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Spring Season 2015

The Spring 2015 flyer has now been printed and can be found in countless outlets around Nantwich. But if you fail to find one, then you can always download one here –> Spring 2015 Films  

Review: Monsieur Lazhar (Feb 9th at Civic Hall)

Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, is hired to replace an elementary school teacher who died tragically. While the class goes through a long healing process, nobody in the school is aware of Bachir’s painful former life; nor that he is at risk of being deported at any moment. Adapted from Evelyne de la Cheneliere’s play,… Read more »

Review: Calvary – (Jan 12th @ Civic Hall)

Father James is a small-town priest in Ireland whose Sunday confessionals suddenly include a threat to kill him in a week’s time as a matter of principle. Deeply troubled and conflicted about how to respond, Father James tries to go on with his calling through that week. However, that proves impossible as he is confronted… Read more »

Review: The Lunchbox (Dec 15th @ Civic Hall)

Mismatched lunchboxes lead to an unlikely romance in the Indian drama that’s enchanted festival audiences around the globe, winning an audience award at Cannes and a Best Film nomination at the London Film Festival. A lonely Mumbai office worker receives the wrong packed lunch after a mix-up by the city’s famous dabbawala couriers, and is… Read more »

The Two Faces of January (Nov 10th): Review

The Two Faces of January is a gripping and highly watchable film which I would highly recommend. Set in the sixties, it is undeniably “old school” – a twisted tale of murder, treachery and double-dealing, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith, where you half expect Alfred Hitchcock to appear in cameo at some point.Viggo… Read more »

Gloria – Review: Oct 13th 7pm at Nantwich Civic Hall

Gloria is a “woman of a certain age” but still feels young. Though lonely, she makes the best of her situation and fills her nights seeking love at social dance clubs for single adults. Her fragile happiness changes the day she meets Rodolfo. Their intense passion, to which Gloria gives her all, leaves her vacillating… Read more »

Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Sept 8th)

The Grand Budapest Hotel offers a bustling movie getaway most Wes Anderson fans will find irresistible. A wild romp set in a 1930s Eastern European mountain resort, it features a colourful assortment of players and a story within a story within a story that keeps burrowing deeper into its own silly seriousness. The plot unfolds… Read more »

Her – Review (Aug 11th Nantwich Civic Hall)

Set in the Los Angeles of the slight future, Her follows Theodore, a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing touching, personal letters for other people. Heartbroken after the end of a long relationship, he becomes intrigued with a new, advanced operating system, which promises to be an intuitive entity in its own right,… Read more »

Autumn Preview

View a preview of our upcoming season of films by following the link below. Our schedule to November is posted over there in the right hand column –> Nantwich Film Club – Autumn 2014 preview

Wadjda – Review

10-year-old Wadjda, played by Waad Mohammed lives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with her mother, Reem Abdullah; her father, who doesn’t live with them, visits occasionally but it seems likely he’ll take a second wife because he’s under pressure to have a son. Wadjda is a tomboy and a rebel; more than anything else she wants… Read more »