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This screening of The Nettle Dress will include a 30 minute Q&A with director Dylan Howitt, Allan Brown, hosted by Felicity Beckett.

Textile artist Allan Brown spends seven years making a dress by hand just from the fibre of locally foraged stinging nettles. This is ‘hedgerow couture’, the greenest of slow fashion but also his medicine. It’s how Allan survives the passing of his wife, leaving him and their four children bereft, and how he finds a beautiful way to honour her.
Stunningly filmed by award-winning documentary maker Dylan Howitt, The Nettle Dress follows Allan’s journey through seasons and years, foraging, spinning, weaving, cutting and sewing the cloth, before finally sharing a healing vision of the dress back in the woods where the nettles were picked, worn by one of his daughters.

A labour of love in the truest sense, The Nettle Dress is a modern-day fairytale and hymn to the healing power of nature and slow craft. It’s one story representing a huge groundswell of people rediscovering the joys of making. Actor Mark Rylance called the film “Exquisite and inspiring, beautiful and helpful for anyone suffering loss or grief”.

68 mins // UK 2023

Textile artist Allan Brown spends seven years making a dress by hand just from the fibre of locally foraged stinging nettles. This is ‘hedgerow couture’, the greenest of slow fashion but also his medicine. It’s how Allan survives the passing of his wife, leaving him and their four children bereft, and how he finds a beautiful way to honour her.
Stunningly filmed by award-winning documentary maker Dylan Howitt, The Nettle Dress follows Allan’s journey through seasons and years, foraging, spinning, weaving, cutting and sewing the cloth, before finally sharing a healing vision of the dress back in the woods where the nettles were picked, worn by one of his daughters.

A labour of love in the truest sense, The Nettle Dress is a modern-day fairytale and hymn to the healing power of nature and slow craft. It’s one story representing a huge groundswell of people rediscovering the joys of making. Actor Mark Rylance called the film “Exquisite and inspiring, beautiful and helpful for anyone suffering loss or grief”.

68 mins // UK 2023

*Also screening, Saturday 16 September at 7.30pm with Recorded Q&A

From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig (Ladybird, Little Women) comes Barbie, starring Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken! Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colourful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

“A miraculous achievement” Independent ★★★★★

Telegraph ★★★★  Little White Lies ★★★★ Empire ★★★★ Metro ★★★★

Directed by Greta Gerwig
With Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling,
1hr 54 mins // US 2023

In post-World War II Venice, a retired Hercule Poirot lives alone in his own exile when he receives a visit from an old friend: the world’s number one mystery writer Ariadne Oliver. Enlisting his assistance in the debunking of famed clairvoyant Joyce Reynolds, they attend a séance at the faded and decaying palazzo of famed opera singer Rowena Drake. When one of the guests is suddenly found murdered, could there be more at play than Poirot’s logic can explain?

Based on Agatha Christie’s “Hallowe’en Party”, A Haunting in Venice is directed by and stars Kenneth Branagh and the stellar ensemble cast also includes Tina Fey, Michelle Yeoh, Kelly Reilly, Jamie Dornan, Camille Cottin, Kyle Allen, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, and Jude Hill.

“Michelle Yeoh comfortably steals the show in this starry adaptation of lesser-known mystery ‘The Hallowe’en Party’ ” Independent ★★★

Directed by Kenneth Branagh
With Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, Tina Fey
1hrs 43 mins // US 2023

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. 20 years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.

“A must-see story of lost loves, childhood crushes and changing identities.” Guardian ★★★★★

“A directorial debut of remarkable poise and power” Total Film ★★★★★

“Intricate and careful in a way that’s hard to resist” Filmhounds ★★★★

Also screening, Thursday 12 October at 6.45pm

*In English and Korean
Directed by Celine Song
With Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro
1hr 46 mins // US 2023

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. 20 years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.

“A must-see story of lost loves, childhood crushes and changing identities.” Guardian ★★★★★

“A directorial debut of remarkable poise and power” Total Film ★★★★★

“Intricate and careful in a way that’s hard to resist” Filmhounds ★★★★

*Food will be served from 6.45pm onwards, with the film starting at 7.30pm

*New York-style bagels will be served with a vegetarian / vegan and gluten free option available

*In English and Korean
Directed by Celine Song
With Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro
1hr 46 mins // US 2023

Also screening, Mon 9, Tue 10 + Wed 11 October

We apologise, but due to an ongoing technical issue, the remaining screenings of My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 will not take place. If you have tickets booked and have not been contacted, please contact the box office on 0115 901 3640

Bolan’s Shoes takes us on a tumultuous journey through the height of T. Rex mania in 1970s Liverpool. It captures the heady exhilaration of glam rock mania through the experiences of a group of over-excited kids from a local children’s home before a devastating road accident changes their lives forever.

Years later, and still clinging to the adoration of her childhood idol, survivor Penny takes best friend and fellow Marc Bolan fan, Steffan, to visit his shrine in London, but a chance encounter there catapults her back to the horror she had tried so hard to forget. Light-hearted comedy and supernatural chills abound in this inspirational story that explores the enduring legacy of childhood trauma and the life-affirming power of music.

“Timothy Spall and Leanne Best add class to trauma drama” Guardian ★★★

Directed by Ian Puleston-Davies
With Timothy Spall, Leanne Best, Mathew Horne,
1hr 34 mins // UK 2023

A heart-warming story of friendship and survival set against the backdrop of the 2001 Foot and Mouth outbreak. Adapted for the screen from Bea Roberts’ multi-award-winning stage play, And Then Come the Nightjars tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a Devon farmer and the vet who is assigned to cull his precious herd. Nigel Hastings and David Fielder reprise their hugely successful on-stage roles as Jeff and Michael, with the play’s director Paul Robinson making his feature film directorial debut.

Directed by Paul Robinson
With Nigel Hastings, David Fielder
1hr 22 mins // UK 2023

Gran Turismo is based on the unbelievable true story of a team of unlikely underdogs – a struggling working-class gamer (Archie Madekwe), a failed former racecar driver (David Harbour), and an idealistic motorsport executive (Orlando Bloom). Together, they risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world.

Gran Turismo is an inspiring, thrilling, and action-packed story that proves that nothing is impossible when you’re fuelled from within.

Directed by Neill Blomkamp
With David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Archie Madekwe
Run-time TBC // US 2023