FOTV – Saturday 2502 to Friday 0203

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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 2502
HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE / Hauru No Oguku Shiro (Japanese 2004) C2EWS,
1200-1400; Animated.
***½ CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US 1977; this is the
"Director's Cut" from 2007) C31, 1915-2200; Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda
Dillon, François Truffaut, Teri Garr.
***½ GOODFELLAS (US 1990) C24, 2330-0220; Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta,
Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino; The life of a New York
mobster(RL), from casual work for the local Mafia in 1955 to a $6
million airport robbery in 1980.
*** INTERMISSION (UK/Irish 2003) C2EWS, 2400-0145; Kelly Macdonald,
Shirley Henderson, Colm Meaney, Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy, Kerry
Condon; Relationships in Dublin, principally involving two sisters:
one(KM) recently split with her boyfriend, the other(SH) unable to get
over a horrible relationship.

Sunday
***½ CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US 1977; this is the
"Director's Cut" from 2007) C31, 1210-1500; Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda
Dillon, François Truffaut, Teri Garr.
BARTON FINK (US 1991) C19, 2100-2315 AND 0020-0235; John Turturro,
John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney; In 1941, a
Broadway playwright(JT) is summoned to Hollywood, but finds it
impossible to write to order within the studio system.
BUNNY & THE BULL (UK 2009) C15, 2315-0110; Edward Hogg, Simon Farnaby,
Verónica Echegui, Sylvia Syms.

Monday
*** LA REGLE DU JEU / The Rules Of The Game (French 1939) C15,
0110-0315; Marcel Dalio, Norma Gregor, Mila Parely, Jean Renoir.

Tuesday
***½ PATHER PANCHALI (Indian 1955) C15, 0110-0335; Kanu Bannerjee,
Subir Bannerjee; 1st film in director Satyajit Ray's magnificent 'Apu'
trilogy.

Thursday
THE MISTRESS OF SPICES (UK 2006) C15, 1100-1250; Aishwarya Rai, Dermot
Mulroney, Nitin Ganatra, Anupam Kher, Padma Lakshmi; AR – a literal
Miss World before becoming a film star – opens a spice shop in
California, but finds it hard to live by the rules she was taught in
India about the mystical importance of spices.Written by Gurinder
Chadra (director of "BRIDE AND PREJUDICE" and "IT'S A WONDERFUL
AFTERLIFE").
*** SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (UK/US 1998) C10, 2355-0200; Gwyneth Paltrow,
Joseph Fiennes, Judi Dench, Ben Affleck, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth,
Simon Callow, Tom Wilkinson.

Friday
TEA WITH MUSSOLINI / Te Con Il Duce (UK/Italian 1990) C10, 2305-0120;
Maggie Smith, Cher, Lily Tomlin, Joan Plowright, Judi Dench, Baird
Wallace.
HARD CANDY (US 2006) C2EWS, 2350-0130; Ellen Page, Patrick Wilson,
Jennifer Holmes, Sandra Oh; 32-year-old PW and 14-year-old EP meet
after having a 'relationship' on the internet...but this isn't
necessarily the 'horror' story you expect.
HALF LIGHT (UK 2006) C3, 0240-0430 (C33, 0340-0530); Demi Moore, Hans
Matheson, Kate Isitt, James Cosmo; After her 7-year-old son is
drowned, American novelist DM moves from London to an isolated
Scottish fishing village.