Aug 10th       
The Bling Ring*      
(US/Fra/Ger/GB/Japan 2013)

Vacuous Los Angeles teenagers secretly break into the homes of their equally vacuous celebrity peers to order to share some of their lifestyle - a true story given sympathetic and only occasional objective treatment by this young director, very much in her mould from other bored rich girl point-of-view accounts.

Written and Directed by: Sofia Coppla, from an article by Nancy Jo Sales.
Producers: Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Youree Henley.
Starring: Emma Watson, Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Taissa Farmiga, Claire Julien, Carlos Miranda.
Photography: Harris Savides, Christopher Blauwelt.
Music: Brian Reitzell, Daniel Lopatin.
Editing: Sarah Flack.

Preceded by:
They Also Serve**
(GB 1940. Ministry of Information. 10m.; Simple and quite moving propaganda accountof a typical British housewife - released after its director's death on active service.; d: Ruby Grierson; s: Hal Gordon.)