Seventyseven Film Club

27/09/2025

RIP Claudia Cardinale

11/06/2024

We still harbour ambitions of a return to screening films.

08/10/2023

RIP

Davies, known for films such as Benediction and A Quiet Passion, died after a short illness, his manager confirms.

26/08/2023

https://iwilltell.com/

Founded in 2007 by Jenny Lee, the name of the Festival comes from a word spoken in the Senna dialect in Mozambique Ndinadzawapanga (pronounced Nah-jah-pang-ga) and means I Will Tell. It speaks to the power of story telling to provoke change at an individual and societal level. The Festival is now a....

22/04/2023

Apparently we started 10 years ago (although have been on hiatus since Covid so bit suspect a claim). However, would anyone be interested in some sort of 10 years anniversary screenings? Any ideas?

16/02/2023

Fantastic rare screening

A pot containing a secret map for treasure has been sold to a junk dealer and then sold again to an orphan, who uses it as a goldfish bowl. As everyone greedily chases after the pot, Tange Sazen (Denjiro Okochi), who works as a bodyguard, stumbles upon the frenzied search, knowing nothing about the....

06/01/2023

https://youtu.be/OmpJa965ncg

Parodia de los western de Hollywood.

29/12/2022

Fantastic film by Hiroshi Shimizu. Some of you may recall we screened his Mr Thank You once. Merry Christmas.

1938. Black and white. Directed by Shimizu Hiroshi.1938年、白黒。清水宏監督。

14/09/2022

In the spring of 1968 Jean-Luc Godard accompanied his film La Chinoise on a tour of US universities. Claire Clouzot reports on his encounters with students eager for political change.

14/09/2022

07/09/2022

We screened this years back. Finally it's getting an official UK release. Absolute masterpiece

https://www.facebook.com/346748548669181/posts/5837997132877601/

New Announcement | SON OF THE WHITE MARE, Marcell Jankovics’ underground animated masterpiece, will be released on Blu-ray for the first time ever in the UK as a part of The Masters of Cinema Series, presented from a director approved 4K restoration. Available from 14 November 2022, the first print-run of 2000 copies will feature a Limited-Edition O-card Slipcase. PRE-ORDER now from the Eureka Store https://bit.ly/3KF9JrB Zavvi https://bit.ly/3TLXfCm Deff https://bit.ly/3BpdSNr

Legendary Hungarian animator Marcell Jankovics created a definitive masterpiece of world cinema with this psychedelic adaptation of the Hungarian folk tale.

Traversing an otherworldly canvas, SON OF THE WHITE MARE [FEHÉRLÓFIA] follows mythic folk heroes Treeshaker, Stonecrumbler, and Irontemperer as they descend into the perilous Underworld on an epic quest to battle the forces of ancient evil and save the cosmos.

An astonishing fantasy epic, this kaleidoscopic medley of ground-breaking animation styles comes to home video for the first time ever in the UK as part of the Masters of Cinema series. Presented from a 2019 4K restoration supervised and approved by director Marcell Jankovics, this release also includes Jankovics’ debut feature–and the first ever Hungarian animated feature film–JOHNNY CORNCOB [JÁNOS VITÉZ] (1973), as well as a selection of his short films.

SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES *:
Limited Edition O-Card slipcase (The first print-run of 2000 copies ONLY) | 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a director approved 4K digital restoration | JOHNNY CORNCOB (JÁNOS VITÉZ) – Jankovics first animated feature, and the first ever Hungarian animated feature film, is also presented here in 1080p from a director approved 4K digital restoration | SISYPHUS – short film | THE STRUGGLE (KÜZDŐK) – short film | Dreams on Wings – short film created as a commercial for Air India | Optional English Subtitles | BRIGHTER COLORS – extensive interview with Marcell Jankovics from the Hungarian National Film Archive, filmed in 2020 | Making of JÁNOS VITÉZ – archival featurette from 1973 | THE DIRECTOR TALKS – featurette with Jankovics produced by the Hungarian National Film Archive | PLUS: Collector’s Booklet featuring a new essay by film writer Rich Johnson | *All extras subject to change

SON OF THE WHITE MARE (Fehérlófia) and other early works by Marcell Jankovics (Masters of Cinema) Special Edition Blu-ray is available to PRE-ORDER now from the Eureka Store https://bit.ly/3KF9JrB Zavvi https://bit.ly/3TLXfCm Deff https://bit.ly/3BpdSNr

26/04/2022

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/obituaries/article/2022/04/23/french-actor-and-white-knight-of-independent-production-jacques-perrin-dies-at-the-age-of-80_5981384_15.html

Whether a musing sailor in 'Les Demoiselles de Rochefort' ('The Young Girls of Rochefort)' or prince charming in 'Peau d'Âne' ('Donkey Skin') the producer and actor was above all a man committed to his movie roles. He died on Thursday in Paris at the age of 80.