24 Sep 2008 Director: Mike Leigh UK 2008 Poppy (Sally Hawkins) is a joyful, free-spirited young primary school teacher. Whether preparing lessons for class or out on the busy London streets on her bicycle, Poppy treats life with the same unshakeable enthusiasm. Nothing gets her down, even the theft of her bicycle merely opens up… Continue reading Happy Go Lucky
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El Secreto de sus Ojos – The Secret In Their Eyes
02 Mar 11 Director: Juan José Campanella Argentina 2009 127 min Separated by time and circumstance, retired criminal-court employee Benjamín (Ricardo Darín) and his former superior (and unrequited love), Irene (Soledad Villamil), revisit an unresolved case from years before. It’s a lurid tale of a woman raped and murdered, a doting husband who wanted revenge… Continue reading El Secreto de sus Ojos – The Secret In Their Eyes
Priest
4 Oct 1995 Director: Antonia Bird UK 1994 103 min An idealistic young priest arrives to work in inner city Liverpool. Deeply troubled by his sexuality, he struggles with his vow of celibacy as he embarks on a homosexual affair which leaves him racked with guilt. Written by Jimmy McGovern (Brookside, Cracker), Priest is a… Continue reading Priest
Persepolis
1 Apr 2009 Directors: Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi France, USA 2007 97 min Marji is an outspoken 8 year old girl at the time of the Iranian revolution. As she grows up she finds her unique perspective on life repeatedly challenged by the country’s fundamentalist rulers. Worried for her safety, her parents send her… Continue reading Persepolis
KZ
18 Mar 2009 Director: Rex Bloomstein UK 2006 97 min AS the picturesque town of Mauthausen in Austria goes about its daily life, coaches containing tourists and children arrive to a place just 2 kilometres away. Here, thousands of people from over thirty nations were tortured and murdered, for this is the site of a… Continue reading KZ
Tais Toi! – Shut Up!
7 Jan 2009 Director: Jason Reitman USA, Canada 2007 96min Quentin (Gérard Depardieu), a dim-witted giant who loves to talk, finds himself in jail after a botched bank robbery. He is placed in a cell with Ruby (Jean Reno), a brooding, taciturn outlaw with 15 million pounds waiting on the outside. Quentin mistakes Rubyʼs silence… Continue reading Tais Toi! – Shut Up!
In The Valley Of Elah
18 Feb 2009 Director: Paul Haggis USA 2007 121 min Mike Deerfield returns home from a tour of duty in Iraq and disappears. His father, Hank (Tommy Lee Jones), a retired military policeman from the Vietnam era, sets out to find him. He finds help from detective Emily Saunders (Charlize Theron), but the pair face… Continue reading In The Valley Of Elah
Kolya
12 Nov 1997 Director: Jan Sverak Czech Republic 1996 110 min Winner of the Oscar for best ‘Foreign Language Film’. Set in Prague in 1988, Louka is a cellist out of favour with the Russian authorities who must scrape a living playing at funerals and repairing gravestones. He agrees to a marriage of convenience to… Continue reading Kolya
Il Postino
29 Oct 1997 Director: Michael Radford France, Italy 1994 113 min Living on a quiet island, Mario is intrigued by the arrival of an exiled Chilean poet. He is fascinated by the poets propensity to receive mail from women. He takes the job as a regular postman so he can visit the poet and learn… Continue reading Il Postino
Fargo
15 Oct 1997 Director: Ethan & Joel Coen USA 1996 97 min A crime/thriller by the Coen Brothers (Ethan and Joel) laced with satire, comedy and suspense. Based on a true story. William H. Macy is desperate for money for a business deal and hires two hoodlums to kidnap his wife and to split the… Continue reading Fargo