18 Oct 2000 Director: Lasse Hallström USA 1999 125 min Homer Wells grows up in an orphanage under the care of Dr. Larch, who also performs abortions. Despite being taught the medical procedure, Homer opposes it and leaves to experience the world outside the orphanage. He finds work on a cider farm and falls in… Continue reading Cider House Rules
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Waking Ned
4 Oct 2000 Director: Kirk Jones UK, USA, Ireland, France 1998 87 min In the tiny Irish village of Tully More, Ned Devine wins the lottery but dies of shock. His neighbours, Jackie and Michael, discover his body and the winning ticket. To keep the money from leaving the village, they hatch a plan to… Continue reading Waking Ned
Crossing Delancey
13 Feb 1991 Director: Joan Micklin Silver USA 1988 97 min Isabelle Grossman, a modern young woman working in a New York City bookstore, is set up with Sam Posner, a pickle vendor, by her grandmother Bubbie. Isabelle, embarrassed by her family’s traditional ways, initially resists Sam’s charms. However, as she navigates her complicated relationship… Continue reading Crossing Delancey
Film Season 1990-1991
We are grateful to one of our members who has provided us with the details of one film we showed during this season.
Film Season 1996-1997
Details of this seasons programme have been recreated from diary entries kept by a long standing film society member. No original programme is available. Thanks.
Film Season 2000-2001
Once again we are thankful to one of our members for providing us with details of this film season from their own diary records. We have no original programmes from this year so the synopses have been recreated.
Film Season 1992-1993
We only have on entry for this season. This was provided by a diary entry from a long standing member of the film society. Many thanks.
Where the Sun Sets on Innocence
Time to move on to warmer climes following our last two films set in the Alps and Iceland. Our next film, “Ama Gloria” is a tender, heart-wrenching exploration of the bond between six-year-old Cléo and her beloved nanny, Gloria. When Gloria must suddenly return to Cape Verde to care for her own children, Cléo is… Continue reading Where the Sun Sets on Innocence
Icelandic Noir
This Wednesday, 22nd January, “Driving Mum” is a darkly comedic Icelandic road trip with a twist: the titular Mum is dead. Jon, a man whose personality is as exciting as a wet weekend, is tasked with driving his deceased mother across stunning, yet stark landscapes to her final resting place. Expect beautiful scenery, a very… Continue reading Icelandic Noir
Iceland, Land of Fire and Ice and…….
….apparently, very specific funeral arrangements. We hope you all enjoyed “Anatomy Of A Fall” as our first film of 2025. Next, on 22nd January, “Driving Mum” serves up a helping of dark Nordic humour. An odyssey across the stunning, if slightly bleak, Icelandic landscape, the comedy is as black as the volcanic sand beaches. The… Continue reading Iceland, Land of Fire and Ice and…….