Programme 2009 - 2010

Films shown at The Medway Centre, New St. Bakewell - 7.30pm second Sunday of the month

13 Sep 2009 The Reader  (2008)
Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial. Stars Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes

11 Oct 2009 A Bunch of Amateurs  (2008)
Jefferson Steel, a pampered action star desperate to make a comeback, he accepts an offer to do Shakespeare in Stratford, little knowing that it’s not upon Avon, but the (fictional) village of Stratford St John in Suffolk. Stars Burt Reynolds, Imelda Staunton and Derek Jacobi

8 Nov 2009 Il Divo  (2008)
The last Christian Democratic prime minister of Italy's legacy was eventually tarnished by his being arrested on charges of colluding with the Mafia earlier in his career.

13 Dec 2009 Christmas Party
(booze, food)

10 Jan 2010 La Vie en Rose  (2007)
Piaf was homeless from a young age, adopted by prostitutes and took to singing for her supper in her teens before she was spotted by a nightclub impresario.

14 Feb 2010 Before the Rains  (2007)
In Kerala in the 1930s, an Indian employee finds himself caught between two worlds when his English plantation owner boss has an affair with a local girl. Merchant Ivory production.

14 Mar 2010 Modern Times  (1936)
Timeless Charlie Chaplin satire savagely critiques the industrial age and its dehumanizing effects on the working class.

11 Apr 2010 The Wind that Shakes the Barley  (2006)
A sympathetic look at Republicans in early 20th century Ireland, and two brothers who are torn apart by anti-Brit rebellion.

9 May 2010 The Last King of Scotland  (2006)
Directed by Kevin Macdonald. With Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington. Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime.

13 June 2010 Summer Film
(social for members only)

11 July 2010 AGM and Summer Party
(more booze and food)

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