28 Mar 2001 Director: Neil Jordan UK, USA 2000 102 min In post-war London, writer Maurice Bendrix is consumed by jealousy after his passionate affair with Sarah Miles abruptly ends. He becomes obsessed with discovering why she left him, hiring a private detective to uncover her secrets. Through flashbacks, we see their intense wartime romance… Continue reading End Of The Affair
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Leaving Las Vegas
13 Nov 1996 Director: Mike Figgis UK, USA, France 1995 111 min Ben Sanderson, a suicidal alcoholic, arrives in Las Vegas with the intention of drinking himself to death. He meets and forms an unconventional relationship with Sera, a prostitute, who accepts him without judgment. Their bond, forged in the city of lost souls, offers… Continue reading Leaving Las Vegas
Secrets And Lies
05 Feb 1997 Director: Mike Leigh France, UK 1996 136 min Hortense, a successful Black optometrist in London, decides to search for her birth mother after her adoptive mother dies. She discovers that her mother, Cynthia, is a white working-class woman living with her troubled daughter Roxanne. The revelation of Hortense’s existence throws Cynthia’s already… Continue reading Secrets And Lies
Sense And Sensibility
08 Jan 1997 Director: Ang Lee UK, USA 1996 136 min Following their father’s death, the Dashwood sisters—sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne—find their family’s financial security greatly diminished. Forced to move to a modest cottage, they navigate love and heartbreak in a society obsessed with wealth and status. Elinor finds herself drawn to the reserved… Continue reading Sense And Sensibility
Waking Ned
4 Oct 2000 Director: Kirk Jones UK, USA, Ireland, France 1998 87 min In the tiny Irish village of Tully More, Ned Devine wins the lottery but dies of shock. His neighbours, Jackie and Michael, discover his body and the winning ticket. To keep the money from leaving the village, they hatch a plan to… Continue reading Waking Ned
The Lady
21 Nov 2012 Director: Luc Besson France, UK 2011 132 min Action thriller veteran Luc Besson may not be the obvious choice of director for the story of Aung San Suu Kyi (played with understated panache by Michelle Yeoh), the woman at the core of Burma’s democracy movement. Nonetheless the Frenchman brings a deft touch… Continue reading The Lady
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
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
Magdalene Sisters
17 Mar 2004 UK, Ireland 2002 119 mins Director: Peter Mullan The last Magdalene Asylum closed in Ireland in 1996. Only since then has the true horror of conditions in these institutions emerged. Set in 1960’s Ireland, this is the compelling and emotional experience journey following the lives of four ‘fallen women’. While the World… Continue reading Magdalene Sisters