Image: My Generation, 14 May at Picture House Uckfield
Event Cinema, also known as ‘alternative content’ offers cinema goers the chance to broaden their entertainment experiences by introducing a huge variety of cinema experiences outside of the usual Hollywood flicks.
During May, you can enjoy foreign-language films from China and France, rediscover The Sound of Music and enjoy exclusive Q&A with director of My Generation, David Batty.
Picture House, Uckfield
Wednesday 2 May – 8.15pm
Nothing Like a Dame
From time to time four old friends, meet up in the English countryside to gossip, remember & laugh. For once they let the cameras in
This is a unique celebration of the lives & careers of four of our most iconic actresses; Dame Eileen Atkins, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Joan Plowright & Dame Maggie Smith. All four have gone from being fledgling actresses in the 1950s to acting legends, watching each other’s careers grow & bloom. Candid, funny, caustic, irreverent, poignant & utterly engrossing, this unmissable documentary is proof that there is truly nothing like a Dame…
Including special introduction by Dame Joan Plowright & exclusive interview with Director Roger Michell
Wednesday 23 May – 8pm
My Golden Days (Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse)
A French comedy drama from director Arnaud Desplechin starring veteran French actor Mathieu Amalric as a middle-aged anthropologist. Whilst preparing to leave Tajikistan he reminisces about his adolescent years, his childhood, his mother’s attacks of madness, his father’s alienating depression, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and Esther, the beautiful, rude love of his life.
Everyman Oxted
Monday 21 May – 8.15pm
Everyman Collection: That Good Night
When Ralph Maitland (John Hurt), a once famous writer, learns of his terminal illness he has only two wishes before his death; to reconcile his relationship with his estranged son and for his younger wife to remain unburdened.
Due to an innate uncooperative personality, both wishes appear destined to remain unfulfilled – until he receives a ‘guest’ who he has hired to provide a painless death. But when the services aren’t’ delivered, Ralph gets an unexpected second chance at righting his wrongs.
Stag Sevenoaks
www.stagsevenoaks.co.uk
Sunday 20 May – 3pm
The Sound of Music
In case you’ve never seen it, The Sound of Music is a 1965 film version of the 1959 Broadway musical, about a young woman who becomes governess to a group of children in Austria during the lead-up to the Second World War.
Odeon Tunbridge Wells
Wednesday 9 May – 7pm
Skid Row Marathon
Follow the story of High Court Judge, Craig Mitchell as he coaches a long-distance running club from the Midnight Mission on Skid Row. Using the redemptive power of running and the camaraderie of the group, marathon training raises the spirits of Skid Row’s inhabitants and gives a sense of purpose to a group of people who are homeless, addicted or coming out of the prison system.
