06 Nov 2013 Director: Michael Haneke France 2012 127 min With his unflinching script, Michael Haneke directs this honest, heart-wrenching depiction of deep love and responsibility. With exceptionally powerful performances from Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva, the film is an intimate account of an elderly couple facing their greatest challenge in the twilight years of… Continue reading Amour
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Lovesong
19 Feb 2014 Directors: Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett UK 2012 90 min Digital Theatre presents Frantic Assembly‘s critically acclaimed production of Abi Morgan’s Lovesong. This is a departure from our normal screenings and a rare opportunity to see the play, Lovesong, on the big screen.The production is a visual and emotional feast following a… Continue reading Lovesong
Film Season 2003-2004
Village at the End of The World
20 Nov 2013 Director: Sarah Gavron UK, Denmark, Greenland 2012 82 min What would you do if you were 16, lived in the most remote village in the world and were the only teenager? What would you do if your biological father lived next door, yet never acknowledged your existence? Lars is surprisingly upbeat about… Continue reading Village at the End of The World
L’llusionniste
The Illusionist 18 Dec 2013 Director: Sylvain Chomet UK, France 2010 80 min Monsieur Tatischeff is an artisan illusionist trying to eke out a living at the end of the dying vaudeville era. While performing at a pub in the Scottish Highlands, he meets a simple young woman who is enthralled by his magic. She… Continue reading L’llusionniste
Kapringen
A Hijacking 22 Jan 2014 Director: Tobias Lindholm Denmark 2012 103 min The cargo ship MV Rozen is in dangerous waters and heading for harbour when it is hijacked by Somali pirates. Among the men on board is the ship’s cook Mikkel (Pilou Asbeek) who, along with the rest of the seamen, is taken hostage… Continue reading Kapringen
Dans la maison
In The House 08 Jan 2014 Director: François Ozon France 2012 105 min In Ozon’s teasing comedy, Germain teaches literature. He despises most of his fellow teachers for their conventional thinking and despairs of his pupils for their uniformity and lack of imagination. Germain discovers a gifted pupil, the 16-year-old Claude, who turns in an… Continue reading Dans la maison
Holy Motors
05 Feb 2014 Director: Leos Carax France 2012 115 min A bizarre surrealist odyssey whose magic ingredient is comedy, Holy Motors is preposterous and filled with secrets. Apparently inspired by the director’s fascination with the after hours life of stretch limousines, the film is centred around Monsieur Oscar who, over the course of a single… Continue reading Holy Motors
Mud
05 Mar 2014 USA 2012 130 min Director: Jeff Nichols Mud is an exhilarating adventure about the experience of growing up close to the American landscape in Arkansas.Fourteen-year-old Ellis and his friend, Neckbone, find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi.Mud describes fantastic scenarios: he killed a man in Texas… Continue reading Mud
Jagten
The Hunt 04 Dec 2013 Director: Thomas Vintenberg Denmark 2012 115 min In this nerve-shredding and superbly thrilling drama, Mads Mikkelsen gives a penetrating portrayal of Lucas, a nursery school teacher in a small Danish town. Lucas is rebuilding his life after a divorce and the loss of his job when his life is torn… Continue reading Jagten