Monday 13 September – 7.30PM: The Hurt Locker + Q&A Women in film

3 09 2010

Ever re-wired a plug? Now imagine doing it when your life depends on it. Oh, and the plug is buried and booby-trapped and the wires aren’t colour-coded and someone might shoot you at any moment. Now imagine it’s your job to do this every day. Welcome to The Hurt Locker, the story of a bomb-disposal team fighting the Iraq war on the front line and beyond. The first film directed by a woman ever to win an Oscar for Best Picture.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with local female filmmakers.

“Visceral, mesmerising, and emotionally draining. It is shellshock in a bottle.” *****
The Times

“The best and most insightful anti-war film about Iraq.” *****
The Guardian

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Kathryn Bigelow / USA 2009 / 126 min / cert: 15


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Peckham and Nunhead Free Film Festivals

31 08 2010

For the first time, a number of free film events will take place in Peckham and Nunhead, between September 5th and 12th. It will be a great opportunity to see a variety of films (Nosferatu, The Blues Brothers, A Matter of Life and Death, Koyaanisqatsi…) in some unusual venues, including the historic Nunhead Cemetery, the Centre for Wildlife Gardening and the Peckham multi-storey car park roof. A guided walk of SE15′s lost cinemas will also take place on Monday 6 September at 8pm.

Link to the Peckham and Nunhead Free Film Festivals


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New season highlights unveiled

31 07 2010

Kathryn Bigelow directing The Hurt Locker - but where are the trailers?

We are pleased to announce some of the highlights of the 2010-11 programme at the Brockley Jack Film Club. We will also be screening more short films and inviting local film-makers and experts to come and talk about their work.

You can become a member for only £20. Membership fees help to pay for the licences and insurance costs and ensure that the film club survives and thrives. Apart from a warm glow, members get many benefits:

  • discounted tickets – only £3
  • one free ticket for any of the film club screenings
  • participation in the film selection
  • advance notice of all screenings

The application form can be downloaded here. Thank you for supporting your local cinema!

Now you concentrate on having a good summer, knowing that it’s going to be a great autumn and winter with all these delights coming to the Brockley Jack Film Club…


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Sunday 25 July 2010 – 7.30PM: Whisky + free film quiz

19 07 2010

In this touching and deadpan comedy coming all the way from Uruguay, a businessman who owns an antiquated sock factory convinces a difficult employee to pose as his wife to impress a visiting long-lost brother. The brother then invites the couple on a seaside trip, which leads tostring of uncomfortable and comical events… Made on a shoestring, the film won the Fipresci (International Film Critics) and Prix Original Regard Awards in Cannes.
Trailer

“A deliciously funny, beautifully acted, bone-dry comedy.”
Time Out

The screening will be preceded by the screening of the award-winning short film Green Pages by Sasha Damjanovski (download the director’s statement here) and our very own free film quiz with some goodies to be won! Plus, enjoy a free glass of wine on us! With the support of the Brockley Jack Pub, Jay’s Budgens and Soda Pictures.

Juan Pablo Rebella; Pablo Stoll / Argentina 2005 /95 min / cert: 15


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Monday 28 June – 7.30PM: Still Life & introduction by Su-Anne Yeo

15 06 2010

A miner, Han, is looking for the wife he has paid for. A nurse, Shen, is looking for her missing husband. They return to a Chinese city which is being drowned for the sake of the Three Gorges dam project. Filmed on location while the annihilation of the ancient city of Fengjie was really happening, this Venice Film Festival winner uses the displacement of a million people as the backdrop to a moving personal story of two individuals who simply refuse to be passive victims. Trailer

The screening will be introduced by Su-Anne Yeo. A PhD student at Goldsmiths, Su-Anne has taught World Cinema and Chinese Cinemas at Goldsmiths, Royal Holloway, and Simon Fraser University. An advocate of political film and art film, she has a particular interest in the work of Jia Zhangke, Fruit Chan  and the films of the Chinese Urban Generation. She is currently researching the emergence of transnational networks of independent film and video in Canada and East Asia, particularly Hong Kong.

“Beautifully observed… a fascinating, understated masterpiece.”
The Times

Jia Zhangke / China 2006 /107 min / Mandarin with subtitles / cert: 15


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Brockley Max 2010

25 05 2010

As part of the Brockley Max Festival, the film club will hold a free screening of Michael Whyte’s critically acclaimed documentary No Greater Love on Thursday 3 June at 7.30pm. The film offers a unique insight into the closed world of an urban monastery in Notting Hill, where the modern world’s materialism is rejected and where the nuns lead a life dedicated to prayer and contemplation. On this occasion, no bookings are taken and tickets are  allocated on a first come basis thirty minutes before event begins (7.30PM). With the kind support of Soda Pictures whose DVDs are available here.

On Friday 4 June from 8pm in Hilly Fields, our colleague and short film aficionado Declan will present Brockleywood Nights:

Always innovators of the fresh, the new and unexpected, Brockley Max brings you our take on the drive-in movie, as we host an outdoor evening of contemporary dance, short films and a set by a VJ to round the night off amongst the stones of Hilly Fields. All this, plus a bar and food. Note: this event is weather-dependent.

On Saturday 5 June from midday, why not come and find us at our stall on Hilly Fields? There will be a special Brockley Max film quiz with a free annual membership to be won, plus other goodies!

The Brockley Jack Theatre will also hold a number of other fun events, including a samba workshop, a Congolese masterclass and a dance production.

Brockley Max 2010 website


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Monday 24 May – 7.30PM: Thank You For Smoking

13 05 2010

How many people would you kill just to pay your mortgage? Nick Naylor admits cheerfully that he killed half a million last year in his role as PR guru for Big Tobacco, yet even cancer victims find themselves liking him.  But will he change his amoral ways when his own son comes to watch him at work? This sharply scripted tale about American corporations, politicians and media is one of the funniest and most intelligent satires of the millennium so far.

“Quite brilliant, dangerously clever, exhilaratingly witty.”
The Telegraph

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Jason Reitman / USA 2005 / 88 min / cert: 15


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Sunday 18 April – 7.30PM: La Zona

1 04 2010

La ZonaLa Zona is an intelligent thriller about what happens when a security-obsessed gated neighbourhood is penetrated by a trio of robbers from the surrounding shanty town.  Tense and loaded with atmosphere it follows a community fed up with a corrupt police force and intent on taking the law into their own hands.   Winner of a number of awards, it joins a growing number of thought-provoking films to come out of Mexico.

“A smart movie… exciting and often shocking…”
The Guardian

Rodrigo Plá / Mexico 2007 / 97 min /Spanish with subtitles / cert: 15


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Monday 22 March – 7.30PM: The White Ribbon

24 02 2010

The White Ribbon

In a village in northern Germany, on the eve of the first world war, the children and their families experience a series of bizarre incidents that inexplicably assume the characteristics of a punishment ritual. Who could be responsible for such bizarre transgressions? Michael Haneke (Hidden, Code Unknown, The Piano Teacher) brings us an intriguing and highly cinematic film, a look at the roots of indoctrination, “a complete work of cinema, at once engaging and ingenious” (Little White Lies). Winner of the Cannes Palme d’Or last year and shortlisted for the 2010 Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography.

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“A creepy masterwork of immense subtlety.”
Sight & Sound

Michael Haneke / Germany 2009 / 143 min TBC / German with subtitles / cert: 15


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Monday 8 February 2010 – 7.30PM: Soul Power

19 01 2010

While the eyes of the world were on the Rumble in the Jungle, the ears of the world were on Zaire ’74, a legendary music festival to accompany the epic boxing match between Mohammed Ali and George Foreman. Using spectacular archive footage, this exhilarating documentary conveys all the colours, styles and sounds of a bygone age. People who lived through the 1970s won’t forget it; people who didn’t, won’t believe it. Roll up, roll up, come see the flamboyant costumes, extreme personalities, and melodramatic performances. And that’s just offstage. Onstage we see and hear music legends at the peak of their talent  -  including James Brown, B.B. King, Miriam Makeba, Manu Dibango, Bill Withers and many more -  all giving the performances of their lives to a mammoth Zairian audience. Soul Power packs a bigger punch than Ali or Foreman. This was one of the definitive music events of the 20th Century. Luckily, someone filmed it.

“Riveting… a stunningly photographed, soul-stirring celebration.” The Times

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Jeffrey Levy-Hinte / USA 2008 / 92 min / cert: 12


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