WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
OUT: 1/1/16
British director Tom Hooper’s last two films – The King’s Speech and Les Miserables – won seven Oscars between them and so hopes are high for this, the story of one of the first recipients of sex reassignment surgery.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Greenwich Picturehouse
WHEN: 17/12
Are you a fan of the original Star Wars trilogy? This seventh film in the series builds on the best bits of those and gives you everything you could ever wish for.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Greenwich Picturehouse
WHEN: 16/11
It is hard to imagine characters more different for Dame Maggie Smith to play than Downton Abbey‘s Countess of Grantham and the titular Lady In The Van here.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN: Screening nationwide from 2/10
#BestGameOfThronesEpisodeEver? Obvs – yet more beautifully shot and with greater poetry.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 20/8 opens 28/8
Writer/director Andrew Haigh (Greek Pete, Weekend, Looking) tells us the BFI is his favourite cinema and that he used to work here as an usher.
WORTH A LOOK: ****1/2
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 27/7/15
Rian Johnson wrote and directed 2012 Bruce Willis time travel action ride Looper and will do the same for Star Wars Episode VIII, the one to follow The Force Awakens out 18/12/15.
Worth a look?: *****
Where: BFI
When: 22/6/15
Opening nationwide: 3/7/15
The most heartbreaking moment in Kapadia’s follow-up to Senna is when one of Amy’s friends explains how the star told her a career highlight for any other artist, winning five Grammys including one presented by her hero Tony Bennett, was boring without drugs.
