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14 September 2017 Irreplaceable (2016)
Cert 12A Comedy/Drama (France) 102 mins
Director: Thomas Lilti
Jean-Pierre Werner, a countryside doctor who has lived a life devoted to his job, finds out that he is suffering from a serious illness. A doctor from the city arrives to help him in his task but the arrangement unsettles Jean-Pierre who considers himself indispensable. Directed by Thomas Lilti who draws on his own previous experiences as a doctor.
“a film that is genuinely, authentically heartwarming” filminquiry.com
5 October 2017 I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Cert 12A Documentary (United States) 93 mins
Director: Raoul Peck
In 1979, James Baldwin wrote to his literary agent describing his next book, a personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. Director Raoul Peck’s film envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, exploring the history of racism in the United States.
“a potent study of the writer, the 1960s civil-rights movement and the continuing struggle of African-Americans” The Sunday Times
15 October 2017 (2 pm) A Star is Born (1954 remastered 1983)
Cert U Drama (United States) 168 mins
Director: George Cukor
Beverley Film Society Presents A Star Is Born for the East Riding Film Festival
A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral. Starring Judy Garland and James Mason.
“the greatest one-woman show in modern movie history” Time Magazine
This main feature forms part of the afternoon of Judy Garland Films, Anecdotes and Memorabilia. For more details see our post here.
9 November 2017 Neruda (2016)
Cert 15 Biography/Crime Drama (Chile/Argentina/France/Spain/US) 107 mins
Director: Pablo Larrain
Popular poet Pablo Neruda was a politician in 1948, when President Videla betrayed his leftist roots and allied himself with the war on communism. As Chile’s most famous Stalinist, Neruda lost his high-powered protectors and went into hiding with his aristocratic Argentinean wife, assisted by members of the Communist Party far more attuned to the hardships of the working class than Neruda himself.
“Neruda takes a lot of wild chances and, like the poet whose life acts as inspiration, it’s unwilling to play by the rules. Dizzily constructed and full of more life and meaning than most “real” biopics, it’s a risk worth taking.” The Guardian
Golden Globe Nominated.
14 December 2017 A Man Called Ove (2015)
Cert PG Drama/Comedy (Sweden) 115 mins
Director: Hannes Holm
Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife’s grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.
“black comedy with a big heart” The Observer
Oscar Nominated.
11 January 2018 Barry Lyndon (1975 – Remastered 2016)
Cert 12A Period Drama (UK) 177 mins
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, the film originally gained modest reviews but has since been hailed as one of the director’s greatest films. The story follows the adventures of an Irish rogue who wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband’s aristocratic position in 18th Century England.
“This digitally restored version of Kubrick’s 1976 masterpiece still astounds” The Independent
Multi Oscar winner.
8 February 2018 The Handmaiden (2016)
Cert 18 Crime Drama (South Korea) 144 mins
Director: Chan-wook Park
Described as an erotic psychological thriller, the film is inspired by the novel Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, with the setting altered from Victorian Britain to Korea under Japanese rule. A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her. Directed by Park Chan-wook. Cert 18.
“it was so extraordinary that I almost forgot to breathe.” The Guardian
Nominated for the Palme D’Or at Cannes 2016.
22 February 2018 Fear Eats The Soul (1974)
Cert 12A Drama (Germany) 90 mins
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
An accidental romance is kindled between a German woman in her mid-sixties and a Moroccan migrant worker around twenty-five years younger. They decide to marry, appalling everyone around them.
“One of the most beautiful films ever made, plain and simple” Time Out
Nominated for the Palme D’Or at Cannes 1974.
** Please note this special showing is free for members. Guests will still pay the normal price.
8 March 2018 Frantz (2016)
Cert 12A Drama/History/War (Germany) 114 mins
Director: François Ozon
In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious Frenchman who visits the fiancé’s grave to lay flowers.
“one of the most beguilingly beautiful and heart-tugging films of the year so far.” culturetrip.com
Oscar nominated. Nominated for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival 2016.
12 April 2018 Tanna (2015)
Cert 12A Drama/Romance (Netherlands) 100 mins
Director: Martin Butler
Set on a remote Pacific island, covered in rain forest and dominated by an active volcano, this heartfelt story, enacted by the Yakel tribe, tells of a sister’s loyalty, a forbidden love affair and the pact between the old ways and the new.
“The most interesting interpretation of Romeo and Juliet since Baz Luhrmann’s groundbreaking 1996 version.” Daily Telegraph (Australia)
Oscar Nominated and winner of the Special Jury Prize at the London Film Festival 2015
26 April 2018 The Shepherd (2016)
Cert 15 Drama (Spain) 98 mins
Director: Jonathan Cenzual Burley
Drama which relocates a classic western scenario to post-recession Spain. Fifty-something Anselmo is content with his lot as a shepherd. But abattoir owner Julián and his neighbour are desperate for Anselmo to cut a deal with a property developer so that they can clear their debts.
“A poignant and expertly restrained meditation on greed and financial hardship in rural Spain” Little White Lies
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10 May 2018 Graduation (2016)
Cert 15 Drama/Crime (Romania) 128 mins
Director: Cristian Mungui
A father is driven to extremes to protect his daughter’s future. He channels his ambitions for a better life into his teenage daughter, who’s just one exam away from securing a scholarship to a prestigious British university. But when she is attacked on the eve of her test, endangering her ability to pass, he takes matters into his own hands to ensure her success.
“Graduation opens with a brick through an apartment window, and unfolds with that same kind of propulsive force” NPR.org
Won Best Director award at Cannes 2016 and was nominated for the Palme D’Or.
14 June 2018 Paterson (2016)
Cert 15 Comedy/Drama (United States/France) 120 mins
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, Adam Driver stars as Paterson who is a bus driver and aspiring poet. Every day he adheres to a simple routine, he drives his daily route; he writes poetry into a notebook; he goes home to his wife Laura, played by Golshifteh Farahani. By contrast, Laura’s world is ever changing as new dreams come to her almost daily. The film quietly observes the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.
“Slowly but surely, the gentleness of Jim Jarmusch’s lovely new film steals up on you.” The Guardian
Palme D’Or nominated.