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Zatoichi
Zatoichi is a blind traveller who makes his living as a gambler and masseur. But behind this lowly façade is a master swordsman blessed with lightening-fast skill and precision. The eponymous anti-hero wanders into a mountain village controlled by ruthless gang-leader Ginzo. Zatoichi hears the story of two geishas whose parents were murdered by the Ginzo…
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City of God
This is the film that made director, Fernando Meirelles (more recent work includes “The Constant Gardener”) internationally famous. “City of God” was filmed with actors plucked out of Rio de Janeiro’s favellas. Based on the novel of the same title by Paulo Lins, the film tells the story of two boys who take different paths:…
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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. With Dame Antonia on hand to give us a master class on both book and film, Programme Notes are superfluous. This is a work of clarity,…
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All About My Mother
Esteban, an aspiring young writer, runs to get the autograph of an actress, with tragic results. His mother, Manuela, goes to Barcelona to find Esteban’s transvestite father and her dislocated life begins to take a very different shape. Self -parody is part of Almodovar’s approach and the effectiveness of his story-telling comes partly from the…
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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. The hotel’s macabre past doesn’t put him off the job or raise questions in his mind like, Is this really suitable for my wife and possibly-psychic young son?…
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Oldboy
Businessman Oh Dai-su, (Choi Min-sik), is abducted from an empty Seoul street and imprisoned for fifteen years. During this time his unknown captor denies him human contact. Oh Dai-sus only link with the outside world is the TV, through which he learns his wife has been murdered and his daughter has been sent to Sweden…
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Caravaggio
Not so much a faithful biography as an examination of the homo-erotic in the Renaissance artist’s work. Jarman’s film focuses on speculation about the relationships between Caravaggio and his models – a tale of a love triangles and scandals ensues, but what stands out is the directors signature artistic flourishes and theatrical tableaux. Some may…
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Red Road
Tough, gritty, Scottish drama might be enough to put you some of you off but Red Road is definitely worth the trip. This Cannes Jury Prize-winning film is the first feature film from Andrea Arnold, Oscar-winning director of the short, Wasp. Arnold famously described receiving an Oscar as the dogs bollocks so we know were…
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In Bruges
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). In a witty script, the pair discuss life and the nature…
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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. Framed as an exercise in therapy, it consists of a series of interviews with his former comrades. As more memories come to the surface, Ari realises that his unit played a role…
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