Club and bookshop open home for art-house films

Collaboration will see monthly screenings to help fill void left by The Projector

- Chin Soo Fang Senior Correspondent

Indie film buffs can look forward to a collaboration between a more than a century-old private members’ club and a bookshop to screen art-house films monthly from January 2026.

The organisers are optimistic that they can fill some of the space left by the closure of indie cinema operator The Projector, with all 50 tickets for the inaugural screening — sold at $15 each — snapped up within three days of their launch on Dec 13.

French movie Anatomy Of A Fall will be screened on Jan 9 in the multipurpose hall at the Ee Hoe Hean Club’s Bukit Pasoh premises. Following the warm response, the organisers said they may expand future screenings to accommodate 60 to 70 people.

Mr Odie Wu, who founded TBC Bookstore in New Bridge Road in 2024, initiated the tie-up with the aim of preserving a communal space for art-house films. He approached Ee Hoe Hean Club, which agreed to offer its historic premises for free.

They are working with Anticipate Pictures, a key distributor and primary content provider for The Projector.

Each screening will be followed by a moderated discussion, which may be led by a cultural scholar, film critic or practitioner, said Mr Wu. “We hope this is not merely about watching films, but about a real cultural experience - where people sit and watch, stay and speak, and leave with something that matters,” he said.