httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3koigluYOH0 Wadjda Saudi Arabia 2012 98 mins Director Haifaa Al-Monsour Starring Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Abdullrahman Al Gohani Subtitled When the rules don’t fit find the courage to follow your own. After a fight with her friendly boy neighbour Abdullah (Abdullrahman Al Gohani), Continue reading →

Part of the 2015 Chester International Film Festival httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqctCwhunjE Wednesday 25th February 2015 Doors open 7.00pm. Programme starts at 7.45pm MUSEUM HOURS 2012 Austria/USA Jem Cohen 106 min At the Kunsthistorisches Art Museum in Vienna, a museum guard and a Continue reading →

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyoO35P41YM Locke UK 2014 85 mins Director Steven Knight Starring Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Ruth Wilson Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) has worked diligently to craft the life he has envisioned, dedicating himself to the job that he loves and the family Continue reading →

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUfPFofx6e0 Ida Poland/Denmark/France/UK 2014 82 mins Director Pawel Pawlikowski Starring Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik Subtitled Anna (Agata Trzebuchowska) is an orphan brought up by nuns in a convent in 1962 Poland. She discovers that before she takes her vows Continue reading →

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiuAIzA9i98 Two Days, One Night (Deux Jours, Une Nuit) France/Belgium 2014 95 mins Director Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Starring Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salee Subtitled Sandra (Marion Cotillard) married with two children has been off work with depression from Solwal, a Continue reading →

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWfAMxMkKDk Wakolda Argentine/France/Spain/Norway 2014 94 mins Director Lucia Puenzo Starring Alex Brendemühl, Natalia Oreiro, Diego Peretti Subtitled In 1960 Patagonia a local resident Wakolda (Alex Brendemühl) meets and teams up with an Argentinean family on a long desert journey to Continue reading →

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmIC9pQ80Fk 8 1/2 Italy 1964 118 mins Director Federico Fellini Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimee Subtitled Guido (Marcello Mastrioanni) is a successful film maker who embarking on his next film discovers he has no story to tell. While struggling to Continue reading →

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ekxPFTZm1Y Brooklyn Ireland/UK/Canada 2015 105 mins Director John Crowley Starring Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters Set in the 1950’s, Eilis (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish woman emigrates to New York for better prospects. Initially she misses home but Continue reading →

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ekxPFTZm1Y Brooklyn Ireland/UK/Canada 2015 105 mins Director John Crowley Starring Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters Set in the 1950’s, Eilis (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish woman emigrates to New York for better prospects. Initially she misses home but Continue reading →

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca3M2feqJk8 The Battle of Algiers Italy/Algeria 1966 116 mins Director Gillo Pontecorvo Starring Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef, Brahim Haggiag Cert 15 Subtitled Fifty years after its initial release, this critically revered depiction of the Algerian guerrilla insurgency against French colonial power maintains plenty of contemporary Continue reading →