Thursday 30 July 2009

August:Monsoon Schedule

The months screening schedule runs as follows-

4th August:Raining Cats and Frogs by Jacques-Rémy Girerd(French,Animation)
6: Talk To Her by Pedro Almodóvar(Spanish)

9,10:German double film package(with guest directors)

11,13:Directors' Special : Krzysztof Kieślowski(Polish)
A Short Story about Love
A Short Story about Killing

18: Sciuscià(Shoeshine) by Vittorio De Sica (Italian)
20: Ivan's Childhood by Andrei Tarkovsky (Russian)

25: American Beauty by Sam Mendes (English)
27: Monsoon Wedding by Mira Nair (English,Hindi)

Contact any of us if you'd like to make a poster,design a handout or give an introduction to any of the films.

Thursday 2 July 2009

Thursday 2nd:Amores Perros





Three interconnected stories, about the different strata of life in Mexico City all resolve with a fatal car accident.
Dog fights, newly-weds and a homeless voyeur of sorts find scope in this tale of loss, death, leading one to dive into the implications of the 'grinding out of life'.
Directed by none other than the man who brought us 21 grams and Babel, and this was only his film debut.

Director:Alejandro González Iñárritu
Realease in:2000
Language:Mexican
Duration:150 mins
Awards: Oscar nomination, 51 other award wins and 14 nominations (phew!)