family drama. Shot

music to the ears of parents

acclaim at last year’s Venice

free-spirited heroine.

TOP GUN: MAVERICK

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IF YOU LOVED ELIZA

DIRECTOR J O S E P H KO S I N S K I S TA R R I N G TOM CRUISE, J E N N I F E R C O N N E L LY, MILES TELLER MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE FILMS

and mentor to Bradley “Rooster”

APART, TOM CRUISE HAS

Bradshaw (Miles Teller), the son

LARGELY STEERED CLEAR OF

of his late flying partner, Goose.

SEQUELS. So it’s a big deal that he’s

Time, though, hasn’t relieved

returning to one of his most

Maverick of his need for speed –

celebrated characters, Pete

something he will get a lot of, if

“Maverick” Mitchell, in this eagerly

the awesome aerial sequences

awaited follow-up to his 1986

we saw in the trailer are anything

megahit. Picking up the action 34

to go by. Jennifer Connelly and

years on, Joseph Kosinski’s “love

Ed Harris also appear, and Val

letter to aviation” sees Cruise’s

Kilmer returns as Tom “Iceman”

ageing hot-shot become instructor

Kazansky.

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WITH HER PIERCING GREEN EYES,

shapeshifting lady in Miss Peregrine’s

BLACK HAIR AND STATUESQUE

Home For Peculiar Children (2016);

What first attracted you to this project?

PHYSIQUE, French actress Eva Green

and a beguiling trapeze artist in

It was mostly the very powerful love

could be a superior being from

Dumbo (2019).

story between a mother and her

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another planet. In reality, she is simply

It’s a shift of gears for her

daughter, which really moved me

a really great human. Daughter of

performance in Proxima, in which she

when I read the script. I also loved the

celebrated French actress Marlène

plays Sarah, a French astronaut about

character of Sarah, who is torn

Jobert, Green quickly made a name

to fulfil her dream of going to space. In

between her passion as an astronaut

for herself, first on the stage then on

her case, leaving the planet for a year

and her love for her daughter.

the big screen, starting with her film

also means leaving her young

And of course, the idea of playing an

debut in Bernardo Bertolucci’s The

daughter, Stella. Through the story of

astronaut was always kind of a fantasy.

Dreamers in 2003. Her eclectic and

this mother, French writer-director

international career since then has

Alice Winocour explores the dark side

established her as a world-renowned

of space travel – not the awesome

Did you always dream of going to space?

femme fatale, playing Bond girl Vesper

discoveries yet to be made among the

I really loved the fact that it was taking

Lynd in Casino Royale (2006) and the

stars, but the life, people and things

place in the world of astronauts, which

titular dame in Sin City: A Dame To Kill

that astronauts, in their exploration

is a universe I didn’t know at all. I knew

For (2014), but her otherworldly looks

of the unknown, leave behind. The

this film would give me an

have also seen her go through the

violence of pulling away from the

opportunity to discover it, but

looking glass and into the world of

Earth’s gravitational pull finds an eerie

regarding space travel, I am someone

fantasy. Few actors can appear so

echo in Sarah’s trauma at tearing away

who suffers from vertigo in everyday

convincingly witch-like or magical,

from her child, but the raw power of

life, so it isn’t something I seek out!

as Tim Burton has demonstrated in

the space rocket is also mirrored in

Actually, this film really gave me the

no fewer than three films with Green:

this mother’s drive and in her

opportunity to realise just how brave

she played a vengeful witch in

determination not to let guilt get the

astronauts are. They are like

Dark Shadows (2012); the leading

better of her.

superheroes: they’re ready to sacrifice

THE BIG

INTERVIEW

EVA GREEN The French actress heads into space for Proxima. In this exclusive interview she talks astronaut training and her fear of heights…

Interview – Elena Lazic

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themselves for science, they go beyond their own limits, they have incredible physical and intellectual abilities.

You mention the idea of sacrifice. It is at the centre of the film, with Sarah trying not to sacrifice her daughter for her passion, and vice versa.

I think the story echoes the reality of many women. I don’t know if the film gives an answer on how to do it all, but its message is definitely one that seeks to encourage women to pursue their dreams, even if it means going up against conventions and societal expectations. Being an astronaut and having children at the same time are very hard things to conciliate; you need very strong support from your family. The burden of guilt is very present in the film,

being a cinema actor, you get the

and I’m sure men experience it too, but

opportunity to travel far away and to

there’s something almost animal and primal

discover places that are a bit forbidden or

about it for women. It’s hard not to be

hidden. It really was quite magical.

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worried all the time.

Were you already familiar with the films of Alice Winocour?

I had seen Augustine (2012) at the cinema.

I remember being very surprised because although it was a feature debut, it was very powerful. I had also seen Disorder (2015) and I liked what she was doing. You could tell she was somebody who was interested in extreme situations and who liked to explore rather complex characters. Once I read the script, I didn’t hesitate one second to become part of this adventure.

The film has a very international cast and you were filming in real training facilities in very remote places, and therefore all had to stay together for long periods of time. How was that?

It was great. When we go to places that are

“This film really gave me the opportunity to realise just how brave astronauts are. They are like superheroes”

Your character, Sarah, is put through intense physical training in the film.

What was the most difficult part of the shoot for you?

I couldn’t go on any of the machines that spin you around – that is a real phobia.

So I didn’t go in the centrifuge, but I had a few training sessions with real trainers from the Russian training station, and that was very, very hard because I knew nothing at all about any of it, so they were getting a little mad at me! Otherwise, I was always in a state of great admiration. In Cologne, the astronauts and trainers explained to us some of the manoeuvres they do, and I’m not someone who is good at thinking logically or mathematically like this at all.

I don’t know how they do it. They’re very strong physically and they have the mental strength of warriors.

quite far away like this, the whole team gets it creates a very warm and welcoming

How did it feel to meet and work with real astronauts?

atmosphere. I really loved it, especially

I had the chance to meet Samantha

going to Kazakhstan. It’s one of the joys of

Cristoforetti, Thomas Pesquet, Luca

closer together. We all support each other,

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rehearsals, even with adult actors. Arriving on the first day without having really met or discussed things with the others never feels comfortable. Here, getting to know Zélie was really helpful, especially since we played a mother and a daughter and therefore really had to make that relationship believable.

We are both rather shy, so it was good that we had this time to get used to each other.

We played games together, we rehearsed some scenes... Alice is a perfectionist, she is 11

very demanding in a good way and very sensitive. It’s always great to work with Parmitano… It was a real honour to be with them and to talk with them a little. It makes you realise just how passionate they are.

Clockwise from far left: Proxima, Casino Royale, Dumbo, Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children

people like her who want to help you deliver your best work.

I saw the ending at the festival in San

Alice films the bodies of all the astronauts, but especially yours, as vulnerable envelopes that are pushed to their limit by the training.

Sebastián – I don’t like to see myself on

What’s really interesting as well is the

screen – and the public was so generous.

wound Sarah has in the film, on her leg. It is

Maybe it was a Spanish thing, but it was

there in parallel with her psychological

incredibly emotional. When we left the

pain, and it shows that the body is

theatre, people were screaming like we

extremely precious. If her body isn’t 100%

were rock stars! Zélie (Boulant-Lemesle,

healthy, she may not be able to leave for the

who plays Sarah’s daughter Stella) and Alice

mission. The moments when we see flesh

(Winocour) were with me, and it was very

and bodies show the vulnerable side of

powerful. I had never experienced this at

people, their human shell. When you see

a screening before. It was very moving.

that, then you see me in the spacesuit…

Have you seen the film with an audience?

Alice often says that astronauts are like

How did you work with Zélie BoulantLemesle to create the relationship between Sarah and her daughter?

mutants, that it’s as if they are in transition between the human and the machine, stretching their limits.

We had some rehearsals with Alice early on, before shooting. It’s always a luxury to have

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That’s a bit harsh.

Well, Damon was promoting a Bourne film at the time.

What did Ian Fleming think of the films?

Sadly Fleming only lived to see three of Bond’s big-screen outings, but perhaps this was a blessing in disguise. “Dreadful, simply dreadful,” is reported to have been his verdict on Dr. No.

What’s his enduring appeal?

James Bond

It’s been five years since Ian Fleming’s creation was last on the big screen, so it’s time for an MI6-style briefing on all things James Bond...

So, who is this 007 anyway?

Sex, violence and booze. Pierce Brosnan is the deadliest Bond, having killed 135 unfortunate goons over four films. Roger Moore is the sexiest 007, statistically speaking, with 17 romantic conquests over seven films, but Daniel Craig is the booziest Bond, having downed 85 units of alcohol over his current four films.

We thought Craig said he’d never do another.

You’re kidding.

He did. “I’d rather break this glass and slash

Yeah. Big fan. I assume he has returned?

Indeed he has. No Time To Die, the 25th big-screen outing for the legendary

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my wrists. I’m over it at the moment. We’re

Casino Royale 2006

done. All I want to do is move on,” he told Time Out in 2015.

super-spy (and the fifth with Daniel Craig

So why the change of heart?

in the tux), hits cinemas on 2 April.

Craig felt there was unfinished business hanging over the character. “I think I was

So this crazy idea of turning Ian Fleming’s novels into blockbuster films has turned out to be a winner then?

ready to go,” he told Empire magazine. “But somehow it felt like we needed to finish

Live And Let Die 1973

You could say that. Over the course of

something off. If I’d left it at Spectre, something at the back of my head would have been going, ‘I wish I’d done one more.’”

24 films – starting with Dr. No in 1962 – the Bond films have made more than

Who’s the best Bond?

$16 billion, adjusted for inflation, at the

Until Craig took over the role, there was only one answer, and it was, obviously, Sean

global box office. The biggest moneymaker was Skyfall, Craig’s third in the role, which made $1.2 billion in 2012.

Goldfinger 1964

Connery, but Craig’s gritty, psychologically more complex take on the role has rapidly established him for many as the primo

So he’s a universally loved character?

double-0. Even Roger Moore threw his

Not quite. “An imperialist and a misogynist

weight behind Craig. He wrote, “You believe

and he laughs at killing people, and he sits

he is a killer, you believe he’d win a fight, but

there slugging martinis,” was Matt Damon’s

there’s also a slight vulnerability that brings

assessment back in 2016.

an added realism.”

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it would be like putting four elephants on your chest! It’s already difficult for astronauts; it’s nearly impossible for other people. So for things like that it was special effects, and in the swimming pool training scene we had a real astronaut because the spacesuit is so heavy – 150kg – so she couldn’t have done it, but she did do a lot of protocols. What you see in the movie are the real protocols astronauts use.”

On Eva Green’s dedication to the role…

“She really immersed herself in the part. We met many female astronauts together, and she underwent tough training to have the body of an astronaut. Eva was kind of like an Amazon. She was a different kind of mother that you don’t usually see in films because

Alice Winocour Who?

it’s something more traditionally maternal, but I think there are many different ways to be a mother in this world.”

Alice Winocour is the French writer/director

On the difficulties of casting children…

behind Proxima, a drama about a French

“I saw 300 girls while auditioning for the part

astronaut (Eva Green) reconciling her

– it was a long process. It was important,

commitment to an upcoming mission to space

though. At first I wanted my own daughter

with the impending separation from her daughter (Zélie Boulant-Lemesle). It’s her third feature as a director, having made her name

Proxima 2020

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INTRODUCING…

to play her in the movie, but she refused. She said, ‘If one day I want to act in a movie, it will be with a different director. I don’t want

with historical drama Augustine (2012), and

you as the director!’ At first it was very hard

thriller Disorder (2015), starring Matthias

for me to find someone but then when I met

Schoenaerts and Diane Kruger. She also

Zélie I fell in love with her.”

co-wrote the Oscar-nominated Mustang (2015).

On her inspiration for Proxima…

“I’ve always been fascinated by space. I

Disorder 2015

On seeing her dream on the big screen…

“It’s moving to see it now, to travel with the

decided to go to Cologne, to the European

movie to different countries. There was the

Space Agency, and met some astronauts. I

release in Russia recently, and Poland a few

realised all the preparation for space was

weeks ago. Each time it’s a different

something that was almost never shown in

experience. Even though I’m on Earth,

films – usually it’s five minutes on Earth then the problems happen in space. I came up with this idea of a woman astronaut who is also a mother. This idea of the separation with her daughter mirroring her separation with Earth.”

Augustine 2012

travelling with the film I feel a bit like an astronaut.”

On her keeping her feet on the ground for her next film…

“It will be set in Paris, which is my city, and

On creating astronaut-training drills…

on the street where I live. I’ve been away

“We didn’t put Eva in the centrifuge because

too long!”

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LES MISÉRABLES DIRECTOR LADJ LY

CERTIFICATE 15 RUNNING TIME 104 MINS

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STARRING DAMIEN BONNARD, DJEBRIL ZONGA, ALEXIS MANENTI, STEVEN TIENTCHEU, ISSA PERICA

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youth: Montfermeil. Ly’s film

everyone and everything

has a big heart for the area’s

that goes on in his quarters;

LONG LINE OF LES

diverse population: it opens

in the kebab shop there’s

MISÉRABLES

with joyous scenes of people

Saleh, who takes the

ADAPTATIONS, director

of all creeds and colours

disaffected Muslim youth

Ladj Ly was instead inspired

cheering the French football

under his wing; and on the

by the spirit of Victor Hugo’s

team on to victory in the

streets itself are the city’s

classic tale of social injustice

2018 World Cup, but it’s not

children, who have to learn

in 19th century Paris, set in

long before it shifts gears,

young how to handle

the same area of the city

unfolding into a tour de force

themselves when targeted

which Ly grew up in. With his

of simmering tensions

by the police. When an

incendiary feature debut, he

threatening to erupt

altercation between the

expertly shows us how

between these people and

children and the Anti-Crime

Hugo’s masterpiece is every

the police trying to keep

Brigade turns violent and

bit as relevant today as it was

them in check.

is captured on film, the

when it was first published.

Not one to paint either

IN THE KNOW

1

three cops race to find the

The film has been a massive

side in black or white, Ly has

footage before it gets out,

box-office success in France,

prestigious Jury Prize at last

masterfully woven together

with the neighbourhood’s

year’s Cannes Film Festival

multiple perspectives to tell

volatile status quo at risk of

– where established directors

all sides of the story. At first,

finally exploding.

Quentin Tarantino, Terrence

however, it’s hard to tell,

Malick and even festival

since our protagonists are

gripping portrait of the

favourite Ken Loach went

undercover and look more

complexities of modern city

home empty-handed – Ly’s

like the local Mafia than the

life, an uncompromising

explosive film landed with a

police. The new starter is

depiction of a vibrant

bang. It has become a huge

Stéphane (Damien Bonnard),

community told by a director

hit in its homeland since its

who’s joined the city’s

with first hand knowledge of

release in France late last

Anti-Crime Brigade. With

its inner workings. It is a trip

year, and went straight on to

him are the streetwise

through the powder-keg

carry its country’s flag in the

Gwada (Djebril Zonga) and

heart of the Paris underclass,

Oscars’ hotly contested

the bullish Chris (Alexis

where the battle lines have

International Film category,

Manenti), and it is clear from

already long been drawn, and

up against heavyweights like

the off that Stéphane will not

it resonates far beyond that

Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite and

be an easy fit. Chris is the

city’s streets. Ly has done a

Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain And

quintessential bad cop,

remarkable job of giving a

Glory. If there’s an award-

disdainful of the community

voice to an entire

winning foreign-language

he polices, while Gwada

disenfranchised generation.

film you must see this year,

turns a blind eye to his

Admirers of gritty French

it’s this one.

colleague’s frequent

cinema like A Prophet will

rule-bending.

know this terrain well, and it

After winning the

Drawing on his own experiences as a

Stéphane is out of his

Les Misérables is a

2 Ladj Ly started out as an actor and a member of Kourtrajmé, a collective he co-created in 1995 with childhood friends, directors Kim Chapiron and Romain Gavras. After 20 years making documentaries, this is his first narrative feature.

3 The mural in the middle photo opposite is of Ladj Ly when he was younger, and taken by renowned photographer JR. It has been featured on buildings across France, and was even plastered 100ft high on the side of the Tate Modern.

is no surprise this has been

documentary filmmaker

depth just trying to get up

hailed as the spiritual

growing up in a Paris

to speed with all the

successor to La Haine. Ladj

banlieue, Ly was influenced

communities in the banlieue.

Ly’s pulse-pounding thriller

by the city’s riots of 2005 and

In one high-rise there’s ‘The

stands tall in such company.

explores the suburb of his

Mayor’, who knows

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RATHER THAN ADDING ANOTHER ENTRY IN THE

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SAINT MAUD DIRECTOR ROSE GLASS

CERTIFICATE TBC RUNNING TIME 84 MIN

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RELEASE DATE 1 MAY

STARRING MORFYDD CLARK, JENNIFER EHLE, LILY FRAZER

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WE CAN ASSUME THAT

creepy confines of her

shocking and scary”.

WITH 30 YEARS IN THE

isolated home, the pair

“People have said that it’s

BUSINESS, a best director

form an uneasy

quite a visceral and intense

Oscar and an Olympic

attachment, with Maud’s

watch, which is a good

opening ceremony under

staunch religious

thing to hear,” says the

his belt, Danny Boyle

convictions providing

former cinema usher. “But

knows what he’s talking

a distraction for her

it’s as much a dark,

about. So when he

hedonistic employer as she

complicated character

describes a young

grapples with failing health

study as it is a horror

filmmaker as “an

and her own mortality.

movie. The challenge was

Yet Maud doesn’t just

to weave those things

powerful storyteller”, it’s

want to cook Amanda’s

together and make it work

wise to take notice.

dinners and change her

on both fronts.”

The filmmaker he’s

bedsheets – she wants to

Boyle’s glowing

talking about is Essex

save her soul too. Believing

endorsement, given on the

native Rose Glass, a

the voices she hears and

eve of the 2019 London

graduate of the National

the visions she sees are

Film Festival, along with a

Film and Television

messages from the

£50,000 bursary, suggests

School, whose first feature,

Almighty, Maud becomes

that Glass – who was named

Saint Maud, has been

convinced she has a higher

a “Star of Tomorrow” by

stunning audiences since

purpose – a divine calling

trade paper Screen

its debut at last year’s

that puts her on a collision

International the previous

Toronto Film Festival.

course not just with a

year – has more than lived

A complex psychological

deeply sceptical Amanda,

up to that challenge. It is

character study and

but also her occasional

also safe to predict that

a chilling portrait of

girlfriend, Carol (Lily

Maud will be a breakout

obsessive delusion, it is

Frazer). As Maud begins to

role for Welsh talent Clark,

also a brilliant showcase

lose her hold on reality,

recently seen as a

for two well-matched

Amanda’s crumbling

menacing nurse in His Dark

actresses. Oh, and it’s

Gothic pile becomes the

Materials, and as two

terrifying too, with

setting for a ferocious clash

characters in The Personal

moments that make it

of wills. A dark secret from

History Of David

easily the equal of such

Maud’s past also points to

Copperfield. “I guess it’s

recent hits as The Witch,

a history of violence that is

fortunate timing I am

It Follows and Midsommar.

anything but holy.

coming up at a time when

Set in a broken-down

Saint Maud heralds the

Under The Skin 2013

The Witch 2015

Midsommar 2019

there seems to be an

seaside resort that has

arrival of an exciting new

appetite for the films I want

seen better days, Saint

voice in British cinema. It is

to make,” says Glass, who

Maud follows Maud (the

an unnerving must-see

has a couple of follow-up

incandescent Morfydd

that will delight both indie

projects in the pipeline.

Clark) as she becomes

film fans and horror

Only time will tell if they

live-in nurse to Amanda

aficionados. That was

are as electrifying as Saint

(the majestic Jennifer

certainly the aim for Glass

Maud, a bold and riveting

Ehle), a famous dancer

herself, who admits she

one of a kind that will keep

now waylaid by life-

has always liked “dark,

you rapt and leave you in

limiting illness. In the

messed-up films that are

raptures.

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BLITHE SPIRIT DIRECTOR EDWARD HALL

CERTIFICATE TBC RUNNING TIME TBC

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RELEASE DATE 1 MAY

STARRING DAN STEVENS, LESLIE MANN, ISLA FISHER, JUDI DENCH

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NOËL COWARD’S BELOVED

it’s refreshing to see Stevens,

the fool, while the women

AND ENDURING

the go-to homegrown

hold their own, more

SUPERNATURAL STORY

heartthrob, succumb to a

concerned with winning

about a flappable writer

little silliness (and in a far

than romance. This

haunted by his dead wife is

cry from Downton Abbey),

pointed play for power

spun for the screen in this

even if his actions make him

doesn’t feel a step out of

fresh, fun period comedy.

something of a scoundrel.

place today, having been

Right at the film’s heart,

dusted off by the producers

the role of Charles

however, is Dench, a

who scored well-deserved

Condomine, a beleaguered

bejewelled, bewitching

success with British hits

novelist whose efforts at

medium, whose efforts to

Fisherman’s Friends and

a debut screenplay are

reach the unknown are

Finding Your Feet.

hitting a flat note, despite

laden with secret, sweetly

the honeyed reassurance of

sentimental intention. That

its 1930s setting with relish,

his second wife, Ruth (a

said, she is more than

from the costume design to

rambunctious Isla Fisher).

capable of injecting a

the sweeping yet intricately

Petite, plucky and a fan of

pantomime element into

orchestrated country

the “Hollywood diet” (grilled

her performance, hamming

landscapes. Production

grapefruit and coffee), Ruth

up her paranormal talents

designer John Paul Kelly

feigns indifference when

and managing to deliver

(Stan & Ollie, The Theory

Charles occasionally

phrases like “cosmic flux”

Of Everything) adorns the

mentions his deceased

with a straight face,

Condomines’ cavernous

ex-wife, Elvira (Leslie Mann),

although those around her

home with art deco luxury,

whom he lost in an accident,

can’t muster quite the same

as ordered in the film by

a task that becomes all the

disciplined demeanour.

the new reigning lady of

more complicated when a

A master of treading the line

the house.

séance orchestrated by a

between sincerity and not

spiritual medium, Madame

taking yourself too

in turn exude effortless

Arcati (Judi Dench), brings

seriously, Dench delivers an

glamour, sporting vast

her back from the other side.

enchanting performance.

wardrobes of vintage

Both Mann and Fisher

Our ensemble each find

Blithe Spirit celebrates

Stan & Ollie 2018

Finding Your Feet 2017

Both leading women

wonders, from bold,

are dazzling in their roles as

themselves in a paranormal

wide-hemmed scarlet

rivals, Mann delivering

conundrum that only

trousers, theatrical

mile-a-minute monologues

Charles can solve: banish

headwear and embellished

and flexing a catalogue of

Elvira back to the other side

evening gowns that are to

flawless accents as she slips

and reinstate his writer’s

die for (although perhaps

Charles the much-needed

block, or keep his muse and

not for poor Elvira).

inspiration that he needs to

forward his career but lose

get his first draft finished.

his loving, living wife in the

thrill from the past, without

Fisher is skittish but

process. It’s a fascinating

the stiff tropes of a period

strong-willed, matching

quandary that only Coward

drama, this is the antidote.

Mann’s temperament to

could cook up, and it’s a

With a perfectly aligned

such a degree it’s a wonder

gentle reminder of why he’s

cast, Blithe Spirit is a timeless

Stevens doesn’t suffer

still held in such esteem

caper that still rings true to

whiplash. As the weak-

today. Despite holding all

a modern audience.

jawed and hopeless Charles,

the cards, Charles still looks

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Dan Stevens steps into

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For those seeking a little

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MISBEHAVIOUR DIRECTOR PHILIPPA LOWTHORPE

CERTIFICATE 12A RUNNING TIME 106 MINS

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RELEASE DATE 13 MARCH

STARRING KEIRA KNIGHTLEY, GUGU MBATHA-RAW, JESSIE BUCKLEY, KEELEY HAWES, RHYS IFANS, ­P HYLLIS LOGAN, LESLEY MANVILLE, GREG KINNEAR

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A ROUSING CHEER FOR

was to become the first

SISTERHOOD AND A

woman of colour to win

performance as the bright

NOSTALGIC TRIP BACK TO

Miss World. It’s particularly

young woman struggling to

THE ’70S, Misbehaviour is

poignant watching her

maintain her composure

inspiring, entertaining and

nerves and knowing that

amid growing chaos. It’s

wonderfully British. Based

such a huge moment in the

intriguing watching young

on the beginnings of the

fight for equality is coming.

women from all over the

engaging, sympathetic

Women’s Liberation

Misbehaviour is a

Movement, it’s set in

fascinating and funny

the British capital to

London, 1970, when the

glimpse behind the scenes

represent their country at

glitzy Miss World contest

as it details the preparations

what was becoming a

was famously invaded by

of Miss World showrunners

controversial contest. This

feminist protesters. Keira

Julia and Eric Morley,

captures their sense of

Knightley leads a top

played by the brilliant

excitement, alienation and

cast as Sally Alexander,

Keeley Hawes and Rhys

confusion, and celebrates

a spirited mature student

Ifans. With BBC TV set to

their bonding as much as

who’s increasingly

broadcast the event live, the

their competitiveness – we

frustrated by the sexism

couple have managed to

are all sisters in this fight.

she’s encountering in

persuade the legendary

if you enjoyed these films

world being bussed around

Calendar Girls 2003

comic Bob Hope (Greg

Misbehaviour has a strong

very first meeting of the

Kinnear) to host. Kinnear

female team behind it.

Women’s Liberation

is on hilarious form as the

Directed by Philippa

Movement and meets loud,

clumsily flirtatious Hope,

Lowthorpe, produced by

proud Jo Robinson (Wild

whose cheesy chat-up

Suzanne Mackie and

Rose’s Jessie Buckley), a

routines are barely tolerated

scripted by Rebecca Frayn,

rebellious activist who’s

by his long-suffering wife

this comedy-drama

living in a liberal commune

(Lesley Manville – who

celebrates the power of

in north London. The

better?). Not only do these

women fighting for gender

women are appalled by

perfectly cast actors amuse,

equality, together or apart.

publicity around the Miss

they also sport a fabulous

World contest – in which

array of ’70s outfits that

of the Women’s Liberation

women parade around in

colour their characters: it’s

Movement approaches, it’s a

swimwear for male

all glitz and bright polyester

timely tribute to the impact

approval – and they plot to

one side of the stage, and

that these brave, clever

infiltrate the event and

Afghan coats and flares on

people had on our world

make a stand. Fired with

the other.

today – a world that still

As the 50th anniversary

feminist fury, they vow to

In introducing us to the

send a strong message to

contestants themselves, the

the world with a mixture of

film gives an important

Misbehaviour will make

water pistols, spray paint

insight into the political

you laugh and cry in all the

and bravado. You’ll be with

climate of the time. As

right places, but it will also

them all the way – and yet,

apartheid hit the headlines,

remind you not to accept

you’ll also find yourself

South Africa hastily sent

the injustice of the world in

backstage with Miss

both a white and a black

which you live – and to

Grenada, Jennifer Hosten

contestant to London.

stand up for the world you

(Gugu Mbatha-Raw), who

Mbatha-Raw puts in an

want.

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Speaking of sisters,

academia. She goes to the

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Little Women 2019

Miss Congeniality 2000

needs women and men to make a stand. Watching

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PROXIMA DIRECTOR ALICE WINOCOUR

CERTIFICATE 12A RUNNING TIME 107 MINS

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RELEASE DATE 8 MAY

STARRING EVA GREEN, MATT DILLON, LARS EIDINGER, ZÉLIE BOULANT-LEMESLE, SANDRA HÜLLER, ALEKSEY FATEEV

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A CAREER HIGH FOR

measured, but the real test

FRENCH WRITER-

comes as she prepares to

the detail, you’ll feel ready

DIRECTOR ALICE

leave her young daughter,

for space travel yourself.

WINOCOUR, Proxima is a

Stella (Zélie Boulant-

Whether she’s being

heartfelt mother-daughter

Lemesle, excellent),

flung around in a centrifuge

drama wrapped inside a

although it is clear that

or submerged during a

space-age story. Eva Green,

neither is ready for it.

claustrophobic training

While Sarah is away, Stella will be looked after by

determined to succeed, but

preparing for lift-off as she

her father, Thomas (Personal

by the time the action

goes through the arduous

Shopper’s Lars Eidinger), an

reaches Baikonur in

training at the European

astrophysicist and Sarah’s

Kazakhstan, where their

Space Agency (ESA). Less

ex. Thomas and Sarah are

rocket will launch and the

science fiction than fact, it’s

still friendly, but her

astronauts must go into

a grand adventure that

mother’s absence means

quarantine, the cracks in her

journeys into inner space,

Stella will have to move to

armour begin to show.

although it also leaves us

her father’s house. The first

As rarefied as Sarah’s

awestruck by the courage

sign of discord comes as she

world is, all working parents,

of those who boldly go.

worries that her cat won’t

particularly mothers, can

settle there.

easily relate to her feelings

popular characters for

The separation anxiety only increases as Sarah flies

separated from her child.

Pitt in Ad Astra, Sandra

to Star City near Moscow,

It’s this that makes Proxima

Bullock in Gravity and Amy

where she meets her fellow

hugely watchable; it’s a

Adams’ cosmic encounters

astronauts, Mike (Matt

drama of the heart that

in Arrival – but Proxima is

Dillon) and Anton (Aleksey

takes place on a grand

closer to Damien Chazelle’s

Fateev). Dillon’s cocksure,

canvas. Winocour shot in

Neil Armstrong biopic First

all-American family man

the actual training facilities

Man. Whereas that

comes across, initially, as

in Russia and Kazakhstan,

documented the first moon

sexist and patronising, but

adding to the stunning,

landing with a gripping

like the film as a whole,

rocket-fuelled realism.

verisimilitude, Winocour

reveals hidden depths as

delivers a contemporary-set

the mission gets closer.

Arrival 2016

Leave No Trace 2018

Led by Eva Green, fully convincing both physically

Following her acclaimed

and emotionally, the strong

what it must be like to

debut, the period psychiatry

international cast includes

prepare for modern-day

drama Augustine (2012), and

Sandra Hüller of Toni

space travel.

her follow-up, the thriller

Erdmann fame. The film is

Beginning at the ESA

Disorder (2015), Proxima is

blessed with a score from

facilities in Cologne, Sarah is

a huge step up in ambition

the legendary Oscar-

being readied for a year-long

for Winocour. Inspired by

winning composer Ryuichi

trip to the International

real-life astronaut

Sakamoto, which truly

Space Station. Physically,

experiences, her script,

comes into its own in the

she’s in peak condition, as

written in collaboration

final third, and the result

hinted by an early shot of

with Jean-Stéphane Bron,

is a fascinating exploration

her running on the spot

who also worked on

of a path less travelled.

while her vitals are

Disorder, is meticulously

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Gravity 2013

of guilt about being

directors of late – think Brad

tale that unpacks exactly

if you enjoyed these films

exercise, Sarah is grimly

plays Sarah, an astronaut

Astronauts have been

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in her best role in years,

researched. So scrupulous is

James Mottram

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I VITELLONI NIGHTS OF CABIRIA

Sun 22 Mar

LA DOLCE VITA

81/2

JULIET OF THE SPIRITS

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STARRING DANIEL CRAIG, RAMI MALEK, LÉA SEYDOUX, LASHANA LYNCH, ANA DE ARMAS, NAOMIE HARRIS, JEFFREY WRIGHT, CHRISTOPH WALTZ, RALPH FIENNES, BILLY MAGNUSSEN, BEN WHISHAW

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BRITAIN’S BIGGEST

Marvel) who is Nomi, a

Blofeld, who plays mind

CINEMATIC EXPORT,

double-0 agent who has

games with Bond from

JAMES BOND, returns in

joined active duty during

prison. Diehard fans will

No Time To Die, the 25th

Bond’s retirement and is

enjoy that this is the first

entry in the official EON-

not above giving him some

007 film to include the full

produced series. The fifth

sass (“You get in my way

complement of the secret

outing of Daniel Craig as the

I will put a bullet in your

agent’s support network –

world’s most famous spy/

knee… the one that works.”).

M (Ralph Fiennes),

tuxedo wearer/vodka

Ana de Armas, best known

Moneypenny (Naomie

martini drinker is the

for Blade Runner 2049 and

Harris), Q (Ben Whishaw)

culmination of the story

Knives Out, which also

and Felix Leiter (Wright, the

arc that started in Casino

starred Daniel Craig,

first actor to play the role

Royale, but it stands alone

plays Paloma, an ally for

three times) – for 31 years

as its own heart-racing

Bond during escapades

following Licence To Kill in

new adventure.

set in Cuba.

1989. Aficionados will also

Spectre ended with

Directing No Time To

revel in the return of Bond’s

IN THE KNOW

1 The release of No Time To Die means Daniel Craig is the

Bond (Craig) capturing the

Die is Cary Joji Fukunaga,

signature car, the Aston

head of SPECTRE, Ernst

not only the first American

Martin DB5. Having been

Stavro Blofeld (Christoph

but also the first filmmaker

battered in Skyfall and in

Waltz), and heading off in

of Asian descent to helm a

the workshop in Spectre, it

Roger Moore, who played the character for 12 years between

Bond film. Best known for

is back in all its glory, with

new love, Madeleine Swann

True Detective, searing

some new special features

(Léa Seydoux). No Time To

drama Beasts Of No Nation,

courtesy of Q – chiefly

Die picks up the story with

and trippy Netflix

Gatling guns that appear

Bond happy in retirement,

mindbender Maniac,

from the headlights and

living a quiet life in Jamaica

Fukunaga is a director

take out the baddies in a

(where Ian Fleming wrote

renowned for his skill with

spectacular, spinning

the 007 stories). His idyllic

actors and sense of

“doughnut” manoeuvre.

existence is interrupted

cinematic style. He is also

when Bond’s old friend and

a credited writer on the

Bond epic on the grandest

CIA operative Felix Leiter

script, which is written by

scale, filled with the

(Jeffrey Wright) turns up

Bond screenwriting legends

elements the franchise is

asking for help. Drawn back

Robert Wade and Neal

famous for: exotic locations

into spy games, Bond’s

Purvis (No Time To Die

(the film was shot in

mission – to rescue a

is their seventh 007

Jamaica, Italy, Norway);

kidnapped scientist – brings

screenplay), and Fleabag

breathtaking stunts (a

It all adds up to a James

The previous record holder was

1973 and 1985.

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his Aston Martin DB5 with

longest-serving James Bond, 14 years from 2006’s Casino Royale.

2 Rami Malek is the latest Oscar winning actor to join a Bond film. Other Oscar winners to appear in Bond films are Javier Bardem, Halle Berry, Sean Connery, Benicio Del Toro, Judi Dench, ­Christopher Walken and ­Christoph Waltz.

3 The title song will be co-written and performed by five-times Grammy winner Billie Eilish. At 18,

him into contact and

creator Phoebe Waller-

stunning motorcycle jump,

conflict with Safin, a

Bridge (don’t expect Bond

a gasp-inducing leap from a

mysterious villain wielding

to give any cheeky looks to

bridge); explosive action;

a deadly new technology.

camera). Waller-Bridge, of

maximum swagger; sharp

Zimmer, who is c­ ollaborating

course, has form in the

suits and sharper humour,

with Smiths icon Johnny Marr.

Malek, fresh from an Oscar

globe-trotting espionage

all injected with the kind of

win as Freddie Mercury in

department, writing and

gravitas only Daniel Craig

Bohemian Rhapsody. Also

show-running Killing Eve.

can bring. In other

Safin is played by Rami

new to the franchise is Lashana Lynch (Captain

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Back for a second time is Christoph Waltz as

she is the youngest artist ever to record a Bond song. The score is by legendary composer Hans

The pair also collaborated on Inception and The Amazing Spider-Man.

words, Bond is back at Picturehouse.

Ian Freer

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FRANKIE DIRECTOR IRA SACHS

CERTIFICATE TBC RUNNING TIME 100 MINS

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RELEASE DATE 22 MAY

STARRING ISABELLE HUPPERT, BRENDAN GLEESON, JÉRÉMIE RENIER, VINETTE ROBINSON, MARISA TOMEI, GREG KINNEAR

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AS THE OPENING LINE OF

competition at Cannes 2019,

with Entertainment Weekly,

LEO TOLSTOY’S NOVEL

and it’s no surprise that the

Huppert revealed the

ANNA KARENINA STATES,

festival programmers fell in

challenge of playing a

“Happy families are all alike;

love with this tender story

character unlike those she’s

every unhappy family is

that evokes the same fizzy

played before. “It was really

unhappy in its own way.”

wit and intimacy of Sally

about just being. Sometimes

This quotation is brought to

Potter’s The Party and Mike

it’s kind of weird because

mind by Ira Sachs’ latest

Leigh’s Another Year.

you feel like you’re not

As in his previous films,

even acting, and I think

mismatched family group

Love Is Strange and Little

that’s where the emotions

who unite amid simmering

Men, Sachs demonstrates

come from.”

tensions for a holiday in the

a knack for capturing the

idyllic Portuguese town of

idiosyncrasies of families.

of the film means that every

Sintra. The film is set over

Humour is juxtaposed with

frame bursts with colour

the course of a single day,

heartbreak; family members

and light, and acclaimed

and the heart of the action is

bicker even while trying to

Tindersticks musician

matriarch Frankie (played

enjoy their sumptuous

Dickon Hinchliffe (who

by the incomparable

surroundings. It’s a slight

provided music for Peaky

Isabelle Huppert), who has

departure for Sachs, whose

Blinders and Debra Granik’s

her reasons for corralling

previous films have all been

Leave No Trace) has

her loved ones into the

set in the US, but the

contributed a beautiful

family trip, alongside her

filmmaker wasn’t thrown off

score that matches the

doting husband Jimmy

by the new destination. “It’s

film’s sense of romance

(a suitably charming

certainly set in a different

and melancholy. It’s

Brendan Gleeson). There

location, but the focus and

a feast for the senses:

is wonderful chemistry

interests around

elegant and refined but

between Huppert and

relationships and intimacy

never melodramatic,

Gleeson, two actors at the

are very similar,” he said in

instead sensitively

top of their game, who are

an interview with Variety.

showcasing the intricate

infinitely watchable and

“European cinema has

nature of family dynamics,

endearing as a couple

always been the most

with Sachs’ keen eye for

trying to bring their family

significant to me as a

character observation. For

together while dealing

guiding post, so it was

anyone familiar with the

with a strain on their

wonderful to be working

complexity of these

own relationship.

in that community.”

relationships (or indeed,

They’re joined by a host

Of course, legendary

The painterly sensibility

The Wife 2018

A Bigger Splash 2016

Love Is Strange 2014

anyone who has ever had to

of international talent,

French actress Isabelle

endure a slightly tense

including Greg Kinnear,

Huppert brings a certain je

family holiday), the film is

Marisa Tomei and Jérémie

ne sais quoi to the film. She

bound to strike a nerve.

Renier, who each bring their

gives a wonderfully

After watching Frankie, you

star wattage to this

understated performance,

might just find yourself

sophisticated destination

the relatively placid heart of

yearning for a trip to some

picture, which showcases

a fairly chaotic group, stoic

sunny village in Portugal –

the stunning vistas of the

in the face of personal crisis

maybe even with some of

Portuguese countryside.

but sparkling with wit and

your nearest and dearest in

Frankie premiered in

playfulness. In an interview

tow.

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film, Frankie, centring on a

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14/02/2020 11:33

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN DIRECTOR EMERALD FENNELL

CERTIFICATE TBC RUNNING TIME 113 MINS

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RELEASE DATE 17 APRIL

STARRING CAREY MULLIGAN, LAVERNE COX, BO BURNHAM, ALISON BRIE, ADAM BRODY, CHRISTOPHER MINTZ-PLASSE, CONNIE BRITTON, ALFRED MOLINA, JENNIFER COOLIDGE, CLANCY BROWN

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FILMMAKER EMERALD

take often-brutal revenge

depth and wryness to it.”

produced by Oscar-

FENNELL IS NO

on the myriad men who

For Mulligan, who has

nominated actress Margot

STRANGER TO BRINGING

try to take advantage of

in recent years made

Robbie (Birds Of Prey)

STRONG,

her seemingly inebriated

a conscious decision to

through her LuckyChap

UNCOMPROMISING

state; the film’s tagline is

collaborate with female

Entertainment.

WOMEN TO THE SCREEN.

‘Take her home and take

directors like Sarah

As an actress, she has

your chances”.

Gavron (Suffragette) and

three million-plus people

If you’re one of the

starred in films like Anna

This is a story that

Dee Rees (Mudbound),

who has watched the

Karenina and The Danish

Fennell has been wanting

the role grabbed her as

Promising Young Woman

Girl, and TV series

to tell since she made her

soon as she laid eyes on

trailer since it debuted in

including Call The Midwife

Sundance Grand Jury

the script.

December, you’ll know that

and The Crown. As a writer,

Prize-nominated short

she served as showrunner

film Careful How You Go,

anything like it,” Mulligan

a slick filmmaking team,

and writer for the second

about three malevolent

said in an interview with

including cinematographer

season of the BBC’s multiple

women, in 2018.

Variety at the Sundance

Benjamin Kracun (Beast)

Film Festival, where the

and production designer

“I wanted to make a

Fennell has also assembled

assassin drama Killing Eve,

movie about how a real

film made its debut to

Michael Perry (Under The

receiving a Primetime

woman might take

glowing reviews. “Reading

Silver Lake), to deliver a

Emmy nomination for the

revenge,” Fennell recently

it for the first time made

visual impact as powerful

season two episode, Nice

told the LA Times. “It’s a

me nervous in a really

as the narrative. Music is

And Neat.

revenge thriller, it’s a

good way, in a way that

pitch-perfect, too; that

romantic comedy, it

makes me excited to be

menacing, seductive strings

groundbreaking show,

subverts a lot of tropes

part of something.”

version of Britney Spears’

however, there’s nothing

that we’re used to seeing.”

traditionally nice or neat

Casting was absolutely

the ferocious catalyst of

trailer, is joined by classics

about the protagonist of

key, and Mulligan was her

Promising Young Woman,

like The Weather Girls’ It’s

Fennell’s striking feature

first choice for the role of

she is surrounded by

Raining Men, all bolstered

debut, Promising Young

Carrie – a character that

a stellar supporting cast,

by an evocative score by

Woman. Although Cassie,

requires vulnerability,

including Alison Brie (TV’s

Anthony Willis.

played by Carey Mulligan,

power and a dark sense of

GLOW), Adam Brody

may look like a smart,

humour. “Because Carey

(Ready Or Not), Bo

feminist revenge fantasy,

30-year-old professional,

often plays period roles,

Burnham (The Big Sick)

and one of the year’s most

she leads a secret double

I don’t think we have

and Laverne Cox (TV’s

hotly anticipated titles,

life. Fuelled by a past

seen her be as funny as

Orange Is The New Black).

Promising Young Woman

trauma that abruptly

she is in real life,” Fennell

There’s also some hefty

is film that most definitely

derailed her future, Cassie

told Empire magazine.

talent behind the scenes;

leaves its mark.

takes it upon herself to

“She brings an intense

the film has been

Much like that

Although Mulligan is

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award-winning female

“I’d never read

Toxic, which plays in the

An unforgettable

Nikki Baughan

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A Simple Favour 2018

Elle 2016

Gone Girl 2014

14/02/2020 11:34

ANTLERS DIRECTOR SCOTT COOPER

CERTIFICATE 15 TBC RUNNING TIME TBC

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RELEASE DATE 17 APRIL

STARRING KERI RUSSELL, JESSE PLEMONS, JEREMY T. THOMAS, GRAHAM GREENE, AMY MADIGAN

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14/02/2020 11:34

“ONCE, THERE WERE

a taste for human flesh

Lucas is poor, even by

visions to life. J.A. Bayona’s

THREE BEARS THAT

– with The Tale Of The

the standards of families

The Orphanage, and André

LIVED IN A DARK, WET

Three Bears, and the

in the area, and his home

Øvredal’s anthology

CAVE UP ABOVE A SMALL

results are terrifying.

is in a down-at-heel part

horror, Scary Stories To

of town. Meadows is

Tell In The Dark, are proof

The script is based

Bear went to school, and

on the short story The

concerned for the boy

that when he collaborates

at night he would come

Quiet Boy, by Nick Acosta.

because he is bullied by

with a director, horror fans

home and eat dinner. But

Acosta’s tale of terror,

his peers and shows up

should get excited.

one day, Little Bear came

adapted for the big screen

each day in the same

home, and Big Bear and

by C. Henry Chaisson and

clothes. Meadows’

Toro stamp of approval

Baby Bear were different,”

Cooper, transports

concern only worsens

guarantees the quality

says Lucas, played by

audiences to a seemingly

when Lucas is asked to

of Cooper’s first full-

newcomer Jeremy

pleasant small town in

share a story in class, and

blooded foray into horror,

T. Thomas. “Big Bear got

Oregon, where the

he describes a twisted

the Antlers director has

sick, and his insides turned black. Big Bear has become more angrier and meaner, because they had no food, no meat.” This is the chilling fairytale described by a young boy who holds a dark secret

“Helping Cooper bring his chilling vision to the big screen is maestro of all things monstrous and macabre, Guillermo del Toro”

in Scott Cooper’s twisted

townsfolk live unaware of

horror, Antlers.

the evil that lurks on the

Menacingly he adds, “But

other side of the tracks.

Although the Del

always displayed a fascination for the murkier aspects of humanity.

Hostiles, starring Christian Bale, was a brutal and violent portrayal of life on the American frontier, and the gritty thriller

version of the three bears.

Out Of The Furnace also

Helping Cooper bring

dealt with dark themes.

his chilling vision to the

His debut, Crazy Heart,

big screen is maestro of all

which won Jeff Bridges

Russell (Star Wars: The

things monstrous and

an Academy Award, also

folklore and European

Rise Of Skywalker, The

macabre, Guillermo del

dabbled in the dark side

fairy tales, with a

Americans) plays Julia

Toro (The Shape Of Water,

of addiction.

distinctly modern spin,

Meadows, a teacher newly

Pan’s Labyrinth), in a

Antlers is a haunting tale

returned to the town to

producer role. As well as

that blends together the

live with her brother, Paul,

his own work as a director,

tale that locks horns with

First Nation myth of the

the local sheriff, played by

Del Toro has a gift for

an evil that lurks within,

Wendigo – a monstrous,

Jesse Plemons. In her class

helping many directors

and where things won’t

shape-shifting creature

is the meek and well-

with a similarly twisted

end happily ever after.

mannered Lucas Weaver.

mindset to bring their

Joseph Walsh

they had each other.”

Steeped in American

with pronged horns and

Award-winning Keri

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TOWN. Every day, Little

So this spring, get ready to delve into a dark

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Let The Right One In 2009

The Babadook 2014

The Exorcist 1974

14/02/2020 11:34

ROCKS DIRECTOR SARAH GAVRON

CERTIFICATE 12A RUNNING TIME 93 MINS

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RELEASE DATE 10 APRIL

STARRING BUKKY BAKRAY, KOSAR ALI, D’ANGELOU OSEI KISSIEDU, SHANEIGHA-MONIK GREYSON, RUBY STOKES, TAWHEDA BEGUM

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TO TELL THE STORY OF

rather than stumbling

yearning to look up to

A UNIVERSAL BUT

over a stuffy script.

the big screen and see

Bukky Bakray plays

themselves looking back.

DIVERSE GROUP OF

Rocks, and the film lets

FRIENDS in Rocks, director

Bakray’s resilience and

when bringing to life stories

Sarah Gavron shares the

compassion shine as she

of solidarity and

credit not just with her

looks out for her younger

empowerment. Visually,

co-writers Claire Wilson and

brother, Emmanuel (an

Hélène Louvart, who

Theresa Ikoko, but also the

astonishingly talented

previously impressed on

girls who star in it. The film

D’angelo Osei Kissiedu, with

stories of stifled youth with

frames the adolescence of

perfect comic timing), while

both Beach Rats and Happy

a group of school friends

trying to figure out how to

As Lazzaro, is to thank for

navigating their growing

take care of herself too. By

the cinematography, which

pains in contemporary

her side is her best friend

gives London a sense of

London, and leans closer in

Sumaya (Kosar Ali), and this

panoramic opportunity and

to the life of one of these

central trio shows how

excitement, capturing the

young women: the

much care is applied

feeling you have as a child

eponymous Rocks.

to shade individual

when visiting a big new

personality traits.

place for the very first time.

The project began with a central narrative

Rocks puts a unique

Gavron clearly thrives

if you enjoyed these films

Lady Bird 2017

It’s a film of vivacious

conceived by Ikoko, which

new twist on the much-

energy and courage that

was then developed in

loved coming-of-age genre,

brings to life the effortless

collaboration with

viewed from the

bonds made by girls who

hundreds of girls across the

perspective of a new

simply fit each other – which

country, sharing their

generation, but it feels vivid

is why giving each character

“It’s a film of vivacious energy and courage that brings to life the effortless bonds made by girls who simply fit each other”

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FIERCELY LOYAL AND

Moonlight 2016

the space and volume to explain themselves in their own words pays off so well.

In a world that’s competitive and threatening, and that’s

The Florida Project 2017

frequently defined by choice and necessity rather

stories throughout an

and urgent precisely

than freedom and desire,

extensive workshop process

because it is so modern. The

this film gives a message to

that allowed improvisation

organic, collaborative

young girls: the world does

and the sculpting of what

approach gives the formula

have room for you, and you

became a fresh, energetic

some flavour, with

deserve to enjoy it. Rocks

and still tender coming-of-

something of Ken Loach

isn’t a fairy tale, and whether

age picture. Many of the girls

in its capturing of the

the ending is happy or sad is

in the final core cast are

challenges faced by

beside the point – this film is

acting for the very first time

working-class Britain.

telling the world that

– and the lasting emotion

However, the atmosphere

teenagehood, with all its

from their performances is

here is entirely more

drama and fear and

one of authenticity and

colourful – and tailored for a

courageous leaps into the

vulnerability, a sense of

generation of 21st century

unknown, is just the

strength in finding the truth,

girls who have been

beginning.

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14/02/2020 11:34

THE SECRET GARDEN DIRECTOR MARC MUNDEN

CERTIFICATE PG RUNNING TIME 99 MINS

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RELEASE DATE 10 APRIL

STARRING DIXIE EGERICKX, COLIN FIRTH, JULIE WALTERS, EDAN HAYHURST, AMIR WILSON

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befriends a shaggy dog. Her

DESERVES ITS OWN

insatiable curiosity, with the

story comes from Colin

VERSION OF THE SECRET

help of a very friendly robin,

Firth, who comes full circle

GARDEN. Frances Hodgson

eventually leads her to

in a way – he played the

Burnett’s 1911 novel has been

finding a rusty iron key. No

adult Colin Craven, briefly, in

brought to television, film

prizes for guessing that this

a 1987 TV version of the

and stage countless times

is for the door that opens

story. Finally, adding her

(the first back in 1919), and

into a beautiful hidden

immense presence, Julie

along the way, such talents

garden, but the garden is not

Walters is typically

as Dame Maggie Smith, Sir

the only discovery; in her

commanding as Mrs

Derek Jacobi, Billie

uncle’s house, she finds

Medlock, the matronly

Whitelaw and Honor

Colin (Edan Hayhurst), her

housekeeper who barely

Blackman have all played in

timid cousin who is

has time for a young

it. Now Colin Firth and Julie

bed-bound through illness.

tearaway like Mary.

Walters can be added to that illustrious list.

Mary is convinced the

emotional ballast of the

Production designer

garden will help to heal

Grant Montgomery creates

Colin, who hasn’t left the

an impressive design

whose credits include TV

house – or even his bed – for

scheme, particularly Lord

dramas Utopia and Electric

years. Munden and his

Craven’s scorched estate

Dreams, and screenwriter

hugely talented team

with its gutted driveway,

Jack Thorne (The Aeronauts,

ensure that this beautifully

and costume designer

Harry Potter And The Cursed

sun-dappled garden does

Michele Clapton (Game Of

Child) return to Burnett’s

indeed feel like it could cure

Thrones, The Crown) crafts

book to introduce this

all ailments. Cunningly shot

some beautiful garments,

magical story to a new

in various real-life locations,

giving audiences much to

audience. As readers will

including Cornwall,

admire here. This is a family

know, the story focuses on

Somerset and the Forest of

film in the truest sense of

10-year-old Mary Lennox

Dean, it’s the sort of

the term, and will touch

(The Little Stranger’s Dixie

Eden-like paradise you

adults, especially those who

Egerickx), a spirited girl who

might find Monty Don

are fond of Burnett’s novel,

spent her early years in

tending in Gardeners’ World.

as well as children.

Director Marc Munden,

India with her parents.

Now orphaned, Mary is

As such, the film has

if you enjoyed these films

Little Women 2019

Christopher Robin 2018

Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children 2016

Produced by David

a real magical quality,

Heyman and Rosie Alison,

sent to the Yorkshire estate

equating Mother Nature

the team behind the Harry

of her uncle, Lord Archibald

with the sprawling, wildness

Potter series and

Craven (Colin Firth), whose

of Mary’s fertile imagination.

Paddington, it’s another fine

own wife – sister to Mary’s

Alongside this, the heart of

adaptation of a children’s

mother – has also died. The

The Secret Garden comes

classic, bursting with colour,

house is run by Mrs

from the performances,

imagination and tenderness.

Medlock (Julie Walters),

notably Egerickx, who gives

The Secret Garden is filled

with a maid called Martha

an utterly charming turn as

with environmental themes

(Isis Davis), who looks after

Mary. She’s joined by the

about sustainability,

Mary’s needs. Mary has the

excellent Amir Wilson as

wellness and the world in

freedom to roam and soon

Dickon, Martha’s younger

which we live, and is

makes it beyond the

brother, who joins her on

destined to enchant young

grounds, where she

these adventures. The

and old.

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EVERY GENERATION

James Mottram

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MULAN DIRECTOR NIKI CARO

CERTIFICATE TBC RUNNING TIME TBC

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RELEASE DATE 27 MARCH

STARRING YIFEI LIU, DONNIE YEN, JET LI, GONG LI, JASON SCOTT LEE, NELSON LEE, YOSON AN, RON QUAN, TZI MA, ROSALIND CHAO

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EVER SINCE SHE FIRST

steps in to take the place

Böri Khan; Yoson An as

on an unprecedented scale.

SPRANG TO LIFE IN A

of her ailing father.

Mulan’s army ally Chen

Entrusting any director to

6TH-CENTURY CHINESE

Masquerading as a man,

Honghui; and Gong Li as

command them, plus pull

BALLAD about a

Hua Jun, she is tested

Xianniang, a powerful,

off the non-stop sword-

legendary female warrior,

every step of the way and

shape-shifting witch.

twirling, rooftop-leaping,

Mulan has felt like a

must harness her inner

heroine ahead

strength and embrace her

A-list cast of China’s biggest

galloping, fast-kicking

of her time. In her

true potential. It is an epic

and most established stars

action is a leap of faith. So,

eponymous, award-

journey that will

was a stiff task, but finding

good for Disney for signing

winning 1998 animated

transform her into a

a Mulan was another. The

up Kiwi director Niki Caro.

feature, she cleaved

warrior and earn her the

mooted release date was

Look back to Caro’s

through conventions to

respect of a grateful nation

held back as countless

award-winning 2002 indie

redefine what a female

and a proud father.

actresses tried out for the

hit Whale Rider, the story of

However, whereas

look like. And now, a

other recent Disney

generation on, this Han

live-action remakes, such

dynasty heroine is still

as The Lion King, stuck

pushing boundaries with

faithfully to their original

what director Niki Caro

source, almost shot for shot,

has jokingly dubbed as “a

the 2020 Mulan chooses

big, girly martial arts epic”,

to break new ground as

whose jaw-dropping scale

an epic reimagining of

and muscular realism lifts

the 1998 film.

Disney remakes to a whole new level.

The heart of Mulan’s

arrow-flying, horse-

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Disney character could

Amassing such an

The most obvious divergence is that there are no songs. This is not a

story remains eternal.

musical. However, don’t

When the Emperor of

panic all you Reflections

role, which demanded top

a 12-year-old Maori girl

China (martial arts icon

fans, instrumental versions

martial arts ability, as well

determined to lead her

Jet Li) issues a decree that

are woven into the score.

as the charisma to be the

tribe, and you’ll find

one man per family must

Mulan features a

face of one of the biggest-

echoes of Mulan’s tale. An

serve in the Imperial

celebrated international

budget live-action

epic tale for all audiences,

Army to defend the

cast that includes Donnie

productions in Disney

Mulan 2020 stands up as a

country from northern

Yen (IP Man, Rogue One:

history. Finally, they found

fantastic action film,

invaders, Hua Mulan (Liu

A Star Wars Story) as the

Yifei Liu, a Chinese-

whatever way you

Yifei), the eldest daughter

tough-talking Commander

American actress and

cut it.

of an honoured warrior,

Tung; Jason Scott Lee as

singer. The sets were built

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000

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THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW DIRECTOR JOE WRIGHT RELEASE DATE 15 MAY

STARRING AMY ADAMS, JULIANNE MOORE, GARY OLDMAN, ANTHONY MACKIE, JENNIFER JASON LEIGH, WYATT RUSSELL, TRACY LETTS, BRIAN TYREE-HENRY

CERTIFICATE TBC RUNNING TIME TBC

THERE’S AN ENDLESS

their outfit is extraordinary,

risk in Joe Wright’s new

in the heroine who

FASCINATION IN PEOPLE-

or they are behaving in a

psychological thriller, The

becomes convinced that

WATCHING, whether we

way that makes them

Woman In The Window.

her neighbours are hiding a

admit to it or not. A flash

unforgettable. The danger

glimpse of someone

is that a passing glance

Times bestseller this is a

there are ties to other

walking by can spark

becomes a fixation,

film with deep roots in

classics, like Spellbound

a whole chain of thought.

especially on those closest

cinema history. You’ll

and Vertigo, via ’90s hits

It might be someone

to us, and leads us down

immediately spot the

like Single White Female.

remarkably beautiful, or

uncomfortable or even

connection to Alfred

Yet although this has the

surprisingly strange. Maybe

perilous roads. That’s the

Hitchcock’s Rear Window

same creep and terror as

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murderous secret, but

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by schoolchildren

However, one night, Anna

and she can’t be entirely

knocking on her door, or

sees what appears to be

sure if any crime has even

anything that risks

Jane’s murder in the

taken place.

upsetting her carefully

Russells’ home. She calls

controlled world.

the police, but her furious

trace of tension from this

To wring every last

neighbour, Alistair Russell

tight set-up, Wright has

watching old films and

(Gary Oldman), denies that

gathered a stellar supporting

drinking too much wine,

anything untoward has

cast: Anthony Mackie as

but it’s her other hobby,

happened, and to prove it

Anna’s husband; Brian

staring out at her

he trots out his wife, Jane.

Tyree Henry as the

neighbours, that causes the

The only problem is that

detective assigned to the

Anna spends her days

case; Wyatt Russell as Anna’s lodger; and Eighth Grade’s Fred Hechinger as the Russells’ son Ethan. The story also gives Wright the chance to explore his talent for psychological depth more than ever before. He seemed to relish delving deep into his characters’ hidden desires in Atonement and The Soloist – and of course zoomed in on Winston Churchill’s private

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“You’ll immediately spot the connection to Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window in the heroine who becomes convinced that her neighbours are hiding a murderous secret, but there are ties to other classics, like Spellbound and Vertigo”

life to Oscar-winning effect with Oldman in their last those efforts, it promises a

problems. When the

she looks a heck of a lot

collaboration, 2017’s

whole new set of

well-to-do Russell family

like Jennifer Jason Leigh,

Darkest Hour.

complications, and some

moves in across the street,

and not at all like the

deeply flawed characters.

Anna starts obsessing over

woman Anna met before.

words, be thrills to spare as

their apparently picture-

Did Anna imagine the

Anna tries to work out what

perfect lives.

other Jane and her

has really happened. If you

murder, powered by a

liked The Girl On The Train

Amy Adams stars as Dr Anna Fox, a child psychologist crippled by

After a rare and

There should, in other

agoraphobia and confined

disastrous attempt to

hallucinatory combination

or Gone Girl, this is going to

to her house. She’s on

venture out, Anna meets

of wine and drugs and old

be right up your alley – or

anti-anxiety medication to

Julianne Moore’s likeable

films? Who is the real Jane

rather, right across the street

try to control her

Jane, the mother of the

Russell? As events unravel,

from you, staring into your

symptoms, but can still be

family, and the pair strike

it seems that Anna can’t

windows at night.

reduced to helpless terror

up a quick friendship.

trust anyone, even herself,

Helen O’Hara

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CERTIFICATE TBC RUNNING TIME 102 MINS

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RELEASE DATE 17 APRIL

STARRING TONI COLLETTE, DAMIAN LEWIS, OWEN TEALE, JOANNA PAGE, PETER DAVISON, NICHOLAS FARRELL, SIÂN PHILLIPS

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Of The Turf, a breeders’

together for the greater

ALLIANCE – THE

bible advertised in the back

good. Lyn and scriptwriter

CHAMPION RACEHORSE

of Horse & Hound, she

Neil McKay balance the

BRED ON AN ALLOTMENT

convinces Brian that she

earthy humour and

AND OWNED BY A

wants to breed a racehorse

heartfelt passion just right.

SYNDICATE FROM A

and rear it on their

SMALL TOWN IN THE

allotment. It sounds

Collette is marvellous as

Leading the way,

WELSH VALLEYS – has

absolutely barmy –

Jan, nailing the Welsh

already inspired the 2015

remember, this is a true

accent and the emotional

prize-winning

story – but when Jan invests

bond she forges with her

documentary Dark Horse.

her savings in a mare,

horse. Lewis is warm in his

Now galloping to a cinema

Rewbell, and takes it to

role, playing a very

near you is Dream Horse, a

a stud farm, her dream

different sort of financial

dramatised account of this

comes that much closer.

whiz to his character in TV

remarkable triumph-

Rewbell gives birth to a foal.

series Billions. Really,

against-the-odds story.

Of course, horses cost

though, it’s the ensemble

Little Miss Sunshine star

money, and Jan implores

casting that makes Dream

Toni Collette further proves

those around her to pool

Horse fly, from veteran

her incredible range,

their resources. Although

actor Karl Johnson as the

starring as Jan Vokes, a

Howard initially scoffs, his

beer-loving Kerby to Dame

woman who, when she’s

own staid life crunching

Siân Phillips as syndicate

not working in a

numbers means he’s also

member Maureen. Peter

supermarket or at the local

yearning for a bit of

Davison as Lord Avery, the

working men’s club, spends

excitement – as long as his

snobby horse owner, is

her days tending her aged

wife, Angela (Joanna Page),

another delight.

parents and her husband

doesn’t find out about it.

Brian (Game Of Thrones’

When other members of

are impressively staged;

Owen Teale), who is unable

their community pitch in,

Lyn and his team create

to work because of arthritis.

Jan and Brian set about

genuine excitement and

Jan decides that she

finding a trainer for the

tension on the track, and

needs something more in

horse they aptly name

with each race having its

her life, and an idea sparks

Dream Alliance – but this is

own distinct character, you

after she overhears Howard

just the start of a journey

genuinely feel like you’re

(Damian Lewis) in the club

that will see Dream

alongside Jan, Brian and co

where she works. An

compete for glory.

in the stands, cheering on

accountant for a big firm,

Directed by Euros Lyn,

The Full Monty 1997

Eddie The Eagle 2016

Fighting With My Family 2019

Dream as hooves thunder

who worked on the BBC’s

along the turf. However, Lyn

a racing syndicate –

His Dark Materials, Dream

equally captures the life in

although, as we learn, it

Horse perfectly fits the

the Welsh valleys – right

almost crippled his family

mould of the classic,

down to the club sing-

financially. Even so, as an

feelgood British film. It’s

songs. It all adds up to gem

animal lover who has bred

along the lines of The Full

of a movie – one that will

everything from rabbits to

Monty, Calendar Girls and

keep you applauding right

whippets in the past, Jan is

Fisherman’s Friends,

up to the finish line.

soon under starter’s orders.

featuring a tight-knit

James Mottram

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Howard used to be part of

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HALL OF

FAME

MICHAEL G. WILSON & BARBARA BROCCOLI

Photo: Greg Williams Photography

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The formidable 007 producers on why new James Bond mission No Time To Die is the ultimate big-screen experience…

MICHAEL G. WILSON AND

fresh and relevant during ever-

BARBARA BROCCOLI DEBATABLY

changing times. The latest

When working on a new James Bond film, where do you begin?

HAVE THE BEST JOB IN THE

adventure, No Time To Die, is the

Michael G. Wilson: We look for the

WORLD: they are the guardians of

25th official Bond film and brings

caper that’s going to be on people’s

James Bond, the world’s greatest

Daniel Craig’s tenure as 007 to an end

minds two years from when we start,

secret agent. The stepson and

on a thrilling, explosive high. At the

try to forecast that and then figure

daughter of legendary Bond

pair’s swanky London HQ (sadly not

out what Bond’s journey is going to

producer Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli,

inside a volcano), the powerhouse

be — what are we going to put him

Michael and Barbara have guided the

producers talk career highs, finding

through emotionally.

series since 1995’s GoldenEye,

talent and the joys of a night out

Barbara Broccoli: Fortunately, Daniel

keeping the 58-year-old franchise

at Picturehouse…

is terrific story-wise. He understands

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the character extremely well. He is very much a part of the whole process. In No Time To Die, Bond is faced with a massive threat – worse than ever. It’s really putting him through his paces.

You’re flying the flag for largescale British cinema with James Bond. Do you ever feel a pressure attached to that?

Broccoli: No, we love making films here. We celebrate all the craftsmen and the technicians.

Wilson: James Bond is a British subject and British-made. Britain is now a hub for large productions. Just look at the expansion of Pinewood

Clockwise from above: No Time To Die, GoldenEye, The Spy Who Loved Me

You often champion new and emerging filmmaking talent.

How do you keep abreast of what’s going on in the wider film world?

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Studios.

is an event. It’s something we shouldn’t

Broccoli: We love watching films and

take for granted. I love going to the

theatre; we find a lot of talent in those

movies. I love the idea of being in a

areas. I just think we are excited

darkened room with strangers

about the job we do.

watching something, gasping or

Wilson: Along with producers Tim

laughing or crying. The experience is

You’ve worked on so many fantastic movies but if you had to pick a career highlight (so far) what would you say?

Bevan, Eric Fellner and David

really special, particularly when you

Broccoli: I think Casino Royale. There

Heyman, we have founded The

go to Picturehouse, where the cinemas

was an avalanche of negativity about

London Screen Academy to bring

are so well designed and comfortable.

Daniel Craig before anyone had seen

young talent into the industry.

You can make an evening out of it.

him perform, which was really

Broccoli: Talent is the reason to get

They have really good restaurants, you

shocking and distressing. I think

out of bed in the morning.

can have a cocktail. You can have your

when audiences got to see him play

pic’n’mix and sit in a comfy seat. It’s a

the role, it was a triumph. We knew

wonderful experience.

how fantastic he was but it was great

Do you think it’s important that people experience films like No Time To Die, as part of a large audience on the big screen?

when the tide turned so dramatically.

Wilson: I would also add The Spy

Wilson: We make it for the big screen.

Do you have that unique viewing experience in mind when working on a new 007 picture?

We’re shooting it on film. The music

Broccoli: There’s a couple of

GoldenEye was an excellent first film

and sound effects are all intended to

moments in No Time To Die when

for Pierce (Brosnan). I guess it’s a big

be experienced in that way. The

you will hear the audience react —

moment when you take a risk doing

attention to detail and effort that goes

they are not necessarily action

something new that goes down well

into it is all meant for a collective

moments. We’re really excited to be

with the audience. It’s always a

theatrical experience.

in a situation when we are watching

good feeling.

Broccoli: I think going to the cinema

the film with an audience.

Ian Freer

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Well Crafted

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Stephen Cummings, head chef of City Screen Picturehouse in York writes about his love of craft-driven cooking…

THE FOOD IN CINEMAS

underappreciated

important; after all, you eat

enough to be in the great

HAS CHANGED AS MUCH

ingredient from, say, the

with your eyes first.

county of Yorkshire, and are

AS THE SIZE OF THE

Middle East, and pairing it

SCREENS OVER THE PAST

with a well-known Chinese

particularly interesting at

independent suppliers. That

FEW YEARS. We’re a long

sauce – it’s all about

the moment. They’re some

goes for our vegetables,

way from those rubbery

reinvention and

of my favourite dishes to

which are sourced from

hot dogs and yellow nacho

experimentation with

create because there are

local farmers; our fish, which

cheese on stale tortilla

different herbs, spices, fruits,

no preconceived rules.

is caught sustainably on the

chips of old.

vegetables, pickling liquors

One of our most popular

east coast; our grass-fed beef,

and sauce combinations.

dishes from our veganuary

which is reared in the Vale of

Here at City Screen, the style of food I’ve introduced

Food has come a long

Vegan food is

proud to support local

menu was a crispy onion

York; and our Yorkshire

over the past year is based

way from meat and two veg,

bhaji burger with a

outdoor-reared pork.

on no-rules, craft-driven

but that can always be used

gochugaru mango sauce,

cooking. It’s the same ethos

as a good starting point.

lime pickle slaw, minted

we’re doing here in York.

that craft breweries have – I

Sometimes it’s as simple as

soya yoghurt, fresh mango

With a range of great talent

just translate it into my food,

serving a charred flatbread

and kachumber.

in the kitchens at

putting an emphasis on

to add a little bitterness, or

quality local ingredients, big

adding something crispy

of our ethos and the quality

across the country, there has

bold flavours and passion.

into a dish, to give it a whole

of the food we create is the

never been a better time to

new taste experience (I

provenance of the

grab a bite to eat at your

all about flavour, texture and

mean, who doesn’t put crisps

ingredients. Although we

local Picturehouse

presentation. It doesn’t

into their sandwiches?).

use ingredients from around

restaurant or café.

matter whether I’m using an

Presentation is also just as

the world, we’re also lucky

Bon appétit!

When I create a dish, it’s

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And this is just what

Picturehouse Cinemas all

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The Top Ten: Isabelle Huppert Films The consistently brilliant French actress has Frankie heading into cinemas soon.

We select some of her finest (couple of) hours…

1

The news that Paul

Elle Paul Verhoeven, 2016

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2

3

Total Recall, was set to

The Piano Teacher

Violette Nozière

direct Huppert raised more

Michael Haneke, 2001

Claude Chabrol, 1978

than the odd eyebrow,

No film showcases

The first film Huppert made

particularly since Huppert

Huppert’s blend of

with Claude Chabrol, and

is noted for her

emotional fearlessness

the start of one of the most

collaborations with the

better than The Piano

fertile collaborations

more “respectable” likes of

Teacher. Huppert plays

between a director and an

Godard, Ozon and Chabrol.

Erika, a music teacher

actor in modern cinema.

However, the resulting film

whose secret sado-

Based on a true story, it has

is a provocative, darkly

masochism and barely

Huppert as the 18-year-old

funny account of one

repressed sociopathy find

Violette, who poisoned her

woman’s unconventional

its mirror in meek Walter

parents, killing her father

response to being raped,

(Benoît Magimel), with

whom she later accused of

with a razor-sharp central

whom she agrees to have

molesting her. Huppert won

performance that only

sex but only in meticulously

a Best Actress prize at

Huppert could have

choreographed S&M

Cannes for her portrayal of

carried off.

sessions.

the patricidal teen.

Verhoeven, he of the trashy excesses of RoboCop and

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5

6

8 Women

La Cérémonie

Loulou

François Ozon, 2002

Claude Chabrol, 1995

Maurice Pialat, 1980

François Ozon’s 8 Women

Chabrol relocates Ruth

This early Huppert role (she

is a lavishly staged murder

Rendell’s A Judgement In

would introduce herself to

mystery, complete with

Stone to a remote French

English-speaking audiences

song-and-dance numbers,

village, where resentful

a year later in Michael

with the ahead-of-the-curve

postmistress Jeanne

Cimino’s disastrous Heaven’s

bonus that all the murder

(Huppert) worms her way

Gate) has her paired with

suspects are women – the

into the life of Sophie

Gérard Depardieu, playing

(Sandrine Bonnaire), the

a bored, married young

illiterate housekeeper

woman who abandons her

a task to steal the show

for a wealthy family against

bourgeois life to move in

from a cast that includes

whom Jeanne has a deeply

with a petty criminal. It’s a

Catherine Deneuve and

held grudge. Huppert

little dated these days, but

Emmanuelle Béart, but

keeps the audience

Huppert’s acute insight into

Huppert slyly does it with

guessing as she slowly

the life of a frustrated

her delicious turn as prim

edges buttoned-up Sophie

upper-class housewife is

aunt/suspect Augustine.

towards violence.

packed with promise.

only man in the film has a dagger in his back. It’s quite

Clockwise from left: Elle, 8 Women, Frankie, Things To Come

7

8

9

10

The Lacemaker

Merci Pour Le Chocolat

Things To Come

Frankie

Claude Goretta, 1977

Ira Sachs, 2020

Huppert won the Most

Claude Chabrol, 2000

Mia Hansen-Løve, 2016

Promising Newcomer

Huppert’s sixth film with

This subtle, affecting and

actress François “Frankie”

BAFTA more than 40 years

Chabrol, this pleasingly tart

quietly life-affirming film

Crémont, who while facing a

ago for her role as Pomme,

thriller has her as Mika, the

has Huppert as a philosophy

personal crisis, invites her

a likeable young hairdresser

head of a chocolate firm

teacher whose marriage

dysfunctional family on

who embarks on a road trip

whose past (and future)

begins to falter and who

holiday with the aim of

with her best friend, which

may involve the murder of

must cope with illness and

bringing them all closer

leads to an ill-fated love

members of her husband’s

death of her mother. It might

together. It’s set on a single

affair with an upper-class

family. It’s the perfect role

sound like a downer but

day in the spectacular

literature student. Her

for Huppert: icy, mysterious

Huppert is typically superb

scenery of Portugal, and

performance is full of the

and laced with a perfectly

as a woman whose

Huppert shines as a woman

kind of meticulous attention

judged and a subtly playful

intelligence and love of

who, as one character

to detail that would come to

sense of irony. Alfred

books become her

remarks, “usually gets what

typify her subsequent

Hitchcock would have

mainstays while she

she wants”.

stellar career.

loved it, and her.

negotiates later life.

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Huppert plays famous

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Staff Reviews Picturehouse staffers are as passionate about films as you are, so here two employees select their favourites from the upcoming slate....

The Elephant Man (1980)

La Dolce Vita

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(1960)

The Elephant Man

La Dolce Vita

Monday 30 March

Sunday 22 March

Zans: David Lynch’s The Elephant Man is

Laura: Condemned by the Catholic Church

based on the true story of Joseph Merrick

upon its release for its juxtaposition of

(John Hurt), a man deformed by a condition

religious morality and post-war hedonism,

that remains a medical mystery. Dr

and widely censored until the mid-1970s,

Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins)

Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita was a

rescues “the Greatest Freak in the World”

contrarian and groundbreaking start to

from a carnival and brings him to London

1960s Italian cinema. Sweepingly sardonic

Hospital. There, Merrick’s natural intellect

and eff ortlessly sexy, this milestone work

blossoms as he is introduced to Victorian

refl ected the rapid economic and cultural

London’s social elite, including Alexandra,

growth of post-Mussolini Italy.

Princess of Wales, although with this exposure comes both kindness and cruelty.

Zans Krohn

Programming and marketing administrator

Laura Jacobs

PA to joint managing director Clare Binns

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This fi lm is bittersweet and engrossing.

On the one hand, it’s an episodic tale of glamour, relationships and romance in Rome, starring silver-screen royalty

Lynch’s sensibility is ever present in the

Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg

surreal dreamscapes and a pervasive sense

– and even The Velvet Underground’s

of foreboding. Even beneath the heavy

frequent collaborator, Nico. On the other, it’s

make-up (which took eight hours to apply),

a pointed hit at the liabilities of religion and

Hurt’s portrayal of Merrick is poignant.

conservatism, confronting religious

Watching him turn from freak show to soft ly

exultation, celebrity and domesticity. These

spoken man inclined to poetry and building

two strands are woven together perfectly to

miniature cathedrals makes it all the more

create an undulating, delightful and

heartbreaking as Lynch shows the

carnival-esque comedy-drama that’s still

shortcomings of human empathy.

essential viewing 60 years on.

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