The Social Reckoning

The Social Reckoning is coming to the Main Auditorium at Weymouth Pavilion for a run of four screenings starting tomorrow, Sunday 1 November. It's a companion piece to The Social Network, written by Aaron Sorkin, and it takes its starting point from the events that led to the Wall Street Journal's exposé, The Facebook Files.

The story follows Frances Haugen, a young Facebook engineer who decides to blow the whistle on the social network's most guarded secrets. She enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter, to get the inside story out into the open. If you remember The Social Network for its focus on the early days and the legal battles over who built the site, this one looks at the other end of the timeline: what happened once it was already a giant and the internal warnings started to be ignored.

It's a long one, running an hour and 52 minutes, and it carries a 15 rating, so it's not one to bring the kids along to. If you're familiar with Sorkin's style, you'll know what to expect — fast-paced dialogue and a focus on people arguing their way through a high-stakes situation, this time with the internal workings of a tech giant as the backdrop.

There are four screenings in total, so you've got a bit of choice on when to catch it. It opens tomorrow, Sunday 1 November, at 4pm, then returns on Monday 2 November at 7pm, Wednesday 4 November at 1pm, and Thursday 5 November at 4pm. Tickets are £5, and it's all in the Main Auditorium at the Pavilion.