News (3-February)

Our Next Presentation: Mia Madre

THE CRAMPHORN THEATRE, CHELMSFORD – ThurSDAY 16th FEBRUARY @ 8PM

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Critics have acclaimed Moretti’s latest film as his best for many years, at least since The Son’s Room: we screened what is possibly his most well known work, Caro Diaro (The Diary) many seasons ago. Here is a warm, witty and seductive tale concerning a film director, Margherita, working on a film about factory workers staging a sit-in, while coping with a difficult actor (John Turturro is wonderful here) and dealing with a fractious personal love life.  Moretti himself has a key acting role. (Read more…)

Our last presentation ‘The Commune’

35 members and guests returned the response slips following the showing of this film, and the breakdown was as follows:

  • ‘Excellent’:  6 votes
  • ‘Very Good’: 12 votes
  • ‘Good’: 8 votes
  • ‘Satisfactory’: 7 vote
  • ‘Poor’: 1 votes

Read the audience feedback on this film

If you want to add further comments on this film, you are welcome to do so by joining in on our “The Commune” discussion forum.

Membership for the 2016/17 season

As we have now reached the second half of the season, we are offering Half-Season Membership for £30.  Once again, this can work out as little as 3.75 (if you see all remaining 8 films)

Film for Tuesday 21st March

The distributors of our intended screening, “Black Mountain Poets”, ceased trading earlier this year, and we are unable to obtain a license for the screening of this film.  We are currently deciding on a replacement, and an announcement will be made as soon as possible.

The 21st is also the scheduled date of our second informal discussion evening, to be held in the Foyer of the Cramphorn Theatre, following the screening of the film.  This event may have to be rescheduled, however, depending on the length of the replacement film

Your opinion counts

As well as filling in the Response Slips following the showing of each film, you can leave comments for any of the films we have shown via the Discussion page.

CFC on Twitter and Facebook

To receive regular, automatic notification of our films, why not follow us on either Twitter or Facebook.  Both can be accessed via the side panel on the right.

See what Chelmsford Film Club is showing this season on the 2016/17 season page,

Feedback for “The Commune”

There were 34 feedback response slips returned after the showing of this film. The breakdown from these slips were as follows: Rating: ★★★½☆

  • ‘Excellent’: 6 votes
  • ‘Very Good’: 12 votes
  • ‘Good’: 8 votes
  • ‘Satisfactory’: 7 votes
  • ‘Poor’: 1 votes

Feedback comments for “The Commune”.

As ever, we are always interested to receive any additional comments people may have on this film.

News (24-January)

Our Next Presentation: The Commune

THE CRAMPHORN THEATRE, CHELMSFORD – Wednesday 1st FebrUARY @ 8PM

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The new film from Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt) is a change of pace from the recent Far From the Madding Crowd. He teams up with screenwriter Tobias Lindberg (A War; A Hijacking) to present the story of Erika and Anna, an academic couple, who set up a Danish commune in 1970s Copenhagen. Ideals of tolerant, socialist living are eclipsed and put to the test by an earth-shattering love affair. (Read more…)

Our last presentation ‘Marshland’

35 members and guests returned the response slips following the showing of this film, and the breakdown was as follows:

  • ‘Excellent’:  25 votes
  • ‘Very Good’: 8 votes
  • ‘Good’: 2 votes
  • ‘Satisfactory’: 0 vote
  • ‘Poor’: 0 votes

Read the audience feedback on this film

If you want to add further comments on this film, you are welcome to do so by joining in on our “Marshland” discussion forum.

Membership for the 2016/17 season

This season has proved to be a turning point for the Club. Our current membership numbers and the increasing costs of hiring the Cramphorn Theatre – £834, at least, now added for VAT charges thanks to the HMRC ruling – coupled with the license fees for showing the films, means that our subscription of £50 will not meet the costs of running the programme for the coming season. The Club cannot run into debt! To address this, we have calculated that we can afford to show 16 films if the subscription for members is £60 and the membership stays at 121 (the total for last season). And there’s the rub! We do need at least 121 members, again, to make the Club viable for another season. More than 121 members would be great, and might result in a small, healthy surplus. The more members, the more films we can show. We have been optimistic, would love to take the Club to even a 30th year (!!) but depend on current members joining again, bringing guests along (the guest ticket remains at £6) and bringing in some new members: friends, family and neighbours!

Following the first 2 meetings, our membership stands at 114.  We therefore need a few more people to join to hit our target for this season.  Please continue to spread the word!

Your opinion counts

As well as filling in the Response Slips following the showing of each film, you can leave comments for any of the films we have shown via the Discussion page.

CFC on Twitter and Facebook

To receive regular, automatic notification of our films, why not follow us on either Twitter or Facebook.  Both can be accessed via the side panel on the right.

See what Chelmsford Film Club is showing this season on the 2016/17 season page,