Five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean… Read more »
The ultimate winner of the short film competition held by South Cheshire College, will be shown on the big screen during the Festival next week. You can watch the shortlisted videos below… Journey Of A Heart 1 Youtube Demens Sara Heritage Chloe Louise Walker Alex Corbin
Led by a marvellous performance from Maggie Smith, she stars as Margaret Shepherd, a homeless woman who parked her van in the drive of Bennett’s Camden townhouse. In the film, we see, in part, how she got there: while working as an ambulance driver in the war, Miss Shepherd was involved in a fatal crash… Read more »
As an additional event to our usual monthly calendar we’re screening a double-bill for Halloween. Two films for a fiver. We’re starting a little earlier than normal so the first film, Grabbers, starts at 7:30pm. Then there’ll be a 15 minute interval where you can grab a drink from the bar before An American Werewolf… Read more »
Not far from the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, now ruled by the religious fundamentalists, proud cattle herder Kidane (Ibrahim Ahmed aka Pino) lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima (Toulou Kiki), his daughter Toya (Layla Walet Mohamed), and Issan (Mehdi Ag Mohamed), their twelve-year-old shepherd. In town, the people suffer, powerless, from… Read more »
Six apocalyptic Argentine stories of revenge combine in this hugely enjoyable and extreme anthology. Ordinary people provoked into acts of madness are the theme of Wild Tales, an Oscar-nominated extreme satire about modern life by Argentinian writer/director Damián Szifrón. With the darkest of humor, it graphically illustrates what happens when the stress of 21st century… Read more »
A truly excellent film and definitely Ocsar worthy material for both the film and the actors. The entire cast are amazing. As Cumberbatch says near the start of the film “are you paying attention”. You should pay attention, Alan Turing deserves your attention, his story deserves to be told. The film switches between the drive of the… Read more »
Paul (Daniel Auteuil) is a respected, successful surgeon married to the devoted Lucie (Kristin Scott-Thomas). They live in a beautiful house, want for nothing and seem perfectly happy but beneath the calm surface of their marriage lurks all kinds of niggling resentment and unspoken discontent. Daniel Auteuil has the meatier role and is good at… Read more »
It’s impossible not to enjoy this big-hearted and sweet-natured British family movie from Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin – effectively a feature-format development of their smash-hit BBC TV comedy, Outnumbered, which pioneered semi-improvised dialogue from the children. It creates a terrifically ambitious (and unexpected) narrative with a tonne of sharp gags. I would have liked… Read more »
