Season Six Films
(2010/11)
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5 October 2010
The Painted Veil
USA/China (2006) 120 mins; Dir: John Curran; Stars: Edward
Norton, Naomi Watts
A serious doctor and his frivolous
wife travel in 1920s China to a remote village to fight a
cholera outbreak. This W. Somerset Maugham story shows how
sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two
people.
2 November 2010
In Bruges
UK (2008) 102 mins; Dir: Martin McDonagh; Stars: Colin
Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes
Black comedy about two hit-men lying low in Bruges, waiting
for instructions from their crime-boss. Not content with
sight-seeing, they seek adventure and find a bit more than
they bargained on.
7 December 2010
White Wedding
South Africa (2009) 90 mins; Dir: Jann Turner; Stars:
Kenneth Nkosi, Zandile Msutwana
Will Elvis and his best man get to Cape Town in time for his
wedding rehearsals? Join them for their hilarious
disaster-prone trip that tests love, commitment and
friendship.
4 January 2011
High Noon
USA (1952) 81 mins; Dir: Fred Zinnemann; Stars: Gary Cooper,
Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges
A marshall, personally compelled to face a returning deadly
enemy, finds that his own town refuses to help him in this
powerful 1950s Western.
1 February 2011
Samson & Delilah
Australia(2009) 101 mins; Dir: Warwick Thornton; Stars:
Rowan McNamara
When tragedy strikes, two teenage Aborigines turn their
backs on home and embark on a journey of survival. They
discover that life isn't always fair but love never judges.
1 March 2011
House of Flying Daggers
China/Hong Kong (2004) 114 mins; Dir: Zhang Yimou; Stars:
Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro
Tang Dynasty leaders use blind dancer Mei to lead them to
rebel group House of Flying Daggers. But all is not as it
seems in this story told with martial art skills and
outstanding cinematography.
Film Day: Saturday 5 March 2011
Afternoon
How to Train Your Dragon
USA (2010) 94 mins; Dirs: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders;
Stars: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Christopher
Mintz-Plasse
A young viking befriends a young dragon - and discovers
there may be more to the creatures than he had been led
to believe.
Evening
Made in Dagenham
UK (2010) 108 mins; Dir: Nigel Cole; Stars: Sally
Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Rosamund Pike
Based on the true story of the 1968 Ford sewing
machinists' strike in protest at sexual discrimination.
5 April 2011
The Bridges of Madison County
USA (1995) 129 mins; Dir: Clint Eastwood Stars: Meryl
Streep, Clint Eastwood
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of
housewife Francesca Johnson in 1960s America and they fall
in love in this bitter-sweet romance.
3 May 2011
Master and Commander: The Far Side of
the World
UK (2003) 133 mins; Dir: Peter Weir; Stars: Russell Crowe,
Paul Bettany
During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes
his ship and crew to their limits in this exciting and
refreshingly realistic action saga.
7 June 2011
Easy Virtue
UK (2008) 93 mins; Dir: Stephan Elliot; Stars: Colin Firth,
Kristen Scott-Thomas
When young Englishman John Whittaker brings his new American
bride home to meet his parents, marital bliss descends into
bedlam in this stylish remake of Noël Coward's 1920s
classic.
5 July 2011
Exit Through the Gift Shop
UK (2010) 82 mins; Dir: Banksy; Stars: Banksy, Shepard
Fairey, Space Invader, Rhys Ifans
The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur
film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to
have the artist turn the camera back on its owner. (Or is
it?)