What’s out in the cinema now in the UK?

nme.com:

Saturday Night, the behind-the-scenes story of the premiere episode of Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975. Directed by Jason Reitman (Juno, Up In The Air), it stars Gabriel LaBelle as SNL founder Lorne Michaels, as well as Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase, Ella Hunt as Gilda Radner and Dylan O’Brien as Dan Aykroyd.Also new in cinemas is the critically acclaimed Hard Truths, the latest drama from legendary auteur Mike Leigh (Mr Turner, Abigail’s Party, Naked).

It sees him reunite with actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste after the success of their 1996 collaboration Secrets & Lies, and tells the story of the relationship between Baptiste’s depressed Pansy Deacon and her jovial sister Chantelle (Michele Austin).In a five-star review of the film, NME wrote: “Like many of Leigh’s best films, it prioritises authenticity and recognisable glimpses of emotion over a splashy narrative arc.

That may make it frustrating for some viewers, but there’s no doubt that Leigh and his cast have created a sad, captivating, fascinating slice of everyday life.

Hard Truths offers no easy answers but few films reveal as much about the human condition.”The other major new release of the week is Companion, a romantic horror starring Sophie Thatcher (Heretic, The Boogeyman) and Jack Quaid (The Boys, Scream).