February film club: Walk the Line

As you know, the next film club on 20 February is the much talked-about Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the ‘Man in Black’, and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter. The movie is directed by James Mangold (Girl, Interrupted, Copland). Watch the Trailer here. Time Out have a video interview with Joaquin.

The film traces Cash’s life up until 1968 when he ‘cleaned up’ married June Carter, and features the classic prison gigs at San Quentin and Folsom. It’s been hard to avoid it lately, with the combination of film, music, a lengendary figure, good looking people, tales of'proper' method acting by Phoenix, and multiple awards given or hoped for, meaning it's been covered by just about every magazine in the world. It's been received pretty well by the critics too.

The venue will be a central London cinema (possibly Curzon Mayfair) for an early evening screening. I'll confirm the cinema and time to closer to the 20th.

Once again, let me know if you want to come. Looking forward to it already.