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April 2024
FILM: The Nettle Dress
After the death of his beloved wife, textile artist Allan Brown embarks on a seven-year endeavor to weave a hand-spun dress from stinging nettles foraged in the woods surrounding his home. To honour his beloved. A modern day Fairytale and hymn to the healing power of nature and slow craft ⋆⋆⋆⋆ A husband’s grief becomes a thing of beauty in lyrical documentary. Dylan Howitt’s moving film follows textile artist Allan Brown as he painstakingly weaves a dress from foraged nettles…
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Documentary Film : Freedom Under Load
Part of The Bishop's Castle Walking Festival Fringe Events With hundreds of pounds on their backs, they face storms, blizzards and deep snow. Their job is not only a job, but also their path to calm. We get to know the oldest generation of carriers of the High Tatras, carrying supplies to the mountain huts every day. For them, this dangerous climb is a path to tranquillity. 8.2 IMDB Being shown at The European Union Film Festival and Sheffield Adventure…
Find out more »Afternoon Film: Scrapper (12A)
Georgie, a gutsy streetwise 12-year-old, Is dealing with the loss of her mother but lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic . Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality. ★★★★" Fizzing, vital exploration of the father-daughter bond. Charlotte Regan’s feature debut, about a resourceful 12-year-old living alone whose father re-enters her life, brims with energy, ideas and colour" The Guardian ★★★★"Georgie (Lola Campbell) is doing just fine: her beloved mum just…
Find out more »June 2024
FILM SPECIAL: MEAN GIRLS (12A)
HAVE A NIGHT OFF! FREE GALSS OF FIZZ INCLUDED IN TICKET PRICE (Alcoholic and Non) New girl Cady is a hit with the Plastics, an A-list girl clique. But everything changes when she makes the mistake of falling for the wrong boy! ★★★★"Sharp and fun remake for Gen Z .Tina Fey's musical remake of the Lindsay Lohan classic perfectly translates to the TikTok age and still manages to remain a complete scream." The Telegraph "High-school sadism comedy as sugar-rush movie musical In…
Find out more »FILM: Six Inches of Soil
The inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities “The summary of soil and agriculture was incredible and to see these farmers doing what they're doing is so inspiring, it's made me optimistic,” Rachel Joseph, ORFC audience member. “An excellent film really put well together, told the journey, told the story. Book a free place and…
Find out more »Afternoon: Vindication Swim (PG)
The inspirational true story of Mercedes Gleitze, the first British woman to swim the English Channel and her battle against both the cold waters of the Channel . 8.8 IMDB "Vindication Swim: A Trailblazing Tale of Triumph and Legacy" thatspopculture.com It was our aim to really submerge the audience into the waters of the English Channel and in that way hope to pay homage to the spirit of this incredible woman. Everything you see on screen is real, all shot without the use…
Find out more »July 2024
Afternoon Film: Next Goal Wins (12A)
The story of the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 FIFA match they lost 31-0. Directed by Academy Award Winner Taika Waititi 6.5IMDB "The whole film is a little rough-and-ready in the way it's put together, but it's amiable and well-intentioned and the laughs are real. "The Guardian Supported by the Friends of Bishop’s Castle Community, Care Home and Hospital. Tea and biscuits £1,No stairs, tables & chairs, Hearing loop, Free Dial–a-ride bus service…
Find out more »FILM: La Chimera (15)
Just out of jail and still searching for his late beloved Beniamina, crumpled English archaeologist Arthur reconnects with his wayward crew of tombaroli accomplices – a happy-go-lucky collective of itinerant grave-robbers who survive by looting Etruscan tombs and fencing the ancient treasures they dig up. Arthur isn’t interested in the artefacts, though; he’s seeking a legendary door to the underworld, and to Beniamina. clever, ambitious, and funny throughout, but it also works as an intelligent meditation on our attitudes toward…
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