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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Vanessa Thorpe Arts amd media correspondent

‘We’re excited’: arthouse hits draw young UK filmgoers to a summer of subtitles

Josh O'Connor stands in the centre of a dimly lit room in a light coloured suit, surrounded by people, all looking at something offscreen
British actor Josh O’Connor plays an archaeologist in La Chimera, an Italian-language story of tomb raiders and lost love in the 1980s. Photograph: Tempesta/Ad Vitam/Amka Films/ RAI

This time last summer, British cinemas were holding their collective breath, looking forward to the biggest box office weekend of the year. “Barbenheimer” came to the rescue, with the doubleheader of blockbusters jointly chalking up an initial total of £30m when released in mid-July.

This summer is a different story. There may be no lucrative Barbie or Oppenheimer at hand, but the holiday months at the cinema look potentially more interesting, if not downright weird – at least when it comes to Sasquatch Sunset, this weekend’s new, grunting, wordless tale of mythical Bigfoot folk, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough.

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