JAN 30: THEEB

Jan 30: THEEB      
Dir: Naji Abu Nowar
Jordan/Qatar/Uae/Uk    Arabic with subtitles    100 minutes
Cast: Jacir Eid, Hussein Salameh, Hassan Mutlag, Jack Fox

Shot entirely on location against the ravishing landscape of Wadi Rum and Wadi Araba, Jordanian director Naji Abu Nowar's award-winning debut feature is a genre-crossing blend of coming-of-age drama and Middle Eastern western. Living in a Bedouin tribe in the harsh desert environment of the Ottoman Empire's Hejaz Province in 1916, the young Theeb (Jacir Eid) is unaware of the tremendous upheavals of the First World War and the incipient Great Arab Revolt. When a British officer stumbles into the tribe's camp, Theeb's elder brother is assigned to guide him to his destination — and Theeb, eager for adventure, follows closely and clandestinely behind.

"A classic adventure film of the best kind" (Variety).


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JAN 23: HEART OF A DOG

Jan 23 : HEART OF A DOG
Dir: Laurie Anderson
Featuring:: Archie, Jason Berg, Heung-Heung Chin    
75 minutes     France, USA

A personal essay that weaves together childhood memories, video diaries, philosophical musings on data collection, surveillance culture and the Buddhist conception of the afterlife, Heart of a Dog is also a heartfelt tribute to the artists, writers, musicians and thinkers who inspire her.

"A dog is at the heart of this film, but there's room for all manner of extraordinary insights about finding love and giving love, being canine and being human." - Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

"It's a home movie of a type, if one that, like a stone skipped across a still lake, leaves expanding rings in its path." - Manohla Dargis, New York Times


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JAN 16: TRUMBO

Jan. 16: Trumbo       
Dir: Jay Roach
USA, 2015    120 minutes       
Cast: Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren, John Goodman, Diane Lane

Bryan Cranston stars as embattled screenwriter Dalton Trumbo in this powerful chronicle of the Hollywood blacklist era. One of Hollywood’s highest-paid screenwriters,Trumbo was the most celebrated of those who saw their careers screech to a halt after they were brought before the House Un-American Activities Committee to answer questions about their suspected communist ties (unlike many on the blacklist, Trumbo was a member of the Communist Party). An outspoken member of the so-called “Hollywood Ten,” Trumbo refused to testify before HUAC, resulting in a year-long prison sentence and a prominent place on the studios’ blacklist. Unable to obtain film work under his own name, Trumbo did some of his finest work under various aliases.


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JAN 9: THE SECOND MOTHER

Jan 9 : THE SECOND MOTHER

Dir: Anna Muylaert
BRAZIL, 2015      Portuguese with subtitles       112 minutes
Cast: Regina Casé, Camila Márdila, Helena Albergaria




This class-critiquing charmer is centred on the endlessly endearing Val, a tightly wound, middle-aged live-in housekeeper who works for a wealthy family in São Paulo. She has lovingly raised the family’s now teenaged son since he was only a toddler, sending money back home to the small town where her own estranged daughter, Jéssica, was raised by relatives. The balance of the household is thrown into chaos when Jéssica comes to São Paulo to write her college entrance exams, marking the first time that she and Val have seen one another in over ten years. Val makes arrangements for Jéssica to stay on a mattress in the maid quarters, but the young woman instead accepts an offer from the homeowners to stay in the guest room — an offer that was designed to be politely refused.

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JANUARY CINEMA

We've got four films in January for you; check out the individual pages for each for further information and TRAILERS!