Rififi (Jules Dassin, France, 1955)
Screened in memory of Film Club member John Yudkin.
Screened in memory of Film Club member John Yudkin.
Part of the Chain. Linked to screening of The Innocents by the theme Henry James!
Screened in tribute to Tom Stoppard (1937 - 2025)
An all-day event consisting great concert films - from all-time classics to seldom-seen rarities. Because of the nature of the event, with people (hopefully!) coming and going throughout the day, there is no need to book - though you will still need to be a member (natch). Annual membership is £20 (payable in cash, please!) and entitles you a year’s worth of FREE weekly screenings and 20% off food in the Vine on a film club night. (& the 20% off will be able to be used on Sunday, roast fans!) The programme is as follows… (obviously we know there’s LOADS more fantastic concert films we could have picked - but rest assured, if the day is a success we’ll definitely be repeating it…)
We thought it’d be fitting to begin our Sunday with a trip to church - the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles, circa January 1972, to be specific. This documentary/concert film captures Aretha Franklin with her choir in all their righteous glory .
On September 14, 1976, NBC broadcast Hard Rain, a concert film recorded at the second-to-last date of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue. While the first leg of the tour was characterised by an infectious joie de vivre, by the tour’s end nerves were well and truly frazzled - the result is a stunningly ragged and glorious show that really should get an official release.
The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concert from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band from the September 1979 MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) benefit concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Cleanse your minds of Jeremy Allen White and check out the real Boss at the height of his powers.
The less said about 21st Century Morrissey the better. So here’s a reminder of why his fall from grace has been so heartbreakingly disappointing: a TOTALLY WIRED show from Morrissey's first tour as a solo artist, from Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre, 17th June 1991 before an audience of 11,000 people. The film captures a genuinely exciting performance from the young Moz and his band (easily the second best band of his career) in which the whole show appears to be trembling on the brink of collapse. Morrissey would never be quite this wild on-stage again.
REM’s triumphant 1989 North American tour in support of their major-label debut, the Green album, which captures the band at one of their live peaks as they finally step (or shimmy) into the major league, with an infectious confidence. Tourfilm captures a band seizing their moment and running with it.
Quite simply one of the greatest concert films ever made (that said: see all the above!). A live performance of Talking Heads shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983.
Part of The Chain. Linked to screening of The Childhood of a Leader by the theme Rotten Kidz!
Screened in tribute to Rob Reiner (1947 - 2025)
Screened in tribute to Jimmy Cliff (1944 - 2025)
Part of The Chain. Linked to screening of Dazed & Confused by the theme High School!
Part of The Chain. Linked to screening of Saturday Night Fever by the theme Killer Soundtracks!
Part of The Chain. Linked to screening of The Red Shoes by the theme Dancin’!
Part of The Chain. Linked to screening of The Maltese Falcon by the link obscure objects of desire!
Screened in tribute to Robert Redford (1936 - 2025)
Part of The Chain. Linked to screening of Play It Again, Sam by the theme Bogey!
Screened in tribute to Robert Redford (1936 - 2025)
Part of The Chain. Linked to screening of True Romance by the theme Genius Steals!
Screened in tribute to Terence Stamp (1938 - 2025)
Part of The Chain. Linked to screening of Bound by the theme Stealin’ from the mob!
Part of The Chain. Linked to screening of Heaven Knows What by the theme Sibling Directors!
Screened in tribute to Brian Wilson (1942 - 2025)
Part of The Chain. Linked to screening of Shoplifters by the theme On the Margin!
Screened in tribute to Michael Madsen (1957 - 2025)
Screened in tribute to Robert Benton (1932 - 2025)
Part of The Chain. Linked to screening of Our Little Sister by the theme Koreeda!
Screened as part of Refugee Week
Part of The Chain. Linked to screening of Mustang by the theme Sisters!