Episode 14

Claudia: I thought it was tremendous. That’s probably because I’m not a purist. I saw the first one and I had to go twice because I had two naps, and when I woke up from my second nap they were still washing up and they had broken into song! They were never leaving the Shire! And in this one they go down barrels, and it’s just propelling. I like Evangeline lily and I like the love story.

Danny: This is an altogether better kind of Hobbit. There is a lack of half-hour scenes of washing up. Instead you have this full-blooded action romp. As a spectacle it is spectacular. At last there is a sense of energy and momentum.

Catherine: I’m a big Tolkien nerd, I think there will be a lot of people who are with me in feeling that this is really Peter Jackson’s film and not Tolkien’s film. This isn’t epic and brilliant, this is just a fun trip out for the kids.

Claudia: It’s a tense watch. We all love it. 

Danny: I’m not a man who is frequently left speechless but I was by this film. I think it’s phenomenal. The last two or three minutes are genuinely the most unforgettable I’ve seen on any kind of screen. I’m a very big fan. This is Redford’s movie.

Catherine: I love this film. I wasn’t necessarily expecting to. You hear it’s a film with no dialogue, and it’s going to be “compelling” and you think, “actually I’m going to be bored but it’s well made,” but no, it’s actually edge-of-your-seat stuff. An incredible performance from Robert Redford.

Claudia: It was incredibly claustrophobic to watch, in the same way as All is Lost.

Danny: I think you expect Fill The Void to be a slightly different movie. You have this eighteen year old girl in a very devout community. We’ve seen a million coming of age movies where the girl would rebel and freak out and run away and become Lady Gaga. It’s not an exposé, it’s not propaganda: it’s somewhere in between. It’s a very absorbing movie.

Catherine: it’s a technically very accomplished film. I think she has a real way with framing a shot, she’s coaxed incredible performances from her actors. I’d like to see her next film not about Orthodox Judaism. As interesting as it is I feel like she is so within that world, it would be nice to see her talent brought to bear on something completely outside of it.

The Christmas Candle (U)
During the late 19th century, a young minister brings electricity to a small town in the English Countryside threatening the local candle maker’s business, livelihood and tradition.
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Cinema Paradiso (PG) (Key Cities)
A famous film director remembers his childhood friendship with a projectionist at the local cinema and how that relationship shaped his hopes and dreams. A re-release of the 1988 classic.
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Far Out Isn’t Enough: The Tom Ungerer Story (TBC)
Utilising traditional documentary storytelling and original animation, this film chronicles the life of Tom Ungerer, a children’s book author, who tested societal boundaries through the use of his subversive art.
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The Innocents (12A) (Key Cities)
A psychological thriller following a woman who starts to witness ghosts after taking on the governess job for two orphans in a Victorian Home – based on the Henry James story, "The Turn of the Screw.”
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Tamla Rose (12A) (Key Cities)
Three teenage girls living in Liverpool pursue their dreams of becoming a famous Tamla Motown band.

13.12.13
Curzon Mayfair, Cornerhouse Manchester, Filmhouse Edinbrugh, Picturehouse Hackney, Everyman Hampstead, Aubin Cinema, Lighthouse Dublin, New Park Chichester, Vue Piccadilly

15.12.13
Picturehouse Stratford East, Picturehouse Greenwich, Picturehouse Regal Henley, Errol Flyyn Filmhouse, Royal Academy, Primrose Hill Ubrary Club

16.12.13
VUE CINEMAS (Islington, Finchley Road, Westfield, Finchley North, Thanet, Watford, Camberley, Croydon Grants, Reading, Portsmouth, Bristol Cribbs, Plymouth, Oxford, Southport, Cheshire Oaks, York, Leeds Light, Edinburgh Omni)

20.12.13
PICTUREHOUSE (Cameo Edinburgh, Clapham, Gate Notting Hill, Ritzy Brixton, Southampton Harbour Lights, Baker Street, Belmont Aberdeen, City Screen York)

23.12.13
PICTUREHOUSE (Belmont Aberdeen, City Screen York, Abbeygate Bury St Edmunds)

26.12.13
PICTUREHOUSE (Cambridge Arts, Fact Liverpool)

27.12.13
Glasgow Film Theatre, National Media Museum Bradford, Phoenix Leicester

29.12.13
Picturehouse Exeter, Cinema City Norwich

30.12.13
QFT Belfast

01.01.14
PICTUREHOUSE (Stratford Upon Avon, Phoenix Oxford)

03.01.14
Mac Birmingham, Cine Lumiere

05.01.14
Shetland Mareel, Rex Berkhamstead

16.01.14
Poly Falmouth

17.01.14
Warwick Arts Centre

19.01.14
Rio Dalston
Riverside Hammersmith

13.02.14
Strode Theatre

19.01.14
Stamford Arts Centre

16.02.14
Royston Picture Palace
Norden Farm

28.02.14
Courtyard Theatre Hereford

03.03.14
Galeri Caermarfon

28.03.14
Whitgift Film Theatre

02.04.14
Trinity Tunbridge Wells

22.05.14
Playhouse Louth