Somers Town
(Shane Meadows, UK) 75min
While Shane Meadows’ last outing, This is England, showed the racist side of British nationalism, his follow-up, the black-and-white Somers Town, demonstrates just how nice the Brits can be to immigrants. Starting life as a short film financed by Eurostar, the resulting feature is an amusing tale of new friendships and lust set in and around St Pancras International. This is Meadows’ most feel-good outing and a pleasant return to irreverent comedy. Thomas Turgoose, the young star of This is England, plays Tomo, a teenager running away from his Midlands domicile to find solace in the big smoke where he is immediately mugged. Luckily, Tomo meets Marek (Piotr Jagiello), a bored young Polish immigrant and together they get up to a joyful series of pranks in this heart-warming lark.
Cineworld, Fri 20 Jun, 5.30pm; Sat 21 Jun, 2.30pm, £8 (£6.40).

