Questionnaire for 2026-27
As usual, members are invited to indicate some preferences for next season. A printed version will be available at the Marine Theatre at our March showings or you can vote online using the form below.
QUESTIONNAIRE MARCH 2026
Select no more than SEVEN titles. This does not mean that season 2026-2027 will be entirely from this list – I fear that we will lose some of the more popular titles to streaming platforms.
- From Hilde with Love (7/8-25). German wartime drama about two resistance heroes – pregnant Hilda and her husband, Hans. S/T
- Four Letters of Love (9/25). A good cast (including Pierce Brosnan and Helena Bonham Carter) tackle this light Irish drama. Based on Niall Williams’ bestseller.
- The Life of Chuck (9/25). From the Stephen King novel. Chuck’s life is told backwards in three acts. Tom Hiddleston plays the boring accountant who maybe yearns for more.
- The Kingdom (9/25). During a 1990’s Corsican gang war, teenage Lesia is on the run with her father, bonding as they dodge from place to place. S/T
- Deaf (10/25). Rural Spain. Angela is deaf and pregnant; with her hearing partner, Hector, she tries to navigate a world that is not hers. S/T
- Islands (10/25). An updated film noir with lots of sunshine – a washed-up tennis pro (Sam Riley) is a suspect in a murder case.
- Young Mothers (10/25). The Dardenne brothers latest is set in a Belgian shelter for unwed pregnant teenagers. S/T
- Don’t Go to the Dogs Tonight (11/25). Rhodesia 1979 and the Bush War is coming to an end. At the same time, a family has to come to terms with the end of white rule.
- Blue Moon (12/25). A biopic of the legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart unfolds as the stage musical Oklahoma! Has its opening night.
- Anemone (12/25). Daniel Day Lewis returns to the screen as an ex-soldier who lives in the woods. Directed by his son, Ronan.
- Deliver Me from Nowhere (12/25). The story behind Bruce Springsteen’s solo album Nebraska interspersed with memories of his childhood and his creative process.
- Nouvelle Vague (1/2-26). Biopic of French auteur Jean-Luc Goddard as he made À Bout de Souffle (Breathless) in the late 1950s. S/T
- Hamnet (1/2/-26). Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes, deal with the grief of losing their son to illness, whilst he is writing Hamlet.
- Sentimental Value (1/2-26). A vain film director tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter after the death of her mother. S/T
- My Father’s Shadow (1/2-26). As a Nigerian election is conducted, a father takes his two young sons to Lagos to demand payment of wages. S/T
- H is for Hawk (1/2/26). After the death of her father Helen, a Cambridge graduate, adopts a goshawk to train – and bond with.
- The Voice of Hind Rajab (1/2/26). Docudrama – it’s a race against time to rescue a 5-year-old girl who is trapped in a car, somewhere in Gaza. S/T
- I Swear (12/25). The story of John Davidson, a 14-year-old with Tourette syndrome who subsequently, in 2019, was awarded an MBE.
- It Was Just an Accident (12/25). An Iranian mechanic thinks he recognizes ‘Pegleg’, a prison torturer. How far should retribution go? Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes. S/T
- The President’s Cake (3/26). Everyone bakes a cake for Saddam Hussein’s birthday. A girl sets off with her grandmother and pet cockerel, to source the ingredients. S/T
- Hamlet (3/26). Riz Ahmed, heir to the British Asian business Elsinore Construction, seeks revenge on Uncle Claudius.
- Quai des Brumes (1938). One of the masterworks of French cinema – an army deserter (the inimitable Jean Gabin) rescues a girl from crooks. S/T
- Bhaji on the Beach (LRFS retro) Let’s join some Asian women from Birmingham on a day trip to Blackpool – it’s fun and life affirming!
- The Sapphires (LRFS retro) The (very musical) story of four Aboriginal singers, a down-on-his-luck Irish agent and a tour of Vietnam in the 1960s.
- White Heat (1948) James Cagney in a late-career stunning return to form as gangster Cody Jarrett – ruthless, yet with a mother fixation. “Made it ma, top of the world!”
- The Shootist A 50th anniversary showing of one of the most underrated films of the 1970s. Legendary gunfighter JB Books (John Wayne) has cancer; Lauren Bacall takes him in; her son Ron Howard admires him; the vultures gather. Don Siegel directs splendidly.