Programme - 2024/2025 Film Season
Titles booked for this season's Films are shown below. Please note that the programme may be subject to alteration.
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2024/2025 Programme (200kb)
| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Mon 23 Sep Tue 24 Sep |
Wicked Little Letters | Come early for a welcoming glass of wine before our opening film! Starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley. When the residents of Littlehampton begin receiving anonymous letters filled with profanity, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is accused of the crime. Uproarious comedy. Dir:Thea Sharrock 2023/ UK/France, Cert 15, 110mins |
| 2024 Mon 7 Oct Tue 8 Oct |
La Chimera | Arthur, an archaeologist with a supernatural gift for locating Etruscan relics, reunites with a ragtag
group of tomb raiders. As they uncover unknown riches it becomes clear Arthur is searching for his lost
love. Mystical drama. Subtitles, Dir: Alice Rohrwacher 2024/Italy, Cert 15, 130mins |
| 2024 Mon 21 Oct Tue 22 Oct |
Anatomy of a Fall | Multi-award-winning drama. After her husband’s body is found at their isolated chalet, Sandra is
put on trial for his murder. The trial exposes intimate, complex details about their marriage and
Sandra’s work as a writer, and leaves the only witness, their blind son Daniel, with a moral
dilemma. Subtitles, Dir: Justine Triet 2023/ France, Cert 15, 151mins |
| 2024 Mon 4 Nov Tue 5 Nov |
Pretty Red Dress | A story about a South London family and how a vintage red dress uncovers a complex web of emotions and
changes their lives in very unexpected ways. Dir: Dionne Edwards 2022/UK, Cert 15, 110mins |
| 2024 Mon 18 Nov Tue 19 Nov |
All that Breathes | As legions of birds fall from New Delhi's polluted skies and the city smoulders with social
unrest, two brothers race to save one of the casualties: the majestic Black Kite, predatory birds
essential to their city's ecosystem. This poetic documentary is a haunting portrait of the meaning
of humanity. Subtitles, Dir: Shaunak Sen 2022/India, Cert 12A, 97min |
| 2024 Mon 2 Dec Tue 3 Dec |
The Taste of Things (Le Pot au Feu) | The story of Eugenie, a gifted cook, and Dodin, the fine gourmet with whom she has been working for
over 20 years. A mouth-watering gastronomic love story starring Juliette Binoche. Subtitles, Dir: Tran Anh Hung 2023/France, Cert 12A,135mins |
| 2024 Mon 16 Dec |
The Trouble with Jessica | This film will be preceded by a short AGM and seasonal mulled wine with mince pies. Note –
one night showing only. Sarah and Tom are in deep financial trouble. Their situation takes a terrifying but often hilarious nosedive with the shocking behaviour of uninvited dinner guest, Jessica. A black comedy brimming with charm. Dir: Matt Winn 2023/UK, Cert 15, 89mins |
| 2025 Mon 13 Jan |
Dumb Money | Note – one night showing only. Dramatised real-life David vs. Goliath tale about everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (the video-game store) into the world's hottest company. Dir: Craig Gillespie 2023/US, Cert 15, 105mins |
| 2025 Mon 27 Jan Tue 28 Jan |
Driving Madeleine | Madeleine leaves her suburban house to enter a nursing home on the other side of Paris. Charles, a
taxi driver, comes to pick her up. In no hurry to reach her new life, she asks him to go to various
places which have featured in her surprising life. Subtitles, Dir: Christian Carion 2022/France, Cert 15, 92mins |
| 2025 Mon 10 Feb Tue 11 Feb |
Perfect Days | A poem of extraordinary subtlety and beauty. Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life
in simplicity and daily tranquillity. Some encounters however lead him to reflect on
himself. Subtitles, Dir: Wim Wenders 2024/Japan/Ger, Cert PG, 124mins |
| 2025 Mon 24 Feb Tue 25 Feb |
Four Daughters | A documentary exploring the effect of radicalisation on a family. Between light and darkness stands
Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. The
director invites professional actresses to fill in their absence. Prize-winner at Cannes
Festival. Subtitles, Dir: Kaouther Ben Hania 2023/Tunisia, Cert 15, 127mins |
| 2025 Mon 10 Mar Tue 11 Mar |
The Teachers’ Lounge | When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of
the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to
break her. Germany’s entry to the Oscars. Subtitles, Dir: Ilker Catak 2023/Germany, Cert 12A, 98mins |
| 2025 Mon 24 Mar Tue 25 Mar |
Past Lives | Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family
emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years. later, they are reunited for one fateful week in New York
where they confront notions of love and destiny. Partly subtitled, Dir: Celine Song 2023/S Korea/USA, Cert 12A, 105mins |
| 2025 Mon 7 Apr Tue 8 Apr |
Wild Tales | One from the archives for a welcome re-screening. A series of vignettes in which people under stress
resort to dramatic actions, with consequences. Prize-winning dark comedy. Subtitles, Dir: Damien Szifron 2014/Argentina, Cert 15, 122mins |
| 2025 Mon 14 Apr Tue 15 Apr |
The Holdovers | A cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a
grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go. Heart-warming comedy. Dir: Alexander Payne 2023/USA, Cert R, 133mins |
| Extra Events | Arrangements for any extra events in the season are not yet finalised. Members will be contacted
when information is available |
Previous years' programmes can be found on the previous years' programme page
Although we hand out to members and guests on the evening a short critique of the films we screen, we are often asked for more details about the films we show. Useful sources of further information on the films in this years' programme may be found on the Links page