Films are screened on the last Friday of the month at 8pm.
Please book. £ 4 a seat. Box office:
01379 783678
WELCOME TO THE FIFTEENTH SEASON.
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NOW ABOUT THESE WOMEN (SWEDEN 1964) INGMAR BERGMAN
Bergman's first comedy and first colour film - his response to critics who said his films were gloomy. A critic visits a famous cellist but is plagued by the women of the house, including Bibi and Harriet Andersson *PLUS* NEVER WEAKEN: Classic Harold Lloyd comedy short from 1921 - with live theatre organ accompaniment.
ALPHAVILLE (FRANCE 1965) JEAN-LUC GODARD
A poetic, funny and visually inspired blend of sci-fi, crime satire and political allegory. Eddie Constantine is the cosmic sleuth, Anna Karina the despot's daughter. A dazzling and enjoyable fantasy about alienation in Paris..
LA BELLE ET LA BETE (FRANCE 1946) JEAN COCTEAU
Beauty challenges the beast in this stunning fairytale. Jean Marais is the ferocious yet erotic and genuinely tragic beast, his enchanted castle a celluloid wonder where myth becomes reality. An elegant masterpiece.
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (POLAND 1991) KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI
Two musicians, one Polish one French, seem to share a single existence in this mesmerising study of spiritual disquiet. Irene Jacob is oustanding. A gripping film, the direction effortless and subtle.
COMEDIAN HARMONISTS (GERMANY 1997) JOSEPH VILSMAIER
A political musical based on the true story of a vocal sextet who achieve fame in 1930s Germany. Their inventive, novelty music turns sour as personal tensions coincide with the rise of Hitler. Light and humourous as well as moving.
MILDRED PIERCE (USA 1945) MICHAEL CURTIZ
A great performance, as a wronged wife turned successful businesswoman, brought Joan Crawford an Oscar. Zachary Scott is the playboy she takes up with, Ann Blyth her troubled daughter, in this impeccably glossy drama.
BLUE KITE (CHINA 1993) TIAN ZHUANGZHUANG
Still banned in China, this masterly blend of the political and the personal deals with Mao's influence on one family in the 1950s and 60s. Telling detail, warmth and humour as well as tragedy.
WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT (ARGENTINA 1993)
MARIA LUISA BEMBERG
An satirical fable about a proud widow, her dwarf daughter, and an elderly sophisticate (Marcello Mastroianni). The circus comes to town... Tender, bitter-sweet, under-stated.
A TASTE OF CHERRY (IRAN 1997) ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
A teasing meditation on death and the simpler joys of life. A man planning suicide is looking for someone to bury him. Subtle, episodic, intense and ambiguous. A Palme d'Or winner from Iran's leading director.