Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

Directed by Nick Park and Steve Box 85 mins Floor 1 Yellow Zone R3 (WAL) It’s the Easter break at the University, let’s celebrate with an Easter themed film! Unfortunately, these aren’t the most common films to find; but we’re all ready for some chocolate from the Easter Bunny so let’s take a look at […]

[REC] (2007)

Directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza 75 minutes Floor 3 Pink Zone 791.4372 REC Language: Spanish (English subtitles) [•REC] follows television host Ángela Vidal (Manuela Velasco) and cameraman Pablo (Pablo Rosso), filming a documentary on the night time shifts of firefighters. The lack of drama leaves Ángela down-beat as she hopes for an emergency […]

Prick Up Your Ears [1987]

Prick up Your Ears (1987) Directed by Stephen Frears 111 minutes Floor 3 Pink Zone 791.4372 PRI You will have noticed on the Library’s ground floor graffiti artwork by the artist Stewy. If you have ever wondered who the man in the painting is you should watch Prick up Your Ears, a biographical film about […]

(500) Days of Summer [2009]

(500) Days of Summer (2009) Directed by Marc Webb 91 Minutes Floor 3 Pink Zone 791.4372 FIV The film’s opening narration sets the tone, explaining that ‘this is a story of boy meets girl. But you should know up front, this is not a love story.’ Certainty, (500) Days of Summer cannot be described as […]

Trainspotting [1996]

Trainspotting (1996) Directed by Danny Boyle 89 minutes Floor 3 Pink Zone 791.4372 TRA Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose Trainspotting. Danny Boyle’s film consistently ranks among the best British films ever made. At times hard hitting, at times comical, Trainspotting offers a gritty look at the lives of […]

Bicycle Thieves [1948]

Directed by Vittorio De Sica 87 minutes Floor 3 Pink Zone 791.4372 LAD Language: Italian (English subtitles) If you have ever read Sight & Sound’s greatest films list, released each decade, you would have noticed a regular occurrence of Bicycle Thieves. The film topped in their 1952 Critic’s Poll and placed in the top ten […]

Die Hard [1988]

Directed by John McTiernan 132 minutes Floor 3 Pink Zone 791.4372 DIE Everyone likes to spend their Christmas differently, and everyone likes to watch different films over the Christmas break. I know this after having a discussion with a student whose flatmates chose The Human Centipede (2009) as their Christmas film – a far cry from our […]

It’s A Wonderful Life [1947]

Directed by Frank Capra 130 minutes Floor 3 Pink Zone 791.4372 ITS On polls of the best Christmas films of all time It’s a Wonderful Life always ranks towards the top, usually as number one. It may surprise you to then learn that the film has deep themes of depression and even suicide. I would […]

All Quiet on the Western Front [1930] and War Horse [2011]

All Quiet on the Western Front Directed by Lewis Milestone, 128 minutes (restored version), Floor 3 Pink Zone 791.4372 ALL War Horse Directed by Steven Spielberg, 140 minutes, Floor […]

The Big Lebowski [1998]

Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen (Ethan was uncredited) 117 minutes Floor 3 Pink Zone 791.4372 BIG Time to leave the bowling alley, pour a white Russian (if you’re old enough), ignore the ringing telephone, and chill out to a cult classic, ‘man’. The Big Lebowski is hilarious piece of cinema, if you do come […]