Love Is Strange

The screening on Wed 11 March at 2.30pm is Silver Screen – our weekly matinees aimed at ages 50+ (Under-50s welcome, standard ticket pricing applies).

Director: Ira Sachs
Cast: John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei 

Long-term New York lovers Ben (Lithgow) and George (Molina) embrace the new legality of gay marriage by getting hitched, only to find George facing the sack from his intolerant employer. Now unable to afford their apartment, they’re obliged to live separately with friends and family, an arrangement that comes with pressures and discomforts that none of those involved could have imagined.

Writer-director Ira Sachs (Keep The Lights On) has strong form portraying the subtle nuances of intimate relationships; with Love Is Strange the middle-aged element adds both poignancy and unmawkish humour. Marisa Tomei as Kate, the put-upon wife of Ben’s nephew (Darren Burrows), and Charlie Tahan as her son are both especially effective, but it’s veteran character actors Lithgow and Molina who rightly steal the show.