Season Eight Films
(2012/13)
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2 October 2012
Coriolanus
UK (2011) 123 mins; Dir: Ralph Fiennes; Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox
Based on the Shakespearean play, Coriolanus, a banished hero of Rome, ignites a mass riot and allies with his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius, to take his revenge on the city.
6 November 2012
Departures (Okuribito)
Japan (2008) 125 mins; Dir: Yojiro Takita; Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryoko Hiriosue
The story of an out-of-work 'cellist who accepts a job as an undertaker in order to provide for himself and his young wife.
4 December 2012
Guys and Dolls
USA (1955) 143 mins; Dir: Joseph Mankiewicz; Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra
In New York, a gambler, Sky Masterson, is challenged to take Sarah Brown, a cold female missionary to Havana, with the bet having the hidden motive to finance a crap game. Packed with memorable songs by Frank Loesser.
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5 January 2013
5 January 2013
The Departed
USA/Hong Kong (2009) 145 mins; Dir: Martin Scorsese; Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson
Moles in the Boston Police and an Irish gang try to discover each other's identity in a deadly game of cat and mouse.
5 February 2013
Red
USA (2010) 106 mins; Dir: Robert Schwentke; Stars: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman
When a former black-ops agent has his peaceful life threatened, he reassembles his old team in a final effort to survive and uncover his assailants.
5 March 2013
Heartburn
USA (1985) 105 mins; Dir: Mike Nichols; Stars: Meryl Streep, Jack Nicolson
An autobiographical look at the breakup of the marriage of a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage.
2 April 2013
Chico & Rita (Chico i Rita)
Spain/UK (2010) 90 mins; Dir: Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba; Stars: Limara Meneses, Eman Xor Oña
The story of Chico and his musical and love affair with Rita, a singer on the road to stardom, in 1948 Cuba.
7 May 2013
A Royal Affair (En Kongelig Affære)
Denmark (2012) 132 mins; Dir: Nikolaj Arcel; Stars: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
An 18th century historical drama
about the love triangle between a German doctor, the queen of Denmark, and her deranged king.
4 June 2013
Murder on a Sunday Morning (Un Coupable Idéal)
France/USA (2001) 111 mins; Dir: Jean-Xavier de Lestrade; Stars: Ann Finnell, Patrick McGuinness, James Williams
Oscar-winning documentary following a murder trial in Florida.
A compelling real-life courtroom drama.
2 July 2013
Tortoise in Love
UK (2012) 84 mins; Dir: Guy Browning; Stars: Tom Mitchelson, Alice Zawadzki, Tom Yates
The people of Kingston Bagpuize made this gentle little film, supported by four professional actors and a great deal of detirmination. Two youngsters have dreams, which the villagers hope will be fullfilled with their help.