FILMS about the cut-throat world of high fashion and legacy of an artist top the October lists for Moviola screenings in our region.
Back for a second outing, and some years on, it’s still steely smiles and steel-tipped stilettos in the glittering couture world of Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt. The Devil Wears Prada II is being shown at Fawley (Jubilee Hall), Bransgore, Hardington Mandeville, Harnham (Salisbury, sports & social club), East Stour, Halstock, and West Camel.
The Christophers is a 2025 black comedy directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Ed Solomon. It stars Ian McKellen, Michaela Coel, Jessica Gunning and James Corden.
Julian Sklar (McKellen) is a well-known painter based in London, elderly and eccentric. In the 1990s, he completed two series of paintings called “The Christophers” based on his lover at the time; a third series of “Christophers” remained unfinished, and he has not worked on them in years. His reputation has faded as he has aged.
His unscrupulous children, Barnaby and Sallie, hire Lori Butler (Coel), a young artist who has not exhibited in years, to pose as his assistant and finish the “Christophers” behind his back. They plan to sell the finished “Julian Sklar” paintings for a fortune after his death.
But the best-laid plans gang thoroughly awry … Catch this clever and intelligent film at Yetminster, Shepton Montague, Chard (Guildhall), Beaminster (Public hall), Shrewton, Charlton Marshall, Ditcheat (Jubilee hall), Frogham, Hawkchurch and Netherbury.
My Mother’s Wedding, being screened at South Petherton (David Hall), Codford St Peter (Woolstore Theatre), Somerton (Public rooms), Edjington (Somerset) and Bishopstone (Salisbury), is the directorial debut of the wonderful Kristin Scott Thomas who also plays the mother.
With a screenplay Scott Thomas co-wrote with her husband John Micklethwaite, it features Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller and Emily Beecham as three sisters who return to their family home to attend the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother.
The month’s other films are:
Tuner, at Kingsbury Episcopi, Bourton, Donhead St Mary, Nether Wallop, Hanging Langford, Watchet (cinema), Kilmington (Devon) community cinema, East Knoyle and Martock (parish hall);
Midwinter Break at Winsford and Castle Cary (Caryford hall);
Savage House at South Petherton (David Hall), Winterslow and Watchet (cinema);
Rose of Nevada at Mere (Lecture hall);
and H is for Hawk – Mere (Lecture Hall) and Otterford (Parish hall).