Edinburgh University Film Society

Week 5: Drive

rymh — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:47:17 +0000

Sunday 19th February: Pleasance Theatre, 7:30pm
DRIVE
A Hollywood stunt driver (Ryan Gosling) has a night job of being the wheelman for whatever you need him for gets involved in a situation that is not in his usual gear when he meets his next-door neighbour (Carey Mulligan). One of the best films of 2011 that has Gosling reinventing the Man with No Name character for a new generation is an absolute must-see. Won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival.

Week 5: Film Quiz

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Friday, The Study, Teviot 7:30pm
Come along in teams of 6 to play for some prizes! S’fun!

Week 5: Red Violin

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Thursday 16th February: The Study, Teviot, 7:30pm
RED VIOLIN
When an exquisite violin comes up for auction, an appraiser must determine if it’s the legendary lost Red Violin. Following its 400-year globe-travelling history, we see how intensely music affects people of all cultures. Is the violin cursed, or does its perfection merely bring out the demons of those who play it?

Week 5: Some Like It Hot

rymh — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:44:30 +0000

Tuesday 14th February: The Study, Teviot, 7:30pm
SOME LIKE IT HOT
After witnessing a hit in Chicago, Jerry and Joe flee the city by disguising themselves as Josephine and Daphne, members of an all female band headed for Florida. Their plans go awry when Joe falls for the beautiful Sugar Kane Kowalczyk (Marilyn Monroe) and things get worse when their pursuers arrive to meet the local mobsters.

Week 4: Tree of Life

rymh — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:42:46 +0000

Sunday 12th February: Pleasance Theatre, 7:30pm
TREE OF LIFE
Beautifully made by director legend Terrence Malick, and future great performances by star actors such as Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. Set in the 1950`s suburban US, the film follow the lives of a middle class family trough their joys and their sorrows. That however is only on the surface – at heart this is, as the title suggest, a grand epic about life itself.

Week 4: Millenium Actress

rymh — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:41:27 +0000

Thursday 9th February: The Study, Teviot, 7:30pm
MILLENNIUM ACTRESS
Directed by the late Satoshi Kon, Millennium Actress follows an aged actress recounting her years searching for a lost love she first meets during the Second World War. Spanning the 1,000-year period of the films in her acting career, Millennium Actress pushes the animation medium to produce a film that could not be faithfully recreated with live action.

Week 4: Blazing Saddles

rymh — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:40:39 +0000

Tuesday 7th February: The Study, Teviot, 7:30pm
BLAZING SADDLES
When Rock Ridge discover their new sheriff is a black railroad worker named Bart, the townsfolk are not what you would call welcoming. With only a drunken gun slinger by his side, Bart must convince the hostile townsfolk he is worthy of the job in order to save Rock Ridge from the scheming State Attorney in one of the greatest comedies ever to grace the screen.

Week 3: Life is Beautiful

rymh — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:39:58 +0000

Sunday 5th February: Pleasance Theatre, 7:30pm
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film, Roberto Bernini plays a Jewish Italian who employs the power of optimism and imagination in order to help his family survive their time in a Nazi Concentration Camp. A must-watch heartwarming tearjerker.

Week 3: A Fish Called Wanda

rymh — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:38:49 +0000

Thursday 2nd February: The Study, Teviot, 7:30pm
A FISH CALLED WANDA
Madcap crime comedy with an all star cast including John Cleese and Michael Palin. When two thieves (Jamie Lee Curtis and a superbly unhinged Kevin Kline) are double crossed by their associates, the race is on to recover the loot from their last big job – a fortune in stolen diamonds.

Week 3: The Elephant Man

rymh — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:37:41 +0000

Tuesday 31st January:The Study, Teviot, 7:30pm
ELEPHANT MAN
David Lynch’s “The Elephant Man” follows the story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a man born with severe disfigurements and disabilities who has been forced to perform as a circus act in Victorian London. Rescued by a well-meaning surgeon (Anthony Hopkins), Merrick attempts to escape the cruelty and prejudice that has tormented him is entire life.