Rusthall Community Cinema
Films we all choose, watch, then discuss. A charitable entertainment hub run by volunteers.
Come to the general meeting at 7:30pm on Friday 23rd August where next season's film choice will be discussed. All welcome.
Sadly, the little house on Cherry Tree Lane and the grown-up siblings, Michael and Jane Banks, are facing hard times, during the worldwide 1930s Great Slump. However--against the backdrop of a terrible tragedy and imminent foreclosure--once more, the beloved and nearly perfect nanny, Mary Poppins, descends from the skies to lend a hand. Along with the cheerfully resourceful lamplighter, Jack, the Banks are about to embark on a magical adventure--and what is more exciting--they will even get to find happiness again. Is there anything that a dash of optimism can't cure?
FREE entrance to all. Doors open 2.30pm
Date: 2:30pm Saturday 24th August 2019
Director: Rob Marshall
Certificate: U
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Cast: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw
Award: BAFTA Best Production Design
In Paris, the aristocratic and intellectual Philippe is a quadriplegic millionaire who is interviewing candidates for the position of his carer, with his red-haired secretary Magalie. Out of the blue, Driss cuts the line of candidates and brings a document from the Social Security and asks Phillipe to sign it to prove that he is seeking a job position so he can receive his unemployment benefit. Philippe challenges Driss, offering him a trial period of one month to gain experience helping him. Then Driss can decide whether he would like to stay with him or not. Driss accepts the challenge and moves to the mansion, changing the boring life of Phillipe and his employees.
1927: Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are the darlings of the silent silver screen. Offscreen, Don, aided by his happy-go-lucky friend and piano accompanist, Cosmo Brown, has to dodge Lina's romantic overtures, especially when he falls for chorus girl Kathy Selden. With the advent of sound in motion pictures, it is decided to turn Don and Lina's new film into a "talkie" and a musical at that. The only problem is Lina's voice, which mere words cannot describe. Thus, Kathy is brought on to dub her speaking and singing voice in secret, and Don's on top of the world. But then Lina finds out...
FREE entrance to all. Doors open 2pm
Date: 2pm Sunday 25th August 2019
Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Certificate: U
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Cast: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds
Awards: Golden Globe - Best Actor
Note: This will be a 'dementia friendly' screening as defined at
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/blog/what-makes-dementia-friendly-cinema
In between visits to Tiffany's, New York City's dazzling jewelry store, and the Sing-Sing prison for mobster Sally Tomato's weekly "weather report", Holly Golightly, Manhattan's elegant socialite, becomes infatuated with her new charming neighbor, Paul Varjak. On the other hand, Paul, a writer in a creative rut who allows himself being kept by a wealthy female benefactor, will soon let himself drawn into Holly's superficial world, not because he reminds her of her brother, but because, little by little, he succumbs to Holly's beguiling allure. Obviously, the two reluctant lovers have both a past that they keep at bay, nevertheless, will Paul and Holly share a future together after all?
Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne's ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Sarah takes Abigail under her wing and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become quite time consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps into the breach to fill in as the Queen's companion. Their burgeoning friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her ambitions and she will not let woman, man, politics or rabbit stand in her way.
Attired in urban cowboy garb, Joe Buck is a naive Texas hayseed newly arrived in New York City to make it big as a gigolo, solely to his preferred clientèle of rich, attractive women. His belief in his appeal to the female persuasion has been reinforced his entire life by every female he has ever encountered: family, friends, and lovers past and present. But life in New York City disappoints: he's out-hustled by most of the people he meets, and he lacks the fortitude to hustle them right back to get what was originally due to him. With nowhere to turn, he eventually befriends one of those hustlers: Enrico Salvatore Rizzo, a sickly man with a gimp leg. Some call him Rizzo, a nickname he dislikes. Joe ends up squatting with Ratso in a room he has found in a condemned, thus otherwise-empty building. As they lean on each other for support, they work together for their mutual benefit and survival. But as Ratso's health deteriorates over the winter, Joe changes his focus to achieving Ratso's dream of moving to Miami.
Date: 2pm Sunday 29th September 2019
Director: John Schlesinger
Certificate: 18
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles
Awards: Won 3 Oscars in 1970
Come to the first film of the new RCC season on Saturday 5th October
A young British clerk in a gloomy North Country undertaker's office, Billy (Sir Tom Courtenay) is bombarded daily by the propaganda of the media that all things are for the asking. This transparently false doctrine, coupled with the humdrum job and his wild imagination, leads him on frequent flights to "Ambrosia", a mythical kingdom where he is crowned King, General, lover, or any idealized hero the real situation of the moment makes him desire. His vacillating commitment and post-adolescent immaturity have created situations which make Ambrosia all the more attractive. He's succeeded in becoming engaged to two different girls, simultaneously, while in love with a third, Liz (Julie Christie). He's in hot water with his employer, having spent a rather large sum of postage money on his personal frivolities. And last, but not least, his dream of becoming a highly-paid, famous scriptwriter in London seems to be doomed to failure. The only person in his life capable of bringing him down to Earth is Liz, and she's having a difficult time of it. Finally, he gets his life sufficiently in order to leave for London with his true love. Billy still hasn't come to grips with the real world by the end of this movie. He leaves the train to buy milk from a vending machine and watches the train slowly pull out for London with Liz aboard. He returns to the more comfortable shelter of his parents home, Ambrosia, and his imagination.
Date: 2pm Sunday 27th October 2019
Director: John Schlesinger
Certificate: PG
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles
Awards: Nominated for 6 BAFTAs
Director Guido Anselmi's working on his latest film; part science fiction, part commentary on Catholicism, but primarily, autobiography. Despite Guido declaring this movie should be an easy one to make, he's having problems with his artistic vision. Specifically, he doesn't want to tell a lie on screen. From the stresses - both professional and personal - he's checked himself into a spa to help relax. As he works through these problems, he reminisces about his childhood and fantasises how he sees things playing out or how he hopes they'll play out.
Date: 2pm Sunday 24th November 2019
Director: Federico Fellini
Certificate: 15
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 2 hrs 18 mins
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale
Awards: Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
In the inspired Olivier concept, Shakespeare's play begins as a performance in the Globe Theatre, shifting in broad cinematic terms to an epic narrative of Henry V, who had developed from a dissolute youth to a purposeful monarch. Proving his ability as a soldier and skillful leader, he unites the dissident factions in the English army and goes on to crush the French, against enormous odds, at Agincourt. Arranging a treaty with the French court, he woos Princess Katharine to whom he is formally betrothed as part of the peace agreement.
Date: 2pm Sunday 22nd December 2019
Director: Laurence Olivier
Certificate: U
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Runtime: 2 hrs 17 mins
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks
The hopeless Monsieur Hulot once again finds himself affecting people's lives without realizing what he has done. Hulot has taken his young nephew under his wing allowing him to play with other children. The boy's parents live in a ultra-modern house where the boy's overly pretentious mother will barely let him breathe. Concerned that he may be a bad influence on the boy, Hulot's sister and brother-in-law devise a plan to keep him occupied. Their attempt to introduce him to other people at their garden party doesn't work out as planned - with hilarious results for everyone concerned.
Date: 2pm Sunday 19th January 2020
Director: Jacques Tati
Certificate: U
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Cast: Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie
When Grand Duke Charles, the Prince Regent of Carpathia, a fictitious Balkan country which could start a European war by switching alliances, visits London for the coronation of the new British King in 1911, and spends his one evening off at the Coconut Girl Club, the reputed stickler for protocol is so charmed by a clumsy American understudy that he orders his British attaché to invite her to the embassy for a private supper. Being overlooked and understanding German, she learns of the repressive attitude of the Regent and the plans of his reformist, pro-German minor son, King Nicholas, to take over power by surprise, but doesn't dodge and tries to reconcile father and son. The Queen Dowager decides to make her lady-in-waiting for the coronation day, so she stays in the picture to everyone else's surprise.
Date: 2pm Sunday 16th February 2020
Director: Laurence Olivier
Certificate: PG
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Richard Wattis
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