03 Dec 2014 Directors: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache France 2011 112min Culture-clash comedy blends with heart-tugging true-life drama in this charming tale of mischievous camaraderie. François Cluzet plays Philippe, an eccentric Parisian millionaire left paralysed from the neck down after an accident. He advertises for a live-in carer and is struck by Driss (Omar Sy),… Continue reading Les Intouchables – Untouchable
Category: Film season 2014-2015
The General
17 Dec 2014 Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton USA 1926 80 min Buster Keaton plays Johnnie Gray, a locomotive driver in the south during the civil war, who has the long hair, dreamy gaze and slight build of a romantic poet. When his engine, The General, is stolen by Northern saboteurs, Johnnie single-handedly journeys behind… Continue reading The General
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
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