| Saturday September 12th 2009 6.30pm | Lemon Tree | 106 mins | |
| A Palestinian widow defends her lemon trees against the Israeli Defence Minister. This absorbing film is sensitive and beautifully shot. With great economy, it distils a moving narrative from an international conflict. It focuses on people and not war, rhetoric, terrorism or politics |
| Saturday September 12th 2009 8.30pm | Doubt | 104 mins | |
| Set in 1960s America, a naive nun confronts a priest after suspecting him of abusing a black student. Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman deliver quick-fire dialogue and tackle religion, morality and authority. It's astute, gripping and full of doubt. |
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| Saturday October 10th 2009 6.30pm | Bhutan, The Height of Happiness | 52 mins | |
| The secluded paradise of Bhutan rejected prosperity and technology in pursuit of 'gross national happiness'. But in 1999 it became the last place to allow television. Can its spiritual principles resist this Western onslaught? THE DIRECTOR WILL GIVE A TALK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER THE FILM ! |
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Saturday October 10th 2009 8.30pm | I've Loved You So Long | 119 mins |
| A superb French puzzle of two sisters that haven't met for more than 15 years. The reason is an unmentionable secret and the final piece only fits into place at the very end. It's a powerful drama with an absolutely terrific performance by Kristin Scott Thomas. |
| Saturday November 14th 2009 6.30pm | Closely Observed Trains | 92 mins | |
| A visiting Nazi explains that Germans triumph even in defeat. But the absurd life at the station gives a counterpoint that is quietly uproarious. The film is set in the war but is a commentary on Czech life in the 1960s and a prelude to the Prague Spring. It won an Oscar for best foreign language film. |
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Saturday November 14th 2009 8.30pm | Lantana | 121 mins |
| The lives of five couples are intertwined when a woman is found dead and their secrets are exposed. This intelligent and ingenious thriller stars Anthony LaPaglia. It's part police procedural and part psychological drama. It's one of the best Australian films - ever! |
| Saturday January 16th 2010 6.30pm | The Visitor | 106 mins | |
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Walter Vale is an academic sleepwalking through his life. He is lonely and can't find a purpose. But a trip to New York brings an encounter with two young people and a chance to share his humanity. It's his awakening. This engaging film offers big ideas in the smallest of ways. |
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Saturday January 16th 2010 8.30pm | Frost / Nixon | 121 mins |
| We may know the history but this remains a riveting film. Michael Sheen and Frank Langella deliver astonishing performances as interviewer and interviewee. It's a duel of wits and they give us the essence of the men rather than impersonations. |
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February 20th 2010 6.30pm Annual General Meeting
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Saturday February 20th 2009 7.30pm | A Bunch of Amateurs | 96 mins |
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A Hollywood has-been slums it in an amateur British production. The pampered star is desperate for a comeback and accepts an offer to do Shakespeare in Stratford. Or does he? Burt Reynolds, Derek Jacobi and Imelda Staunton are, of course, thoroughly professional and anything but amateur
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Saturday
20th February 20th 2010 9.00pm Social Evening
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Saturday March 20th 2010 6.30pm | The Guernica Children | 40 mins |
| This documentary tells the story of 4,000 Spanish children, refugees from the Civil War, who arrived in the UK in May 1937. They were cared for, fed and housed by a vast voluntary organisation. Some would return to Spain whilst others made Britain their home. |
| Saturday March 20th 2010 8.30pm | Empire of the Sun | 152 mins | |
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A boy from a wealthy British family in Shanghai becomes a Japanese prisoner during World War II. This sweeping tale is based on the novel by J.G. Ballard and directed by Steven Spielberg. It stars Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson and Nigel Havers.
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Saturday April 24th 2010 6.30pm |
In Bruges | 107 mins |
| A pair of hitmen are holed up in Bruges and begin to differ on life, death and the charms of the city. This is a jet black comedy with its share of drugs, violence and strong language. It's stylish and funny and best reserved for the grown ups. |
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Saturday April 24th 2010 8.30pm |
Caramel | 95 mins |
| This is a warm and tender story of four feisty women in a Lebanese beauty parlour. Caramel is used as a depilatory and is a bitter sweet metaphor for the lives of the women. The film is a delightful gem that is comic, melancholic and affecting. |
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Saturday May 22nd 2010 6.30pm |
Kitchen Stories | 95 mins |
| A team of earnest Swedish researchers carry out their most challenging research project - a 'time and motion study' of the kitchen routines of single men in remote Norway. The premise is wondrously comic - especially because it is rooted in fact |
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Saturday
May 22nd 2009 8.30pm |
The Duchess | 110 mins |
| This is a lavish drama and splendidly English with Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes. Georgiana is 17 and beautiful. Her mother has contracted her to marry England's most powerful aristocrat. Georgiana is delighted and awed but what's the price and does he love her? |