February
Mon 1 Feb 7.45pm
MAJOR DUNDEE (PG)
Pekinpah's West Old and New
Major Dundee cemented Peckinpah's reputation as a renegade film-maker, casting Charlton Heston and Richard Harris as officers from opposing sides in the American Civil War banding together to recover children taken by Apache chief Sierra Chariba. Butchered and subject to negative press upon its release, the newly restored director's cut has received more deserved recognition.
USA, 1965, 130 mins
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Tue 2 Feb 7.45pm
HUMPDAY (15)
A woman's perspective on the recent bromance genre is offered by
Lynn Shelton, as two competitive college friends reunite and regress into their
old routine of macho one-upmanship; presenting an oddly poignant film about the
complexities of the male ego, old friendships, new spouses and the search for
identity.
USA, 2009, 94 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Times ::
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Thu 4 Feb 7.45pm
THE LIMITS OF CONTROL (15) 
Jim Jarmusch's characteristically enigmatic film unfolds as a
mysterious loner meets a succession of famous faces (Tilda Swinton, John Hurt,
Gael García Bernal, and Bill Murray) in unexplained rendezvous, in an
exquisitely shot dreamlike crime drama set in the varied landscapes of modern
Spain.
USA, 2009, 116 mins
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Fri 5 and Sat 6 Feb 7.45pm
A SERIOUS MAN (15)
The Coen Brothers revisit the 1960s Minnesota of their youth
with a dark comedy centred on Larry Gopnik's suburban hell as his well ordered
life unravels around him. 'This film is at once laugh-out-loud funny and deeply
serious, troubling and satisfying, warm and bleak, both respectful of the Jewish
heritage and mocking its restrictions and false comforts.' (Philip French, 'The
Observer')
USA, 2009, 105 mins
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Mon 8 Feb 7.45pm
THE WILD BUNCH (18)
Pekinpah's West Old and New
Originally controversial for its graphic balletic violence, The Wild Bunch is a story of an aging group of outlaws hoping for one last score against a backdrop of a west turning into a modern society. William Holden, Ernest Borgnine and Robert Ryan star.
USA, 1969, 138 mins
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Tue 9 and Thu 11 Feb 7.45pm
SERAPHINE (PG)
The true story of Séraphine de Senlis, an impoverished cleaner
inspired by her guardian angel to produce vivid, intricate paintings of fruit
and flowers, and her relationship with Wilhelm Uhde, the German art dealer who
recognises her genius. Martin Provost's biopic has a keen aesthetic sensibility
and draws an exceptional performance from Yolande Moreau.
France (subtitled), 2009, 125 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian ::
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Fri 12 and Sat 13 Feb 7.45pm
THE INFORMANT! (15) 
Steven Soderburgh adapts Kurt Eichenwald's account of the ADM
price fixing scandal of the early 90s as part corporate farce-part eccentric
character study, casting Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre, the unreliable whistle
blower at the heart of the FBI's investigation.
USA, 2009, 108 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Times ::
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Mon 15 Feb 7.45pm
THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE (PG)
Pekinpah's West Old and New
An elegiac, funny and mostly non-violent Western set in the Arizona desert following three years in the life of Cable Hogue, a failed prospector played by Jason Robards. The Ballad Of Cable Hogue is unconventional for both its genre and director, proving Peckinpah's ability to make creative and original work.
USA, 1970, 116 mins
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Tue 16 Feb 7.45pm
TULPAN (12A)
Sergey Dvortsevoy's remarkable evocation of life on the Kazakh
Steppe is a genuine original, a guileless romantic drama meets hard-edged
documentary, in a charming Kazakh film following the naive 22-year-old Asa
recently returned home from the Pacific Fleet, determined to marry and acquire
his own flock of sheep.
Kazakhstan/Germany (subtitled),2009, 102 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Times ::
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Thu 18 Feb 7.45pm
UNMADE BEDS (15)
Argentinian writer-director Alexis Dos Santos' endearing second
feature follows Axl and Vera, Spanish and Belgian ex-patriots who unknowingly
share a squat in bohemian Hackney. Dos Santos' idiosyncratic anti-romance
unfolds their secrets and longings as it drifts and ambles.
UK, 2009, 96 min
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian ::
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Fri 19 and Sat 20 Feb 7.45pm
IT'S COMPLICATED (15)
A romantic comedy from the director of Something's Gotta Give,
starring Meryl Streep as Jane, a successful bakery owner and restaurateur, who
finds herself in a love-triangle with her ex-husband Jake (Alec Baldwin) and
Adam, the shy architect played by Steve Martin.
USA, 2009, 120 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Times ::
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Mon 22 Feb 7.45pm
PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID (18)
Pekinpah's West Old and New
A calming antidote to the anarchic carnage of the Wild Bunch, in which the eponymous protagonists, James Coburn and Kris Kristofferson, eventually get round to the inevitable showdown. Peckinpah's portrait of the classic western story, full of weary grace, complimented by the bittersweet melancholy of Bob Dylan's soundtrack.
USA, 1973, 116 mins
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Tue 23 Feb 7.45pm
I'M GONNA EXPLODE (15)
Gerardo Naranjo's exploration of teen angst in which Roman and
Maru live out their Bonnie and Clyde fantasies in a coming-of-age tale set in
Guanajuato, Mexico. 'I'm Gonna Explode crackles with energy. It's a quick-witted
genre picture that is laden with smart, cine-literate references.' (Wendy Ide,
'The Times')
Mexico (subtitled), 2009, 103 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Times ::
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Thu 25 to Sat 27 Feb 7.45pm
NOWHERE BOY (15)
Visual artist Sam Taylor-Wood's impressive début film
recounting John Lennon's turbulent teenage years, spent torn between his stern,
forbidding Aunt Mimi, and Julia, his real mother who abandoned him long before.
Aaron Johnson leads as Lennon, with Kristen Scott Thomas and Anne Marie Duff as
the women in his life.
UK, 2009, 97 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Times ::
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