SEASON SEVENTEEN: 2015-2016
September 2015: Omar
October 2015: Timbuktu
November 2015: The Salt of the Earth
December 2015: The Great Beauty
January 2016: Levianthan
February 2016: The Look of Silence
February 2016 (HFS AGM): Laurel and Hardy
March 2016: The Secrets in Their Eyes
April 2016: The Adventures of Tintin
May 2016: Au Revoir Les Enfants
June 2016: The Best Offer
July 2016: Theeb
October 2015: Timbuktu
November 2015: The Salt of the Earth
December 2015: The Great Beauty
January 2016: Levianthan
February 2016: The Look of Silence
February 2016 (HFS AGM): Laurel and Hardy
March 2016: The Secrets in Their Eyes
April 2016: The Adventures of Tintin
May 2016: Au Revoir Les Enfants
June 2016: The Best Offer
July 2016: Theeb
Sunday 13 Sept 2015: Omar
Omar, a young Palestinian, is a freedom fighter – or a terrorist? Arrested after an Israeli soldier’s killing, he’s tricked into becoming an informant. Expertly interweaving personal and political elements, this is at once a coming-of-age drama, a romance and a thriller.
2013 | Belgium/Palestine | 96 min | Cert 12A Director: Hany Abu-Assad Plus: Presentation by Simon Marchant, recently returned from working in the West Bank. Number of beans: 50 Average bean score: 3.76 |
Sunday 11 Oct 2015: Timbuktu
The lives of a cattle herder and his family, unaffected by the regime of terror imposed by Jihadists on the nearby city of Timbuktu, are shattered abruptly. A cry from the heart about
bigotry, arrogance and violence, the film teeters between hope and despair. 2014 | France/Mauritania | 97 min | Cert 12A Director: Abderrahmane Sissako Number of beans: 25 Average bean score: 3.44 |
Sunday 8 Nov 2015: The Salt of the Earth
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Sunday 13 Dec 2015: The Great Beauty
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Sunday 10 Jan 2016: Leviathan (Leviafan)In a cold, grey coastal town Kolya, a small business owner, enlists the help of a lawyer friend to fight against a corrupt mayor intent on destroying all he possesses. A vodka-soaked satire on modern Russia, stunningly shot and superbly acted.
2014 | Russia | 140 min | Cert 15 Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev Number of beans: 22 Average bean score: 3.05 |
Sunday 7 Feb 2016: The Look of SilenceIn this companion piece to the controversial The Act of Killing, Aldi, whose brother was brutally murdered, confronts perpetrators of the Indonesian genocide, many still in power and living alongside the families of their victims. Courageous and compelling.
2014 | Indonesia | 103 min | Cert 15 Director: Joshua Oppenheimer Number of beans: 15 Average bean score: 3.00 |
Sunday 21 Feb 2016 (AGM): Laurel and Hardy
Sunday 13 March 2016: The Secrets in Their Eyes
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Sunday 10 April 2016: The Adventures of Tintin:
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Sunday 15 May 2016: Au Revoir Les Enfants
Malle’s semi-autobiographical masterpiece depicts childhood, memory and betrayal in time of war. In a Catholic boarding school in occupied France a friendship grows between Julien and Jean, whose Jewish identity is concealed. A superb evocation of childhood, immaculately acted.
1987 (Re-released 2015) | France | 104 min | Cert 12A Writer and director: Louis Malle Number of beans: 24 Average bean score: 3.88 |
Sunday 12 June 2016: The Best Offer
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Sunday 10 July 2016: Theeb
Revenge, loss of innocence and the conflict between old and new permeate this coming-of-age adventure. In 1916, a Bedouin boy, Theeb, joins his older brother in escorting a British officer across the desert, becoming involved in a world-changing event.
2014 | UAE/Qatar/Jordan | 100 min | Cert PG Director: Naji Abu Nowar Number of beans: 18 Average bean score: 3.56 |