Lighthouse Film Brochure Mar-Apr 2018
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13, 17-19 <strong>Apr</strong><br />
WALK LIKE A PANTHER (Cert TBC)<br />
Director: Dan Cadan. Starring: Stephen Graham,<br />
Christopher Fairbank, Dave Johns. UK <strong>2018</strong>. TBC mins.<br />
A group of ’80s wrestlers are forced to don the<br />
lycra one last time when their beloved local pub is<br />
threatened by closure. Led by father-son duo <strong>Mar</strong>k<br />
(Graham) and Trevor Bolton (Johns), this unlikely<br />
bunch of underdog heroes sets out to save their<br />
community, rekindling old friendships and family<br />
ties along the way.<br />
20, 21, 24-26 <strong>Apr</strong><br />
ISLE OF DOGS (Cert TBC)<br />
Director: Wes Anderson. Voices: Bryan Cranston,<br />
Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum,<br />
Bob Balaban. Germany/USA <strong>2018</strong>. TBC mins.<br />
Offbeat auteur Wes Anderson (Fantastic Mr Fox,<br />
The Grand Budapest Hotel) dives back into the<br />
world of stop-motion animation. After a mysterious<br />
outbreak of ‘canine flu’, the mayor of a Japanese<br />
city banishes all dogs to a vast refuse dump off the<br />
coast. When a boy ventures to Trash Island in search<br />
of his bodyguard-dog, a quarantined quartet of<br />
mongrels rally to help him on his quest.<br />
18 & 19 <strong>Apr</strong><br />
A FANTASTIC WOMAN (15)<br />
Director: Sebastián Lelio. Starring: Daniela Vega,<br />
Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco. Chile/Germany/Spain/<br />
USA 2017. 104 mins. Spanish with English subtitles.<br />
Chilean director Sebastián Lelio and rising star<br />
Daniela Vega bring us a luminous portrait of a<br />
transgender woman fighting for her right to mourn<br />
her deceased older lover. The emotional turmoil<br />
experienced by <strong>Mar</strong>ina (Vega) when society turns<br />
against her because of her sexual identity, leads only<br />
to her determination to show them she is complex,<br />
strong and – above all – a fantastic woman.<br />
21 & 26 <strong>Apr</strong><br />
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY<br />
HERE (15)<br />
Director: Lynne Ramsay. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix,<br />
Ekaterina Samsonov, Alessandro Nivola, Alex<br />
Manette, John Doman, Judith Roberts. UK/France/<br />
USA 2017. 90 mins.<br />
A troubled killer-for-hire is sent on a mission to<br />
rescue a young girl from a sex ring, but the job<br />
spirals into a violent conspiracy in which the<br />
hitman’s demons threaten to consume<br />
him. Set to a superb,<br />
eerie score by Johnny<br />
Greenwood, this stark,<br />
unconventional<br />
thriller journeys into<br />
the mind of its<br />
unhinged<br />
anti-hero.
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