Spring Season 2015
16th April - 27th June 2015
The summer season will begin on Friday 24th July and will run until Saturday 29th August. Films will be shown on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings always at 7pm for a 7.15pm start. The film list will not go live on the website until Wednesday 22nd July to give current members a chance to book first. Booking will commence on Monday 20th July but a postal application can be sent at anytime and will be dealt with on the afternoon of the 20th in the order we receive applications. If you would like to obtain a summer season film list please send a cheque for three pounds to cover a summer season membership, made payable to "Southwold Film Society" to 1 Barnaby Green, Southwold, Suffolk. IP18 6AP. Also enclose a SAE for us to return your membership card and film list. Thank you
The Hard Problem - National Theatre Live
Thursday, 16 April, 2015
NIcholas Hytner's last NT production with this new play by Tom Stoppard. All tickets for this performance are £10 and are available to non members.
Running Time:
240 minutes
Year of Release:
Not Applicable
Rated:
Not Applicable
Season Complete
To Kill A Mockingbird
Friday, 1 May, 2015
From the Harper Lee novel, Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, a lawyer defending a black man in the deep South during the Depression. With Robert Duvall. Top rate drama.
Running Time:
129 minutes
Year of Release:
1962
Rated:
PG
Season Complete
Interstellar
Saturday, 2 May, 2015
Christopher Nolan's epic and spectacular sic-fi movie in which a group of space explorers seek a new planet to save mankind. With Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Michael Caine. Won the Oscar for Achievement in Visual Effects.
Running Time:
119 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
12A
Season Complete
Undertaking Betty
Friday, 8 May, 2015
Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Christopher Walken and Lee Evans in a funny Welsh story featuring undertakers. Not for the recently bereaved!
Running Time:
94 minutes
Year of Release:
2002
Rated:
12A
Season Complete
Attila Marcel
Saturday, 9 May, 2015
From Sylvain Chomet (Belleville Rendezvous), a strange but delightful film featuring a talented pianist unable to speak following a childhood trauma. Features some great music and an interesting jib door. French with subtitles.
Running Time:
102 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
12
Season Complete
Man and Superman: National Theatre Live
Thursday, 14 May, 2015
Ralph Fiennes in the Bernard Shaw classic. All tickets £10. Doors open at 6.45pm
Running Time:
minutes
Year of Release:
Rated:
N/A
Season Complete
Birdman
Friday, 15 May, 2015
(Or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)- Michael Keaton as a washed up actor who once played a superhero but is now trying to restore his life via a Broadway show. Winner of several Oscars including Best Picture
Running Time:
119 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
15
Season Complete
National Gallery
Saturday, 16 May, 2015
Ace documentary film-maker Frederick Wiseman's excellent film about this incredible institution that we all take for granted.
Running Time:
180 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
12A
Season Complete
The Theory of Everything
Friday, 22 May, 2015
True story featuring the early life of Stephen Hawking struggling with the mysteries of the universe and the problems of his own impending disability. With Oscar winning Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones.
Running Time:
123 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
12A
Season Complete
Paddington
Saturday, 23 May, 2015
A young peruvian bear, fond of all things British, arrives at Paddington station where he is fortunate to meet the Browns. With Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters and Michael Gambon.
Running Time:
95 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
PG
Season Complete
Babes in Arms
Friday, 29 May, 2015
Busby Berkeley directs Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as two talented young artists trying to make their way in show business. Includes "Good Morning', "You are my lucky star" and 'Broadway rhythm". B/W
Running Time:
94 minutes
Year of Release:
1939
Rated:
U
Season Complete
Black Sea
Saturday, 30 May, 2015
A group of adventurers plot to recover a wartime Nazi U boat rumoured to be loaded with gold. Tense thriller with Jude Law and David Threlfall.
Running Time:
114 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
15
Season Complete
Home at Seven
Friday, 5 June, 2015
Great British fare with Ralph Richardson, Jack Hawkins and Margaret Leighton in this brilliantly acted, gripping R.C.Sherriff story also directed by Richardson. B/W
Running Time:
82 minutes
Year of Release:
1952
Rated:
U
Season Complete
Testament of Youth
Saturday, 6 June, 2015
Based on the autobiography of Vera Brittain, a coming of age story set during WW1. The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is featured!
Running Time:
129 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
12A
Season Complete
Downhill
Friday, 12 June, 2015
Funny British film in which four middle-aged schoolfriends re-unite to tackle the very scenic coast to coast walk from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood Bay in North Yorkshire
Running Time:
98 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
15
Season Complete
Shall we Dance
Saturday, 13 June, 2015
RKO Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical featuring Gershwin gems such as “They all Laughed” and “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”. Sublime dancing as usual. B/W
Running Time:
109 minutes
Year of Release:
1937
Rated:
U
Season Complete
Ida
Friday, 19 June, 2015
Beautiful Polish film feauring a young novitiate nun in the 1960s on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a dark family secret dating back to the days of Nazi occupation. Oscar winner - Best Foreign Language film. Polish with subtitles.
Running Time:
82 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
12A
Season Complete
Boyhood
Saturday, 20 June, 2015
Richard Linklater’s portrayal of the childhood of a boy, Mason, filmed over 8 years with the same cast. With Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette (Best Supporting Actress.)
Running Time:
165 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
15
Season Complete
Northern Soul
Friday, 26 June, 2015
- In 1974, an uplifting musical story of two northern boys inspired by American soul music. With Steve Coogan, Ricky Tomlinson
Running Time:
102 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
15
Season Complete
Selma
Saturday, 27 June, 2015
Fifty years on, a chronicle of Martin Luther King’s historic 1965 march to Selma, Alabama in the cause of equal rights. With David Oyelowo and Tim Roth.