‘The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Mäki Details 5 November @ 8:30pm (please note the later start time) £5 (£3 full-time students). RFS members go free. https://www.richmondfilmsoc.org.uk/ Finland (2016) Based on a true story, Olli is unexpectedly given the chance of a bout with the American 1962 World Featherweight Champion. To win would establish Finland’s global prestige but his romantic life begins to hamper his preparations. Involving and moving, with hints of Truffaut and Kaurismaki. Winner of the…

‘Everybody Knows’ (Spain) Details 19 November @ 8:00pm £5 (£3 full-time students). RFS members go free. https://www.richmondfilmsoc.org.uk/ Spain (2018) RFS’s season continues with a psychological thriller from Iranian auteur, Asghar Farhadi (‘A Separation’, ‘The Past’, ‘The Salesman’). Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her two children to attend her sister's wedding. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open. Starring Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem and…

‘Wajib’ (Palestine) Details 10 December @ 8:00pm £5 (£3 full-time students). RFS members go free. https://www.richmondfilmsoc.org.uk/ Palestine (2018) RFS’s final film of 2019 is a Palestinian drama, set amidst wedding preparations in the lead-up to Christmas in Nazareth. In Palestine’s Christian community, an estranged son accompanies his father in delivering his sister’s wedding invitations. Gentle but thought provoking insights into generational differences, including the Palestine/Israel relationship and a son coping with a father’s desire to find him ‘a nice local…

‘The White Crow’ (UK/Serbia/France - 2018) Details 7 January @ 8:00pm £5 (£3 full-time students). RFS members go free. https://www.richmondfilmsoc.org.uk/ RFS’s first film of 2020 is Ralph Fiennes’ acclaimed biographical drama, which captures the raw physicality and brilliance of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. The film tells Nureyev’s dramatic story from his humble beginnings to his defection in 1961, when he was the world's most famous male ballet…

Twickenham Cinema Club Presents: Withnail and I   Details: Withnail and I (1987) Wednesday 15th January 2020 Rated 15 Doors open 6:45pm | Film starts 7:30pm A cult comedy to lift those January blues! Bruce Robinson's novel brought to the screen in a celebrated story of two luckless actors, played by the excellent Richard E Grant and Paul McGann, whose 'holiday by mistake' takes them from a scruffy Camden flat to the wilds of the Lake District. Sheer comedy genius…

‘Capernaum’ (Lebanon, 2018) Details 21 January @ 8:00pm £5 (£3 full-time students). RFS members go free. https://www.richmondfilmsoc.org.uk/ RFS’s Season continues with Nadine Labaki’s endearing and heart-wrenching drama.  A young Lebanese boy runs away from his negligent parents and is befriended by an Ethiopian immigrant; he then, in turn, looks after her infant. Ultimately imprisoned for a violent crime, he sues his parents for giving birth to him and seeks justice in a courtroom. Winner of 33 awards worldwide and shortlisted for…

‘Foxtrot’ (Israel, 2017) Details 4 Feb @ 8:00pm £5 (£3 full-time students). RFS members go free. https://www.richmondfilmsoc.org.uk/ A moving and complex study in grief. An affluent Tel Aviv couple are informed by the Israeli military authorities that their son has died in the line of duty. Several hours later, they are notified that there has been a mix-up.... – Rating: 15 – Directed by Samuel Maoz – Written by Samuel Maoz – Runtime: 113 minutes Tickets  Adults: £5 Full time students: £3 Free…