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Programme 2010-11
AN EDUCATION 1
October 2010
UK, 2009, Cert 12A, 95 minutes. Director: Lone Sherfig.
Starring Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Emma Thompson, Alfred
Molina, Olivia Williams.
A coming-of-age story of a teenager
in 1960s London and how her life changes when she meets a playboy
twice her age. This sensitive and much-praised film received
three Oscar nominations and won Mulligan a BAFTA and a string
of other awards.
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MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM 15
October 2010
Italy/US/UK, 1999. Cert PG, 116 minutes. Director: Michael Hoffman.
Starring Kevin Kline, Michaelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Anna
Friel.
A cast of modern film actors previously not
known for period productions star in this critically-acclaimed
version – the
fifth on film – of Shakespeare's classic comedy. Two couples,
in love with the wrong partners, are finally brought together…
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RUSSIAN ARK 29
October 2010
Russia, 2002, Cert U, 96 minutes. Director: Alexander Sukurov.
Starring Sergei Dontov. (Subtitled)
This
is a remarkable film. In one 96-minute take, a narrator wanders
through the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg and encounters
real and fictional people from the city’s 300-year history.
A true one-off, this film is revered by cinema critics.
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WALK THE LINE 19
November 2010
US, 2005, Cert 12A, 135 minutes. Director: James Mangold.
Starring Joaquin Pheonix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin.
An
Oscar-winning chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life,
from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame
in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee
Lewis and Carl Perkins.
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FROZEN RIVER 3
December 2010
US, 2008, Cert 12A. 93 minutes. Director: Courtney Hunt.
Starring Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott.
On the little-known
border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State
and Quebec, desperate people do desperate things. This is a modern
tale of two women from different backgrounds driven to traffic
immigrants across borders.
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SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS 17
December 2010
US, 1954, Cert U, 102 minutes. Director: Stanley Donen.
Starring Howard Keel, Howard Petrie, Russ Tamblyn
Fifty-six years
old and still going strong, this is the classic musical set in
1850s Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm…and
his six brothers decide that they want to get married too. The
perfect Christmas heart-warmer.
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the trailer
THE SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA 07
January 2011
Vietnam/France, 1993, Cert 15, 104 minutes. Director: Tran Anh
Hung.
Starring: Lu Man San, Tran Nu Yen-Khe, Truong Thi Loc. (Subtitled)
Perhaps the most remarkable film you will ever see, this is
the story of two periods in the life of a Vietnamese girl named
Mui. This film, which has little dialogue, relies extensively
on beautiful images, music and sound effects to create atmosphere.
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thel trailer
COLD COMFORT FARM 21
January 2011
UK, 1995, Cert PG (TV), 95 minutes. Director: John Schlesinger.
Starring Kate Beckinsale, Ian McKellen, Joanna Lumley, Stephen
Fry.
In 1930s England, 20-year-old Flora Poste
visits distant relatives on Cold Comfort Farm – “the
branch of her family with nuts on”. Everyone on the gloomy
farm is completely around the twist, but Flora tries to sort
everything out...
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THE LAST STATION 4
February 2011
Germany/Russia/UK, 2009, Cert 15, 112 minutes. Director: Michael
Hoffman.
Starring Helen Mirren, Paul Giamatti, James McAvoy, Christopher
Plummer.
A historical drama, nominated for two
Oscars, depicting Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and
wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.
Mirren received several nominations for her lead role in this
film.
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THE HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS 18
February 2011
China, 2004, Cert 15, 119 minutes. Director: Yimou Zhang
Starring Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang. (Subtitled)
It is 859 AD and the Tang Dynasty is in decline. Rebel groups
including The House of Flying Daggers fight to win control. Vivid
colours, vast set-piece battles and Chinese action from beginning
to end. It won a 20-minute ovation at the Cannes Film Festival.
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MEMBERS’ CHOICE 4
March 2011
Your choice of film, from the five listed on your Members’ Choice
voting paper.
MILK 18
March 2011
US, 2008, Cert 15, 128 minutes. Director: Gus Van Sant.
Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch.
This is the true-life
story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay mayor of a US city
who fought the police and the establishment for equal rights.
The production received many Oscar nominations and Penn won the
Best Actor award.
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