Our monthly guide to independent film screenings in and around Stroud...
LANSDOWN HALL
Sun 15th Lansdown Film Club: The Other Side of Hope A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland. 8pm £6/£5 concessions with an annual membership fee of £2
Sun 22nd Lansdown Film Club: The Innocents In 1945 Poland, a young French Red Cross doctor who is sent to assist the survivors of the German camps discovers several nuns in advanced states of pregnancy during a visit to a nearby convent. 8pm £6/£5 concessions with an annual membership fee of £2
THE MALTHOUSE BAR AND KITCHEN
Fri 27th Cinema Club: The Rocky Horror Picture Show A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter…7:30pm £15 (includes food! X1 mains and x1 side dish)
OPEN HOUSE
Thurs 12th Stroud Film Society: A Man Called Ove Sweden - the present. Ove (Rolf Lassgard) is an angry old man, isolated, and with a short fuse. When pregnant Parvaneh (Bahar Pars) and her young family move in next door, his solitary life changes. A heart-warming film, which has gained numerous awards.7:30pm £6guest ticket/£40 season membership
SVA
Sun 29th Onibaba Driven by primal emotions, dark eroticism, a frenzied score by Hikaru Hayashi, and stunning images both lyrical and macabre, Kaneto Shindo’s chilling folktale Onibaba is a singular cinematic experience.In Japanese, with English subtitles. Dir. by Kaneto Shindo. Under 15s must be accompanied by an adult. 8pm £5otd (Goods Shed)
THE ARKELL CENTRE
Fri 20th Nailsworth Film Club: Burn Burn Burn Grieving over the death of their friend Dan, Seph and Alex are shocked to receive a posthumous video message from him instructing them to take a road trip across Britain to scatter his ashes (kept in a Tupperware box in the glove compartment) . This is a very clever little film, moving at times and darkly hilarious at others, a road trip packed with surprises. Brilliant cameos from Alison Steadman and Julian Rhind-Tutt. (Cert 15) 7:30pm £6guest ticket/Season Membership: £27.50 single adult/£49.50 couple