THE EGERTON FILM SOCIETYClick here for forthcoming screenings |
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| Established in 2000 and showing its first film in January 2001, the Egerton Film Society is open to anyone over the age of sixteen. The current ticket price is £6 per film. An annual season ticket is available in January each year covering all 12 films for £60. Screenings are usually held on the last Thursday in the month (except July and August), with occasional special screenings and lectures at other times. A licensed bar is available at each performance. | Our films are shown in the Egerton Millennium Hall using high-quality widescreen Blu-Ray/DVD video projection and Dolby EX 5.1 Surround Sound. Annual Season Ticket holders and members of the public can be admitted to the film screenings, subject to the discretion of the Committee. Programmes are published and circulated to all on the Film Society database twice each year. All who wish to do so receive the e-mail programme and reminders about the current month’s film. Contact pat.parr@sky.com to receive the programmes and reminders. |
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The Society is run in association with the Egerton Computer Centre by a Committee which is elected at the Annual General Meeting, usually held in September. For membership applications enquiries, telephone Richard King on 01233 756592 THE COMMITTEE |
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We always welcome new volunteers, to help with setting up the hall, manning the bar, putting up posters (particularly if you live somewhere other than Egerton) and assisting with clerical and technical duties. Thanks to everyone who helps with this already. Do, please, come along (and volunteer, if you can), for we really do need your help and support for the Egerton Film Society to continue to flourish. We look forward to seeing you. |
| Autumn/Winter Programme 2024 |
| Please note: trailers are provided by third parties, and we have no control over the content (including advertisements) which may be displayed. Click here to download the programme as a pdf file (opens in new tab) |
| Thursday 28th November 2024 7pm for 7:30pm The Intouchables (2011, rating 15) Omar Sy | Olivier Nakache | Philippe Pozzo di Borgo The Intouchables is our foreign language film (English subtitles). It’s a heartwarming and hilarious film from France based on the true story of an aristocrat who finds an unexpectedly exciting carer, played by Omar Sy, of Lupin fame. A story of two very different men on a journey of friendship set against the stunning backdrop of Paris: a wealthy quadri-plegic and a young offender with a zest for life. The film won all but 2 of the 38 awards for which it was nominated. This is a real tonic for the winter evenings. (111 mins. / 1 hr 52 mins) |
| Thursday 12th December 2024 7pm for 7:30pm The Holdovers (2023, rating R) Paul Giamatti | Da’Vine Joy Randolph | Dominic Sessa Mulled wine and mince pies accompany our Christmas film to start your festive celebrations with this funny, witty and wholesome Oscar-winning story. Winner of a further 133 awards, The Holdovers follows the holiday experiences of an unlikely group of students, depleted to one, and their humbug-attitude Classics teacher left at school over Christmas. Set in snowy 1970s New England, the interaction of the grouchy teacher, the last remaining student and the school cook leads us through their—often comic—discovery of who they are and who they can be. (133 mins. / 2 hrs 13 mins) |
| Thursday 30th January 2025 7pm for 7:30pm Anatomy of a Fall (2023, rating 15) Sandra Hüller | Swann Arlaud | Milo Machado-Graner Tipping into the New Year, venture out on 30th January for our final film of the winter season, Anatomy of a Fall, winner of 113 awards, including an Oscar. An intriguing drama set in the snow-covered French Alps. The devilish plot dances round the investigation into the fatal fall of husband and father, Samuel, who is found in the snow below the balcony of his home. His wife, Sandra, is implicated but with the only witnesses, his partially sighted young son and his guide dog, who can tell if Samuel fell or was pushed? A tense court drama follows Sandra’s trial through to the very end, pushing her relationship with her son to the limit. (151 mins. / 2 hrs 31 mins) |
Previous Screenings |
| Thursday 31st October 2024 7pm for 7:30pm Wicked Little Letters (2023, rating 15) Jessie Buckley | Olivia Colman | Timothy Spall Don’t sit at home on Halloween! Join us for the spicy script of Wicked Little Letters. In a 1920s quiet seaside town, Olivia Colman leads a brilliant cast through troubled minds and missives flying around, setting the very proper Edith up against her wild neighbour, Rose. Apparently based on a real story that prompted a national uproar and a trial, the film takes us along with Po-lice Officer Gladys Moss to track down the real writer of the letters. Not what you might expect! (109 mins. / 1 hr 49 mins) Warning: This film (and the trailer linked below) contains a lot of really bad language ! |
| Thursday 17th October 2024 7pm for 7:30pm Egerton in the Movies (Supper Night Special) Featuring films by local film-makers, including Derek Budd, and Egerton’s appearances on TV We’ve got one of our popular special supper nights on 17th October. Enjoy a feast of hot and cold buffet dishes while you reminisce over Egerton’s antics from the last few decades. This evening promises to be a real treat: a trip down memory lane for some and, for the newbies amongst us, a chance to see what the village used to be like. Details of prices and how to order your supper will be circulated before the event. Please note supper starts at 6pm. (115 mins. / 1 hr 55 mins) |
| Thursday 26th September 2024 7pm for 7:30pm One Life (2023, rating 12A) Anthony Hopkins| Lena Oin | Johnny Flynn This acclaimed film, winner of the 2024 Cinema for Peace Award, follows the true story of Nicholas Winton, a London broker who rescued over 600 children from Czechoslovakia, saving them from the Nazis in World War II. Encountering the harsh, and increasingly dire, conditions for mainly Jew-ish families sheltering from the Nazis in Prague, he sets about putting in place a plan to rescue as many of the children as he could. Despite his achievement, he was tortured through the following 50 years by grief and guilt that he had not saved more. Such feelings only start to abate when he meets so many of those he had saved live on television. Remember that episode of That’s Life? (109 mins. / 1 hr 49 mins) This screening will be preceded by our (short) AGM where members of the committee will be elected for the forthcoming year, and reports from the Chair and Treasurer will be presented. |