The Golden Age of Comedy (USA, 1975) by Robert Youngson Dick Hamilton presents a programme showing many of the great comedians (Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy and others) at their best. You cannot miss Harold Lloyd's climb up the skyscraper in Safety Last!
LA VIE EN ROSE (France, 2007) by Olivier Dahan. Edith Piaf was raised in the gutter. It was only her singing voice which rocketed her to stardom. Her part is played by Marion Cotillard, who looks and sounds so much like Edith herself that she won an Academy Award for best actress – the ... Read more
Date TBC January, 2017 – “Tokyo Story”: Made in 1953, this film is considered to be one of the greatest ever made. Elderly parents come to visit their children and grandchildren in Tokyo, but the children are busy and the old people upset their routine. The visit goes badly and a few days after the ... Read more
Wednesday 11th January, 2017 – “Tokyo Story” Made in 1953, this film is considered to be one of the greatest ever made. Elderly parents come to visit their children and grandchildren in Tokyo, but the children are busy and the old people upset their routine. The visit goes badly and a few days after the ... Read more
Wednesday 15th February, 2017 – “Roman Holiday” A crown princess (Audrey Hepburn) visits Rome and is frustrated by the strict protocol surrounding her visit. She is given a sedative by her doctor, but leaves her hotel and falls asleep on a bench, where she is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck). The ... Read more
Wednesday 12th April, 2017 - “Good Night and Good Luck”: Made in 2005, this is about Edward J Murrow’s confrontation with Joe McCarthy and the part CBS News played in his downfall. Murrow (a hero in Britain because of his broadcasts during the London blitz) is played by David Stathairn and together with his producer, ... Read more