CHRISTMAS WITH A DIFFERENCE

 

There's a definite chill in the air at FILMCLUB - so unless someone's left the back door open again, we're thinking Christmas must be coming. And there are, of course, plenty of famous and timelessly heart-warming Christmas films out there. What would the festive season for a film lover be without It's A Wonderful Life, or Miracle on 34th Street, The Nightmare Before Christmas or Scrooge? But as film lovers ourselves, we also want to share with our members some of the lesser known Yuletide movies that are every bit as fantastic as their more celebrated peers - and to recommend some more of our favourites that might not strictly be about Christmas, but which we think in some way sum up what's great about the idea of coming together in mid-winter and huddling around... well, in our case it's huddling around a movie. So if you want to join us here with our season of Christmas movies with a difference, then just grab a mince pie and a seat and make yourself at home.

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A Warning To The Curious Teachers Guidance

A Warning To The Curious  (PG)

Running Time : 50 mins

Year Produced : 1972

Director : Lawrence Gordon Clark  
Cast : Clive Swift   David Cargill   John Kearney   Julian Herrington   Peter Vaughan  

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2.0 star rating 1 Votes (Members)  

 
Duck Soup FilmClub Recommends

Duck Soup (U)

Running Time : 68 mins

Year Produced : 1933

Director : Leo McCarey  
Cast : Chico Marx   Groucho Marx   Harpo Marx   Margaret Dumont   Zeppo Marx  

All trace of reason and logic are joyfully cast aside in this wild comedy starring the much-loved 30s comics the Marx Brothers. The story begins when the totally unqualified Rufus T Firefly becomes dictator of the shambolic country of Freedonia, and

3.5 star rating 291 Votes (Members)  

 
Elf FilmClub Recommends Teachers Guidance

Elf  (PG)

Running Time : 97 mins

Year Produced : 2003

Director : Jon Favreau  
Cast : Bob Newhart   Edward Asner   James Caan   Will Ferrell   Zooey Deschanel  

It's never easy finding out that you're not who you thought you were - but that's exactly what happens to Buddy the Elf. Having spent his whole life in the North Pole working for Santa Claus with his fellow elves, he learns that he was in

4.5 star rating 495 Votes (Members)  

 
How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966 animated) FilmClub Recommends

How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966 animated) (U)

Running Time : 26 mins

Year Produced : 1966

Director : Chuck Jones   Ben Washam  
Cast : Boris Karloff  

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4.5 star rating 69 Votes (Members)  

 
Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) Teachers Guidance

Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) (12)

Running Time : 111 mins

Year Produced : 2005

Director : Christian Carion  
Cast : Benno Furmann   Dany Boon   Diane Kruger   Gary Lewis   Guillaume Canet  

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Millions FilmClub Recommends Teachers Guidance

Millions (12)

Running Time : 98 mins

Year Produced : 2004

Director : Danny Boyle  
Cast : Alexander Nathan Etel   Alun Armstrong   Christopher Fulford   James Nesbitt   Lewis McGibbon  

Seven-year-old Damien and his nine-year-old brother Anthony have an interesting problem on their hands - a bag containing £265,000 has dropped into their lives, and with only a few days left before the British pound is replaced forever by the Euro, t

4.0 star rating 175 Votes (Members)  

 
The Hebrew Hammer Teachers Guidance

The Hebrew Hammer (15)

Running Time : 81 mins

Year Produced : 2003

Director : Jonathan Kesselman  
Cast : Adam Goldberg   Andy Dick   Judy Greer   Mario Van Peebles   Peter Coyote  

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The Holly And The Ivy (U)

Running Time : 77 mins

Year Produced : 1952

Director : Georege More O'Ferrell  
Cast : Celia Johnson   Denholm Elliott   Margaret Leighton   Ralph Richardson  

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The Night of the Hunter FilmClub Recommends

The Night of the Hunter (12)

Running Time : 93 mins

Year Produced : 1955

Director : Charles Laughton  
Cast : Evelyn Varden   James Gleason   Lillian Gish   Robert Mitchum   Shelley Winters  

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3.5 star rating 9 Votes (Members)  

 
Tokyo Godfathers FilmClub Recommends Teachers Guidance

Tokyo Godfathers (12)

Running Time : 88 mins

Year Produced : 2003

Director : Kon Satoshi  
Cast : Aya Okamoto   Shozo Izuka   Toru Emori   Yoshiaki Umegaki  

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2.5 star rating 12 Votes (Members)  

 
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