Talking Films: March Meet Up!

We're going all things funny for March, plus celebrating International Women's Day & Women's History Month by featuring some stand out films, documentaries and series with women at the helm!

Here's the full list of what to watch...

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SERIES/MINI-SERIES

Not one, not two, but SIX incredible series for you this month! We simply couldn't choose from this phenomenal group of comedy series, so we've kept them all!

Kicking off with Phoebe Waller-Bridge's award-winning masterpiece Fleabag, our list also includes a couple of other comedies featuring powerful female leads- Call My Agent and Derry Girls.

We've included a couple of classics, Fawlty Towers and The Office (celebrating its 20th Anniversary!) for a good dose of nostalgia, awkward workplace happenings and slapstick.

Rounding off our shortlist of six is the father and son created Schitt's Creek. There's a whopping 80 episodes of this one to get through, so get that TV on!

FLEABAG- BBC iPLAYER & AMAZON PRIME

CALL MY AGENT- NETFLIX

DERRY GIRLS- ALL4 & NETFLIX (Season 1)

FAWLTY TOWERS- NETFLIX & BBC iPLAYER

THE OFFICE (UK)- NETFLIX

SCHITT'S CREEK- NETFLIX (all 6 seasons), ALL 4 (S05 - 06 available for a limited time)

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DOCUMENTARIES

MARK KERMODE’S SECRETS OF CINEMA (SERIES 3, EP. 1)- BRITISH COMEDY- BBC iPLAYER
This episode of Mark Kermode’s documentary series takes a look inside the psyche of British comedy, and explores how the landscape of British comedy emerged and relates to our endless national preoccupations.

The hour-long programme features both well-known classics, as well as some surprisingly funny films from the darkest depths of the comedy vaults.

STAND UP AND DELIVER- ALL4
What happens when you try to make celebrities funny? This 2-part documentary for Stand Up 2 Cancer follows a group of celebrities and their comedian mentors as they try to take to the microphone with their debut stand-up routines!

Expect some surprisingly natural comics, as well as a couple of very cringey moments- the celebs proving that it perhaps isn’t as easy as it looks to make people laugh…

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FILMS

This month’s set of films follows our two themes of comedy and Women’s History Month.

Starting with the classics- both old and new- Bringing Up Baby (Kathryn Hepburn) and Bridesmaids couldn’t be much more different, but both give hilarious retellings of major life milestones! Monty Python & The Holy Grail also joins this months playlist.

Two straight-to-streaming premieres release this month, and they’re both on our list. Coming 2 America, the much anticipated sequel airs on Amazon Prime, whilst Amy Poehler’s coming of age comedy drama Moxie! is available on Netflix.

Finally, if Action is more your thing, look no further than Deadpool.
Here’s the our full list of suggested films…

BRINGING UP BABY- BBC iPLAYER

BRIDESMAIDS- AMAZON PRIME

MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL- NETFLIX

COMING 2 AMERICA- AMAZON PRIME

MOXIE!- NETFLIX

DEADPOOL- NETFLIX

For more info on our playlist go to: http://www.sydenhamfilmclub.org/events/talking-films-march-meetup/