Film Club

Doors and bar open 30 mins before film
Entrance by donation on the door.

Contact Jeremy and Therese Comfort at comfort.jeremy@gmail.com or Tel: 01347 810252

Autumn Programme

Tuesday 25th November 2025 @ 8pm
The Penguin Lessons

The Penguin Lessons movie poster Based on Tom Michell’s memoir, the story of a British teacher in 1970s Argentina, who rescues a penguin and smuggles him into his school, changing the lives of students along the way.

The Penguin Lessons brings warmth by focusing on the bond between the teacher and the penguin that is hard to resist. While it doesn’t explore the political climate of Argentina fully, the penguin becomes a symbol of hope amidst uncertainty. A film which takes a step back from the larger political narrative to focus on the small, personal impacts of kindness and companionship.
The Courier

Winter Programme

Tuesday 9th December 2025 @ 8pm
The Graduate

The Graduate movie posterWe re-watched this classic and absolutely loved it. A sensation on its original release in 1967. A cinematic portrait of America which captured the mood of disaffected youth with the marvellous portrayal of Benjamin by Dustin Hoffman. With the music of Simon & Garfunkel and a superb performance by Anne Bancroft as Mrs Robinson. It won Mike Nichols a deserved best director Oscar.

 

 

Tuesday 20th January 2026 @ 8pm
The Marching Band (En Fanfare)

En Fanfare movie posterWhen Thibaut (Benjamin Lavernhe), a conductor with a globe-trotting career to match his world-class reputation, discovers that he has leukaemia, his search for a bone marrow donor reveals a family secret. Two long-lost brothers, separated by the messy circumstances of their early childhood, are reunited in this uplifting, music-driven French film by Emmanuel Courcol.
Courcol gives his latest film a touch of the robust humour and energy of The Full Monty combined with the Gallic tradition of stirring workers’ rights dramas. Observer

French with subtitles

Tuesday 24th February 2026 @ 8pm
The Choral

The Choral movie poster

Written by Alan Bennett and directed by Nicholas Hytner. As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral’s ambitious committee, determined to press ahead, decides to recruit local young males to swell their ranks. They must also engage a new chorus master, and despite their suspicions that he has something to hide, their best bet seems to be Dr Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes) — recently returned from a career in Germany. As conscription papers start to arrive, the whole community discovers that the best response to the chaos that is laying waste to their lives is to make music together.