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1) Gabbeh
Starring: Abbas Sayah, Hossein Moharami
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbf
Synopsis: Color-saturated Iranian fantasy/drama about a woman materializing from elderly couple's magical carpet. Critics
hailed its lush visuals, simple-yet-complex narrative. An exotic treat for lovers of magical realism, Fellini-esque flights of fancy.
I love this film, but if you’re into action films this may be not be the one for you.
2) Earth
Starring: Aamir Khan, Nandita Das
Director: Deepa Mehta
Synopsis: Drama/love story set in Lahore in 1947 on the eve of partition between India and Pakistan. I’m not sure how
realistic the context is, but it has its moments.
3) Journey of Hope
Starring: Necmettin Cobanoglu, Nur Surer
Director: Xavier Koller
Synopsis: Vivid, tragic account of a Kurdish family's attempt to immigrate from Turkey to Switzerland. Although it is a bit
depressing it is an excellent film.
4) War of the Buttons
Starring: Liam Cunningham, Gregg Fitzgerald
Director: John Roberts
Synopsis: A light sentimental children's drama about Irish boys from neighboring villages engaged in a long-running feud. No
drive by shootings!
5) Baby Take a Bow
Starring: Shirley Temple, James Dunn,
Director: Harry Lachman
Synopsis: In this lighthearted musical comedy, which was her second star vehicle, Shirley Temple sings, tap dances and displays all the charm and talent that have made her the biggest child star of all time. Shirley's father is an ex-con trying hard to make an honest living by working as a chauffeur. But he runs into trouble when a pearl necklace disappears from his employer's home and the detective on the case decides he's guilty.
1) 8 1/2 (Otto e Mezze) Italy, 1962 Dir. Federico Fellini with
Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale.
Italian + English subtitles
2) Psycho USA, 1962 Dir. Alfred Hitchcock with Janet Leigh, Antony
Perkins
3) Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le Charme Discrete de la
Bourgeoisie) France, 1972 Dir. Luis Bunuel with Fernando Rey,
Stephane Audrane French w English subtitles
4) Desperate Remedies New Zealand 1993 Dir Peter Wells with Kevin Smith,
Jennifer Ward-Lealand English
5) Topsy Turvy UK 1999 Dir Mike Leigh with Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner
English
1) Being John Malkovich, Dir. Spike Jonze with John Cuzack, Cameron Diaz
and John Malkovich
2) The Talented Mr Ripley, Dir. Anthony Minghella with Gwyneth Paltrow
and Matt Damon
3)The Vanishing with Jeff Bridges and Kiefer Sutherland
4) Miller's Crossing, Dir. by Joel & Elton Coen with albert Sinney &
Gabriel Burn
5) Great Expectations, Dir. Alfonso Quaron with Gwyneth Paltrow, Ethan
Hawke and Robert de Niro
1) Europa / D.Lars von Trier
2) The Double Life of Veronica / D.Kristof Kieslowski
3) Raise the Red Lantern / A. Gong Li
4) The Nanny / A. Bette Davis
5) The Decalogue (part 2) / D.Kristof Kieslowski
1. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Australia, 1994 (Dir. Stephan Elliot)
One of a string of vulgar and irreverent Australian comedies of the early 90s. They were a welcome change from overblown historical melodramas set in colonial times. It was a huge box office success in Australia and spawned an uncomfortable, but thankfully brief period in Australian life when even macho footballers were appearing on TV in drag. " It's just for a laugh, mate, nothing kinky about me"
2. Beau Travail. France, 1999 (Dir. Claire Denis)
A huge critical success, but left me a wondering what it was all about. Beautifully filmed, foreign legion story line set in Africa.
3. La Haine. France, 1995 (Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz)
Very topical urban gangland drama set in the tower block suburbs of outer Paris. Filmed in raw black & white.
4. The Manchurian Candidate. USA, 1962 (Dir. John
Frankenheimer)
My favourite film of all time. An intelligent, cold war psychological thriller. Angela Lansbury is superb (How sad she ended up as Jessica Fletcher in Murder She Wrote. What a waste!)
5. Strawberry and Chocolate. Cuba, 1993 (Dir. Tomas
Guitierrez Alea)
Cuban cinema launches itself onto the international scene with the unlikely story of the friendship between a gay, anti-Castro, artist and a straight, Party activist. A metaphor perhaps for Cuba's relationship with the rest of the world.
1. The Apple. Iran 1997 (Dir. Samira Makhmalbaf)
2. Breaking the Waves. Denmark/European co-production Engl. lang 1996 (Dir. Lars Von Trier)
3.The Colour of Paradise. Iran 1999 (dir. Majid Majidi)
4. Bicycle Thieves. Italy 1948 (dir Vittorio De Sica)
5. L'Atalante France 1934 (dir. Jean Vigo)
1. Goodfellas (1990) USA (Dir. Martin Scorcese)
2. On the Waterfront (1954) USA (Dir. Elia Kazan)
3.The Exorcist. (1973) USA (dir. William Friedkin)
4. Heat (1996) USA (dir Michael Mann)
5. Reservoir Dogs (1992) USA (dir. Quentin Tarrantino)
1) Wages of Fear (French) dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot (VHS)
2) Run Lola Run (German) dir. Tom Tykwer (VHS)
3) All About My Mother (Spanish) dir. Pedro Almodovar (VHS)
4) Drowning by Numbers (British) dir. Peter Greenaway (VHS)
5) Viridiana (Spanish) dir. Luis Bunuel (VHS)
1. Blade Runner (US) dir. Ridley Scott (DVD)
2. All the President's Men (US) dir. Alan J. Pakula (DVD)
3. Dog Day Afternoon (US) dir. Sidney Lumet (DVD)
4.Vertigo (US) dir. Alfred Hitchcock (DVD)
5. Zulu (British) dir. Cy Endfield (DVD)
1 The Draughtsman's Contract (British) dir. Peter Greenaway
2 Burnt by the Sun (Russian) dir. Nikita Mikhalkov
3 The Ice Storm (US) dir. Ang Lee
4 Allegro Non Troppo (Italy, animation) dir. Bruno Bozzetto
5 Farewell my Concubine (China) dir. Kaige Chen
1. Duel, (1971) USA directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Dennis weaver & truck.
2. The Fifth Element, (1997) USA/France directed by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman and Milla Jovovich
3. Eyes Wide Shut, (1999) USA/UK directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
4. American Graffiti, (1973) USA directed by George Lucas, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard and Harrison Ford
5. Clockers, (1995) USA directed by Spike Lee, starring Harvey Keitel, Delroy Lindo and John Turturro.
1. Cosi (1996) Australia (Dir. Mark Joffe)
2. The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992) Australia (Dir. Gillian Armstrong)
3.The Last Wave (1977) Australia (dir. Peter Weir)
4. An Angel At My Table (1990) New Zealand/Australia/UK (dir Jane Campion)
5. Sweetie (1989) Australia (dir. Jane Campion)
(or contact david.mcqueen@hct.ac.ae)
1. The Godfather Trilogy (DVD) (1992) USA (Dir. Francis Ford Coppolla)
2. Laurence of Arabia (DVD) (1962) UK (Dir. David Lean)
3.The English Patient (DVD) (1996) USA (dir. Anthony Minghella)
4. The Perfect Storm (VHS) (2000) USA (dir Wolfgang Petersen)
5. Threads (1984) (VHS) UK (dir. Mike Jackson for the BBC )
1) King of Hearts - Dir. Phillipe De Broca (1967) Touching and funny with Alan Bates and Genevieve Bujold. In French, this was described as "the ultimate display of madness" - Life
2) The Simpsons (The Complete First Season 1989-1990) The seminal year for Matt Groening's dysfunctional family.
3) There's No Business like Show Business - Dir. Walter Lang (1954) with Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor and Marilyn Monroe. The tria s and triumphs of a veteran vaudeville family set to the music of Irving Berlin
4) The Exorcist - Dir. William Friedkin (1973) with Ellen Burstyn, Max Von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb and Linda Blair. This is William Peter Blatty's oscar winner for screenplay. With 11 minutes of deleted film added back into the film on this DVD.
5) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Animation 1966) Dir. Chuck Jones . This is the original animated cartoon narrated by Boris Karloff from the book by Dr. Seuss
1) High Society (Charles Walters, 1956): Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and
Grace Kelly, with a little bit of Louis Armstrong. Surprisingly sharp
version of the Philadelphia Story. Score by Cole Porter.
2) Hairspray (John Waters, 1988) : Divine, Ricki Lake. Fifties teen film
spoof... more camp than Butlins.
3) The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995) Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey,
Pete Postlethwaite, Benicio Del Toro. Just what is going on here? Who
(or what) is Kaiser Sose? Is he the devil himself - or does he not exist
at all.
4) Buena Vista Social Club (Wim Wenders 1998) Ry Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer,
Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa. Documentary of Ry
Cooder's visit to Cuba in search of traditional "son" musicians - the
film of the CD. Mainly Spanish dialogue with French subtitles.
5) Hideous Kinky (Gillies Mackinnon 1999) Kate Winslet, Said Taghmaoui.
Based on the book by Esther Freud (also available to borrow!). Hippy
mother with two small girls on the sufi trail in 1970's Morocco.