I had been wanting to show this one for a while and, what can I say but ‘Wow!”. Amanda Kernell’s debut feature Sami Blood is a coming-of-age with a different slant. It looked great on our new screen, but you should still seek it out if you haven’t seen it.

For some reason, the invitation emails have become unreliable again, and many of you were unaware of this screening. I don’t really know what to do about it, but I would urge you to just check here to see what’s showing in a given week. This blog is updated at noon on Mondays, if there will be a screening during the week.

Today was Joni Mitchell’s 67 birthday, and we honoured (Canadian spelling, for the Canadian lady) it with a video of her outstanding live rendition of Big Yellow Taxi at the Isle of Wight festival in 1970, with a bit of hindrance from a misguided “friend”.