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15 September 2010
The Damned United 2009
Director Tom Hooper
UK 97 mins
After portraying Tony Blair and David Frost, Michael Sheen now brilliantly brings Brian Clough s football manager extraordinaire back to life in the tale of his turbulent and occasionally hilarious months in charge of Leeds United. You don t need to be a footy fan to enjoy this very clever piece of filmmaking. |
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29 September 2010
Still Walking 2008
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Japan 114 mins Subtitles
This sensitive and very moving drama sees two adult children and their families visit their elderly parents to mark the 15th anniversary of the death of their elder brother. The occasion is, ostensibly, an expression of family love and unity, but below the surface the relationships are less secure. |
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13 October  2010
Bright Star 2009
Director Jane Campion
UK 119 mins
Based on John Keats three-year romance with girl-next-door Fanny Brawne, this is a period drama full of passion and poetry, pastoral landscapes and stunning costumes. Jane Campion shows the intensity of the unconsummated affair through extracts from Keats letters and poems. |
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27 October  2010
A Prophet 2009
Director Jacques Audiard
France 149 mins Subtitles
A young Frenchman of Arab origin is sentenced to detention in a violent and corrupt jail dominated by a terrifying Corsican gang. The film follows him as he faces up to the physical and racial abuse and discovers a determination to survive the murderous environment. (Violence and strong language throughout) Note: 8.15pm start |
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10 November 2010
The Servant 1963
Director Joseph Losey
UK 110 mins
This claustrophobic drama of manipulation and class struggle was the film in which Dirk Bogarde finally shook off his matinee idol image. In a tighly scripted screenplay by Harold Pinter he plays a sinister manservant to James Fox s rich young property developer as they vie for control in 1960s London. |
24 November 2010
Katalin Varga 2010
Director Peter Strickland
Romania 85 mins Subtitles
Ostracised by her husband and banished from her village, Katalin Varga travels with her 10 year old son by horse and cart through the Carpathian countryside to avenge a terrible crime. Despite the beauty of the scenery where the film is set, this is an intense and disturbing story. |
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8 December 2010
In the Valley of Elah 2010
Director Paul Haggis
USA 121 mins
A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son s disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq. As this gripping drama unfolds, the film invites us to consider the complex nature of modern warfare and its potentially traumatic effect on the young men who fight.
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5 January  2011
A Serious Man 2009
Directors Ethan & Joel Coen
USA 106 mins
A black comedy set in 1967 featuring Larry Gopnik, a decent mid-Western Jewish college professor whose previously tranquill life gradually unravels in the face of professional, personal, marital and health problems. In Larry s search for answers to the question of why bad things happen to good people, the Coen brothers have given us a masterful fable for modern times. |
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19 January  2011
Lourdes 2009
Director Jessica Hausner
Austria 96 mins Subtitles
Wheelchair bound Christine heads for Lourdes in search of a miracle cure but is her prayer answered? Writer/director Jessica Hausner views the Catholic church, religious faith and Lourdes itself with a dispassionate eye. She shows compassion for her modern day pilgrims and their all too human frailties but takes no sides and we are left to decide for ourselves whether miracles really happen. |
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Red Road 2006
Director Andrea Arnold
UK 113 mins
Jackie, watching life through the CCTV screens of her security job in Glasgow, is one day shocked to see a man from her past, just released from prison. The tension builds as we gradually learn what connects them and why she has to confront him. Andrea Arnold s award winning debut film tells a gripping story in a dark urban setting. (Contains an explicit sex scene) |
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16 February 2011
The White Ribbon 2009
Director Michael Haneke
Germany 143 mins Subtitles B/W
A series of disturbing and unexplained incidents in a peaceful German village in 1913 is related years later by the former schoolteacher. We see the impact on the lives of the inhabitants, some of whom are concealing their own dark secrets. This highly praised yet enigmatc film creates a distinct sense of unease and suspense. Note: 8.15pm start |
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23 February 2011
Alan Sennett will give a talk about The White Ribbon with reference to its socio-political context in pre-war Germany. 7pm start in the Whittaker Room at the Heritage Centre. Please note that seating is limited.
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3 March  2011
Samson & Delilah 2009
Director Warwick Thornton
Australia 101 mins
Two teenage Aboriginal kids in a poor rural community are thrown together by a tragedy and decide to leave home. Warwick Thornton s accomplished film is about the uneasy but ultimately loving relationship between two outcasts, rejected by their own people but unable to find a place in the dominant culture. |
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16 March  2011
An Education 2009
Director Lone Scherfig
UK 99 mins
Nick Hornby has adapted Lynn Barber s memoir of her 1960s schoolgirl romance with a playboy twice her age to make a touching, funny and nostalgic drama. Carey Mulligan gives a captivating performance as the spirited yet vulnerable Jenny. Note: there is only ONE showing of this film at 7pm followed by the AGM and drinks in the Whittaker Room. |
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