Run Lola Run

14 Feb 2001 Director: Tom Tykwer Germany 1998 80 min Lola receives a desperate phone call from her boyfriend Manni, who has lost a large sum of money belonging to a dangerous criminal. She has 20 minutes to find the cash or Manni will face deadly consequences. The film follows three different scenarios, each triggered… Continue reading Run Lola Run

Wings Of Desire

19 Feb 1997 Director: Wim Wenders Germany, France 1987 127 min In a divided Berlin, angels Damiel and Cassiel roam the city unseen, listening to the thoughts and worries of mortals. Damiel, yearning for human experience, falls for trapeze artist Marion and chooses to become mortal. He discovers the beauty and pain of earthly existence,… Continue reading Wings Of Desire

The Pianist

5 Nov 2003 UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland 2002 150 min Director: Roman Polanski The true story of celebrated composer and pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman. At the outbreak of World War Two, Szpilman’s world changes from that of concert halls is to the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw. In the brutality and devastation of occupied Warsaw he… Continue reading The Pianist

Sweet Sixteen

Jan 7 2004 UK, Germany, Spain 2002 106 min Director: Ken Loach Liam’s 16th birthday approaches and he looks forward to his mother’s release from prison. He lives in the dismal streets of Glasgow and in the company of his mother’s boyfriend, Stan and his mean-spirited grandfather. Hope looks bleak. He is determined to take… Continue reading Sweet Sixteen

Bowling for Columbine

4 February 20044 Director: Michael Moore Canada, USA, Germany 2002 119 min Why do 11,000 Americans die each year because of shootings? With its motivation founded in the massacre at Columbine High School, Michael Moore seeks to discover the roots and causes of this bloodshed. Alternately humorous and horrifying, he looks at the culture of… Continue reading Bowling for Columbine

The Edukators

Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei 22 Mar 2006 Director: Hans Weingartner Germany, Austria 2004 127 min Jule is a student in Berlin. She is seriously in debt to a rich businessman following a car accident. Evicted from her home she moves in with her boyfriend Peter and his friend Jan. The two young idealists break… Continue reading The Edukators

The Motorcycle Diaries

Diarios de motocicleta 21 Sep 2005 Director: Walter Salles USA, Germany, UK, Argentina, Chile, Peru, France 2004 128 min Based on the diaries of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, this is the story of two Argentinean friends who travel across South America on the back of a rickety motorcycle. It is a thrilling and inspirational journey that… Continue reading The Motorcycle Diaries

Downfall

Der Untergang 25 Jan 2006 Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel Germany, Italy, Austria 2004 156 min Traudl Junge, Hitler’s personal secretary, witnesses the last days of Adolph Hitler and the Third Reich in a bunker in Berlin. In the claustrophobic atmosphere of the bunker, Hitler’s mood turns from unjustified optimism to defiance and then to rage at… Continue reading Downfall

Les Choristes

The Chorus 4 Apr 2007 Director: Christophe Barratier France, Switzerland, Germany 2004 96 min In January 1949, former music teacher Clément Mathieu arrives at a boarding school for orphans and troubled boys. There he finds a severe regime where the boys receive harsh punishment for their faults. When he sees that this treatment is not… Continue reading Les Choristes

Caché

Hidden Director: Michael Haneke 11 Oct 2006 France, Austria, Germany, Italy 2005 117 min The comfortable life of talk show host George, and his wife Anne is shattered when they receive a package containing footage shot of themselves and their family. Secretly filmed by an unknown sender they are soon followed by disturbing drawings and… Continue reading Caché