Lore (2012) – Cate Shortland (Jane McCracken)
Through a fluttering curtained window into the cinematically exquisite trampled fairy tale of a fleeing Nazi family, teenage Lore, the main protagonist in ‘Lore’, 2012.
Category: Art
The Turin Horse (2011) – Béla Tarr (Jane McCracken)
Incessant wind… a dirge of clawing violins on repeat… ’Doom’ on his hands and knees, crawling ever closer with each sunset, along his impending trail of inevitable cataclysm, until finally he … Continue reading The Turin Horse (2011) – Béla Tarr (Jane McCracken)
Fox and his Friends (1975) – Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Mardaweh Tompo)
A young carnival worker wins the lottery and gets taken in by an upper class socialite who may or may not have his best intentions at heart.
The Legend of the Scarecrow (2005) – Marco Besas (Isabelle Birch)
The Legend of the Scarecrow (La leyenda del espantapájaros) is a 10 minute short Spanish film about a lonely scarecrow who befriends birds and heals a bird that thinks that … Continue reading The Legend of the Scarecrow (2005) – Marco Besas (Isabelle Birch)
Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932) – Jean Renoir (Mardaweh Tompo)
Synopsis: A Tramp tries to commit suicide by drowning himself in the Seine River only to be saved by a Bourgeoisie man who takes the Tramp into his home and … Continue reading Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932) – Jean Renoir (Mardaweh Tompo)
Trois Couleurs: Rouge (1994) – Krzysztof Kieslowski (Niall McArdle)
Synopsis: A model in Geneva encounters a mysterious retired judge who eavesdrops on his neighbours, while her neighbour, a young lawyer, has romantic problems.
Trois Couleurs: Blanc (1994) – Krzysztof Kieslowski (Niall McArdle)
Synopsis: After his divorce from a Parisian woman, a Polish man returns to Warsaw, becomes a successful businessman, and sets about taking revenge on her.
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) – The Coen Brothers (Darrell Ron Tuffs)
A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
Trois Couleurs: Bleu (1993) – Krzysztof Kieslowski (Niall McArdle)
“I am not a poet. I am an engineer.” Krzysztof Kieslowski Synposis: After her husband and daughter are killed in a car crash, a grief-stricken young woman attempts to live … Continue reading Trois Couleurs: Bleu (1993) – Krzysztof Kieslowski (Niall McArdle)
Murmur of the Heart (1971) – Louis Malle (Mardaweh Tompo)
This is a jolly coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old boy named Laurent Chevalier who is growing up in bourgeois surroundings in Dijon, France.
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) – Cristian Mungiu (Harriet Birch)
Drama about a woman who assists her friend to arrange an illegal abortion in 1980’s Romania.
Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows) (1959) – Francois Truffant (Niall McArdle)
Synopsis: A neglected young boy in Paris is sent to reform school for petty thievery.
A World of Film 