At the beginning of this year, we’re all trying to keep our resolutions: to go to the cinema more often, not to miss the films everyone is talking about, and to discover the ones we’ll be recommending to others.
If, on top of that, you want to catch up on all the films you didn’t manage to see in the cinema last year, I have two great deals for you, as well as my personal selection of 2011 films to help you make your choice.
Indeed, UGC and Mk2 are each offering their own little catch-up sessions for films released in 2011, at the very attractive price of €3 per screening.
The UGC Incontournables (Must-Sees) event allows you to see or re-watch, from January 11 to 17, 2012, 23 films that defined the year 2011, in UGC cinemas all over France.
The films (with those I recommend you see, if you haven’t already, in bold):
- EVEN THE RAIN by Iciar Bollain
- INCENDIES by Denis Villeneuve
- THE KING’S SPEECH by Tom Hooper
- BLACK SWAN by Darren Aronofsky
- THE WOMEN ON THE 6TH FLOOR by Philippe Le Guay
- TRUE GRIT by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
- WINTER’S BONE by Debra Granik
- TOMBOY by Céline Sciamma
- THE STRANGER by Feo Aladag
- MIDNIGHT IN PARIS by Woody Allen
- THE TREE OF LIFE by Terrence Malick – Palme d’Or – Cannes Film Festival 2011
- THE KID WITH A BIKE by Luc Dardenne – Grand Prix – Cannes Film Festival 2011
- A SEPARATION by Asghar Farhadi
- MELANCHOLIA by Lars Von Trier – Best Actress Award – Cannes Film Festival 2011
- DECLARATION OF WAR by Valérie Donzelli
- WE HAVE A POPE (HABEMUS PAPAM) by Nanni Moretti
- WHERE DO WE GO NOW? by Nadine Labaki
- DRIVE by Nicolas Winding Refn – Best Director Award – Cannes Film Festival 2011
- THE ARTIST by Michel Hazanavicius – Best Actor Award – Cannes Film Festival 2011
- POLISSE by Maïwenn – Jury Prize – Cannes Film Festival 2011
- THE IDES OF MARCH by George Clooney
- THE MINISTER by Pierre Schoeller
- THE INTOUCHABLES by Eric Toledano & Olivier Nakache
The Best of 2011 Festival offers pretty much the same thing, but in MK2 cinemas this time, from Wednesday, January 18 to Tuesday, January 24, 2012.
Program at MK2 Parnasse:
- Wednesday 01/18: The Secret World of Arrietty & Shame
- Thursday 01/19: Metropolis
- Friday 01/20: Shame
- Saturday 01/21: The Gruffalo & Beginners
- Sunday 01/22: The Painting & The Fairy
- Monday 01/23: Beginners
- Tuesday 01/24: The Fairy
- Wednesday 01/18: Shame
- Thursday 01/19: Polisse
- Friday 01/20: Where Do We Go Now?
- Saturday 01/21: The King’s Speech
- Sunday 01/22: Black Swan
- Monday 01/23: Declaration of War
- Tuesday 01/24: We Have a Pope
Program at MK2 Hautefeuille:
- Wednesday 01/18: Hereafter
- Thursday 01/19: Midnight in Paris
- Friday 01/20: True Grit
- Saturday 01/21: Somewhere
- Sunday 01/22: House of Tolerance
- Monday 01/23: Essential Killing
- Tuesday 01/24: Drive
Program at MK2 Beaubourg:
- Wednesday 01/18: Pater
- Thursday 01/19: A Separation
- Friday 01/20: Melancholia
- Saturday 01/21: The Artist
- Sunday 01/22: Beginners
- Monday 01/23: Incendies
- Tuesday 01/24: The Tree of Life
