“A conservative folk singer turns his hand to politics, running for the US Senate. He is not above dirty tricks and smear campaigns to gain an advantage over his opponent.” – IMDB USA/UK, 1992, Tim Robbins. Comedy/Drama, 1hr 42mins (15)...
“A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?” – IMDB USA, 1992, Robert Altman. Comedy/Crime/Drama, 2hrs 4mins (15) Presented as the Chiltern Film Club, formerly the Amersham and Chesham...
“The final sixty-seven days of Van Gogh’s life are examined.” – IMDB France, 1991, Maurice Pialat. Adventure/Biography/Drama, 2hrs 38mins (15) Presented as the Chiltern Film Club, formerly the Amersham and Chesham Film Society
“Young lovers, and soon to wed, Hero and Claudio conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles, Benedick and Beatrice, to wed as well.” – IMDB UK/USA, 1993, Kenneth Branagh. Comedy/Drama/Romance, 1hr 51mins (PG) Presented as the Chiltern Film...
“Vincent, a stunt pilot, is acquitted of murdering his wife and her lover. However, a few years later, L’Elegant, the Judge in the case, comes to blackmail him. The Judge’s nephew, Paul, is having trouble with his wife and they...
(Original title: El Maestro de Esgrima) “A fencing master in pre-revolution Spain is hired to teach fencing to a beautiful young woman. Although he has never taught a woman before, he is fascinated by her and agrees. She wishes to...
“The McAllister family home is the setting for Gerry and Ellie’s grapples with work, children, and how to get the bathroom fixed. Both have reached the stage where reason cannot be heard above the ticking clock of experience and ambition....
“In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire marries a dull country doctor. To escape boredom, she throws herself into love affairs with a suave local landowner and a law student, and runs up ruinous debts.” – IMDB...
“A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realises too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer.” – IMDB UK/USA, 1993, James Ivory. Drama/Romance, 2hrs 14mins (U)...
(Original Title: L’Accompagnatrice) “In Nazi-occupied Paris, a young accompanist named Sophie Vasseur gets a job with famed singer Irene Brice. As Irene’s husband Charles, a businessman collaborating with the Nazis, wrestles with his conscience, Sophie becomes obsessed with Irene, taking...
