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 Friday 9th February 3.30pm (Alhambra)

BLOOD SIMPLE (18) USA 1984 1hr 38mins
Dir: Joel Coen. Starring: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M Emmet Walsh.
A modern film noir in which greed and lust trap the characters in an escalating, nightmarish terror. This was the first collaboration from the brothers Coen, made on a limited budget, with strong central performances and a plot which twists upon itself to delicious effect.
"A remarkable assured debut...hugely enjoyable" Tom Milne, Time Out.

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 Saturday 10th February 6.00pm (Alhambra)

FARGO (18) USA 1995 1hr 37mins
Dir: Joel Coen. Starring: Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, William H. Macy.
The plan of incompetent criminal Jerry (Macy) to ransom his wife goes horribly wrong when his henchmen bungle the kidnap and pregnant cop (McDormand) is called in to investigate. Boasting wonderful performances from McDormand and Macy (a veteran of Mamet plays), Fargo mixes humour, suspense and mystery with wry social observation. Beautifully written and, finally, very moving.
"Film like Fargo are why I love the movies" Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times.

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  For me Fargo is the best film in the festival - just like a smooth pebble - perfect. Total control. Faultless. Terrific music too.
 
Mike Rose-Troup

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 Sunday 11th February 10.30am (Alhambra)

SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (U) USA 1941 1hr 30mins
Dir: Preston Sturges Starring: Joel McCrae, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick.
When film director, John L. Sullivan (McCrae) tires of his escapist movies, he hits the road as a hobo to seek background for his planned work of social seriousness, O Brother Where Art Thou? Partly inspiring the Coen's latest outing this is Sturges (a lasting influence on the brothers) at his most satirically comic and exuberantly anarchic.
"An outstanding film that never stops dazzling" Steve Grant Sunday Times."

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  The most enjoyable screening was Sullivan's Travels, a film I never would have seen otherwise. Great comedy scenes but so much more in terms of social comment and hollywood self reference and acting and dialogue
 
Mike Rose-Troup

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 Sunday 11th February 3.30pm (Alhambra)

O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU? (12) USA 2000 1hr 47mins
Dir: Joel Coen. Starring: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake-Nelson, Charles Dunning.
George Clooney is a vainglorious charmer who breaks from a chain gang in a tale loosely based on Homer's Odyssey. The Coens' most recent film is a glorious mix of road movie, musical and Preston Sturges-type screwball comedy (the title is an allusion to the film Joel McCrae wants to make in Sullivans Travels).
"Exceptional... George Clooney is excellent...a sublime experience." David Stubbs, Uncut.

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