We’re not here for the next two Thursdays (17th and 24th) so once again we’ve finagled additional screenings to prevent anyone getting withdrawal symptoms. This week we’re screening The Goldman Case on Wednesday evening at 7pm, along with our regular Friday and Saturday evening slots (Leeand Harder Than The Rock respectively). Same great films, same giant screen, just on a different day. On with the show…
Here is this week’s timetable. The bar will be open at 6pm for the 7pm screenings.
The Goldman Case
Wednesday 16th October at 7pm
The Goldman Case is a compelling French courtroom docudrama that tells the true story of the second trial in 1976 of Pierre Goldman, accused of robberies that resulted in two deaths. Convicted in 1974, inconsistencies in the investigation led to his retrial. Directed by Cedric Kahn in a pseudo-documentary style drawing on all the available sources, the film received numerous award nominations worldwide, with Arieh Worthalter’s portrayal of Goldman winning Best Actor at Caesar, Lumiere, Magritte and Paris Film Critics award ceremonies, plus a 97% Rotten Tomatoes rating. Showing with English subtitles.
Lee
Friday 18th October at 7pm
Also a biographical drama, but in a very different style, Lee stars Kate Winslet as WWII journalist Lee Miller in the directorial debut of Ellen Kuras. Very much Winslet’s own project and taking eight years to make due to precarious funding, the film tells the story of Miller’s flight from Nazi Germany and subsequent career as a photographer for British Vogue, bringing the horrors of the war to a predominantly female readership that tended not be exposed to such things. On a side note, the film also features the welcome return (long after Cuckoo) to British shores of Brooklyn Nine Nine’s Andy Samberg in a serious role – surely worth a viewing in itself.
Harder Than The Rock
Saturday 19th October at 7pm
We did promise to urge, exhort and cajole you to come and see Mark Warmington’s great documentary Harder Than The Rock. Not a challenge issued to Dwayne Johnson, but the story of Cimarons, one of the first UK reggae bands. Before Steel Pulse, Matumbi and Aswad, Cimarons connected young Black Londoners with their Jamaican roots and gave birth to a new concept: multiculturalism, the idea that being British-born and of Caribbean origin carried equal value. In this superb film, the surviving members set out to perform live on stage one more time.
Up next week:
Sing Sing, Kneecap, Lee (Sunday matinee)
Coming Soon:
"Frying tonight!", "Do you mind if I smoke?", "See this ear? What, that there?" If you’re familiar with these quotes – and who isn’t – then you’ll know what’s brewing in the witch’s cauldron to celebrate Halloween. Who needs John Carpenter when you have Harry H Corbett, Fenella Fielding, Kenneth Williams and a bucketful of carry-on regulars in Carry On Screaming, also showing as our Cult Classic for this month. No.6’s favourite is manic Method Man Bernard Breslaw bridging the gap between Brando and De Niro as the ‘sinister’ butler Sockett. That’s Thursday 31st October, naturally – if you don’t come, we’ll send Oddbod after you.
