Tuesday 25th November - Caramel (PG)
Dir: Nadine Labaki (France/Lebanon 2007, 95 mins)

If its title and mainly female cast suggest a sugary concoction, nothing could be further from the truth. Caramel is what beauticians use in Lebanon as a depilatory. It's a bitter-sweet metaphor for the lives of four women cutting hair, tending skin and hanging out together at beauty salon in Beirut. Caramel is a feisty, funny and rather rude look at their lives. The film is very relaxed and confident in its style - a happy halfway house, marrying social realist style with soap opera content.

Tuesday 2nd December - The Darjeeling Limited (15)
Dir: Wes Anderson (USA 2007, 91 mins)

In Wes Anderson's latest portrait of a dysfunctional family three American brothers embark on a railway journey through India in an attempt to rediscover the shared camaderie of their youth. But the plan veers off course and the brothers are left stranded. The brothers come to realize that it's all about the journey not the destination, and there are plenty of entertaining diversions along the route. A series of fun but unfortunate events includes a stolen loafer, an escaped cobra and the reckless use of pepper spray.

“A wonderful creation.” Observer

Other Autumn 2008 films: Persepolis (4th Nov.), Honeydripper (11th Nov.), The Orphanage (18th Nov.) back to details of these