IFG 14, 15 & 16 Film Selection

The wait is over!  Here are the selections for July, August and September (IFG 14, 15 & 16).  Actually it will be IFG 14, 15 & 17 as IFG 16 will be one of the films that nearly got selected in the last two polls.  The Second Chance September film poll will open later this month.

As always, it is a great selection.  The eleven films represent eight different countries and films from 1973-2019.

Below is some more information about the films – all copied from IMDb (the genre, brief description and rating are all direct copies, so if you don’t agree with them it is the fault of IMDb!)

Dark City (Alex Proyas, 1998, Australia)  Mystery/Sci-Fi/Thriller. A man struggles with memories of his past, which includes a wife he cannot remember, and a nightmarish world, no one else seems to be waking up from. 7.6                                               

Everlasting Moments (Jan Troell, 2008, Sweden) Drama/History. In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life. 7.5

Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon, 1998, USA) Biography/Drama. The last days of Frankenstein (1931) Director James Whale are explored. 7.4

Mephisto (István Szabó, 1981, Germany) Drama. In early-1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor finds himself before a dilemma: renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reich’s doctrine, or face oblivion. But, Faustian bargains never end well. What is the price of success? 7.8

Oculus (Mike Flanagan, 2014, USA)  Horror/Mystery. A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon. 6.5

Official Secrets (Gavin Hood, 2019, UK) Biography/Crime/Drama. The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq. 7.3

Spoor/Pokot (Agnieszka Holland, 2017, Poland) Crime/Drama/Mystery. Janina Duszejko, an elderly woman, lives alone in the Klodzko Valley where a series of mysterious crimes are committed. Duszejko is convinced that she knows who or what is the murderer, but nobody believes her. 6.3

Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979, Russia) Drama/Sci-Fi. A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes. 8.2

The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum, 2014, UK) Biography/Drama/Thriller. During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians. 8.0         

The Magdalene Sisters (Peter Mullan, 2002, Ireland) Drama. Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum. 7.7

The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973, USA) Comedy/Crime/Drama. Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con. 8.3

Please vote for SIX of the selection.  As usual any that almost get selected will appear in the second chance poll later this year.

 

 

19/04/20 Note: Once Upon a Time in America has been removed as I realised that the film had been in a previous film selection poll.  I think it best that films do not re-appear in the polls until at least a year since their non-selection.  Unfortunately, as several people had already voted, no replacement film will be included.