THE SISTER of the late film director Anthony Minghella will introduce his film Truly Madly Deeply (PG) at Freshwater Library tonight (11).

Gioia Minghella Giddens, the IW high sheriff, will introduce the film, which deals with themes of loss and grief and stars Juliet Stephenson and the late Alan Rickman.

Tickets can be purchased on the door or in advance from www.fofl.co.uk. Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start.

Sandown Library is showing Mission Impossible: Fallout (12) tonight (11) starring Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg and Alec Baldwin.

Doors open for the screening at 6.40pm and close promptly at 7pm.

Niton Cinema, in the old school building, is showing The Children Act (12) at 7.30pm on Saturday (12).

The film stars Emma Thompson as a judge, who, as her marriage crumbles, must decide a case involving a teenage boy refusing a blood transfusion on religious principle.

Tickets are available in advance from the library or post office.

Ventnor Arts Club is live screening The Tragedy of King Richard the Second from the Almeida Theatre stage on Tuesday (15) from 6.30pm.

Be prepared for the long haul as this Shakespeare classic runs for three-and-a half hours. Simon Russell Beale plays Richard II in this new production about the limits of power.

On Wednesday (16), the venue is screening Adriana Lecouvreur live from the Metropolitan Opera at 5.30pm.

Soprano Anna Netrebko takes on the title role of the real-life French actress who dazzled 18th Century audiences with her on and off stage passion.

On Thursday (17) Ventnor Arts Club is showing The Rider (15) from 7.30pm.

Based on a true story, the film stars Brady Jandreau as a once-rising star of the rodeo circuit warned that his competition days are over after a tragic riding accident. In an attempt to regain control of his fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and tries to redefine what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.