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“Ma chere Mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair as the dining room proudly presents – your dinner!”
Lumiere (Jerry Orbach) in Beauty and the Beast (1991, dirs. Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise)
LATEST REVIEWS
What to see, and what to flee!
Nightbitch (2024, dir. Marielle Heller) – BFI London Film Festival
An overworked mother finds herself transforming into a dog…
Julie Keeps Quiet (2024, dir. Leonardo Van Dijl) – BFI London Film Festival
A tennis prodigy mysteriously refuses to speak up in the wake of a scandal…
Hard Truths (2024, dir. Mike Leigh) – BFI London Film Festival
Two sisters have two very different reactions to grief…
WEEKLY PREVIEWS
A handy menu of cinema and home releases!
This Week’s Movie Menu (8 – 14 April 2024)
Things are heating up as the summer blockbuster season approaches, and this week’s collection of films hint at a strong year for film, especially when they include terrifying action epics, tragic singer biopics, bleak Glaswegian classics, and more…
