Oct 26th
Aimée and Jaguar**
Ger 1998. Senator Film. 125m.

The true story of lesbian love affair between a soldier's wife and the editor's secretary of a pro-Nazi newspaper, who then reveals she is secretly Jewish.
Powerfully acted and skilfully filmed WWII drama, depicted in an only slightly lily-covered Berlin as a romantic backdrop to an unusual love story, but with due emphasis given to some of the darker moments as well.

Written by: Max Färberböck, Rona Munro.
Producers: Günther Rohrbach, Hanno Huth.
Director: Max Färberböck.
Starring: Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler, Johanna Wokalek, Heike Makatsch, Elisabeth Degen, Detlev Beck, Inge Keller, Kyra Mladeck.
Photography: Tony Imi.
Music: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek.

Oct 17th
What a Carve Up*
GB 1961. New World. 88m. bw

A reader of horror paperbacks is invited to an inheritance at the creepy house of a madman.
Elementary comedy horror where the spooky elements are rather forced (purporting to be based on The Ghoul(qv) but more resembling The Cat and the Canary), with seasoned practitioners in both the comedy and horror fields.

Written by: Ray Cooney, Tony Hilton.
Producers: Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman.
Director: Pat Jackson.
Starring: Kenneth Connor, Sidney James, Shirley Eaton, Donald Pleasence, Dennis Price, Michael Gough, Valerie Taylor, Esma Cannon, Michael Gwynne, Adam Faith.
Photography: Montu Berman.
Music: Muir Mathieson.

Oct 12th
Kiss Me Kate**
US 1953. MGM. 111m. (originally 3-D)

Backstage and onstage tantrums during a musical production of The Taming of the Shrew.
The Cole Porter stage musical is adapted for the screen as a rather unevenly plotted affair, with bits of everything (including occasional parallels with Shakespeare's play) but not too much of anything, but enjoyably made for the 3-D process and savouring its moments for some vibrant moments of choreography and one or two good songs.

Written by: Dorothy Kingsley, from the play by Samuel Spewack, Bella Spewack.
Producer: Jack Cummings.
Director: George Sidney.
Starring: Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ann Miller, Bobby Van, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore, Tommy Rall, Bob Fosse, Ron Randell, Kurt Kasznar.
Photography: Charles Rosher.
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter.
Musical Direction: Andre Previn, Saul Chaplin.
Choreography: Hermes Pan.

Oct 6th
Wilde**
GB 1997. Polygram/Samuelson/Dove International/NDF/Pony Canyon/Pandora Film/Capitol Films/BBC Films/The Greenlight Fund. 117m. ws

In 1883 Oscar Wilde is the toast of London, but his life is about to be destroyed by his love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas.
Sympathetic, poignant and very stately looking biopic, which allows for a more explicit treatment than previous versions of this famous scandal would ever dare, some of which distracts from the sensitivity of Stephen Fry's performance, and also relegates the supporting players to the sidelines.

Written by: Julian Mitchell, Richard Ellman.
Producers: Marc Samuelson, Peter Samuelson.
Starring: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Sheen, Zoe Wanamaker, Vanessa Redgrave, Tom Wilkinson, Gemma Jones, Judy Parfitt, Ioan Gruffudd, Peter Barkworth, Orlando Bloom.
Photography: Martin Fuhrer.
Music: Debbie Wiseman.
Production Design: Maria Djurkovic.

The Oscar Wilde memorial at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London.

Sep 29th
Unforgiven**
US 1992. Warner Bros/Malpaso. 131m. Panavision

In 1880 an ageing ex-gunfighter returns to assassinate two cowboys who have brutally attacked a prostitute.
Languid, much-lauded, beautifully autumnal Eastwood Western with a few familiar elements and a strong supporting cast, with something to say about the mythology of violence - whilst also revelling in it.

Written by: David Webb Peoples.
Producer/Director: Clint Eastwood.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Frances Fisher, Jaimz Woolvett, Saul Rubinek, Anna Thomson.
Photography: Jack N. Green.
Music: Lennie Niehaus.

Preceded by:
Celeste*
(GB 2008. Calvertfilm. 5m; d: Laurie Calvert, Laurie Calvert Jnr, Jonathan Calvert; voice of Martha Crenshaw.)
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