Film recommendations or otherwise

I loved Hamnet. Favourite this year, Epic, Elvis Presley.

I loved the book H is for Hawk and also the documentary about it. I’m beginning to think that Timothee Chalamet is a very good actor but a very shallow person now he seems to be a Kardashian. I found the Oscars ceremony quite boring and the comedian compère not at all funny. I thought at first that he was Robin Williams long lost brother.The supposedly amusing sequence at the end in which they gassed him was rather distasteful imo.

Yes, I've seen Marty Supreme, Hamnet and Bugonia. Marty Supreme was really entertaining, TC was incredible in the table tennis shots but it was probably a tad too long. Hamnet was beautifully photographed, fabulous acting and very affecting, I loved it. Bugonia was violent, funny in parts and had a message and very "different". I enjoyed them all but the film I've enjoyed most recently was H is for Hawk, which was nominated for a Bafta and the one I wish I'd seen was " I Swear" but I was abroad when it was being shown locally.

Has anyone seen any of the films that were Oscar nominated? Apart from the Marty film I hadn’t heard of any of them. I’m out of touch since I stopped going to the cinema.

I’m waiting for the Peaky B film to arrive in our town. I don’t have Netflix.

Been to see the Immortal Man (Peaky B's) today, it was gripping.
I've seen Elvis, thought it was well done and showed just how difficult his life was.
I've seen Wuthering Heights and loved it. We have an Everyman in local Town a Vue another local town and a great place no so far away that has a small cinema attached that feels like your personal cinema, we are usually on our own there or sometimes with one or two others!

My son went to see Peaky Blinders and loved it

Glad you enjoyed Elvis Terribull.

I am now waiting for Peaky Blinders, which has just been released.

Mawmac

The Glasgow Film Festival was on last week. Would have loved to see quite a few, but limited by time to 2.

First was The last Viking, a Swedish dark comedy starring Mads Mikkelsen and others you would recognise. It was excellent, thought provoking and uplifting. I would go and see it again.

Second was Orwell 2+2=5. Not so cheery! A part documentary about Orwell's life, with footage from previous 1984 and Animal Farm films, Damian Lewis reading his diaries and parallels being drawn with rhetoric from various governments today. I did leave feeling quite despondent, but it is an excellent film.

Not sure when either will go on general release.

I’ve loved Mads ever since I saw him in A Royal Affair. There is a film called The Promised Land which I think is still on BBC iplayer. I’ve watched it several times. It’s very dark but I can watch anything with Mads in.

LucyAnna5

Our local cinema shows arty / foreign films every couple of weeks. Enjoyed - “Eleanor the Great”, ‘Oh my Goodness’ (‘Juste ciel!), ‘When Autumn Falls’.

I enjoyed When Autumn Falls. I love Pierre Lottin who also appears in The Marching Band.

The Glasgow Film Festival was on last week. Would have loved to see quite a few, but limited by time to 2.

First was The last Viking, a Swedish dark comedy starring Mads Mikkelsen and others you would recognise. It was excellent, thought provoking and uplifting. I would go and see it again.

Second was Orwell 2+2=5. Not so cheery! A part documentary about Orwell's life, with footage from previous 1984 and Animal Farm films, Damian Lewis reading his diaries and parallels being drawn with rhetoric from various governments today. I did leave feeling quite despondent, but it is an excellent film.

Not sure when either will go on general release.

Our local cinema shows arty / foreign films every couple of weeks. Enjoyed - “Eleanor the Great”, ‘Oh my Goodness’ (‘Juste ciel!), ‘When Autumn Falls’.

If anyone likes a slow-moving, intense, film I can thoroughly recommend The Secret Agent, which is set in Brazil, and is about the lives of some revolutionaries post-revolution.
The film has been nominated for 3 Oscars, including best actor for the lead actor Wagner Moura.

Yes I agree. You are right of course.

If you can't access 'the best' due to distance and finance then for me it is an excellent replacement.

I go to see live ballet when I can, but I also support my local community cinema too.

For me it isn't an all or nothing thing- it is having access to the arts, which is not a cheap affair these days, especially as most of it is in London...

Floradora9 and keepingquiet - I've seen some ballet like this but don't always want to look where the cameraman takes me. I find it a little annoying to be honest.
"Live performance" isn't made the same way as a film.
I find this with dramas as well. Not just ballet.
A reasonable but ultimately unsatisfactory second-best.

I wish I could enjoy it more.

Deedaa - just looked up screenings of Metropolis:

London
(March 21, 2026) The Musical Museum at Kew Bridge is hosting a screening with a live score performed on a Mighty Wurlitzer organ.

​Suffolk
(March 20, 2026) The Cut Arts Centre in Halesworth is showing the film with a live soundtrack by Tom Horton.

Also, the Hebden Bridge Picture House is running a "Live Re-Score" event this month featuring contemporary electronic music.

Otherwise - what about YouTube?
Look up:
Metropolis (1927) - English Titles, Restored Footage, Original Score

Good luck.

We saw Song Sung Blue on a miserable, wet Sunday afternoon. We love going to the cinema when the weather's bad during the day, it feels decadent. I wasn't sure whether I'd like the film but we both loved it.
More recently we saw Mother's Pride and enjoyed that. We always have a preference for English films.

I thoroughly enjoyed The Choral at my local odeon.
Seniors Tuesdays is a jolly good deal. £2.50 and free tea and coffee.
Lovely comfortable seats too as I prebooked online.

I am a member of the Malvern Festival Theatre cinema club, I get two free tickets which is what the annual membership costs and 50p off each ticket for (can buy two tickets). I went to see H is for Hawk yesterday, my ticket cost £7.50. I now go to the cinema most weeks. The film was beautifully photographed and the story was well told and affecting. I was mesmerised by the goshawk, it is a really good film.

Ampersand

Odeon have reintroduced Silver Cinema for 60+ - Matinee showings usually midweek - Cost £1.80 Putney or £2.00 Wimbledon - includes tea/coffee/biscuit and there is no booking fee.
I have recently seen Desperate Journey & The Choral (written by Alan Bennett) - both released in 2025. Thoroughly enjoyed both

That's an amazing deal.
I found The Choral to be uneven and included gratuitous scenes.

Last film at the cinema was Nuremberg; good but harrowing, of course.

We have an independent cinema which is just fabulous and will always choose to go there rather than the multi-screened chains.

Odeon have reintroduced Silver Cinema for 60+ - Matinee showings usually midweek - Cost £1.80 Putney or £2.00 Wimbledon - includes tea/coffee/biscuit and there is no booking fee.
I have recently seen Desperate Journey & The Choral (written by Alan Bennett) - both released in 2025. Thoroughly enjoyed both

Floradora9

keepingquiet

My local family run cinema live streams from various places.

I just went to see Royal Ballet's Giselle from the Royal Opera House- fantastic and what a bargain for better than front row seats for £12!

We used to see a lot of ballets and opera at the cinema but what was missing was the atmosphere. Nobody aplauding at the end just getting ready to go home . You do see ballet in a different light though compared to being miles away from the stage.

Yes, you're right- not much of an audience either- but I enjoyed the music and the dance anyway.
Darcy and Petroc also get on your nerves a little but they come with the package.
To be fair I couldn't afford to see a live ballet in a theatre for that price.

My latest trip to the cinema was to see One Battle After Another. It is nominated for several Oscars and although 3 hours long it is action all the way. Leonardo di Caprio and Sean Penn deliver wonderful performances.