Films We Love
A goodie bag of new and classic favourites. Catch up with a couple of wonderful films you may have missed earlier this year, and (re)acquaint yourself with the 1940s joys of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
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Wendy and Lucy
1 May 2009 - 7 May 2009
The simple tale of a young woman adrift in the Pacific Northwest is an elegant allegory for modern American life, with not a shot or a word wasted.
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The Good, the Bad and the Weird
2 May 2009 - 4 May 2009
The action is handsome and inventive, the pace is full-throttle and director Kim Jee-woon proves that he's one of cinema's most exciting storytellers.
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
23 May 2009 - 6 June 2009
Powell and Pressburger's stately, intimate drama about Boer War and World War I veteran Clive Candy.
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Black Narcissus
25 May 2009 - 4 June 2009
Powell and Pressburger's highly charged drama sees Deborah Kerr among the nuns getting hot under their habits in the Himalayas.
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A Matter of Life and Death
25 May 2009 - 1 June 2009
A visionary and witty fantasy from The Archers that finds a World War II pilot (David Niven) attempting to cheat death and almost falling prey to a cunning staircase.