31 March 2013

90/365 The Passion of the Christ

The last hours of Christ, as directed by Mel Gibson.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2004

 More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335345/?ref_=sr_1


30 March 2013

89/365 Jodaeiye Nader az Simin

Oscar-winning Iranian film of a marriage in turmoil when a wife wishes to leave Iran with her family, but her husband refuses because his father has Alzheimer's disease.

Cert: PG

UK Release: 2011

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1832382/?ref_=sr_1


29 March 2013

88/365 Zwartboek

World War II drama in which a Jewish singer takes on a new identity in order to infiltrate the Gestapo headquarters on behalf of the Dutch resistance.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2007

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389557/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4


28 March 2013

87/365 Celda 211


A new prison officer reports for his first day at work, but inmates hijack the prison and he pretends to be a prisoner to bargain with the group's leader.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2011

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1242422/?ref_=sr_5


27 March 2013

86/365 La séparation

Isabelle Huppert and Daniel Auteuil are a couple whose relationship slowly falls apart after she realises she may be in love with another man.

Cert: PG

UK Release: 1995

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111342/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


26 March 2013

85/365 Les petits mouchoirs

A group of friends meets each year at a beach house, but this time the serious illness of one of them brings lies and deception to the surface. Featuring Marion Cotillard and Jean Dujardin.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2011

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440232/?ref_=sr_1


24 March 2013

83/365 Oslo, 31. august

24 hours in the life of Anders, a gentle, recovering addict who is allowed out from his rehab centre to attend a job interview, and takes the opportunity to visit friends from his past in attempt to find some direction to his life.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2011

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1736633/?ref_=sr_1


84/365 Il Gattopardo

Luchino Visconti's sumptuous epic tale of an aristocratic family in Sicily in the 1860s, at the time of Italy's unification.

Cert: PG

Original Italian Release: 1963

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057091/?ref_=sr_1


23 March 2013

82/365 Incendies

Twins travel to Lebanon from Canada after their mother's death to try to solve the puzzle left in her will. 

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2011

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1255953/?ref_=sr_1


22 March 2013

81/365 Lucie Aubrac

Based on Lucie Aubrac's own book detailing her experiences in occupied France during World War II.  The film shows the lengths she and other resistance fighters went to in order to rescue her husband from the Gestapo.

Cert: 12

UK Release: 1998

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119586/?ref_=sr_1


21 March 2013

80/365 Elle s'appelait Sarah

A present day Kristin Scott Thomas stumbles across the wartime history of her Parisian apartment block's original Jewish owners, who were arrested by the Vichy government as part of the notorious Vel' d'Hiv Roundup of 1942.

Cert: 12

UK Release: 2011

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1668200/?ref_=sr_1


20 March 2013

79/365 Quand j'étais chanteur

Gérard Depardieu plays a cabaret singer a bit past his sell-by date, who unexpectedly meets and connects with a young woman.
Cert: 12

UK Release: 2007

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464828/


19 March 2013

78/365 Hævnen

Different types of conflict, in a war-torn refugee camp and a calm Danish setting and linked by a Danish doctor and his family, result in a search for justice - or is it revenge? Oscar and Golden Globe winner.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2011

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340107/?ref_=sr_1


18 March 2013

77/365 Mou gaan dou

There's a mole in the police department, and there's an undercover police officer who has infiltrated a criminal gang. Each group tries to filter out the person who doesn't belong. This film was the inspiration behind the Hollywood film The Departed.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2004

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338564/?ref_=sr_1


17 March 2013

76/365 Das letzte Schweigen

German crime drama, with a distinctly Nordic Noir feel.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2011

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1361835/


16 March 2013

75/365 La môme

How funny that the English title for this film is in French! Needing no introduction, here's Marion Cotillard winning an Oscar for her performance as Édith Piaf.

Cert: 12A

UK Release: 2007

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450188/?ref_=sr_1

15 March 2013

74/365 Baarìa

More or less autobiographical account of director Giuseppe Tornatore's life as a young boy and man growing up in the Sicilian town of Bagheria, known locally as Baarìa

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2010

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1081935/


14 March 2013

73/365 Romuald et Juliette

Gentle and engaging story of disgraced business man Daniel Auteuil and his West Indian cleaning lady, who is the one person who seems to be able to help him with his problems.

Cert: PG

UK Release: 1990

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098220/


13 March 2013

72/365 Habemus Papam

A man is elected pope, but first sees a therapist and then absconds before he is presented to the public, as he doubts his ability to take on the role.  Serious and funny, directed by Nanni Moretti.

Cert: PG

UK Release: 2011

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1456472/


12 March 2013

71/365 Machuca

Two boys from different social backgrounds become friends, but then have that friendship tested by the events of the military coup in Chile in 1973.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2005

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378284/?ref_=sr_1


11 March 2013

70/365 No

Account of true events in Chile in 1988, when international pressure forced dictator Augusto Pinochet into a referendum on whether his dictatorship should continue.  Gael Garcia Bernal plays the advertising executive who agrees to manage the anti-Pinochet No campaign in the face of threats from the government’s lackeys.

See also Tony Manero and Post Mortem, also directed by Pablo Larraín.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2059255/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1a


10 March 2013

69/365 Tony Manero

During Pinochet's dictatorship in Chile, a middle-aged man becomes obsessed with Tony Manero, the character from the film Saturday Night Fever. Worth looking at Post Mortem and No, also directed by Pablo Larraín.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2009

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1223975/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1



9 March 2013

68/365 Post Mortem

It's the last few days of Salvador Allende's presidency of Chile, and morgue worker Mario goes in search of a cabaret dancer who has mysteriously disappeared. Members of her family, who are Allende supporters, have also been arrested. Worth looking at Tony Manero and No too, also directed by Pablo Larraín. and also with a take on Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship, which followed Allende's removal as president.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2011

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714886/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


8 March 2013

67/365 Le dîner de cons

A group of men hold a dinner party each week, and each has to bring an unwitting 'idiot' to the party for the amusement of the other guests.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 1999

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119038/?ref_=sr_1

7 March 2013

66/365 Ordet

Rural Denmark in 1925, and three sons, one of whom believes he is Jesus Christ, another who has lost his faith completely, face the tragedy of the death of a loved one.  Examining religion, dogma and love, this is a classic of Danish cinema.

Cert: 12A

Original Danish Release: 1955

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048452/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


6 March 2013

65/365 Michael

Drama focussing on five months in the life of an unassuming office worker who is keeping a 10 year old boy locked in his basement. With a quietly chilling ending.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2012

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1906426/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2


5 March 2013

64/365 Les Amants du Pont-Neuf

Denis Lavant is an alcoholic would-be circus performer who sleeps under the Pont-Neuf in Paris. Juliette Binoche is an artist who is going blind.  Their relationship is kindled among the insecurities and hardships they face.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 1992

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101318/?ref_=sr_1


4 March 2013

63/365 Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da

What starts out as 24 hours of police procedural drama in the beautiful countryside of Anatolia actually evolves into much more, with the main characters (including the police inspector, lawyer and doctor) indulging in a spot of soul searching. Gently paced, and not without humour.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2012

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1827487/?ref_=sr_6


3 March 2013

62/365 La veuve de Saint-Pierre

On an isolated Canadian island in 1850, Daniel Auteuil is convicted of murder.  While he waits for the guillotine to arrive from France, Juliette Binoche gives him an opportunity to redeem himself.


Cert: 15

UK Release: 2000

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0191636/?ref_=sr_1





2 March 2013

61/365 Kongen av Bastøy

At a juvenile detention centre in the winter of 1915, a new inmate challenges the cruel and brutal regime which exists there.  Based on a true story.

Cert: 12

UK Release: 2012

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1332134/?ref_=sr_1


1 March 2013

60/365 Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei

Three young idealistic activists resort to a last-minute kidnapping when their original plan goes wrong.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2005

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408777/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1