The General
Members’ Rating: 94% – this was the joint favourite film of the season along with I, Daniel Blake This screening was a Featured Classic Johnnie (played by Buster Keaton) loves his train, The General. But when civil war begins and...
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Mia Madre
Members’ Rating: 54% Filmmaker Margherita is working on a film about a factory strike while her own world is falling apart. Gentle, understated, at times a very moving film. There is a comedic supporting role from John Turturro as Margherita’s...
Hunt For The Wilderpeople
Members’ Rating: 90% – this film was the Members’ Choice When a rebellious teenager and his grumpy foster uncle go missing in the wild bush of New Zealand, a national manhunt is ordered. New Zealand, 2016, Taika Waititi. Adventure/Comedy/Drama, 1hr...
Me And Earl And The Dying Girl
Members’ Rating: 81% High-school student Greg spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with co-worker Earl, but finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has been diagnosed with cancer. USA, 2015, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Drama,...
Mustang
Members’ Rating: 86% Five orphaned sisters refuse to live under strict rule as their home is turned into a ‘wife factory’. A funny and moving tale in this brilliant directorial debut. Turkey, 2015, Deniz Gamze Ergüven. Drama, 1hr 37mins (15)
Speed Sisters
Members’ Rating: 76% Lively documentary of the first all-female racing car team in the Middle East. Bold and fearless, they are not prepared to allow either traditional expectations of their gender, or military checkpoints to get in their way. Palestine,...
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Members’ Rating: 76% Truffaut persuaded Hitchcock to sit with him for a week-long interview and produced the 1966 book upon which this film is based. Plunging us into the mind and world of Hitchcock, this film illustrates the greatest cinema...
I, Daniel Blake
Members’ Rating: 94% – this was our joint favourite film of the season along with The General Based on research and interviews, a fictional, brutal but dignified story of a carpenter who needs state welfare after an injury, joined by...
Sing Street
Members’ Rating: 83% Charming, thoughtful and vividly detailed – a feel-good, musical coming-of-age story of a boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s, who escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he...
Grandma
Members’ Rating: 83% A role made for Lily Tomlin – she plays Elle, a feminist who takes her pregnant granddaughter on a road trip to round up some cash, making unannounced visits to old friends and flames. USA, 2015, Paul...
