Welcome to our Autumn 2026 Season for Film Club
Thank you for your continued support.
Simon
FILM CLUB
Long Melford Village Memorial Hall
Long Melford, Sudbury CO10 9JQ, UK
Film Club takes place on the fourth Wednesday of every month at the Long Melford Village Memorial Hall. There is a large free car park.
All welcome join on the door.
François Ozon born 15 November 1967
A French filmmaker, considered one of the most important contemporary French filmmakers, closely associated with the cinema du corps ("cinema of the body"). His films are characterized by aesthetic beauty, sharp satirical humor and a free-wheeling view of human sexuality. Recurring themes in his films are existentialism, sexual identity, perceptions of reality, and death.
Ozon has achieved international acclaim for his films 8 Women (2002) and Swimming Pool (2003). Other critically acclaimed films include: the erotic drama Young & Beautiful (2013), the war drama Frantz (2016), the drama By the Grace of God (2019), and the Albert Camus' adaptation The Stranger (2025)
His films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality.
October 28th 10.30am
London In Film Part One
London In Film Part One
It is my intention to give a comprehensive two part lecture about how Cinema reflected London in both drama and documentary.
The relationship between London and the camera began in the Victorian era. Inventors used the bustling imperial capital as a playground for technical experimentation.
In Part two we have a wonderful archive of films to consider. The British Film Noir Movement. Ealing Comedies and 1960's Kitchen Sink Drama and swinging London as well as films up to the present day that put London front and centre.
Frame from an early film by Friese-Greene. The London location is unknown (possibly by Hyde Park). 15 July 1909).
In Part One
We will move quickly through the earliest pioneers up to the end of World War II. I am not entirely certain where part one will end and Part two will begin! I will let the films which come to light during my research dictate how long I spend on each period.
Humphrey Jennings' wartime masterpiece.
A tale of firefighters in London during the Blitz.
November 25th 10.30am
London In Film Part Two
British Film Noir
Pool of London 1951
Directed by Basil Dearden
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September 23rd 10.30am
François Ozon
Mary Poppins 1964 In a Hollywood London
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Michelangelo Antonioni Directing Blow UP in 1966
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The Long Good Friday 1980 Directed By John Mackenzie
Notting Hill 1999 Directed By Roger Michell
Children of Men 2006 Directed By Alfonso Cuarón
December 23rd 10.30am
Members' Choice
With Christmas just two days later I thought it was time to bring back an idea which was previously popular in Film Club.
With you the audience participating in your own show.
The idea is that as many of you as possible will come forward with the idea of a favourite film and more particularly a favourite scene from a film.
You will then join me at the front of the stage and tell the rest of us the reasons for your choice and and your memories this scene brings back for you.
So we will have time to organise the day but please start thinking of ideas.
Over to You!