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It’s the mark of a good film, when it’s so simple you can sum it up in a sentence, and so deep you’re still digging into it hours, even days after the credits roll. That’s Frances Ha. Frances , played by Greta Gerwig, is a 27-year-old New Yorker trying to figure out her place in… Read more »

Argentina’s The Secret in Their Eyes is a complex crime-investigative drama, with strong moral and messages, which emerged as a surprise Oscar winner of the 2009 Best Foreign Language Film.   The protagonist of the increasingly engrossing tale is former Buenos Aires state court criminal investigator Benjamin Esposito (popular Argentinean actor Ricardo Darin). Benjamin is recently… Read more »

In Blue Jasmine – a superb Cate Blanchett displays some of her finest film work to date as Jasmine, a high life-loving New York socialite whose life turns upside down when her wheeler dealer husband (Alec Baldwin) is imprisoned for embezzlement Forced to move in with Ginger, her working-class sister – played by an equally… Read more »

In this magically buoyant and bittersweet film, Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan play a long-married couple who revisit Paris for a long weekend for the first time since their honeymoon, in hopes of rekindling their relationship-or, perhaps, to bring it to an end. Diffident, wistful Nick (Broadbent) and demanding, take-charge Meg (Duncan) career from harmony… Read more »

You can now subscribe to our constantly updated events calendar by clicking here: http://nantwichfilmclub.co.uk/event-calendar.ics The calendar will be added to your smart phone’s schedule so you’ll always know what’s coming up. It’ll also highlight when and where our monthly meetings are, and any ad hoc events we may plan in future. It’ll also be the… Read more »

Oscar winner Tilda Swinton stars in a tragic love story from Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino “I Am Love” is a lush, deeply textured banquet of sights and sounds that it deserves more than a movie review. Carefully composed and framed, gorgeously appointed, superbly choreographed and accompanied by a thrilling musical score. “I Am Love” opens… Read more »

THE WAY, WAY BACK is the funny and poignant coming of age story of 14-year-old Duncan’s (Liam James) summer vacation with his mother, Pam (Toni Collette), her overbearing boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell), and his daughter, Steph (Zoe Levin). Having a rough time fitting in, the introverted Duncan finds an unexpected friend in gregarious Owen (Sam… Read more »

Here’s the trailer for our next feature presentation, The Way Way Back. January 13th at Nantwich Civic Hall. Doors 7pm. Bar service available. Tickets £5 on the door.  

As the story begins, a group of Australian Aboriginal female singers are being mistreated and discriminated against in their home country. At a local competition, the singers are granted no applause while many audience members walk away because of the color of their skin. At the time, discrimination against aborigines in Australia was obvious and… Read more »