httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWa92xgxfbY The Spirit of the Beehive (El Espiritu de la Colmena) Spain 1973 97 mins plus short film Director Victor Erice Starring Ana Torrent Language Spanish (Subtitled) This masterpiece of Spanish cinema was Erice’s debut and overall is a symbolic representation … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQgEohqf2o8 Untouchable France 2011 112 mins Director Eric Toledano Starring Francois Cluzet, Omar Sy Language French (Subtitled) Based on a true story of an unlikely friendship between a handicapped millionaire Alan (Francois Cluzet and his street smart ex convict carer Jean (Omar … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlNCiGVQsd0 Berberian Sound Studio UK 2011 97 mins plus short film Director Peter Strickland Starring Toby Jones, Susanna Cappellaro, Antonio Mancino Language English A mousy repressed English sound engineer (Toby Jones) comes to Italy sometime in the seventies to work in a drab … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Umv4CyxTdg Jagten (The Hunt) Sweden 2012 115 mins Director Thomas Vinterberg Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp Language Danish (Subtitled) Lucas (Mads Mikklesen) is a teacher who lives a lonely life all the while struggling over the custody of his … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQu8dMec-jU Lore Germany/Australia/UK 2012 109 mins Director Cate Shortland Starring Saskia Rosendahl, Kai-Peter Malina, Nele Trebs Language German (Subtitled) It is 1945 and the end of WW2; the 3rd Reich is collapsing. Lore’s (Rosendahl) parents are arrested and she, plus her four … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VqNoLzZRkI We have a Pope (Habemus Papam) Italy 2012 104 mins Director Nanni Moretti Starring Michel Piccoli Language Italian (Subtitled) Director Nanni Moretti (“The Son’s Room”) joins forces with famous French actor Michel Piccoli in a tragicomedy that explores the struggles … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ_XTIsMKig Tetro USA/Argentina/Spain 2009 127 mins Director Francis Ford Coppola Starring Vincent Gallo, Maribel Verdu, Alden Ehrenreich Language Spanish/Italian/English (Subtitled) A bitter sweet story of two brothers Tetro (Vincent Gallo), and Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) who used to live within a highly creative Argentine – Italian family with … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bLq4ehVo7c The Hedgehog (Le Herisson) France 2009 99 mins Director Mona Achache Starring Josiane Balasko, Garance Guillermic Language French (Subtitled) Set in a grand Parisian apartment building, an unlikely friendship is formed between Madame Michel (Josiane Balasko), the prickly concierge … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcQIvmR21VU The Angels’ Share UK 2012 97 mins plus short film Director Ken Loach Starring Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw Language English A light and often touching comedy about a young wayward and disillusioned thug from a Glasgow slum. Robbie (Paul … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5brC734O80 False Trail (Jägarna 2) Sweden 2011 129 mins Director Kjell Sundvall Starring Rolf Lassgård, Peter Stormare Language Swedish (Subtitled) Detective Erik (Rolf Lassgård) reluctantly returns to his home town in the northernmost part of Sweden to investigate a seemingly straightforward … Continue reading →