Screen Players Film Club is our exciting new screening and podcast series.
NEXT EVENT WEDNESDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER
SIR ROGER AND JAMES DEAKINS
We are giddy with excitement that Roger A Deakins, one of the greatest cinematographers of all time, and his creative work partner James Deakins will join us at The Cinema in Selfridges for a special screening of the Coen Brothers’ cinematic masterpiece The Man Who Wasn’t There. After the screening Roger and James will be in conversation with Charlotte Bogard Macleod, discussing the movie, and Roger’s photography book BYWAYS.
The Man Who Wasn’t There stars Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini and Scarlett Johansson, in a tale of infidelity, embezzlement, blackmail, crime and punishment. Joel and Ethan Coen’s film is a homage to the film noir genre and it is damn near perfect. The cinematography is breathtaking - exquisitely lit, luminous and beyond beautiful. It’s a playfully brilliant film - gin soaked, adulterous, and plot-twisty with a mesmerising performance by a smouldering Billy Bob Thornton.
We cannot wait for you to meet Roger Deakins CBE, /ASC, BSC, who has been nominated for a jaw-dropping 16 Oscars and won twice, and 17 BAFTA’s which he won five times, and his collaborative partner James Deakins. Together they have a unique working style, and have created the acclaimed film podcast “Team Deakins”
Door will open at 5.30pm to purchase your copy of BYWAYS
5.30pm BYWAYS available to purchase.
6.30pm The Man Who Wasn’t There screening.
8.30pm Roger and James Deakins in conversation with our very own Charlotte.
9.00pm BYWAYS Book signing with Roger & James Deakins.
Tickets £20 from The Cinema At Selfridges. *SOLD OUT*
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EPISODE 1
SAM TAYLOR-JOHNSON
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EPISODE 2
SIMON BEAUFOY
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EPISODE 3
TESSA ROSS
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EPISODE 4
NICK BROOMFIELD & DAN SMITH
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EPISODE 5
HOSSEIN AMINI
Like a book club for film, join our infectiously enthusiastic host Charlotte Bogard Macleod in conversation with the film industry’s most acclaimed creatives.
Each episode we invite a writer, director, producer or actor to share the stories and never-before-told anecdotes behind bringing one much-loved movie to the big screen.
It’s a unique podcast experience as most episodes are recorded live in front of a movie-loving Screen Players Film Club audience at the gorgeous Cinema at Selfridges.
Screen Players Film Club is created by the Script Factory in partnership with Soho Square Studios and Olympic Studios.
Produced by PODSSS, an initiative from Soho Square Studios to enable emerging pod talent.
"Screen Players Film Club started as a film-geek’s impulse to share great movies, and invite those who created them to explore the stories of bringing them to the big screen. What side-swiped me was that initial chats about the movie making process swiftly moved onto something more profound, as guests opened up to stories behind making these films. Now it really feels like a club, for both film lovers and lovers of life, as we eavesdrop on moments like Sam Taylor-Johnson’s startling revelation of maternal abandonment, Simon Beaufoy’s admission of Oscar night anxieties, and Nick Broomfield's confession of the enduring influence of his first love."
Charlotte Bogard Macleod