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Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminally ill father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.

Get eleven top class films from as little as £5.50 each with this great ticket offer.

Covers all films in the Stafford Film Theatre Spring Programme:

The Choral, March 3

H is for Hawk, March 10

No Other Choice, March 17

Sentimental Value, March 24

Sorry Baby, March 31

Islands, April 7

Hamnet, April 14

The President’s Cake, April 21

I Swear, May 5

A Pale View of Hills, May 12

Dead of Winter, May 19

Get six top class films from as little as £5.50 each with this great ticket offer.

Covers the first six films in the Stafford Film Theatre Spring Programme:

The Choral, March 3

H is for Hawk, March 10

No Other Choice, March 17

Sentimental Value, March 24

Sorry Baby, March 31

Islands, April 7

Kei Ishikawa / Japan/UK 2025 / 123min, cert 12A / Partly subtitled

In this atmospheric adaptation of Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro’s debut novel, A Pale View of Hills drifts between memory and imagination as Etsuko, now living in England, reflects on her strained relationship with daughter Niki and the shadow of her older daughter Keiko.

Her recollections return to post-war Nagasaki and her enigmatic friend Sachiko, whose presence becomes increasingly unsettling.

Lush, meditative, and quietly gripping, the film blends psychological mystery with lyrical visuals, drawing us into a world where the past is never quite what it seems and remembering becomes its own act of reckoning.

“Drifting through the uncertain space between memory and history – a beautifully restrained film” The Upcoming

Brian Kirk / UK 2025 / 98 min /Cert 15

This action thriller stars Emma Thompson as widow Barb and is set in northern, snowy Minnesota.

Barb wants to scatter the ashes of her husband by the lake where they first met so she sets off by herself.

She loses her way in a snowstorm and stops at a remote cabin where she notices blood on the snow and sees a young woman trying to escape from an armed man.

Barb is hours from the nearest town and there is no phone service. She returns to the cabin and hears the man plotting with his wife. She is the young woman’s only hope and what ensues is a desperate fight for survival.

Kirk Jones / UK 2025 / 120 min / 15 Cert

This funny, heartfelt and emphatically moving film dramatises the true story of Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson. It chronicles his quest to live normally in a world that insisted on calling him different. Diagnosed at aged 15, John’s Tourette’s made him the target of bullying and violence. He subsequently became one of the UK’s most passionate advocates for greater awareness of this syndrome for which he received an MBE.

Featuring a committed central performance from Robert Aramayo supported by Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson and Peter Mullan. I Swear is a powerful look at an astonishing life. It takes in the frustration and fatigue of being persistently misunderstood and the wit, grit and resolve that saw Davidson seek to define himself on his own terms.

Chloe Zhao / UK / 2025 / 125 mins / Cert 12A

This is a powerful story of love and loss, staring Jess Buckley and Paul Mescal who both give stellar performances as Agnes and Shakespeare in this adaptation of Maggie O’ Farrell’s novel, Hamnet.

The story is set against the background of a small village in sixteenth century England, with luscious scenery, where Agnes hones her skills at making herbal medicines.

The film follows the relationship between Agnes and William and the impact of the tragic death of their eleven year old son, Hamnet , which inspired Shakespeare’s play, ‘Hamlet’.