Pack away your glassware! Meryl Streep excels as the infamous, godawful opera singer Florence Foster Jenkins in the ongoing lineup at The Labia.
ALLIED (UK/USA 2016, 125 MINS, 13LSN)
Nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design!
Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Lizzy Caplan in a film directed by Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Cast Away). Music by Alan Silvestri.
The Enemy is Listening. In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war in this WWII romantic thriller.
✍“ Beautiful, bold and blazing with sex and suspense, Allied is a gorgeously photographed, intensely romantic, action-packed film by a great director with two titanic star performances that delivers something for everyone.” NEW YORK OBSERVER
A UNITED KINGDOM. (UK 2016, 111 MINS, 10-12 PG)
Based on true events! David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Terry Pheto. Screenplay Guy Hibbert, directed by Amma Asante
About the marriage of Seretse Khama, first in line to the throne of Bechuanaland (today’s Botswana) to Ruth Williams, a white London office worker, at a time and place when interracial marriages were not tolerated.
✍” Sweeping and intimate, the film illustrates how love can challenge even the hardest constraints.” TIFF, 2016.
Screenings: Daily 12.00, 2.45,5.45, 8.30pm.
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS ( UK 2016, 110 MINS, 10-12 PG)
Nominated for 4 Baftas!
Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, John Kavanagh, Rebecca Ferguson in a bright, bubbly biographical comedy drama written by Nicholas Martin and directed by Stephen Frears. Music by Alexandre Desplat.
The inspiring true story of the world’s worst singer. In the 1940’s in New York, an heiress with musical ambitions, aspires to become an opera singer with the assistance of her husband and her pianist. Unfortunately her ambition exceeds her talent.
✍” Funny, charming and moving true story brilliantly acted and lovingly shot. A huge surprise.” SUPER REVIEWER
✍” A fizzy, funny period dramedy with top-notch performances.” EMPIRE
✍” Intelligent….moves and amuses ” TOTAL FILM
Screenings: Daily 12.15, 2.45pm
MAGGIE’S PLAN (USA 2015, 98 MINS, 13LS)
Nominated for the Audience Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016!
Winner of the Prize for Best US Fiction at the Traverse City Film Festival, 2016!
Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Bill Hader in an offbeat romantic comedy, based on a story by Karen Rinaldi. Directed by Rebecca Miller.
Maggie’s plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant and impossible Georgette. But one daughter and three years later, Maggie is out of love and in a predicament: what to do when you suspect that your man and his ex wife are actually perfect for each other?
“Smart and sensitive……A delight ” THE GUARDIAN
“Exhilarating. ” ROLLING STONE
Screenings Daily 2pm
LA LA LAND (USA 2016, 127 MINS, 7-9PG)
Winner of 7 Golden Globe Awards! Nominated for 11 Bafta Awards! One of the 10 best movies of the year! American Film Institute.
Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, J.K. Simmons and others in a magical film written and directed by Damien Chazelle (Whiplash). Music by Justin Hurwitz.
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles in this universally acclaimed, romantic magical comedy-drama.
✍ “A musical masterpiece.” 5* THE GUARDIAN
✍ “ You want to sing its praises, literally.” VULTURE
✍ “A hot miracle. Favourite movie of the year.” ROLLING STONE
Screenings: Daily 12.00, 2.30, 6pm, 8.30pm
LION (AUSTRALIA 2016, 118 MINS, 10-12PG)
Nominated for 4 Golden Globes (including Best Film)!
Nominated for 5 Bafta Awards!
Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham and others in an award-winning film directed by Garth Davis.
From the production team of The King’s Speech, the incredible true story of Saroo Brierley and his 25-year odyssey.The true story of a life lost and found. Based on the non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley.
Based on a true story, Saroo, a five-year-old boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia. Twenty five years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
✍“ The search for Saroo’s past threatens to overwhelm his present, and he finds himself further adrift than he ever imagined possible. Infused with quiet heartbreak, his remarkable journey shows us how home transcends borders and family transcends blood.” TIFF 2016
✍“ A tale that is incredibly unique and yet, utterly universal.” IGN MOVIES
Screenings: Daily 12.00pm (except Sat), 2.30, 8.30pm
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (USA 2016, 135 MINS, 13LS)
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actor (Drama)!
Movie of the year! AFI Awards! Another 73 wins & 146 nominations!
Casey Affleck, in a career-defining performance, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, Gretchen Mol, Matthew Broderick. Directed by Kenneth Lonergan.
An uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies. After the death of his older brother Joe, Lee is shocked to learn that Joe has appointed him sole guardian of his nephew Patrick. Lee reluctantly returns to Manchester-by-the-Sea to care for Patrick, a spirited 16-year-old, and is forced to deal with a past that separated him from his wife, and the community where he was raised in.
✍” Casey Affleck joins the ranks of giants.” TIME OUT
✍” A masterpiece.” ROLLING STONE
✍” The funniest movie about grief ever made.” ROGEREBERT.COM
HUMAN (143 mins)
An eye-catching documentary by acclaimed photographer/global storyteller Yann Arthus-Bertrand. Filmed in 60 countries over the course of three years, this film has three voices: the voice of the People, the voice of the Earth, the voice of the Music. See www.human-themovie.org/ Tickets R50: Advance Bookings Webtickets. See www.exploringconsciousness.org.za
Screenings Daily 6pm
When: See daily screening times, until 9 Feb
Where: Labia on Orange, Cape Town
Advance bookings: http://www.webtickets.co.za/labia www.thelabia.co.za
Tickets: R50, Snapscan
Info: 021 424 5927, www.thelabia.co.za
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