Programme 2010-11
8 September 2010
I Am Love (15)
A visually stylish modern Italian saga of a crumbling Milanese family. Starring Tilda Swinton as a Russian bride whose privileged life begins to fall apart at the seams.
Dir. Luca Guadagnino, Italy, 120 mins (subtitles)
29 September
The Girl Cut in Two (La Fille Coupée en Deux) (15)
A sharp and darkly seductive film, which is trademark Claude Chabrol proving he hasn't lost his touch. It is a fiendishly entertaining classic ‘menage a trois' with first rate performances all round.
Dir. Claude Chabrol, France, 115 mins (subtitles)
13 October
A Serious Man (15)
Set in suburban Jewish Minnesota 1967, a modest Mid-West professor is tormented by loved ones and his life starts to fall apart. Laugh-out-loud funny and deeply serious, ‘it's the best Coen Brothers film for a long time'.
Dir. Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, USA, (15) 105 mins.
27 October
Anything for Her (Pour Elle) (15)
Director Fred Cavayé's latest French thriller hurtles along with hardly a pause, combining style and substance with a sense of realism. It will keep you on the edge of your seat right through to the finale.
Dir. Fred Cavayé, France, (15) 96 mins. (subtitles)
3 November
Eyes Wide Open (Einayim Petukhoth) (U)
A sensitively directed and movingly acted story of forbidden love. It conveys the joys and ambivalence of Israeli life when ultra-orthodoxy collide with complex modern realities.
Dir. Haim Tabakman, Israel, (15) 91 mins (subtitles)
17 November
Me and Orson Welles (12a)
Richard Linklater's film is a portrait of a 1930's theatrical troupe which includes the young Orson Welles as one of its actors. It has a warm lived-in feel, but there is a hardbitten realism behind the sweetness.
Dir. Richard Linklater, USA, (12a) 114 mins.
5 January 2011
The Concert (Le Concert) (12a)
The former conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra, demoted to cleaner by the communist regime for employing Jewish musicians, 30 years later gathers his ex-musicians in Paris to finish the concert. ‘A beautifully sad and funny film.'
Dir. Radu Mihaileanu, France/Romania/Italy/Russia/Belgium, (12a) 119 mins (subtitles)
26 January
Certified Copy (Copie Conforme) (12a)
A gallery owner in Tuscany (Juliet Binoche) attracts the attention of an English author at his book-signing and they spend the day together - but do they already know each other? A sardonic and playful reflection on marriage.
Dir. Abbas Kiarostami, France/Italy/Iran, 12a) 106 mins (subtitles)
16 February
Mascarades (PG)
In an Algerian village the local ‘ Del Boy' is still waiting for his big break. When he tells everyone his sister is to marry a rich European, he creates a comedy of errors. The film takes a tender view of familial love.
Dir. Lyès Salem, Algeria/France, (PG) 92 mins (subtitles)
2 March
Still Walking (Ariutemo Ariutemo) (U)
Acclaimed director Kore-eda weaves together with great subtlety an intricate and nuanced family drama. Told with a measured pace it gently captures the tensions, silly misunderstandings, love and regret present in all families.
Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan, (U) 114mins (subtitles)
16 March
Another Year (15)
Mike Leigh at his confident best. A deeply compassionate film that explores a year in the life of a contented professional couple. Age, happiness and time-passing are its themes. Ruth Shean and Jim Broadbent star.
Dir. Mike Leigh, UK, (15), 129 mins.
30 March
Father of My Children (Le Père de mes Enfants) (12a)
The film is about coping, its focus practical and unsentimental. It is a portrait of a charismatic workaholic film producer whose company is deeply in debt...'stunning and heartbreaking, not to be missed'.
Dir. Mia Hansen-Løve, France/Germany, (12a) 110 mins (subtitles)
6 April
What Just Happened (15)
This is a sharp comedy about a nail-biting back-stabbing fortnight in the world of a Hollywood director besieged by everyone who demand his attention for all sorts of selfish reasons. Starring Robert de Niro and Sean Penn.
Dir. Barry Levinson, USA, (15) 110 mins.
27 April
The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte) (15)
Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winner is a precise mesmerising work surveying the life of a protestant German village over the months in 1913 when a series of disquieting events occur which upsets all the villagers.
Dir. Michael Haneke, Germany/Austria (15) 144 mins (subtitles)
4 May
Annual General Meeting at 7pm (all members welcome)
followed at 8pm by:
Tamara Drewe (15)
Stephen Frears brings his droll and witty touch of real life to the Posy Simmonds comic strip of sexy rural shenanigans. It's a mad and undoubtedly entertaining bucolic romp.
Dir. Stephen Frears, UK, (15) 109mins.
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