film club: 12 April - The Squid and the Whale

The upcoming film club is next Wednesday, 12 April. The film we're going to watch is The Squid and the Whale which by all accounts is a bittersweet comedy drama about a family break-up in 1980s Brooklyn. The movie is written and directed by Noah Baumbach, who co-wrote The Life Aquatic with Wes Anderson (Anderson produced The Squid and the Whale). Jeff Daniels (Pleasantville, Good Night and Good Luck) and Laura Linney (Mystic River, Kinsey) are the husband and wife at the centre of the story. The film was nominated for an Oscar for best original screenplay.

The film has been pretty well received, and got the accolade of a 5-star review in Time Out this week.

If you're interested you can read an interview with Noah Baumbach in the Guardian from last week. The film is somewhat based on his own background and experience of family break-up.

The details

The film is on at the Odeon Covent Garden at 7:10pm. Meet in the foyer of the cinema at 7pm. The cinema is at 135 Shaftesbury Avenue. More info here. And a map here.

If you want to come to the film, and have an Orange phone, here's what you do:

Text 'Film' to 241

You'll then receive a text from Orange with a reference number to show to the cinema box office to claim 2 for the price of 1.

That should be all you need but there's more info on the Orange website here.

Hopefully there will be enough people with Orange phones to get everyone in half price!

Afterwards we'll be going out for some food and a discussion. The venue will most likely be the Centre Point Sushi Cafe.