Wednesday 10th April 2024 (FREE Vintage Matinee)

THE MALTESE FALCON

In this film-noir classic, hard-boiled San Francisco private eye Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) is a man with questionable morals but unquestionably good at what he does. One day, Spade is approached by Miss Wonderly (Mary Astor), a woman who offers him considerable money in exchange for the protection of her safety from a man named Floyd Thursby. What follows is a series of murders, corruption and uncertainty all tied up in a classic web of mystery and deceit and leading to one particular MacGuffin: a prized Maltese falcon statuette.

• DATE: Wednesday 10 April 2024
• GENRE: Crime| Film Noir|Mystery
• YEAR: 1941
• CERTIFICATE: PG
• DURATION: 1hr 40m
• LANGUAGE: English
• DOORS OPEN: 1.00pm
• PROGRAMME BEGINS: 1.30pm
• ADMISSION: FREE

REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE

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Friday 22nd April, 2024

Please note that  ‘ONE LIFE’ replaces the previously scheduled film ‘THE DIG’ due to difficulty obtaining a licence. We apologise for this change in the programme and there should be no other changes this year.

ONE LIFE

The true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton (Anthony Hopkins & Johnny Flynn), a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued 669 predominantly Jewish children from the Nazis. Nicky visited Prague in December 1938 and found families who had fled the rise of the Nazis in Germany and Austria, living in desperate conditions with little or no shelter and food, and under threat of Nazi invasion. He immediately realized it was a race against time. How many children could he and the team rescue before the borders closed? Fifty years later, it’s 1988 and Nicky lives haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety in England; always blaming himself for not doing more. It’s not until a live BBC television show, ‘That’s Life’, surprises him by introducing him to some surviving children – now adults – that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he had carried for five decades.

• DATE: Friday 26 April 2024
• GENRE: Biography|Drama|History
• YEAR: 2023
• CERTIFICATE: 12A
• DURATION: 1hr 49m
• LANGUAGE: English
• DOORS OPEN: 7.00pm
• PROGRAMME BEGINS: 7.30pm
• ADMISSION: £5.00

BAR AND REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE

PLEASE NOTE: Only members need to reserve tickets by emailing
lildfc@btinternet.com or me.stephen@yahoo.co.uk

Every March, we try to screen films with a Welsh connection and this year our first film was produced and directed entirely in Wales, whilst the second was produced and directed in Sweden by Dylan Williams from Denbighshire.

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Wednesday 13th March 2024 (FREE Vintage Matinee)

BRIAN AND CHARLES

Brian (David Earl) is a lonely inventor in rural Wales who spends his days building quirky, unconventional contraptions that seldom work. Undeterred by his lack of success, he soon attempts his biggest project yet. Using a washing machine and various spare parts, he invents Charles (Chris Hayward), an artificial intelligence robot that learns English from a dictionary and has an obsession with cabbages.

Brian and Charles was filmed around Cwm Penmachno and Llyn Gwynant during the pandemic. 

At the Sundance Film Festival in London 2022, the film won the Audience Favourite award. 

• DATE: Wednesday 13 March 2024
• GENRE: Comedy|Drama|Sci-Fi
• YEAR: 2022
• CERTIFICATE: PG
• DURATION: 1hr 30m
• LANGUAGE: English
• DOORS OPEN: 1.00pm
• PROGRAMME BEGINS: 1.30pm
• ADMISSION: FREE

REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE

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Friday 22nd March, 2024

MEN WHO SWIM

A group of middle-aged men from all walks of life find escape by forming Sweden’s only all-male synchronised swimming team. What begins as escapism ends up with the group finding unlikely success. 

Produced and directed by Dylan Williams whose family live in the Denbigh area.

• DATE: Friday 22 March 2024
• GENRE: Documentary
• YEAR: 2010
• CERTIFICATE: PG
• DURATION: 1hr 11m
• LANGUAGE: English and Swedish
• DOORS OPEN: 7.00pm
• PROGRAMME BEGINS: 7.30pm
• ADMISSION: £5.00

BAR AND REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE

PLEASE NOTE: Only members need to reserve tickets by emailing
lildfc@btinternet.com or me.stephen@yahoo.co.uk

Wednesday 10th January 2024 (FREE Vintage Matinee)

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

Mayhem ensues when the Marx brothers enter the world of opera. Otis B. Driftwood (Groucho Marx) is helping Mrs. Claypool (Margaret Dumont) enter society and gets her to make a major donation to an opera company. The opera company’s managing director, Herman Gottlieb (Sig Ruman) signs a leading tenor, Rodolfo Lasspari (Walter King), to sing in New York, and he, in turn convinces his current co-star, Rosa Castaldi (Kitty Carlisle) to come with him. But Rosa’s in love with Ricardo Barrone (Alan Jones), also a tenor but unknown – and only a member of the chorus. Ricardo and his manager stow away aboard the ship carrying everyone to New York. When none of their plans work out, they ensure that the opera company’s presentation of Il Trovatore is one the audience will never forget.

• DATE: Wednesday 10 January 2024
• GENRE: Comedy|Musical
• YEAR: 1935
• CERTIFICATE: U
• DURATION: 1hr 36m
• LANGUAGE: English
• DOORS OPEN: 1.00pm
• PROGRAMME BEGINS: 1.30pm
• ADMISSION: FREE

REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE

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Friday 26th January, 2024

AMAZING GRACE

In 1797, William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd), the great crusader for the British abolition of slavery, is taking a vacation for his health while he is sicker at heart for his frustrated cause. However, meeting the charming Barbara Spooner (Romola Garai), Wilberforce finds a soulmate to share the story of his struggle. With few allies such as his mentor, John Newton (Albert Finney), a slave ship Captain turned repentant Priest who penned the hymn, “Amazing Grace”, future Prime Minister William Pitt (Benedict Cumberbatch), and Olaudah Equiano (Youssou N’Dour), the erudite former slave turned author, Wilberforce fruitlessly fights public indifference and moneyed opposition determined to keep their exploitation safe. Nevertheless, Wilberforce finds the inspiration in newfound love to rejuvenate the fight with new ideas that would lead to a great victory for social justice.

• DATE: Friday 26 January 2024
• GENRE: Biography|Drama|History
• YEAR: 2006
• CERTIFICATE: PG
• DURATION: 1hr 58m
• LANGUAGE: English
• DOORS OPEN: 7.00pm
• PROGRAMME BEGINS: 7.30pm
• ADMISSION: £5.00

BAR AND REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE

PLEASE NOTE: Only members need to reserve tickets by emailing
lildfc@btinternet.com or me.stephen@yahoo.co.uk

The high demand for tickets to Mrs Harris Goes to Paris meant we had to turn away a significant number of people, including many members who were unable to get in.

We’ve discussed this and considered ways we could avoid this happening in future. The theatre only has 118 seats so we can’t guarantee that no-one will be disappointed again, but we hope these measures will help alleviate future disappointment.

We’ve decided the following:

• Membership will be limited to 70. Members effectively pay half price and so we need the additional income from non members to allow us to continue. That income is what allows us to pay the licence fees for each film, theatre hire, refreshments and the purchase and maintenance of equipment.
• Because so many members were unable to gain entry to the first showing of Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, we’ve decided that advance booking will be limited to members only.
• If you’ve booked seats you MUST attend by 7.15 to collect your tickets.
• If you haven’t arrived by 7.15, your tickets will be made available to non members and there will be no exceptions to the rule. If you arrive late and there are no non members, however, then you’ll still be able to collect your tickets.

We hope that everyone appreciates that the decision we’ve made is to try to avoid a repeat of what happened at Mrs Harris Goes to Paris and so ensure everyone continues to turn up and enjoy their evening out.

Denbigh Film Club Committee, March 2023.