Up There, 2012. Written and Directed by Zam Salim.Starring Burn Gorman, Iain De Caestecker and Jo Hartley. SYNOPSIS:Up There tells the story of departed soul Martin’s (Burn Gorman) journey to Newport, a quest undertaken with the intention of proving to his bosses at an upcoming hearing that he is an asset, and should be allowed […]

No, 2012. Directed by Pablo Larraín.Starring Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Antonia Zegers, Luis Gnecco, Antonia Zegers and Marcial Tagle. SYNOPSIS: An ad executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile’s 1988 referendum. Set in the weeks leading up to Chile’s 1988 referendum where the people voted yes or no (hence […]

To the Wonder, 2012. Directed by Terrence Malick.Starring Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdams, Olga Kurylenko, Charles Baker, Romina Mondello, Cassidee Vandalia and Darryl Cox. SYNOPSIS: After visiting Mont Saint-Michel, Marina (Olga Kurylenko) and Neil (Ben Affleck) come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Marina meets a priest and fellow exile (Javier Bardem), who is struggling […]

Side by Side, 2012. Written and Directed by Christopher Kenneally. SYNOPSIS: A documentary exploring the history, process and workflow of photochemical filmmaking and the digital revolution. Side by Side is a must for anyone with an interest in the history of movies and the process of making them regardless of your background knowledge of the […]

Taken 2, 2012. Directed by Olivier Megaton.Starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen and Rade Šerbedžija. SYNOPSIS: In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter. When Taken came out back in 2008 nobody knew it would go on to […]

Cloud Atlas, 2012. Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski.Starring Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Keith David, James D’Arcy, Xun Zho, Doona Bae and Zhu Zhu. SYNOPSIS: An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, […]

Fire in the Blood, 2012. Written and Directed by Dylan Mohan Gray. SYNOPSIS: An exploration of how the Western pharmaceutical companies have created a monopoly over medicine. Dylan Mohan Gray’s investigation spirals outward from the AIDS crisis on the African continent when PHARMA companies blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs. As a medium for entertainment, […]

Side by Side, 2012. Written and Directed by Christopher Kenneally. SYNOPSIS: A documentary investigating the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation. The struggle between the old and the new is something which has plagued cinema since the beginning; colour vs. black and white, sound vs. silent and widescreen vs. fullscreen. […]

Lore, 2012. Directed by Cate Shortland. Starring Saskia Rosendahl, Nick Holaschke, Nele Trebs, Mika Seidel, André Frid, Urdina Lardi and Hans-Jochen Wagner. SYNOPSIS: Following the fall of the Nazi regime in the spring of 1945 and the imprisonment of her senior SS parents, 14 year old Lore leads her young siblings from their home northwards […]

I Give It a Year, 2013. Written and Directed by Dan Mazer.Starring Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, Anna Farris, Simon Baker, Minnie Driver, Stephen Merchant and Olivia Coleman. SYNOPSIS: Dan Mazer’s Brit rom-com examines the various trials and tribulations of newlyweds Nat and Josh in their first year of marriage. You wouldn’t expect the producer behind […]