Cast: Helen Mirren, Timothy Spall, Johnny Flynn, Kate Winslet, Andrea Riseborough, Toni Collette, Stephen Merchant, Fisayo Akinade Director: Kate Winslet Rating: ★★★ Kate Winslet steps behind the camera for the first time with Goodbye June, a holiday-set family drama that arrives with prestige baked in. Written by her son Joe Anders, the film leans into the well-worn terrain of estranged relatives, unresolved wounds and a ticking clock in the form of terminal illness A still from the film Goodbye June The story centres on June (Helen Mirren), a sharp-tongued but affectionate matriarch diagnosed with terminal cancer just weeks before Christmas. Choosing to spend her final days in a private hospital room, June becomes the still point around which her fractured family spirals inward. Her children assemble reluctantly, carrying old resentments, quiet disappointments and lives that have drifted far from one another. As the days slip by, June gently — and sometimes strategically — nudges them toward reconciliation, determined to leave behind something resembling emotional closure before time runs out. The good Kate’s greatest asset as …