January 2024

Mon 22 January Charade

(USA 1963) Stanley Donen: Romance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Who can she trust? A globetrotting caper that prizes its idiosyncratic pieces over the general puzzle, Charade is a delightful romp with Grant and Hepburn's sparkling chemistry at the centre of some perfectly orchestrated mayhem; with Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau.

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Mon 29 January Fireworks Wednesday

(Iran 2006) Asghar Farhadi: On the last Wednesday before the spring solstice ushers in the Persian New Year, people set off fireworks following an ancient Zoroastrian tradition. Rouhi, spending her first day at a new job, finds herself in the midst of a different kind of fireworks - a domestic dispute between her new boss and his wife; with Taraneh Alidoosti, Hedye Tehrani, Hamid Farokhnezhad.

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