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The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe

16 Feb 1994 Director: Simon Callow USA 1990 101 min Miss Amelia is the eccentric owner of a rundown store in the Great Depression. Purporting to be her cousin, Lymon, a hunchback dwarf, arrives one day and proceeds to bewitch Miss Amelia. He helps transform the store by turning it into a cafe. But things… Continue reading The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe

Un Coeur En Hiver (A Heart In Winter)

2 Feb 1994 Director: Claude Sautet France 1992 105 min Maxime and Stephan have been friends since music student days. They are both violin makers, but their accustomed lifestyle is broken when Camille arrives and falls in love with Maxime. Stephan cannot adjust and reverts to his music, but he is soon attracted to Camille… Continue reading Un Coeur En Hiver (A Heart In Winter)

Peter’s Friends

2 Mar 1994 Director: Kenneth Branagh UK 1992 102 min A refreshing British comedy with a cast that is a Who’s Who of the new generation of British comics (Fry, Laurie, Slattery). Peter invites his old university friends to a New Year Party. In the ten years since their days in Cambridge Footlights there’s a… Continue reading Peter’s Friends

Proof

16 Mar 1994 Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse Australia 1991 90 min Martin, a blind photographer, befriends kitchen hand Andy and asks him to describe photos he has taken, but never seen. But his young housekeeper Celia, who is secretly in love with Martin, seduces Andy thereby forcing him to lie. Moorhouse’s striking first film provides an… Continue reading Proof

A warm welcome back

We are looking forward to meeting everyone again for our new season which is fast approaching. Membership applications have been filled very quickly once again and are now full. You can still come along to our film screenings as a non-member, £5 for each screening. Numbers of non-members allowed is on a first come, first… Continue reading A warm welcome back

La Reigne Margot (Queen Margaret)

20 Oct 1999 Director: Patrice Chéreau France, Germany, Italy 1994 162 min Marguerite is the proud and beautiful sister of the Catholic King of France. It is August 1572. The nation is being torn apart by religious hatred and Margot is forced to marry the Protestant Duke of Navarre in an effort to reconcile her… Continue reading La Reigne Margot (Queen Margaret)

The Night Of The Hunter

3 Nov 1999 Director: Charles Laughton USA 1958 93 min The only film directed by Charles Laughton. This is a noir thriller full of suspense. This is the story of a boy and girl, good and evil and the struggle for souls of innocent children. When their father is sent to prison for stealing money,… Continue reading The Night Of The Hunter

Gadjo Dilo

Director: Tony Gatlif 17 Nov 1999 France 1998 100 min After his father’s death, Stéphane, a young Parisian man, sets off to Romania in search of Nora Luca, the singer his father had always listened to. He meets Izidor, a Roma (Tinker), who seems to understand him and is taken to Izidor’s village. Stéphane believes… Continue reading Gadjo Dilo