Film, Education, Philosophy Group- monthly meetings

We meet from 4 to 5pm on the last Monday of each month to discuss a film (always available on the library databases). We cover a wide variety of film from high art to eccentric B-grade classics; from the experimental to some of the greatest documentaries – always linking to ideas in philosophy and education.

In May we will discuss Dario Agenta’s genre defining Suspiria: just to see his use of colour is a revelation.

In June we discuss the great Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s About Elly a complex, subtle and humane film in which Farhadi takes middle class characters and pushes them almost to breaking point to reveal deep understandings of Iranian society (and humanity). “See the way ace cinematographer Hossein Jafarian’s gliding hand-held camera takes in the disheveled rooms, glimpses the seascape through the windows and doors, and sets up an enormously complex and involving set of relationships between the characters by continually reframing them.” Roger Ebert

Contact [email protected] for the program and zoom link or to be added to the group.