Sydenham Film Club presents Blue Jasmine

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This February we're showing Woody Allen’s latest, not just because it's a magnificent return to form — it also gives a perfect antidote to the Valentine’s Day love-in.

What: Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen, USA 2013. 98mins. Certificate PG)
When: 7.30pm, Thursday 13 February
Where: Golden Lion, 116 Sydenham Road SE26 5JX
Tickets: £5 on the door

When New York socialite Jasmine’s (Cate Blanchett) husband is accused of fraud she is forced to leave the high life and stay with her sister Ginger (Sally Hawkins) in a small San Francisco apartment.

A latter day Blanche Dubois, Jasmine is a troubled soul looking for the right man to take her back to the good life. But she will soon learn it’s not going to be quite the escape plan she had hoped for…

With support from Alec Baldwin and excellent cameos from comedians Louis CK and Andrew Dice Clay, Cate Blanchett’s award-winning performance is widely considered her career best.

Don't just take our word for it, the critics seem to quite like it too:

★★★★★ ‘Allen has produced an outstanding movie, immensely satisfying and absorbing.’ Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN

★★★★★ ‘Cate Blanchett delivers astounding performance…With every twitch, every startled glance and impatient gesture, [she] finds the human within this monster of snobbishness.’ Anthony Quinn, THE INDEPENDENT

★★★★★ ‘Allen’s sharp script, [is] perhaps the most economically minded of his career.’ Joshua Rothkopf, TIME OUT

★★★★★ ‘A career-best Cate Blanchett dazzles in Woody Allen’s heartbreaking missive.’ David Jenkins, LITTLE WHITE LIES

If you have any questions about the Film Club, don't hesitate to be in touch with us: info@sydenhamfilmclub.org

Hope to see you there!

[MissBee]

Great film.

[JMLF]

Will be there and hoping to drag a few people along to boot