Class: 18 – Wimbledon Film Club

Zatoichi

Zatoichi is a blind traveller who makes his living as a gambler and masseur.

City of God

This is the film that made director, Fernando Meirelles (more recent work includes “The Constant Gardener”) internationally famous.

Angels and Insects

The film, Angels and Insects, was adapted for the screen from Booker prize-winning author AS Byatt’s Morpho Eugenia, one of the two novellas in her book Angels and Insects.

All About My Mother

Esteban, an aspiring young writer, runs to get the autograph of an actress, with tragic results.

The Shining

Aspiring writer, Torrance (Nicholson), takes a job as a winter caretaker at the isolated, snowbound Overlook Hotel to create space in his life for a writing project.

Oldboy

Businessman Oh Dai-su, (Choi Min-sik), is abducted from an empty Seoul street and imprisoned for fifteen years.

Caravaggio

Not so much a faithful biography as an examination of the homo-erotic in the Renaissance artist’s work.

Red Road

Tough, gritty, Scottish drama might be enough to put you some of you off but Red Road is definitely worth the trip.

Hiding out in the Belgian city of Bruges after a hit-job in London results in the accidental death of a child, gunman Ray (Farrell) and his mentor Ken (Gleeson) try to pass the time as they await judgement by their gang boss Harry (Fiennes).

Waltz With Bashir

This animated film depicts director Ari Folman’s search for lost memories of his experience as an Israeli soldier during the 1982 Lebanon War.

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Classification: 18