Pan’s Labyrinth 6 Feb 2008 Director: Guillermo del Toro Mexico, Spain, USA 2006 119 min Enter Pan’s Labyrinth as Guillermo del Toro leads you into a gothic fairytale of breathtaking originality. Ofelia, a young and imaginative, girl lives in the Fascist Spain of 1944. She travels with her pregnant mother to meet her new stepfather,… Continue reading El Laberinto Del Fauno
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Efter Brylluppet
5Mar 2008 Director: Susanne Bier Denmark, Sweden 2006 123 min Danish emigre Jacob Petersen runs an orphanage helping street children in India. The orphanage is threatened with closure due to lack of money. Then a Danish businessman offers him a lifeline. He will donate 4 million dollars to the orphanage but only if Jacob attends… Continue reading Efter Brylluppet
Notes On A Scandal
21 Jan 2008 Director: Richard Eyre UK 2006 92 min Barbara Covet (Dame Judi Dench) is a veteran school teacher. She lives a lonely existence with only her ageing cat, Portia, for company. To stave off her Isolation she writes journal in which she acerbically and cynically observes those around her. When young and attractive… Continue reading Notes On A Scandal
Angel-A
20 Feb 2008 Director: Luc Besson France 2005 114 min Petty criminal Andre is down on his luck and in debt. With nowhere else to turn he decides to throw himself into the river Seine. As he stands perched on the edge of the river a chance encounter leads him to save the mysterious beautiful… Continue reading Angel-A
Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T’Aime
I’ve Loved You So Long 7 Oct 2009 Director: Philippe Claudel France, Germany 2008 117 min Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) has just been released after a 15 year prison sentence for the murder of her 6 year old son. As she struggles to adjust to her freedom she comes to live with her sister Léa,… Continue reading Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T’Aime
Wolke Neun
Cloud Nine 6 Jan 2010 Director: Andreas Dresen Germany 2008 99 min After 30 years of marriage, Inge, in her 60s, embarks on a passionate affair with 76 year-old Karl. She is now torn between the husband she loves dearly and the man who ignites a spark of life in her.Inge feels her youth re-awakened… Continue reading Wolke Neun
Dean Spanley
16 Dec 2009 New Zealand, UK 2008 100 min Director: Toa Fraser In Edwardian England of a 1904, Henslowe Fisk and his father Horatio attend a lecture on reincarnation given by the Swami Nala Prash. There they meet Dean Spanley from the colonies. Henslowe, after coincidental encounters with Spanley, begins a series of dinners with… Continue reading Dean Spanley
Ver Minuten
Four Minutes 21 Oct 2009 Germany 2006 128 min Director: Chris Kraus Frau Traude Krueger is an elderly piano teacher who gives lessons at a women’s prison. She teaches a guard and a few women B prisoners while looking for other potential students. She finds the aggressive and rebellious Jenny, a former child prodigy at… Continue reading Ver Minuten
Entre Les Murs
The Class 17 Feb 2010 Director: Laurent Cantet France 2008 128 min This film is based on the autobiographical novel of François Begaudeau. It follows a year in the life of François Marin who teaches at a racially mixed school in inner city Paris. Marin starts the year with a determination and passion to give… Continue reading Entre Les Murs
In Prison My Whole Life
20 Jan 2010 UK, USA 2007 90 min Director: Marc Evans William Francome was born on the 9th of December 1981 in London during a snow storm. At almost exactly the same time a Police officer was shot dead in Philadelphia. A prominent political activist and journalist was arrested at the same time. This man,… Continue reading In Prison My Whole Life