There are so many fabulous films screening on Rialto Channel this week so clear the PVR and get recording! Below are three moving, delightful and unique films for you to enjoy, but also this week, keep an eye out for Matteo Garrone’s reality television satire Reality (Tuesday 20th May), the intense Russian drama In the Fog, and the charming French rom-com Happiness Never Comes Alone.
Here are my picks for the week.
There are so many fabulous films screening on Rialto Channel this week so clear the PVR and get recording! Below are three moving, delightful and unique films for you to enjoy, but also this week, keep an eye out for Matteo Garrone’s reality television satire Reality (Tuesday 20th May), the intense Russian drama In the Fog, and the charming French rom-com Happiness Never Comes Alone.
Here are my picks for the week.
Staring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva & Isabelle Huppert
Directed by: Michael Haneke
Screening: Official Selection, Saturday 24th May, 8.30pm
This is a surprisingly tender film from the director of White Ribbon, Hidden and Funny Games, about a couple in their 80s dealing with the demise of their relationship thanks to dementia. Written and directed by Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke, Amour was nominated for five Academy Awards in 2013, winning Best Foreign Language Film and was the recipient of the Palme d’Or in Cannes. It was the second time in three years Haneke has scooped the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. These are just a few of the many award nominations and wins this film has accrued; it really is a must.
Staring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry & Levy Easterly
Directed by: Benh Zeitlin
Screening: Rialto New Wave, Sunday 25th May, 8.30pm
Watching director Benh Zeitlin’s poetic debut feature film Beasts of the Southern Wild is an extraordinary experience – it was easily one of my top five films of 2012. The film won four awards including the Camera d’Or award for best first film at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012, continuing on the conversation that began at the Sundance Film Festival about the arrival of an exciting, talented young director with a distinctly original point of view. Love it or hate it, this is a truly unique film.
Staring: Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw & Roger Allam
Directed by: Ken Loach
Screening: Rialto British, Monday 19th May, 8.30pm
This is about as close to a ‘comedy’ as Ken Loach gets! The Angel’s Share marks a departure from the kind of gritty, working class dramas Loach generally likes to make, it’s a comedy about petty criminal Robbie and his Scottish mates who get caught up in a whiskey heist. It might be a lighter film that puts a smile on your face, but at the heart of this film there is still a serious message about youth unemployment in Britain's bleak post-austerity economy.