Moviola
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Moviola brings the best in cinema to your community, wherever you live in the UK – in the last year nearly 2,000 film shows for 125,000 people.
Kilmington shows the films on a wide screen in the village hall with seating for 100. The first showing in Kilmington was in March 2005 with the film “Vanity Fair”. Since it started until December 2018 we have shown 102 films selling 7,274 tickets and raising £17,701 for the Village Hall funds. Tickets booked in advance (£5.00) or on the door (£5.50). Advance booking by phoning 01297 639758, please leave contact details and the booking will be confirmed or email: wattsjohn307@gmail.com. |
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Late Night (15)
Wednesday 6th November 2019
Wednesday 6th November 2019
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Comedians often talk about "tough crowds," audiences who are begrudging with their laughter. Well, comedians are the toughest crowd of all. "Late Night," directed by Nisha Ganatra (whose television credits are lengthy) is a feel-good movie - in the best sense - with subversive commentary woven into it, so subtly at times you might miss some of it. "Late Night" has a lot to say, not just about "diversity" as represented by Kaling walking into a writer's room of all white males, but also diversity in terms of class, gender, and age. "Late Night" comes directly from Kaling's own experiences. This is an earnest and funny comedy, with very sharp teeth.
Late-night TV is, notoriously, male-dominated, but in "Late Night" Kaling imagines a world where the King of Late Night is actually a Queen. (This choice has real satirical bite.) Newbury has been hosting Tonight for 30 years. Her office is lined with her Emmy Awards. She has refused to compromise her standards (as she sees it), and has rejected social media, memes, viral videos, etc. |
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She's British, so accusations of her being an "elitist" don't bother her in the slightest. But her ratings going into a nosedive ... that does bother her. Katherine's writing staff is made up of men. She has never gotten to know them, and many of them have never even met her.
The president of the network (Amy Ryan) wants to replace Katherine with a Dane-Cook-type (Ike Barinholtz), whose "provocative" routines might give the show some juice. In a panic, Katherine - known for not liking women - orders her right-hand man Brad (Denis O’Hare) to hire a woman. It's the most brazen "tokenism" you can imagine. Molly Patel just happens to be interviewing with Brad on that very same day. She has no experience, but you can see Brad considering the optics, ticking off the boxes: she's a woman, and she's a woman of colour. She's hired.
The president of the network (Amy Ryan) wants to replace Katherine with a Dane-Cook-type (Ike Barinholtz), whose "provocative" routines might give the show some juice. In a panic, Katherine - known for not liking women - orders her right-hand man Brad (Denis O’Hare) to hire a woman. It's the most brazen "tokenism" you can imagine. Molly Patel just happens to be interviewing with Brad on that very same day. She has no experience, but you can see Brad considering the optics, ticking off the boxes: she's a woman, and she's a woman of colour. She's hired.
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