Friday 2nd October 2009
7.30 for 8pm
Dir: marcel camus
108 mins. Certificate PG
France/Italy/Brazil 1958 Colour
Subtitles
Black Orpheus
Offering a unique take on familiar material,
Marcel Camus’ film recreates the legend of
Orpheus and Eurydice against the swirling backdrop
of the Rio Carnival. Throbbing bossa nova
music thrillingly infects every moment of this
Golden Globe, Palm d’Or and Oscar-winning
masterpiece, as the ancient story unfolds within a
riveting mix of voodoo, rhythm, carnival and
tragedy. This much-loved classic has been rereleased
by the bfi in a brand new print that really
does justice to the film’s dazzling colour
photography and marvellous soundtrack. It remains
as fresh and intoxicating today as it was when it
thrilled audiences at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.
Friday 6th November 2009
7.30 for 8pm
Dir: john crowley
95 mins. Certificate 12A
UK 2008 Colour
With: michael caine, david morrissey
Is Anybody there
Set in 1980s seaside England, this is the story of
Edward, an unusual ten year old boy growing up in
an old peoples’ home run by his parents. Whilst his
mother struggles to keep the family business afloat,
and his father copes with the onset of mid-life crisis,
Edward is busy tape-recording the elderly residents
to try and discover what happens when they die.
Increasingly obsessed with ghosts and the afterlife,
Edward’s is a rather lonely existence until he meets
the irascible and embittered Clarence - the latest
recruit to the home - and a retired magician with a
liberating streak of anarchy. This is the surprising
and touching story of this odd couple - a boy and an
old man - facing life together, with Edward learning
to live in the moment, and Clarence coming to terms
with the past.
Friday 4th December 2009
7.30 for 8pm Writer/Dir: frank launder
81 mins. Certificate U
UK 1950 B & W
With: alastair sim, margaret rutherford,
joyce grenfell
Happiest Days of our lives From the golden age of British cinema, this
briskly handled farce is a superb comedy.
Nutbourne College - an old, established,
all-boys boarding school - is told that another
school is to be billeted there due to wartime
restrictions. The shock is that it’s an all-girls
school that is being sent. The two head teachers
are soon battling for the upper hand with each
other and the Ministry.
Miss Whitchurch (Rutherford): “Many of our gels
come from the colonies...” Pond (Sim): “Madam,
I am not in the least interested in where they
come from, or whether the Sun never sets upon
them. The point is they can’t stay here!”
Screen at Hay Christmas Special
Friday 8th January 2010 / 7.30 for 8pm
Writer/Dir: eran riklis
106 mins. Certificate PG
Israel/Germany/France 2008 Colour
English + subtitles
With: hiam abbass, ali suliman
Lemon Tree
Drama based on the true story of Salma, a
Palestinian widow who has lived on the greenline
border between Israel and the West Bank for
decades. When the new Israeli Defense Minister
moves in next door to Salma, the Israeli security
forces declare her lemon grove a threat to the
minister’s safety and issue orders to have it uprooted.
But the security forces have not reckoned
on the grit and determination of the widow, who
engages young Palestinian lawyer Ziad Daud (Ali
Suliman) and takes her case all the way to the
Israeli Supreme Court in her attempt to try and
save her tree
Friday 5th February 2010 / 7.30 for 8pm Dir: mike newell
95 mins. Certificate U
UK 1992 Colour
With: josie lawrence, joan plowright
miranda richardson
Enchanted April One drab, rainy, and wretched day in London,
Lottie Wilkins sees a newspaper ad for a monthlong
rental of a medieval castle in Italy. Dreaming of
liberation from her oppressive husband and the
chores of attending to his needs, she convinces
another unhappily married friend, Rose, to join her
in this grand escape and adventure. They ask two
strangers to join them: Lady Caroline, a highsociety
beauty who’s fed up with her shallow life,
and Mrs Fisher, a reclusive older woman trapped in
the past. Although these women come from different
classes and stages of life, they have in common
a need to put aside their burdens and find themselves
again. Their stories unfold to show that a
holiday can be a transformative spiritual experience.
Friday 2nd April 2010
7 for 7.30pm
Dir: gus van sant
128 mins. Certificate 15
Usa 2008 Colour
With: sean penn, josh brolin, james
franco, diego luna
Milk
Acclaimed filmmaker van Sant captures a pivotal
moment in the gay movement’s struggle for civil
rights with this skillfully and tenderly observed
account of the life and work of Harvey Milk. The
first openly homosexual man voted into significant
US public office in 1977, Milk’s brief but committed
career inspired a generation of activists before
he was assassinated the following year by a
disturbed colleague. The phenomenal cast
includes Josh Brolin, Diego Luna and James Franco,
but the outstanding performance comes from Sean
Penn whose role as the charismatic politician
glows with passion, humanity and wit.
Friday 7th May 2010
7.30 for 8pm Dir: david leaf
66 mins. Certificate 15
Usa 2008 Colour/B & W
With: james brown, robert kennedy,
martin luther king
The Night james brown saved boston There has probably been no more difficult year in
modern American history than 1968, and no worse
moment in that year than the murder of Dr Martin
Luther King, Jr. in Memphis on April 4. As cities
around the country were burning from riots, James
Brown’s concert managed to prevent the chaos from
tearing apart the racially divided city of Boston.
This film documents that remarkable concert and
the politics around it. Boston Mayor Kevin White and
his colleagues realized almost by accident that by
televising the concert that night they could keep
people indoors and prevent widespread rioting. The
film is a testimony to the power of music in general
and the power of James Brown in particular.
