Jon Davies has been presenting Watermans' popular Frenchcinema club French Impressions for over 20 years, he's Tutor in Current Filmand Cinema at Morley College and an Associate of the British Film Institute,appointed in 1993. In No Ticket Required he lends his expert insight andrelaxed conversational style to cinema from across the spectrum and invites youto take part.
FILM CHOICE FORMONDAY 4 JANUARY
In a nod to Brexit, at our last meeting, participants votedfrom a selection of European arthouse films. In our first meeting of 2021, Jonwill lead a conversation about Pain and Glory, Pedro Almodovar's semi-autobiographicalfilm: the story of a famous film director, now living in self-imposed isolation,and looking back at his life and to some extent career. It was an award-winningrole for Antonio Banderas as the director's alter ego and there is plenty toget our teeth into here.
PLEASE NOTE WE WILLNOT BE SHOWING THE FILM AT THE DISCUSSION, SO YOU NEED TO WATCH IT BEFOREHAND.
How No TicketRequired Works
Discussions take place on fortnightly Mondays at 8pm. By theThursday prior, Watermans will release a short video from Jon Daviesintroducing the film. It can be watched on Watermans' website or YouTube. Jonwill give a bit of background to the week's film and ask some questions to getyou thinking. Watch Jon's video by clicking 'Play Trailer' above.
You'll then have until Monday to watch the film at home onan easily-accessible streaming platform such as Curzon Home Cinema or BBCiPlayer and to book your space on the video call.
On Monday at 8pm, we'll get together on via video callingplatform Zoom for a short presentation from Jon and a chance to discuss thefilm... as well as vote on what the next week's film should be.
Don't worry if you're no Zoom expert: it's very simple. Wewill send you a link by 5pm on the day of the event, and our friendly boxoffice team will be available from 7.30pm to help you get online if you haveany problem at all. Please note you only need to book one ticket per screen,even if more of you are joining on that screen.
