New Film Additions
New Film Additions
Our flexible week-to-week film programming model means that we can continue our most popular films and hold them over for more weeks. Or sometimes we will reduce screenings if they haven’t been as well received as we had hoped, freeing up scheduling space for other new releases. We can also take advantage of last minute opportunities to show films we hadn’t originally considered and easily respond to our audience recommendations and requests. Here, you can take a look at the films currently screening or scheduled for the future that weren’t originally advertised in our quarterly guide.
Following the sudden and traumatic death of a teacher, immigrant Bachir Lazhar is hired to work as a supply teacher in a Quebec school. Monsieur Lazhar’s firm yet sympathetic manner affords the class of troubled kids the opportunity to come to terms with their loss. This Oscar-nominated film, from the producers of Incendies, presents his story with emotion, deftly avoiding over sentimentality.
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French Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée returns with a vibrant and elegant film telling two seemingly unrelated but intrinsically inter-connected stories of love. Set in present-day Montreal, the first story follows successful DJ Antoine as he pieces together his life following the breakdown of his marriage to his childhood sweetheart. In the second story, Vanessa Paradis excels as Jacqueline, a struggling single-mother in 1969 Paris. Spanning five decades, Café de Flore is a mystical and supernatural odyssey of love exploring the lives of two people whose lives are shaken by extraordinary moments of passion.
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Ben Rivers is widely regarded as one to watch on the new British artist filmmaking scene. Two Years at Sea is his debut feature documentary and demonstrates his talent for a wonderfully unconventional aesthetic. This latest film extends his relationship with Jake, an eccentric and intriguing man, first encountered in his short This Is My Land, who lives alone in a ramshackle house in the middle of the forest. A witty and gracefully-constructed film.
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Starring French icon Catherine Deneuve alongside her real-life daughter Chiara Mastroianni, this epic and exquisitely romantic musical drama spans over three decades following a mother and daughter’s misadventures in love. At first glance whimsical and light-hearted, this latest film from Christophe Honoré transpires as an incredibly contemporary, moving, weird and wonderful melodrama with a sublime musical score by regular Honoré collaborator Alex Beaupain.
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Returning to our screens following two sold-out ¡Viva! Festival previews, this multi-layered film from award-winning Spanish actress and director Icíar Bollaín explores contemporary political and environmental debates alongside poignant historical concerns. Sebastián (Gael García Bernal) is an idealistic film director. Despite budget problems, things go well until life begins to imitate art a little too closely, and the crew become embroiled in a bitter local conflict over water privatisation, the real-life Cochabamba Water Wars from the year 2000.
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This clandestine documentary depicts the day-to-day life of acclaimed director Jafar Panahi during his house arrest in his Tehran apartment. While appealing his sentence of six years in prison and a 20-year ban from filmmaking, Panahi is seen talking to his family and lawyer on the phone, discussing his plight with co-director Mirtahmasb and reflecting on the meaning of the art of filmmaking.
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In the final throes of World War II, Nazis scientists flee the earth and set up camp on the Dark Side of the Moon. Over 70 years they colonise their new planet and create a new National Socialist society hoping to unleash their revenge on the citizens of earth. When an American model-turned-astronaut stumbles upon the Nazi base, the Moon Führer (played by the fabulous Udo Kier), decides the time has come to attack. Now fully equipped with space age technology, a giant warship and futuristic weapons, the Moon Nazis are returning to earth to wreak havoc and take control.
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Charting the rise and fall of the man who led a very successful African country and then destroyed it, this documentary explores the story behind the headlines. This insightful film assembles archive material alongside interviews with some of the leader’s closest colleagues, shedding light on how a man who once brought hope turned into a ruthless dictator.
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Loosely inspired by true events, this tense espionage drama stars rising French star Tahar Rahim as Younges – an underhand black market trader enlisted by the Secret Services to spy on the a Paris mosque during WWII. Befriending local singer Salim and mosque worker Leila, Younges soon gets entangled in the dangerous intrigue of German-occupied Paris and the diplomatic tightrope balanced with the Nazi officers.
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Narrowly escaping a prison sentence, new dad Robbie is given one last chance and he vows to turn over a new leaf to pave the way for his son. Whilst serving his community service order, Robbie and his friends take a trip to whisky distillery which inspires them to plan a legal money-making scheme to counteract the boredom of unemployment. This bittersweet comedy from prolific filmmaker Ken Loach is sure to charm his enthusiasts and gain him many more fans.
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Dapper New York advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill finds himself the victim of mistaken identity; to clear his name – and in a desperate bid to stay alive – he leaves town on the run across the country. En route, protection from his pursuers is provided by the evocatively named Eve. Witty, impudently sexy, suspenseful throughout, this is Hollywood at its most urbanely glamorous.
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Few filmmakers have achieved such enduring success as Woody Allen. From his teenage years penning quick witted jokes for other comedians, to his time in stand-up and subsequent career as an actor, writer and director, Allen has dominated American popular culture for over 50 years. Following the notoriously private filmmaker for over a year and a half, this amusing access-all-areas biography celebrates his career, profiling his progression from comedy to more serious dramas and everything in between. Directed by Robert B. Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and featuring new interviews from his nearest and dearest colleagues, including Martin Scorsese, Larry David and Diane Keaton, this is a must-see for Woody Allen aficionados.
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Returning for encore summer screenings, we are pleased to welcome back Cornerhouse patron Danny Boyle’s smash hit production of Frankenstein, filmed at London’s National Theatre in March 2011. This visionary piece of theatre stars Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock) and Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting) in alternating roles and features a “soundscore” by dance duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith (Underworld).
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Director Maïwenn spent time with the Child Protection Unit in Paris before co-writing, directing and starring in this multi-faceted portrait of the department. Maiwenn plays a mousy photographer drafted in to document the work of the Child Protection Unit as they investigate cases of child abuse – many of which are based on true events. A truly powerful film which will be a hit with fans of crime dramas.
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Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal slasher is rightly regarded as his most imitated and influential film, and one that singlehandedly reinvented the horror genre. Marion Crane flees her city life following a robbery from her employer’s client and checks into the remote Bates Motel where she soon encounters the young proprietor. A stunning new digital print of the ultimate Hitchcock masterpiece.
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