Jun 13th   
Disclosure Day**  (12A)      
(Century Clacton)

(US 2026)    
Universal/Amblin. 145m. Panavision    

Researchers at a government department storing alien activity go AWOL, and a weather forecaster is the channel for the lifeforms from another world...
Close encounters for the third time for Spielberg (or four if one includes The War of the Worlds with less friendly aliens), a more mature and grander X-Files episode with some good suspense, performances and set pieces, but a slightly unintentionally amusing climax.

Written by: David Koepp, Steven Spielberg.
Producers: Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg, Michael Kahn.
Director: Steven Spielberg.
Starring: Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, Josh O'Connor, Eve Hewson, Colman Domingo, Wyatt Russell, Elizabeth Marvel.
Photography: Janusz Kaminski.
Music: John Williams.
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen.
Editing: Cindy Tolan.

Jun 10th     
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof*      
(US 1958)
MGM/Avon. 108m.    

Smouldering family tensions in a Deep South plantation where the dying owner is wanting to pass the inheritance over to his alcoholic and sexually repressed son.  
A daring but nonetheless slightly toned down adaptation of a play typical of its author's distinctive Southern drawl, with the principals all acting as if they were in different films. 

Written by: Richard Brooks, James Poe, from the play by Tennessee Williams.
Producer: Laurence Weingarten.
Director: Richard Brooks.
Starring: Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Burl Ives, Jack Carson, Judith Anderson, Madeleine Sherwood, Larry Gates, Vaughn Taylor.
Photography: William Daniels.
Music: Charles Wolcott.

Preceded by:
Look at Life: Putting on an Act*      
(Gb 1965. 10m. Amateur theatre at various local societies around Britain.; narr: Tim Turner.)

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. Not exactly subtle, and with acting very theatrical, but it became a commercial hit. The poster of Elizabeth Taylor probably helped.