19 Dec 2007 Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris USA 2006 101min Seven year-old Olive Hoover’s family is dysfunctional in the extreme. Richard, her dad, is a failing motivational speaker. His wife Sheryl is a chain smoker. Her gay uncle Frank has attempted suicide following a failed love affair. Her brother has taken a vow of… Continue reading Little Miss Sunshine
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Maria Full Of Grace
5 Dec 2007 Director: Joshua Marston USA, Colombia 2004 101 min Maria is a bright and vivacious seventeen year-old. She supports her family by stripping thorns from roses in a flower plantation. She loses her job and is offered the prospect of travelling to the USA. However, to do so she must become a drug… Continue reading Maria Full Of Grace
Grbavica
Esma’s Secret 21 Nov 2007 Director: Jasmila Žbanić Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, Croatia 2006 95 min A debut movie for Director Jasmila Zbanic. In the painful aftermath of the Balkan war, Bosnian mother, Esma, struggles to make ends meet in Sarajevo’s Grbavica district. Her daughter, Sara, lives in the knowledge that her father died a hero… Continue reading Grbavica
Ten Canoes
24 Oct 2007 Directors: Rolf de Heer, Peter Djigirr Australia 2006 90 min A thousand years ago ten Aboriginal men headed out into the swamp to find goose eggs. One of the men is Dayindi who covets one of the wives of his elder brother. He is told a story to teach him about correct… Continue reading Ten Canoes
Volver
10 Oct 2007 Director: Pedro Almodovar Spain 2006 121 min Raimunda (Penelope Cruz) lives in Madrid with her daughter Paula. Her husband Paco is an unemployed labourer and drunkard. Her sister, Sole, works as a hairdresser and lives nearby. The sisters lost their mother, Irene, in a fire in their home village years ago. Their… Continue reading Volver
Sixty-Six
26 Sept 2007 Director: Paul Welland UK 2006 93 min It is the summer of 1966 and England hosts the football World Cup. Twelve year old Bernie has something far more significant on his mind the day he becomes a man, his Bar Mitzvah. This most important day in his life is over-shadowed as his… Continue reading Sixty-Six
The Kite Runner
23 Sep 2009 Director: Marc Forster USA 2007 128 min It is a glorious afternoon in 1970s’ Kabul and the young Amir has just won a kite-fighting tournament. A fearful act of betrayal is about to tear apart his friendship with Hassan. Twenty years later, Amir is a successful writer living in America. He is… Continue reading The Kite Runner
Summer
31 Mar 2010 Director: Kenneth Glenaan UK, Germany 2008 88 min Shaun and Daz are inseparable kids who spend the summer bunking off from school, racing bikes and going down to the river with Katy, Shaun’s first love. Shaun comes up against the education system in a battle he will lose and, branded a violent… Continue reading Summer
Parlez-moi de la Pluie
Let’s Talk About The Rain 17 Mar 2010 Director: Agnés Jaoui France 2008 110 min This is a comedy about middle-class French life. Agathe returns to Provence after the death of her mother to help her sister with the sale of the maternal home. Agathe, feminist and best selling writer, moves in with her sister’s… Continue reading Parlez-moi de la Pluie
El Laberinto Del Fauno
Pan’s Labyrinth 6 Feb 2008 Director: Guillermo del Toro Mexico, Spain, USA 2006 119 min Enter Pan’s Labyrinth as Guillermo del Toro leads you into a gothic fairytale of breathtaking originality. Ofelia, a young and imaginative, girl lives in the Fascist Spain of 1944. She travels with her pregnant mother to meet her new stepfather,… Continue reading El Laberinto Del Fauno