9 - 15 MARCH 2024

​Members, it is that time of year – the 2024 Oscar ceremony is this weekend. ITV 1 has the transmission rights this year, so tune in on Sunday at 10.15pm to watch the show. Stamina will be required, though – it will end at about 2.30 the next morning! Failing that, there is a highlights show Monday at 10.45pm. It will be interesting to see how the ones on our questionnaire (including American Fiction and The Holdovers) will do. There are also two film premieres on Sunday evening, so you will have a range of options available to finish the weekend in style!
THE SOUVENIR: PART II (2020) Sunday 10 March 10.00-11.40pm BBC 2    P            
Ideally, you will have seen The Souvenir (released in 2019) to best re-engage with the story arc. Film student Julie has still to recover from her break-up with an older man, but hopes that including it in her graduation project will help. Director Joanna Hogg is much respected but, as with Aftersun and Tori and Lokita, her work might not be to all tastes.
MOTHERING SUNDAY (2021) Sunday 10 March 11.15pm-1.15am Channel 4    P            
In contrast to the above, this drama is more likely to appeal to members. It is adapted from a Graham Swift novel, is set in the 1920s, and the central character is a housemaid who is having an affair, in secret, with a neighbour of her employers.
THE CARD COUNTER (2021) Wednesday 13 March 9.00-11.15pm Film Four    P            
This clever psychological thriller isn’t ever so well known which is a shame. Oscar Isaac plays an ex-army veteran trying to put his Iraqi ghosts to bed. Now a civilian, his phenomenal memory is a useful tool at the poker tables.
THE RAILWAY STATION MAN (1993) Wednesday 13 March 10.00-11.30pm BBC 4            
Here we have a splendid BBC film that paired Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland for the first time since their seminal Nic Roeg thriller Don’t Look Now (1973). It is a much gentler affair, though – literally, as they fall in love during the time they spend together in an Irish village.
LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM (2019) Thursday 14 March 10.50pm-12.35am BBC 4    P            
Tell your friends, everyone – this season’s big success (the current leader on 94%) makes its debut on terrestrial TV. It will also be available on BBC iPlayer for a year.