Season Five
(2009/10)
Tues 6th October
Gran Torino (15)
USA/Germany/Australia (2009) 116 mins Director & stars: Clint Eastwood
Disgruntled war vet Kowalski (Eastwood) sets out to reform his teenage neighbour who tried to steal game
Kowalski’s prized 1972 Gran Torino. “Eastwood’s last film as an actor (his words) is one of his finest works.”
Tues 3rd November
Life is Sweet (15)
UK (1991) 103min Stars: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks
An ordinary working class family with twenty-something twins struggle with life & love in this
“terrifyingly funny and magnificently performed film” by Mike Leigh.
Tues 1st December
Local Hero (PG)
UK (1983) 111mins Stars: Burt Lancaster, Peter Calpaldi, Jenny Seagrove Dir: Bill Forsyth
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build
a refinery. But things don’t go as expected in this classic comedy!
Tues 5th January
Cabaret (15)
US (1972) 124 mins Stars: Liza Minelli, Michael York, Joel Gray. Dir: Bill Fosse
Brilliant musical portrayal of life in 1930’s Berlin set in the night club atmosphere with the ominous allpervading
threat of Nazism.
Tues 2nd February
The Road Home (U)
China (1999) 89 mins Stars: Matti Pellonpaa Dir: Yimou Zhang
Returning home to the funeral of his father and prompted by the grief of his mother, a city man recalls
the magical story of how his parents met.” An unforgettable journey into the realm of the heart”
Tues 2nd March
Murderball (15)
USA (2005) 85 mins Dir: Henry Alex Rubin & Dana Adam Shapiro
An inspiring film about paraplegics who play full-contact rugby in Mad Max-style wheelchairs -
overcoming unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Athens Paralympics. “Not to be missed!”
Sat 27th March
Saturday Film Day
3pm BOLT…followed by….5pm SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE…followed by charity fundraiser buffet
Tues 5th April
Gomorra (15)
Italy (2006) 137 mins Dir: Matteo Garrone
An inside look at Italy’s modern-day crime families, this is a contemporary Neapolitan mob drama that
exposes Italy’s criminal underbelly. “The best gangster movie since City of God”
Tues 4th May
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (PG)
UK (1966) 142 mins Dir: Peter Hunt Stars: George Lazenby & Diana Rigg
Bond at his best.
Tues 1st June
Went the Day Well? (PG)
UK (1942) 92 mins Dir: Alberto Calvalcanti
Suspenseful & inspiring wartime thriller – far more than a propaganda film.
