Guys & Dolls
The Christmas film, Guys and Dolls will be shown tonight. Please note the earlier than usual start time of 7:30pm.
Decemcer Film - Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) (12A)
Léa (Elsa Zylberstein) and Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) are sisters. The film begins with Léa, the younger sister by 15 years, picking Juliette up at the airport. We soon realise that the two sisters are almost complete strangers to each other. Juliette has just been released from prison after serving a long sentence.
A fine-tuned psychological insight, walking-on-eggs narrative finesse and a devastating, career-best performance by Kristin Scott Thomas make I’ve Loved You So Long a more than impressive achievement by debut director Philippe Claudel. This is a topof-the-range family melodrama sparingly told and austerely framed, Claudel’s tale of guilt, grief and redemption will have viewers thinking deep and long.
110 minutes, dir. Philippe Claudel,
released 2008.
December 5th at Broughton Hall. 7:45 pm
November Film - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Love, pain and the tricky workings of the human heart are all familiar subjects for Woody Allen but the move to Spain has put an extra spring in his step. Friends Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) are Americans who have decided to spend the summer in Barcelona.
Cristina is a free spirit open to any possibility. Vicky is sensible, cautious and soon to be married. Then the duo meet Spanish painter Antonio (Javier Bardem),
a silver-tongued charmer who immediately invites them to join him for a romantic weekend. The temptation to accept is irresistible.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is pure pleasure and finds Allen back on top form. It is smart, sunny, frisky and extremely funny.
96 minutes, dir. Woody Allen, released 2008.
Sunday 8th Nov. Broughton Hall
Visitors welcome. Doors open at 7:30pm - main film starts at 8:15pm.
Films for 2009 - 2010
Sat 5th Sept - Slumdog Millionaire FREE special
Sat 3rd Oct - The Pope’s Toilet (El baño del Papa)
Sun 8th Nov - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sat 5th Dec - I’ve Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)
Sun 27th Dec - Guys & Dolls CHRISTMAS Special
Sat 6th Feb - Age of Stupid
Sat 6th Mar - Sleep Furiously
Sat 10th Apr - Looking for Eric
Upper Tweed Community Cinema – from Slumdog to Ooh Aah Cantona
The new season at the club starts next month with emotionally stunning masterpiece Slumdog Millionaire, which for many people, was the film of the year. Don’t be put off by the hype surrounding this film, it really is a great movie; an old fashioned story that fizzes with excitement from start to finish. As a special opening offer, entry is free, with a collection for the charity Plan
Bouncing between moments of humour and gentle drama, The Pope’s Toilet from
November’s film on the 8th is Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona. It is a clever, sunny, frisky and extremely funny film starring Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson as two American friends tempted into a romantic weekend with silver-tongued charmer Spanish painter Antonio (Javier Bardem).
December 5th sees the screening of the French film I’ve Loved You So Long. This top-of-the-range family melodrama, sparingly told and austerely framed, with grief and redemption, will have viewers thinking deep and long.
The Christmas special on 27th December takes us back to the 1950’s with the classic musical Guys and Dolls starring Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra and Jean Simmons.
Age of Stupid, being shown on 6th February, is set in 2055, in a world in which almost all life has ended on earth. Pete Postlethwaite stars as an archivist, who looks back to the early 2000s, seeing how we got to a state in which the environment caused the collapse of civilisation. Its use of science fiction is also both effective and emotional: it's as if director Franny Armstrong hopes that the future can come to the aid of the present. Bold, supremely provocative, and hugely important, her film is a cry from the heart as much as a roar for necessary change.
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The season finishes on 10th April with Looking for Eric. Ken Loach is not generally described as an all-round crowd-pleaser, but with his latest film, Looking For Eric, he’s produced a masterpiece. It tells the story of a depressed, dysfunctional postman with a problematic family that threatens to drag him into even deeper waters. An apparition in the form of 90’s cult French footballer Eric Cantona proves to be the emotional lift to get his life back on track. A heady mix of high comedy, gritty realism, and the nonlinear philosophy of Eric Cantona, this film is an offbeat clever and moving piece of cinema.
To join or get more information contact Lesley Mason, Oliverbank East,
Seachd: The inaccessible Pinnacle (PG) - Sunday 22nd March
The Visitor - Saturday, 28 February
The film being screened this month(Saturday 28th February) is The Visitor from the director of The Station Agent and the producer of Sideways. Both these films were hugely popular with film club members, so expectations are high. In the film, a widowed college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and returns to find a young couple, who turn out to be illegal immigrants, living in his apartment. Their developing relationship provides a fascinating, uplifting and entertaining experience.
The Visitor, which was featured last week on BBC’s Film 2009 as one of the few truly independent films to gain a commercial cinema release last year, has had excellent reviews and won plaudits at many of the major international film festivals.