Chichester CineFile

For the first time in ages, the podcast team was able to meet face to face, albeit outdoors. The podcast for Chichester Cinema at New Park has a mini-CineCircle discussing two westerns and a modern French film, and a listener talks about her Unforgettable film – the one that means the most to her. There is also the second part of the examination of jazz musicians in films, plus some streaming recommendations.

The streaming recommendations from the team are The Handmaiden (2016), The Angel’s Share (2012), In Fabric (2018), Hotel Reserve (1944), Gregory’s Girl (1980) and Daisies (1966). If you want to find out where to watch these films, we recommend the justwatch.com website.

A feature celebrating the centenary of Dirk Bogarde, including an interview with his biographer, and another feature on jazz biopics, plus some streaming recommendations, are all a part of the March 2021 podcast for Chichester Cinema at New Park.

The streaming recommendations from the team are Venus (2016), The Florida Project (2017), Beanpole (2019), The 39 Steps (1935), Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter … and Spring (2003) and Elder’s Corner (2020) at the RAI festival, festival.raifilm.org.uk. If you want to find out where to watch these films, we recommend the justwatch.com website.

A mini CineCircle, some streaming recommendations, plus features on Herman J. Mankiewicz – the subject of the recently-released film Mank – and the significance of staircases in film are all in the February 2021 podcast for Chichester Cinema at New Park.

The CineCircle discusses Boccaccio 70 (1962), Shirley (2020) and Man’s Castle (1933). The streaming recommendations are The Dig (2021), Jammin’ the Blues (1944), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Mayor (2020), Greyhound (2020) and About Endlessness (2019). If you want to find out where to watch these films, we recommend the justwatch.com website.

In lockdown again, the podcast for Chichester Cinema at New Park, Chichester, West Sussex, January 2021, features a mini CineCircle, some streaming recommendations, and two features – one on Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley, and a look at the use of a particular musical instrument in film.

The CineCircle discusses Black Narcissus (1947), Wild Rose (2018) and Subway (1985). The streaming recommendations are Go Home Polish (2020), That’ll Be the Day (1973) and Stardust (1974), The Age of Innocence (1993), True Grit (2010), Second Chance (1953) and The Mother & the Whore (1973). If you want to find out where to watch these films, we recommend the justwatch.com website.

The podcast for Chichester Cinema at New Park, Chichester, West Sussex, December 2020, includes previews of some of the films planned for the month – Relic; A Christmas Gift from Bob; The Translators; Billie; De Gaulle; and Rebecca.

There is a feature with some out-of-the-ordinary Christmas film selections and the CineCircle discusses A Christmas Tale – un conte de Noel (2008); The Apartment (1960); and It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). If you want to find out where to watch these films, we recommend the justwatch.com website.

Extra! Extra! With a new lockdown just starting, Walter Francisco discusses the latest news and how this affects Chichester Cinema at New Park, Chichester, West Sussex. 

The November podcast for Chichester Cinema at New Park, Chichester, West Sussex, includes previews of some of the films planned for the month – The Secret Garden; The Trial of the Chicago 7; Pinocchio; Les Miserables; Rocks; and The Sleeping Car Murders. Also, we meet Richard Warburton, the new operations manager at the cinema.

The feature this time is about French director Jacques Demy, and films such as Lola (1961); La Baie des Anges – Bay of Angels (1963); Les Parapluies de Cherbourg – Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964); Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967); and Model Shop (1969). 

Finally, the CineCircle returns with discussions about La Femme de l’Aviateur – The Aviator’s Wife (1981); The Last Waltz (1978); and Hell or High Water (2016). If you want to find out where to watch these films, we recommend the justwatch.com website.

With Chichester Cinema at New Park, Chichester, West Sussex, due to open again on October 16, 2020, Chichester CineFile previews some of the films planned for October – Misbehaviour, Tenet, Parasite, The Truth, Hope Gap and Ammonite. 

We have details of what it will be like to go back to the cinema, and a chat with president Roger Gibson about his visit to the Venice Film Festival. 

Finally, there is the second part of a look at gumshoes – private detectives – in cinema. The films in this feature include Harper (1966), Tony Rome (1967), Lady in Cement (1968), Marlowe [not easily available] (1969), Gumshoe (1971), Shaft (1971) Klute (1971), The Long Goodbye (1973), Chinatown (1974), Farewell My Lovely (1975), The Drowning Pool (1975), Night Moves (1975), The Big Fix (1978), Blood Simple (1984), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Inherent Vice (2014) and A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014). If you want to find out where to watch these, we recommend the justwatch.com website. 

Chichester CineFile is the podcast for Chichester Cinema at New Park, Chichester, West Sussex. In this episode there is a discussion about three films – Fanny Lye Deliver’d (2019) available on the BFI site and also YouTube, Dare I Weep Dare I Mourn (1966) also from the BFI site, and The Wild Pear Tree (2018), streamed on Amazon and the BFI sites, or rented from Amazon, Apple, YouTube or Curzon. The profile this time is of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, including his work on Kitty Foyle (1940), Gun Crazy (1950), Spartacus (1960) and others. There is an interview with Ellen Cheshire about her new book on Ang Lee, and the first of two examinations of private detectives in film. Among the films featured in this will be Private Detective 62 (1933), The Thin Man (1934), The Maltese Falcon (1941), Murder My Sweet (194), The Big Sleep (1946),  Out of the Past (1947), Les Diaboliques (1955), Kiss Me Deadly (1955), Vertigo (1958) and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959). If you want to find out where to watch these, we recommend the justwatch.com website.

The latest podcast for Chichester Cinema at New Park, Chichester, West Sussex. There is a discussion about three films – Get Me Roger Stone (2017), Flavour of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) and The Bigamist (1953). If you want to find out where to watch these, we recommend the justwatch.com website. The profile this time is of Ennio Morricone, including his work on A Fistful of Dollars; For a Few Dollars More; The Good, The Bad & The Ugly; Once Upon a Time in the West; The Thing; Cinema Paradiso; and The Hateful Eight. A second look at food in cinema includes Big Night; My Big Fat Greek Wedding; Volver; Julie & Julia; The Hours; LA Story; and Last Tango in Paris. The streaming suggestions are: Maps to the Stars; TR Baskin (AKA A Date with a Lonely Girl); Inside Llewyn Davis; Clemency; 20th Century Women; and Birds of Passage.