OF GODS AND MEN   In French/Subtitled   [15] - 2hr 2mins

Director: Xavier Beauvois
Cast: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale and Olivier Rabourdin

A deeply moving and profoundly beautiful film, loosely based on the life of a group of Cistercian monks, kidnapped in 1996 in the mountains of Algeria, as the country erupts into brutal civil war.
Alternately harrowing and humbling and a powerful film about the faith, commitment and courage of their convictions of ordinary men, faced with the most difficult personal and collective decisions. The acting is remarkable and utterly convincing.

"Thrillingly audacious, moving and real" ((Peter Bradshaw - Guardian)

UP IN THE AIR   (2009)   [PG] - 1hr 49mins

Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick

A highly enjoyable film with George Clooney as a thoroughly likeable, amusingly callous character, whose job is to fly around the USA breaking the news to hapless employees that they are being fired. He loves his job and the lack of responsibility, in never being at home, the possibility of random encounters and the perfectly neat and anonymous hotel rooms.
Amiable, genial and sophisticated, Clooney gives one of his best performances.

"A deliciously self-referential treat" (Kevin Maher - The Times)