Black and White – Wimbledon Film Club

The Night of the Hunter

Convict Harry Powell, (Robert Mitchum), learns from a cellmate facing execution, of a stash of loot hidden at his family home. On his release Powell poses as a preacher and inveigles himself into the man’s home. Marriage and murder follow.

Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday

It’s August and Monsieur Hulot sets off on holiday in his ancient Amilcar. He arrives in Brittany at the beachfront hotel, where an unsuspecting assortment of holiday-makers is unaware of the impending havoc.

Key Largo

Frank McCloud (Bogart) visits the family of a GI friend killed in the war and finds they have been taken hostage by gangster on the run, Rocco (Edward G.

Ice Cold in Alex

Captain Anson (Mills) is assigned to escort an ambulance across the Libyan desert to Alexandria in WWII. The German advance starts to surround them will Anson lead his motley band to safety or succumb to self-doubt and whisky.

The General

The partnership between Bruckman and Keaton created a cinematic masterpiece.

Control

Control is far and away the better of the two 2007 films about Ian Curtis, eulogised lead singer of Joy Division, who killed himself at 23.

El Violin

A big winner on the film festival circuit in the Americas and Europe, juries and audiences alike applauded Vargas accomplished first feature.

All About Eve

During 2008, film societies in the UK and around the world have been celebrating Bette Davis’s centenary.

Persepolis

This Oscar-nominated, multi-award-winning animation tells the story of the coming of age of a young Iranian girl, Marji.

Jules et Jim

To mark the 25 anniversary of Truffaut’s death, WFC brings you Truffaut’s third film, recognised now and then as a defining film of French New Wave cinema.

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