OPEN AIR SCREENINGS AT PRIORY PARK

u Gates open 19:00 u Films start at Dusk (approx 20:40) u Bring a Picnic Blanket or Chair, and a Picnic Basket filled with your favourite goodies u Fenwick’s Cafe will be open for Drinks & Snacks

Asteroid City

Wes Anderson dips a toe into the world of ‘50s kitsch. With an incredible cast and beautiful pastel colours, this looks to become one of Anderson’s most dazzling, rich and playfully self-reflective films to date. Set in a fictional American desert town c.1955. The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/ Space Cadet convention (organised to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events, including atombomb tests taking place just kilometres away. Anderson taps into the paranoia of the time, with the government and military involved in the reliably madcap proceedings. Yet he also captures the nation’s aspirations and inventiveness through the teenagers at the convention. “There is so much fun to be had and such delight be taken from this film. Though it seems as light as a soufflé, this is more substantial fare than Anderson has been dishing out recently. It merits second, and possibly third, helpings.” (Evening Standard)

Fri 4 Aug 20:40 (approx) at Priory Park

The outstanding cast includes many of Wes Anderson’s trusted favourites, among them Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody, Jeff Goldblum, Bryan Cranston, Willem Defoe and Edward Norton, joined by Anderson debutants Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Steve Carrel and Matt Dillon. A sure sign that this is the one current director all actors are clamouring to work with. Prepare to submit to Wes Anderson’s unique charm.

Sat 5 Aug 20:40 (approx) at Priory Park

Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny

Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Finding himself in a new era and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artefact doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. The titular MacGuffin can alter history and now the Nazis are after it. It is 15 years since ‘Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ and this time the stellar cast includes Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Indy’s goddaughter and Mads Mikkelsen in villainous mode, as well as John Rhys-Davies and Antonio Banderas. This is an exuberant action flick highlighted by the charm and charisma of Harrison Ford, and it contains lots of satisfying fan service. From old friends popping up, to familiar situations unfolding in different ways, to a nice little spin on the iconic scene from the first film where our intrepid archaeologist lies bruised and battered. His girlfriend commented on how many years he’s been doing the punishing gig, and Indy ad-libbed, “It’s not the years, honey. It’s the mileage.”

USA 2023 JAMES MANGOLD 142M

Elemental

An original new feature film from Pixar Studios (‘Toy Story’) set in Element City, where the creatures of the four elements – fire, water, earth and air – have come together to live, if not exactly in harmony, at least in a kind of boisterous acceptance. The fiery Lumens (Bernie, his wife Cinder, and their tough and quick-witted young daughter Ember), have left their families behind to start a new urban life for themselves. No one knows how to pronounce their names, and in a city primarily occupied by inhabitants comprised of water, they’re unwelcome. Years later, after much sacrifice, fiery Ember is ready to inherit the family business from her aging father. When one of her outbursts results in a broken pipe, water seeps its way into the shop, as does the highly emotional and charismatic Wade, a water element working as an inspector for the city, who decides to shut the Fireplace down. When Ember makes her appeal to Wade to reconsider, he chooses to help her, taking them on a journey where opposites attract and the two elements who physically cannot be together (literally, they cannot touch, as she’ll evaporate him, and he’ll extinguish her if they do) will come to realise just how compatible they truly are.

Sun 6 Aug 20:40 (approx)

USA 2023 PETER

SOHN 93M