September sees the start of Tideswell Cinema’s 2015 /16 season of film – a selection that we hope will entice you along! To kick us off we are showing ‘Pride’, at 7.30pm on TUESDAY 15th (not our usual Thursday). As themes go, this one is certainly original – but it is actually based on an inspirational true story. Gay activists and striking miners come together in the Welsh valleys during the national miners’ strike of 1984, and the result is a film that is great fun as well as very moving. It was nominated for a Golden Globe (2015) in the Best Motion Picture category, and is described as “simply wonderful and a credit to the British Film Industry and all the fine home grown talent on display” (Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton and Dominic West to name just a few), “Truly uplifting”. This, and all our films, will be shown upstairs in The George Inn.
Anyone who would like to be a member of Tideswell Cinema can join for just £25 – and for that see a minimum of eleven films, including our popular January Double Bill, for no extra cost. However all films are open to anyone who would like to come, for a cost of £4.75 (which allows them membership for the evening). For membership details, please email tideswellcinema@gmail.com, or phone Jacqueline on 01298 872993.
Details of the full programme of films will soon be available on our website (www.tideswellcinema.com), but this is what is lined up for your enjoyment: ‘Testament of Youth’ (from Buxton girl Vera Brittain’s autobiography, set around WW1), ‘Boyhood’, ‘Hugo’ (a charming tale for December), ‘Touch of Evil’ (Orson Welles 1958 thriller), ‘Selma’, and two foreign language gems – ‘Spirit of the Beehive’ (Spanish), and topical ‘Le Havre’ about a young African immigrant trying to get to Britain. Our Winter Double Bill, as we ‘shift’ into a new year, is on the theme of shifting time – ‘The Lake House’, and ‘About Time’. For the second year we will have an Oscar Night, featuring one of the nominated films, and hope to squeeze in some extra recently released films towards the end of the season. Each month’s choice will be featured in Village Voice- so look out, and come along. You will be very welcome.