Prolific director François Ozon returns with a period farce, involving murder, romance, blackmail, and girl power. Aspiring actress Madeleine is accused of murdering a lecherous film producer, she is persuaded by her friend, lawyer Pauline, to plead guilty. This makes her a feminist hero, but when faded silent star Odette turns up, she threatens to ruin everything by exposing them as frauds. The two leads are well matched, but ultimately the great Isabelle Huppert steals all her scenes in this frothy comic confection. French with English subtitles.
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Isabelle Huppert, Chloë Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe
Greta stars Moretz as Frances McCullen – an out of town ingénue residing in New York after the loss of her mother. Discovering an abandoned handbag on the subway, Frances decides to personally return it to its owner, Greta, an ostensibly benign French widow, whose daughter has left her to live alone. A discovery is soon made, alerting Frances to the idea that finding the handbag was no accident, and Greta is not as innocent as she seems. Boasting a gloriously theatrical performance from Huppert as the titular character.
2018 | Dir Neil Jordan | 98min | Ireland | USA
The programme will also include our current BRIT School Showcase film, a portrait of guitar teacher Ross Merrin by Armin Seddigh.
Director: Michael Haneke
Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Toby Jones
Haneke’s latest film follows three generations of a bourgeois family living in Calais, who are self-absorbed and in many respects alienated from each other and the world in general. The young spend their time looking at their computer screens (and those of their parents), the middle-aged search myopically for sexual and financial satisfaction, and the old look for an easy death.
Haneke uses phone screens, security screens and soundless sequences to highlight this alienation, along with moments of dark humour, delivered by a formidable ensemble cast.
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Plus a BRIT School Showcase film, screened in partnership with the School’s Film & Media Production department.
For this film we are showing Turnips (U) (4.53 mins), directed by Clint Frift. A Borough Market stall holder discusses how the market has changed over the years.
David Lean Cinema, Croydon on Tuesday 30 January 2018
Show starts at 7.30 pm, ticket prices: £8.50 & £7.00 (concessions)
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Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling
IS this our first ‘extra screening’ of a Cert. 18 film?
Michèle (Huppert, Oscar-nominated) is the head of a leading video game company, and brings a hard-headed attitude to both her personal and business lives.
The film opens – sound-track only – with Michèle attacked in her home by a maked assailant. At first she seems little affected by an incident others might find traumatising. But following further intrusions into her privacy Michèle resolves to track her attacker down, with unforeseen consequences for family, friends, work colleages and her own private life …
Verhoeven’s trademark direction casts an unsettling spell, varying the mood from scene to scene, in this widely praised, “electrifying and provocative comeback” (The Guardian).
At the time of publication of this page Elle had not been released in the UK, so our regular Review link is to The Guardian written at the time of the film’s debut at Cannes 2016.
That review does not include a link to any trailer (although there is a link to an interview with the star).
The subsequent US release “official” Trailer, can be seen below – viewer advisory, the trailer gets an “R” rating – this IS Verhoeven and IS an 18 in the UK… [fvplayer src=”https://youtu.be/gM96ne-XiH0″]
David Lean Cinema, Croydon on Monday 8th May 2017
Show starts at 7.30PM, Ticket prices: £8.00 & £6.50 (concessions)
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Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling
Our fastest-selling Cert. 18 film so far. An extra screening has been arranged for Monday 8th May @ 7.30pm
Michèle (Huppert, Oscar-nominated) is the head of a leading video game company, and brings a hard-headed attitude to both her personal and business lives.
Attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she seems at first to be little affected. Eventually, however, Michèle resolves to track the man down, with unforeseen consequences…
Verhoeven casts an unsettling spell, varying the mood from scene to scene, in this widely praised, “electrifying and provocative comeback” (The Guardian).
At the time of first publication of this page Elle had not yet been released in the UK, so here is the Review from The Guardian at the time of it’s debut at Cannes.
The Guardian review does not include a link to a trailer (though there is a link to an interview with the star). The US release “official” Trailer, can be seen below – viewer advisory, the trailer gets an “R” rating – this IS Verhoeven and IS an 18 in the UK… [fvplayer src=”https://youtu.be/gM96ne-XiH0″]
David Lean Cinema, Croydon on Tuesday 18th April 2017
Show starts at 7.30PM, Ticket prices: £8.00 & £6.50 (concessions)
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Stars: Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob
Middle-aged philosophy teacher Nathalie Chazeaux (Huppert) is married with two children.
Between work and family life, her spare time is spent dealing with her supposedly depressed (or perhaps just attention seeking) mother and battling with her publisher who wishes to recover her academic book due to poor sales.
The last thing Nathalie expects is for her husband (Marcon) to announce that he’s leaving her for a younger woman. For the first time in her life she’s cast adrift.
Hubbert is an absorbing presence and natural performer in this modern tale of autonomy and reinvention.
THE CRIME IS MINE (2023)
France
Ireland | 
USA
The programme will also include our current BRIT School Showcase film, a portrait of guitar teacher Ross Merrin by Armin Seddigh.
Haneke’s latest film follows three generations of a bourgeois family living in Calais, who are self-absorbed and in many respects alienated from each other and the world in general. The young spend their time looking at their computer screens (and those of their parents), the middle-aged search myopically for sexual and financial satisfaction, and the old look for an 
