Friday 14th January 2011

MicMacs

2009. Comedy/crime. France.
Certificate 12A. Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

Jobless and penniless Bazil teams up with an ex-con, Slammer and plots revenge for the death of his father.

Friday 28th January 2011

The Sound of Music

2009. Musical. USA.
Certificate U. Director Robert Wise.

In Salzburg, Maria is sent from her convent to be governess to the seven children of widowed Captain von Trapp. The children come to like her, Maria falls in love with the captain and they marry. The Nazis take power and want Captain von Trapp back in service but during a singing performance in a guarded theatre, the family flee and walk over the mountains to Switzerland.

Friday 18th February 2011

A Town Like Alice

1956. Drama/romance. UK.
Certificate PG. Director Jack Lee

A group of women are captured by Japanese troops in the Far East in 1941. They meet an Australian soldier who helps them but endures a terrible punishment. After the war, one of the women goes to Australia to find him again.

Friday 11th March 2011

The Counterfeiters

2007. Crime/drama. Austria/Germany.
Certificate 15. Director Stefan Ruzowitzky

Salomon “Sally” Sorowitsch is forced to produce fake foreign currency for the Nazis, but has to decide whether to act to prevent the Nazi plan succeeding, which could prolong the war and risk the lives of fellow prisoners.

Friday 18th March 2011

Separado

2007. Comedy/documentary. UK.
Certificate 12. Directors Dylan Goch, Gruff Rhys.

Star Trek meets Buena Vista Social Club in this psychedelic western musical as Welsh pop legend Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) takes us on a pan continental road trip in search of his long lost Patagonian uncle, the poncho wearing guitarist Rene Grifiths.

Friday 8th April 2011

Rabbit Proof Fence

2002. Adventure/drama. Australia.
Certificate PG. Director Philip Noyce.

Three mixed race Aboriginal children, taken from their families under 1950s Australian government policy, escape from a government camp and walk north, attempting to elude the authorities.

Friday 13th May 2011

Flame & Citron

2009. Crime/thriller. Denmark.
Certificate 16. Director Ole Christian Madsen.

Two Second World War Danish resistance fighters find themselves in deadly duels with treacherous handlers, competing Resistance groups, and a femme fatale.

Friday 10th June 2011

The Dark Crystal

1982. Fantasy/allegory. USA.
Certificate PG. Directors Jim Henson, Frank Oz

The evil Skeksis and peaceful urRu race against time to control the power of the Dark Crystal before the Great Conjunction of three suns.

Friday 9th September 2011

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

1947. Mystery/drama. USA.
Certificate U. Director Joseph Mankiewicz.

Lucy Muir, living in a haunted house, has to deal with a mischievous ghost who at first plays tricks to get rid of her, then changes his attitude.

Friday 14th October 2011

The African Queen

1952. Adventure/drama. UK.
Certificate U. Director John Huston.

Rose Sayer is determined to find a way to do her bit for the British during the First World War and take revenge for her brother, killed by German troops.

Friday 11th November 2011

Man in the Chair

2008. Comedy/drama. USA.
Certificate 12A. Director Michael Schroeder.

Flash, a curmudgeon with a hankering for classic movies and booze, forges a relationship with Cameron, a volatile teen, and helps him make a film which will change his life.

Friday 9th December 2011

Coco Avant Chanel

2009. Biography/drama. France.
Certificate 15. Director Anne Fontaine.

Gabrielle Chanel comes from humble origins but uses opportunities to enter French society and develop her gift for design.