From Godzilla to Ghosts: A November of Big-Screen Surprises
The nights are getting darker, but the screen is lighting up! November brings everything from Hollywood stars and monstrous encounters to political intrigue, unusual romances and a special weekend of Inverness Film Festival screenings.
First off, things take a dark turn in Verity, the chilling adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling thriller, starring Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson. Tom Cruise leads Digger, a darkly comic tale of a powerful man desperately trying to save the world from a catastrophe of his own making. Meanwhile, Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning revisits the Facebook scandal through the story of whistleblower Frances Haugen, while Robert Pattinson stars in Primetime, a provocative thriller inspired by the real-life television phenomenon To Catch a Predator.
There’s plenty of otherworldly entertainment this month! South Korean sci-fi spectacle Hope follows a small village thrown into chaos by a mysterious creature, while Godzilla Minus Zero sees the legendary monster return to wreak havoc once again. For something gentler, Klara and the Sun, directed by Taika Waititi, explores love and friendship through the eyes of an artificial companion. And there’s a welcome return to Button House as the beloved BBC comedy gets the big-screen treatment in Ghosts: The Possession of Button House.
We’re delighted to be part of this year’s Inverness Film Festival, bringing three fantastic films to Cromarty over the opening weekend, 13–15 November. Rose, starring Sandra Hüller, is a striking historical drama exploring identity and suspicion in 17th-century Germany. Acclaimed director Andrey Zvyagintsev returns with Minotaur, a gripping story of personal and social breakdown, while Calle Málaga, starring Carmen Maura, offers a moving and life-affirming tale of a woman determined to hold on to her home in Tangier. Three very different films and a wonderful opportunity to enjoy some festival cinema closer to home.
Our documentaries tackle some challenging subjects. Naza is a powerful investigation into the Israeli military’s operations in Gaza, featuring testimony from those involved. Closer to home, Jeanie Finlay’s All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea follows a Teesside fisherman turned unlikely activist after a devastating mass die-off of crabs and lobsters threatens his community and livelihood.
There’s romance and plenty of wit in a fresh adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones. History takes centre stage in Fatherland, which follows writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika on a journey through post war Germany. For something wonderfully peculiar, Wicker stars Olivia Colman as a lonely fisherwoman who commissions herself a husband made entirely from wicker! And
finally, French comedy Comédie-Française takes us backstage at a prestigious theatre, where everything that can go wrong before opening night does. The show must go on!
Verity
Lowen Ashleigh is hired by Jeremy Crawford to ghostwrite novels for his bestselling author wife Verity, who is unable to…
Digger
The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the…
Sense and Sensibility
A charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood.
NAZA
In secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night, the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian…
Hope
In the remote South Korean village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok and officer Sung-ae are called to investigate a…
Rose
In the early 17th century, a soldier arrives at an isolated Protestant village in Germany claiming to be the heir…
Minotaur
When Gleb, a successful company director, finds himself under siege from mounting corporate pressures, an increasingly unstable world, and the…
Calle Málaga
An aging Spanish woman in Tangier resists her daughter’s plan to sell her home. She fights to keep her home,…
All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea
When a tidemark of poisoned crabs & lobsters devastate a small North East fishing town, veteran fisherman Stan Rennie becomes…
The Social Reckoning
Frances Haugen, a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on…
Primetime
In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. When a high stakes operation…
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
It’s a matter of life and death for Alison, Mike, Mia and the Ghosts.
Comédie-Française
At the Comédie-Française, there is one golden rule: the play is never canceled. Unfortunately for Nina, everything else is—just three…
Fatherland
In 1949, German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.
Klara and the Sun
When Klara, an Artificial Friend who wants nothing more than to find the perfect home, meets Josie, each immediately senses…
Godzilla Minus Zero
War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country…
Wicker
On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed…
For something a bit different, why not join us on the 25th of November when will be hosting a talk by archaeologist Steve Birch about the discovery of the Rosemarkie Man. Tickets will be payable by card at the door for £8. Book your tickets in advance by emailing Fraser at dfrasermackenzie@gmail.com.
There’s something for every taste this November, so come and enjoy the magic of the big screen at Cromarty Cinema. Get your tickets on this website at https://cromartycinema.com/films/, the human box office at the cinema on Thursdays 12-2, or at the door.
See you at the pictures!
