USA, 1999

Cert: 15

107 minutes

Dir.: M.Night Shyamalan.

Starring Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment,Toni Collette.

A truly spooky story that relies on atmosphere rather than special effects with a quite remarkable performance by Haley Joel Osment as the eight-year-old who claims to see ghosts.

Spain/France, 1999

Cert: 15

103 minutes

Dir.: Pedro Almodovar.

Starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Candela Pena.

A first screening by the society of a film by Spain's leading director. A single mother, following the death of her son, sets out to find his father. Essentially an exploration of motherhood, it is humorous, brilliantly photographed and winner of this year's Best Foreign Film Oscar.

Germany, 1995

No certificate

90 minutes

Dir: Hans-Christian Schmid.

Starring Axel Millberg, Dagmar Mantel, Farina Brick.

Delightful German comedy largely describing the events of a single night when Anna runs away from the family home where her father is trying to present himself as the head of a model family in his bid to become mayor.

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Germany, 1998

Cert: 15

80 minutes

Dir:Tom Tykwer.

Starring: Franka Potente, Moritt Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup.

A supremely entertaining film of Lola's attempt to raise 100,000DM to save her petty criminal boyfriend, Manni, from being killed by the gang for whom he has botched a job. Only 80 minutes long, the pace is frenetic and you will leave exhausted.

USA, 1998

Cert: 15

92 minutes

Dir:Wes Anderson. Starring Bill Murray Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams.

Very funny film about Max Fischer, one of the worst students at Rushmore, a  prestigious private school. "RUSHMORE is made to be treasured: it feels like an immediate American classic:' (Sight & Sound)

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USA/Vietnam, l999

Cert: 12

113 minutes

Dir:Tony Bui. Starring Don Duong, Nguyen Ngoc Hiep, Harvey Keitel.

A fascinating film set in post-war Saigon, interweaving the stories of five different characters whose lives become dramatically intertwined. Winner Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival.  

UK, 1949

Cert: PG

104 minutes

Dir: Carol Reed.

Starring Joseph Cotten,Alida Valli, Orson Welles,Trevor Howard.

A chance to re-appraise Carol Reed's film, one of the great romantic thrillers of all time, on the big screen where it belongs. Remember Harry Lime (Welles) in the half-shadows! Remember the zither music! Don't miss this screening!  

USA, 1999

Cert: U

110 minutes

Dir: David Mamet.

Starring Nigel Hawthorne,Jeremy Northam, Rebecca Pidgeon.

Elegant adaptation by David Mamet (director of last year's very successful "The Spanish Prisoner") of Terence Rattigans famous play based on a true story of the Admiralty's 'sacking' of naval cadet, Ronnie Winslow, for allegedly stealing a five-shilling postal order.

UK, 1999

Cert: 15

96 minutes

Dir: Damien O'Donnell. Starring Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jordan Routledge.

A British film that did not get the exposure it deserved, this excellent comedy is set in a crowded Pakistani-English household in Salford in 1971.  George Khan - Ghengis to his kids - is desperate to raise his seven children as respectable Pakistanis.

  

Russia/France, 1997

Cert: 15

97 minutes

Dir: Pavel Chukrai.

Starring Vladimir Mashkov, Ekaterina Rednikova.

A family drama set in the USSR during the 1950s about a thief masquerading as an officer and his relationship with a single mother and her son.
 

USA/UK,1999

Cert: 15

135 minutes

Dir:Anthony Mingella. Starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett.

Based on Patricia Highsmith's book, this is a taut thriller which maintains its suspense magnificently thanks to excellent direction and a fine cast.  The Mediterranean has never looked better!

France, 1934

Cert: PG

Dir: Jean Vigo.

Starring Michel Simon,]ean Daste, Dita Parlo.

This film is part of "La Difference"  Film project and our screening is made possible by the assistance of BFFS (South West Group), The Purbeck Film Festival and the South West Media Development Agency. This is a mesmeric, classic French film about a sailor and his young bride who share a barge home with an old eccentric. One of most critics' best 100 films of all time.

UK, 1999

Cert: 18

109 minutes

Dir: Neil Jordan.

Starring Ralph Fiennes,Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea.

This is a handsome film version of Graham Greene's brooding novel. Ralph Fiennes is at his best as Bendrix, a jealous novelist in love with Sarah (Julianne Moore), wife of senior civil servant, Henry (Stephen Real.

Japan, 1998

Cert: PG

118 minutes

Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda.

Starring: Arata, Erika Odu, Susumu Terajima.

Hailed as a masterpiece by all corners of the critical press,  "After Life" is a drama in which a selection of newly deceased people go to be registered, whereupon they are informed they have a short period to select one special memory which will eradicate all others.

Argentina/Spain/France/Germany, 1998

Cert: 12

115 minutes

Dir: Carlos Saura

Starring: Miguel Angel Sofa, Cecilia Narova, Mia Maestro.

Part fiction, part documentary,"Tango'' is Carlos Saura's exploration of Argentina's national dance. An exhilarating film,  it blurs the lines between rehearsal, real life and performance.

The AGM film is now confirmed as 'Erin Brokovich' starring Julia Roberts.