Feb 25th   
The Duke** (12A)
(Century Clacton)

(GB 2020)
Warner Bros/Pathe/Ingenious/Screen Yorkshire/Neon Films. 96m.

In 1961 a crusading Newcastle pensioner ransom's Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington to allow pensioners free TV, but is actually covering for his son who has committed the theft.
A true story is given enjoyably nostalgic treatment (although feeling more 1950s in mood than 1960s), glossing over most aspects of the robbery from the National Gallery, but refreshingly light and well paced within the familiar Ealing-style mantra, and with spot-on performances.

Written by: Richard Bean, Clive Coleman.
Producer: Nicky Bentham.
Director: Roger Michell.
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Matthew Goode, Anna Maxwell Martin, Aimee Kelly, James Wilby, Paul Reed.
Photography: Mike Eley.
Music: George Fenton.

+ the portrait also briefly appears in Dr. No, which is briefly alluded to in this film