The films all start at 8:00pm on Mondays in the Hazlitt Arts Centre.

The membership prices for our 60th season of 12 films are:
Single - £24.00
Couples - £42.00
Concessionary - £19.00

11 January 2010
Vicky Christina Barcelona
Spain/USA 96 mins Cert: 12A
Could this be the best Woody Allen movie in a long time? This tale of two friends on holiday in Barcelona has witty dialogue, wonderful locations and a fantastic cast - Scarlett Johannsen and Penelope Cruz.

25th January 2010
The Reader
USA/Germany 124 mins Cert: 15
In post-war Germany, teenager Michael falls ill in the street and is taken in and cared for by Hanna, a woman in her mid-30s. The two embark upon a passionate affair, but eventually he loses all contact with her. This is a powerful and thought-provoking film.

8 February 2010
Bienvenue Chez Les Ch’Tis
France 106 mins Cert: 12A A postal worker in sunny Provence is relocated to the bleak town of
Bergues, in the Pas-de-Calais region, where he believes the locals (known as Ch’Tis) to be generally stupid and perpetually drunk, not to mention their incomprehensible dialect. Many
misunderstandings ensue. This warm and well-observed comedy broke all
records at the box office on its release in France.

8 March 2010
Changeling
USA 141 mins Cert: 15 A mother returns home and finds her 9-year-old son has gone missing. She reports it to the LAPD. Months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description, and claims to be the son, the only problem being that the mother is convinced he is not her child. This
excellently staged tale of police corruption in 1920s America confirms Clint Eastwood’s status as one of the finest directors working today.

29 March 2010
Gomorrah
Italy 137 mins Cert: 15 Gomorrah tells five stories about the ‘Camorra’, a mafia-esque organization that secretly controls much of Naples. The protagonists all believe – mistakenly - that they can work the criminal system to their own advantage. This is very much not your average gangster movie with genuine run-down locations and an unglamorous documentary style making this a deserved prize winner at Cannes.

26 April 2010
City Lights (preceded by the AGM)
USA 87 mins Cert: U Charlie Chaplin, in the guise of The Tramp, falls in love with a blind flower
girl, saves a millionaire from drowning and spends much of the film trying to get back into jail. Made in 1931, after the start of the Talkies, Chaplin consciously made this as a silent film to allow his comic talents free rein. It still looks as fresh today as when it was first released.

For further information please contact Francois-Yves Belver on 01622 672307, visit www.maidstone-film-society.org.uk or call the Hazlitt Arts Centre Box Office on:
01622 758611.