Genre + Discussion of Oscar Winning Films
Debbie Daniels opened the evening with a PowerPoint presentation on genre. She explained what is meant by the term ‘genre’ and then looked at what we expect to see in films of various different genres. If we know what genre a film is before we see it, that may help us decide whether or not it's the sort to thing we would enjoy.

Julian Austwick led a discussion about three Oscar winning films: La La Land, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Roma.
He had prepared a little film by way of introduction – it included himself playing the roles of some of the people in the various films…

Julian introducing the opening scene of La La Land.

Julian’s take on The Grand Budapest Hotel
