Against the thunder of the Western Front, The Choral listens instead for something quieter – the fragile, defiant sound of people choosing to sing. Set in Ramsden, Yorkshire in 1916, the film unfolds as a community hollowed out by war attempts to hold itself together through music, recruiting boys to replace the men who have…
Set in 1916 during World War I, The Choral takes a look at a certain group of community who, in their time of hardship, come together to uphold a tradition that serves as a spiritual lifting. The choral society at the centre of the film have come to a crossroads. Their choral director has been…
Dame Maggie Smith stars in The Lady in the Van, a silver screen comedy adapted by Alan Bennett from his own memoir and stage play. The story follows a woman named Miss Shepherd, who ends up parking her van in Bennett’s driveway and ends up living there for no less than 15 years. Directed by Nicholas Hytner,…
