Established in 2020, The Bigger Picture is a film club showing a wide variety of movies, once a month at the Newport Bowling Club. We are a not for profit community initiative that gives back to the local charities and brings people together for an entertaining evening.
Meetings are a social gathering as much as a cultural event. You have the option of arriving early and enjoying drinks from the bar plus food with friends – bring your own or order food which will be delivered to your table – or just come for the movie. Each screening is preceded by a light and entertaining talk giving an insight into the movie’s production.
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Membership is generally for a 6 month subscription.
MEMBERSHIP
The Bigger Picture present two five-film seasons per annum at a cost of $35 per person per season. Members are also able to bring a guest or prospective member at $10 per film to be paid at the door on the night. If joining mid-season, a pro-rata rate will apply.
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We are a proudly non-profit voluntary community association, which aims to keep membership fees to a bare minimum.
If you would like to re-register or join for the first time, please send an email to info@thebiggerpicture.club with the names and email details of the prospective members. We’ll reply giving you details on how to pay.
LOCATION
Films will be shown on a big screen at the Newport Bowling Club, Palm Rd, Newport.
Doors will open at 6pm.
Members are required to check-in with Anna on arrival.
Food can be ordered from Lucky and Pep’s which will be delivered to the venue.
Drinks can be ordered at the bar and consumed at one’s table.
We aim to offer our members a good cross section of genres and movies. The screening of each movie is accompanied by an insightful and interesting pre-show presentation on various aspects of the movie and its makers. With movie titles as diverse as The Big Lebowski, 12 Angry Men, The Full Monty, The Dressmaker and Bridge of Spies, there is something for everyone. Take a look in our PAST MOVIES section to get a better idea of the diversity. The Bigger Picture is community focused and is a great night out. See for yourself and become a member.
THE MOVIES
RECENT & UPCOMING MOVIE SCREENINGS
BRIDGE OF SPIES
​THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
Mon 30 September 2024
Mon 21 October 2024
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Mon 16 December 2024
​​​Bridge of Spies is a Cold War spy thriller based on the true story of an exchange of American and Soviet spies. Jim Donovan, an insurance lawyer, finds himself defending an alleged Russian spy, Rudof Abel and at the centre of a prisoner exchange negotiation.
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Starring: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan & Alan Alda.
Some British retirees (Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy) decide to outsource their retirement to exotic -- and less expensive -- India. Though the Marigold Hotel is not quite what they had imagined, they find that life and love can begin again when they let go of their pasts.
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STARRING: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Dev Patel, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Celia Imrie & Penelope Wilton
George Bailey is a man who has given up his personal dreams in order to help others in his community and whose thoughts of suicide on Christmas Eve bring about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody. Clarence shows George all the lives he touched and what the world would be like if he had not existed.
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STARRING: James Stewart, Donna reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Beulah Bondi, Ward Bond, Frank Faylen, Gloria Grahame.
