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Foreign Films

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.

Hidden Fortress [PG]

Thursday 09 September

Kurosawa’s thoroughly entertaining action romp follows the adventures of a princess, her retainer and two arguing servants transporting clan treasures through enemy territory.

Baarìa [15]

Friday 10 September to Monday 13 September

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

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.

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…

Throne of Blood [12]

Thursday 23 September

This samurai Macbeth relocates the Scottish play to the civil wars of the 16th century Age of Warring States.

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.

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.

LT22 Radio La Colifata [no cert] + Panel Discussion

Thursday 14 October

LT22 Radio La Colifata is a radio show produced entirely by patients at a Buenos Aires psychiatric hospital. This screening will be followed by a panel discussion led by Celia Atherton, Director of Social Justice at Dartington, with Tim Yealland from English Touring Opera.

A Town Called Panic [PG]

Friday 22 October to Thursday 28 October

Belgian animators Aubier and Patar take their beloved characters on a fantastic voyage via the centre of the earth…

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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