Next film up at Wallasey Central Library is something special! We are showing the digitally restored version of Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth. The Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1976 British science fiction drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg and written by Paul Mayersberg, based on Walter Tevis' 1963 novel of the same name, about an extraterrestrial who crash lands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet, which is suffering from a severe drought.The film maintains a strong cult following for its use of surreal imagery and its performances by David Bowie (in his first starring film role), Candy Clark, and Hollywood veteran Rip Torn.
The next film up in the French Season at our regular Tuesday night Film Club is the wonderful La cité des enfants perdus ( The City of Lost Children).
A 1995 French-German-Spanish science fantasy drama film directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Ron Perlman. The film is stylistically related to the previous and subsequent Jeunet films, Delicatessen and Amélie. Tuesday March 29th 2016 Film starts at 6.00pm, Doors open at 5.45pm Refreshments and raffle.
Bit short notice this but here's tonight's Film Night.
Next film up is something special for our British Seaside season - the director's cut of Quadrophenia. A 1979 film, loosely based on the 1973 rock opera of the same name by The Who. The film stars Phil Daniels as Jimmy, a young 1960s London-based Mod who escapes from his dead-end job as a mailroom boy by dancing, partying, taking amphetamines, riding his scooter and brawling with the motorcycle-riding Rockers. After he and his friends participate in a huge brawl with the Rockers at the seaside town of Brighton, he is arrested and his life starts to spiral out of control; he loses his girlfriend (Leslie Ash) and discovers that his idol, the popular mod nicknamed "Ace Face" (Sting) is actually a bell boy at a hotel. Please note that the film has an 18 certificate and has adult themes.
Film Starts at 5.45 (due to 120 mins length) Tuesday 26th April 2016 FREE
This Saturday see the start of our regular Film Club Matinees for the Winter. We will be showing 10 classic British films from the 1950s/1960s.
The first film in the season is Taste of Honey (1961) directed by Tony Richardson. The film is an example of a gritty genre of British film that has come to be called kitchen sink realism.
5th November Doors open 2.15pm Film starts 2.30pm FREE!
Below is a list of the films in the Matinee season:
12/11/2016 A Kind of Loving 1962 19/11/2016 The Third Man 1949 26/11/2016 Kes 1969 3/12/2016 Whisky Galore 1949 10/12/2016 Far From The Madding Crowd 1967 14/1/2017 Billy Liar 1963 21/1/2017 School For Scoundrels 1960 28/1/12017 The Lady Killers 1955 4/2/2017 This Sporting Life 1963[/i][i][i][/i]
Next film in our Tuesday night season is Oh! What A Lovely War (1969). The film summarises and comments on the events of the First World War using popular songs of the time, many of which were parodies of older popular songs, and using allegorical settings such as Brighton's West Pier to criticise the manner in which the eventual victory was won.
Directed by Richard Attenborough with an ensemble cast including Maggie Smith, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson etc
Tuesday 8th November 2016 Doors open 5.45pm Film starts 6.00pm Admission FREE!
Our next Saturday Matinee is the 1962 British drama A Kind Of Loving, directed by John Schlesinger. It stars Alan Bates and June Ritchie as two lovers in 1960s Lancashire. Filming locations included the towns of Preston, Blackburn, Bolton, Salford, Manchester, Radcliffe and St Anne's-on-sea in the north-west of England.
The film belongs to the British New Wave movement in film, and the related genre commonly known as "kitchen sink drama".
