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Season Nineteen: 2017-2018
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Sunday 10 September 2017: RanA visually and dramatically breathtaking interpretation of Shakespeare’s King Lear, Kurosawa’s last and greatest epic is by turns achingly delicate and shockingly violent, the marvellous colours, movement and sound enhanced by recent 4K restoration.
1985 | Japan / France | 162 min | Cert 15 Dir: Akira Kurosawa | Multiple Awards Bean number: 22 Bean score: 3.45 / 4.00 |
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Sunday 8 October 2017: A Man Called OveOve, the classic curmudgeonly old man, finds his life changing and opening up when a lively young family moves in next door. Unsentimental but nonetheless heartwarming, this bleakly funny comedy drama is based on a best-selling novel.
2015 | Sweden | 116 min | Cert 15 Dir: Hannes Holm | Multiple Awards Bean number: 57 Bean score: 3.84 / 4.00 |
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Sunday 5 November 2017: Oh! What a Lovely WarEmploying music hall traditions and the jaunty songs of WW1, this anti-war satire movingly recreates the period, bringing home the huge loss of life, the stupidity which caused it and the lasting impact. Full of famous faces and still dazzling after nearly 50 years.
1969 | UK | 144 min | Cert PG Dir: Richard Attenborough | Multiple Awards Bean number: 25 Bean score: 3.68 / 4.00 Friday 17 - Sunday 19 November 2017
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Sunday 10 December 2017: Hell or High WaterIn an intelligently crafted thriller that reflects on the current plight of rural America, two brothers rob banks in order to save the family ranch, closely pursued by an old-style Texas Ranger (Jeff Bridges on fine form) and his sidekick.
2016 | USA | 102 min | Cert 15 Dir: David Mackenzie | Oscar Nominated Bean number: 28 Bean score: 3.25 / 4.00 |
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Sunday 14 January 2018: DenialWhen a well-known Holocaust denier sues an acclaimed writer and historian for libel, the onus is on the defence to prove the historical truth. Timothy Spall and Rachel Weisz are the protagonists in this tense, real-life courtroom drama from writer David Hare.
2016 | UK / USA | 110 min | Cert 12A Dir: Mick Jackson | BAFTA Nominated Bean number: 44 Bean score: 3.57 / 4.00 |
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Sunday 11 February 2018: Moon DogsIn a deft blend of mismatched-buddy road movie, coming-of-age comedy and youthful love triangle, two teenage step-brothers and a free-spirited girl travel from Shetland to Glasgow, the flawed characters made vividly real and endearing by three young ‘unknown’ actors.
2016 | UK | 93 min | Cert 15 Dir: Philip John | Several Festival Awards Bean number: 50 Bean score: 3.36 / 4.00 |
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Sunday 25 February 2018 (AGM): Neruda
An unlikely, often surreal and incredibly entertaining film that plays fast and loose with time and facts in recreating a year in the life of Pablo Neruda, dissident Chilean poet and Nobel prize-winner. With Luis Gnecco as Neruda and Gael Garcia Bernal his pursuer. 2016 | Chile | 107 min | Cert 15 Dir: Pablo Larrian Bean number: 31 Bean score: 2.97 / 4.00 |
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Sunday 11 March 2018: Certain WomenIn a moving, thoughtful trio of tales, the lives of three women intersect in small-town America – a lawyer contending with sexism, a wife and mother with home and marriage on shaky foundations and a young law student who forms a tentative bond with a ranch hand.
2016 | USA | 107 min | Cert 12A Dir: Kelly Reichardt | Multiple Awards Bean number: 27 Bean score: 2.63 / 4.00 |
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Sunday 8 April 2018: KesIn Ken Loach’s acclaimed drama, a tormented working-class boy finds an escape from the bleakness of his life in befriending and training a young kestrel which he finds on a nearby Yorkshire farm. A film steeped in its time and place which still resonates today.
1969 (Digitally restored 2011) | UK | 112 min | Cert PG Dir: Ken Loach | International Awards Bean number: 35 Bean score: 3.74 / 4.00 |
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Sunday 20 May 2018: Rising from the AshesThis uplifting documentary chronicles the transformation of a ragtag group of cyclists into the first Rwandan national cycling team. Coached by the legendary American cyclist Jock Boyer they - and he - overcome their past to compete in the 2012 Olympics.
2012 | USA / Rwanda | 82 min | Cert TBC Dir: T C Johnstone | International Festival Awards Bean number: 26 Bean score: 3.65 / 4.00 |
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Sunday 10 June 2018: The SalesmanWhile both are taking part in a production of ‘Death of a Salesman’, a teacher’s wife is sexually assaulted, leaving him determined to take revenge. A drama of powerful emotions, of the male pride and violence seething beneath the surface of Iranian middle class life, from the director of ‘The Past’ and ‘A Separation’.
2016 | Iran / France | 124 min | Cert 12 Dir: Asghar Farhadi | Oscar Winner Bean number: Bean score: |
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Sunday 8 July 2018: AquariusRetired music critic Clara loves life, music and her seafront apartment, refusing to yield to unscrupulous developers trying to force her out. Both a satire on unfettered capitalism and a celebration of its spirited heroine, the film boasts a stunning soundtrack.
2016 | Brazil / France | 146 min | Cert 18 Writer / Dir: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Multiple Awards Bean number: Bean score: |
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