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Next Presentation: The Holdovers (Wednesday 11 December)

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Chelmsford Theatre Studio, Fairfield Road @ 8PM (Doors open 7:15)

From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).

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Our Previous Presentation

Driving Mum

Audience reaction to “Driving Mum”

20 people responded. The breakdown and comments were: To download all the comments, click on the following link:Feedback for Driving Mum We are always interested to receive any additional comments people may have on this film and welcome all contributions … Continue reading →

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January Movie

We now have confirmation of our January movie, which will be La Chimera from Italian director Alice Rohrwacher (Happy As Lazarro)

Next Presentation: Driving Mum (Monday 4 November)

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Chelmsford Theatre Studio, Fairfield Road – Monday 4th November @ 8PM (Doors open 7:15)

When Jon’s mother dies, the single most dominant person in his life passes away, his anchor is gone. Compelled to honour her last wish, he takes on a journey to bring the body across Iceland to her home village for the final rest. As they travel on, Jon’s whole existence obtains a new meaning.

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Our Previous Presentation: Anatomy Of A Fall

Audience reaction to “Anatomy Of A Fall”

16 people responded. The breakdown and comments are listed below. + 1 comment without a score indicated: To download all the comments, click on the following link:Feedback for Anatomy Of A Fall We are always interested to receive any additional … Continue reading →

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May we encourage you to complete the Response Slips following the showing of each film – feedback (both positive and negative) helps us to decide what types of films to show in future seasons. In addition, you can leave comments for any of the films we have shown via the Discussion page.

Newsletter 16 August – New 2024-25 Season Announced

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The forthcoming 2024/25 season (commencing on 17 October) has now been scheduled (bar one film, yet to be finalise), and we now have agreement with the Distributors for 9 of the 10 films confirmed. They are:

  • Thursday 17 October: Anatomy Of A Fall (dir. Justine Triet, France, 2023, 151 mins)
    More than just an enthralling courtroom drama or even a murder mystery. A blistering and complex character study.
  • Monday 4 November: Driving Mum (dir. Hilmar Oddsson, Iceland, 2024, 113 mins)
    The death of Jon’s mother impels a journey with her corpse, fulfilling her last wish. With Bresnef the dog also on board, the trip is a game changer for Jon.
  • Wednesday 11 December: The Holdovers (dir. Alexander Payne, USA, 2023, 133 mins)
    A Christmas comedy drama in every sense! Paul the instructor stays on campus to mind some stranded boarding school kids over the Christmas break. Relationships are developed and cemented.
  • Thursday 23 January: Film to be confirmed
  • Wednesday 5 February: Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (dir. Elena Naveriani, Georgia, 2023, 112 mins)
    A middle-aged single woman in a remote Georgian village has a near-death experience which changes her life for ever: a gentle gem of a film!
  • Thursday 27 February: Zone Of Interest (dir. Jonathan Glazer, UK/USA/Poland, 2023, 105 mins)
    Loosely based on Martin Amis’s 2014 novel, Glazer’s critically acclaimed movie has been nominated for, and won, many awards. A poignant study of what Hannah Arendt called ‘the banality of evil’.
  • Wednesday 12 March: The Commandant’s Shadow (dir. Daniela Volker, Germany/USA, 2024, 103 mins)
    Here is the documentary companion piece to THE ZONE OF INTEREST, in which the children of the Auschwitz camp commanders reflect on their experience of life after the Holocaust. Note: Members of the audience are invited to remain after the film for a discussion of both films and the season so far – the Studio bar will be open briefly.
  • Wednesday 26 March: Io Capitano (dir. Matteo Garrone, Italy/Belgium/France, 2023, 121 mins)
    Filming in Senegal, Morocco and Italy, Garrone is inspired by actual stories of people’s African routes to Europe, exposing the greed, trauma and corruption driving today’s trade in would-be immigrants.
  • Thursday 10 April: The Dead Don’t Hurt (dir. Viggo Mortenson, Canada/Denmark/Mexico, 2024, 129 mins)
    Mortenson stars, writes and directs in a gripping and scenic take on The Western. And a fine performance from Vicky Krieps of CORSAGE fame.
  • Tuesday 29 April: Monster (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan, 2023, 125 mins)
    After BROKER, Kore-eda is back to a Japanese language film, using different takes on a single story to tell the fraught tale of two troubled boys and their parents.

Driving Mum, on 4 November, will be preceded by a short AGM

FILMS SHOWN AT THE STUDIO, CHELMSFORD (CM1 1JG). Doors and bar open from 7 PM. Films start at 8.00 p.m.
Membership: £75 for all 10 films (Details of how to join can be found on our Membership page).
Guests: £12.50 to be signed in by member.