Calendar
Film times on Friday nights are 7.00 pm for refreshments and a chat before the start of the film at 7.30 pm. We hope you will enjoy our selection of films for 2024.
2024
Friday, 26 January, 7.00 pm for a 7.30 pm start
The New Boy
The film is set in 1940s Australia, where a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy is taken in at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun.
Director/Writer: Warwick Thornton, Stars: Cate Blanchett, Aswan Reid, Deborah Mailman
Drama/Fantasy/History 2023 1h 56m
www.imdb.com/title/tt18180926/?ref_=tt_mv_close
The New Boy
The film is set in 1940s Australia, where a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy is taken in at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun.
Director/Writer: Warwick Thornton, Stars: Cate Blanchett, Aswan Reid, Deborah Mailman
Drama/Fantasy/History 2023 1h 56m
www.imdb.com/title/tt18180926/?ref_=tt_mv_close
Friday, 23 February, 7.00 pm for a 7.30 start
The Dry
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Director: Robert Connolly, Writers: Harry Cripps, Robert Connolly, Jane Harper
Stars: Eric Bana Genevieve O'Reilly, Keir O'Donnell
Crime/Drama/Mystery 2020 15 1h 57m
www.imdb.com/title/tt5144174/
The Dry
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Director: Robert Connolly, Writers: Harry Cripps, Robert Connolly, Jane Harper
Stars: Eric Bana Genevieve O'Reilly, Keir O'Donnell
Crime/Drama/Mystery 2020 15 1h 57m
www.imdb.com/title/tt5144174/
Friday, 22 March, 7.00 pm for a 7.30 start
Alcarras
The life of a family of peach farmers in a small village in Catalonia changes when the owner of their large estate dies and his lifetime heir decides to sell the land, suddenly threatening their livelihood.
Director: Carla Simón, Writers: Carla Simón, Arnau Vilaró, Stars: Josep Abad, Jordi Pujol Dolcet,
Anna Otin
Drama 2022 15 2h
www.imdb.com/title/tt11930126/?ref_=tt_mv_close
Alcarras
The life of a family of peach farmers in a small village in Catalonia changes when the owner of their large estate dies and his lifetime heir decides to sell the land, suddenly threatening their livelihood.
Director: Carla Simón, Writers: Carla Simón, Arnau Vilaró, Stars: Josep Abad, Jordi Pujol Dolcet,
Anna Otin
Drama 2022 15 2h
www.imdb.com/title/tt11930126/?ref_=tt_mv_close
Friday, 19 April, 7.oo pm for a 7.30 start
Past Lives
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
Director: Celine Song, Writer: Celine Song, Stars: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro
Drama/Romance 2023 12A 1h 45m
www.imdb.com/title/tt13238346/?ref_=tt_mv_close
Past Lives
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
Director: Celine Song, Writer: Celine Song, Stars: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro
Drama/Romance 2023 12A 1h 45m
www.imdb.com/title/tt13238346/?ref_=tt_mv_close
Friday, 17 May, 7.00 pm for a 7.30 start
Saint Omer
Follows Rama, a novelist who attends the trial of Laurence Coly at the Saint-Omer Criminal Court to use her story to write a modern-day adaptation of the ancient myth of Medea, but things don't go as expected.
Director: Alice Diop, Writers: Alice Diop, Amrita David, Marie N'Diaye, Stars: Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville
Drama 2022 12A 2h 2m
www.imdb.com/title/tt15376894/
Saint Omer
Follows Rama, a novelist who attends the trial of Laurence Coly at the Saint-Omer Criminal Court to use her story to write a modern-day adaptation of the ancient myth of Medea, but things don't go as expected.
Director: Alice Diop, Writers: Alice Diop, Amrita David, Marie N'Diaye, Stars: Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville
Drama 2022 12A 2h 2m
www.imdb.com/title/tt15376894/
Friday, 21 June
The Holdovers 7.00 pm for a 7.30 start
A cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go.
Director: Alexander Payne, Writers: David Hemingson
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa
Comedy/Drama 2023, R 2h 15m
www.imdb.com/title/tt14849194/
The Holdovers 7.00 pm for a 7.30 start
A cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go.
Director: Alexander Payne, Writers: David Hemingson
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa
Comedy/Drama 2023, R 2h 15m
www.imdb.com/title/tt14849194/
Friday, 19 July 7.00 pm for a 7.30 start
Transit
A man attempting to escape occupied France falls in love with the wife of a dead author whose identity he has assumed.
Director: Christian Petzold; Writers: Christian Petzold, Anna Seghers
Stars: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese
Drama/Sci-Fi 2018 12A 1h 41m
www.imdb.com/title/tt6675244/
Transit
A man attempting to escape occupied France falls in love with the wife of a dead author whose identity he has assumed.
Director: Christian Petzold; Writers: Christian Petzold, Anna Seghers
Stars: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese
Drama/Sci-Fi 2018 12A 1h 41m
www.imdb.com/title/tt6675244/
Friday, 16 August 7.00 pm for a 7.30 start
The Rooster
When the body of his oldest friend is found buried in a shallow grave, Dan, a small-town cop, seeks answers from a volatile Hermit who may have been the last person to see his friend alive.
Director: Mark Leonard Winter; Writer: Mark Leonard Winter
Stars: Phoenix Raei, Hugo Weaving, John Waters
Drama/Mystery 2023 1h 41m
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_v9I6smU08
The Rooster
When the body of his oldest friend is found buried in a shallow grave, Dan, a small-town cop, seeks answers from a volatile Hermit who may have been the last person to see his friend alive.
Director: Mark Leonard Winter; Writer: Mark Leonard Winter
Stars: Phoenix Raei, Hugo Weaving, John Waters
Drama/Mystery 2023 1h 41m
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_v9I6smU08
Friday, 27 September 7.00 pm for a 7.30 start
Force of Nature: The Dry 2
Five women participate in a hiking retreat but only four come out the other side. Federal agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head into the mountains hoping to find their informant still alive.
Director: Robert Connolly; Writers: Robert Connolly, Jane Harper
Stars: Eric Bana, Anna Torv, Deborra-Lee Furness
Thriller 2024 R 2h
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhP05eOYbTE
Force of Nature: The Dry 2
Five women participate in a hiking retreat but only four come out the other side. Federal agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head into the mountains hoping to find their informant still alive.
Director: Robert Connolly; Writers: Robert Connolly, Jane Harper
Stars: Eric Bana, Anna Torv, Deborra-Lee Furness
Thriller 2024 R 2h
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhP05eOYbTE
Friday, 18 October 7.00 pm for a 7.30 start
The Great Escaper
Bernard Jordan escapes from his care home to attend the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in France.
Director: Oliver Parker; Writer: William Ivory
Stars: Michael Caine, Graeme Dalling, Myles Olofin
Biography; Drama; War 2023 12A, 1h 36m
www.imdb.com/title/tt14124080/
The Great Escaper
Bernard Jordan escapes from his care home to attend the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in France.
Director: Oliver Parker; Writer: William Ivory
Stars: Michael Caine, Graeme Dalling, Myles Olofin
Biography; Drama; War 2023 12A, 1h 36m
www.imdb.com/title/tt14124080/
Friday, 15 November 7.00pm for a 7.30 start
The Anatomy of a Fall
A woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.
Director: Justine Triet; Writers: Justine Triet, Arthur Harari
Stars: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner
2023 15 2h 31m
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17009710/
The Anatomy of a Fall
A woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.
Director: Justine Triet; Writers: Justine Triet, Arthur Harari
Stars: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner
2023 15 2h 31m
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17009710/
Friday, 13 December 7.00 pm for a 7.30 start
Perfect Days
Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.
Director: Wim Wenders; Writers: Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki
Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano
2023 PG 2h 4m
www.imdb.com/title/tt27503384/
Perfect Days
Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.
Director: Wim Wenders; Writers: Wim Wenders, Takuma Takasaki
Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano
2023 PG 2h 4m
www.imdb.com/title/tt27503384/
