24 Sep 2003 Director: Phillip Noyce Australia 2002 94mins Set in Western Australia in 1931. Molly, Daisy and Grace are snatched from their mothers’ arms and taken a thousand miles away as part of official government policy to train as domestic servants and to integrate them into white society. Lead by Molly, they escape, pursued… Continue reading Rabbit-Proof Fence
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The Girl on the Bridge – La Fille sur le Pont
2 Apr 2003 Director: Patrice Leconte France 1999 90min A charming love story from the director of Monsieur Hire (1989) and The Hairdresser’s Husband (1990). Adele stands on a bridge in Paris leaning over the Seine intending to drown her sorrows. Then a stranger takes an interest in her plight. He is Gabor and needs… Continue reading The Girl on the Bridge – La Fille sur le Pont
Even The Rain
También la lluvia 5 Dec 2012 Director: Iciar Bollain Spain 2010 103 mins The exploitation of South American natives by Christopher Columbus is the starting point of this thoughtful and intelligent Spanish film-within-a-film-within-a-film. A film crew arrives in Bolivia to tell the story of the early Spanish colonists and their impact on the New World,… Continue reading Even The Rain
The Lady
21 Nov 2012 Director: Luc Besson France, UK 2011 132 min Action thriller veteran Luc Besson may not be the obvious choice of director for the story of Aung San Suu Kyi (played with understated panache by Michelle Yeoh), the woman at the core of Burma’s democracy movement. Nonetheless the Frenchman brings a deft touch… Continue reading The Lady
Monsieur Lazhar
19 Dec 2012 Director: Philippe Falardeau Canada 2011 94 min The ‘inspirational teacher’ movie has become something of a cliché in recent years, but this Oscar nominated film from Canada avoids the usual sentiment and predictability in favour of a darker and ultimately more satisfying approach.Elderly Algerian immigrant Lazhar (the impressive Mohamed Fellag) is hired… Continue reading Monsieur Lazhar
The Others
3 Dec 2003 USA, France, Spain 2001 101 min Director: Alejandro Amenabar Nicole Kidman stars as Grace, a strong-willed woman who lives isolated with her two children in their Jersey Mansion towards the end of the Second World War. Grace, who awaits the return of her soldier husband, is highly protective of her two children,… Continue reading The Others
Read My Lips
Sur mes Lévres Mar 3 2004 Director: Jacques Audiard France 2001 118 min Carla is the under appreciated long-term secretary of a property firm. She is hard working, always the first to arrive and the last to leave and all this while suffering from a hearing defect. She persuades her employers to get her an… Continue reading Read My Lips
Pauline & Paulette
Feb 18 2004 Belgium, France, Netherlands 2001 78 min Director: Lieven Debrauwer Martha, the senior of four elderly sisters, looks after the child-like Pauline. Pauline loves flowers and to run errands for her sister Paulette who runs a fabric shop in the town. When Martha suddenly dies, neither Paulette nor the youngest sister Cecile, who… Continue reading Pauline & Paulette
Sweet Sixteen
Jan 7 2004 UK, Germany, Spain 2002 106 min Director: Ken Loach Liam’s 16th birthday approaches and he looks forward to his mother’s release from prison. He lives in the dismal streets of Glasgow and in the company of his mother’s boyfriend, Stan and his mean-spirited grandfather. Hope looks bleak. He is determined to take… Continue reading Sweet Sixteen
The Vampyre Craig
Dec 17 2003 Director: Melvyn Williams Wales 2002 10 min A very funny short. Craig a gormless, charmless vampire who lives on a run down council estate, demonstrates his vampiric powers to a local television news crew.