Oct 30th   
They Live**    
(US 1988)   
Universal/Carolco/Alive. 94m. Panavision

A construction worker in Los Angeles discovers that most affluent people in the world have been infiltrated by aliens in disguise.
Nifty sci-fi/horror satire on the consumerist 1980s with a strong premise put across in a simply effective (although slightly underdeveloped) manner, with the director back on good form.

Written and Directed by: John Carpenter, based on the story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson.
Producer: Larry Franco.
Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason, George "Buck" Flower, Raymond St. Jacques.
Photography: Gary Kibbe.
Music: John Carpenter, Alan Howarth.

Oct 21st   
Lee**  (15)
(Electric Palace, Harwich)

(GB 2023)  
Sky Original/Rocket Science/MS Partecipations/Brouhaha. 117m.

Memories of a former European-based American model for Vogue Magazine who turned photographer during World War II into some of its darkest corners.
From Mr. DiCaprio to his Titanic co-star, in an excellent star vehicle (and pet project) based fairly closely on history, and with a thoroughly convincing make-up for the elderly Lee Miller, even though this involves the old hackneyed convention of the flashback. Harrowing, moving and interesting, although none of it is particularly surprising. 

Written by: Liz Hannah, John Collee, Marion Hume, Lem Dobbs, based on the book "The Lives of Lee Miller" by Antony Penrose.
Producers: Kate Solomon, Kate Winslet, Troy Lum, Andrew Mason, Marie Savare, Lauren Hantz.
Director: Ellen Kuras.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Alexander Skarsgaard, Andy Samberg, Marion Cotillard, Andrea Riseborough, Josh O'Connor, Samuel Barnett.
Photography: Pawel Edelman.
Music: Alexandre Desplat.

Oct 20th
The Aviator**   
(US 2004)   
Warner Bros/Miramax/Forward Pass/Appian Way. 170m. ws

The younger active years of Howard Hughes from his first breakthrough film in Hollywood to his obsession with completing and flying his wartime Hercules "Spruce Goose".
Superficial and long but excitingly fast-paced biopic, with a star still too baby-faced looking, despite much effort from himself and those of an all-star supporting cast (some of whom are also laughably dis-similar to their real-life counterparts), and Scorsese's distinctively stylistic touches.

Written by: John Logan, based on the book "Howard Hughes: The Secret Life" by Charles Higham.
Producers: Michael Mann, Sandy Climan, Graham King, Charles Evans Jnr.
Director: Martin Scorsese.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett (as Kate Hepburn), John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda, Kate Beckinsale (as Ava Gardner), Ian Holm, Danny Huston, Gwen Stefani (as Jean Harlow), Jude Law (as Errol Flynn), Brent Spiner, Willem Dafoe.
Photography: Robert Richardson.
Music: Howard Shore.
Production Design: Dante Ferreti.