23 Sept 2015 Director: Louise Osmond UK 2015 85 min Dark Horse is the fascinating, emotional and inspirational true story of how residents in the former mining community of Cefn Fforest pulled together to pursue a collective dream. Local barmaid, Jan, overhears a pub regular talking about the time when he owned a share in… Continue reading Dark Horse
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Room
19 Oct 2016 Director: Lenny Abrahamson Canada, Ireland 2015 124 min Seven years ago, Joy was abducted and held prisoner in a sparsely furnished and cramped garden shed. During her imprisonment, Joy shows great tenacity, bravery and ingenuity as she raises a son who is now five years old. Their only access to the outside… Continue reading Room
Slow West
20 Jan 2016 Director: John Maclean UK, New Zealand 2015 84 min The directorial debut of Scottish filmmaker John Maclean is a brazen and pronounced revisionist Western, pivoting around the relationship between the young lovelorn Jay Cavendish (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and grizzled bounty hunter Silas (Michael Fassbender). Travelling across a barren American frontier wasteland, the duo… Continue reading Slow West