The Last Hangman UK 2005 90 min Director: Adrian Shergold Timothy Spall gives a powerful performance as Albert Pierrepoint in this true life drama of Britain’s most famous executioner. In 1930s London, Albert rises to the top of his forefather’s trade, the master hangman; sending to the gallows some of the most notorious murderers and… Continue reading Pierrepoint
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Exils
Exiles 7 Feb 2007 Director: Tony Gatlif France, Japan 2004 104 min Two Algerian immigrants are outsiders in France, Zano and his girlfriend Naima decide to travel back to the land that their families were forced to flee when France colonised Algiers. The lovers travel from Paris making new friends along the way. The couple… Continue reading Exils
L’Armée des ombres
Army in the Shadows Director: Jean-Pierre Melville France, Italy 1969 145 mins This recently released and restored classic from Jean-Pierre Melville is an adaption of Joseph Kessel’s wartime novel. This is the haunting and sombre account of a group of mainly middle aged resistance fighters in Occupied France during World War Two. It spans a… Continue reading L’Armée des ombres
Familia Rodante
Rolling Family 6 Dec 2006 Director: Pablo Trapero Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, UK 2004 103 min Family chaos ensues when a wedding invitation inspires a grandmother to take her family to the wedding. Four generations of the family squeeze into a broken-down a mobile home and hit the road in this enchanting and upliftingly comic… Continue reading Familia Rodante
Born Into Brothels
2 April 2008 Directors: Zana Briski & Ross Kauffman India, USA 2004 85 min This i a chronicle of Calcutta’s red light district through the eyes of children of the prostitutes who work there. Filmmakers, Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, work with these most stigmatised children and inspire them to photograph their world in their… Continue reading Born Into Brothels
Away From Her
19 Mar 2008 Director: Sarah Polley Canada 2006 100 min This is a screen adaptation of celebrated writer Alice Munro’s short story ‘The Bear Came over the Mountain’. It is the beautiful and bittersweet tale “of married couple, Grant and Fiona. Their daily lives, in their twilight years, are filled with tenderness and humour. Their… Continue reading Away From Her
Bin Jib
3 Iron 7 Mar 2007 South Korea, Japan 2004 88 min Director: Ki-duk Kim Tae-suk is a drifter who enters strangers’ houses, when they are away, to sleep and eat a little food. He repays their unwitting kindness by doing the laundry and making small repairs. His life, however, is to change when he enters… Continue reading Bin Jib
Tsotsi
Thug 21 Feb 2007 UK, South Africa 2005 94 min Director: Gavin Hood In the ghetto language of Johannesburg, Tsotsi means “Thug” or “Gangster”. This Oscar winning film is set in the sprawling township of Soweto. It traces 6 days in the life titular character, a ruthless gang leader. Tsotsi’s life is one of violence… Continue reading Tsotsi
Voces inocentes
Innocent Voices 10 Jan 2007 Director: Luis Mandoki Mexico, USA, Puerto Rico 2004 120 min Based on a true story of Luis Mandoki’s embattled childhood. This is a poignant tale of Chava, an 11-year-old boy, who finds he has to grow up quickly in war torn El Salvador. At the age of 12 the government… Continue reading Voces inocentes
Das Leben Der Anderen
The Lives Of Others 9 Jan 2008 Germany 2006 137 min Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck The resurgence of German cinema continues with the 2007 Oscar winner ‘The Lives Of Others’. Set in East Germany in the early 1980’s, successful playwright Georg Dreyman and his girlfriend, the popular actress Christa-Maria Sieland, draw the unwanted attention… Continue reading Das Leben Der Anderen