Provisional list - We would welcome any film suggestions (positive or negative) to info@occasionalcinema.org.
Director: Bruno Romy, Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon
Country: France: 01.17
Year: 2008 Duration
Guardian quote: “Strictly Jacques Tati is the order of the day for this engaging, gentle and lovable film about a married couple who live for ballroom dancing… Driving home one night from a typical trophy-winning success they encounter a dorky depressive, who is attempting, incompetently, to take his own life. His appearance brings about a catastrophe that causes their lives and relationship to unravel.”
Director: Andy Bichlbaum/Mike Bonanno
Country: France/USA
Year: 2009 Duration: 01:27
Troublemaking duo Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, posing as their industrious alter-egos, expose the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the faces behind the environmental disaster in Bhopal, and other shocking events.
Guardian quote: “Funnier and more useful than Sacha Baron Cohen's Brüno, this guerrilla movie records for posterity the serious satirical work of the poker-faced American pranksters Andy Birnbaum and Mike Bonanno, who set out to expose the lies and misdemeanours of conglomerates.”
Director: Terence Davies
Country: UK
Year: 2009 Duration: 01:14
A love song and a eulogy to the director’s birthplace of Liverpool. It is also a response to memory, reflection and the experience of losing a sense of place as the skyline changes and time takes it toll.
Guardian quote: “a heartfelt and even ecstatic study…brashly emotional and sentimental - sometimes angry, more often hilarious. Nothing has given me more pleasure this year: the sweetness of its temper, the unfashionable seriousness of its design and its mixture of worldliness and innocence make for something sublime. Like Noel Coward, Davies revels in the potency of cheap music.”
Director: Nadine Labaki
Country: Lebanon/France
Year: 2007 Duration: 01:35
A romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women living in Beirut. Layal works in a beauty salon in Beirut along with 3 other women. Layal has a relationship with a married man, Nisrine who is no longer a virgin, will soon be married, Rima is lesbian and Jamal is worried about getting old. Rose, a tailor with a shop next to the salon, is an old lady who devoted her life to take care of her older sister, has found her first love.
Guardian quote: “received a standing ovation at Cannes last year…melancholic, comedic drama…low-key, astute sociological, religious, and gender insights bubbling away behind engrossing interpersonal politics…largely non-professional cast lends an air of authenticity.”
Director: Ari Folman
Country: Israel
Year: 2008 Duration: 01:27
One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. The two men conclude that there's a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari can't remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. He decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world to discover the truth about that time and about himself.
Guardian quote: “extraordinary animated documentary.”
Director: Gianni di Gregorio. Italy. 2008. Duration: 01:25
Gianni has no job or income and still lives in his comfortable family home with his ageing mother who requires a lot of attention and patience. When his friends escape from Rome for some countryside air one mid-summer weekend, he finds himself left behind with his mother and a motley group of elderly ladies. Guardian quote: “a wonderfully patient, delicately observed film; warm, generous, never for a moment sentimental or patronising, never exploiting dottiness and eccentricity.
Director: Lucy Akhurst
Country: UK
Year: 2009 Duration: 01:40
If you enjoy folk dance you must see this film. If you enjoy England you must see this film. If you enjoy laughing you must see this film. This film is a mocumentery in the tradition of This Is SpinalTap, and A Mighty Wind.
We would welcome any suggestions (positive or negative) to info@occasionalcinema.org.
For films at the Blue Sky Cafe in Bangor click here.
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Occasional Cinema is a film society run by volunteers. Films are shown at the Caban, Brynrefail on the second Wednesday of the month and at the Blue Sky Cafe, Bangor on the fourth Wednesday and unless stated otherwise start sometime after 7.30pm.
You must become a member to attend a screening. Membership is available on the door on film nights for a cost of £5 per lifetime: the first film is free, after this film entrance is £3.00. Member's guests may watch a film for £4.
Food is usually available from 6.00pm and a sophisticated
clientele enjoy the wholesome food, reasonable price (about £8.50 for two courses) and
excellent atmosphere. Reservations for a meal are recommended and often
essential (several recent films have been fully booked) - Caban 01286 685500,
Blue Sky 01248 355444. You can't book for the film only, which is on a first
come first served basis.
Details of films are available on the website
www.occasionalcinema.org and we send out regular electronic mailings -
please provide an up-to-date email address to
info@occasionacinema.org.
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