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Programme:
Wonderful films - films you meant to see but missed and films
you didn't even know were out there.
Join now for our
2010/2011 season - at the HMV-Curzon and ODEON.
Guest speakers from actors to
critics and directors, pre-film themed food, drink and live music.
When you're a member you can help us choose the films we show.
Just go to:
- the
British Film Institute web site (here)
- the Filmbank web site (here)
- or the BFI 2007/8 DVD list (here)
Tell
us what you recommend from the listed films and why.
(The
films we show must be licensed appropriately, so if it’s not on the
list we can’t show it, sorry!)
Doors open at 7.30pm and films start at 8.00pm for screenings at the Odeon.
Doors open at 8.00pm and films start at 8.30pm for screenings at the hmvcurzon.
Any enquiries, email us at 
The
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The Secret in Their Eyes (2009 - Argentina/Spain) |
| 30 September 2010 |
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Scintillating crime thriller/romance. Beating Haneke’s White Ribbon for 2010 Best Foreign Language Oscar says it all. 34 other major wins.
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| Director: Juan Jose Campanella |
| Language: Spanish |
| Classification: 18 |
| Length: 127 mins |
| Subtitles: Yes |
| Colour: Yes |
| Programme Notes: Click here |
| Weblink: Click here
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Onegin (1999 - UK/USA) |
| 07 October 2010 |
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Pushkin’s poem of unrequited love skilfully adapted for the screen. Stunning cinematography. Ralph Fiennes & Liv Tyler star, 3 major awards.
*** WFC/Wimbledon Book Fest Special
Event: Director Martha Fiennes (subject
to availability) for Q&A ***
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| Director: Martha Fiennes |
| Language: English |
| Classification: 12 |
| Length: 106 mins |
| Subtitles: No |
| Colour: Yes |
| Programme Notes: Click here |
| Weblink: Click here
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Good Hair (2009 - USA) |
| 21 October 2010 |
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Special Jury Prizewinning documentary (Sundance Festival): top US comedian Chris Rock examines black culture to address his daughter’s question ‘Daddy, why don’t I have good hair?’
*** WFC Special Event celebrating Black History Month ***
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| Director: Jeff Stilson |
| Language: English |
| Classification: 12A |
| Length: 95 mins |
| Subtitles: No |
| Colour: Yes |
| Programme Notes: Click here |
| Weblink: Click here
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Departures (2008 - Japan) |
| 04 November 2010 |
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Elegant comic drama as unemployed cellist applies for work in ‘departures’ and becomes a ‘low caste’ undertaker rather than a travel agent. Oscar + 32 wins.
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| Director: Yojiro Takita |
| Language: Japanese |
| Classification: 12A |
| Length: 130 mins |
| Subtitles: Yes |
| Colour: Yes |
| Programme Notes: Click here |
| Weblink: Click here
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Equus (1977 - USA/UK) |
| 11 November 2010 |
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Award-winning film of Shaffer’s play: psychiatrist investigates blinding of horses by stable boy. BAFTA nomination for Bennett’s score.
*** WFC/Wimbledon Music Festival Special
Event: Q&A with world-famous composer
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett ***
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| Director: Sidney Lumet |
| Language: English |
| Classification: 15 |
| Length: 137 mins |
| Subtitles: No |
| Colour: Yes |
| Programme Notes: Click here |
| Weblink: Click here
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Samson & Delilah (2009 - Australia) |
| 18 November 2010 |
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A top-notch film of Aboriginal teenagers’ journey of survival across central Australia - a romantic drama with a difference. Art-house hit and Golden Camera Award at Cannes.
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| Director: Warwick Thornton |
| Language: English |
| Classification: 15 |
| Length: 100 mins |
| Subtitles: No |
| Colour: Yes |
| Programme Notes: Click here |
| Weblink: Click here
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Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010 - USA/UK) |
| 02 December 2010 |
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Film within a film as French documentary-maker tries to capture the world of street art and Banksy. Critically acclaimed fun.
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| Director: Banksy |
| Language: English |
| Classification: 15 |
| Length: 87 mins |
| Subtitles: No |
| Colour: Yes |
| Programme Notes: Click here |
| Weblink: Click here
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Tamara Drewe (2010 - UK) |
| 16 December 2010 |
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A young journalist returns to her country home as an unrecognisable beauty, chaos ensues. Based on Posy Simmonds graphic novel. Gemma Arterton stars.
*** WFC special event: Director Stephen
Frears (subject to availability) for Q&A ***
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| Director: Stephen Frears |
| Language: English |
| Classification: tbc |
| Length: 111 mins |
| Subtitles: No |
| Colour: Yes |
| Programme Notes: Click here |
| Weblink: Click here
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