{"id":3446,"date":"2025-05-10T12:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chesterfilmsociety.co.uk\/?page_id=3446"},"modified":"2025-08-16T10:40:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T09:40:01","slug":"summer-season-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chesterfilmsociety.co.uk\/?page_id=3446","title":{"rendered":"Summer Season 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This Summer at Chester Picturehouse<\/a><\/strong> join us for a specially curated selection of films set against the backdrop of summertime, spanning 50 years of cinema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member tickets for each film must be bought in person, either in advance or on the night, for \u00a35.00 on the production of your current Chester Film Society membership card (either digital or printed). Note that memberships cards for the 2024-25 season expire on 31st August!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday<\/strong> 5th<\/sup> June<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picnic at Hanging Rock (4K Restoration)<\/strong> (1975, Director: Peter Weir<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1hr 55m (Australia) Cert: 12A<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Valentine\u2019s Day 1900, students from Appleyard College, a girls\u2019 private school in Victoria, Australia, embark on a field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, several of the girls wander off. It\u2019s not until the end of the day that the group realise that some of their party have mysteriously disappeared. More on IMDB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday<\/strong> 3th<\/sup> July<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Body Heat<\/strong> (1981, Director: Lawrence Kasdan<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shyster lawyer Ned Racine (William Hurt) begins a passionate affair with Matty Walker (Kathleen Turner), wife of a wealthy Florida businessman (Richard Crenna). With the help of one of his criminal clients, bomb maker Teddy Lewis (Mickey Rourke), Ned hatches a scheme to kill Matty’s husband so that they can run away together with his money. But complications build upon double-crosses, launching the hapless lawyer into a situation far more treacherous than he imagined. More on IMDB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday<\/strong> 7th<\/sup> August<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer 1993<\/strong> (2017, Director: Carla Sim\u00f3n<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After her mother’s death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle’s family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life. More on IMDB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday<\/strong> 4th<\/sup> September<\/strong><\/p\n\n\n\n

Summerland<\/strong> (2020, Director: Jessica Swale<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An Englishwoman opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him in this moving journey of womanhood, love and friendship. More on IMDB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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