This month’s film is Son of Saul. Rotten Tomatoes summed it up like this – Grimly intense yet thoroughly rewarding, Son of Saul offers an unforgettable viewing experience and establishes director László Nemes as a talent to watch. You can watch the trailer here. Son of Saul (15) Hungary, 105 mins, Subtitles Friday 25th August at Hallhill…Continue readingSon of Saul
Category: Drama
A union to cherish between a writer-director and star working at peak power, Things to Come offers quietly profound observations on life, love, and the irrevocable passage of time. You can watch the trailer here. Things To Come (12) France 2015, 100mins (Subtitles) Friday 26th May @ Hallhill Doors and Bar 7.30 Film Starts at 8.00…Continue readingThings to Come
‘In terms of family drama, has any film been more moving than Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story? Time and again, Ozu has made films about family, and the shifting structure we refer to as “time and again”. Family is less a fixed entity than a kind of weather system that keeps coming back. So children…Continue readingTokyo Story
A powerful portrait of female empowerment set in a remote Turkish village. Early summer in a village in Northern Turkey. Five free-spirited teenaged sisters splash about on the beach with their male classmates. Though their games are merely innocent fun, a neighbour passes by and reports what she considers to be illicit behaviour to the…Continue readingMustang
Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, the new film from acclaimed director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet) is a gripping, human tale of survival. On the losing side of a civil war in Sri Lanka, a Tamil soldier (Antonythasan Jesuthasan) poses as the husband and father of two other refugees in…Continue readingDheepan
1950s Brooklyn – an Irish immigrant falls in love but when her past catches up with her she is forced to choose between two countries, two lives. You can watch the trailer here. BROOKLYN (PG13) 2015, Ireland, 1hr 51mins. Friday 30th September at Hallhill. Doors & Bar 7.30 Film begins 8.00 Continue readingBrooklyn
Not far from the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, now ruled by the religious fundamentalists, proud cattle herder Kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima, his daughter Toya, and Issan their twelve-year-old shepherd. In town, the people suffer, powerless, under the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists determined to control their…Continue readingTimbuktu
In the week leading up to their 45th wedding anniversary a couple receive an unexpected letter which contains potentially life changing news. You can watch the trailer here 45 Years (15) 2015, UK, 1hr 35mins. Friday 27th May, Hallhill. Doors and bar 7.30 Film starts at 8.00Continue reading45 YEARS
Our next film is the Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning THEEB… In the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I, a young Bedouin boy experiences a greatly hastened coming-of-age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination. You can watch the trailer here Annual Cheese…Continue readingTHEEB