Bridport Arts Centre
I’m No Angel (1933)
Mae West, slinging sexually-charged one-liners left and right. There’s nothing shocking about her words today, but at the time she was at the cutting edge. In fact, after the production code started really being enforced, this film was effectively banned for decades. S P Murphy. SeanPaulMurphyville.
Bridport Electric Palace
A Complete Unknown (2024)
What A Complete Unknown shows brilliantly, however, is the way that music in the right hands becomes a weapon. The galvanising power of The Times They Are a-Changin’… is thrilling. Better still are the sweetly savage harmonies between Dylan and his former love Joan Baez (Monica Barbaro), whose note-perfect performance is the film’s secret ingredient. Wendy Ide. The Guardian.
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy (2025)
Mad About the Boy is a heartfelt, charming return to the chaos surrounding the one and only Bridget Jones. You might even shed a few tears. Laura Venning. Empire
Plaza Cinema Dorchester
Mickey 17 (2025)
“In most sci-fi films and fantasy stories, eternal life is treated as something sublime, spiritual, profound,” he says. “I was really captivated by the idea that human printing is not respectful at all. You’re literally reproducing humans like an inkjet printer.” With Mickey 17 and Mickey 18 running amok, that printer is about to jam. Somebody call tech support. Bong Joon Ho. Director (Parasite)
Mubi
Three Colors Blue (1993), White (1994), Red (1994)
In the trilogy, “Blue” is the anti-tragedy, “White” is the anti-comedy, and “Red” is the anti-romance. All three films hook us with immediate narrative interest. They are metaphysical through example, not theory: Kieslowski tells the parable but doesn’t preach the lesson. Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert.com
