Accepting of her fate to start with, Thérèse gets gradually weighed down by her life with her new husband and is unable to shake off thoughts of what might have been... Claude Miller's final film promises to be a visually beautiful creation, set among the trees in provincial France. On top of this we have an 'utterly mesmerising' performance (Trevor Johnston in the Radio Times) from Audrey Tatou (probably best known to most of us from 'Amelie') to look forward to.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Thérèse - Sunday 22nd September 5pm
Our 15th year starts on Sunday with 'Thérèse', a beautiful French drama set in the 1920s. We started last year with a marriage of convenience between a princess and a king in 'A Royal Affair'; this year we have another marriage of convenience, this time between two large business owners, in 'Thérèse'.
Accepting of her fate to start with, Thérèse gets gradually weighed down by her life with her new husband and is unable to shake off thoughts of what might have been... Claude Miller's final film promises to be a visually beautiful creation, set among the trees in provincial France. On top of this we have an 'utterly mesmerising' performance (Trevor Johnston in the Radio Times) from Audrey Tatou (probably best known to most of us from 'Amelie') to look forward to.
Accepting of her fate to start with, Thérèse gets gradually weighed down by her life with her new husband and is unable to shake off thoughts of what might have been... Claude Miller's final film promises to be a visually beautiful creation, set among the trees in provincial France. On top of this we have an 'utterly mesmerising' performance (Trevor Johnston in the Radio Times) from Audrey Tatou (probably best known to most of us from 'Amelie') to look forward to.
Saturday, September 07, 2013
Autumn Programme
Our new programme of films starts on Sunday 22nd September with the beautiful French period drama, Therese.
To whet your appetite, here is a collection of trailers for the upcoming films:
To whet your appetite, here is a collection of trailers for the upcoming films:
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Alhambra Centenary
As you may be aware, the Alhambra is celebrating its centenary next year - 100 years of continuous screenings - and we, along with Tom, are planning a celebration of that milestone as part of the Festival next February.
As part of that celebration we are conducting an oral history project to record peoples' memories of the Alhambra over each of its 11 decades of operation. We'd like to know what people saw, who they went with and the impact that had on them, set alongside events in Keswick and the wider world at the time.
Maybe you went with your boy/girlfriend (perhaps you didn't watch the film at all), saw a newsreel of a particular event or a film that triggered a lifelong fascination with film, its star or its genre.
The aim is to turn the results into a short film or failing that, an exhibition to be shown at the Festival. If you have a particular memory of the Alhambra, we'd really appreciate you recording it on this document (doc or pdf) and sending it back to the e-mail address on the form.
We are being assisted in this process by Helen Hutchinson and Heather Tipler and we are fortunate to have and and grateful for, financial support from the Lake District Communities Fund and Keswick Town Council. Many thanks - further details of the centenary celebrations will emerge over the months ahead.
As part of that celebration we are conducting an oral history project to record peoples' memories of the Alhambra over each of its 11 decades of operation. We'd like to know what people saw, who they went with and the impact that had on them, set alongside events in Keswick and the wider world at the time.
Maybe you went with your boy/girlfriend (perhaps you didn't watch the film at all), saw a newsreel of a particular event or a film that triggered a lifelong fascination with film, its star or its genre.
The aim is to turn the results into a short film or failing that, an exhibition to be shown at the Festival. If you have a particular memory of the Alhambra, we'd really appreciate you recording it on this document (doc or pdf) and sending it back to the e-mail address on the form.
We are being assisted in this process by Helen Hutchinson and Heather Tipler and we are fortunate to have and and grateful for, financial support from the Lake District Communities Fund and Keswick Town Council. Many thanks - further details of the centenary celebrations will emerge over the months ahead.
Monday, June 03, 2013
Summer Special Film Club: The Escape Sunday 9th June 6pm
Next Sunday, 9 June at 6.00pm, there will be a 'summer special film club' showing of the Danish Film 'The Escape'. For those of you who have enjoyed the recent array of great Danish films at the cinema and on TV ('A Royal Affair', 'The Hunt', 'The Killing', etc), this should be a treat, especially as it will only cost you £2! Our thanks go to the Danish Film Institute who are offering several of their films for free... if this goes well, we might bring you another!
Saturday, April 06, 2013
AGM and Let The Bullets Fly - Sunday 4pm
Sunday will be your last chance to huddle together out of the biting wind for the collective warmth of the Keswick Film Club.
The afternoon starts with the AGM at 4.00pm, followed by (appropriately for such a politically charged outfit like KFC) Let the Bullets Fly, a chinese, period gangster movie that is breaking box office records out east. Not the usual film club fare but it promises humour and violence in equal measure. It stars Yun Fat Chow, who has an impressive resume and is directed by Wen Jiang, again a respected figure within the genre.
According to Village Voice:
" Decked out in designer suits and constantly bellowing with evil laughter, Chow makes for a regal baddie, and Jiang's agile direction ably keeps pace with the cat-and-mouse story's vigorous rat-a-tat dialogue. With Zhang driven by a desire to even the economic playing field, the film operates as an unsubtle but boisterous Robin Hood–style fable of socialist values."
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