What’s on
Upcoming events at The Exchange, Twickenham.
December 2023
Home Alone (2003)
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Local Twickenham charity, SEEN, are hosting a fundraising screening of the timeless Christmas classic, Home Alone. All funds raised will go towards SEEN's work supporting those facing pregnancy choices or loss. For more info go to www.seen.charity Suggested donation £6 When little Kevin McCallister is accidentally left behind when his family dashes off on a […]
Richmond Film Society Presents ‘Under the Fig Trees’
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Details ‘Under the Fig Trees’ depicts one working day in the lives of fig pickers. In this quiet, lyrical film we observe a group of mainly young people: how they flirt, conspire , gossip and exchange meaningful glances from under the trees beneath the dazzling Tunisian sun . An acclaimed debut feature film from Erige Sehiri who has utilised a talented group of non-professional actors to produce a quietly beguiling piece of observational storytelling.12 December 2023 @ 8:00 pm …
Die Hard (1988) 18
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35 year anniversary screening! It's Christmas time, and New York policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) flies to Los Angeles bearing presents and hoping to patch up his marriage. Hans Gruber is in LA to take bearer bonds from the Nakatomi Corp, where McClane's wife Holly is an executive. When the takeover becomes hostile, it's up to McClane to take on the terrorists with all the grit and determination he can muster - but not without a sense of humor. …
January 2024
Richmond Film Society Presents ‘Cairo Conspiracy’
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Adam, a fisherman’s son from a poor, rural background is proud to have been offered a place at Egypt’s most prestigious Islamic university, but little does he know what awaits him - a leap from innocence into the world of political and religious intrigue. When the Grand Imam suddenly dies, Adam becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt's religious and political elites. A taut, fast-moving thriller, the film was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or…
Richmond Film Society Presents ‘Zana’
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The tragic civil wars that raged in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s have become a catalyst for some powerful films. An example is Quo Vadis Aida?, which was the second-highest rated film in RFS’ 59th season. Zana is a fictional look at the aftermath of one historical aspect – the Kosovo conflict in the late 1990s. Lume and her husband Ilir survived the war, but their daughter Zana was killed in the crossfire. As the years pass on…
February 2024
Richmond Film Society Presents ‘1976’
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A mesmerising retelling of the horrors and pervasive paranoia of the Pinochet era by way of tense, often dream-like and thoroughly unpredictable drama. Carmen is a wealthy and visibly bored housewife is in the midst of second-home renovations when her local priest asks her to secretly nurse a wounded young man who has fallen foul of the authorities. The issue in question - the repression and violence of the time - are not mentioned, such is the script's well-judged subtlety. …
Richmond Film Society Presents ‘Wings of Desire’
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RFS’ Classic Film for Season 60 is Wim Wenders’ wistful romantic fantasy, Wings of Desire, shot in Berlin just two years before the fall of the Wall. Visible only to children, Damiel and Cassiel are two angels, who have existed even before mankind. Along with several others, they wander around West Berlin, generally on their own, observing life, listening to the interior thoughts of humans and sometimes trying to provide comfort to the troubled, although such efforts are not…