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16 May 2012
 
Beloved

Beloved

Directed by Christophe Honore

From Paris in the 60’s to London’s modern days, Madeleine and her daughter Vera waltz in and out of the lives of the men they love. But love can be light and painful, cheerful and bitter. An elegy to femininity and passion with musical outbursts.  More

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Cafe de Flore

Cafe de Flore

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée

In present-day Montreal, a woman (Hélène Florent) is coping with her two daughters following the departure of her husband and their father. Meanwhile, in late 1960s a poverty-stricken mother (Vanessa Paradis) is attempting to raise her son, who is afflicted by Down’s Syndrome....  More

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Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows

Directed by Tim Burton

Based on the 1960s TV series, Dark Shadows finds Tim Burton back in familiarly gothic territory and also on fine comic form. Johnny Depp plays Barnabas Collins, a vampire who has been trapped in a coffin for two hundred years. Finally released, he finds himself in 1972, with his...  More

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Faust (Sokurov)

Faust (Sokurov)

Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov

From one of Russia’s greatest filmmakers comes a unique interpretation of Goethe’s classic tale of a man who sells his soul to the Devil. A coda to the director’s fictional profiles of three tyrants (Hitler in Moloch, Stalin in Taurus and Hirohito in The Sun), Sokurov’s latest...  More

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Goodbye First Love

Goodbye First Love

Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve

Mia Hansen-Løve returns with a delicate take on the travails of first love. Charting a relationship over ten years, the film follows Camille (a superb Lola Créton, Bluebeard) as she moves from the ecstasy of youthful passion, through heartbreak to maturity and finding her place...  More

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Jeff Who Lives At Home

Jeff Who Lives At Home

Directed by Mark Duplass

The latest film from the Duplass brothers (Cyrus) centres around Jeff (Jason Segel, Bad Teacher), an aimless thirtysomething who lives in his mother’s basement, incessantly watching M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs, believing it holds the key to something. He just isn’t sure what. But...  More

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Le Havre

Le Havre

Marcel and Arletty's quiet, economically impoverished but emotionally rich life is disrupted when she is diagnosed with a serious disease. At the same time, Marcel takes a young illegal immigrant under his wing. So begins Aki Kaurismäki's masterpiece, which champions the...  More

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Marley

Marley

Directed by Kevin Macdonald

Musician, political activist and cutural icon, Bob Marley was, quite simply, a legend. He defined an entire sound around the world with his brand of Reggae.

This documentary by Kevin Macdonald (Touching the Void, One Day in September, The Last King of Scotland) offers...  More

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Monsieur Lazhar

Monsieur Lazhar

Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, is hired to replace an elementary school teacher who died in tragic circumstances. As the class enters a period of shock, grief and healing, no one at the school is aware of Bachir's painful former life, or that he is potentially facing...  More

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ROH LIVE: Ashton

ROH LIVE: Ashton's La Fille Mal Gardée

The Royal Ballet Live from The Royal Opera House. Choreography: Frederick Ashton. 130 mins, 1 interval La Fille Mal Gardée was choreographed by Frederick Ashton from the 19th century original and became an instant hit for The Royal Ballet. The simple story of Lise, her suitor...  More

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