The Monk - Sunday 30th September 5pm

The Monk's director, Dominik Moll, has been nominated for the Palme D'Or at Cannes for his last two films so it has been a long wait since his last one (2005). The Monk tells the story of a baby left outside a monastery who grows up to become a popular preacher. All is going well for him, until temptation drags him from the path of righteousness.

The original book this is taken from, an English Gothic novel in 1776, was a best seller, but caused quite a scandal due to its 'lascivious' content. Moll has not been tempted to create a new version of 'The Devils', instead he strips it right back to produce a 'sultry romantic horror... every bit as overblown, dense and utterly immersive as the novel' - Paul Bradshaw, Little White Lies.

This film was nominated by one of our members and I, for one, am looking forward to seeing it!

Vaughan