Everything To Watch This Autumn
Disney’s Snow White
The live action romp continues with this remake of a classic. Rachel Zegler steps into the title role while Gal Gadot stars as the Evil Queen. Apart from buckets of CGI dwarves I’m going to have to suspend my belief that Gadot is only the second fairest of them all. The movie is directed by Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) with writing by Greta Gerwig hot off the back of the Barbie film.
In cinemas 20 February
I’m Still Here
I’m Still Here is a political biographical drama based on the Memoir by Marcelo Ruben Paiva. Set in 1970s Brazil during the dictatorship, activist and mother Paiva is forced to cope with the forced disappearance of her husband, a former congressman who’s just returned with his family from self-exile. The movie follows her journey of holding her family together while also fighting like hell against a dangerous dictatorship to find out what happened to her partner.
The film received unanimous praise and critical acclaim at the International Film Festival as well as making it on the shortlist for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards. It’s a powerful story worth experiencing.
In Cinemas 20 February
Mozart’s Sister
Mozart wasn’t the only Mozart. This documentary pulls back the curtain on his sister, forgotten by time but possibly just as talented as her brother. Her father wrote she was one of the best pianists in Europe, but nevertheless was forced to retire at 15 or 16 due to the indecency at the time for women to perform publicly. There seems little doubt she probably helped her little brother grow into the musician he would later become. In her 50s, now retired, she returned to playing in court. The documentary follows this story and seeks to discover whether she had continued composing the entire time, in secret.
In Cinemas 13 February
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
The perennial Bridget Jones is back for one more installment of comfort food entertainment with a returning cast of Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Emma Thompson alongside Renée Zellweger. Now widowed with kids Bridget is looking to get back up on her feet by getting underneath someone else’s… Feet? That isn’t right. You know what I’m trying to say. Directed by Michael Morris, he normally does TV but his directorial debut in 2022 of To Leslie resulted in an academy Award nomination for Andrea Riseborough for Best Actress.
In Cinemas 13 February
