On release in many cinemas:
foreign language films with English subtitles.

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Latest releases include:

The Artist (Apart from some music, the film is 99% silent, with caption cards for dialogue).

Winning awards al over the place, the film is an exquisitely judged, gloriously funny and achingly tender film by the French director Michel Hazanavicius, a movie about the black and white silent age of Hollywood, which is itself in black and white, and silent – or almost silent (warning - contains mild spoilers...)

In an instance of sound in 'The Artist' George Valentin is having a nightmare after seeing his wife's sound test… he dreams that he hears noise, but his voice has gone. So in the film itself we get him mouthing words, but there is sound - his glass being set down on the table, his dog barking and the giggle of the dancers walking by his dressing room… and then he wakes up, and everything's back to normal. In another scene, George and Peppy are tap dancing. The scene ends and pans out to the director and cameramen, the director shouts 'Cut!' and the noise of a working film studio can be heard. George Valentin speaks - without a caption card. When asked if they can do the scene over, he says 'It would be my pleasure.'

There is a continuous orchestral score by Ludovic Bource. "The Artist" heads the Golden Globes with six nominations, among them best comedy or musical, and acting honors for its French stars, Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo. Trailer here

Romantics Anonymous (French with English subtitles) (12a)

A delightful, witty confection of French romantic comedy in which two emotionally-challenged people meet and fall in love at a chocolate factory.

We Have a Pope (Italian, German, Latin, English, Spanish, Polish and French with English subtitles)

Tragi-comic depiction of events surrounding the election of a new Pope in Nanni Moretti's searching, satirical sideswipe at the Catholic Church in Italy.

The Skin I Live In (Spanish with English subtitles) (15)

Director Pedro Almodóvar tries his hand at science fiction of a sort, but never abandons his favored themes of identity, anxiety and betrayal. Antonio Banderas stars as a mad scientist/plastic surgeon.

The Troll Hunter (Norweigan with English subtitles) (15)

The story of a group of Norwegian film students that set out to capture real-life trolls on camera after learning their existence has been covered up for years by a government conspiracy. A thrilling and wildly entertaining film, TrollHunter delivers truly fantastic images of giant trolls wreaking havoc on the countryside, with darkly funny adherence to the original Norwegian folklore.

Sex And Zen: Extreme Ecstasy 3D (Subtitled) (18)

Follows the sexual odyssey of a young Zen scholar who sets out to the Pavilion of Ultimate Bliss to pursue a life of pleasure.The eager student finds that he doesn't have what it takes, and so begins a quest to reach the height of sexual prowess. But perfection comes at a price in 'Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy 3D', as he's lured onto a path of destruction that takes in everything from jaw-dropping sexual feats to mind-bending martial arts in eye-popping 3D.

The Big Picture

A psychological thriller, with the stress on psychology rather than thrills, The Big Picture centres on Paul Exben (Romain Duris), a successful Paris lawyer, happily married with a pretty wife and adoring children. He stumbles across his wife's infidelity, accidentally murders her lover, disposes of the body and assumes his identity.

Cell 211

Juan Oliver is about to become a prison officer. On the first day of his new job, he gets knocked out and wakes up in a cell. If he wants to save his skin, he must pretend to be a prisoner...

Viva Riva

Viva Riva! is a Congolese crime thriller film written & directed by Djo Tunda Wa Munga. The film received 12 nominations and won 6 awards at the 7th African Movie Academy Awards in 2011, including the awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography & Best Production Design.

POTICHE (Trophy Wife) (Fraench with English subtitles)

A 1970s trophy wife takes over her husband's business - with unexpected results! Starring Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu

Julia's Eyes (15) (Spanish with English subtitles)

From legendary producer Guillermo Del Toro comes thriller Julia's Eyes. Julia (Belén Rueda), a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease, finds her twin sister Sara, who has already gone blind as a result of the same disease, hanged in the basement of her house. In spite of the fact that everything points to suicide, Julia decides to investigate what she intuitively feels is a murder case, entering a dark world that seems to hide a mysterious presence.

Little White Lies (15) (French with English subtitles)

Marion Cotillard and François Cluzet head a terrific cast in this acerbic group portrait of the Parisian bourgeoisie on holiday, from Tell No One director Guillaume Canet. An ensemble comedy-drama, the film concerns a group of thirtysomethings as they holiday at wealthy friend Max's (Cluzet) beach house. All the while, one of their number lies in a critical condition in a Parisian hospital, having been involved in a brutal traffic accident at the film's opening. Inevitably tensions between the friends escalate and they struggle to keep the titular fibs and secrets that exist between them unexposed.

The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adele Blanc Sec (Les aventures extraordinaires d 'Adele Blanc-Sec) (French with English subtitles)

Paris, 1911: When a pterodactyl hatches in a museum and begins terrorising the town, clueless detective Caponi (Lellouche) seeks the connection between the prehistoric menace, a mad old professor (Nercessian) conducting resurrection experiments and intrepid reporter Adèle Blanc-Sec (Bourgoin), whose pursuit of ancient artefacts is a desperate personal mission...

From visionary director Luc Besson (THE FIFTH ELEMENT) comes an adventure set in the early part of the 20th century. The story follows popular novelist Adele Blanc-Sec (Louise Bourgoin) and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters and other distractions. Legendary cartoonist Jacques Tardi's original stories perfectly recreate the intrigue, romance and excitement of one of the most tumultuous periods in history.

13 ASSASSINS (15) (Japanese with English subtitles)

Cult director Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition) delivers a bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a wartorn future.

PINA 3D

This tribute to the amazing German-born dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch is the major homegrown triumph of the Berlin Film festival. It's also one of the first non-Hollywood films to exploit the possibilities of 3D in a rigorous and progressive way.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (U) (French with English subtitles)

A partly subtitled 3D experience of the interior of the Chauvet Cave in southern France, where the world's oldest cave paintings were discovered in 1994. A breathtaking subterranean world leads us to the 32,000-year-old artworks.

Armadillo (Danish with English subtitles)

Having already picked up the Grand Prix at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival Critics' Week as well as a host of other awards, ARMADILLO turns out to be not only the most affecting war documentary of 2011, but also one of the most haunting portraits of the Afghanistan conflict to hit the silver screen so far. It's a journey into the minds of a group of Danish soldiers on their first tour to the southern province of Helmand and its raw authenticity makes it unmissable viewing.

NORWEGIAN WOOD (15) (Japanese with English subtitles)

Adapted from iconic Japanese writer Haruki Murakami's 1987 international bestseller, NORWEGIAN WOOD is an elegy to the narrator's 1960s youth, telling of the raw intensity of first love and the painful severances on the journey to adulthood. Against a backdrop of youth culture and student demonstrations, Toru arrives in Tokyo to start his first term at university. Haunted by the loss of his best friend Kizuki, who committed suicide when they were 17, Toru finds himself drawn to Kizuki's girlfriend, the fragile Naoko who has also arrived in the city to make a new start. As the two grow close, their tender bond struggles to break free from the past, and is further complicated by the arrival the strong and sassy Midori.

Biutiful (15) (spanish with English subtitles)

Javier Bardem has been nominated for the "best actor" Oscar for his role in Biutiful. Biutiful is a love story between a father and his children. This is the journey of Uxbal, a conflicted man who struggles to reconcile fatherhood, love, spirituality, crime, guilt and mortality amidst the dangerous underworld of modern Barcelona.

Chico & Rita Cert 15, 93 mins In Spanish with full English subtitles

Oscar-winning director Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal join forces to present this beautifully crafted animation that follows Chico, a talented jazz pianist and Rita, a singer, as they embark on a passionate relationship.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Cert 15, 147 mins In Swedish with full English subtitles

The final installment of Stieg Larsson's hugely popular Millennium trilogy sees hacker Lisbeth Salander plotting revenge as she recovers from a bullet wound.

WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (SOMOS LO QUE HAY) (15) 90 mins

Cannibal drama(!) The current trend of hard-hitting, intelligent Spanish-language horror films is going strong. When the head of an impoverished family collapses dead in a busy shopping centre, he leaves behind a family on the brink of ruin. Now teenage brothers must learn how to survive in a city where their cannibalism would at best see them rejected from society and at worst see them killed.

The Secret in their eyes (Spanish with English Subtitles)

Committed federal prosecutor Benjamín Espósito investigates a 1974 rape and murder. The trio?s efforts are countered by a rival lawyer, one whose motives are revealed to mesh with the tragedies of Argentina's fascist past. Winner of the 2010 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (Swedish, Italian, French with English subtitles)

The eagerly awaited second film adaptation from Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy sees hacker Lisbeth Salander in serious danger when she comes under suspicion for murder - can journalist Mikael Blomkvist clear her name as he investigates a sex trafficking ring?

THE ILLUSIONIST (L’ILLUSIONNISTE) (English, without subtitles, but mainly wordless)

Chomet’s follow-up to Belleville Rendezvous is a delightful, almost wordless animation, based on a previously unmade script by French film icon Jacques Tati. Magician Tatishcheff travels from his native France to the wilds of Scotland, where he and his feral rabbit befriend a young girl, Alice. As the gigs on the Scottish island dry up, Tatischeff travels to Edinburgh in search of employment, and Alice runs away to join him in the big city..

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Major cinema chains: Contacts

Vue www.myvue.com 0871 22 40 240

Odeon www.odeon.co.uk 0871 22 44 007

Cineworld www.cineworld.co.uk 0871 20 02 000

Empire www.empirecinemas.co.uk 0871 47 14 714

Picture House www.picturehouses.co.uk 0871 22 40 240

Apollo www.apollocinemas.co.uk. 0870 44 43 150

Showcase Cinemas www.showcasecinemas.co.uk. 0871 22 01 000

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