Welcome to TWFS, a not-for-profit club for lovers. Of cinema, that is. GREAT movies, from MANY countries, in the Wells Film Centre, a REAL theatre, with PROPER screen and TOP-QUALITY projection equipment (including the latest Digital Screen Network). Great films from all decades. Every 4 weeks throughout the year, consecutive Monday and Tuesday evenings, so a choice of when to come. What has Fosse Way Magazine said of us?
Latest:
Next film: Mon-Tue 8-9 Dec
Site updated: 11 Nov 2008
A synopsis of sorts:
This is our Christmas film for sheer, unrepentant enjoyment, with wine provided free by the society.
You’ll have no difficulty in understanding the plot, as a Broadway director puts together his one, last show to be remembered by, cheering a nation in the depths of the Great Depression. Naturally there is a last-minute problem, otherwise there wouldn’t be a plot at all or, perhaps, a film.
Why you should come is to see Bacon’s fast-paced action and the legendary Busby Berkeley’s dynamic choreography in a movie which set the standard for so many future musicals, including its several stage revivals on Broadway and in the West End from the 80s on. This is the original.
TOFG: “... sassy songs and dialogue and dazzling mise-en-scène”.
VFG: “The great cast is in fine fettle ... The real star, though, is the master of kaleidoscopic imagery, Busby Berkeley ... unleash[ing] his startling creations on an escapism-hungry public”, 5*.
H1000: “... the dialogue crackles ...”.
RT: “One of the most important and enjoyable musicals of all time ... A real treat”, 5*.
Some on-line reviews: IMDB, Wikipedia.
(TOFG, VFG, 1001, EFG, H1000, RT, BN100, DP, NYFCC, DT, ...? What on earth do these acronyms mean?)
