In Memory of Dorothy Bennett
Martin Radich’s graduation film at Edinburgh College of Art is an improvised, documentary style portrait of the British working class.
Martin Radich’s graduation film at Edinburgh College of Art is an improvised, documentary style portrait of the British working class.
Mark Bennett
Reg Bennett
Martin Radich’s graduation film at Edinburgh College of Art is an improvised, documentary style portrait of the British working class.
This takes me back to our Glasgow flat in the early 1970s when we would have our hair washed in the sink. Usually all four of us sharing one sachet of ''Head & Shouders'' and waiting for the kettle to boil before dying of pneumonia. Well here, it is twenty-something Mark whose dad is helping him out and thereafter we observe some of their routine as one fries some lamb steak, one makes some very weak tea and the older man declares that after two years, he still misses his late wife. There's nothiong earth-shattering about this short feature, instead we act as a fly-on-the-wall watching two men go through their day in many ways exactly like a married couple. They are entirely used to each other, are comfortable together and that very simplicity presents us with something light-heartedly poignant from days when you could still smoke indoors. There is something very real about this film and it's worth a gander.
When a brilliant nine-year-old working in a sweatshop gets a chance to attend school, she must make a difficult choice for her and her sister's future.
The story of a middle-aged woman with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street.
On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty. The film contrasts the differences between the lives of those who work to grow the wheat and the life of the man who dabbles in its sale for profit.
Ex-fighter Raymundo forms an unlikely bond with a disgruntled man whose life and relationship with his daughter are unraveling. The men join forces to win a fight that could very well save Raymundo, his wife and their child.
In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears).
At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister asking him to look after his nine-year old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
A daughter seeks to restore the reputation of her disgraced father, a wronged college professor. With help of a professional student, she must overcome an ambitious sorority bitch and corrupt college dean.
When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.