FRIDAY FILM NIGHTS
Friday 17 June 7.30pm
Belfast (PG 13)
£5 on the door, bring your own drinks
Belfast, 15 August 1969. Surrounded by sporadic violence and growing danger, nine-year-old Buddy finds himself confronted with the ugly reality of sectarian conflict. And, as the suffocating stranglehold of increasing turmoil tightens around his once-peaceful working-class neighbourhood, Buddy tries his best to understand The Troubles--after all, someone must be responsible for forcing people to flee their homes. Now, Buddy's family must come face to face with a nearly impossible, life-altering decision: stay or start packing? The film is based on true story events from Kenneth Branagh's childhood.
Written and directed by Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Judi Dench, Ciaran Hinds, Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitriona Balfe
To view the trailer, please click on the poster
Friday 15 July 7.30pm
Death On The Nile (12A)
£5 on the door, bring your own drinks
Death on the Nile is a 2022 mystery film directed by Kenneth Branagh from a screenplay by Michael Green, based on the 1937 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie. Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short. Set against an epic landscape of sweeping Egyptian desert vistas and the majestic Giza pyramids, this tale of unbridled passion and incapacitating jealousy features a cosmopolitan group of impeccably dressed travelers, and enough wicked twists and turns to leave audiences guessing until the final, shocking denouement.
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Screenplay by Michael Green, based on the Agatha Christie novel
Starring: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders
To view the trailer, please click on the poster
Friday 5 August 7.30pm
The Duke (12)
£5 on the door, bring your own drinks
In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. He sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. An uplifting true story about a good man who set out to change the world whilst trying to hold on to his marriage.
Starring: Jim Broadbent as Kempton Bunton, Helen Mirren as his wife together with James Wilby and Anna Maxwell Martin
To view the trailer, please click on the poster
