Newham Community Cinema, in partnership with Newham Council, presents a screening of -
THE HOLDOVERS (2024)
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England school remains on campus during Christmas break. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school's cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War.
Dir: Alexander Payne
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa
Cert: 15
Dur: 2h 13m
Q&A: Professor Karen McNally
Karen McNally is Professor of American Film, Television and Cultural History at London Metropolitan University. She has published extensively on topics related to stardom, US history, musicals, and issues of gender, race and American identity, and figures including Frank Sinatra, Billy Wilder, the Nicholas Brothers and Montgomery Clift. Karen's most recent books are American Television during a Television Presidency and The Stardom Film, and her volume on stories of inequality and abuse experienced by women in Hollywood is forthcoming in 2025. Karen is currently conducting research for a historical biography of Lana Turner supported by a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship.
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4.00pm: Doors open + Intro
4:05pm: Feature film starts promptly
6:20pm: Film finishes and Q&A starts
7:00pm: Q&A finishes and exit venue
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Admission on a first come, first served basis.
No children under 15 years old allowed.
Stratford Library accessbility here.
Programme supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery. www.filmlondon.org.uk/filmhub