Xeque-Mate

Neither mime, nor reason

The local mime is up to mischief at NESCol

8 Dates

2008 · ★ 5.3

Men and women deal with different stages of love. Desire, jealousy, longing and melancholy are part of the romantic story of each of the characters, including a teacher, a middle-aged couple and a jealous boyfriend.

Problemista

2024 · ★ 6.8

Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.

Linda Linda Linda

2005 · ★ 7.6

Only three days before the school festival, a newly formed high school band rushes to put together a set for their big show — including a hit single by '80s by the Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts.

Doomed Love or nanotech in Central Russia

2023 · ★ 4.5

Nikolay, a young farm worker, is seen as different by other village people. He doesn't drink vodka and seems a bit odd. After returning from an internship abroad, where he learned techniques to communicate with animals for fertility enhancement, he starts using these skills in his romantic life. Dairymaid Nastya is unaware of this and falls in love with Nikolay for his kindness, intelligence, and uniqueness. When journalists come to the farm to feature Nikolay in a report, Nastya will finally discover his secret.

Non-Fiction

2018 · ★ 5.4

Alain, a successful Parisian publisher struggling to adapt to the digital revolution, has major doubts about the new manuscript of Léonard, one of his long-time authors — another work of auto-fiction recycling his love affair with a minor celebrity. Selena, Alain’s wife, a famous stage actress, is of the opposite opinion.

The Dinner

2025 · ★ 6.9

Spain, April 15, 1939. With the Civil War concluded, and with the intention of celebrating his victory, General Franco attends a dinner with his generals at the Palace Hotel.

Noises Off...

1992 · ★ 7.2

Hired to helm an Americanized take on a British play, director Lloyd Fellowes does his best to control an eccentric group of stage actors. With a star actress quickly passing her prime, a male lead with no confidence, and a bit actor that's rarely sober, chaos ensues in the lead up to a Broadway premiere.

Kamikaze Girls

2004 · ★ 7.1

Momoko, a strange and seemingly emotionless girl obsessed with 18th century France, befriends a Yanki biker and the two experience the ups and downs of their unusual lives in a rural Japanese town.

Basket Case

1982 · ★ 6.2

A young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed, formerly conjoined twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.

Ghostbusters

1984 · ★ 7.5

After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.

Bringing Up Baby

1938 · ★ 7.5

David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.