Separate Lies
Members’ Rating: 77% “A couple’s marriage is complicated by the introduction of a third party.” – IMDB UK, 2005, Julian Fellowes. Crime/Drama/Romance/Thriller, 1hr 25mins (15) Presented as the Chiltern Film Club
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The Beat That My Heart Skipped
(Original title: De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté) Members’ Rating: 75% “Will Thomas still lead a life of crime and cruelty, just like his thuggish father, or will he pursue his dream of becoming a pianist?” – IMDB France, 2005,...
Look At Me
(Original title: Comme une image) Members’ Rating: 74% Agnès Jaoui’s marvellous movie centres on Lolita, a young singer, and her fraught relationship with her self-centres father. With an excellent cast, the film is enormously witty, touching and perceptive, in the...
Machuca
Members’ Rating: 89% A delicate coming-of-age tale about two schoolboys from different backgrounds, whose growing friendship is threatened by the forces of the 1973 revolution in Chile. A poignant and accomplished film, about the joys of childhood and disappointments of...
Spartan
Members’ Rating: 60% This film is a convoluted political thriller with a great performance from Val Kilmer as Agent Scott, who is set to track down the kidnapped daughter of a top Washington politician. Writer-Director David Mamet can still do...
Untold Scandal
(Original title: Seukaendeul – Joseon namnyeo sangyeoljisa) Members’ Rating: 77% This delightful re-working of Dangerous Liaisons transports us to 18th-Century Korea in a sumptuous drama, which makes the story seem fresh and new. Depicting bedroom intrigue against a rich Oriental...
The Lizard
(Original title: Marmoulak) Members’ Rating: 80% Reza is a cat-burglar who steals a Mullah’s gown and walks out of prison to be immediately mistaken for the new head of a local mosque. Part caper and part satire, one of the...
Twin Sisters
(Original title: De tweeling) Members’ Rating: 79% The timeless tale of the lives of twin sisters, orphaned when six years old and separated by their aunts. One lives a hard life on a German farm, the other lives a comfortable...
Before Sunset
Members’ Rating: 60% This is a charming and effective sequel to Before Sunrise, in which transitory lovers meet up again for talk, flirting and speculation. A beautiful, vibrant and big-spirited romantic movie. France/USA, 2004, Richard Linklater. Drama/Romance, 1hr 20mins (15)...
Melinda And Melinda
Members’ Rating: 73% Two authors write different takes on Melinda’s life, one tragic and one comic. Take a judiciously assembled cast, add a witty script and you have Woody Allen’s most accomplished film for ages. USA, 2004, Woody Allen. Comedy/Drama/Romance,...
