January
9th - Welcome to the Sticks (12A)
16th - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (15)
30th - The Edge of Heaven (15)
February
13th - Persepolis (12A)
27th - Lars and the Real Girl (12A)
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Membership for this year is full but a limited number of day memberships are available on the door
priced at £2.50 and £2.00 concessions.
All shows start at 7.30pm on Fridays in the
Bishop Greaves Theatre, Bishop Grosseteste University College, Longdales Road, Lincoln
(click for map), unless stated otherwise.
Next Showing
January 9th
Welcome to the Sticks (12A)
7.30pm
Sponsor: J.D. Jackson - Electronics
French stand-up comedian turned actor/director Dany Boon's 'Welcome to the Sticks'
has become the highest grossing film of all time at the French box office, and
not without good cause. The film stars Karl Merad as Philippe Abrams, a post
office manager in the south of France who has worked tirelessly over the last
eleven years in order to be granted a transfer to a Mediterranean locale in
order to please his depressed wife Julie (Zoe Felix). In a desperate move
Philippe pretends he is handicapped, since the transfer requests of the
disabled are usually granted. But when he is caught in the act, Philippe
is disciplined by being transferred to the far north city of Bergues, which
has a reputation of being a cold and miserable wasteland populated by drunkards.
Phillipe is filled with dread as he prepares for the doom of the gloomy north.
Armed with his winter coat and furry hat, he embarks on his miserable journey.
Philippe is initially reluctant to
fit in yet grows to love his new surroundings and its people, among them Antoine
(Dany Boon) the town postman, and Antoine's unattainable love Annabelle
(Anne Marivin).
It's a very human comedy to which most people,
French or not, can relate. It's not complex, overtly emotional or an action
thriller. It's simply a good old laugh, with a bit of the ridiculous thrown
in for good measure.
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Film at the Lincoln Drill Hall
Alongside Lincoln Drill Hall's year round programme of performing arts events,
the venue also screens an occasional and
eclectic film programme on DVD projection, that compliments the Film Society's
programme and that of other venues around the city.
A new 'World Cinema' series focusing on the theme of obsessions runs from January to the end of March on alternate Mondays at 7.00pm.
Each fortnight will begin with one or two short films or animations, then a break
for drinks prior to screening the main feature at approximately 7.45pm after a short introduction.
The season begins with:
26th Jan -
A Zed and Two Noughts (15)
9th Feb -
Black Cat, White Cat (15)
23rd Feb -
Helvetica
The full Drill Hall programme can be found at the Drill Hall website