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 2025 |
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| Thursday 15 January 2026 (re-arranged from our AGM last Sept.) 7pm for 7:30pm The Penguin Lessons (2024, rating 12A) Steve Coogan | Jonathan Pryce | Bruno Blas Peter Cattaneo directs a top class cast through the unlikely, but you’ll soon agree, perfectly credible, story of Tom Michell, a disheartened, somewhat ineffective English teacher who moves to a new job in Argentina. It’s 1976 and Argentina is a dangerous political mix. Amidst the challenges of the political climate Michell is adopted by a penguin who becomes instrumental in shaping his future. Warning: bring a tissue (111 mins. / 1 hr 51 mins) |
| Thursday 29th January 2026 7pm for 7:30pm The Salt Path (2024, rating 12A) Jason Isaacs | Gillian Anderson | James Lance Nominated at the Miami Film Festival, this film, directed by Marianne Elliott, is based on the book by Raynor Winn, who was also one of the writers of the film. It tracks Raynor and her husband’s journey from losing their home and then finding that her husband has a terminal illness. It leads them to embark upon a trek along a coastal path, where they meet their personal and physical challenges head on. Filmed in part in Ilfracombe in Devon, the plot moves between moments of tearful despair to times of uplifting joy and courage, all set against the breathtaking scenery of the south coast. An inspiration. (115 mins. / 1 hr 55 mins) |
| Thursday 26th February 2026 7pm for 7:30pm The Sting (1973, rating A) Paul Newman | Robert Redford | Robert Shaw Screened as a tribute to the late Robert Redford, director George Roy Hill’s second highly successful pairing of Redford with Paul Newman (the first being Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) hit the jackpot, bagging seven Oscars, with this classic crowd-pleaser set in mid-1930’s Chicago where a ruthless mob boss (a menacing performance by Robert Shaw) is resoundingly fleeced by our two heroes in an elaborate con game. The film is made even more memorable by Mavin Hamlisch’s inspired reworking of Scott Jopling’s music. Here are all the good old-fashioned film virtues standing up to the test of storytelling in a movie that is constantly whetting your curiosity to know — “What happens next?”. – Alexander Walker, London Evening Standard. (123 mins. / 2 hrs 3 mins) |
| Thursday 12th March 2026 7pm for 7:30pm The Marching Band (2024) (Re-scheduled screening, from October 2025) Benjamin Lavernhe | Pierre Lottin | Sarah Suco At an all time low, diagnosed with leukaemia and needing a bone marrow donor, musical conductor, Thibaut, has a lucky break – he finds he’s adopted and has a brother. It’s not plain sailing as the two brothers from different backgrounds meet and learn to understand and help each other, but despite the seriousness of the film’s themes, there are laugh out loud lines and comedy moments which roll the plot forward. In all, it’s a hugely enjoyable and uplifting watch. (83 mins. / 1 hr 23 mins) |
| Thursday 26th March 2026 7pm for 7:30pm The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025) Tom Basden | Tim Key | Sian Clifford Director James Griffiths lovely melancholic comedy slyly creeps up on you with its themes of nostalgia, solitude, human connection and how music soundtracks our lives. Estranged folk band duo Herb McGwyer and Nell Mortimer (Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan) are unexpectedly thrown back together for a gig. Unbeknown to them, the audience consists of just one man: Charles Heath (Tim Kay), a wealthy, eccentric, and delightfully quirky recluse, who lives by himself on a remote island off the Welsh coast, who has used his considerable resources to orchestrate a private reunion of his favourite musicians. (99 mins. / 1 hour 39 mins.) |