Movie Masterpieces: The 2000s

Movie Masterpieces: The 2000s

Contact

Organizer: Keswick Alhambra Cinema

Name: Keswick Alhambra Cinema

Phone: 017687 72195

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://keswickalhambra.co.uk/KeswickAlhambra.dll/WhatsOn?f=303686

Address

St. Johns Street
Keswick, Cumbria,
Keswick
CA12 5AG

Price Notes

Direction

The Alhambra Cinema is located in St Johns Street just up from the Market Square.

Details

Max Newsom, film director, script writer, producer and film lecturer, continues his series of talks on film masterpieces of the 1920's - 2000's.

Each lecture includes short clips from movies of the era, a short recap of the previous decade's main contributions to the developing form, as well as an outline of the contemporary political and social issues.

After each talk, there will be a short, 15-min break, complementary tea and biscuits, then a presentation of a classic film from the decade disussed.

2000's - The end of Miramax; cinema and the digital age; Hollywood falls out of love with Indy film; the writers' strike of 2007-8; the rise of sequels, comic-strip and super-heroes; LA sunset; 

2000's mentions to include: Slumdog Millionaire; No Country for Old Men; 300; Inglorious Basterds; Lost in Translation; Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger; Walk the Line; Million Dollar Baby; O Brother, Where Art Thou; Black Hawk Down; The Bourne series; Gangs of New York; Avatar; 21 Grams; In Bruges; Juno; Pride and Prejudice; Mean Girls; Iron Man.

Event Details

Start Date End Date Times
22/10/2024 22/10/2024 3:00PM