DELIGHTFULLY dark and quirky comedies fill our screen with laughter and joy this week at Ilkley Cinema, along with some truly thought-provoking documentaries that you simply cannot take your eyes off.

From September 8th-15th, we welcome you to watch the unusual love story between Pakistani-American comedian, Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner in The Big Sick. Based on the true-life events of the aforementioned couple, who in fact wrote this film themselves, we discover how these two came together and fell in love, all the while keeping their relationship secret from his traditionalist Muslim family. But Kumail finds himself in a trying situation when Emily mysteriously falls ill and into a coma, which forces him to bond with her parents in ways he never expected.

We’ve all been there folks, had a few too many to drink on a night out and wake up with a banging headache the next morning, with hazy memories of the night before. But a hangover is the least of their problems for the ladies in Rough Night. This group of college friends: Jess, Alice, Frankie, Pippa and Blair meet up for an epic reunion to celebrate Jess’ hen night. After a few tipples, things take a hilariously dark turn when they accidentally kill a stripper. In the difficult and awkward aftermath of trying to cover up the death, the women find they are brought closer together and this is one story that they will be taking to the grave with them.

A solid decade after the release of critically acclaimed, eye-opening documentary An Inconvenient Truth, we jump right into the subject of global warming and environmental issues in the aptly named An Inconvenient Sequel. Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight travelling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy. In this fascinating documentary, we discover just how close we really are to a real energy revolution that could literally change the face of the planet.

Evie Myers