SCREEN TIME
PICTUREHOUSE PICKS Cambridge Arts Picturehouse duty manager and events coordinator Chloe Kelly looks forward to a Spielberg summer
F rom sharks to flying saucers, Steven Spielberg is a director most known for delving into the unexplainable, and this June he returns to our screens with his upcoming release Disclosure Day , starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor and Colin Firth. The release marks Spielberg’s return to the science-fiction genre for the first time in more than two decades, and the plot has been heavily under wraps. Josh O’Connor humorously gave insight in a recent interview with Sentinel Colorado about Spielberg’s desire for secrecy, as he described how the script was delivered and then retrieved the following morning by a mysterious figure on a motorcycle! Many efforts have been taken to ensure that this film and the experience it holds are kept secret, which ironically mirrors the plot that is about to unfold. In Disclosure Day we will follow a US whistleblower (Josh O’Connor) who is determined to expose the truth about extraterrestrial life by confronting government-related entities (Colin Firth) that are trying to conceal this matter from the public. Tapping into his childhood beliefs, Spielberg dares to ask the ever- present question… are we alone, or are we not? Extraterrestrial conversations are seen to be a disruptive topic in the eyes of our governments, but Spielberg rebelliously takes this as an opportunity to shed that inflicted dictatorial fear by inviting us in to question and rebuild our belief systems
and dream of a world bigger than the one we see and know. So, allow Spielberg to abduct you this June as we bring some of his most pioneering projects back to our big screen as a part of our monthly ReDiscover season: namely, Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and Jurassic Park (1993). On a more local note, we are excited to be celebrating national Windrush Day (a day early) with an exclusive screening of Milestone: Streets Paved with Gold on Sunday 21 June. This screening will be followed with an exclusive in-person Q&A with Victor Richards (writer of the one-man play that the film was adapted from) and special guests (TBA). Milestone: Streets Paved with Gold honours the Windrush generation and Caribbean migration experience by blending voiceovers, vivid recreations and historical archives, immersing viewers in a heartfelt tribute to a generation that helped shape modern Britain. Spielberg invites us in to both question and rebuild our belief systems
UP AND COMING Don’t miss Disclosure Day (top right) and a screening of Milestone: Streets Paved with Gold (bottom and middle), which honours national Windrush Day
Visit the website picturehouses.com/arts to find out more
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