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ORIGINS:

The Glencoe Film Club started way back in July 1999. It was inspired, in part, by the fact that Imi Weinstein had a large screen TV and that several people enjoyed films and were interested in finding out more about them. The core group are all ex-members of Betar and of the same vintage as those of this website, or people closely associated such as a spouse or close friend.

The original presenters are nearly all current and regular attendees.

Presenters take it in turns to choose a film. The choice is introduced with an explanation of why it was made and then a discussion may take place afterwards. Some films generate a considerable amount of discussion and this is one of the great pleasures of being in the club. Some old films stand the test of time very well but others are quite dated. A few films have been followed by stony silence.

 

The Record:

PRESENTED NINE TIMES  Imi,
PRESENTED EIGHT TIMES  John, Aaron, Evie, Elliott, Eve, Anne, Rodney, Shosh
PRESENTED SEVEN TIMES  Cathy
PRESENTED SIX TIMES  Anna
PRESENTED FIVE TIMES   

PRESENTED FOUR TIMES 

 

PRESENTED THREE TIMES

Henry, Louie, Austin

PRESENTED TWICE

Jenny

PRESENTED ONCE

Iva, Tammi, Jeremy, Josie

 

 

 

 

List of films and their presenters in chronological order:

PRESENTER

FILM

YEAR

COUNTRY

DIRECTOR

 

DATE

Imi

Some Like It Hot

1959

USA

Billy Wilder

1999/07

John

One, Two, Three

1961

USA

Billy Wilder

1999/08

Shosh

Fortune Cookie, The

1966

USA

Billy Wilder

1999/09

Evie

Babette's Feast

1987

DEN

Gabriel Axel

1999/11

Aaron

Cabaret

1972

USA

Bob Fosse

1999/12

Imi

Annie Hall

1977

USA

Woody Allen

2000/06

Elliott

Hustler, The

1961

USA

Robert Rossen

2000/07

Cathy

Bladerunner

1982

USA

Ridley Scott

2000/08

Henry

Shane

1953

USA

George Stevens

2000/09

Susie

Blow-Up

1966

UK

M. Antonioni

2000/10

Iva

Metropolitan

1990

USA

Whit Stillman

2000/11

Eve

On The Waterfront

1954

USA

Elia Kazan

2000/12

Louie

Buddy Holly Story, The

1978

USA

Steve Rash

2001/01

Imi/John

Maltese Falcon, The

1941

USA

John Huston

2001/02

Imi/John

Midnight Cowboy

1969

USA

John Schlesinger

2001/03

Shosh

Looking for Alibrandi

2000

AUS

Kate Woods

2001/04

Anne

Mediterraneo

1991

Italy

Gabriele Salvatore

2001/05

Rodney

Being There

1979

USA

Hal Ashby

2001/06

Anna

Un Homme et une Femme

1966

FRA

Claude Lelouch

2001/07

John

To Be Or Not To Be

1942

USA

Ernst Lubitsch

2001/08

Evie

Me and the Colonel

1958

USA

Peter Glenville

2001/09

Rod H.

Psycho

1960

USA

Alfred Hitchcock

2001/10

Aaron

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?

1993

USA

Lasse Hallstrom

2001/11

Eve

House of Games

1987

USA

David Mamet

2001/12

Cathy

Limbo

1999

USA

John Sayles

2002/01

Elliott

I’m All Right Jack

1959

UK

John Boulting

2002/02

Henry

Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz              

1974

CAN

Ted Kotcheff

2002/03

Susie

Pleasantville

1998

USA

Gary Ross

2002/04

Anne

Secrets and Lies                                           

1995

UK

Mike Leigh

2002/05

Imi

Gentleman’s Agreement                             

1947

USA

Elia Kazan

2002/06

John

You Can’t Take it With You

1938

USA

Frank Capra

2002/07

Anna

Innocence

2000

AUS

Paul Cox

2002/08

Louie

Price Above Rubies, A

1998

USA

Boaz Yakin

2002/09

Evie

Making Mr Right

1987

USA

Susan Seidelman

2002/10

Cathy

Third Man, The

1949

UK

Carol Reed

2002/11

Aaron

Bagdad Café

1988

USA

Percy Adlon

2002/12

Shosh

Cinema Paradiso

1988

IT/FR

Giuseppe Tornatore    

2003/01

Rodney

African Queen, The

1951

USA

John Huston

2003/02

Eve