Film Group + lunch

Our Film Club heads out generally on the Fourth Tuesday each month January to November to a cinema to enjoy selected film, and to take the opprtunity to have lunch together. The film, venue and screening time is selected by group leader Andrew Davidson [0414 385 311] the previous Thursday, when details are published by the cinemas: Andrew then emails the details to Film Club participants.This activity was suspended from April 2020 to January 2021 inclusive, in keeping with government health guidelines related to the COVID-19 pandemic; Andrew took over leadership of this activity from Dennis Druce in February 2021.

To allow attendance by rail, bus or car, proximal to Epping, NSW, the chosen venue is
generally the Event Cinemas at the Macquarie Centre in North Ryde, NSW,
though sometimes the delightful family-owned Roseville Cinema at 112 Pacific Highway, Roseville, NSW.,
or at Event Cinemas Hornsby.
When at the Macquarie Centre*, lunch is usually held at Chantilly's Coffee Lounge on Level 0;
when at Roseville^, we lunch at James Café (was Café Saluto) at 96 Pacific Highway, Roseville,
when at Hornsby~, we usually lunch at the Hornsby RSL, 4 High Street, Hornsby.

Current and past Film Group outings include:

• 2023:
  07 Mar. - Empire of Light (2021; America and U.K. [romantic drama])~. An excellent film reflecting turbulent social issues at Margate, ken, U.K., in 1980. 11 attendees.
  13 Jun. - The Bank of Dave (2023; British [biographical comedy])*; 4 moviegoers. An excellent film based on real events at Burnley, Lancashire, U.K.
  08 Aug. - Oppenheimer (2023; American [biographical drama]) at Event Cinemas Hornsby~ written and directed by Christopher Nolan, based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin: the film chronicles the life of American theoretical physicist and polymath J. Robert Oppenheimer." [Wikipedia]). Members may wish to also read the article in the Sydney Morning Herald of Saturday 29 July 2023 (pp26-27). We lunch afterwards at the Hornsby RSL, 4 High Street, Hornsby ( optional)
• 2022:
  05 Apr. - The Duke (2020; British [comedy])* : 13 atttendees, 10 lunching thereafter. 
  31 May. - Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022; British [historical drama])*.
  02 Aug. - Falling for Figaro (2021; Scotland and Australia [romantic comedy])^.
  27 Sep. - The Railway Children Return (2022; U.K. [family drama])^: 4 attendees. 
  01 Nov. - Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (2022; European [historical comedy-drama])^; 11 moviegoers. An adaptation of Paul Gallico's much-loved novel about a cleaning lady in 1950s London who falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior.
• 2021:
  Our Film Group resumed film+lunch activities. in February 2021.
  23 Feb. - Penguin Bloom (2020; Aust. [drama])^. 
  23 Mar. - French Exit (2020 [surreal comedy]^.
  27 Apr. - Nomadland (2020; American [drama] (at HORNSBY Event cinemas).
  25 May - Six Minutes to Midnight (2020; British [war drama])^.
  24 June - Percy v. Goliath" (2020; Canadian [biographical drama])^.
  Remaining 2021 Film Group nominal dates were 27 Jul., 24 Aug., 28 Sep., 26 Oct. and 23 Nov., but these outings were prevented by Covid-restrictions
• 2020:
  25 Feb. - Bombshell (2019; US [drama])^;
  March 2020 - January 2021 : outings suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
• 2019:
  22 Jan. - Storm Boy (2019; Aust. [drama])*;
  26 Feb. - Stan & Ollie (2018; UK/US/Can. [biographical comedy-drama])^;
  26 Mar. - Hotel Mumbai (2018; Aust./India/US -action thriller)*;
  23 Apr. - The Aftermath (2019; UK/Ger./US [drama])*;
  28 May - Top End Wedding (2019; Aust. [romantic comedy])*;
  25 Jun. - Red Joan (2018; UK [spy drama])*;
  23 Jul. - The White Crow (2018; UK/Fra./Serb. [biographical drama about Rudolf Nureyev])^;
  27 Aug. - Palm Beach (2019, Aust. [comedy drama])*;
  24 Sep. - Downton Abbey (2019; UK/US ['historical' drama])*;
  22 Oct. - Ride Like a Girl (2019; Aust. [biographical sports drama])*;
  26 Nov. - Ford v Ferrari ("Le Mans '66"; 2019; US [sports drama])*.
• 2018:
  (details being retrieved)