Silent Movie
“A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.” – IMDB USA, 1976, Mel Brooks. Comedy, 1hr27 (A) Presented as the Amersham and Chesham Film Society
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Reds
“A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.” – IMDB USA/UK, 1981, Warren Beatty. Biography/Drama/History, 3hrs15 (AA) Presented as the Amersham and Chesham Film...
Loulou
“A bored wife leaves her husband for an unemployed, petty criminal.” – IMDB France, 1980, Maurice Pialat. Drama/Romance, 1hr50 (18) Presented as the Amersham and Chesham Film Society
An Unsuitable Job For A Woman
“Cordelia Gray is hired by a businessman to investigate the suicide of his estranged son. However, the young private detective soon develops feelings for the dead young man which thrust her into danger.” – IMDB UK, 1982, Christopher Petit. Crime/Drama/Mystery,...
And Justice For All
(Original title: …And Justice for All) “A lawyer is forced to defend a guilty judge, while defending other innocent clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.” – IMDB USA, 1979, Norman Jewison....
The Lovers
(Original title: Les Amants) “Saddled with a dull husband and a foolish lover, a woman has an affair with a stranger.” – IMDB France, 1958, Louis Malle. Drama/Romance, 1hr30 (X) Presented as the Amersham and Chesham Film Society
The Seduction Of Joe Tynan
“Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life....
Performance
“A violent gangster seeks refuge from the mob in the Bohemian home of a former rock star.” – IMDB UK, 1970, Donald Cammell & Nicolas Roeg. Crime/Drama, 1hr45 (X) Presented as the Amersham and Chesham Film Society
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
(Original title: Préparez vos Mouchoirs) “A worried husband finds a lover for his depressed wife, but she falls in love with a bullied thirteen-year-old maths prodigy and wants to have the boy’s baby.” – IMDB France/Belgium, 1978, Bertrand Blier. Comedy/Drama/Romance,...
The Birth Of A Nation
“The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln’s assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.”...
