salt sweet films

Dogtooth 2009

2011-07-18T11:00:00.000+01:00

Dir Yorgos Lanthimos
Christos Stergioglou, Michelle Valley, Aggeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, Hristos Passalis

Broken Flowers

2010-08-30T15:04:00.000+01:00

Dir Jim Jarmusch
Bill Murray, Julie Delpy, Heather Simms, Tilda Swinton, Sharon Stone, Jeffrey Wright, Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange

Broken Embraces (Los Abrazos Rotos)

2010-08-28T14:56:00.000+01:00

Dir Pedro Almodóvar
Penelope Cruz, Blanca Portillo, Lluis Homar, José Luis Gómez

The Painted Veil

2010-08-08T14:48:00.000+01:00

Dir John Curran
Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber

Dog Day Afternoon

2010-08-07T15:46:00.000+01:00

Dir Sidney Lumet
Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning.

In the Mood for Love

2010-08-07T14:44:00.000+01:00

Dir Kar Wai Wong
Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ping Lam Siu.

INCEPTION

2010-07-25T14:43:00.000+01:00

Dir Christopher Nolan
Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Micheal Caine

The Killer Inside Me

2010-07-10T14:41:00.000+01:00

Dir Michael Winterbottom
Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba

Greenberg

2010-07-10T14:34:00.000+01:00

Dir Noah Baumbach
Greta Gerwig, Koby Rouviere, Sydney Rouviere, Ben Stiller

AMERICAN: The Bill Hicks Story

2010-05-30T14:35:00.002+01:00

dir Matt Horlock, Paul Thomas

Chaplin

2010-05-14T14:25:00.001+01:00

Dir Richard Attenborough
Robert Downey Jr

Iron Man II

2010-05-06T14:18:00.008+01:00

Dir Jon Favreau
Robert Downey Jr, Don Cheadle, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L Jackson

The Ghost Writer

2010-05-01T21:49:00.002+01:00

Dir - Roman Polanski
Ewan McGregor, Jon Bernthal, Kim Cattrall

Tsotsi

2010-05-01T21:47:00.000+01:00

Dir - Gavin Hood
Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi.

Le Chateau De Ma Mere

2010-05-01T21:45:00.000+01:00

Dir - Yves Robert
Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain

Mesrine Part I: (L'instinct de Mort) Killer Instinct & Mesrine Part II: (L'ennemi public n°1) Public Enemy Number One

2010-02-22T20:13:00.004Z

An epic gangster film about the life of France's most notorious criminal Jacques Mesrine.

Dir - Jean-François Richet

Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Gerard Depardieu, Cecil De France, Roy Dupuis,

Casablanca (1942)

2010-02-21T20:34:00.000Z

Directed by Michael Curtiz
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid

Tony

2010-02-06T14:21:00.003Z

dir - Gerard Johnson
Peter Ferdinando, Lorenzo Camporese, Greg Kam, Ricky Grover, Kerryann White, Francis Pope, Huggy Leaver, Lucy Flack

A serial killer film set in East London

12 Angry Men (1957)

2010-02-05T14:50:00.001Z

Dir - Sidney Lumet
Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J Cobb, EG Marshall, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns, Jack Warden , Henry Fonda, Joseph Sweeney, Ed Begley, George Voskovec, Robert Webber

A film about twelve men who make up the jury on a murder trial is one of the most riveting yet simplistic films ever produced. All taking place in the confines of a jury room, Sidney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men is a subtle and proficient drama that will have you guessing every step of the way, which is supported by the entrancing performances from the wonderful cast, inclusive of Henry Fonda.

further links at filmsite

Sherlock Holmes

2010-02-04T14:47:00.000Z

Dir - Guy Ritche
Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Robert Maillet

Me and Orson Welles

2010-01-31T14:40:00.000Z

Dir - Richard Linklater
Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Zac Efron

37°2 le matin / Betty Bleu (1986)

2010-01-29T15:24:00.002Z

Dir - Jean- Jacques Beineix
Beatrice Dalle, Jean-Huges Anglade, Vincent Lindon, Dominique Pinon

A film based about the ups and also downs of an intense relationship.

The film received both a BAFTA and Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986, as well as winning a Cesar Award for Best Poster. In 1992 it was awarded the Golden space Needle of the Seattle International Film Festival.

Avatar 3D

2009-12-30T14:44:00.007Z

Dir - James Cameron
Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana

Revolutionary Road

2009-12-12T18:35:00.001Z

Dir - Sam Mendes
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet

Milk

2009-11-28T21:36:00.002Z

Dir - Gus Van Sant
Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin.

"Milk is a 2008 American biographical film on the life of LGBT rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, and one of the first three in the United States as a whole, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. The film was released to much acclaim and earned numerous accolades from film critics and guilds. Ultimately, it received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, winning two for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Penn and Best Original Screenplay." (quote from wikipeadia film)

Disgrace

2009-11-28T21:29:00.003Z

Dir - Steve Jacobs
John Malkovich, Jessica Haines,

Disgrace is a film adaptation of the booker Prize winning novel by J. M. Coetzee.

BFI: She, A Chinese

2009-10-28T21:11:00.000Z

Dir - Xiaolu Guo
Lu Huang, Wei Yi Bo, Geoffrey Hutchings

"This is the story of Mei, a young woman on a trip from East to West after her escape from her provincial Chinese village. Beginning in Chongqing and a disastrous factory job, Mei soon heads out for London and a marriage to an older man where her entrapment begins anew." (synopsis by Pusan International Film Festival)

BFI: Women Without Men (Zanan-e bedun-e mardan)

2009-10-28T19:01:00.000Z

Dir - Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat's first feature-length film is based on a magic-realist novel written by Iranian author Sharnush Parsipur.
"Shortly after the 1989 publication of Women Without Men in her native iran, Shahrnush Parsipur was arrested and jailed for her frank and defiant portrayal of women's sexuality. Now banned in iran, along with the rest of this brave and prolific writer's work, this small masterpiece was eventually translated into several languages, and introduces English-speaking readers to the work of a brilliant Persian writer." (review of book on Amazon)

"Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship." (synopsis by imdb)

BFI: We Live in Public

2009-10-26T19:12:00.001Z

Dir - Ondi Timoner
Josh Harris

On the 40th anniversary of the Internet, WE LIVE IN PUBLIC tells the story of the effect the web is having on our society as seen through the eyes of the greatest Internet pioneer youve never heard of, visionary Josh Harris. Award-winning director, Ondi Timoner (DIG!), documented his tumultuous life for more than a decade, to create a riveting, cautionary tale of what to expect as the virtual world inevitably takes control of our lives. (synopsis by sxsw)

BFI: PRECIOUS (Based on the novel Push, by Sapphire)

2009-10-23T23:01:00.000+01:00

Dir - Lee Daniels
Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'nique, Paula Patton, Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey

The distinctive and deeply affecting story of an African American teenager's journey to leave her abusive background behind. The talk of the festival when it screened at Sundance in January, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire is one of the most distinctive films of the year, and one of the most affecting too. Clareece 'Precious' Jones is an obese and impoverished African American teenager, systematically abused emotionally and physically by her mother and repeatedly raped by her mother's boyfriend. Pregnant by him for a second time, she is expelled from school, and recommended to attend 'Each One Teach One', an alternative education centre where she meets an inspiring teacher who prods her into seeing that there could be hope for a better life. Director Lee Daniels tackles the story with often disturbing directness, particularly in the scenes of Precious's hellish home life, but provides the moments of humour and fantasy without which this would be unbearably horrific to watch. He also draws some remarkable performances from his cast, particularly from newcomer Gabourey Sidibe, who brings dignity to the stoic Precious and from Mo'nique, who gives an award-worthy portrayal of her resolutely cruel mother. (synopsis on BFI by Sandra Hebron)

BFI: Cold Souls

2009-10-18T23:10:00.001+01:00

Dir - Sophie Barthes
Paul Giamatti, Emily Watson, David Strathairn

"In response to shiny, bigger, better American consumerism comes Cold Souls, a metaphysical tragicomedy in which souls can be extracted and traded as commodities. Balancing on a tightrope between deadpan humor and pathos, and between reality and fantasy, the film presents Paul Giamatti as himself, agonizing over his interpretation of Uncle Vanya. Paralyzed with anxiety, he stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to alleviate suffering by deep-freezing souls. Giamatti enlists their services, intending to reinstate his soul once he survives the performance. But complications ensue when a mysterious, soul-trafficking “mule,” transporting product to and from Russia, “borrows” Giamatti's stored soul for an ambitious, but unfortunately talentless, soap-opera actress. Rendered soulless, he is left with no choice but to follow the trail back to bleak St. Petersburg. He comes to value that happiness isn’t merely the absence of pain, but the integration of the full range of emotion into life.Sophie Barthes’s debut feature is strikingly original, not only for its haunting concept but for its poetic execution. Inspired production design and lyrical cinematography create a melancholic, heightened world. Perfectly cast, Giamatti and a gifted ensemble maneuver seamlessly through shifting ontological landscapes without ever betraying the surrealism. With this dazzling accomplishment, Barthes establishes herself as an auteur to reckon with." (sundance festival 2009)

BFI: The Double Hour (La Doppia Ora)

2009-10-16T23:44:00.001+01:00

Dir - Giuseppe Capotondi
Filippo Timi, Ksenia Rappoport, Antonina Truppo

Ultra-suspenseful contemporary crime thriller about a new romance, torn apart by robbery and murder.

"From the production team behind Il Divo, this is a frankly astonishing debut feature that manages to inhabit the crime thriller genre while remaining fresh and distinctive. An ex-cop (played by Filippo Timi, also the star of Vincere) meets, through a speed-dating evening, a beautiful woman (Ksenia Rappoport) who works as a maid in a motel; and they embark on a faltering romance. Yet almost as soon as their relationship commences, crime and violence intervene. There is a murder investigation and everything, which is not at all the way it seemed, is turned upside down. With pleasing echoes of films such as Double Indemnity, Body Heat and even Vertigo, The Double Hour plays beautifully on and within the noir tradition, especially because it has a genuinely heart-stopping twist at its centre. Yet this is no mere homage to ghosts of crime thrillers past. The depth and intelligence of its character exploration, its sheer subtlety, and the frankly brilliant editing and cinematography, make it a very superior dramatic movie, marking its director as a new talent to watch." (synopsis from BFI by Adrian Wootton)

I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)

2009-10-06T18:35:00.003+01:00

Dir - Philippe Claudel
Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zlybernstein, Serge Hazanavicius

A forty something woman is seen being picked up at the airport and detailed up close, how she struggles to fit back into society and normality after being away for 15 years in prison and having no friends or family contact.

"An enormous critical and box office success in France, Scott-Thomas' phenomenal performance has already been singled out by critics for end-of-year award consideration."

"The presence of Kristin Scott Thomas in this literate French movie by Philippe Claudel is so powerfully distinctive that it's as if Claudel has not merely written the lead role for her, but extrapolated his film's entire narrative structure from Scott Thomas's personality. Her formidable bilingual presence, her beauty - elegant and drawn in early middle age - her air of hypersensitive awareness of all the tiny absurdities and indignities with which she is surrounded, coupled with a drolly lenient reticence: it all creates an intelligent, observant drama about dislocation, fragility and the inner pain of unshakeable memories. Scott Thomas is on screen for almost every minute of the film, often in close-up and her face is at once eloquent and deeply withdrawn. The reason for Juliette's absence is a grim, unnameable secret. It is the elephant in the living room whose shadow has fallen over all their lives, and it is only when Juliette goes for job interviews, or for mandatory meetings with her welfare case-worker, or the local police officer with whom she must sign in once a week, that she can speak the truth aloud." (Guardian)

The Diving Bell and The Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)

2009-10-06T18:34:00.002+01:00

Dir - Julian Schnabel
Mathieu Almaric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Croze

Jean-Dominique Bauby's true biographical story, told from after suffering a stroke leaving him with Locked-In Syndrome. The Elle editor who's body was completely paralysed, all except the ability to move and use his left eye. An emotional ride seen through his perspective.

Moon

2009-07-29T09:20:00.003+01:00

Dir - Duncan Jones
Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey

www.sonypictures.com/classics/moon/

Antichrist

2009-07-23T21:33:00.003+01:00

Dir - Lars Von Trier
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe

Lars von Trier's horror at the Cannes Festival.

Skin

2009-07-23T20:40:00.000+01:00

Dir - Anthony Fabian
Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige

SKIN is one of the most moving stories to emerge from apartheid South Africa: Sandra Laing is a black child born in the 1950s to white Afrikaners, unaware of their black ancestry. Her parents are rural shopkeepers serving the local black community, who lovingly bring her up as their white little girl. But at the age of ten, Sandra is driven out of white society. The film follows Sandras thirty-year journey from rejection to acceptance, betrayal to reconciliation, as she struggles to define her place in a changing world - and triumphs against all odds.

Coco Before (avant) Chanel

2009-07-23T20:31:00.002+01:00

Dir - Anne Fontaine
Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

2009-07-23T20:28:00.000+01:00

Dir - David Yates
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Helena Bonham-Carter, David Bradley, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Helen McCrory, Hero Fiennes Tiffin

Public Enemies

2009-07-23T20:25:00.000+01:00

Dir - Michael Mann
Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, David Wenham
http:publicenemies-movie.net

The Reader

2009-07-20T20:51:00.001+01:00

Dir - Stephen Daldry
Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, Jeanette Hain, David Kross
http://www.thereader-movie.com/

"how far would you go to protect a secret"

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2009-07-20T18:37:00.000+01:00

Dir - Woody Allen
Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz
http://www.vickycristina-movie.com/

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2009-06-12T11:51:00.003+01:00

Dir - Michael Bay
Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel
http://www.transformersmovie.com/

"revenge of the fallen"

The Hangover

2009-06-12T11:41:00.005+01:00

Dir - Todd Phillips
Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis
http://hangovermovie.warnerbros.com/

"some guys just can't handle Vegas"

Looking for Eric

2009-06-12T09:58:00.000+01:00

Dir - Ken Loach
Steve Evets, Eric Cantona, Stephanie Bishop
www.lookingforericmovie.co.uk/

Last Chance Harvey

2009-06-12T09:30:00.000+01:00

Dir - Joel Hopkins
Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins
www.lastchanceharvey.com

"It's about first loves, last chances and everything in between"

Anything for Her (Pour Elle)

2009-06-06T12:11:00.000+01:00

Dir - Fred Cavaye
Vincent Lindon, Diane Kruger

"in a second, their lives will change"

Terminator Salvation

2009-05-31T21:08:00.000+01:00

Dir - McG
Christian Bale, Helena Bonham Carter, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Jadgrace, Anton Yelchin
http://terminatorsalvation.warnerbros.com/

"The end begins"

Angels and Demons

2009-05-19T20:31:00.009+01:00

Dir - Ron Howard
Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgard
http://www.angelsanddemons.com/site/entry.php

"The holiest event of our time. Perfect for their return."

Do organisations have the greatest power? Our world is in love with making them. What is it about numbers being the most influential? When time is running out, you have to lead by what you know, or go by instinct and experience. There are always rules by which gives order and value. But what if you aren't the right person? Would you choose against blood breaking the house rules, changing history, if you knew it's benefits? Who would you listen to, or more so, who would you vote for?

The Strangers

2009-05-03T00:11:00.000+01:00

Dir - Bryan Bertino
Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman
http://www.thestrangers.net/site.html

"Because you were home."

How easy do we trust someone at our doors? We used to know each others neighbours and the kids would play with one another on the roads, now we can't even be sure. So if we are in need of help, who can we call or rely on?

Bronson

2009-04-30T20:33:00.007+01:00

Dir - Nicolas Winding Refn
Tom Hardy
http://www.bronsonthemovie.com/
http://www.freebronson.co.uk

"The Man. The Myth. The Celebrity"

If you treat and put away someone like a thug, will you only be giving the perfect breeding ground to transform one? Would you frown upon someone who had "just finished time" or someone in the gutter, when you don't know how or why they were they were there in the first place? We are fortunate to have chances in life, but what if you have been taken them away before you needed them. An intelligent brave human possibly been at the wrong time and put in the wrong place.

X Men Origins: Wolverine

2009-04-29T20:33:00.013+01:00

Dir - Gavin Hood
Hugh Jackman, Danny Huston, Liev Schreiber, Will.i.am, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Durand, Lynn Collins
http://www.x-menorigins.com

(stay after the credits when you see X-Men Origins: Wolverine,
as it apparently has multiple endings afterward)

Family ties. You used to do anything for your ma, or die for your family name. Today you can even share vital organs to certify how much being part of the same DNA means something. But what if the enemy was your one of your own? Would you go for revenge? Add your loved one in the equation, who would you choose? A prequel to how it all started. Good vs Greed for the sake of gaining more power, allies are formed, trust and loyalty is on the line as the battle field grows and anger rises...

The Haunting in Connecticut

2009-04-27T11:40:00.001+01:00

Dir - Peter Cornwell
Virgina Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Elias Koteas, Amanda Crew, Martin Donavon
http://www.hauntinginconnecticut.com/

"Some things cannot be explained"

Changeling

2009-03-30T20:32:00.010+01:00

Dir - Clint Eastwood
Angelina Jolie, Gattlin Griffith, John Malkovich, Michael Kelly, Michelle Gunn, Frank Wood, Colm Feore
http://www.changelingmovie.net

"To find her son, she did what no one else dared."

It is 1928. DNA traces and CSI do not exist. We hear headlines of missing children and people. We feel helpless for the ones left behind, out of our depth of what we can do to help. But what do we do when it's one of our own? What lengths do you go to prove yourself and be heard against a time when you have nothing to prove what you only know as maternal and gut instinct. How much do we trust what the police choose to inform us? Would our story be any believable if it were in black and white in print over said by a person of the law?

Somers Town

2009-03-28T14:13:00.002Z

Dir - Shane Meadows
Thomas Turgoose, Piotr Jagiello, Perry Benson, Ireneusz Czop, Kate Dickie
http://www.somers-town.com/

"xxxx"

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Surveillance

2009-03-07T23:51:00.000Z

Dir - Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Pell James, Ryan Simpkins

Che I & II

2009-02-25T20:36:00.004Z

CHE I & II
Dir - Steven Soderbergh
Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Isaac, Julia Ormond, Rodrigo Santoro, Demian Bichir, Ramon Fernandez

"Ernesto 'Che' Gurvara. The Untold Story Of His Final Revolution."

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Blindness

2008-12-19T06:23:00.009Z

Dir - Fernando Meirelles

Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, Gael Garcia Bernal

http://www.blindness-themovie.com/

"This fall, our vision of the world will change forever"

How aware are we of our senses? Do we truly understand and make the most of them? We use senses to learn, to judge, and to make sense of things around us by giving it meaning. How much do we take for granted? If you had to lose a sense, which one would you choose?

Rendition

2008-11-01T01:05:00.003Z

Dir - Gavin Hood
Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin
http://www.newline.com/properties/rendition.html

"What if someone you love... just disappeared?"

The warm embraces and farewells are all too familiar sights at airports. You wish them a great time and to have a safe journey, only those words are sometimes can be taken for granted along with modern technology. You drop them off in time for check in and count down the days to see them again to pick them up. If a person goes missing, you have to consider a 24hours notice or 48 to allow them to come home of their own accordd. But what if the authorities claim your loved one never even boarded the plane? Who can you go to for help when you saw with your own eyes as that person went through the passengers gate. With terriorist intentions having all airports on their highest alerts, how safe can we be on our own grounds? How precious are our passports and IDs? Can you prove who you are without one?

Old Boy (2003)

2003-07-18T11:02:00.008+01:00

Dir Chan-wook Park
Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji