The Abstract and Brief Chronicles of the Time
It may have quite understandably escaped your notice (what with all the mishigas going on around us) but 2025 marked the tenth anniversary of these film nights at the Victoria Park Baptist Church. In truth, there have been a few interruptions here and there. We took a brief hiatus for the occasional global pandemic, and then there was the time when the Church roof collapsed... ...but even allowing for all that, we've covered a lot of territory since 2015. Now, as we prepare to enter our second decade, I hope you will indulge me if I permit myself a moment of quiet reflection. What I earnestly hope is obvious by now is that these film nights are not primarily about the films. Yes, I screen movies (and I fully intend to screen many more) and I hope everyone enjoys the titles I select. Even the bad films can be important for anthropological reasons... But this isn't just a film club , and my purpose here is not merely to stick a film in the slot, press "play" and sit do...