2009-2010 SEASON
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Thursday 3rd Sept
Slumdog Millionaire
UK 2008 120 mins cert 15 Drama
Starring: Dev Patel & Freida Pinto
Orphan Jamil Malik is one question away from 20 million rupees but it seems everyone is against him.
Friday 18th Sept
I’ve Loved You So Long
France 2008 subtitiled 117 mins cert 15 Drama
Starring: Kirsten Scott-Thomas
A powerful award winning drama that follows Juliette (Scott-Thomas) in her search for redemption.
Thursday 1st Oct
Goodbye Lenin
Germany 2003 subtitled 112 mins cert 15 Comedy
Starring: Alexander Beyer
Alex has a problem. He has to hide the fall of the Berlin Wall from his proud socialist mother with a weak heart.
Friday 16th Oct
Goodnight and Goodluck
USA 2006 93 mins cert PG Historical Drama
Starring: David Straythairn & George Clooney
The true story of Ed Murrow’s exposure of Joseph McCarthy and the Un-American Activities Committee. Great soundtrack by Diana Reeves.
Thursday 5th November
The Road Home
China 1999 subtitled 86 mins cert U Drama
Starring: Ziyi Zhang
A gentle tale of an unlikely love story from rural 1950s China
Friday 20th November
Gran Torino
USA 2008 116 mins cert 15 Drama
Starring: Clint Eastwood
In rust belt America, widower Walt Kowalski fights his own demons when forced to confront the reality of 21st century America.
Thursday 3rd December
Ratatouille
USA 2007 111 mins cert U Animated comedy
Starring: a scawny rat called Remy
From the drains to the daube the unlikely story of gourmet rat Remy’s attempts to become a cordon-bleu chef. A pre-Christmas treat for all the family.
Thursday 7th Jan
The Lives of Others
Germany 2008 subtitled 132 mins cert 15 Drama
Starring: Ulrick Bauer
Weisler, a repressed and brutal Stasi operative, suffers a crisis of conscience when spying on an acclaimed playwright and his girlfriend. Powerful expose of repression in East Germany.
Friday 22nd Jan
The Reader
UK 2008 117 mins cert 18 Drama
Starring: Kate Winslet (Oscar winner)
Michael’s illicit affair with Hannah draws him into having to face up to Germany’s war guilt as the past catches up with the two lovers.
Thursday 4th Feb
Carousel
USA 1956 128 mins cert U Musical
Starring: Gordon Macrae, Shirley Jones
Billy Bigelow asks for permission to be sent down ‘from above’ for one day to try and make ammends for the mistakes he made in life.
Friday 19th Feb
The Visitor
USA 2007 104 mins cert 15 Drama
Starring: Richard Jenkins Hiam Abbassuer
Walter Vale, an economics professor, visits his second home in New York to find unexpected tennants. The encounter changes his life.
Thursday 4th March
The Young Victoria
UK/USA 2009 100 mins cert PG Historical Drama
Starring: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend
A dramatisation of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria’s reign and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.
Friday 16th April
Away We Go
UK 2009 98 mins cert 15 Comedy
Starring: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph
When slacker, thirty-something couple Burt and Verona discover that his parents are moving overseas, the duo, expecting their first child in a few months, set off on a cross country tour visiting old friends, to figure out where to set down roots.
Thursday 6th May
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
USA 2007 160 mins cert 15 Western
Starring: Brad Pitt
An eager recruit into James’ notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw. When Robert and his brother Charlie sense an opportunity to kill James their murderous action elevates their taget to near mythical status.
Friday 21st May
Mid August Lunch
Italy 2009 subtitled 75 mins cert U Comedy Starring: Gianni Di Gregorio
Gianni is middle aged and lives in Rome with his demanding mother. His only outlet are the increasingly frequent visits to he local tavern, until the arrival of two elderly strangers.
