Films around Cheltenham from 19/3/22

By Film Cheltenham TeamMarch 18, 2022 Films around Cheltenham Leave a comment

The Roses The Duke shows up at The Roses this week, but there are two new films to see. There is The Real Charlie Chaplin, directed by Peter Middleton and James Spinney, which consists of a blend of original audio recordings, personal archive and dramatic reconstructions to tell the story of Chaplin’s career. Then there… [continues]

Freeview films from 19 March 2022

By Film Cheltenham TeamMarch 18, 2022March 18, 2022 Freeview highlights, Uncategorized Leave a comment

World Cinema Saturday (19/3) 22:00 BBC4 Burning (2018). Mesmerising mystery-thriller from South Korean director Lee Chang-dong. A struggling young man meets a mysterious woman he used to know. She asks him to look after her cat, then introduces him to a richer rival with a dangerous preoccupation. A 148-minute dreamscape,… [continues]

Films around Cheltenham from March 12, 2022

By Pamela WeaverMarch 12, 2022 Films around Cheltenham Leave a comment

The Roses Cyrano continues at The Roses this week with a range of screenings to suit all circumstances. Just as a reminder, P means Prompt start (allegedly) i.e., no trailers or adverts, S is for subtitles for the hard of hearing and R is a ‘relaxed’ screening. There is also the rather redundant E for… [continues]

Freeview films from 12/3/2022

By Film Cheltenham TeamMarch 12, 2022 Freeview highlights 2 Comments

World Cinema Saturday (12/3) 21:00 BBC4 Pain and Glory (2019). Pedro Almodóvar’s most heartfelt and near-autobiographical film, with Antonio Banderas as a tortured gay dramatist and Penelope Cruz as his mother (in flashback). A far cry from the Spaniard’s earlier essays in shock and awe and all the better for it. I… [continues]

Freeview films, March 5 to March 11, 2022

By Film Cheltenham TeamMarch 5, 2022March 5, 2022 Freeview highlights 2 Comments

World Cinema Monday (7/3) 23:15 BBC2 The Man with the Iron Heart (2017). Interesting dramatisation of one of the more extraordinary episodes of the Second World War, in which the Czech Resistance in London sent a couple of assassins to Prague to bump off Reinhard Heydrich, who did more to… [continues]

Films around Cheltenham from March 5, 2022

By Film Cheltenham TeamMarch 5, 2022 Films around Cheltenham 2 Comments

The Eclectic Cinema The Eclectic Cinema, the film club at The Playhouse, has Buster Keaton’s The General (1926) on Monday March 7 at 19:30. It’s one of the most important, ingenious and beautiful silent features ever made. Keaton plays a railway engineer during the American Civil War. A Southerner, he wants to join up to… [continues]

Freeview films 26/2/22 to 4/3/22

By Film Cheltenham TeamFebruary 26, 2022February 26, 2022 Freeview highlights 2 Comments

World Cinema Sunday (27/2) 01:00 Film4 Border (2018) You are unlikely to see anything like this in the next week. Directed by Ali Abbasi and written by him, Isabella Eklof and John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let The Right One In) it features a breathtaking … [continues]

Films around Cheltenham from 19/2/22

By John MorrishFebruary 19, 2022February 19, 2022 Films around Cheltenham Leave a comment

The Roses The Roses this week has Never Too Late, which the website describes as ‘The Great Escape meets The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’. After slitting my wrists, I noticed it stars James Cromwell, Jacki Weaver and … Dennis Waterman. An Australian effort, aimed at people so old they have lost their critical faculties. It also… [continues]

Freeview films 19/2/22 to 25/2/22

By Film Cheltenham TeamFebruary 19, 2022February 19, 2022 Freeview highlights Leave a comment

World Cinema Sunday (20/2) 21:00 Great Movies Action Das Boot (1981) (also Thursday 16:20). Wolfgang Peterson’s 1981 Das Boot (The Boat) focuses as much on the monotony and claustrophobia of military submarine life as it does on the combat and excitement. The result is a deep, layered portrait of sub-aquatic warfare… [continues]

Freeview films 12/2/22 to 18/2/22

By Film Cheltenham TeamFebruary 12, 2022 Freeview highlights Leave a comment

World Cinema Monday (14/2) 01:30 Film4 Rafiki (2018). Two girls in Nairobi, from very different backgrounds, are drawn together despite the disapproval of their community. A well-liked film by Kenyan director Kwanuri Kahiu. Colourful, youthful and mostly in English. Wednesday (16/2) 01:10 Film4 The… [continues]

Films around Cheltenham from 5/2/22

By Pamela WeaverFebruary 5, 2022 Films around Cheltenham 1 Comment

Sorry folks, another week in which we haven’t really had time to consider the offerings at Cineworld, The Tivoli and The Sherborne. The links are below. The Roses There is one more screening of Nine Days on Tuesday morning at the allegedly prompt start time of 11.15 and several more screenings of Belfast. The new… [continues]

Freeview films 5/2/22 to 11/2/22

By Film Cheltenham TeamFebruary 5, 2022 Freeview highlights Leave a comment

World Cinema Saturday (5/2) 21:00 BBC4 Persian Lessons (2020). I find myself rather intrigued by this. It’s a Holocaust film, in German, about a young German Jew who pretends to be half-Persian to avoid being exterminated. He even gives Farsi lessons to the camp commandant, despite knowing no Farsi: the language… [continues]

Films around Cheltenham from 29/1/2022

By Pamela WeaverJanuary 29, 2022 Uncategorized 2 Comments

We haven’t had time to do cover other than The Roses and The Guildhall this week. The links for the commercial cinemas are there, so you can look for yourselves. Frankly, if these profit-making enterprises, with their marketing departments, web jockeys and industry access can’t be bothered to provide the public with accurate, up-to-date and… [continues]

Barry Cryer 23/3/1935 to 25/1/2022

By Film Cheltenham TeamJanuary 29, 2022 Obituaries Leave a comment

A personal appreciation by comedy writer, producer, performer and novelist Dave Cohen Barry Cryer spent more than six decades as one of the most sought-after joke writers in the business. He began his career working in the comedy shows that took place between the acts at London’s striptease theatres, but found his way into writing… [continues]

Freeview films 29/1/22 to 4/2/22

By Film Cheltenham TeamJanuary 29, 2022January 29, 2022 Freeview highlights Leave a comment

World Cinema Monday (31/1) 01:55 Film4 Heal the Living (2016). This really looks rather good. A boy in a coma, a woman with a weak heart, doctors and nurses, organ donation. A thoughtful piece about illness and health, which could not be more topical. Directed by Katell Quillévéré, who made the underrated… [continues]

The Eclectic Cinema

By Andrew HoltJanuary 23, 2022January 23, 2022 Announcements, Films around Cheltenham Leave a comment

It’s almost time for The Eclectic Cinema to begin … Things kick off on Monday evening, Jan 24, at Cheltenham Playhouse, with Charlie Chaplin’s MODERN TIMES. This is Chaplin’s brilliant satirical comedy from 1936, exploring the changes to the world of work – employment and unemployment – during the Great Depression. Chaplin directed the film… [continues]

Films around Cheltenham from 22/1/22

By Film Cheltenham TeamJanuary 22, 2022 Films around Cheltenham, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here are the films around Cheltenham, starting on Palindrome Day. We haven’t filled in the really obvious places yet, but the links are there for you to find out their programmes yourself. The Roses After a busy time at the Roses last week, there is now something of a lull. The three films that started… [continues]

Hardy Krüger

By Pamela WeaverJanuary 22, 2022 Obituaries Leave a comment

The film world lost another notable actor from the world of late 20th century cinema last week – Hardy Krüger, who has died at the age of 93. Krüger was one of a small number of post war German film actors who achieved international status, demonstrating that not all Germans are bad people. Krüger himself,… [continues]

Freeview films 22/1/22 (a palindrome) to 27/1/22

By Film Cheltenham TeamJanuary 22, 2022January 22, 2022 Freeview highlights, Uncategorized Leave a comment

World Cinema Sunday (23/1) 01:25 BBC2 Personal Shopper (2016) A powerful supernatural thriller by Olivier Assayas, the second film he has directed featuring Kristen Stewart, who plays Maureen, the personal shopper of the title, working for Kyra, an aloof and demanding supermodel… [continues]

Films around Cheltenham from 15 January

By Pamela WeaverJanuary 15, 2022 Films around Cheltenham Leave a comment

The Roses A change of programme at The Roses this week, and a good mix of films. On Sunday 16 January, there is a screening of the original West Side Story. It was on TV over Christmas, but it is definitely worth seeing on a big screen. There is another opportunity to see Titane (dir Julia Ducournau),… [continues]