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
Category: Past Films
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
A seductive young woman (Ava Gardner) falls in love with a mysterious ship’s captain (James Mason). One of the most ethereal and haunting love stories ever filmed. You can watch the trailer here Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (PG) 1951 UK, 1hr 48 mins. Friday 29th April at Hallhill Doors and bar 7.30 Film begins…Continue readingPandora and the Flying Dutchman
Our next film is Boom Bust Boom. The result of a meeting between writer, director, historian and Python Terry Jones and economics professor and entrepreneur Theo Kocken. Co-written by Jones and Kocken and featuring John Cusack, Nobel Prize winners Daniel Kahneman, Robert J Shiller and Paul Krugman, the film is part of a global movement…Continue readingBoom Bust Boom
Six tales of power and revenge from Argentina that explore the extremes of human behaviour on the blurred line between comedy and tragedy. You can watch the trailer here. Wild Tales (15) 2014, Argentina, 2hrs 2mins (Subtitles) Friday 25th March. Doors and bar 7.30. Films begins at 8.00. Continue readingWild Tales
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
Our first film of 2016 is one of the best comedies of 2015. What We Do In The Shadows is a hilarious mockumentary from New Zealand which follows the lives of three vampires living in a shared house and coping with the mundanity of modern life. “Confronted with endless cycles of loss and regret, the…Continue readingWhat We Do In The Shadows
A black comedy that tells the story of an actor – famous for portraying an iconic superhero-as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. In the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career, and himself. You can watch the trailer here. Birdman (15) 2014,…Continue readingBirdman Friday
There’s an eerie brilliance and a haunting beauty to “Under the Skin,” writer-director Jonathan Glazer’s beyond-strange exploration of what it means to be human — seen from an outside perspective. Johansson is fascinating as the alien woman whose imitation of humanity slowly morphs into something very like the real thing. It’s a carefully modulated, and…Continue readingUNDER THE SKIN