Judging by its trailer, The Bookshop is absolutely my personal cuppa: English, period (in this case, the late 50s), focussed on the zeitgeist at a certain time and place, and starring some of my favourite British actors. Gotta say: especially charming, quirky Bill Nighy, whose name is enough to put whichever film he's chosen to appear in on my Oh Yeah list. And after coordinating Life's Movie Club for about seven years, I have reason to believe that a lot of members feel the same way I do.
At this writing, it's still too early to tell you anything but the date, which is Tuesday, September 4th. As soon as the where and when details become available, I will email them pronto to all Movie Club members. Meanwhile, here's what we know about The Bookshop.
SYNOPSIS: England, 1959. Free-spirited widow Florence Green (Emily Mortimer) risks everything to open a bookshop in a conservative East Anglian coastal town. While bringing about a surprising cultural awakening through works by Ray Bradbury and Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, she earns the polite but ruthless opposition of a local grand dame (Patricia Clarkson) and the support and affection of a reclusive book-loving widower (Bill Nighy). As Florence's obstacles amass and bear suspicious signs of a local power struggle, she is forced to ask: is there a place for a bookshop in a town that may not want one?
TRAILER: https://www.cinemaclock.com/movies/the-bookshop-2017/videos/211972
REVIEWS: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/reviews/article-review-the-bookshop-subverts-expectations-of-a-small-town-underdog/?cmpid=rss
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/bookshop-1059439
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