The first of the Dogme films. A family gathers to celebrate the father's 60th birthday together, and some family secrets come to light.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 1999
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154420/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
31 May 2013
30 May 2013
150/365 Darbareye Elly
A story of secrets, lies and friendship which unfolds as a groups of friends takes a short break by the sea. One of the group goes missing, leading to shifts in relationships and trust among the friends.
Cert: 12
UK Release: 2012
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1360860/?ref_=sr_1
Cert: 12
UK Release: 2012
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1360860/?ref_=sr_1
29 May 2013
149/365 Ladri di biciclette
A man takes his son on a desperate search across town looking for his stolen bicycle, without which he cannot do his job.
Cert: U
UK Release: 1948
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040522/?ref_=sr_1
Cert: U
UK Release: 1948
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040522/?ref_=sr_1
28 May 2013
148/365 Panique au village
Completely bonkers animation featuring plastic horses and cowboys.
Cert: PG
UK Release: 2010
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1433540/?ref_=sr_2
Cert: PG
UK Release: 2010
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1433540/?ref_=sr_2
27 May 2013
147/365 Trois couleurs: Rouge
A model returns an injured dog to its owner, and discovers that he spies on his neighbours.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 1994
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111495/?ref_=sr_2
Cert: 15
UK Release: 1994
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111495/?ref_=sr_2
26 May 2013
146/365 Trois couleurs: Blanc
A Polish man, recently divorced in Paris, decides to win his French wife back using some unconventional methods.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 1994
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111507/?ref_=sr_3
Cert: 15
UK Release: 1994
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111507/?ref_=sr_3
25 May 2013
145/365 Trois couleurs: Bleu
First of a trilogy set in contemporary France. A woman who has lost her husband and daughter attempts to change her life to come to terms with the grief she feels.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 1993
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108394/?ref_=sr_1
Cert: 15
UK Release: 1993
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108394/?ref_=sr_1
24 May 2013
144/365 Tacones lejanos
A mother tries to reconcile with her daughter after 15 years, only to find that the daughter has married one of the mother's former boyfriends.
Cert: 18
UK Release: 1992
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103030/
Cert: 18
UK Release: 1992
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103030/
23 May 2013
143/365 La mala educación
Almodóvar takes a look at priests and sexual abuse in schools during the Franco era.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2004
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275491/
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2004
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275491/
22 May 2013
142/365 Átame
Antonio Banderas, a former mental patient, is obsessed with a woman he once had a short relationship with, and seeks her out to 'persuade' her to marry him.
Cert: 18
UK Release: 1990
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101026/
Cert: 18
UK Release: 1990
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101026/
21 May 2013
141/365 Hable con ella
For different reasons, two women are in comas in the same hospital, and a deep friendship develops between the two men who care for them.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2002
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287467/
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2002
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287467/
20 May 2013
140/365 Los abrazos rotos
A writer, who is blind, recounts the story of his car accident and loss of his wife, to a younger man.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2009
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0913425/
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2009
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0913425/
19 May 2013
139/365 Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
A woman is jilted, and finds it difficult to handle the fallout -while all around her, others are dealing with their own issues. Yet again, the men get a raw deal from Almodóvar.
Cert: 12
UK Release: 1989
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095675/
Cert: 12
UK Release: 1989
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095675/
18 May 2013
138/365 Todo sobre mi madre
Tragedy befalls a single mother, who goes in search of the father of her teenage son. But of course, everything is different now.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 1999
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185125/
Cert: 15
UK Release: 1999
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185125/
17 May 2013
137/365 Carne trémula
Women, police, gunshots, relationship turmoil ... Almodóvar bases his story loosely on a novel by Ruth Rendell, with Javier Bardem as the cop.
Cert: 18
UK Release: 1998
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118819/
Cert: 18
UK Release: 1998
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118819/
16 May 2013
136/365 La vida útil
A cinema employee must readjust his life after the cinema he worked at for 25 years is forced to close.
Cert: U
UK Release: 2010
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1719497/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Cert: U
UK Release: 2010
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1719497/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
15 May 2013
135/365 Good Bye Lenin!
A young man goes to great lengths to prevent his ill mother from discovering that East and West Germany have been united.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2003
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/?ref_=sr_1
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2003
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/?ref_=sr_1
14 May 2013
134/365 Intouchables
A wealthy quadriplegic man takes a chance on employing a younger immigrant as his carer.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2012
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675434/?ref_=sr_1
13 May 2013
133/365 Rudo y Cursi
Two brothers working on a banana plantation suddenly find their lives transformed when a local football scout spots their talent.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2009
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405393/
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2009
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405393/
12 May 2013
132/365 Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)
Biopic of the French chanteur Serge Gainsbourg, filmed in a less-than-traditional manner.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2010
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1329457/
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2010
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1329457/
11 May 2013
131/365 Metropolis
In a futuristic urban setting, a rich boy and a working class girl try to overcome the huge divide between the different parts of their city.
Cert: PG
Original Release: 1927
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/
Cert: PG
Original Release: 1927
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/
10 May 2013
130/365 Fa yeung nin wa
Slow-paced and beautiful story of a man and a woman move in to neighboring Hong Kong apartments and form a bond when they both suspect their spouses of extra-marital activities.
Cert: PG
UK Release: 2000
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118694/
Cert: PG
UK Release: 2000
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118694/
9 May 2013
129/365 L'année dernière à Marienbad
Visually stunning, narratively ambiguous, this film is regarded as a masterpiece of cinema and paricularly of French New Wave. Is there any truth in the story? Is it a lie, or perhaps a dream?
Cert: U
UK Release: 1962
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054632/?ref_=sr_1
8 May 2013
128/365 El espinazo del diablo
A boy arrives at an orphanage after the death of his father, and finds a haunted place with buried secrets.
Cert: 18
UK Release: 2001
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256009/?ref_=sr_1
Cert: 18
UK Release: 2001
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256009/?ref_=sr_1
7 May 2013
127/365 La habitación de Fermat
Four mathematicians, who are strangers, are gathered in a room to solve a mathematical problem. But they discover that every time they reach an incorrect answer, the room becomes smaller, putting them in increasing danger.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2009
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1016301/?ref_=sr_1
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2009
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1016301/?ref_=sr_1
6 May 2013
126/365 Coco avant Chanel
Biopic of Coco Chanel's rise to the top of the couture tree.
Cert: 12
UK Release: 2009
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1035736/?ref_=sr_2
Cert: 12
UK Release: 2009
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1035736/?ref_=sr_2
5 May 2013
125/365 El orfanato
Creepy story of a woman who opens a home for disabled children in the place she grew up. Her son then appears to begin communicating with a new invisible friend.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2008
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464141/?ref_=sr_3
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2008
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464141/?ref_=sr_3
4 May 2013
124/365 Insomnia
A police officer is brought in to investigate a murder in an area of Norway with 24 hours of daylight. Unable to sleep, he messes up the investigation and must face the consequences.
Remade for Hollywood and set in Alaska, starring Al Pacino and Hilary Swank.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 1998
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119375/?ref_=sr_2
Remade for Hollywood and set in Alaska, starring Al Pacino and Hilary Swank.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 1998
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119375/?ref_=sr_2
3 May 2013
123/365 Brødre
A soldier is sent to Afghanistan on a peace keeping mission, and is reported missing. The lives of his wife and children then become entwined with that of the soldier's black sheep of a brother.
Later remade for Hollywood, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2005
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386342/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
Later remade for Hollywood, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2005
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386342/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
2 May 2013
122/365 Vals Im Bashir
Animated documentary made by an Israeli soldier turned film maker, which attempts to piece together the events surrounding a massacre in a refugee camp in Beirut.
Cert: 18
UK Release: 2008
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1185616/?ref_=sr_1
Cert: 18
UK Release: 2008
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1185616/?ref_=sr_1
1 May 2013
121/365 Okuribito
Oscar-winning Japanese film. A young cellist returns to his home town after losing his job, and begins working for a funeral director.
Cert: 12A
UK Release: 2009
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1069238/?ref_=sr_2
Cert: 12A
UK Release: 2009
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1069238/?ref_=sr_2
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