Film Night Programme - Spring 2025
Pelham Hall is pleased to announce the Spring 2025 Film Night programme
Friday 17th January: THELMA [12A] 98 mins – Comedy/Action
June Squibb, who did most of her own stunts in the film, plays Thelma Post, a feisty 93-year-old grandmother who gets conned by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson (Fred Hechinger), and sets out on a treacherous quest across Los Angeles, accompanied by an aging friend (Richard Roundtree) and his motorized scooter, to reclaim what was taken from her. With Malcolm McDowell.
Why see it?A perfect comedy for a gloomy time of year.
“June Squibb proves an early awards season contender with this gorgeous, compassionate and often hilarious turn as a 93-year-old grandma from Los Angeles determined to track down and extract recompense from some local phone scammers.” - The Times (4 stars)
More information (including trailer) can be found here.
Friday 21st February: PADDINGTON IN PERU [PG] 106 mins – Comedy/Family
Paddington Bear has been living with the Brown family in London for many years now, but he still feels the tug of his Peruvian roots. Hearing that his Aunt Lucy, now living in the Home for Retired Bears, has been missing him terribly, Paddington and the Browns set off to Darkest Peru, only to discover on arrival that Aunt Lucy has disappeared.
So off they go into the Amazon to find her, accompanied by a boat captain, Hunter Cabot (Antonio Banderas) and his daughter Gina. What could possibly go wrong?
Why see it? Who doesn’t love Paddington?
“Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas, who follow Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant as the A-list guest stars. Colman plays the nun in charge of Lucy’s ursine retirement home in Peru and is introduced strumming a guitar in a Julie Andrews-style musical sequence. She rocks a mean habit and the nun bingo is fun (“Horsemen of the apocalypse — number four”) “- The Times
More information (including trailer) can be found here.
Friday 28th March: CONCLAVE [12A] 120 mins – Drama/Thriller
Based on Robert Harris’s best-selling novel about a papal election. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope.
Once the Catholic Church's most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope's wake - secrets which could shake the foundations of the Church.
Why see it? It’s a gripping drama.
“You may think that being locked in a room with a bunch of pompous elderly men deviously attempting to shaft each other wouldn’t be a lot of fun. But trust me on this: Conclave is a blast.” - The Guardian (5 stars)
More information (including trailer) can be found here.
Friday 25th April: SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE [12A] 98 mins – Drama
Based on the novella by Claire Keegan. Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) is a coal merchant in small-town 1980s Ireland.
Everybody in the town knows that the local convent is one of the infamous Magdalene Laundries, but everybody feigns ignorance because the nuns have far-reaching power and influence in the community.
When Bill, himself the child of a single mother, finds a bruised and shivering young woman locked in the convent coalshed on a bitterly cold December day, he knows that any action on his part will cost him dear.
Why see it? The book was very powerful, and the film has had fantastic reviews.
“Cillian Murphy adds another startling performance to his résumé in this stylish production” - The Times (4 stars)
“Mielants and his cinematographer Frank van den Eeden beautifully capture rural Ireland in the mid-'80s, in a way that suggests how little has changed since Bill was a boy in the 1950s.” - Radio Times (4 stars)
More information (including trailer) can be found here.
All films are shown upstairs in Pelham Hall (directions) in the bar area, normally on the second Friday in each month. Doors open at 7.15 pm and films start at 7.30 pm prompt. There is a £7 per head entry fee, payable on the door (cash or card). The bar will be open too and an interval is scheduled part-way through each film for the longer films.