Next Film - Friday 13th June 2025
Conclave
Director: Edward Berger
Featuring: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow
Language: English
Running Time: 120 min
Overview: As most of us now know, after a pope dies a Cardinal is tasked with overseeing the process of electing a new one and this process is the subject of this very topical film.
Conclave is a thriller built around conversation as different players in the game come forward to make themselves heard and the debate leads to secrets being revealed. Confident, progressive Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is hoping his friend Cardinal Bellini (Stanley Tucci) will be successful but maybe the title will go to the arch-conservative, hateful Cardinal Tedesco.
The whole cast works, especially Fiennes, but this is a screenwriting pleasure for the viewer, hooked on the sharp dialogue that places a different secret behind everyone who might be pope. The numerous twists here go to show that these men are as flawed, maybe more, than those who hang on their every word.
A very interesting film with an unexpected ending.
Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes: here
Watch the preview here
Date of screening: Friday 13th June 2025, Exeter Hub, Murray Street, Exeter
Bar opens at 6.30pm, film at 7.30pm. Ice-creams available.
Director: Edward Berger
Featuring: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow
Language: English
Running Time: 120 min
Overview: As most of us now know, after a pope dies a Cardinal is tasked with overseeing the process of electing a new one and this process is the subject of this very topical film.
Conclave is a thriller built around conversation as different players in the game come forward to make themselves heard and the debate leads to secrets being revealed. Confident, progressive Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is hoping his friend Cardinal Bellini (Stanley Tucci) will be successful but maybe the title will go to the arch-conservative, hateful Cardinal Tedesco.
The whole cast works, especially Fiennes, but this is a screenwriting pleasure for the viewer, hooked on the sharp dialogue that places a different secret behind everyone who might be pope. The numerous twists here go to show that these men are as flawed, maybe more, than those who hang on their every word.
A very interesting film with an unexpected ending.
Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes: here
Watch the preview here
Date of screening: Friday 13th June 2025, Exeter Hub, Murray Street, Exeter
Bar opens at 6.30pm, film at 7.30pm. Ice-creams available.
Upcoming films
July's Film 11th July 2025:
Black Bag
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Featuring: Michael Fassbender, Gustaf Skarsgård, Cate Blanchett
Language: English
Running Time: 93 min
Overview: The setting is London, and the spies are operating in the agency’s upper reaches, and their grooming and tailoring are immaculate. The most senior of which is debonair George (Michael Fassbender) who has launched an investigation into a leak and it’s come up with a list of suspects which includes his wife, Kathryn (Cate Blancett) another agency high-flyer whom he happens to love very much.
The subject of the film is a cyber conspiracy. The plot swirls around the personal and professional entanglements between this elite gang of spies and nothing is overdone nor over-explained so you have to work pretty hard to keep up!
The film aims to show the corrosive effects of the spying life on the characters of those immersed in it, and it succeeds. In love, as in war, almost everyone here is exploiting those they profess to care about - except George and Kathryn – despite the chilly facades they present to the rest of the world.
Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes: here
Watch the preview here
Date of screening: Friday 11th July 2025, Exeter Hub, Murray Street, Exeter
Bar opens at 6.30pm, film at 7.30pm. Ice-creams available.
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Featuring: Michael Fassbender, Gustaf Skarsgård, Cate Blanchett
Language: English
Running Time: 93 min
Overview: The setting is London, and the spies are operating in the agency’s upper reaches, and their grooming and tailoring are immaculate. The most senior of which is debonair George (Michael Fassbender) who has launched an investigation into a leak and it’s come up with a list of suspects which includes his wife, Kathryn (Cate Blancett) another agency high-flyer whom he happens to love very much.
The subject of the film is a cyber conspiracy. The plot swirls around the personal and professional entanglements between this elite gang of spies and nothing is overdone nor over-explained so you have to work pretty hard to keep up!
The film aims to show the corrosive effects of the spying life on the characters of those immersed in it, and it succeeds. In love, as in war, almost everyone here is exploiting those they profess to care about - except George and Kathryn – despite the chilly facades they present to the rest of the world.
Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes: here
Watch the preview here
Date of screening: Friday 11th July 2025, Exeter Hub, Murray Street, Exeter
Bar opens at 6.30pm, film at 7.30pm. Ice-creams available.
Join us on the second Friday of any month to try out the Tamar Valley Film Society - your first visit is FREE!
Past films
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Here are some of the films enjoyed by Tamar Valley Film Society members in the past.
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Tamar Valley Film Society
Join us on the second Friday of every month at the Exeter Hub, Murray Street.
Bar opens 6.30pm, film starts at 7.30pm.
Bar opens 6.30pm, film starts at 7.30pm.
