Film Club Fridays with licensed bar
Tickets £5.00
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This Season
Jane Eyre
February 24th, 2012
Being hailed as “A definitive version of Jane Eyre for all the ages” Judi (more...)
The Help
March 23rd, 2012
Based on the hit novel by Kathryn Stockett, and set to be one of the most (more...)
Mao's Last Dancer
April 27th, 2012
Not yet on general release in the UK, this film has been creating a bit of a (more...)
Past Programme
Friday, 31 January 20:00
Academy Award winning film, as requested by LCC audience member through the website’ suggest a film’ feature.
Yôjirô Takita
Drama
12, Suitable only for those aged 12 and over.
Japanese
130
January 1st, 2009
Yes
Friday, 31 January 20:00
Does money make you happy? What about family? Do we live in a world that values and promotes well-being? Are we in the midst of a happiness revolution?
Roko Belic
Documentary, World cinema
English
78
January 1st, 2011
Friday, 31 December 20:00
The story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence.
Terrence Malick
Drama
English
139
January 1st, 2011
No
Friday, 30 November 20:00
Set in 1977 in a provincial French town, POTICHE is a free adaptation of the 1970s eponymous hit comic play. Catherine Deneuve is Suzanne Pujol, a submissive, housebound 'trophy housewife' (or "potiche,") who steps in to manage the umbrella factory run by her wealthy and tyrannical husband (Fabrice Luchini) after the workers go on strike and take him hostage. To everyone's surprise, Suzanne proves herself a competent and assertive woman of action. But when her husband returns from a restful cruise in top form, things get complicated.
François Ozon
Comedy
French
103
January 1st, 2010
Yes
Friday, 31 October 20:00
Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals in recent times: the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom. Almost single-handedly, against overwhelming odds and with little regard for her own well-being, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.
Margaret discovered a secret that the British government had kept hidden for years: one hundred and thirty thousand children in care had been sent abroad to commonwealth countries, mainly Australia. Children as young as four had been told that their parents were dead, and been sent to children's homes on the other side of the world. Many were subjected to appalling abuse. They were promised oranges and sunshine, they got hard labour and life in institutions.
Margaret's an unstoppable force of nature. But she's also a working mother trying to do her best for her own family, while she struggles to repair the damage done to others. When a strange, angry Australian woman accosts her on a rainy Nottingham night, Margaret thinks she's trying to help one lost daughter find her mother. Instead, her investigation leads to the discovery of thousands of other lost sons and daughters, who have no-one to help them, speak for them or defend them. Margaret becomes their only hope - the British and Australian governments show no interest in even acknowledging their existence.
No-one can know how they'll respond to an almost impossible challenge. Margaret just picks it up. It takes her on a journey from a tower block in Nottingham to remote childrens' homes in the Australian outback. It challenges her own professional practice as a social worker, tests her marriage and family to its limits, and leads to threats on her life.
On the way she meets thousands of adults still carrying the damage done to them as children. Some are impossible for her to turn away from, like gentle, enigmatic Jack; some are initially impossible for her to warm to, like brash, wealthy Len. Some of them are reunited with living parents, for some it is too late - their mothers are already dead. All of them, through Margaret's work, become closer to her and each other than any family they'd had or lost. (source sixteenfilms.co.uk)
Jim Loach
English
0
January 1st, 2011
Friday, 30 September 20:00
Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans. Written by Palm Springs Internation Film Festival
The conservative Catholic Cantone family own and operate a pasta factory in southern Italy. At a family dinner, parents Vincenzo and Stefania Cantone plan on turning over the factory to their two sons, Antonio Cantone and Tommaso Cantone. The younger Tommaso, who has returned home from business school in Rome for this dinner, has his own important news which he plans on divulging at that dinner. Beforehand, he tells Antonio his news. He is not in business school and does not want to run the factory, leaving that to Antonio. Rather, he wants to stay in Rome to be a writer - he has submitted a manuscript of a novel to a publisher - but more importantly that he is gay. Tommaso is certain that their parents will not take any of this news well. But before Tommaso can make his statement at the dinner, Antonio, who has been working at the factory for years, drops his own bombshell of news on the family, which results in Vincenzo disowning Antonio and having a mild heart attack.
Tommaso feels that he has no other choice now but to keep quiet, and stay to run the factory while his father recuperates. A visit from Rome by Tommaso's flamboyant gay friends - including Tommaso's lover, Marco - may make life difficult for Tommaso as he tries to balance his priorities in life. Tommaso's paternal grandmother, who started the factory, who is known as the loose cannon of the family and who has a long kept secret of her own, may have her own say in what happens in the family. Written by Huggo (source imdb.com)
Ferzan Ozpetek
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Italian
110
Yes
Friday, 30 April 20:00
The votes have been counted and the Audience Choice film for this season is --- The men who stare at goats ---.
Grant Heslov
Comedy
15, Suitable only for those aged 15 and over.
English
94
January 1st, 2009
Friday, 31 March 20:00
One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there's a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can't remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images.
Ari Folman
Animation, Biography, Drama
18, For adults only.
Hebrew, Arabic, German (English subtitles)
90
January 1st, 2008
Yes
Friday, 28 February 20:00
When Trudi learns that her husband Rudi is dangerously ill, she suggests visiting their children in Berlin without telling him the truth. As Franzi and Karl don't care much about their parents, Trudi and Rudi go to the Baltic Sea, where Trudi suddenly dies. Rudi is thrown out of gear, even more when he learns that his wife wanted to live a totally different life in Japan...
Doris Dörrie
Drama, Romance
15, Suitable only for those aged 15 and over.
German, English, Japanese
135
January 1st, 2009
Yes
Friday, 31 January 20:00
This Argentinean thriller comes hot from the Oscars , winning Best foreign film 2010. A retired legal counsellor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior, but his questions uncover secrets and lead into danger.
Juan José Campanella
Drama, Romance
18, For adults only.
Argentina/Spain
129
January 1st, 2010
Yes
Friday, 31 December 20:00
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life, stars Kiera Knightley and Ralph Fiennes. Filmed on location in Bath, Academy Award and Bafta winner for costume design.
Saul Dibb
Biography, Drama, History, Romance
12A, May be unsuitable for under 12s.
English/French/Italian
110
January 1st, 2008
Yes
Friday, 30 November 20:00
Takes place in a the days before Christmas near a little known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Two women, one white, one Mohawk, are drawn into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence river. Winner of the Grand Jury prize at the Sundance festival 2009.
Courtney Hunt
Crime, Drama
15, Suitable only for those aged 15 and over.
English/French
97
January 1st, 2009
Yes
Friday, 31 October 20:00
Charming comedy, winner of several awards at Cannes and other international festivals.
Eran Kolirin
Comedy
12, Suitable only for those aged 12 and over.
English /Arabic/ Hebrew
87
January 1st, 2007
Yes
Friday, 30 September 20:00
Summary.
Samson and Delilah’s world is small - an isolated community in the central Australian desert. When tragedy strikes they turn their backs on home and embark on a journey of survival, discovering that life isn’t always fair, but love never judges.
Warwick Thornton
Drama, Romance
15, Suitable only for those aged 15 and over.
English/Warlpiri
101
January 1st, 2009
No