April 2019 - May 2019 Screenings
The dates and times of screenings on this page are shown in good faith and changes may occur. Please check with co-ordinators or with the associated venues before attending.
King of Thieves (2018)
Director: James Marsh, Rating: (15), Running Time: (108 mins), Country: (United Kingdom)
A crew of retired crooks pull off a major heist in London's jewellery district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah, quickly turns into a nightmare due to greed. Based on true events.
- - Laxton Village Hall, Laxton, 2nd April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - Kings Sutton Millennium Hall, Kings Sutton, 10th April 2019 @ 8:00 PM
Grow Your Own (2007)
Director: Richard Laxton, Rating: (PG), Running Time: (101 mins), Country: (UK)
A year in the life of the Blacktree Road Allotments and their tenants. All have different reasons for being there; a love of vegetables; the company; an escape from a bad marriage. But for one refugee family it is an escape from something much worse.
- - Moreton Pinkney Village Hall, Moreton Pinkney, 4th April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
Edie (2017)
Director: Simon Hunter, Rating: (12A), Running Time: (102 mins), Country: (United Kingdom)
83 year old Edie believes that it is never too late. Packing an old camping bag and leaving her life behind, she embarks on an adventure she never got to have - climbing the imposing Mount Suilven in Scotland.
- - The Parish Hall, Leicester Forest East, 4th April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - United Reformed Church, Wigston Magna, 16th April 2019 @ 1:30 PM
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
Director: Mike Newell, Rating: (12A), Running Time: (124 mins), Country: (United Kingdom)
A writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II, when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.
- - Milton Malsor Village Hall, Milton Malsor, 5th April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - Blaby Village Hall, Blaby, 25th April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
Finding Your Feet (2017)
Director: Richard Loncraine, Rating: (12A), Running Time: (111 mins), Country: (United Kingdom)
When middle class Sandra discovers that her husband of forty years is having an affair with her best friend, she seeks refuge in Inner City London with her bohemian older sister.
- - Lyddington Village Hall, Lyddington, 5th April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - Blaby Village Hall, Blaby, 23rd May 2019 @ 7:30 PM
Swimming with Men (2018)
Director: Oliver Parker, Rating: (12A), Running Time: (96 mins), Country: (United Kingdom)
A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.
- - Welford Village Hall, Welford, 6th April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - Evenley Village Hall, Evenley, 8th April 2019 @ 8:00 PM
- - Rutland Museum, Oakham, 2nd May 2019 @ 7:30 PM
The Children Act (2017)
Director: Richard Eyre, Rating: (12A), Running Time: (105 mins), Country: (United Kingdom)
As her marriage crumbles, a judge must decide a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing a blood transfusion on religious principle.
- - Long Clawson Village Hall, Long Clawson, 8th April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
Director: Oliver Parker, Rating: (PG), Running Time: (114 mins), Country: (United Kingdom)
Five years after the events of Mamma Mia!, Sophie prepares for the grand reopening of the Hotel Bella Donna. As she reflects on her mum's journey, Sophie finds herself to be more like her mother than she ever even realised.
- - Ashley Village Hall, Ashley, 10th April 2019 @ 8:00 PM
The Wife (2017)
Director: Bjorn Runge, Rating: (15), Running Time: (100 mins), Country: (United Kingdom)
Behind any great man, there's always a greater woman and you're about to meet her. After forty years spent sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic husband’s literary career, Joan has reached her breaking point.
- - Thurcaston Memorial Hall, Thurcaston, 12th April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - Lyddington Village Hall, Lyddington, 3rd May 2019 @ 7:30 PM
First Man (2018)
Director: Damien Chazelle, Rating: (12A), Running Time: (141 mins), Country: (USA)
A look at the life of the astronaut Neil Armstrong and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
- - Rutland Museum, Oakham, 4th April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - Marston St. Lawrence Village Hall, Marston St. Lawrence, 12th April 2019 @ 8:00 PM
- - Kings Sutton Millennium Hall, Kings Sutton, 8th May 2019 @ 8:00 PM
- - Botcheston Village Hall, Botcheston, 14th May 2019 @ 7:30 PM
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Director: Bryan Singer, Rating: (12A), Running Time: (134 mins), Country: (United Kingdom)
Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury and chronicles the years leading up to their legendary appearance at the Live Aid concert in 1985.
- - Langton Community Hall, Church Langton, 12th April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - Brackley Library, Brackley, 18th April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - Blisworth Village Hall, Blisworth, 25th April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - Blakesley Village Hall, Blakesley, 2nd May 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - The Parish Hall, Leicester Forest East, 2nd May 2019 @ 7:30 PM
Stan & Ollie (2018)
Director: Jon S Baird, Rating: (PG), Running Time: (98 mins), Country: (United Kingdom)
Laurel and Hardy, the world's most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song - a grueling theatre tour of post-war Britain.
- - Botcheston Village Hall, Botcheston, 9th April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - Nether Heyford Village Hall, Nether Heyford, 18th April 2019 @ 7:45 PM
- - Irthlingborough Methodist Church, Irthlingborough, 24th April 2019 @ 2:00 PM
- - The Lyric Rooms, Ashby de la Zouch, 24th April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - Culworth Village Hall, Culworth, 26th April 2019 @ 8:00 PM
- - Welford Village Hall, Welford, 4th May 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - Laxton Village Hall, Laxton, 7th May 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - Long Clawson Village Hall, Long Clawson, 13th May 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - Blisworth Village Hall, Blisworth, 23rd May 2019 @ 7:30 PM
- - Hoby and District Village Hall, Hoby, 23rd May 2019 @ 8:00 PM
- - Braunston Village Hall, Braunston, 25th May 2019 @ 7:30 PM
Green Book (2018)
Director: Peter Farrelly, Rating: (12A), Running Time: (130 mins), Country: (USA)
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
- - Cogenhoe & Whiston Village Hall, Cogenhoe, 24th April 2019 @ 4:00 PM
- - Kilsby Village Hall, Kilsby, 18th May 2019 @ 8:00 PM
A Star is Born (2018)
Director: Bradley Cooper, Rating: (15), Running Time: (136 mins), Country: (USA)
A musician helps a young singer find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
- - Braunston Village Hall, Braunston, 27th April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
The Greatest Showman (2017)
Director: Michael Gracey, Rating: (PG), Running Time: (105 mins), Country: (USA)
Celebrates how the visionary American, Phineas Taylor Barnum, rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
- - Walgrave Village Hall, Walgrave, 27th April 2019 @ 7:30 PM
Julie & Julia (2009)
Director: Nora Ephron, Rating: (12a), Running Time: (123 mins), Country: (USA)
In 1949, Julia Child is in Paris, the wife of a diplomat, wondering how to spend her days. She tries hat making, bridge, and then cooking lessons at Cordon Bleu. There she discovers her passion. In 2002, Julie Powell, about to turn 30 and underemployed with an unpublished novel, decides to cook her way through "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in a year and to blog about it. We go back and forth between these stories of two women learning to cook and finding success. Sympathetic, loving husbands support them both, and friendships, too, add zest.
- - Hoby and District Village Hall, Hoby, 1st May 2019 @ 8:00 PM
The Way (2010)
Director: Emilio Estevez, Rating: (12A), Running Time: (123 mins), Country: (USA)
A father heads overseas to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling the "El camino de Santiago" from France to Spain.
- - Milton Malsor Village Hall, Milton Malsor, 3rd May 2019 @ 7:30 PM
The Mercy (2018)
Director: James Marsh, Rating: (12A), Running Time: (112 mins), Country: (UK)
The incredible story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his solo attempt to circumnavigate the globe.
- - Thurcaston Memorial Hall, Thurcaston, 10th May 2019 @ 7:30 PM
Chicago (2002)
Director: Rob Marshall, Rating: (12A), Running Time: (113 mins), Country: (USA)
Murderesses Velma Kelly (a chanteuse and tease who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together) and Roxie Hart (who killed her boyfriend when she discovered he wasn't going to make her a star) find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
- - Evenley Village Hall, Evenley, 13th May 2019 @ 8:00 PM
Peterloo (2018)
Director: Mike Leigh, Rating: (12A), Running Time: (154 mins), Country: (United Kingdom)
The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
- - Brackley Library, Brackley, 16th May 2019 @ 7:30 PM
Widows (2018)
Director: Steve McQueen, Rating: (15), Running Time: (129 mins), Country: (United Kingdom)
Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
- - Nether Heyford Village Hall, Nether Heyford, 16th May 2019 @ 7:45 PM
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Director: Rob Marshall, Rating: (U), Running Time: (130 mins), Country: (UK)
Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives.
- - Cogenhoe & Whiston Village Hall, Cogenhoe, 29th May 2019 @ 4:00 PM
The Favourite (2018)
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos, Rating: (15), Running Time: (119 mins), Country: (United Kingdom)
In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.
- - The Lyric Rooms, Ashby de la Zouch, 29th May 2019 @ 7:30 PM
