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12 weeks to go!
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Thursday, 13 May 2010 |
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France 2010, directed by Jan Kounen, 120 mins, rated MA
Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is about to be performed. The revolutionary dissonances of Igor's work parallel Coco's radical ideas. She wants to democratize women's fashion; he wants to redefine musical taste. Coco attends the scandalous first performance of The Rite in a chic white dress. The music and ballet are criticized as too modern, too foreign. Coco is moved but Igor is inconsolable. Paris 1920, Coco is newly wealthy and successful but grief-stricken after Boy's death in a car crash. Igor, following the Russian Revolution is now a penniless refugee living in exile in Paris. Coco is introduced to Igor by Diaghilev, impresario of the Ballets Russes. The attraction between them is instant and electric. Coco invites Igor along with his wife - now sick with consumption - together with his four children and a menagerie of birds to stay at her new villa, Bel Respiro, in Garches.
Start Thursday, 13th May 2010 |
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11 weeks to go!
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Thursday, 20 May 2010 |
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USA/Canada 2009, directed by JCherien Dabis, 96 mins, rated tbc
Muna, a single mother in Ramallah, has applied for a visa to the US. When it comes, her son Fadi, an excellent student, convinces her they should go. After an incident at customs begins their exile badly, they join Muna's sister and family in Illinois. Muna needs a job: although she has two degrees and 15 years' experience in banking, she settles for work at White Castle, telling the family her job's at a nearby bank. It's spring, 2003, and the US invades Iraq. While friends come from unlikely places, Fadi meets prejudice at school. How will he respond to it and to American youth culture and how will Muna things out with her family?
Monday 24th May 5:15pm
Tuesday 25th May 5:15pm
Wednesday 26th May 5:15pm |
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10 weeks to go!
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Thursday, 27 May 2010 |
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Czech Republic 2008, directed by JJan Sverák, 100 mins, rated tbc
The filmmaker's father, Zdenak Sverak, stars as Josef Tkaloun, a curmudgeonly middle-aged lit teacher who grows exhausted from instructing his demanding, occasionally obnoxious students, and opts to take a hike - into an early retirement. Though his wife, Eliska (Daniela Kolarova) (to whom he has repeatedly been unfaithful) continues to tolerate his insensitivity, Josef quickly recognizes his own need for a daily grind, and thus heads into a series of random occupations, including bike messenger and bottle retriever in a grocery store. The latter proves particularly colorful, introducing Josef to a host of eccentric and occasionally funny co-workers. Meanwhile, Josef makes feeble attempts to set his hyper-devout daughter (Tatiana Vilhelmova) up with a crass former coworker (Jiri Machacek), and lapses into lusty fantasies about the headmistress of his former school (Nela Boudova) - endangering his marriage in the process. At the time of its release, this film reportedly netted a greater profit than any movie in Czech history.
Thursday 27th May 5:50pm
Friday 28th May 5:50pm
Saturday 29th May 5:50pm
Sunday 30th May 5:50pm
Monday 31st May 5:50pm
Tuesday 1st Jun 5:50pm |
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9 weeks to go!
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Thursday, 03 June 2010 |
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France 2008, directed by Olivier Assayas, 103 mins, rated tbc
In a small town, Hélène is a family matriarch who has devoted her life to preserving the legacy of her artist uncle. However, while her eldest son, Frédéric, wants to preserve her home after her passing, she harbors no such illusions as she prepares her legacy. After her death, her children realize what she anticipated as they come to terms with their inheritance's place in their own lives. In the resulting disposition of their mother's assets, treasured heirlooms of a romantic family past drift away even as their changing modern world confronts the value of their memories.
| | | Monday 7th Jun | 5:40pm | | Tuesday 8th Jun | 5:40pm | | Wednesday 9th Jun | 5:40pm |
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8 weeks to go!
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Thursday, 10 June 2010 |
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Italy/UK 2008, directed by Antonello Grimaldi, 105 mins, rated tbc
Pietro is a successful businessman with a wife and a daughter. One day he helps his brother save two women from drowning at the beach. When he returns home he finds that his wife has died. Now Pietro has to take care of his daughter, Claudia. When he drives her to school soon after, he decides to wait for her all day in front of the school, and soon that's what he does every day. He eats at the nearby café, gets to know the people who come by and follows from afar the fusion developments at work. Pietro's brother expects him to snap out of it, but who will snap first?
Start Thursday, 10th June 2010 |
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7 weeks to go!
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Thursday, 17 June 2010 |
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Greece 2008, directed by Argyris Papadimitropoulos, 97 mins, rated tbc
Two brothers, Mihalis and Nondas are working in a mortuary trying to make money, since Nondas owes a great amount of money to the Greek Mob and has to repay it; so he proposes to Mihalis that they start robbing banks. In order to stop the rapid increment of crime activities, the chief of the police has placed undercover officers in all bank stores, making the two brother's lives harder. The situation gets even worse when Mihalis falls in love with a bank employee. Big Bang is a insane comedy where nobody is the one he seems to be, no one does what he has to do and the consequence of all the above is something you wouldn't wish not even to your worst enemy.
Thursday 17th Jun 4:05pm
Friday 18th Jun 4:05pm
Saturday 19th Jun 4:05pm
Sunday 20th Jun 4:05pm
Monday 21st Jun 4:05pm
Tuesday 22nd Jun 4:05pm
Wednesday 23rd Jun 4:05pm |
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6 weeks to go!
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Thursday, 24 June 2010 |
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Japan 2008, directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, 114 mins, rated tbc
Still Walking is a family drama about grown children visiting their elderly parents, which unfolds over one summer day. The aging parents have lived in the family home for decades. Their son and daughter return for a rare family reunion, bringing their own families with them. They have gathered to commemorate the tragic death of the eldest son, who drowned in an accident fifteen years ago. Although the roomy house is as comforting and unchanging as the mother's homemade feast, everyone in the family has subtly changed.
Start Thursday, 24th June 2010 Thursday 24th Jun 11:20am
Friday 25th Jun 11:20am
Saturday 26th Jun 11:20am
Sunday 27th Jun 11:20am
Monday 28th Jun 11:20am
Tuesday 29th Jun 11:20am
Wednesday 30th Jun 11:20am |
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2 weeks to go!
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 |
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France 2009, directed by Philippe Lioret, 110 mins, rated tbc
Bilal is 17 years old, a Kurdish boy from Iraq. He sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe. He wants to get to England to see his love who lives there. Bilal finally reaches Calais, but how do you cover 32 kilometers of the English Channel when you can't swim? The boy soon discovers that his trip won't be as easy as he imagined... The community of struggling illegal aliens in Calais is captured with authenticity, from the point of view of people who arrived there knowing nothing about France. This immigrant drama, with wonderful performances by the actors, is a strong story which uses documentary austerity and minimalist style to create a great emotional impact.
| Thursday 22nd Jul | 5:30pm | | Friday 23rd Jul | 5:30pm | | Saturday 24th Jul | 5:30pm | | Sunday 25th Jul | 5:30pm | | Monday 26th Jul | 5:30pm | | Tuesday 27th Jul | 5:30pm | | Wednesday 28th Jul | 5:30pm |
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1 week to go!
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
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Italy/Spain 2009, directed by Carlos Saura 127 mins, rated tbc
A drama based on the life of 18th century Italian lyricist Lorenzo da Ponte, who collaborated with Mozart on his "Don Giovanni" opera.
Start Thursday, 29th July 2010 |
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