From your committee…
We offer some great films for the new spring into summer season, including a Korean classic, a true heroic wartime story, a fabulous fantasy and a comedy drama, with Oscars awarded recently to several of the featured actors.
The Film Club is always a little short of assistance on film nights, so if you would like to volunteer to help (no experience necessary) or perhaps even to join the committee, please let us know.
Please note that our August film will be shown on the second Friday of the month instead of our usual first Friday slot.
Friday 5th April – BENEDICTION (2021 – 137minutes)(cert. 12a)
Legendary 20th century English First World War poet Siegfried Sassoon embarks on a life-long quest for personal salvation through his experiences with family, war and destructive elationships. True salvation can only come from within. Jack Lowden stars as Sassoon, with a splendid supporting cast including Geeraldine James, Simon Russell Beale and with Peter Capaldi as the older Sassoon. (7pm start, doors 6.30)
Friday 3rd May – PAST LIVES (2023 – 105 minutes)(cert. 12a)
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny. ‘A modern ‘classic’ with 2 Oscar nominations)(Korean language, with English sub-titles)(7pm start, doors 6.30pm)
Friday 7th June – ONE LIFE (2023 – 110 minutes)(cert 12a)
Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker, who in the months leading up to World War II, was instrumental in rescuing over 600 children, many of them from Jewish Family, from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. A remarkable true story and an award-winning film, with the excellent Johnny Flynn as the young Winton and Anthony Hopkins as the older one. (7pm start, 6.30pm doors)
Friday 5th July – THE HOLDOVERS (2023 – 133 minutes)(cert. ‘R’)
Set in the 1970s this is the tale of a cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays as Christmas approaches, with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go. With a great performance from Paul Giamatti who won an Oscar for ‘Actor in a Leading Role’. (7pm start, 6.30pm doors)
Friday 9th August – POOR THINGS (2023 – 141 minutes)(cert. ‘R’)
This is the incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Also staring Mark Ruffalo, the film recently won 4 Oscars including ‘Best Actress in a Leading role’ for Stone, her second Academy Award. (7pm start, doors 6.30pm)
DVDs – FOR SALE
We still have various classic films on DVDs available for sale at £4.00 each unless priced otherwise, first-come, first-served.
ALBERT NOBBS (Glenn Close)
BRASSED OFF (Pete Postlethwaite)
BROKER (South Korean film)
THE CARER (Brian Cox)
THE FATHER (Anthony Hopkins)
FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL (Jamie Bell)
THE IMPOSSIBLE (Pierce Brosnan)
THE IRON LADY (Meryl Streep)
JULIETA (Emma Suarez)
THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER (Felicity Jones)
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (Anya Taylor-Joy)
LITTLE WHITE LIES (Marion Cotillard)
LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (Kate Beckinsale)
MAUDIE (Sally Hawkins)
THE MOUSEHOLE CAT (Animation)
THE ROAD DANCE (Hermione Corfield)
THE SHAPE OF WATER (Sally Hawkins)
SHERLOCK HOLMES (Robert Downey, Jr.)
SHERLOCK HOLMES:A GAME OF SHADOWS (Robert Downey, Jr.)
SUMMERLAND (Gemma Arterton)
TESTAMENT OF YOUTH (Alicia Vikander)
THEIR FINEST HOUR (Gemma Arterton)
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (Frances McDormand)
THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY (Jim Broadbent)
WEST SIDE STORY (Natalie Wood/George Chakiris)
Image Credits: Rye Film Club .