31 October 2013

304/365 Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

Originally banned in France, the film shows four boys taking on the repressive leadership of their boarding school.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 1933

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024803/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

30 October 2013

303/365 Cidade de Deus

Depicting the streets of Rio de Janeiro, where children are involved in crime and gangs.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2003

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248/?ref_=nv_sr_1

29 October 2013

302/365 Renoir

Summer 1915. Jean Renoir, son of artist Pierre-Auguste, comes home to recover after being wounded in World War I. He discovers a young woman posing as a model for his father, who comes to inspire both generations of artists.

Cert: 12

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2150332/?ref_=nv_sr_1

28 October 2013

301/365 Blancanieves

Inspired by the tale of Snow White, but transposed to 1920s Spain and a bullring.

Cert: 12

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1854513/?ref_=nv_sr_1



27 October 2013

300/365 Hitori musuko

A widowed mother makes huge sacrifices so that her son can have an education, but discovers later in life that it has been in vain.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 1936

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027752/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


26 October 2013

299/365 Senna

Remarkable documentary on Ayrton Senna, the Brazilian F1 driver who won the world championship three times before becoming the last driver to die in a Grand Prix race, at the age of 34.

Cert: 12A

UK Release: 2011

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424432/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

25 October 2013

298/365 Pokazatelnyy protsess: Istoriya Pussy Riot

Three young women, part of a radical feminist performance art movement, are facing trial following a protest performance in a Moscow cathedral. During their trial, they attempt to hold a mirror up to Russian society.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2481238/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

24 October 2013

297/365 Wer früher stirbt, ist länger tot

Unusual Bavarian comedy in which an 11 year-old boy believes that he is responsible for his mother's death, and develops strange ways of fighting his feelings of guilt.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 2006

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780180/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


23 October 2013

296/365 La double vie de Véronique

Weronika and Veronique live in different countries and have never met, but their lives seem to be connected.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 1992

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101765/?ref_=nv_sr_2

22 October 2013

295/365 Ci Chu Yu Bi Chu

The overlapping lives of various people in China, who are each isolated, alienated or disillusioned.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2012

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2244098/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

21 October 2013

294/365 Kapringen

A Danish cargo ship is hijacked by pirates, and negotiations commence with the company in Denmark to release the hostages.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2216240/?ref_=nv_sr_2

20 October 2013

293/365 Bangiku

Four former Geishas adjust in their various ways to life in middle age.

Cert: PG

Original Release: 1954

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046750/?ref_=nv_sr_1


19 October 2013

292/365 Like Someone In Love

A young call-girl forms a friendship with an elderly professor.

Cert: 12

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843287/?ref_=nv_sr_1



18 October 2013

291/365 Los amantes del Círculo Polar

A film about chance, coincidence and love, in which Otto and Ana meet as children and feel bound together forever.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2000

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133363/?ref_=nv_sr_1


17 October 2013

290/365 Tre fratelli

A man summons his three sons back to their rural home when their mother dies.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 1981

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083226/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

16 October 2013

289/365 Paris, je t'aime

A series of vignettes, each by a different director and each set in a differen Parisian arrondissement.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2006

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401711/?ref_=nv_sr_2

15 October 2013

288/365 Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka

A well-to-do man and his wife have their niece as a houseguest. She is headstrong, and her behaviour causes domestic friction.

Cert: U

Original Release: 1937

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029557/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

14 October 2013

287/365 Freche Mädchen

HIgh school teenage drama set in Germany.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 2008

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1224151/?ref_=nv_sr_3



13 October 2013

286/365 Ieri, oggi, domani

Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni play three different couples in a sequence of vignettes showing different types of relationships in Italy.

Cert: 15

Original Release: 1953

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057171/?ref_=nv_sr_1

12 October 2013

285/365 Sonnennallee

Sonnenallee is a street which was intersected by the Berlin Wall, and the film takes a comedic look at the lives of young people in East Berlin in the 1970s.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 1999

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177242/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

11 October 2013

284/365 Huevos de oro

A construction worker strives to make his dream - of building the tallest building in Benidorm - come true, but in doing so, takes advantage of people close to him.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 1994

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107165/?ref_=nv_sr_1

10 October 2013

283/365 Da hong deng long gao gao gua

A 19 year old girl is forced to become the fourth wife of a much older, powerful man in 1920s China, and there is much competition for his attention .

Cert: PG
UK Release: 1992

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101640/?ref_=sr_3


9 October 2013

282/365 Les choristes

Set in France in the 1940s, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys tries to inspire them through music.

Cert: 12A

UK Release: 2005

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372824/?ref_=nv_sr_1

8 October 2013

281/365 The Kite Runner

The story follows the lives of two boys from different backgrounds in Afghanistan through the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan, Soviet military intervention, mass exodus of Afghan refugees and the rule of the Taliban.

Cert: 12A

UK Release: 2007

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419887/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

7 October 2013

280/365 L'arnacoeur

Alex makes a living by breaking up relationships. A rich man hires him to make sure that his daughter breaks off her wedding plans - but there is only one week left.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2010

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1465487/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

6 October 2013

279/365 Kûki ningyô

A blow-up air doll comes to life and falls in love with a video-store worker.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2009

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371630/?ref_=sr_1


5 October 2013

278/365 Der Baader Meinhof Komplex

Depicts the political turmoil in Germany in the 10 years from 1967 to 1977.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2008

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765432/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

4 October 2013

277/365 Todos tenemos un plan

Viggo Mortensen plays identical twins, one of whom lives a criminal life in the Tigre Delta, and the other who has moved to Buenos Aires to make a career as a doctor. When one of the brothers dies, the other takes on his life, with violent consequences.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1674772/?ref_=sr_4

3 October 2013

276/365 Trop belle pour toi

A relatively wealthy businessman with a beautiful wife finds himself attracted to his rather plain new temporary secretary.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 1990

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098520/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

2 October 2013

275/365 Haebyeonui yeoin

A filmmaker, suffering from writer's block, takes a trip to the coast with his production designer, and a female friend. A strange relationship-triangle ensues.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 2006

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0835787/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

1 October 2013

274/365 Berlin '36

Based on real life events of the Berlin Olympics in 1936. Germany's best woman high-jumper is Jewish, and the Nazi government does not want her representing the nation. The authorities have to come up with a way of making sure she is not selected, while avoiding a boycott of the Olympics by the Americans.
Cert: PG

UK Release: 2009

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1298540/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1