Ticket sales are under way for our Jazz at the Movies event on Saturday 5 May at the Cheltenham Playhouse. If you are not a member of the film society, or you can’t get to our final two films, you can buy tickets from the Playhouse or its website: cheltplayhouse.org.uk. If you are a member, you can buy them at [cont'd.]
A reminder that our next film, A Man Called Ove, is the last of the season. It will be followed by wine & cheese. We are currently assembling the programme for next year. Details will be published here and circulated to members in June, at which point membership will reopen. Existing members will get priority.
Our final film of the season, on Tuesday 24 April at 7:45pm, is A Man Called Ove, a Swedish comedy about a cantankerous and despairing widower who rules his neighbourhood with an iron fist until the arrival of a young immigrant family forces him to change his ways. It stars the estimable Rolf Lassgård and is based on the best-selling book by [cont'd.]
Lots of British fun at Charlton Kings Film Society on Friday 20 April with a showing of I’m All Right Jack. The Boulting Brothers’ comedy from 1959 stars Peter Sellers as Fred Kite, a bolshie trade unionist obstructing the plans of industrialist Terry-Thomas and his naive nephew Ian Carmichael, who has returned from war to start a career in business. Well [cont'd.]
Some enthusiasm for Graduation, but many members found it overlong. It gained an appreciation score of 67.54 per cent. Here are some comments: “Lovely film. The cronyism, corruption of a developing country is well depicted. These are the moral and ethical dilemmas one faces living in such countries.” “Gentle corruption: a way of life. Understated: left much to be inferred.” [cont'd.]
A very warm response to The Handmaiden, which kept people rapt for 144 minutes despite the inadequacies of the Bacon’s seating and achieved an appreciation score of 84.33 per cent. There was only one D and no Es. Some comments: “Love really is ‘all you need’. Best film this season.” “Surprisingly entertaining, given child abuse, brutalised fingers and lots of [cont'd.]
Polarised opinions about Mohamed Diab’s intense and claustrophobic Clash last night, but still a strong score of 73.89 per cent. It was not an easy film to watch, and some people hated the constantly moving camera, but most appreciated the skill of the film-making and the relevance of the subject-matter. Some comments: “Genuinely unique film-making. Brutal, gut-wrenching, with beautiful moments of [cont'd.]
A strong score of 83.42 per cent for Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman. Some comments: “Another excellent film. Well chosen!” “Riveting, uncompromising and very cruel. A compelling watch!” “Acting superb. Direction superb. Cinematography superb. Well worth the Oscar.” “Brilliant. As was his last film. Great director!” “Extraordinary storyteller. Great actors.” “Refreshing change, not being able to guess who did it until the [cont'd.]
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