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Message from Oswestry Film Scociety
Maxine Peake plays the gritty role of Funny Cow, a comedienne who breaks through the glass ceiling of the all-male 1970s comedy circuit to rise to stardom. Peake is superb in this unflinching film about a stand-up on the 70s northern club circuit. Stepping into the backstreets of her past, the now successful adult meets her childhood self. Having embraced her outsider status as a child, Peake's misfit only feels at home on stage. "I can't be a civilian," she tells Alun Armstrong's Lenny, the miserable "master of mirth" who assures her that "women aren't funny", and suggests she try singing or stripping instead. Fleeing the nest, she moves in with angry and violent Bob (Tony Pitts), whom she faces with a deadpan defiance learned at the wrong end of her father's belt - later picking up with the bookish Angus (Paddy Considine). The supporting roles are solid, from Stephen Graham's twin turn as brutal father and cowed brother, to Lindsey Coulson's heartbreaking performance as an increasingly lonely mum. There are some eye-catching cameos too, from comedians such as John Bishop and Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves). It's an intimate portrait of an often abrasive character - a challenging role to which Peake rises magnificently.
Oswestry Film Society: Wed Oct 16, 7.30pm - Hermon Chapel Arts Centre, Oswestry. | |  | Remember: extra films With our extra programmers on board, we now show four films a month, so increasing our range of subjects, themes and genres.
Coming up shortly, we have The Fall Guy, a 2024 action-whodunnit with Ryan Gosling as a stunt man - and the excellent biopic Jackie - Jackie Kennedy in the aftermath of her husband president John Kennedy's assassination.
Check out all our films through to the end of the year on our website - www.oswestryfilmsociety.com |  | Please support our host The Hermon Chapel, which has been so welcoming since the Oswestry Film Society moved there, put on an excellent range of entertainment. This Friday, it's award-winning Flamenco guitartist Samuel Moore, and on Saturday The Blackheart Orchestra - a unique duo that performs with an impressive array of 13 instruments.
The Hermon is fully accessible and has a licensed cafe-bar.
There's more on the Hermon website www.hermon-arts.org.uk | | | |
