Submarine
Sept. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
British writer and director Richard Ayoade’s debut film, described as touching, sweet and very funny, captures the essence of growing up: the joy, the tenderness and the optimism alongside the angst, confusion and depression. Fifteen-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: to lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life.
The Trip
Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
British director Michael Winterbottom’s new film features comedians Steve Coogan and Bob Brydon playing not-quite-fictionalized versions of themselves as they tour the best restaurants of Northern England. Hired by The Observer, the dyspeptic Coogan, while on the weeklong road trip, finds himself musing morosely about mid-life, while the blissfully uncomplicated Brydon provides a cheerful foil. All this is accompanied by panoramic Northern English landscapes.
The Tree of Life
Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m.
This film, directed by Terrence Malick, follows the life journey of the eldest son in a 1950s Texas family as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack (Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul, seeking answers to the meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. The beautifully shot images of Texas evoke a rural childhood from days gone by.
Oranges and Sunshine
Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m.
Based on a true story, this film, directed by Jim Loach, tells how Margaret Humphreys (Emily Watson), a tireless social worker from Nottingham, uncovers a secret of the British government: in the 1950s and ’60s, thousands of children were removed from care and sent to Australia.
The children mostly ended up in Christian institutions. Against the odds, Humphreys reunites families and brings authorities to account.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m.
The famous filmmaker Werner Herzog gains permission from the French government to accompany a select group of geologists, art historians and other scientists for exclusive access to the Chauvet caves of southern France. Sealed off by a rockslide approximately 32,000 years ago, and rediscovered in 1994, the caves reveal the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their natural setting.
Beginners
Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m.
This autobiographical movie, directed by Mike Mills, features Ewan McGregor as Oliver, a graphic designer whose relationships with his father Hal (Christopher Plummer) – just out of the closet at age 75, and a French actress, inform his art. The movie weaves together the two stories: Hal’s coming out and Oliver’s and Anna’s nascent relationship. Despite their ages, each character discovers he or she is really just a “beginner.”
The Debt
Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m.
This espionage thriller, directed by John Madden, begins in 1997 as news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel (Helen Mirren) and Stefan (Tom Wilkinson) about their former colleague. All three have been venerated by their country because of the mission they undertook in 1966 to track down Vogel, the Surgeon of Birkenau in Berlin. The suspense builds across two different time periods with surprising revelations.
The Guard
Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Filmmaker John McDonagh’s first feature is a lively Irish crime comedy. Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) is an unorthodox small-town cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humour, a dying mother, and a total lack of interest in the international cocaine smuggling ring that has brought straight-laced FBI agent Everett (Don Cheadle) to his door. Filmed in Counties Galway and Wicklow.
Potiche
Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Directed by Francois Ozon, this film reunites French screen legends Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu in a whimsical comment on love and politics. When his striking employees take her husband hostage, the trophy wife is forced to run the family business. She proves to be a remarkably effective leader. However, complications arrive in the form of an ex-love.
