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Following the resounding success of our April screening, One Life, we are delighted to present to you Past Lives (2023: 12A: 106 mins) on Friday 17th May at the Chorleywood War Memorial Hall (doors open 7.30pm, film starts at 8pm). This 2023 American romantic drama film was written and directed by Celine Song in her feature directorial debut. Starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and John Magaro, it follows two childhood friends over the course of 24 years while they contemplate the nature of their relationship as they grow apart, living different lives. The plot is semi-autobiographical and inspired by real events from Song’s life.

Past Lives premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2023, and was released theatrically in the United States on June 2, 2023. The film received critical acclaim and was named one of the top ten films of 2023 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute and received various accolades including five nominations at the 81st Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama (for Lee). At the 96th Academy Awards, it received nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture.

 “The movie’s modesty — its intimacy, human scale, humble locations and lack of visual oomph — is one of its strengths. The characters live in homes that are pleasant yet ordinary, the kind that you can imagine hanging out in, the kind you want to hang out in. There are few big, look-at-me details, though you might notice a poster for Jacques Rivette’s 1974 classic Céline and Julie Go Boating in Nora’s father’s home office in Seoul.” (Manola Darghis, The New York Times)

“Past Lives is a glorious date movie, and a movie for every occasion, too. As ever with films like this, there is an auxiliary pleasure in wondering how much of her own past life Song has used. It’s a must-see.” (Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian)

Tickets: £7 (Under 15s: £4) available here (shortly), in person at Chorleywood Bookshop or on the door on the night (if still available).

Coming Next: Friday 21st June: Anatomy of a Fall (2023: 15A: 151 mins: strong language, bloody images) starring: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner..  Chorleywood War Memorial Hall, Common Road. Doors open 7.30 p.m. Programme starts 8 p.m.

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