NEW IN 2016!

NEW IN 2016, the Film Forum will meet not just on the 3rd Wednesday, but NOW also on the 1st Wednesday of each month. The interest group will continue to meet in Classroom A at 3:00 PM. Join Jim and Bonnie for great films and conversation!

JANUARY 6: Amélie is a fanciful comedy about a young woman who discretely orchestrates the lives of the people around her, creating a world exclusively of her own making. Shot in over 80 Parisian locations, acclaimed director Jean-Pierre Jeunet ("Delicatessen"; "The City of Lost Children") invokes his incomparable visionary style to capture the exquisite charm and mystery of modern-day Paris through the eyes of a beautiful ingenue. 122 min.

January 20: It’s COLD, right? So let’s have a really cold time at Cold Comfort Farm, John Schlesinger’s wickedly witty satire about a society girl, Flora, (Kate Beckinsale) who, after the death of her estranged parents, decides that the only way for her to live whilst researching her writing, is to stay with relatives. 95 min

February 17:   It’s still cold, so let’s build a fire…a Mexican fire.  If you have never read Laura Esquivel’s delightful book that includes a real recipe at the end of each chapter, then this superb film should fix you up. Tia is the youngest daughter and must serve her mother until mom dies, but she’s madly in love with Pedro, who is offered the hand of Tia’s sister Rosaura…what to do, what to do…COOK, of course…with raucous consequences. 123 min

March 2: In King of Hearts, Charles Plumpick is a kilt-wearing Scottish soldier who is sent by his commanding officer to disarm a bomb placed in the town square by the retreating Germans. As the fighting comes closer to the town, its inhabitants—including those who run the insane asylum—abandon it. The asylum gates are left open, and the inmates leave the asylum and take on the roles of the townspeople. 102 min

March 16: Blake Edwards was a terrific director of many of our favorite films, including the Pink Panther comedies, and Thoroughly Modern Millie, but this one is his best. We find ourselves in 1932 Paris, with a starving soprano played by a wild Julie Andrews as you’ve never seen her/him before. 132 min