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Films 2010/11 Season
8th September 2010
Mid-August Lunch (Pranzo di Ferragosto)
dir. Gianni di Gregorio. Italy 2008 75 mins Cert. U
A middle-aged man living in Rome with his ‘difficult’ elderly mother has debt problems but surprise solutions reveal themselves during a public holiday – in the most unexpected way. A delightful, very Italian comedy. Winner of the Satyajit Ray Award 2008
22nd September 2010
The Secret in their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos)
dir. Juan José Campanella.
Argentina 2009 129 mins Cert. 15
A spell-binding, intelligent, deeply touching thriller,
as a former court investigator tries to unravel a 25-
year-old murder as the source material for a novel
he’s writing.
Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film 2010
6th October 2010
An Education
dir. Lone Scherfig. UK 2009 100 mins Cert. 12A
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age. Screenplay by Nick Hornby from Lynn Barber’s memoir, starring Carey Mulligan. Three Oscar nominations
20th October 2010
NB - This film will be shown in Cranbrook School Lecture Theatre
Modern Times
dir. Charlie Chaplin. 1936 USA 87 mins Cert. U
Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Tramp’ struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman. Chaplin’s last ‘silent’ film, filled with sound effects, was made when everyone else was making talkies. An incredibly inventive film about the mechanised age.
3rd November 2010
Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)
dir. Tomas Alfredson. 2009 Sweden 115 mins Cert. 15
Multiple award-winning film. Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, an attractive but peculiar girl, who has been 12 for 200 years and happens to be a vampire! A beautiful, haunting film.
10th November 2010
NB - This film will be shown in Cranbrook School Lecture Theatre
My Little Chickadee
dir. Edward F. Cline. 1940 USA 83 mins Cert. PG
The great W. C. Fields is teamed with the legendary Mae West in this classic comedy. He is a con man, she is a ‘loose-ish’ woman; together – and apart – they attempt to tame Wild-West Greasewood City. This is W. C. Fields at his best.
24th November 2010
The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)
dir. Michael Haneke. 2009 Germany 144 mins Cert. 15
Strange events happen in a north German village
pre-First World War. The children of the village
seem to be at the heart of the mystery. Gripping,
thought-provoking drama.
Two Oscar nominations
8th December 2010
Mighty Aphrodite
dir. Woody Allen. 1995 USA 95 mins Cert. 15
A very funny, very clever Woody Allen film from his classic period. When a New York sportswriter discovers that his adopted son is a genius, he seeks out the boy’s birth mother – a prostitute. Essentially a modernised Greek drama, this comes with a complete, funny Greek chorus!