, 1h45 Directed byPhyllida Lloyd OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Biography, Historical ThemesMedical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films ActorsMeryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Anthony Head, Alexandra Roach, Richard E. Grant, Iain Glen Rating63% The film begins in September 2008 (opening against the backdrop of news of the Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing) with an elderly Lady Thatcher buying milk unrecognized by other customers and walking back from the shop alone. Over the course of three days, we see her struggle with dementia and with the lack of power that comes with old age, while looking back on defining moments of her personal and professional life, on which she reminisces with her (now-dead) husband, Denis Thatcher, whose death she is unable to fully accept. She is shown as having difficulty distinguishing between the past and present. A theme throughout the film is the personal price that Thatcher has paid for power. Denis is portrayed as somewhat ambivalent about his wife's rise to power, her son Mark lives in South Africa and is shown as having little contact with his mother, and Thatcher's relationship with her daughter Carol is at times strained.
, 2h12 Directed byJames McTeigue OriginGerman GenresScience fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action ThemesFilms about anarchism, Politique, Post-apocalyptic films, Psychologie, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films about terrorism, LGBT-related films, Films set in the future, Superhero films, Political films, Dystopian films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, LGBT-related films, Disaster films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films ActorsNatalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, John Hurt, Stephen Fry, Tim Pigott-Smith Roles Parliament General Rating79% In the late 2020s the world is in turmoil, with the United States fractured as a result of prolonged conflict and a pandemic of the "St. Mary's Virus" ravaging Europe. The United Kingdom is ruled as a fascist police state by the Norsefire Party. Political opponents, immigrants, Muslims, homosexuals and other "undesirables" are imprisoned in concentration camps. On November 4, a Guy Fawkes-masked vigilante identifing himself as "V" (Hugo Weaving) rescues Evey Hammond (Natalie Portman), an employee of the state-run British Television Network (BTN), from members of the "Fingermen" secret police while she is out past curfew. From a rooftop, they watch his demolition of the Old Bailey criminal court building, accompanied by fireworks and the 1812 Overture. Inspector Finch (Stephen Rea), Scotland Yard's Chief of Police, is tasked with investigating V's activities while BTN declares the incident an "emergency demolition". V interrupts the broadcast to claim responsibility and urges the people of Britain to rise up against their government. He asks them to meet him exactly one year later, on November 5, Guy Fawkes Night, outside the Houses of Parliament, which he promises to destroy. During the broadcast, the police attempt to capture V. Evey helps him escape but is knocked unconscious.
, 2h40 Directed byMike Leigh OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical, Musical ThemesFilms about music and musicians, Musical films ActorsJim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Eleanor David, Dexter Fletcher Roles Frederick Bovell Rating72% On the opening night of Princess Ida at the Savoy Theatre in January 1884, composer Sir Arthur Sullivan (Allan Corduner), who is ill from kidney disease, is barely able to make it to the theatre to conduct. He goes on a holiday to Continental Europe hoping that the rest will improve his health. While he is away, ticket sales and audiences at the Savoy Theatre wilt in the hot summer weather. Producer Richard D'Oyly Carte (Ron Cook) has called on Sullivan and the playwright W. S. Gilbert (Jim Broadbent) to create a new piece for the Savoy, but it is not ready when Ida closes. Until a new piece can be prepared, Carte revives an earlier Gilbert and Sullivan work, The Sorcerer.
, 1h53 Directed byPetra Haffter OriginGerman GenresDrama, Thriller, Horror ActorsAnthony Perkins, Sophie Ward, Uwe Bohm, Stratford Johns, James Aubrey, Brian Bovell Roles Jonathan Dean Rating47% Arthur Johnson, quinquagénaire solitaire, réside depuis une vingtaine d'années dans un immeuble bourgeois londonien. Sous ses allures strictes d'homme rangé et de comptable consciencieux se cache un psychopathe meurtrier provisoirement assagi, car il descend fréquemment dans sa cave pour se défouler en étranglant le mannequin en celluloïd qu'il y a entreposé. L'emménagement dans l'appartement d'à côté d'un nouveau locataire, étudiant allemand en psychologie de surcroît doté d'un patronyme homonyme (Anthony Johnson), met Arthur en émoi, craignant que le jeune psychologue se penche sur sa personnalité et ses habitudes…