2 Dec 2015 Director: Zeresenay Berhane Mehari Ethiopia, USA 2014 99 min Three hours outside Addis Ababa, a bright 14-year-old girl is on her way home from school when men on horses swoop in and kidnap her. The brave Hirut grabs a rifle and tries to escape but ends up shooting her would-be husband. In… Continue reading Difret
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Le Jour se Lève
4 Nov 2015 Director: Marcel Carné France 1939 90 min A crucial film of the French poetic realism movement, Le Jour se Lève is an exquisitely crafted film noir describing an obsessive relationship that leads to a terrible crime, depicted at the start. Foundry worker François (Jean Gabin) flees from the scene of the crime… Continue reading Le Jour se Lève
Force Majeure
2 Mar 2016 Director: Ruben Östlund Sweden, France, Norway 2014 120 min One single moment can change everything in a relationship. Tomas, Ebba and their children are enjoying a skiing holiday in the French Alps when a relaxed lunchtime suddenly becomes a moment fraught with terror as an avalanche heads towards their mountaintop restaurant. Tomas’… Continue reading Force Majeure
Ida
3 Feb 2016 Director: Pawel Pawlikowski Poland, Denmark 2013 82 min In the 1960s, novitiate nun Anna is about to take her vows in the Catholic Church when the Mother Superior insists that she must visit her aunt Wanda, who reveals that Anna’s real name is Ida. It is the first in a chain of… Continue reading Ida
Madeo – Mother
16 Mar 11 Director: Bong Joon-Ho South Korea 2009 129 min When an ageing herbalist (and back-street acupuncturist) discovers her mentally challenged son is to be tried for the murder of a young girl after a drunken night out, she embarks on a relentless quest for justice, no matter the emotional cost. Gorgeously photographed, flawlessly… Continue reading Madeo – Mother
Wakolda
04 Mar 2015 Director: Lucia Puenzo Argentina, France, Spain, Norway 2013 93 min Lilith and her family move to Patagonia where her parents are taking control of a lakeside hotel. Coinciding with their arrival in the town is a visiting doctor, Helmut Gregor, from Germany who moves into the hotel while he waits for his… Continue reading Wakolda
All Is Lost
04 Feb 2014 Director: J C Chandor USA 2013 106 min Robert Redford plays an experienced solo yachtsman facing an ordeal in an increasingly desperate situation. He begins the drama asleep in his 39-foot craft when he is awoken to find that a huge metal container unit has fallen from one of the massive ships… Continue reading All Is Lost
The Selfish Giant
07 Jan 2015 Director: Clio Barnard UK 2013 91 min The Selfish Giant tells the tale of Arbor and Swifty, two young boys growing up in Yorkshire. Struggling to fit in at school, and each facing their own challenges at home, the two friends find their seemingly directionless lives given dubious purpose when they meet… Continue reading The Selfish Giant
La Jaula de Oro – The Golden Dream
18 Feb 2015 Director: Diego Quemada-Diez Mexico 2013 102 min A Mexican ballad, La Jaula De Oro, tells of the despair of immigrants who have actually made it into the USA. They find it a “golden cage” because America accepts illegals’ cheap labour without allowing them the proper residency papers they need to rise beyond… Continue reading La Jaula de Oro – The Golden Dream
Tian Zhu Ding – A Touch of Sin
21 Jan 2015 Director: Jia Zhangke Jia China 2013 133 min This film tracks four citizens of modern China. Each one tries to find peace and purpose in this enormous nation as outside forces conspire to grind them down. Dahai is a miner who is tired of local worthies enriching themselves. Zhou San is an… Continue reading Tian Zhu Ding – A Touch of Sin