The Labia Theatre is the oldest independent cinema in South Africa, and it sits in the heart of our city. The theatre gives you an authentic movie-watching experience and offers both new and popular movies, as well as small independent films.
A great thing to note about the Labia Theatre is that they have a generator, so screenings are not affected by loadshedding.
Here is what you can go watch at the theatre this week, 16 June to 22 June:
The Little Mermaid
From visionary filmmaker, Rob Marshall, comes this live-action musical re-imagining of Disney’s 1989 Oscar-winning animated classic, The Little Mermaid, the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. Ariel makes a deal with the cruel sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life- and her father’s crown- in jeopardy.
Watch the trailer here:
Asteroid City
Nominated for the Golden Palm at Cannes 2023.
Set to wow audiences, directed by the visionary Wes Anderson, and with an all-star cast, the romantic comedy-drama follows the transformative events that occur at an annual Junior Stargazer convention in a fictional desert town in 1955. Something incredibly unusual happens, and events out of everyone’s control spectacularly disrupt the proceedings.
Watch the trailer here:
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Everything Everywhere all at Once
Universally acclaimed, the hilarious and big hearted sci-fi, comedy- action film is about a Chinese-American woman, who becomes an unlikely hero, in her fight against bizarre and bewildering dangers from the multiverse, as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
Watch the trailer here:
Air
From award-winning director Ben Affleck, Air reveals the game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son’s immense talent, and the basketball phenomenon who would become the greatest of all time.
Watch the trailer here:
Beau is Afraid
From his darkest fears comes the greatest adventure.
From the creative mind behind Hereditary and Midsommar, comes this cleverly depraved, new, surrealist comedy- horror film of a paranoid man who embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother. Bold and ingeniously depraved, the journey of a man who confronts his darkest fears in his Kafkaesque attempt to return home.
Watch the trailer here:
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Hope is a Journey.
Based on the bestselling novel by Rachel Joyce, this unusual British drama about life, self-discovery, and the need to pay respects, is about Harold, an unremarkable man in his sixties, who learns that his old friend Queenie is dying. Having passed through life, living on the sidelines, he embarks instead on a long walk, in the hope that his visit to her hospice, will present her with a reason to keep living.
Watch the trailer here:
About my Father
Family is where you come from.
The hottest comic in America, Sebastian Maniscalco, joins forces with legendary actor, Robert De Niro, in this new comedy.
Encouraged by his all-American fiancée, a man and his old-school Italian immigrant father, spend a holiday weekend with her wealthy and exceedingly eccentric family. The gathering soon develops into a culture clash, allowing father and son to discover the true meaning of family.
Watch the trailer here:
What’s Love Got to do with it?
Winner Best Comedy at the Rome Film Fest 2022.
A Cross-cultural romantic comedy.
From the producers of Bridget Jones’s Diary and Love Actually, and set between London and Lahore, comes this British romantic comedy, about a filmmaker, who documents the journey of her childhood friend and neighbour’s arranged or assisted marriage to a bride from Pakistan.
Watch the trailer here:
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Book Club: The Next Chapter
SLIGHTLY SCANDALOUS, TOTALLY FABULOUS.
This sequel to THE BOOK CLUB ( 2018 ) is a quirky comedy about four best friends who take their book club to Italy for the fun girls’ trip they never had. When things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their relaxing vacation turns into a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country adventure.
Watch the trailer here:
Greatest Days
The official TAKE THAT musical.
From Tim Firth, the writer of Calendar Girls, comes this British feel-good musical film based on the Take That jukebox musical.
Like the stage production, the movie follows five best friends whose lives were changed at a concert by their favourite boyband.
Twenty-five years later they re-unite to re-live their memories. Filmed in the UK and based on location in Greece, the film follows the girls on a nostalgic tale of friendship, and negotiating adulthood.
Watch the trailer here:
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