http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sh8LjfXvKI A Royal Affair (En Kongelig Affaere) Denmark / Sweden / Germany 2012 128 mins Director Nikolaj Arcel Starring Mads Mikkelsen, David Dencik, Alicia Vikander Caroline Mathilda (Alicia Vikander) is sent from England to marry King Christian III. It soon … Continue reading →
Part of the 27th Chester International Film Festival NO 2012 Chile Pablo Larrain 118 min In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a referendum on his presidency. The country will vote YES … Continue reading →
Part of the 27th Chester International Film Festival. AMARCORD 1973 Italy Federico Fellini 123 min Fellini’s often funny look at a year in a village in 1930’s Italy with Fascism on the rise, featuring a series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes. … Continue reading →
Part of the 27th Chester International Film Festival. GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE (Gainsbourg: Vie heroique) 2010 France Joann Sfar 130 min This film recounts the colourful life story of French singer and provocateur Serge Gainsbourg, known as much for his hugely … Continue reading →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmphOgeyk70 The Deep Blue Sea UK 2011 98 mins plus short film Director Terence Davies Starring Rachel Weisz, Tom Huddleston, Simon Russell Beale Rachel Weisz gives a performance of heart-rending vulnerability as Hesther Collyer, the wife of a High Court … Continue reading →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3il9hm14FeU Monsieur Lazhar Canada 94 mins Director Philippe Falardeau Starring Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nelisse, Emilien Neron Subtitled Bachir Lazhar (Mohamed Fellag) an Algerian immigrant seizes the opportunity to start teaching again in a local primary school. Seemingly somewhat rusty in … 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 →