I went to the cinema club at our local fleapit, Reflexen, yesterday to see the French film, Girlhood.

Modern cinema bears a closer resemblance to a home cinema system than you’d think. Long gone are the days of tins full of celluloid. They were showing the film off a USB stick! There were a few problems getting the film started and once it had, they couldn’t get the subtitles to work! Giving up, the club announced they would be showing Pride instead.

Yippee ! DuCool had recommended it very warmly and his film tips are always worth listening to. My only reservation was that he does have a fondness for rather glum films. Not many frothy romcoms or preposterous monster movies on his best of the year!

Gay activists and miners. What would this be like? An agit-prop Full Monty? Brassed Off without any music?

I needn’t have worried. A great script by Stephen Beresford and some stupendous performances: I haven’t laughed so much in a cinema for yonks.

A tremendous, feel-good film with an important message. See it!!

Based on a true story too.

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/31/pride-film-gay-activists-miners-strike-interview