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Polisse
A critically acclaimed French film, winner of the Cannes Jury Prize 2011 and 13 Cesar Awards also earning international praise. Yet some critics found it manipulative and likened it to TVs The Wire when a film splits critics like this its usually well worth the watch. The Paris Police Departments Juvenile Protection Unit has a
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Memories of Underdevelopment
It’s post-revolutionary Cuba, Sergio a middle class intellectual watches his parents and wife leave for Miami. Facing a life of adjustment, he disdainfully observes and reflects on change. His attraction to two women distract him. Skilful direction, performances and use of documentary footage earn this film top critical regard. Widely acclaimed as one of the
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Even the Rain
A film within a film. Cast & crew descend upon a Bolivian town to make a low-budget movie about Columbus in America and the original exploitation of local people, and succeed in replicating that exploitation. Things fall apart as cheaply hired extras abandon filmmaking to protect their water rights from privatisation by a multinational company
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A Hijacking
Virtuoso display of Nordic suspense from Borgen scriptwriter as Somali pirates take over Danish cargo ship and battle with Copenhagen-based hostage negotiator. (Warning: may contain Faroe Isle sweaters.) The film was shot on location and used a real ship. The crew of the ship, who worked as extras, had been hijacked in the past, and
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The Pervert’s Guide To Ideology
British documentary film directed by Sophie Fiennes and written and presented by Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalytic theorist Slavoj Žižek. It is a sequel to Fiennes’s 2006 documentary The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema. Though the film follows the frameworks of its predecessor, this time the emphasis is on ideology itself. Through psychoanalysis Žižek explores “the mechanisms
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Frances Ha
Woody Allen meets French new wave as Frances (Gerwig) bluffs her way through tough times to follow her dreams. Frances Halladay is a 27-year-old dancer who lives in New York City with her best friend from college, Sophie. Her life is upended when Sophie tells her she plans to relocate from Brooklyn to Tribeca, which
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The Great Beauty
Fabulous comedy-drama. Sorrentino’s greatest film yet as the director’s restless camera captures socialite Jep’s journey to make meaning of his life.
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In The House
A pupil writes increasingly evocative and erotic stories that engage his middle-aged teacher- events start to spiral out of control.
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Lore
As the Allies carve up Germany, Lore leads her siblings to safety.
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5 Broken Cameras
Personal, political documentary of Palestinian protest against Israeli occupation.
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