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'What is magical about film is the place - where all together we sit in the darkness, and all together we watch a dream, which is the film. It's a dream we're all having together, with our eyes: and this is the magic, to be all together, now. Would it be as magical to sit in your drawing-room with a friend, or alone?'

Legendary film-director Bernardo Bertolucci

speaking on Radio 4, 28 Feb. 2008

Sunday 12 July: The Reader (124 mins, cert. 15)

(To be shown in Memorial Hall, Charlbury, 7.30 pm)

Britain's got talent? Although 'The Reader' is based on the best-selling novel by the German writer Bernhard Schlink, the film adaptation draws some of this country's greatest talents ... The script was written by David Hare, it was directed by Stephen Daldry, and Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet star. It was the last film for producer Anthony Minghella, who died before it was released.

It tells the story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who as a teenager in the late 1950s had an affair with an older woman, Hanna Schmitz, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. Michael realizes that Hanna is keeping a personal secret she believes is worse than her Nazi past - a secret which, if revealed, could help her at the trial.

Kate Winslet won the Oscar for Best Actress at the 2009 Academy Award ceremony.

Sunday 9 August: Man on Wire (94 mins, cert. 12)

Sunday 13 September: The Young Victoria (100 mins, cert. PG)

'Hallelujah! Hollywood is finally releasing a movie about a British historical subject that is truthful, intelligent, nuanced and pro-British ... Like "A Man for all Seasons" and "Oliver Cromwell", two excellent historical movies also based closely on fact, "The Young Victora" works because the viewer is not patronised or told what to think.' - Andrew Roberts, Daily Telegraph

October: to be announced

November: A Bunch of Amateurs (96 mins, cert. 15)

 

Tickets now cost £4.00 from News and Things, Evenlode Books and Cotswold Frames, or they can be bought on the door if available.

We're sorry that we had to put up our ticket prices from £3.50, but if you don't fancy paying the higher price, carnets of ten tickets are now available for £35 - call 01608 811196 for details

 

Also don't miss our special sing-and-dance-along version of Mamma Mia! by popular request, on Friday 26 June ... door and bar 7.30 pm, film from 8.00. Tickets - a limited number only - £6.00

 

'Age of Stupid' screening, Friday 15th  May

Those of you who were at the screening of ‘The Age of Stupid’ at the Memorial Hall on Friday night will be aware of the problems we had with the film.

 
First of all we want to offer profuse apologies as the problems spoiled the screening of what we know to be a highly stimulating and important film. The problem, it seems, was with the DVD, rather than the equipment set up, which we tested several times before Friday. We are taking this up with the distributor and will be asking for permission to re-screen the film at no extra cost, so that all those who were there on Friday can see it properly free of charge. We will also be seeking assurances that the DVD they send is reliable!

 
We are very grateful that people made the effort to come on Friday and hope that an opportunity to see the film again will help offset some of the disappointment we all felt about the evening.

We will keep you posted about our progress. In the meantime, please pass this message on to anyone you know who was at the screening on Friday but who may not have access to the internet.
Margaret Godel (ChOC) and Liz Reason (SusCha) on (SusCha)

 

Remember – Sunday night is film night! You'll even get the chance to win tickets to our next film, in our free raffle at every showing!

We also welcome your suggestions for future films... In the past we've shown everything from classic comedies, Japanese anime, and Oscar-winning blockbusters, and we were the first non-cinema venue in the UK to show Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' ... so we welcome new ideas just as much as we welcome new volunteers!

For more information, call Ed Fenton on 01608 811196, or email choc@charlbury.info

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday night is film night!

  

Charlbury's Own Cinema is supported by Chipping Norton Theatre