20 Oct 1999 Director: Patrice Chéreau France, Germany, Italy 1994 162 min Marguerite is the proud and beautiful sister of the Catholic King of France. It is August 1572. The nation is being torn apart by religious hatred and Margot is forced to marry the Protestant Duke of Navarre in an effort to reconcile her… Continue reading La Reigne Margot (Queen Margaret)
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Central Station
1 Mar 2000 Director: Walter Salles Brazil, France 1988 115 min This is the story of one boy’s search for his father and one woman’s search for a heart. Dora, a dour former school teacher, makes a living by writing letters for illiterate people passing through Rio de Janeiro’s main train station, Central do Brasil.… Continue reading Central Station
Gods And Monsters
15 Mar 2000 Director: Bill Condon USA 1998 105 min The story of James Whale, the director of Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein, in the time period following the Korean War. Whale has long since retired from the glamour of Hollywood. A stroke triggers buried memories of his life in Dudley, his film career… Continue reading Gods And Monsters
The Eel
16 Feb 2000 Director: Shohei Imamura Japan 1997 117 min Shohei Imamura’s first film after a seven year absence. The Eel won the Palm d’Or at Cannes in 1997. It is the story of Tokuro Yamashita who is paroled from prison after serving time for stabbing his unfaithful wife. He attempts to recover his life… Continue reading The Eel
Love And Death On Long Island
19 Jan 2000 Director: Richard Kwietniowski Canada, UK 1998 103 min Locked out of his apartment, old fashioned writer Giles De’Ath almost reluctantly decides to take in a movie. He goes to the cinema but accidentally wanders in to see Hot Pants College ll, instead of the E. M. Forster adaptation for which he bought… Continue reading Love And Death On Long Island
Life Is Beautiful (La Vita é Bella)
5 Jan 2000 Director: Roberto Benigni Italy 1987 114 min Set during the horror of the second World War our film begins in 1939. Guido (Benigni) a childlike dreamer, comes to a Tuscany town looking to open a bookstore. There he falls in love with the beautiful Dora whom he charms by constantly popping up… Continue reading Life Is Beautiful (La Vita é Bella)
Dr Strangelove: or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
15 Dec 1999 Director: Stanley Kubrick UK 1964 102 min Directed by the late Stanley Kubrick, one of the cinema’s great directors and starring Peter Sellers, one of Britain’s comic geniuses in three separate roles. Made during the height of the Cold War and nuclear paranoia, this is a powerful, yet satirically funny look at… Continue reading Dr Strangelove: or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Bandit Queen
2 Feb 2000 Director: Shekhar Kapur India, UK 1994 119min This is the story of Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi (“Goddess of Flowers”) who became a heroine in India (a modern day Robin Hood). Born amongst the untouchable class, she was sold into marriage at the age of 12 to a middle age man. Following abuse… Continue reading Bandit Queen
Film Season 1999-2000
Monsoon Wedding
16 October 2002 Director: Mira Nair India 2001 114 min At the beginning of the romantic monsoon season India the Verma family prepare for a last minute arranged marriage. Members of the extended family arrive from all over the world. Westerm values mix with old India traditions and five separate stories intertwine traversing the different… Continue reading Monsoon Wedding