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Coming up at the Movies 1. BEFORE MIDNIGHT IN CINEMAS JULY 4TH We meet Celine and Jesse nine years after their last rendezvous, in Before Sunset. Almost two decades have passed since their first encounter on a train bound for Vienna in Before Sunrise, and we now find them in their early forties in Greece. Before the clock strikes midnight, we will again become part of their story. Bolstered by an increasingly refined onscreen chemistry between lead actors Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight is a fitting third chapter in one of the great love stories of American independent cinema. Directed by Richard Linkalater Starring Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy Runtime 109 minutes | Rated TBC
2.THE LOOK OF LOVE IN CINEMAS JULY 4TH Winner of the Best Actor and Best Screenplay awards at the Berlin Film Festival, Michael Winterbottom’s The Look Of Love stars Steve Coogan (Tristram Shandy, The Trip) in the true-life story of Paul Raymond, the man behind Soho’s notorious Raymond Revue Bar and Men Only magazine. Paul Raymond began his professional life with an end of the pier mind-reading act. He soon realised that the audience was more interested in watching his beautiful assistant, and that they liked it even more if she was topless. He quickly became one of Britain’s leading nude revue producers. The film focuses on Raymond’s relationships with the three most important women in his life: his wife Jean (Anna Friel), his lover Fiona (Tamsin Egerton) and his daughter Debbie (Imogen Poots). Directed by Michael WInterbottom Starring Steve Coogan, Imogen Poots, Stephen Fry, Anna Friel, Matt Lucas, David Walliams Runtime 101 minutes | Rated TBC
3. WHITE LIES IN CINEMAS JUNE 27TH Paraiti (Whirimako Black) is a medicine woman. She is the healer and midwife of her rural, tribal people – she believes in life. But new laws are in force prohibiting unlicensed healers. On a rare trip to the city, she is approached by Maraea (Rachel House), the servant of a wealthy woman, Rebecca (Antonia Prebble), who seeks her knowledge and assistance in order to hide a secret which could destroy Rebecca’s position in European settler society. So Paraiti, Maraea and Rebecca become players in a head-on clash of beliefs, deception and ultimate salvation. Directed by Dana Rotberg Starring Antonia Prebble, Rachel House, Whirimako Black Runtime 95 minutes | Rated M with violence and nudity
4. TWICE BORN IN CINEMAS JULY 11TH Gemma visits Sarajevo with her son, Pietro. 16 years earlier, they escaped the war-torn city while Diego, the boy’s father, remained behind and later died. As she tries to repair her difficult relationship with Pietro, she also confronts her past. Gemma first met and fell in love with Diego in Sarajevo. They desperately wanted children but she could not conceive. Amidst the siege of 1992, they found a possible surrogate, and Gemma pushed her into Diego’s arms, only to be overwhelmed by guilt and jealousy. Now, a revelation awaits her – one that will force her to face the full extent of her loss, the true horror of war and the redemptive power of love. Directed by Sergio Castellitto Starring Penelope Cruz, Emilie Hirsch Runtime 127 minutes | Rated TBC