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Somers TownSomers Town (2008) Recommended
Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Piotr Jagiello, Ireneusz Czop, Perry Benson
A gentle, winsome offering from dir. Shane Meadows, centred on an unlikely friendship between a shy Polish teen, and a knockabout runaway from the…
Song of Sparrows, TheSong of Sparrows, The (Âvâz-e gonjeshk-hâ) (2008)
Dir. Majid Majidi
Feat. Reza Naji
Iranian film following the life of a simple and contented ostrich farmer whose life changes dramatically when he loses his job and travels to Tehran…
Sons of Anarchy (TV Series)Sons of Anarchy (TV Series) (2008) Recommended
Feat. Katey Sagal, Ron Perlman, Charlie Hunnam
Muscular television drama centred on a Californian motorcycle club and its Vice President (Hunnam), whose growing ambivalence towards lawlessness is…
Step Up 2: The StreetsStep Up 2: The Streets (2008)
Dir. Jon Chu
Feat. Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Adam G. Sevani
Sequel to the hip–hop dance hit flick following a group of young street dancers battling for supremacy. Well–orchestrated…
Still WalkingStill Walking (2008) Aro Favourite
Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Feat. Hiroshi Abe, You , Yui Natsukawa
A recently remarried son (Abe) pays visit to his quietly disapproving parents in this exquisitely observed family drama, shot in the tradition of…
Stone of DestinyStone of Destiny (2008)
Dir. Charles Martin Smith
Feat. Charlie Cox, Kate Mara, Robert Carlyle
Crowd–pleasing heist movie following a group of young Glaswegian students as they attempt to steal the Stone of Scone, a beloved symbol of…
Stoning of Soraya M., TheStoning of Soraya M., The (2008)
Dir. Cyrus Nowrasteh
Feat. Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jim Caviezel, Mozhan Marno
Fact based account of a rural Iranian woman, framed by her husband for adultery and subsequently murdered with the participation of the wider…
Stop-LossStop-Loss (2008)
Dir. Kimberly Peirce
Feat. Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Channing Tatum
Sincerely handled melodrama from the director of BOYS DON'T CRY, dealing with a disillusioned Texan soldier (Phillippe) who goes AWOL after returning…
Summer HoursSummer Hours (2008) Recommended
Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, Jeremie Renier
Three siblings deliberate over the family estate following the death of their mother in this subtle, gorgeously rendered meditation on ‘moving…
Synecdoche, New YorkSynecdoche, New York (2008) Recommended
Dir. Charlie Kaufman
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Catherine Keener
Screenwriting extraordinaire Charlie Kaufman turns his hand to directing for the first time with another amusing existential conundrum, here enjoying…

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