April 2024
Mon 1 April NO SCREENING (Easter Monday)
Mon 8 April Peeping Tom
(Britain 1960) Michael Powell: A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror. A chilling, methodical look at the psychology of a killer, and a classic work of voyeuristic cinema; with Karlheinz Bohm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey.
More reviews at: Peeping Tom
More information at: Peeping Tom (1960) - IMDb
Mon 15 April Hugo
(USA/Britain/France 2011) Martin Scorsese: Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret (Butterfield) lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home; with Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen.
More reviews at: Hugo
More information at: Hugo (2011) - IMDb
Mon 22 April Madeo/Mother
(South Korea 2009) Bong Joon-Ho: A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder. As fleshy as it is funny, Bong's Mother straddles family drama, horror and comedy with a deft grasp of tone and plenty of eerie visuals; with Kim Hye-ja, Won-bin, Jin Goo.
More reviews at: Madeo/Mother
More information at: Mother (2009) - IMDb
Mon 29 April Breaker Morant
(Australia 1980) Bruce Beresford: Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers. Bold, uncompromising and completely compelling filmmaking; with Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown.
More reviews at: Breaker Morant
More information at: Breaker Morant (1980) - IMDb