2024-25 Films

13 September 24 A Serious Man (USA)

Directors:  Joel Coen & Ethan Coen    2009     Comedy/Drama

Stars: Michael Stuhlburg;  Richard Kind; Sari Lennick

106 mins                    IMDB 7.0

Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.

Friday 4th October 24 Return to Seoul (Europe)

Director Davy Chou.                                 2022                   Drama

Stars Park Ji-Min; Oh Gwan-Rok; Guka Han

119 mins             IMDB 7.0

A twenty-five-year-old French woman returns to Korea, the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple, for the very first time. She decides to track down her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.

25 October 25 Sunset Boulevard (US)

Director. Billy Wilder                                       1950                Drama

Stars.                    William Holden; Gloria Swanson; Erich Von Stroheim

110 mins                   IMDB 8.4

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

15th November One Life (GB)

Director James Hawes                            2023                Bio/Drama

Stars Anthony Hopkins; Lena Olin;  Johnny Flynn

109 mins             IMDB 7.5

Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

6 December 2024 The Belleville Rendezvous

Director Sylvain Chomet              2003                Animation/Comedy

80 mins                IMDB 7.7

When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters–an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire–to rescue him.

10th January 2025 Nae Pasaran (UK/ Chile)

Director:  Felipe Bustos Sierra               2018                Documentary

Stars.                    Bob Fulton;  Stuart Barrie;  John Keenan

96 mins                IMDB 7.9

The incredible story of the Scots who managed to ground half of Chile’s Air Force, from the other side of the world, in the longest single act of solidarity against Pinochet’s brutal dictatorship.

31th January 2025 It Happened one Night (US)

Director Frank Capra                                                    1934                Comedy

Stars.                    Clark Cable;  Claudette Colberg;  Walter Connolly

105 mins             IMDB 8.1

A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.

21st February 2025 Perfect Days (Japan)

Director:  Wim Wenders               2023                Drama

Stars.                    Koji Yakusho;  Tokio Emoto;  Arisa Nakano

124 mins       IMDB 7.9

Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquillity.  Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.

14th March 2025 Still Alice (UK)

) Director: Richard Glatzer; Wash Westmoreland    2014          Drama

Stars : Julianne Moore;  Alex Baldwin; Kirstin Stewart

101 mins             IMDB 7.5

A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease.

4th April 2025 The Banshees of Inisherin (Irish)

Director Martin McDonagh.         2022              Comedy/Drama

Stars Colin Farrell;  Brendan Gleeson; Kerry Condon

115 mins             IMDB 7.7

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

25 April 2025 The Birdcage. (US)

Director Mike Nichols         1996                Comedy

Stars:  Robin Williams; Nathane Lane;  Gene Hackman

117 mins             IMDB 7.2

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancĂ©e’s right-wing moralistic parents.

16 May 2025 Loving Vincent (UK)

Director DK Welshman; Hugh Welshman     2017                Animation/Drama

Stars           Douglas Booth;  Jerome Flynn;  Robert Galaczyk

94 mins                IMDB 7.8

In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist’s final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.