4 February 20044 Director: Michael Moore Canada, USA, Germany 2002 119 min Why do 11,000 Americans die each year because of shootings? With its motivation founded in the massacre at Columbine High School, Michael Moore seeks to discover the roots and causes of this bloodshed. Alternately humorous and horrifying, he looks at the culture of… Continue reading Bowling for Columbine
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He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
A la Folie… pas du tout 21 Jan 2004 Director: Laetitia Colombani France 2002 92 min Angelique, a pretty and passionate young student, is in love. The object of her desire is Loic, a cardiologist. Loic’s attention to Angelique is neglectful and sometimes cruel, yet Angelique’s spirit is constant and her devotion for him never… Continue reading He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Yojimbo
1 Nov 2003 Japan 1961 110 min Director: Akira Kurosawa Sanjuro, a masterless Samurai, wanders into a town divided by two warring factions. After proving his formidable swordsmanship in a street brawl, he sells his services to the highest bidder. When one clan conspires against him he switches sides and begins to trick the foolish… Continue reading Yojimbo
Sideways
22 Feb 2006 Director: Alexander Payne USA 2004 123 min Miles, a failed writer, arranges a wine tasting trip in California’s wine country to celebrate his friend Jack’s forthcoming Wedding. The comically mismatched pair share little other than their fading youth and failed potential. Miles is watching his writing career slide away and Jack is… Continue reading Sideways
Twin Sisters
De Tweeling 11 Jan 2006 Director: Ben Sombogaart Netherlands, Luxembourg 2002 129 min An epic story of separation from the best selling Dutch novelist Tessa de Loo. Six-year-old twin sisters are torn from each other following the death of their parents in 1920s Cologne. Lotte is sent to her wealthy aunt in Holland, while Anna… Continue reading Twin Sisters
Only Human
Seres queridos 14 Dec 2005 Director: Dominic Harari & Teresa Pelegri Spain, Argentina, Portugal, UK 2004 89 min Jewish humour meets Spanish screwball comedy in this farce set in an eccentric family in Madrid. Leni is bringing her fiancé Rafi to meet her Jewish family. She has neglected to inform her mother that Rafi is… Continue reading Only Human
Hotel Rwanda
2 Nov 2005 Director: Terry George UK, Italy, South Africa 2004 121 min 11 years ago one of the worst atrocities in history occurred in Rwanda when almost 1 million Tutsis were killed in a period of ethnic cleansing by Hutu gangs. Despite being in a world of global communications and 24 hour news coverage,… Continue reading Hotel Rwanda
Ray
29 Oct 2005 Director: Taylor Hackford USA 2004 152 min This is the biopic of the blues singer Ray Charles who rose from humble beginnings to become the legendary genius that transformed the world of music. This true life story follows Ray from the time he lost his sight at the age of 7, through… Continue reading Ray
The Return
Vozvrashcheniye 8 Feb 2006 Director: Andrei Zvyagintsev Russia 2003 110 min In contemporary Russia, two teenage boys confront new and conflicting emotions as their father returns after a twelve year absence. The man they know only through a single photograph suddenly takes them on holiday to a remote island on a lake, supposedly to go… Continue reading The Return
Downfall
Der Untergang 25 Jan 2006 Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel Germany, Italy, Austria 2004 156 min Traudl Junge, Hitler’s personal secretary, witnesses the last days of Adolph Hitler and the Third Reich in a bunker in Berlin. In the claustrophobic atmosphere of the bunker, Hitler’s mood turns from unjustified optimism to defiance and then to rage at… Continue reading Downfall