Our Next presentation:  7.30pm (door open 7.00pm) on Tuesday April 24 at Walsingham Parish Hall. Tickets £4.00, members £3.50.  FOR ADVANCE TICKETS PLEASE CALL 01328 820662 OR EMAIL: walsinghampp@gmail.com. Or come along and pay on the door

15  127 mins
“This is a skin-crawlingly atmospheric, uncompromisingly cerebral and austere account of John le Carré’s cold war espionage novel, adapted for the screen by Peter Straughan and the late Bridget O’Connor. Gary Oldman plays the melancholy agent George Smiley, brought out of his humiliating retirement and charged with rooting out a Soviet mole in the upper reaches of the secret service…..

…..This Tinker Tailor is a weightless, slo-mo nightmare taking place in what looks like an aquarium filled with poison gas instead of water: I found it more gripping and involving than any crash-bang action picture, and it is anchored by Gary Oldman’s tragic mandarin, a variation on Alec Guinness which transfers the emphasis away from George Smiley’s wounded feelings to his cool capacity for unconcern in the face of violence, a hint of a daredevil past, long mummified by bureaucratic self-control and a schoolmasterly scorn for his victim’s weakness and disloyalty, while seeing how easily any agent could give the wretched Judas kiss. What a treat this film is, and what an unexpected thrill.”  Staring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, John Hurt, Ciaran Hinds.

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Our next presentation:  7.30pm on Tuesday 20 March, is Midnight in Paris, certificate 12A, time: 100 mins. Doors open 7.00pm, Parish Hall, High Street Walsingham. Tickets (£4 or £3.50) for members can be bought in advance from The Old Candle Shop, Guild Street or the Village Shop (High Street) or on the door.  Refreshments are served.

Woody Allen’s new piece is set in the most magical of cities and is a contemplation on art, pretentiousness and of course the battle of the sexes.  Famous for having a cameo from France’s first lady Carla Bruni (as a gallery attendant) but with a strong cast of Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdam (from Morning Glory) and Kathy Bates.
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Our Christmas screening is the latest version of Jane Eyre. This film has been HUGE with splendid UK locations, Judy Dench as Mrs Fairfax and the revelatory  Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) as Jane. With Michael Fassbender spectacular as Mr Rochester and Simon McBurney and Sally Hawkins (Made In Dagenham) in there somewhere, this is a definitive version of Jane Eyre for all the ages. With eight other screen versions (and some of us have seen them all!) that’s quite a claim.

We have mulled wine, gingerbread and spiced apple muffins as well as our normal treats. Come along and meet friends, enjoy a glass of wine and see one of the most talked about films of 2011.

Tuesday December 6

Tickets

£4.00 (£3.50 for members) from The Old Candle Shop, the village shop and on the door.  Doors open 7.00pm film starts 7.30 pm at the Walsingham Parish Hall, High Street, Walsingham

The Walsingham Picture Palace proudly presents The Kids Are All Right.

7.30 pm (doors open 7.00pm), Tuesday 22 March at Walsingham Parish Hall, High Street, Walsingham.
Tickets £3.50 (£3.00 members) available from The Old Candle Shop (opposite the Walsingham Farms Shop) and Walsingham Village Stores AND ON THE DOOR. REFRESHMENTS.

View the flyer – The Kids Are Alright (pdf).