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MY SUMMER OF LOVE
An adolescent friendship divided by class and religion in the heat of a Yorkshire summer.
In 2000 Pawel Pawlikowski delivered up a remarkable film called The Last Resort (2000). Many thought this former documentary filmmaker didn’t have it in him to produce something that lyrical, beautiful or memorable again, but his new film is all those things and more. This dreamy work Investigates how the relationship between working class teenager Mona (Nathalie Press) and posh girl Tamsin (Emily Blunt) is slowly overshadowed by Mona’s weird fundamentalist Christian brother Phil (Paddy Considine).
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FESTIVAL FILM
‘If you can drive a car you can direct a movie' — John Landis
I The Green Hat What starts as a bank heist niovre ends as something quite different in this superb ride through the perversions that lie at the heart of the Hong Kong Chinese psyche. Good to come across a frlrn from this part of the world that's more interested in rnulti textural script than CGI effects. Cameo I. 623 8030, 22 Aug, 5130/3/71 UGC. 023 8030, 253 Aug, 9.45pm.
I House of the Tiger King Totally gripping (,locurnentary that follows the exploits of mad authOr and explorer Tahir Shah and his clearly insane guide Richard Fowler, a Vietnam vet. These two spent an extren'iely unhealthy t 7 weeks in the deepest. nastiest jungle in the world. Unmissable. UGC, ($23 8030, 24 Aug. 5. 75pm and 26 Aug, 7.45pm.
I Black Jesus Valerie Zurlini's rarely seen 1968 film is a stunning piece of mentalrsm fusing the life of a Congo rebel leader (based on Patrice Lumumba) wrth that of Christ. It's a bonkers, glorious piece of left wing propaganda: a 60s counter-cultural masterpiece. Film/rouse 7, 623 8030, 24 Aug. noon. GFT. (523 8030. 6.300m. £5.50 ($4.20)
I Dead Man’s Shoes There is no denying the power of Shane Meadows’ film about a one man revenge trail in the heart of Nottinghamshire. in the name of his brother. Point Blank meets Mike Leigh's Life is Sweet. UGC, 623 8030, 20 Aug. 7.30pm and 22 Aug, 5pm. I My Summer of Love Pawel The Last Resort Pawlikowski's misspent summer with two young women and a fundamental Christian. Paddy Considine returns to work with this great filmmaker. Watch out Shane (Meadowsi. he's out to nick your best mate. Cameo 7, 623 8030. 27 Aug, 8pm and 24 Aug, 5.30pm.
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