Past Film Society Screenings
Past Screenings 2024
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| DATE | VENUE | FILM | DIRECTOR | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.04.24 | Pall Mall | The Apartment | Billy Wilder | Joined by novelist Jonathan Coe who introduced the 1960 Romantic Comedy: now recognised as masterpiece. |
| 07.04.24 | Pall Mall | The Pink Panther | Blake Edwards | Reviving the kind of slapstick popular in the 1920s, this glossy caper introduced the world to the bumbling Detective Inspector Clouseau. |
| 31.03.24 | Woodcote Park | Once Upon a Time in the West | Sergio Leone | A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad. Directed by Sergio Leone, Once Upon a Time in the West stars Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda and Claudia Cardinale. |
| 17.03.24 | Pall Mall | The Committments | Alan Parker | The story of a band of young Dubliners playing American '60s soul is fresh, well-executed and original. At base The Commitments is about the common experiences and emotions that unite us |
| 10.03.24 | Woodcote Park | For Your Consideration | Christopher Guest | The focus of the film lies in the production of an independent film and its cast, who find themselves ensnared in the unsettling world of awards buzz. An amusing mockumentary that explores the fallout of an Oscar nomination. |
| 25.02.24 | Woodcote Park | The Professionals (1966) | Richard Brook | In the final years of the Mexican Revolution, American rancher J.W. Grant hires four men, who are all experts in their respective fields, to rescue his kidnapped wife, Maria, from Jesus Raza, a former revolutionary leader-turned-bandit |
| 18.02.24 | Pall Mall | No Country for Old Men | The Coen Brothers | This 2007 neo western crime thriller. While on a hunting trip, a sportsman finds a stash of cash in remote West Texas, the result of a drug deal gone wrong. He is then pursued by a psychopathic killer who wants the money. |
| 04.02.24 | Woodcote Park | The leopard (1963) | Luchino Visconti | A film based on the famous Italian novel Il Gattopardo written by Giuseppe di Lampedusa. |
| 21.01.24 | Pall Mall | The Intouchables | Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | Inspired by a true story, an unlikely friendship develops between a wealthy quadriplegic (François Cluzet) and his caretaker (Omar Sy), just released from prison. |
Past Screenings 2023
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| DATE | VENUE | FILM | DIRECT | ABOUT |
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| 03.12.23 | Pall Mall | Three Days of Condor | Sydney Pollack | A mild mannered CIA researcher, paid to read books, returns from lunch to find all of his co-workers assassinated. |
| 26.11.23 | Woodcote Park | Bamboozled | Spike Lee | This somewhat controversial film attempts to show the dark history of blackface minstrel shows by presenting them in a modern light |
