Welcome to Ribble Film Club - Art house, Foreign, Classic and Modern Film screenings in Clitheroe, Lancashire.
We are pleased to announce our film selection for our Winter 2007 season of films at St Mary's cinema in Clitheroe. We are sure you will agree this is a great line up of art house, foreign, classic and modern cinema and we look forward to seeing you at St Mary's cinema in Clitheroe, every Sunday night at 7.30. Find us with Google here.
Last Season we had a very successful programme of films with good attendances. We were pleased to see some new faces at our screenings and to welcome new members to the Ribble film club. Please help us to build on this success by becoming a member and attending our films. Membership fees are £12.50 per person. This offers a £1.00 ticket reduction on 36 screenings. Please ask at the cinema box office for a membership form or telephone Ribble Film Club chairman Bruce Dowles on 01200 42 67 57.
Sun 14/10
at 7.30pm
Battle of Algiers (la Battaglia di Algeri)
Cert 15
Italy: 1965
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
117 mins
This is a powerful testament to resistance. Scrupulous in its balance and documentary like form~examing the workings of the guerilla struggle in Algeria during the late fifties. Also features a pounding Morricone score.
Sun 21/10 at 7.30pm
Familia Rodante (Rolling Ramily)
Cert PG
Argentina: 2004
Director: Pablo Trapero
103 mins
Back for the third time no less. Well actually the first time it was not delivered, the second time it was and then mysteriously collected before screening. So as before '..an 80 year old widow persuades the 12 members of her extended family to drive in a decrepit campervan the length of the country to attend a wedding at her hometown that she has not visited since a teenager. A heart warming experience '... if only it turns up again.
Sun
28/10 at 7.30pm
Climates
Cert 15
Turkey:2006
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
102 minutes
The film spans three seasons in Turkey ~ a summer holiday in Kas,autumn in Istanbul and winter in the Mount Ararat region. This is a quiet work on the surface but there is psychological turmoil.
Sun 4/11 at 7.30pm
Taking Liberties
Cert 12a
Uk: 2007
Director: Chris Atkins
105 mins
This documentary makes a compelling if not incendary argument that never mind a riot, the Blair years have made it hard enough even to hold a peaceful protest.
Sun 11/11 at 7.30pm
My Best Friend (Mon Meillur Ami)
Cert 12a
France: 2006
Director: Patrice Leconte
94 mins
A bittersweet comedy of a buddy movie. Daniel Auteil as an arrogant antiques dealer is challenged by his business partner to prove that he has any friends and to boot a best friend in just 10 days ~ hold tight and hold that taxi!
Sun 18/11 at 7.30pm
Golden Door
Cert PG
France/Italy/Germany:2006
Director: Emanuele Crialese
118 mins
Here we have Charlotte Gainsbourg (remember 'The Lemming' from last year) as a mysterious English woman attempting entry in America at the turn of last century. She is looking for a breadwinner ~ perhaps a Sicilian family from among the passengers heading for the much promised land?
THIS SEASON OF FILMS IS SPONSORED BY COBRA BEER AND RIBBLE VALLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL.
Ribble Film Club Prices
ADMISSION: NON MEMBERS £5.00 - MEMBERS £4.00. CONCESSIONS FOR
STUDENTS AND SENIORS.
The Ribble Film Club meets on the 2nd Monday of every month at the New Inn, Parson
Lane, Clitheroe. Everyone is welcome to attend - meetings start at 7.30pm.
Contact RFC on 01200 426757
About Ribble Film Club
Ribble Film Club
The Film Club was formed in 2000 by a band of dedicated film lovers hoping to preserve the tradition of film and cinema in Clitheroe. We strive to bring a rich mix of art-house, foreign, classic and new films to film fans in Clitheroe and surrounding areas in Lancashire.
Cinema in Clitheroe at the Grand Cinema
35mm films were screened from January 2001 at The Grand Cinema in Clitheroe on a weekly basis through to April 2003, save Summer recesses.
The Film Club was originally formed in conjunction with Trinity Community Partnership and achieved record breaking attendance for a single screening with 'Rabbit Proof Fence' at the Ribble Film Club Australian Film Festival.
The Grand Cinema was then closed for refurbishment and Ribble Film Club had to find alternatives. It decided to seperate from Trinity to allow it to apply for Lottery Funding.
£5,000 was received from "Awards for All" early in 2004 to enable the purchase of everything to show films digitally. In May 2004 monthly screenings commenced at the Ribble Borough Council Chamber thanks to the assistance of the Leader of the Council - Councillor John Hill (an avid film buff). With the closure of The Grand Cinema late in 2004 it was relocated to St. Mary's Centre, Church St, Clitheroe, along with Stage & Screen @ St. Mary's.
Run by enthusiastic volunteers (Bruce 'the Chair' Dowles has even learned how to operate the projector), Ribble Film Club announces this new season of films and we hope to see you all soon.
