FOTV – Saturday 2801 to Friday 0302

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Inclusion here does not mean recommendation, merely that you may find
the film of interest. Films scoring less than *** (Good) on the
Richometer – and you can pronounce that any way you wish – are merely
listed with no rating. ***½ means Excellent, **** Outstanding.

Saturday 2801
FROM TIME TO TIME (UK 2010) C10, 0600-0745; Maggie Smith, Timothy
Spall, Pauline Collins, Hugh Bonneville, Eliza Hope Bennett, Harriet
Walter.
***½ PAPER MOON (US 1973) C15, 1455-1700; Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal,
Madeline Kahn, John Hillerman, Randy Quaid.
***½ THE DUCHESS (UK 2008) C2EWS, 2030-2210; Kiera Knightley, Ralph
Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Hayley Atwell.
I'M A CYBORG BUT THAT'S OK (South Korean 2007) C15, 0120-0330; Lim Soo-
jung, Jung Ji-hoon, Choi Hee-jin.| In a psychiatric hospital, LS
decides that she's a cyborg, cuts her arm and plugs herself into an
electricity socket! A surprisingly affecting piece which absorbs you
in its fantastic, slightly off-centre world.

Sunday 2901
FAIRYTALE: A TRUE STORY (UK/US 1997) C5, 1605-1755 (C44, 1705-1855);
Florence Hoath, Elizabeth Earl, Phoebe Nicholls, Paul McGann, Peter
O'Toole, Harvey Keitel, Bill Nighy.
*** THE GHOST / The Ghost Writer (UK/French/German 2010) C4, 2100-2335
(C13, 2200-0035); Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Kim
Cattrall, Tom Wilkinson, Eli Wallach, Timothy Hutton, Robert Pugh,
David Rintoul, James Belushi, Daphne Alexander; Writer EM is hired to
ghostwrite an ex-prime minister's memoirs – and you aren't very far
into Roman Polanski's adaptation of Robert Harris' book before you
realise that PB's character is a thinly disguised Tony Blair, and that
– therefore – OW's ambitious, uncooperative, independent wife is
Cherie.

Monday 3001
**** ROSEMARY'S BABY (US 1968) C15, 2310-0150; Mia Farrow, John
Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon.
THE GOOD GERMAN (US 2006) C4, 0205-0350 (C13, 0305-0450); George
Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Beau Bridges, Jack Thompson.

Tuesday 3101
THE PIANO (Australian 1993) C15, 2100-2315; Holly Hunter, Harvey
Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin.
***½ THE THIN RED LINE (US 1998) C15, 2315-0225; Sean Penn, Nick
Nolte, John Cusack, Ben Chaplin, James Caviezel, George Clooney, Woody
Harrelson, Adrien Brody.
LAITAKAUPUNGIN VALOT / Lights In The Dusk (Finnish/German/Italian/
Swedish 2006) C15, 0225-0400; Janne Hyytiäinen, Maria Järvenhelmi,
Maria Heiskanen, Ilkka Kaivula.| In Helsinki, a loner security
guard(JH) is picked up by an attractive blonde(MJ), but she has an
ulterior motive.

Wednesday 0102
***½ HOWARDS END (UK 1992) C15, 1520-1810; Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa
Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson, James Wilby, Prunella
Scales.
*** HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (Chinese/Hong Kong 2004) C15, 2335-0150;
Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Song Dandan.
***½ LIFE IS SWEET (UK 1991) C15, 0150-0355; Alison Steadman, Jim
Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, Timothy Spall, Stephen Rea,
David Thewlis; directed by Mike leigh.

Thursday 0202
LOST IN TRANSLATION (US/Japanese 2003) C15, 2355-0200; Scarlet
Johannson, Bill Murray, Anna Faris, Giovanni Ribisi.