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Drama

Bluebeard [PG]

Wednesday 01 September to Thursday 02 September

Catherine Breillat’s exploration of feminine tales continues with this subversive take on the story of Bluebeard.

White Material [15]

Friday 03 September to Saturday 04 September

Claire Denis revisits Africa, the setting for her celebrated first feature Chocolat, in this starkly haunting film that explores post-colonial Africa.

The Secret in Their Eyes [18]

Friday 03 September to Thursday 09 September

This year’s Best Foreign Film Oscar winner is a skillful blend of love story, police procedural crime thriller and legal drama.

Went the Day Well? [PG]

Monday 06 September

A jawdroppingly subversive and efficient piece of work, as former documentarian Alberto Cavalcanti establishes the ultimate bucolic English village into which he drops a platoon of German paratroops who hope to lay the groundwork for the forthcoming invasion.

Baarìa [15]

Friday 10 September to Monday 13 September

Cinema Paradiso director Giuseppe Tornatore returns with an epic valentine to his Sicilian heritage.

Beautiful Kate [15]

Friday 10 September to Saturday 11 September

For her feature film debut as writer/director, actor Rachel Ward has created a dark, gothic drama about family conflict and taboo relationships.

Mother [15]

Monday 13 September to Thursday 16 September

Mother is the wholly refreshing corrective to the much abused film term – Hitchcockian. At once nail-bitingly tense and brimming with humanity, this terrific film comes fresh from sweeping the Asian Film Awards.

Five Easy Pieces [15]

Tuesday 14 September to Thursday 16 September

Jack Nicholson stars in Bob Rafelson’s seminal portrait of a disaffected and cynical America.

Stray Dog [PG]

Thursday 16 September

Stray Dog is arguably Kurosawa’s best 1940s film. Set in post-war Tokyo, the story of a cop obsessively hunting the criminal who stole his gun…

The Girl Who Played With Fire [18]

Friday 17 September to Thursday 23 September

Hot on the heels of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo comes this sequel, which sees Lisbeth Salander and crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist once again caught up in a brutal murder investigation.

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday [U]

Saturday 18 September

Summer movies just don’t come any better than this classic slice of Tati.

Bellville Rendez-vous [12A]

Sunday 19 September

When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Bellville Sisters…

The Leopard [PG]

Friday 24 September to Sunday 26 September

Visconti’s masterpiece The Leopard gets a breathtaking new digital restoration courtesy of Martin Scorcese and the Gucci foundation.

Certified Copy [12A]

Friday 24 September to Thursday 30 September

Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami’s film is a startlingly enigmatic work that begins with Juliette Binoche’s gallery owner in Tuscany attending a talk given by an English author about authenticity, fakes and copies in art.

Il Divo [15]

Monday 27 September

Sorrentino’s life of notorious Italian PM Guido Andreotti is just as telling a picture of the modern state of Italy as The Leopard’s depiction of the lost world from which it emerged.

I am Love [15]

Tuesday 28 September

The Leopard’s Prince of Salina is the ultimate exponent of familial duty.

My Night with Maud [PG]

Wednesday 29 September to Thursday 30 September

Arguably the greatest of all Eric Rohmer’s films, Ma nuit chez Maud, is set over a Christmas in Clermont-Ferrand, where his brilliant script is the basis for a profoundly insightful study of desire, doubt and self-delusion.

Tamara Drew [12A]

Friday 01 October to Thursday 07 October

Director Stephen Frears brings to life Posy Simmonds’ comic strip, serialised in The Guardian from 2005-2007, starring Gemma Arterton as glamorous newspaper columnist Tamara Drewe.

Metropolis [PG]

Friday 01 October to Sunday 03 October

2026 and the city of the future, where the rich enjoy a metropolitan life of luxury in contrast to the poor who work in hard labour beneath ground to keep the city moving. This is the setting for Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, rightly regarded as one of the most influential films of all time.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice [PG]

Saturday 02 October

Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern day Manhattan in need of an apprentice to help save the city from the forces of darkness.

Undertow [15]

Monday 04 October to Tuesday 05 October

Winner of multiple audience awards including the 2010 Sundance World Cinema Audience Award, Undertow continues Latin-America’s exploration of magical realism in modern cinema.

Seraphine [PG]

Friday 08 October

This beguiling biopic tells the true outsider story of primitive artistic genius Seraphine de Senlis and her heavenly inspired canvases.

The Soloist [12A]

Sunday 10 October

The story of schizophrenic homeless musician Nathaniel Ayers, as told by the LA Times, illuminates both the man and the city.

Shutter Island [15]

Tuesday 12 October

Mental Health as a cinematic plot device is both used and explored in Scorcese’s homage to the 1950s pot boiler.

From Here to Eternity [PG]

Friday 15 October to Sunday 17 October

Deemed impossible to put onscreen because of its strong sexual content and language, James Jones’ novel emerged as a lavish, star-studded multi-oscar winning spectacle.

Eat, Pray, Love [PG]

Friday 15 October to Thursday 21 October

This year’s Julie & Julia sees Roberts taking on the true life role of writer Liz Gilbert in the screen adaptation of her bestselling memoir.

Winter's Bone [15]

Monday 18 October to Thursday 21 October

Based on the powerful novel by Daniel Woodrell, this is a stunningly well made film with one of the most powerfully written and acted heroines seen for a long time.

My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done? [tbc]

Friday 29 October to Saturday 30 October

Produced by David Lynch, this could be seen to be a corrective to all those who thought mistakenly that Herzog had gone mainstream with Bad Lieutenant.

Police, Adjective [tbc]

Friday 29 October to Saturday 30 October

Tasked with pursuing a schoolboy suspected of supplying marijuana, a young policeman becomes troubled by the clash between duty and instinct.

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