Details below are from AFI Fest
World Premiere
London, 1939. On the eve of the Second World War, the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins), hosts Oxford don and committed Christian C.S. Lewis (Matthew Goode) at his Hampstead home. Lewis, who would later author “The Chronicles of Narnia,” had recently written a minor fantasy novel that lightly spoofed the great doctor from Vienna and is sheepishly apologetic about it. Freud finds Lewis’ firm faith in a higher being unpersuasive at best, and prefers instead to explore the unexamined corners in Lewis’ life: his relationships to his late mother and his estranged father, his PTSD following service in the Great War, and his unusual relationship with his live-in companion, Janie Moore (Orla Brady), the mother of a fallen comrade. But then Freud, too, is tuning out things in his life: the need for his daughter Anna (Liv Lisa Fries) to live her life authentically, the seriousness of his cancer and worsening drug dependency, and the outbreak of war on the radio news. Directed by Matt Brown (THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY), Hopkins and Goode deliver crafty and moving performances as two of the 20th century’s great minds, whose intellectual sparring demonstrates both men’s formidable strengths and emotional vulnerabilities. –Todd Hitchcock
Screenings
October 27, 5:00 p.m.
Chinese 1
Director: Matthew Brown
Screenwriter: Mark St. Germain
Cast/Featuring: Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode
Running Time (minutes): 118
Link to buy tickets – https://fest.afi.com/2023/special-screenings-2023/freuds-last-session/
Matthew will be playing in the Dunhill Links golf tournament at St Andrews next week!
From the Dunhill Links website –
MATTHEW GOODE
Admired British actor, he has a long list of successful films in which he has appeared including Match Point, Imagine Me & You, My Family and Other Animals, Copying Beethoven, The Lookout, Brideshead Revisited, Watchmen, A Single Man, Leap Year, Stoker and The Imitation Game.
Was a member of the cast of the popular Downton Abbey series and played Anthony Armstrong-Jones, Princess Margaret’s husband, in The Crown.
Says his best golfing moment was partnering Danny Willett in the 2010 Championship and playing with Martin Kaymer, the eventual winner, in the final group.
This is the eighth time he has played. Says he once hit the ball straight right at the 18th and it bounced on the road and onto a building before ricocheting on to the green.
https://www.alfreddunhilllinks.com/player/matthew-goode/
[Pic – Ross Kinnaird]
Matthew and ex- Grand Prix driver, Jenson Button, are promoting the new Autumn – Winter Collection for Hackett London. They appear in posts across all social media – with some stunning images –
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[CREDIT – All pictures – Hackett London. Photographer – Charlie Gray]
There is also a promo short on You Tube –
… and more pictures on Hackett UK.com – CLICK HERE!
All three seasons of the fantasy series starring Teresa Palmer and Matthew Goode will be available to viewers based in the US for a limited time. Between September 1 and October 31, a few of AMC’s series will be hosted on HBO’s streaming platform MAX on both the ad-free and ad-lite services for no extra cost.
[Sky]
Reported on Digital Spy.
Bad Wolf have posted this on their social media:-
Bad Wolf Ltd are offering fans of the award-winning series A Discovery of Witches the opportunity to purchase a selection of props and costumes in aid of the charities The Trevor Project (USA) and Place2Be (UK).
Adapted from Deborah Harkness’ best-selling novel, A Discovery of Witches is a contemporary love story set in our world, but a world which humans share with the declining species of witches, vampires and daemons – creatures existing and working amongst us, but hiding, unknown to most humans, in plain sight.
The items available have been carefully curated by the production team and include priceless creations made especially for the show.
Please help us raise funds by participating in our auction or by making a donation. The online auction will close at 5pm (BST) on 7th September 2023.
For information about the auction items and delivery please contact shane.crowley@bad-wolf.com.
Thank you for your continued support.
Deborah Harkness has shared some #behindthescenes shots she took on this day in 2019.
Deborah’s post –Click here!
‘A day in the editing room with the insanely talented director, Matt Brown. Teaser dropping soon for our movie #FreudsLastSession’