December at The Globe Theatrette
As we’re getting closer to Christmas, our movies seem to be moving away from last month’s darkness and tension, and become markedly more reflective, good-natured and you might even say,
cheerful. Well, sue us, it’s the jolly season!
Hey you have to have at least one proper Christmas-themed movie in the mix right? In the case of A BOY CALLED CHRISTMAS (PG, screening now), it’s a sweet and funny adaptation of Matt Haig’s bestselling novel.
While the story is quite a traditional Christmas-y tale about the origins of Father Christmas, the fabulous British cast (Maggie Smith and Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent and Toby Jones) and its cheeky sense of humour make this a pleasant outing multiple generations can enjoy together. Don’t be a Grinch, give in to the holiday cheer!
To list the entire cast of Wes Anderson’s star-studded ensemble piece THE FRENCH DISPATCH (M, screening now) would take days, so we’ll just give you a taste: Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Frances
McDormand, Willem Dafoe, Benicio del Toro, Saoirse Ronan, Elizabeth Moss, Timothee Chalamet, Adrien Brody. Phew!
Lovingly crafted and overflowing with intricate visual details, this is the story of the journalists and editors who put together a magazine in a fictional French city. Be warned: It’s really a collection of stories rather than one cohesive narrative, but if you’re ready to see a master at work do check it out – it’s a unique experience.
French movie PETITE MAMAN (PG, 16 Dec) is a genre bending tale by Portrait Of A Lady On Fire director Celine Sciamma that had international audiences and critics moved to tears.
The story sounds like science fiction: In the woods near her mother’s childhood home, a young girl called Nellie meets another girl that bears a striking resemblance to herself and has her mother’s name,
Marion. What’s going on here?
Although the answer involves something like time travel, the story plays out in such an unshowy, naturalistic way that rather than worrying about the mechanics of it all you just get swept up in the film’s emotional resonance.
Boxing Day marks the return of one of our audience’s favourite actors: Michael Caine keeps saying he’s retired, only to surprise us with yet another delightful screen appearance, but if BEST SELLERS
(M, 26 Dec) really is his last movie, it’s a fitting farewell.
Caine plays a cantankerous drunk of a has-been author, who gets dragged back into the limelight by an ambitious young editor (Aubrey Plaza) who bullies him into a book tour of his final work. Will the book be a success? Will the two overcome their differences? You can find out over Christmas! See you then.
