Programmes

Venue: Rochester Independent College's Gainsborough Conference Centre, 254 St Margarets Bank, High Street, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1HY. Opposite Rochester Train Station (see map)

Cost:
£5 / £4.50
Membership £1

Each screening will be followed by a discussion on the film (approx 45 minutes). Refreshments are available. There is a bar. Space limited - get there early!

The Round-Up Wednesday 26 November 2008 7.30pm (doors: 7pm) Director: Miklós Jancsó A profound influence on filmmakers from Sergio Leone to Béla Tarr, The Round-Up is widely acknowledged as a masterpiece of world cinema. Set in a detention camp in Hungary 1869, at a time of guerrilla campaigns against the ruling Austrians.

Sullivan's Travels Wednesday 17 December 2008 7.30 Director: Preston Sturges This masterpiece is perhaps the finest movie-about-a-movie ever made. Hollywood director Joel McCrea, tired of churning out lightweight comedies, decides to make O Brother, Where Art Thou - a serious, socially responsible film about human suffering.

The Cremator Wednesday 28 January 2009 7.30 Director: Juraj Herz Juraj Herz’s The Cremator has been described in many ways - as surrealist-inspired horror, as expressionist fantasy and as a dark and disturbing tale of terror.

Drifting Clouds Wednesday 25 February 2009 7.30 Director: Aki Kaurismaki One of Aki Kaurismaki’s most accomplished films, this extremely minimalist take on the universal misery that is unemployment and recession manages to discover hope even amongst the despair.

Harold and Maude Wednesday 25 March 2009 7.30 Director: Hal Ashby Black comedies don't come much blacker than this cult favourite, and they don't come much funnier, either.

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