Our film this week follows on from Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years which went down well in Keswick in 2015. Lean on Pete was released just too late for us to get it last season; it gets a viewing here with thanks to one of our members who suggested it. Haigh continues his compassionate style of directing, but this time in America with a story about Charley, a 15-year-old boy and a horse.
"A performance of remarkable depth, candour and vulnerability by rising star Charlie Plummer lies at the heart of this terrifically moving fourth feature film from British writer-director Andrew Haigh." - Mark Kermode
"Haigh's new film has the substance and emotional heft to be considered a masterpiece." Kevin Maher, The Times
Prepare yourself to be sad, angry and thrilled all at once with In The Fade this Sunday at 5pm. Katja is a loving wife and mother. Life is looking better and better for her family as both parents recover from drug addiction and become good citizens, when both her husband and son are killed in a bomb blast. Katja is devastated, failing to hold herself together as the crime is investigated. The police think it is drug related, but could it be something a lot worse? And how will Katja cope if those to blame are not caught and punished?..
We are holding our AGM at 4.00pm on Sunday 16th September in the Alhambra Cinema before the screening of In The Fade and would love to see a good turnout of members again.
This is your chance to comment on how you see the club and make any suggestions for the future. As well as getting reports on last year we will be deciding on a changed constitution to help us operate better in future. All the papers for the AGM are on the website.
After such a great summer, how can we keep enjoying ourselves over the darkening autumn evenings? Well, good news; the Film Club starts again THIS SUNDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER. We will be there from 4.15pm if you want to come along and have a free celebratory drink; TWENTY YEARS of film is surely worth celebrating! This is also a chance to renew your membership if you want - £10 will save you £1.50 for every club film you see all year so definitely worth considering.
We start the new year with a comedy/drama that should get us all in the mood again; It’s French and comes from the directors of ‘Untouchable’, the film which went down so well in 2012.
"A bitter, laconic wedding planner; his chip-on-her shoulder protege; an ego maniacal groom; a post-nervous breakdown waiter who can't stop hitting on the bride: These are but a few of the pieces that form the rollicking French farce, 'C'est la vie'. Manic and earnest, the meticulously constructed plot whips by at a breakneck pace"
The committee debated long and hard whether we needed to do a special programme for our twentieth year; should we rerun films from each year, or maybe pick some of the favourites? We decided in the end that what makes our programme one of the best in the country is that we have new films that have not been seen here before, that bring that little extra to Keswick; so why change a good thing?!
So our Twentieth Year starts with another season of films from around the world, including Paraguay, Indonesia and even the Dominican Republic. We have a couple of comedies to start and finish the season - the French C’est La Vie, the latest from the director of Untouchable, starts us off on September 9th, while the Icelandic Under the Tree finishes the season.
Between the two, we go to Germany for the dramatic In the Fade, Poland for the love story (of sorts) Cold Warand Spain for a beautiful tale of children Summer 1993.
We visit very unusual lands with Cocotefrom the Dominican Republic, Marlinafrom Indonesia and The Heiressesfrom Paraguay. Slightly more normal (for us at least), Wajibcomes from Palestine Shopliftersfrom Japan and Custody from France, which leaves the rest of the season to the US and UK.
Two of these films were chosen by our members - Lean on Peteand First Reformed- and we thought the last film from Harry Dean Stanton - Lucky- deserved a showing. A film that went down well at the ICO previews - American Animals- finishes the programme.
