Members’ Rating: 87% “Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.” – IMDB UK/Germany/USA, 2006, Kevin Macdonald. Biography/Drama/History, 2hrs 3mins (15) Presented as the Chiltern Film Club
Members’ Rating: 75% “Set in 1985, working-class student Brian Jackson (McAvoy) navigates his first year at Bristol University.” – IMDB UK/USA, 2006, Tom Vaughan. Comedy/Drama/Romance, 1hr 32mins (12A) Presented as the Chiltern Film Club
Members’ Rating: 60% A superb new print of Jean Renoir’s classic spellbinding tale of an English family living in Bengal during the last years of the Raj. Filmed entirely on location in India, it captures beautifully the rhythm and energy...
(Original title: Afsaid) Members’ Rating: 62% In Iran it is against the law for women to attend football matches. The film follows a group of girls (disguised as boys) trying to get to watch Iran’s World Cup Qualifier at the...
(Original title: 36 quai des orfèvres) Members’ Rating: 77% 36 Quai des Orfèvres is the French equivalent of Scotland Yard. Daniel Auteuil and Gérard Depardieu star in this dark, stylish crime saga. Their longstanding rivalry explodes when they become the...
Members’ Rating: 65% Set on a train going from Austria to Rome, this film is a freewheeling exploration of love, responsibility, truth and lies. The three intertwining stories by its three directors make a movie that is consistently war, witty...
Members’ Rating: 89% A gripping soap opera about a family life shattered by a terrible act of violence. With almost overwhelming richness and warmth, Almodóvar has created another resounding success. Starring Penélope Cruz and Carmen Maurer. Spain/USA, 2006, Pedro Almodóvar....
Members’ Rating: 82% The illegal killing of a Mexican by a member of the US border patrol starts a chain of events described in the title. Director and actor Tommy Lee Jones and the writer Guillermo Arriaga have produced a...
(Original title: Crustacés & coquillages – also known as Côte d’Azur) Members’ Rating: 60% A married couple have their family holiday on the Côte d’Azur disrupted by the arrival of their two teenage children’s gay friend. It soon transpires that...
Members’ Rating: 97% – our favourite film of the season and the joint-highest rated film since ratings began, shared with The Concert! Burt Munro is resolved to realise his lifetime dream of breaking the world speed record with his lovingly...
