|
|
An Education
United Kingdom, 2009, 95 min.
|
|
|
|
Fish Tank
United Kingdom, 2009, 124 min.
First-time actress Katie Jarvis gives an electrifying performance as a troubled teen with a passion for dance who develops a crush on her mother's new boyfriend in this bleak yet poetic tale of life and lust on an English housing estate. Winner, Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival.... more
|
|
|
|
Glorious 39
United Kingdom, 2009, 130 min.
Set in the days leading up to World War II, Glorious 39 is a complex mystery built around Britain's secret plot to bargain with Hitler to stay out of the war. Uncovering secrets about her upstanding ruling-class family, one strong young woman finds herself in terrible danger.... more
|
|
|
|
The Great Contemporary Art Bubble
United Kingdom, 2009, 96 min.
The beginning of the 21st century saw an unprecedented boom in the contemporary art market -- then an unprecedented collapse. Documentarian/art critic Ben Lewis bounces around the globe, interviewing the art world's biggest stars and uncovering an extraordinary world.... more
|
|
|
|
Harry Brown
United Kingdom, 2009, 97 min.
When the escalating gang violence of his public-housing neighborhood leads to the death of his best friend, aging Royal Marines veteran Harry Brown's (Michael Caine) contempt for the ineffectual forces of the local law sees him turn vigilante with devastating results.... more
|
|
|
|
The Last Station
United Kingdom, 2009, 110 min.
Michael Hoffman's wonderful look at the later years in the life of legendary Russian novelist and social reformer Leo Tolstoy features Christopher Plummer as the great writer, Helen Mirren as his wife Sofya, and Paul Giamatti as his secretary and friend Vladimir.... more
|
|
|
|
London River
United Kingdom, 2009, 87 min.
A tough but tender drama of two strangers discovering a common destiny. As they seek their missing children in the wake of the 2005 London terror attack, a piece of evidence unites them in a way neither could ever imagine and helps surmount racial and cultural misunderstanding.... more
|
|
|
|
Looking for Eric
United Kingdom, 2009, 116 min.
Lauded director Ken Loach's (The Wind That Shakes the Barley) whimsical dramedy centers on miserable postman Eric Bishop, whose only joy is the Manchester United football team. The team's former star Eric Cantona magically materializes in his bedroom to offer advice.... more
|
|
|
|
The Making of Plus One with Kate, Cate and George the Story of a Hollywood Nobody
United Kingdom, 2009, 93 min.
A fictional documentary set among the wheelers and dealers behind the scenes at the Cannes Film Festival, this satirical comedy packs a punch and pokes more than a little fun at the celebrity obsession fuelling the modern-day film industry.... more
|
|
|
|
Red Riding: 1974
United Kingdom, 2009, 102 min.
The haunting first film of a trilogy (inspired by the true events of the Yorkshire Ripper) that winds its way through a sordid labyrinth of police corruption and mysterious murders, 1974 immerses us in a crime reporter’s investigation into the disappearance of a young girl. ... more
|
|
|
|
Red Riding: 1980
United Kingdom, 2009, 93 min.
Yorkshire is being plagued by a serial killer who preys on young women. When a detective is dispatched to investigate local police for their failure to apprehend the killer, he uncovers deeper, far more sinister horrors.... more
|
|
|
|
Red Riding: 1983
United Kingdom, 2009, 100 min.
The ongoing struggles between the depraved and the just reach a hair-raising climax in the final film of the Red Riding trilogy. This time, the tables are turned: 1983 explores the toll that institutional corruption takes on a cop who is privy to its perpetration.... more
|
|
|
|
Sons of Cuba
United Kingdom, 2009, 88 min.
Wielding their fists like pinwheels, nine-year-old Cuban boxers fight for national pride, Olympic glory and, most importantly, the love of their families in this poignant, riveting documentary.... more
|
|