How To Talk to Girls at Parties

Director: John Cameron Mitchell

2018 / 102min / DCP

In the London suburb of Croydon c. 1977, Enn (Alex Sharp) and his punk outsider pals stumble across a commune of latex-clad cultists while en route to a party… and soon discover that they’re in fact in the company of aliens, among them the beguiling Zann (Elle Fanning), with whom Henry becomes smitten. A rollicking, romantic tale of star-crossed first love from Mitchell (director of 2001’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch), based on a 2006 Neil Gaiman short story, that brims with sneering, rebellious energy and includes a deliciously flamboyant performance from Nicole Kidman as Vivienne Westwood-esque punk elder Queen Boadicea. “A wondrously bizarre affair.” —The Independent