Cinema at Gloucester Guildhall this January
Gloucester Guildhall is starting the year off with a fantastic selection of films. Make sure you grab your tickets so you can see the latest and greatest films!
Lost in Paris (12A)
Fiona (Fiona Gordon), a small town Canadian librarian, receives a letter of distress from her 88-year-old Aunt Martha (Emmanuelle Riva) living in Paris. Fiona hops on the first plane only to discover that Martha has disappeared. What follows is a hilarious tale of pratfalls, masterfully choreographed tomfoolery all set against the beautiful background of Paris.
Tues 2nd Jan: 2pm | Weds 3rd Jan: 5:45pm | Fri 5th Jan: 5:45pm | Sat 6th Jan: 5:45pm | Mon 8th Jan: 8:30pm | Tues 9th Jan: 2pm | Wes 10th Jan: 8:30pm | Thurs 11th Jan: 5:45pm
Tickets are £3.50 for early bird showings (before 5pm) or £4.50 after.
Menashe (U)
In the centre of New York's ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jewish community, Menashe is struggling through life in the aftermath of his wife's death. Tradition requires that his son be raised in a house with a mother, but Menashe's rabbi allows him to keep Rieven at home with him for a week giving him a chance to prove himself a suitable man of faith and fatherhood, and restore respect among his doubters.
Tues 2nd Jan: 5:45pm | Weds 3rd Jan: 8pm | Thurs 4th Jan: 5:45pm | Sat 6th Jan: 2pm | Mon 8th Jan: 2pm | Tues 9th Jan: 5:45pm | Thurs 11th Jan: 8pm
Tickets are £3.50 for early bird showings (before 5pm) or £4.50 after.
Battle of the Sexes (12A)
In the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women's movement, the 1973 tennis match between women's World #1 Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-men's-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was one of the most watched televised sports events of all time. This film goes beyond the court and delves into the players and why they wanted to play.
Tues 2nd Jan: 8pm | Weds 3rd Jan: 2pm | Thurs 4th Jan: 8pm | Sat 6th Jan: 10:45am (Subtitled) & 8pm | Mon 8th Jan 5:45pm | Tues 9th Jan: 8pm | Weds 10th Jan: 5:45pm
Tickets are £3.50 for early bird showings (before 5pm) or £4.50 after.
Wonder (PG)
Auggie Pullman (Jacob Tremblay) was born with facial differences that, up until now, have prevented him from going to a mainstream school. He becomes the most unlikely of heroes when he enters the local fifth grade. As his parents (played by Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson), his new classmates, and the larger community all struggle to find their compassion and acceptance, Auggie's extraordinary journey will unite them all and prove you can't blend in when you were born to stand out.
Sat 13th Jan: 10:45am (Subtitled) & 8:20pm | Mon 15th Jan: 2pm & 8:20pm | Weds 17th Jan: 8:20pm | Thurs 18th Jan: 5:45pm
Tickets are £3.50 for early bird showings (before 5pm) or £4.50 after.
Happy End (15)
When her mother falls ill under mysterious circumstances, young Eve (Fantine Harduin) is sent to live with her estranged father's relatives in Calais. The Laurent family – wealthy, neurotic and self-obsessed – own a lucrative construction company and live in a sprawling mansion house, waited on by servants. But trouble is brewing, as a series of intergenerational back-stabbings threaten to tear the family apart
Sat 13th Jan: 2pm & 5:45pm | Mon 15th Jan: 5:45pm | Tues 16th Jan: 2pm | Weds 17th Jan: 5:45pm | Thurs 18th Jan: 8:30pm
Tickets are £3.50 for early bird showings (before 5pm) or £4.50 after.
The Greatest Showman (TBC)
‘The Greatest Showman’ is a bold and original musical Inspired by the ambition and imagination of P.T. Barnum and tells the story of P.T Barnum (Hugh Jackman), a visionary who rose from nothing to create a circus that became a mesmerizing spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
Fri 19th Jan: 2pm & 8pm | Sat 20th Jan: 10:45am (Subtitled) & 8pm | Mon 22nd Jan: 2pm & 8pm | Weds 24th Jan: 8pm | Thurs 25th Jan: 5:45pm
Tickets are £3.50 for early bird showings (before 5pm) and £4.50 after.
Lover for a Day (15)
After a devastating breakup, the only place twenty-three-year old Jeanne (Esther Garrel) has to stay in Paris is the small flat of her father, Giles (Eric Caravaca). But when Jeanne arrives, she finds that her father's new girlfriend has moved in too: Arianne, a young woman her own age. (Louise Chevillotte) Each is looking for their own kind of love in a city filled with possibilities.
Fri 19th Jan: 5:45pm | Sat 20th Jan: 2pm & 5:45pm | Mon 22nd Jan: 5:45pm | Tues 23rd Jan: 8pm | Weds 24th Jan: 5:45pm | Thurs 25th Jan: 2pm & 8:15pm
Tickets are £3.50 for early bird showings (before 5pm) or £4.50 after.
Hostiles (TBC)
Captain Blocker (Christian Bale) is a an habitually ruthless oppressor of the Native American peoples, who has been order to accompany dying Cheyenne Chief Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi to his homeland on the Valley of the Bears. On the way, the party comes across Rosalie (Rosamund Pike), a pioneer woman whose entire family has been brutally slaughtered by Commanches and Blocker takes it upon himself to be her protector and lead her to safety.
Fri 26th Jan: 2pm | Mon 29th Jan: 5:45pm | Tues 30th Jan: 2pm | Weds 31st Jan: 5:45pm | Thurs 1st Feb: 8:40pm
Tickets are £3.50 for early bird showings (before 5pm) or £4.50 after.
Molly’s Game (15)
The true story of Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), a beautiful, young, Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans and finally, unbeknown to her, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defence lawyer Charlie Jaffey (Idris Elba), who learned there was much more to Molly than the tabloids led people to believe.
Fri 26th Jan: 5:45pm & 8:40pm | Mon 29th Jan: 2pm & 8:30pm | Tues 30th Jan: 5:45pm & 8:40pm | Weds 31st Jan: 8:30pm | Thurs 1st Feb: 2pm & 5:45pm (Subtitled)
Tickets are £3.50 for early bird viewings (before 5pm) or £4.50 after.
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