30 April 2013

120/365 Efter Brylluppet

Mads Mikkelsen is a charity worker in India who returns to Denmark to secure further funding from a rich businessman.  But the benefactor's wife turns out to be a ghost from his past.

Directed by Susanne Bier, Borgen's Prime Minister and one of the Wallanders also feature.


Cert: 15

Original UK Release: 2007

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457655/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


29 April 2013

119/365 La historia oficial

A school teacher decides to find out the background of her daughter, whom she adopted during the period of killing and disappearances in the Argentina of the 1970s.

Cert: 15

Original Argentine Release: 1985

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089276/?ref_=sr_1


28 April 2013

118/365 Luftslottet som sprängdes

Third part of the 'Millennium Trilogy' - Lisbeth must face up to her difficult past in order to prove her innocence.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2010

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343097/?ref_=sr_2


27 April 2013

117/365 Flickan som lekte med elden

Second part of the 'Millennium Trilogy' - Lisbeth is now accused of murder, and journalist Mikael tries to find the evidence to clear her name.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2010

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216487/?ref_=sr_1


26 April 2013

116/365 Män som hatar kvinnor

The first part of the 'Millennium Trilogy' - a troubled young woman helps a disgraced journalist to solve the mysterious disappearance of a girl 40 years earlier.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2010

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132620/?ref_=sr_3


25 April 2013

115/365 Chiko


Moritz Bleibtreu is Chiko, a young man whose ambition is to rise to the top in the drug gangs of Hamburg with his friend. Things seem to be going well, until one of them puts a foot out of line.


Cert: 18

UK Release: 2009

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132474/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


24 April 2013

114/365 Le père de mes enfants

A film producer, juggling a busy career and a happy family life, faces work challenges which will change all their lives forever.

Cert: 12A

UK Release: 2009

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1356928/?ref_=sr_2


23 April 2013

113/365 Das Experiment

German film based on the Stanford Prison Experiment in which participants are hired to take part in an experiment as prisoners and guards, and must follow the rules given to them, with chilling results.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2002

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250258/?ref_=sr_1


21 April 2013

112/365 Il Divo

Biopic of the latter part of the life of former Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti, who, it turns out, has friends in high places.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2009

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023490/?ref_=sr_1


111/365 La Zona

Three young men from the slums of Mexico City break into a gated community.  Their burglary attempt goes wrong and one of them is left behind as the rest flee.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2008

 More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1039652/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2




20 April 2013

110/365 Il y a longtemps que je t'aime

Kristen Scott Thomas is released from prison after 15 years, and tries to connect with her family and find a place in society again.

Cert: 12A

UK Release: 2008

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068649/?ref_=sr_1

19 April 2013

109/365 Familia Rodante

A family embarks upon a road trip the length of Argentina in order to attend the wedding of another family member.

Cert: 12

UK Release: 2005

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359254/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

18 April 2013

108/365 Contracorriente

A Peruvian fisherman drowns at sea and his ghost returns to make a choice between his traditional life and a secret love.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2010

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1368491/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

17 April 2013

107/365 Vincere

Stylish drama based on the true story of Benito Mussolini's secret first wife and son, who were hidden away by the fascist Italian leader as he began his rise to the top of the political ladder.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2010

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1156173/?ref_=sr_1

16 April 2013

106/365 Die Welle

A German high school project on authoritarian government begins to take on a life of its own.  Based on true events in California.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2008

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1063669/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

15 April 2013

105/365 Er shi si cheng ji

A factory is being pulled down to make way for luxury flats in a Chinese town. Old and new images are intertwined with interviews featuring different generations of local residents.

Cert: U

UK Release: 2009

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1103963/?ref_=sr_1

14 April 2013

104/365 8½

Fellini delves into the autobiographical for this fantasy of film maker as circus master.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 1963

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056801/?ref_=sr_4

13 April 2013

103/365 Aruitemo aruitemo

A family gathers together for a day to commemorate the anniversary of a son's death, and family relationships are tested.

Cert: U

UK Release: 2009

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1087578/?ref_=sr_2

12 April 2013

102/365 Rashômon

A murderous attack in woodland is retold from various points of view - but whose version of events is to be believed? The wife, the husband, the bandit, or the witness?

Cert: 12

Original Japanese Release: 1950

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042876/?ref_=sr_1

11 April 2013

101/365 Amarcord

A series of comedy/drama vignettes based on the adolescence of the film's director Federico Fellini.  Set in small-town Italy in the 1930s, Fellini presents a range of characters, often absurd or caricatures, over a period of year.

Cert: 15

Original Italian Release: 1973

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071129/?ref_=sr_2


10 April 2013

100/365 El espíritu de la colmena

An allegory of Spain in the early days after the Spanish Civil War, as embodied by an outstanding Ana Torrent and her belief that she can make the spirit of Frankenstein's monster come to her.

Cert: PG

UK Release: 2003 (Original Spanish Release: 1973)

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070040/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

9 April 2013

99/365 Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage

The story of a young woman who was a member of The White Rose, an anti-fascist resistance movement in Munich during World War II.

Cert: PG

UK Release: 2005

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426578/?ref_=sr_1

8 April 2013

98/365 Der Tunnel

Based on a true story of a group of East Berliners, led by champion swimmer Harry Melchior, who have the idea of digging a tunnel to escape to the West in 1961.

Cert: 12

UK Release: 2009 (original German reelase 2001)

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251447/?ref_=sr_2

7 April 2013

97/365 Roma, città aperta

Roberto Rossellini's film was one of the first major works of Italian neorealism: partly filmed using scavenged film stock, and on location using non-professional actors while Rome was still occupied by the German army, the film was hugely influential in the post-war period.

Cert: 15

Original Italian Release: 1945

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038890/?ref_=sr_1

6 April 2013

96/365 Madeo

A young man is accused of murdering a young woman.  His mother goes to great lengths to try to prove that he is innocent and has been framed by a friend.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2009

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216496/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

5 April 2013

95/365 El bonaerense

A young man who earns a living as a locksmith in a small town is forced to join the corruption of the Buenos Aires police department to escape a conviction at home.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2003

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315850/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

4 April 2013

94/365 Amour

Jean-Louis Trintignant finds ways to cope with his wife Emmanuelle Riva's deteriorating health as they both come to terms with the inevitability of her situation.

Cert: 12A

UK Release: 2012

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1602620/


3 April 2013

93/365 2046

Visually beautiful with an excellent soundtrack, this is a mysterious mix of period drama and science fiction with romance thrown in.

Cert: 12A

UK Release: 2005

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212712/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

2 April 2013

92/365 Die Fälscher

Based on the true story of a wartime counterfeiting operation, and the Jewish man who is forced to make fake currency for the Nazis.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2007

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813547/?ref_=sr_2

1 April 2013

91/365 Kynodontas

Quite disturbing story of a family confined to their home, with the father being the only one who leaves the confines of the residence. As a result, their world is strange ...

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2010

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1379182/?ref_=sr_1