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This Wednesday - Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool is refreshing and authentic, says David Vass
22nd Apr 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Loosely based on Peter Turner's account of his love affair with faded movie star Gloria Grahame, Paul McGuigan’s unassuming film Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool recounts a quiet romance between a struggling young actor… read more
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Paddington 2 wins over our reviewer, David Vass
30th Mar 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Freed from the exposition of the little bear’s arrival in London, the sequel to Paddington gets stuck straight into the action, with a meticulously constructed screenplay that is crammed full of huge laughs, but also… read more
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A preview of The Party, screening this Wednesday
18th Mar 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Sally Potter’s first film since 2012 voyeuristically takes a peek at a group of self-satisfied, champagne socialists, as they tear lumps out of each other in an increasingly farcical, middle-class nightmare of social niceties,  acid… read more
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This Wednesday's film - Goodbye Christopher Robin - previewed
12th Mar 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Anyone expecting a sugar-coated period drama needs to approach this film with caution. Director Simon Curtis has instead delivered something altogether more substantial and troubling. Based on local author, Ann Thwaite’s biography of A A… read more
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Wednesday film preview - La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast)
9th Feb 2018
by Corn Hall admin
La Belle et la Bête was directed by Jean Cocteau, one of the most multi-talented artists of the 20th century. In addition to being a director, he was a poet, novelist, painter, playwright, set designer,… read more
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Churchill - A preview of the Wednesday film
2nd Feb 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Winston Churchill, consumed with guilt over the tragedy of Gallipoli, remained opposed to the D-day Normandy invasion of 1944 up until the eve of the landing. Famously, it was judged the turning point of the… read more
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A preview of Wednesday film - A Man Called Ove
29th Jan 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Hannes Holm’s adaptation of Fredrik Backman’s bestselling novel is that rarest of things, a film that improves on its source material. In place of Backman’s broad brush comedy, Holm presents an altogether more nuanced take… read more
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My Cousin Rachel - a preview
21st Jan 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Screening this Wednesday 24th January, Corn Hall previewer David Vass praises this new adaptation of du Maurier's classic tale. There must be something about Daphne du Maurier’s lean prose that lends itself to film adaptation,… read more
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Dunkirk - A Preview
15th Jan 2018
by Corn Hall admin
The story of the Dunkirk evacuation, which saw a flotilla of small civilian vessels assist in the rescue of stranded troops from France in 1940, has been told many times before, but never with such… read more
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The Sense of an Ending - A Preview
5th Jan 2018
by Corn Hall admin
Notionally based on Julian Barnes’s novel of the same name, Ritesh Batra has refashioned Barnes’s meta-story of intrigue and misdirection into a compact and arresting puzzle that progresses with a pleasingly oblique trajectory. In place… read more
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