21 Jan 2008 Director: Richard Eyre UK 2006 92 min Barbara Covet (Dame Judi Dench) is a veteran school teacher. She lives a lonely existence with only her ageing cat, Portia, for company. To stave off her Isolation she writes journal in which she acerbically and cynically observes those around her. When young and attractive… Continue reading Notes On A Scandal
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Capote
7 Nov 2007 Director: Bennett Miller Canada, USA 2005 114 min November 1959, Truman Capote, the popular writer of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, sets off with his friend Nelle Harper Lee (To Kill A Mocking Bird) to redefine non-fiction writing. He intends to interview Perry Smith who is facing execution for the murder of a Kansas… Continue reading Capote
Efter Brylluppet
5Mar 2008 Director: Susanne Bier Denmark, Sweden 2006 123 min Danish emigre Jacob Petersen runs an orphanage helping street children in India. The orphanage is threatened with closure due to lack of money. Then a Danish businessman offers him a lifeline. He will donate 4 million dollars to the orphanage but only if Jacob attends… Continue reading Efter Brylluppet
Angel-A
20 Feb 2008 Director: Luc Besson France 2005 114 min Petty criminal Andre is down on his luck and in debt. With nowhere else to turn he decides to throw himself into the river Seine. As he stands perched on the edge of the river a chance encounter leads him to save the mysterious beautiful… Continue reading Angel-A
Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T’Aime
I’ve Loved You So Long 7 Oct 2009 Director: Philippe Claudel France, Germany 2008 117 min Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) has just been released after a 15 year prison sentence for the murder of her 6 year old son. As she struggles to adjust to her freedom she comes to live with her sister Léa,… Continue reading Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T’Aime
Entre Les Murs
The Class 17 Feb 2010 Director: Laurent Cantet France 2008 128 min This film is based on the autobiographical novel of François Begaudeau. It follows a year in the life of François Marin who teaches at a racially mixed school in inner city Paris. Marin starts the year with a determination and passion to give… Continue reading Entre Les Murs
Wolke Neun
Cloud Nine 6 Jan 2010 Director: Andreas Dresen Germany 2008 99 min After 30 years of marriage, Inge, in her 60s, embarks on a passionate affair with 76 year-old Karl. She is now torn between the husband she loves dearly and the man who ignites a spark of life in her.Inge feels her youth re-awakened… Continue reading Wolke Neun
Ver Minuten
Four Minutes 21 Oct 2009 Germany 2006 128 min Director: Chris Kraus Frau Traude Krueger is an elderly piano teacher who gives lessons at a women’s prison. She teaches a guard and a few women B prisoners while looking for other potential students. She finds the aggressive and rebellious Jenny, a former child prodigy at… Continue reading Ver Minuten
Dean Spanley
16 Dec 2009 New Zealand, UK 2008 100 min Director: Toa Fraser In Edwardian England of a 1904, Henslowe Fisk and his father Horatio attend a lecture on reincarnation given by the Swami Nala Prash. There they meet Dean Spanley from the colonies. Henslowe, after coincidental encounters with Spanley, begins a series of dinners with… Continue reading Dean Spanley
Les Plages d’Agnès
The Beaches Of Agnès 3 Feb 2010 Director: Agnés Varda France 2008 110 min Agnés Varda, an early member of the French New Wave of directors, takes a personal and inventive autobiographical journey through her life. Stories from her childhood in Brussels, her teenage years in occupied Paris, her life in 60s’ Los Angeles and… Continue reading Les Plages d’Agnès