Film Group

Paddington 3

The perfect film for all the family

In this latest instalment Paddington discovers his beloved aunt has gone missing from the Home for Retired Bears, and he and the Brown family head to the jungles of Peru to find her.  

Films are shown in Buriton Village Hall near Petersfield.

Doors open at 7pm and films start at 7.30pm.

Tickets are £5 on the door – having the exact money is very helpful.

Refreshments are available at every show.

Thelma

Comedy-drama about an unlikely action hero

June Squibb stars as 90-year-old widow Thelma who falls victim to a phone scam but then embarks on a mission to find the perpetrators and get her money back. 

A delightful film with infectious humour.

Films are shown in Buriton Village Hall near Petersfield.

Doors open at 7pm and films start at 7.30pm.

Tickets are £5 on the door – having the exact money is very helpful.

Refreshments are available at every show.

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The Critic

A period thriller drama with wicked humour and a twisty plot

Sir Ian McKellen plays a powerful London theatre critic who lures a struggling actress into a blackmail scheme with deadly consequences. 

This thriller co-stars Lesley Manville, Gemma Arterton and Mark Strong. 

Films are shown in Buriton Village Hall near Petersfield.

Doors open at 7pm and films start at 7.30pm.

Tickets are £5 on the door – having the exact money is very helpful.

Refreshments are available at every show.

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Swede Caroline

Mockumentary comedy set in the giant vegetable growing world

The film follows Caroline (Jo Hartley), an up-and-coming vegetable grower, as she readies herself for the big annual National Veg Championship. 

When her prized marrow, named Ricky Hutton, is stolen, Caroline and her fellow growers, conspiracy theorist Paul (Richard Lumsden) and affable Willy (Celyn Jones), are led into a seedy world of crime as they attempt to find the culprit. 

Should be gourd for a laugh?!

Films are shown in Buriton Village Hall near Petersfield.

Doors open at 7pm and films start at 7.30pm.

Baltimore

A thriller about the true story of Rose Dugdale

The film tells the story of English debutante and heiress, Rose Dugdale, who abandoned a life of luxury and privilege for one of defiance and militancy. 

Amid the political unrest of the 1970s, radicalised by her growing sympathy for the IRA’s cause, Rose stages an armed invasion of an Irish country house. 

The plan was to steal several valuable paintings and barter them for the release of two imprisoned IRA members. 

However, as the intended burglary spirals into violence, will Rose be prepared to face the dire repercussions of her actions? 

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Wicked Little Letters

A mystery comedy based on a true scandal

When people in Littlehampton begin receiving crudely insulting letters in the 1920s, a rowdy Irish migrant is charged with the crime. 

But, suspecting that something is amiss, the town's women investigate the crimes themselves.

Based on a stranger-than-fiction true story, the film follows two neighbours: deeply conservative local Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and rowdy Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley). Two of the finest actresses of their generation can be seen waging war against each other!

“One Life”

A brand new feature film starring Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter. 

The extraordinary true story of Nicholas Winton, the “British Schindler”, who helped save hundreds of children from the Nazis on the eve of World War Two. 

He’d realised that it was a race against time to rescue as many children as possible before the borders closed but for decades afterwards he always blamed himself for not doing more. 

It’s not until a live BBC television show, ‘That’s Life!’, surprises him by introducing him to some surviving children – now adults – that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he had been carrying.

“The Great Escaper”

With Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson

In 2014, near-nonagenarian Bernie Jordan (Michael Caine) is sad to miss out on an official group outing to the D-Day anniversary in France. Encouraged by wife Rene (Glenda Jackson), he sneaks out from his care home and goes on one last big adventure to cross the Channel, while reminiscing about his wartime experiences. 

Reviews have explained: “There’s a real emotional heft to the storytelling and Caine, at 90, is a knockout.” 

Films in Buriton are back …

… but more support is needed

Friday nights haven’t been the same without these convivial gatherings in the village hall – with some of the latest and classic films.

Forthcoming films for the autumn season are as follows:

  • Friday 13 October: The Un-likely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
  • Friday 8 December: What’s Love Got to Do With It ?

Tickets £5 on the door – having the exact money is very helpful.

Doors open at 7pm and films start at 7.30pm.

Refreshments as usual before the film starts.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Starring Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton 

When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. 

Learning that his old friend and colleague Queenie has terminal cancer, Harold (Jim Broadbent) sets out to post her a letter of condolence, but impulsively decides to visit her in person instead, walking from his home in Devon to Berwick-upon-Tweed.