We are a not-for-profit group and periodically we will make
contributions to Northumberland County charities when a cash surplus permits.
Right: Recent films shown
Films are shown at the Northumberland Mall Theatres in Cobourg, Ontario at 4.00 pm on selected Sundays.
We also produce a Film Festival on the last weekend in January.
Latest News
With thanks to NFS filmgoers, Sponsors RBC Dominion Securities, Cobourg and VIA Rail Canada, Northumberland Film Sundays is pleased to announce that $2,800+ in donations has now been distributed to local organizations.
Since its inception in 2003 NFS has now contributed over $17,000 to support local not-for-profit groups. A listing of all recipients can be found here.
Read about our support for local organizations and last season's activities on the News page.
Our Tickets page
gives full details on pricing and where to buy tickets.
See Archives for
our History - lists all movies we have screened to date. For the history of donations, see the News page
Be sure to click on the film title or image to get more details including a
trailer for each movie.
Film 1
A Serious Man - click
photo or title for more details and a trailer Sunday February 14, 2010. 4:00pm
Sponsor:
Leads: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Aaron Wolff.
Directed by: Joel and Ethan Coen
Genre: Dark Comedy
Language: English
Run-time: 105 minutes
Rating: R for language, nudity, brief violence
A Serious Man is directors Joel and Ethan Coen’s contemporary, black comedy re-telling of The Book of Job.
Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) is their Job. He lives in a 1967 Minneapolis suburb.
A physics professor, his blackboard is filled with ridiculously long and confusing equations and calculations.
His work life is fine, but his home life is a mess.
Deftly balancing bright comedy and bitter darkness, the Coens have come up with another uncomfortable masterpiece.
Me and Orson Welles- click
photo or title for more details and a trailer Sunday March 7, 2010. 4:00pm
Leads: Zac Efron, Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Ben Chaplin
Director: Richard Linklater
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Run-time: 1 hour, 54 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Teenage student Richard Samuels (Zac Efron) lucks his way into a minor role in the legendary 1937 Mercury Theatre production of Julius Caesar, directed by a youthful Orson Welles (strikingly portrayed by newcomer Christian McKay.) Over the course of a magical week, Richard makes his Broadway debut, finds romance with an ambitious older woman, and experiences the dark side of genius after daring to cross the imperious, brilliant Welles. Richard has to grow up fast.
Film 3
A Single Man - click
photo or title for more details and a trailer Sunday March 28, 2010. 4:00pm
Leads: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode and Nicholas Hoult
Director: Tom Ford
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Run-time: 95 minutes
Rating: R - nudity, strong language
First time director Tom Ford's film A Single Man is a refreshing reminder of what going to the theatres should be like. Surprising, heart-warming, depressing, thought-provoking and above all interesting. The film is as beautiful on the surface as it is touching at its core. It's a story about a gay teacher in the 60's who loses his lover in an accident and is left in a world that he no longer wishes to be a part of.
Film 4
Invictus - click
photo or title for more details and a trailer Sunday April 11, 2010. 4:00pm
Leads: Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon
Director: Clint Eastwood
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Run-time: 134 minutes
Rating: PG -13
In his first term as President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman), faces the tensions and divisions of a post apartheid nation. Mandela, who had survived 27 years in prison, believes that the South African white man's sport - rugby - can help bring his people closer together, so he makes it his mission, through the captain, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon) to inspire and encourage the struggling Springboks to lift their game as they head for the 1995 Rugby World Cup - as the underdogs.
Film 5
The Last Station - click
photo or title for more details and a trailer Sunday April 25, 2010. 4:00pm
Leads: Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti, James McAvoy
Director: Michael Hoffman
Genre: Historical Drama
Language: English
Run-time:
Rating: R
Based on the novel by Jay Parini, The Last Station is essentially a love story, two of them in fact. Helen Mirren is excellent as Sofya, Tolstoy’s wife of nearly 50 years. She not only bore him 13 children, but helped to put down on paper his two famous novels, "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina." Another great performance comes from Christopher Plummer as Leo Tolstoy who is at odds with his wife because he believes the proceeds from his novels belong to the Russian people.
The NFS mailing address, the committee names and the NFS phone number
are listed on the contact us page.
We are a member of the Arts Council of Northumberland
- check their web site for information on all the cultural organizations and events in the county.
Northumberland Film Sundays Thanks these Generous Sponsors and Contributors:
We also thank these Toronto International Film Festival Film Circuit Sponsors:
