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U-CARMEN EKHAYELITSHA (2005)
U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha is an assault on the senses; a visual and aural feast the likes of which you won't have seen for a long time – if ever. Set in the South African township of Khayelitsha, it is a reworking of Bizet's opera Carmen. Cover your ears and you're watching an African drama unfold in a shanty town, cover your eyes and you're hearing Bizet's Carmen.
ULTRANOVA (2005)
Further evidence of Belgian cinema's quiet revival comes in the shape of writer-director Bouli Lanners' debut feature
Ultranova, a melancholic slow-burner that focuses on lives plagued by incessant boredom in a drab industrial town deep in the country's French-speaking south.
ULYSSES (1967)
James Joyce's 'Ulysses' has been called one of the greatest literary works - tranlsating it to the screen was always going to be an arduous task. However, director Joseph Strick has created an admirable likeness, capturing much of the vitality and texture of Joyce's story.
UNDEAD (2003)
If you're expecting an M. Night Shyamalan style exercise in dread laden atmosphere, look elsewhere. But for fans of frenzied, energetic and raw low-budget horror - complete with 'splat-stick' boxes checked,
Undead will reward.
UNDERTOW (2004)
Jamie Bell leaves behind the hot-shoe shuffling days of
Billy Elliot to star in David Gordon Green's follow-up to
All The Real Girls and
George Washington. Beautifully shot, it's a tale of the Georgia back hills and brothers Chris (Bell) and dreamy Tim (Devon Alan, acting up effortlessly).
UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION (2005)
Kate Beckinsale (
The Aviator,
Van Helsing) and Scott Speedman (
The 24th Day,
My Life Without Me) reprise their roles in this exhilarating sequel, which sends the
Underworld legend to the next terrifying stage, unleashing, new action, new secrets and an entirely new breed that is more powerful than any of them.
UNITED 93 (2006)
Greengrass creates a gripping, provocative drama that tells the story of the passengers, crew and the flight controllers who watched in dawning horror as United Airlines Flight 93 became the fourth hijacked plane on the day of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil.
UNITED STATES OF LELAND, THE (2003)
The first outing from Matthew Ryan Hoge as writer and director,
The United States of Leland reveals the story of a bright teenager from a comfortably middle-class family who - apparently inexplicably - commits a shocking crime.
UNKNOWN (2006)
Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse, none of them able to remember how they got there or even who they are. They soon realise that they were all part of a kidnapping...without having the slightest idea of which side they were on.
UNKNOWN WHITE MALE (2005)
The remarkably true tale of Douglas Bruce who, one morning in July 2003, woke up on a subway train with total amnesia. His childhood friend - now a stranger - director Rupert Murray catalogues the loss of the old, and the delights of the new in this emotional and profound documentary.
UNLEASHED (2005)
Arguably, even when martial arts stars have screen presence and charisma, they're mainly used in films to showcase their fighting skills. Not so in this case, as it's Jet Li's performance that anchors this movie.
UNO (2004)
A seedier side of inner-city Oslo is laid bare in this story about friendship, betrayal and family loyalty. Sometimes violent and uncompromising,
Uno is an eminently watchable first feature from director/writer/lead actor Aksel Hennie.
UP (2009)
The excitement surrounding Up has been building for some time. It first began back in 2008 when a few lucky journalists were treated to a sneak peak of the now legendary, opening montage sequence. Then in May this year, it premiered at the Cannes Film festival and the response wasn't just good – it was outstanding. Jump forward to October 2009 when the film is finally realised and while it doesn't fail to live up to the hype, it doesn't blow you away either.
USHPIZIN (2005)
Winner of the 2004 Best Actor Award at the Israeli Film Academy,
Ushpizin (roughly translated as 'holy guests'), portrays the desperate needs of a couple to give birth and achieve a life of 'purity'.
USUAL SUSPECTS, THE (1995)
Released into a post-
Reservoir Dogs era with audiences hungry for blood-splattered crime thrillers, Bryan Singer's
Usual Suspects turned the genre on its head with its since much-aped sting-in-the-tail. This one remains the original, and best.
UZAK (DISTANT) (2002)
A deliberately hopeless tale of male loneliness,
Uzak (Distant) is a worthy study of modern day divergence and isolation that is unbearably successful in its recreation of the desperate.
