Saturday 13th April 2019: Richard Strauss’s Arabella (1977) Our Supper at the Opera series brings you Otto Schenk’s visually opulent and musically superlative film version of this charming lyric comedy by Richard Strauss. The superb cast is led by the renowned Austrian lyric soprano Gundula Janowitz in the title role, supported by Bernd Weikl, René Kollo and Edita Gruberova. Sir Georg Solti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic. [189 mins, exempt from classification, German with English subtitles] Thursday 25th April: Lost in Paris (2016) French-Belgian comedy in the style of Jacques Tati. A Canadian librarian visits Paris for the first time to assist her myopic aunt, but encounters a homeless man who has yet to have an emotion or thought he is afraid of expressing. Co-directed, co-produced, co-written and co-starring Belgian Dominique Abel & Canadian Fiona Gordon. According to the critics, it’s “whimsical to a fault, but its fanciful light-heartedness earns the audience’s indulgence with charming performances and an infectious absurdity.” [83 mins, 12 certificate, some French with English subtitles] Friday 26th April: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) Dark comedy crime-drama about a mother who rents three billboards to call attention to her daughter’s unsolved rape and murder. Written & directed by Irishman Martin McDonagh, it stars Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson & Sam Rockwell. It won 5 BAFTAs (including ‘Best Film’) and 2 Oscars (including ‘Best Actress’ for McDormand.” [115 mins, 15 certificate]. Just £10 buys life membership plus a free first screening. Standard entry prices are £6 for members, £8 for non-members, £4 for Under-16s (including canapés and tea / coffee – bring your own alcoholic beverage if preferred). Seats need to be booked in advance. For further details of Badby & District Film Society and its forthcoming events, please contact the Membership Secretary, Karen Brown (Tel 01327 312158 Evenings only / Email [email protected]).