THE THIRD MAN (Carol Reed, 1949) (Magdalen Auditorium, 7:30pm Monday 5th Mar)
It is post-war Vienna, and Harry Lime is dead. This is what confron... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Saturday 3rd March @ 9:27pm
CHILDREN OF MEN (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006) (Magdalen Auditorium, 7:30pm Sunday 4th Mar)
Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men deftly updates the 1992 PD J... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Saturday 3rd March @ 9:25pm
Monday Week 7, 26 February 2007, 7:30pm + 9:15pm
"If it was a drink, it would be pink champagne" ~ Le Monde
Get rid of winter blues with this hila... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Saturday 24th February @ 8:49pm
Guided by the omnipresent theme of the spiral, Vertigo is one of film history's most splendidly coherent artistic achievements. Hitchcock is in top t... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Saturday 24th February @ 8:36pm
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Isao Takahata, 1988) (Magdalen Auditorium, 7:30pm Monday 19th Feb)
In contrast to the jovial and fantastical nature of How... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Saturday 17th February @ 3:17pm
THE GREAT DICTATOR (Charles Chaplin, 1940) (Magdalen Auditorium, 7:30pm Sunday 18th Feb)
Chaplin's first all-talking and the USA's first film prep... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Saturday 17th February @ 3:13pm
SYRIANA (Steven Gaghan, 2005) (Magdalen Auditorium, 7:30pm Sunday 11th Feb)
Syriana was the less well-known of two acclaimed political thrillers s... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Saturday 10th February @ 12:52pm
GOODBYE LENIN (Wolfgang Becker, 2003) (Magdalen Auditorium, 7:00pm Monday 12th Feb)
Die Deutsche Demokratische Republik lebt weiter -- auf 79 qm!... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Saturday 10th February @ 12:52pm
ROSEMARY'S BABY (Roman Polanski, 1968) (Magdalen Auditorium, 7:30pm Monday 5th Feb)
A supremely intelligent and convincing adaptation of Ira Levin... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Sunday 4th February @ 8:03pm
HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (Woody Allen, 1986) (Magdalen Auditorium, 7:30pm Monday 29th Jan)
Allen's previous three films (Zelig, Broadway Danny Rose,... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Sunday 28th January @ 5:14pm
I've chosen two films that I feel are unjustly neglected – they're both early films by directors who went on to fame, both feature ghostly landscape... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Sunday 14th January @ 6:05pm
V FOR VENDETTA (James McTeigue, 2005) (Magdalen Auditorium, 7:00pm Monday 27th Nov)
V for Vendetta is loosely based on the eponymous comic book ser... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Monday 27th November @ 11:39am
Primer (Shane Carruth, 2004)(Magdalen Auditorium, 7:30pm Monday 20th Nov)
La Jetée/Sans Soleil (Chris Marker, 1962/1983) (Magdalen Auditorium, 8:... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Sunday 19th November @ 2:37pm
Free Wine Social Pub/Film Night: ABRE LOS OJOS (Open your Eyes) (Alejandro Amenábar, 1997) (Magdalen Auditorium, 7:30pm Sunday 19th Nov)
Just a q... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Sunday 19th November @ 2:35pm
NIKITA (Luc Besson, 1990) (Magdalen Auditorium, 7:30pm Monday 13th Nov)
In Nikita, Anne Parillaud plays a young punk who is declared dead and face... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Saturday 11th November @ 6:08pm
Social Pub/Film Night: OLDBOY (Chan-wook Park, 2003) (Magdalen Auditorium, 7:30pm Sunday 12th Nov)
A little while in coming but our social film ni... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Saturday 11th November @ 6:05pm
SHOW ME LOVE (Fucking Åmål) (Lukas Moodysson, 1998) 7:30pm
Lukas Moodysson's debut film, "Show Me Love", combines the light-hearted spryness of a... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Sunday 5th November @ 1:04am
Joint screening with North Oxford Film Society more
Posted by Alice Roper, Sunday 5th November @ 1:01am
DUMPLINGS (Fruit Chan, 2004) (Magdalen Auditorium, 7:30pm Monday 30th Oct)
Opening our horror theme night is this gruesome tale from Chinese direct... more
Posted by Alice Roper, Sunday 29th October @ 10:51pm