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February 2004
Festival Highlights
Anything Else
Anything Else opens the Festival on 4th March
Ahh the magic of the movies. Birmingham Screen Festival 2004 has some cracking new movie showcases and here are some of the best of them.
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Anything Else Anything Else (15)
Thurs 4th March 7pm, UGC & Fri 5th March 3.30pm, UGC
Anything Else is a romantic comedy, treading vintage Allen territory in a tale of relationship trauma and angst. Jerry is a young comedy writer struck with love at first sight on meeting Amanda, an appealing but unreliable actress played by indie favourite Christina Ricci.
Code 46

Code 46 (18)
Thurs 11th March7pm, UGC
A Dystopian sci-fi described as a futuristic Brief Encounter with a touch of Blade Runner.
Code 46 is a love story set in an eerily possible near future where cities are heavily controlled and only accessible through checkpoints.

Best of Youth Best of Youth (15)
Sun 7th March, 3.30pm, UGC
Epic, multi-layered drama The Best of Youth is a towering achievement worth every second of its marathon running time. Spanning four decades, from chaotic 1960s to the present, it follows two Italian brothers through some of the most tumultuous events of recent Italian history.

The Cat in the Hat The Cat in The Hat (PG)
Sat 6th March, 1pm, AMC
Sun 7th March, 1pm, UGC Rubery
Genuine silly fun for the young and the young at heart from Dr.Seuss’ perennially popular book. A young brother and sister find themselves visited by the mischievous cat (Myers) and his entourage when their mother leaves them home alone.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (18)
Fri 5th March, 8.00pm, UGC
Sat 6th March, 1.30pm, UGC
An atmospheric and thrillingly audacious work. Will Graham is a former London crime lord now living in anonymous obscurity. The mysterious death of his brother brings the one-time gangster back to familiar haunts in search of first answers and then, revenge.
Mona Lisa Smile (12A)
Wed 10th March, 6.45pm, UGC
A sensitive, searching but also humorous comedy. Set in 1953 McCarthy era, a free-spirited graduate accepts a teaching post at a conservative women-only school where the students are torn between repressive mores and their longing for intellectual freedom. Can she fully liberate their academic desires?

Warriors of Heaven and Earth Warriors of Heaven and Earth (12)
Sat 6th March, 4.00pm, UGC
Thurs 11th March, 9pm , UGC
An epic story of heroism, love and nobility set in the unforgiving but stunning Gobi desert. Two warriors, Lieutenant Li and Japanese emissary Lai Xi, as they travel the Central Asian Silk Road thirteen centuries ago.
Zatoichi Zatoichi (18)
Wed 10th March, 6.30pm, UGC
A full-blooded blade-swishing extravaganza. Zatoichi is a blind wanderer who makes a living by gambling and as a masseur. Zatoichi is a master swordsman. Discovering a remote mountain town at the mercy of the Ginzo gang, Zatoichi, must free the town from tyranny but his path is destined for a bloody showdown...
Capturing the Friedmans Capturing the Friedmans (18)
Wed 10th March, 3.30pm mac Theatre
Thurs 11th March, 9.00pm mac Cinema
The most riveting, provocative and hotly debated film of the year. One Thanksgiving, the Freidmans' front door explodes, officers rush into the house, accusing Arnold Friedman and his youngest son Jesse of hundreds of shocking crimes.
Fog of War Fog of War (PG)
Mon 8th March, 7.00pm, UGC
Tues 9th March, 3.30pm, mac Theatre
A timely study of former US Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara. Assembling an extraordinary array of archive material, and setting it alongside the beautifully photographed interview footage, this is an un-missable film.
 
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