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Forthcoming films:
Friday 20th March, 8pm
Blue Moon
USA 2025, 96 minutes, 15 certificate
Directed by Richard Linklater, Starring Ethan Hawke, Andrew Scott, Bobby Cannavale, Margaret Qualley
Before Rogers and Hammerstein, there was Rogers and Hart – the song writing duo had a long and successful working relationship, creating musicals for stage and screen throughout the 1920s and into the early 40’s. But the relationship soured; Lorenz Hart, who penned many classics including that of the title, was an inveterate boozer whose capacity for work spiralled to such an extent that Rogers cut him loose, to take up with Hammerstein and continue his dominance of 20th Century musical theatre. On the evening of Oklahoma’s Broadway debut, Hart sits despondently in the audience, knowing a massive hit when he hears one. Unable to bear its inevitable success, he heads to Sardi’s, a favourite haunt of the theatrical cognoscenti, and the venue for the after party, when everyone will converge for the inevitable rapturous celebrations. Although he is desperately trying to hang on to his latest stab at sobriety, he nonetheless parks himself at the bar to seek solace and chew the fat with the barman (Cannavale), holding forth with acerbic campy brilliance on all and sundry: his evisceration of the bland sentiment of the new musical (“Oklahomo”), the homosexual subtext of Casablanca, andhis impossible and doomed infatuation with a much younger, beautiful protegee and aspiring theatre designer (Qualley). Hawke is utterly mesmerising in perhaps the best role of his career as the embittered, tragic Hart – heartbreaking, waspish, sexually ambiguous, self-pitying, deluding himself but also painfully aware of his self-delusions. A real highlight from the recent crop of awards-worthy cinematic releases, this is such a treat. Watch the trailer here.
Sunday 29th March, 7pm. The Marching Band (cert 15)
Saturday 4th April, 8pm. Prime Minister (cert 12)
Friday 10th April, 8pm. The Choral (cert 12)
