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Our Next Film: Redoubtable
Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
2017, Italy/France, 108 minutes, (15) subtitles
Director – Michael Hazanavicius
From ‘The Artist’ director a playful multi-layered biopic of Jean Luc Godard, the great New Wave innovator and his tumultuous relationship with Anne Wiazemsky. A political, philosophical and biographic roller coaster brilliantly conjuring the political protest of 1968 France.
TRAILER:
LINKS:
IMDb – Redoubtable
Rotten Tomatoes – Redoubtable
Our Next Film: Under The Tree
Wednesday, 5 December 2018, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
2017, Iceland, 89 minutes, (15) subtitles
Director – Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson
A dispute over a tree between two neighbours develops into urban warfare and spirals out of control. Icelandic social drama with plenty of black comedy showing the hilarious pettiness of two sides unwilling to back down.
TRAILER:
LINKS:
IMDb – Under The Tree
Rotten Tomatoes – Under The Tree
Our Next Film: Nothing Like a Dame
Tuesday, 11 September 2018, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
2018, UK, 84 minutes, (12A)
Director – Roger Michel
Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith take a trip down memory lane and share stories from their 50 year friendship. Cut together with diligently researched archive material from four remarkable careers the result is a hugely enjoyable and celebratory documentary.
TRAILER:
LINKS:
IMDb – Nothing Like A Dame
Rotten Tomatoes – Nothing Like A Dame
AUDIENCE REACTION:
Scoring as follows
- Excellent 15
- Very good 10
- Good 6
With overall rating of 82%
COMMENTS:
- Dames being down to earth was very entertaining. Good unscripted fun
- Best film of the season
- Witty comments from four icons of film and television
- Seen once on TV but delighted to see it again
- Entertaining – love all 4 dames – Judy and Maggie being my favourites. I did laugh with them. Good to see old films with them in. Liked The Stones as background music – rather apt
- Fun!
- Life enhancing
- Nostalgic and insightful look at four lives – rather brave of them to all to have revealed so much about themselves
Our Next Film: Loveless (Nelyubov)
Tuesday, 5 June 2018, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
2017, Russia/France, 127 minutes, (15)
Director – Andrei Zvyagntsev
A couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments. Eerie thriller of hypnotic, mysterious intensity from Leviathan director
TRAILER:
LINKS:
IMDb – Loveless
Rotten Tomatoes – Loveless
AUDIENCE REACTION:
- Excellent 7
- Very good 8
- Good 2
Giving an overall score of 82%
COMMENTS:
- Great sound mix
- Bleak
- Very harrowing and hard hitting. Quite difficult to watch in parts. Haunting
- Terrific music – start to end. Dark and depressing. Accurate but too cold for me to enjoy
Our Next Film: Lady Bird
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
2017, USA, 93 minutes, (15)
Director – Greta Gerwig
A Californian nurse maintains a turbulent bond with her teenage daughter – loving, strong-willed and deeply opinionated – just like her. A feel good film filled with tenderness and wit.
TRAILER:
LINKS:
IMDb – Lady Bird
Rotten Tomatoes – Lady Bird
AUDIENCE REACTION:4
- Excellent 29
- Very Good 8
- Good 7
- Average 2
Giving an overall score of 84.78%
COMMENTS:
- Loved the humour, reality, mix of funny and poignant – enjoyed
- Really good film of joy, tears and life
- Thank you I really needed this film – I’m a mother!
- Some of the dialect wasn’t clear – not as good as I was expecting
- Well paced, thoughtful and nostalgic – loved that the complexity of all the characters was allowed to emerge
- Beautifully observed relationship of teenagers
- Very funny moments throughout. Resonated well with the story line
- Gorgeous film, stunning writing. Gave me tons of my own ideas
Our Next Film: In Between (Bar Bahar)
Tuesday, 8 May 2018, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
2016, Israel / France, 103 minutes, (15)
Director – Maysaloun Hamoud
Three Palestinian women attempt to balance faith and tradition with their modern lives while living in the heart of Tel Aviv. a light yet nuanced approach to dramatizing complex, timely themes, further enriched by outstanding cinematography and powerful performances.
TRAILER:
LINKS:
IMDb – In Between
Rotten Tomatoes – In Between
AUDIENCE REACTION:
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COMMENTS:
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Audience Reaction: The Nile Hilton Incident
AUDIENCE REACTION:
The Nile Hilton Incident was very well received scoring
- 19 Excellent
- 10 Very Good
- 2 Good
With an overall scoring of 88.7%
COMMENTS:
- Real portrayal of corruption
- Superb. Great thriller but also a fascinating social document. The best film of the season
- Such a bleak portrayal of a man trapped in a corrupt system. Compelling thriller
- Good thriller. Interesting politics
- Very compelling. Kept one gripped to the end
- Corruption with a capital ‘C’ – very believable characters living in moral mayhem – moody music provided good support
Our Next Film: The Nile Hilton Incident
Wednesday, 25 April 2018, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
2017, Sweden/Denmark/Germany, 106 minutes, (NR) subtitled
Director – Tarik Saleh
Set against the backdrop of the Egyptian Revolution, this thriller features a police officer who investigates the murder of a woman. What initially seems to be a killing of a prostitute turns into a more complicated case involving the very elite of Egypt.
TRAILER:
LINKS:
IMDb – The Nile Hilton Incident
Rotten Tomatoes – The Nile Hilton Incident
AUDIENCE REACTION:
The Nile Hilton Incident was very well received scoring
- 19 Excellent
- 10 Very Good
- 2 Good
With an overall scoring of 88.7%
COMMENTS:
- Real portrayal of corruption
- Superb. Great thriller but also a fascinating social document. The best film of the season
- Such a bleak portrayal of a man trapped in a corrupt system. Compelling thriller
- Good thriller. Interesting politics
- Very compelling. Kept one gripped to the end
- Corruption with a capital ‘C’ – very believable characters living in moral mayhem – moody music provided good support
Audience Reaction: A Fantastic Woman
The Pontardawe Film Club audience rated A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantastica) as follows:
AUDIENCE REACTION:
- 13 excellent
- 11 very good
- 2 good
- 2 average
- 1 poor
Giving an overall rating of 78%
COMMENTS:
- Compassionate film about being transgender and prejudice – lovely voice
- Brilliant, tragic, ugly, sordid, beautiful
- A passionate and powerful resistance to prejudice
- Fab film, nice venue, staff welcoming
- Brilliant performance by Daniela Vega
- Wonderful film and riveting performance by Daniela Vega. Stunning!
- Parts moved me unbelievably other parts left me cold
- An intriguing and moving film not as gripping as I had expected but I enjoyed the upbeat ending
- A very powerful film good music and use of lighting
- Very engaging and sympathetic protagonist – put spotlight on prejudices and raised valuable questions
- Performance was good, cinematography good , too long! Bored!
- I wanted more from this film than I feel it ultimately delivered
Film Club, Our Next Film: A Fantastic Woman
Wednesday, 11 April 2018, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
2017, Chile/Spain, 104 minutes, (R) subtitled
Director – Sebastian Lelio
Daniela Vega plays a transgender singer whose relationship with a much older man is brought abruptly to an end when he suffers a fatal aneurism. Instead of being treated with compassion she is faced with suspicion and contempt from the authorities and hostility from his family. An impressive exposition of courage and strength.
TRAILER:
LINKS:
IMDb – A Fantastic Woman
Rotten Tomatoes – A Fantastic Woman
AUDIENCE REACTION:
- 13 excellent
- 11 very good
- 2 good
- 2 average
- 1 poor
Giving an overall rating of 78%
COMMENTS:
- Compassionate film about being transgender and prejudice – lovely voice
- Brilliant, tragic, ugly, sordid, beautiful
- A passionate and powerful resistance to prejudice
- Fab film, nice venue, staff welcoming
- Brilliant performance by Daniela Vega
- Wonderful film and riveting performance by Daniela Vega. Stunning!
- Parts moved me unbelievably other parts left me cold
- An intriguing and moving film not as gripping as I had expected but I enjoyed the upbeat ending
- A very powerful film good music and use of lighting
- Very engaging and sympathetic protagonist – put spotlight on prejudices and raised valuable questions
- Performance was good, cinematography good , too long! Bored!
- I wanted more from this film than I feel it ultimately delivered