Rumours15

Directed by Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson & Guy Maddin | Canada | 2024 | 1h 44m | Starring Cate Blanchett, Charles Dance, Denis Ménochet, Alicia Vikander, Nikki Amuka-Bird

At the annual G7 summit, leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies convene to draft a provisional response to a global crisis. So consumed by their work, they fail to notice that they’ve been left alone—just as ominous signs of an impending apocalypse emerge. This genre-bending satire explores political incompetence, delving into the absurd core of power and the collapse of a failing global political order.

Reviews

‘This triumphantly stupid ensemble comedy… casts the G7 leadership adrift in a B-movie, essentially turning the heads of the leading liberal first-world democracies into the Mystery Machine gang from Scooby-Doo.’
★★★★★
Robbie Collin, The Telegraph

‘With the age of globalism seemingly creaking to a close, there is something wildly mordant about Rumours — a portrait of the last technocrats, still talking bilateral supply chain management as the skies crack open.’
★★★★
Danny Leigh, The FT

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Hundreds of Beavers 12A
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Tomorrow (Thursday 6th February)

12:30

We Live in Time 15
Parent + Baby Screening
1h 47m
Almut and Tobias meet in an unexpected encounter that forever alters their lives. But a challenging truth emerges that threatens to upend everything they’ve built. Uniquely structured rom-com starring Oscar nominees Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield.

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15:15

The Girl with the Needle 15
2h 3m | Danish w/ English subtitles
In post-WWI Copenhagen, a pregnant young woman working for an underground adoption agency uncovers a shocking truth. A haunting blend of gruesome fairy tale and gothic nightmare, based on a chilling true story.

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18:00

Maria 12A
2h 3m
In the 1970s, opera singer Maria Callas retreats to Paris and reflects on the soaring heights of her career. Angelina Jolie gives a exquisite lead performance in this empathetic drama by Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín.

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20:45

A Real Pain 15
1h 30m
Two cousins travel to Poland to honour their Jewish grandmother but soon recall why they’ve grown apart in the first place. Golden Globe-winning actor Kieran Culkin stars in this moving road-trip comedy, directed by co-star Jesse Eisenberg.

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