Film Group screenings
Dir: Ali Abbasi: USA 2024 (122 mins) This 2024 independent biographical drama film examines Donald Trump’s career as a real estate businessman in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s, including his relationship with attorney Roy Cohn. The film received praise from critics for its acting, directing and editing. Trump meanwhile described it as […]
Dir: Wei Shujun: China 2023 (102 mins) A police chief Ma Zhe, investigates a series of murders in a riverside town in rural China in the 1990s. Though an arrest is made quickly, clues push the policeman to delve deeper into the hidden behaviour of the locals and piece together the truth.
Dir: Max Ophüls: USA 1948 (86 mins) This American 1948 romantic film was based on the 1922 novella of the same name by Stefan Zweig. In early 20th century Vienna a man named Stefan Brand returns home; he is due to duel against an opponent the next morning but plans to skip town and avoid […]
Dir: Jean Pierre Melville: France 1961 (130 mins) As the Germans take over France during World War 11, widowed mother Barny becomes increasingly anxious about her half-Jewish daughter. She decides to hide the girl in a nearby farm and have her baptised as a cover. The ceremony reminds Barny of the absurdity of religion and […]
Dir: Alexander Mackendrick: USA 1957 (97 mins) New York City newspaper writer J J Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can’t control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and […]
Dir: Payal Kapadia: France/India/Netherlands/Luxembourg/Italy 2024 (115mins) All We Imagine As Light is the story of three nurses in modern-day Mumbai, each having come to the big city from smaller home towns. “There is a freshness and emotional clarity in Payal Kapadia’s Cannes competition selection, an enriching humanity and gentleness which co-exist with fervent, languorous eroticism […]
Dir: Carol Reed: UK 1960 (108 mins) A vacuum cleaner salesman is recruited by the British secret service to act as a spy in Havana. When he sends off phoney reports, recruits mysterious agents and claims to have discovered rocket installations, the Home Office decides to send him some help in the form of an […]
Dir: Ilker: Çatak Germany 2023 (99 mins) This 2023 German drama film was directed by Ilker Çatak, who co-wrote the screenplay with Johannes Duncker. Leonie Benesch stars as a teacher tasked with finding out which of her students is responsible for a series of thefts.