SEASON SIXTEEN: 2014-2015
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September 2014: A Royal Affair
October 2014: Koyaanisqatsi November 2014: La Grande Illusion December 2014: The Snows of Kilimanjaro January 2015: We Are the Best! February 2015: Even the Rain February 2015 (HFS AGM): Animal Kingdom March 2015: The Ring April 2015: Howl's Moving Castle May 2015: Tom at the Farm June 2015: The Past July 2015: The Lives of Others |
SEPTEMBER 2014: A Royal Affair (En Kongelig Affaere)The dramatic tale of the young wife of the insane king Christian VII of Denmark, who falls in love with her physician (Mads Mikkelsen), an Enlightenment idealist. His influence on the king brings about revolutionary reforms but incurs the wrath of the aristocracy.
2012 | Danish/International | 137 mins | Cert 15
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Writers: Bodil Steensen-Leth, Rasmus Heisterberg Number of beans: 33 Average bean score: 3.82 |
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OCTOBER 2014: Koyaanisqatsi (Life out of balance)A visual concert of nature imagery, heightened by slow motion, double exposure and time lapse, juxtaposed with footage of the devastating impact of human beings and technology, this amazing film invites us to draw our own conclusions. Music by Phillip Glass.
1982 | USA | 86 mins | Cert U
Director: Godfrey Reggio | Writers: Ron Fricke, Michael Hoenig Number of beans: 22 Average bean score: 2.91 |
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NOVEMBER 2014: La Grande Illusion
Renoir's powerful anti-war masterpiece, set in World War I, is considered to be one of the best films ever made. As captured French pilots attempt to escape from German POW camps, the film touches on issues of social class, anti-Semitism and a changing world order. Beautifully restored.
1937 (1998) | France | 114 mins | Cert U
Director: Jean Renoir | Writers: Jean Renoir, Charles Spaa Number of beans: 28 Average bean score: 3.39 |
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DECEMBER 2014: The Snows of Kilimanjaro
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JANUARY 2015: We Are the Best! (Vi ar bast!)Three young misfits in 1980s Stockholm form an all-girl punk band, despite a lack of any musical talent. This sharply observed portrait of growing up different is warm, exuberant, joyful and funny. 'A tender tribute to the bittersweet tumult of adolescence'.
2013 | Sweden | 102 mins | Cert 15
Director: Lukas Moodysson | Writers: Lukas and Coco Moodysson Number of beans: 14 Average bean score: 2.14 |
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FEBRUARY 2015: Even the Rain (Tambien la lluvia)The continuing effect of Spanish imperialism is dramatically explored as a film crew, in Bolivia, to mak a revisionist epic on the cheap, become involved in the real life water riots of 2000. As they are drawn into the conflict, the director and producer examine their personal beliefs.
2010 | Spain | 103 mins | Cert 15
Director: Iciar Bollain | Writer: Paul Laverty Number of beans: 28 Average bean score: 3.89 |
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FEBRUARY 2015 (HFS AGM): Animal Kingdom
After his mother's death, 17 year-old Joshua struggles to survive in his new-found, criminal family, facing a crisis of loyalty as a detective tries to extricate him. Based on actual events.
2010 | Australia | 113 mins | Cert 15
Writer and Director: David Michod Number of beans: 16 Average bean score: 3.13 |
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MARCH 2015: The RingBeautifully evoking London in the 1920s, Hitchcock's silent boxing melodrama features rich characterisation and inventive camera work. The title refers not only to the boxing ring, but resonates throughout as two boxers fight for the love of the same woman.
1927 (Restored 2005) | UK | 89 mins | Cert PG
Writer and Director: Alfred Hitchcock Number of beans: 12 Average bean score: 3.08 |
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APRIL 2015: Howl's Moving Castle
When a witch's curse turns shy 18 year0old Sophie into an old woman, an insecure young wizard offers her only chance to break the spell. This tale of self-discovery and personal growth, beautifully animated by Studio Ghibli, is a delight for both adults and kids.
2004 | Japan/USA | 119 mins | Cert U
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Writers: Miyazaki, Diana Wynne Jones Number of beans: 22 Average bean score: 3.55 |
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MAY 2015: Tom at the Farm (Tom a la Ferme)Arriving at a remote farm for the funeral of his lover, Tom finds that the family knows nothing of him or his relationship with their son. A tense psychological drama unfolds as he becomes embroiled in complicated family relationships.
2013 | Canada/France | 102 mins | Cert 15
Director: Xavier Dolon | Writers: Xavier Dolon, Michel Marc Bouchard Number of beans: 21 Average bean score: 1.67 |
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June 2015: The Past (Le Passe)
In a finely-tuned drama by the director of A Separation, Ahmad returns to Paris to complete his divorce from Marie, now in a new relationship. Nothing is clear-cut in this layered tragedy of relationships and revelations, of people trapped in limbo by spectres of the past.
2013 | France/Iran | 130 mins | Cert 12A
Writer and Director: Asghar Farhadi Number of beans: 22 Average bean score: 3.41 |
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July 2015: The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
In East Berlin 1984, dedicated Stasi agent Weisler sits in an attic listening to every sound made by a successful playwright and his actress lover in the flat below. Hoping for evidence of dissent, Weisler finds none, but instead becomes drawn into the lives of his subjects.
2006 | Germany | 138 mins | Cert 15
Writer and Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Number of beans: 32 Average bean score: 3.78 |
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