A poetic and intimate story of loss, rebirth and transformation which documents one man’s journey into a world beyond sight. You will find a great review of the film here. You can watch the trailer here. Notes on Blindness (U)2016, UK 90 mins Friday 29th September Hallhill Doors and Bar 7.30 Film starts at 8.00Continue readingNotes on Blindness
Category: Past Films
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
A surreal comedy set in a dystopian future where single people are arrested and given 45 days to find love or be turned into an animal. In 2010 we screened a film called Dogtooth which was written and directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Dogtooth was one of those films that sharply divided the audience between those…Continue readingThe Lobster
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
Our first film of 2017 is the Icelandic film ‘Rams’. In a remote valley two estranged brothers are forced to come together – after 40 years of feuding – to save their cherished rams. “A darkly comedic drama, by turns hilarious and heartbreaking” The Guardian “Switching from dour humour to humanist drama without seeming contrived,…Continue readingRams
A young Scottish man’s odyssey across 19th century in search of the woman he loves is guided by a mysterious outlaw towards a terrible reckoning. You can watch the trailer here. SLOW WEST (15) 2015, New Zealand, 1hr 24 mins. Friday 25th November at Hallhill Doors and Bar 7.30pm Film starts at 8.00pmContinue readingSlow West
From Chile, a story about water through which flows a stream of historical recollections, and poetic reflections rendered with breathtaking clarity. You can watch the trailer here. THE PEARL BUTTON (15) 2016, Chile, 1hr 22mins (Subtitles) Doors and Bar 7.30pm Film begins at 8.00pmContinue readingThe Pearl Button