January - February 2019
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WELCOME We have had such great feedback about the film guide which we produced for the first time, that we thought we would make it a regular thing, so welcome to the January to February season of films at the Arts Centre. This season there is something special for all you romantics. And also we get to screen a secret passion of mine - French Film. I can personally recommend the double bill of Fanny and Marius as an excellent day spent watching luxury scenery, comic acting and a great story. The Arts Centre is happy to announce that it has appointed a specific Film and Digital Technician, Isaac, who will be looking after and developing the film productions at the Arts Centre. Enjoy Curtis Fulcher, Director
PRICES
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BREAKFAST MOVIES
Join us for a classic film at 11am, you get a free hot drink and pastry with every ticket purchased.
FRENCH FILM SEASON
This February we are screening some classic French Films, in and around the most romantic time of the year, Valentines.
YOUNG FILM PROGRAMMER
IINTRODUCING BLAKE With the support of the BFI the Arts Centre has taken on a young persons film producer to help us bring more young people into the building. Look out for his films when you see the symbol.
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY This year’s From Page to Screen Festival will take place from Wednesday 24 – Sunday 28 April 2019.
£6 Adult ticket £6 Breakfast movies includes a pastry and hot drink
(no concessions)
£5 Bridport Arts Centre Members £4 Film Society Members £3 Under 25s BAC Stage members Look out for special £2.50 screenings of children’s films There is a £1.50 booking fee on all transactions. Members exempt
JANUARY
THURSDAY 10
The Bookshop (PG) | 2017 | 1h 53m | 11AM & 7.30PM DIRECTED BY | Isabel Coixet STARRING | Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Hunter Tremayne England, 1959. Free-spirited widow Florence Green (Emily Mortimer) risks everything to open a bookshop in a conservative East Anglian coastal town. While bringing about a surprising cultural awakening through works by Ray Bradbury and Vladimir Nabokov, she earns the polite but ruthless opposition of a local grand dame (Patricia Clarkson) and the support and affection of a reclusive book loving widower (Bill Nighy).
SUNDAY 13
Sing Street (PG) | 2016 | 1h 46m | 3PM ALL TICKETS £3.50 DIRECTED BY | John Carney STARRING | Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy Conor, a teenager with a sensitive heart, is trying to deal with a tense family relationship and reconnect with his older brother, while dealing with the hostile environment in his new public school. And then, one day, he sees her. Tall, with long chestnut hair, a buttery complexion, and big, dark eyes; an enigmatically beautiful girl standing in front of his school’s gate, indolently observing people passing by.
THURSDAY 17
Finding Your Feet (PG) | 2017 | 1h 51m | 11AM DIRECTED BY | Richard Loncraine STARRING | Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie, Timothy Spall On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished innercity council estate.
ALL TICKETS £5 Includes FREE pizza and music before the film
THURSDAY 17
Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man (15) | 7.30 PM The familiar 19th century Spanish cigarette factory becomes a greasy garage-diner in 1960s America where the dreams and passions of a small town are shattered by the arrival of a handsome stranger. Fuelled by heat and desire, the inhabitants are driven into an unstoppable spiral of greed, lust, betrayal and revenge.
SUNDAY 20
The Incredibles 2 (PG) | 2018 | 1h 58m | 3PM ALL TICKETS ÂŁ2.50 DIRECTED BY | Brad Bird STARRING | Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell While the Parr family has accepted its collective calling as superheroes, the fact remains that their special heroism is still illegal. After they are arrested after unsuccessfully trying to stop the Underminer, their future seems bleak.
SUNDAY 20
Spitfire
(PG) | 2018 | 1h 39m | 7.30PM DIRECTED BY | David Fairhead, Ant Palmer STARRING | Charles Dance, Mary Ellis, Geoffrey Wellum The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II.
THURSDAY 24
King of Thieves
(15) | 2018 | 1h 48m | 11AM DIRECTED BY | James Marsh STARRING | Charlie Cox, Michael Caine, Michael Gambon A true crime film about a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London’s jewelry district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed. Based on infamous true events.
THURSDAY 24
Peterloo
(12A) | 2018 | 2h 34m | 7.30PM DIRECTED BY | Mike Leigh STARRING | Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reform and protest against rising levels of poverty. Many protesters were killed and hundreds more injured, sparking a nationwide outcry but also further government suppression.
THURSDAY 31
Some Like It Hot (U) | 1959 | 2h 1m | 11AM DIRECTED BY | Billy Wilder STARRING | Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon When two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the St. Valentine’s Day massacre, they want to get out of town and get away from the gangster responsible, Spats Colombo. They’re desperate to get a gig out of town but the only job they know of is in an all-girl band heading to Florida. They show up at the train station as Josephine and Daphne, the replacement saxophone and bass players.
THURSDAY 31
The Little Stranger (12A) | 2018 | 1h 51m | 7.30PM DIRECTED BY | Lenny Abrahamson STARRING | Ruth Wilson, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter The Little Stranger tells the story of Dr. Faraday, the son of a housemaid, who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country doctor. During the long hot summer of 1948, he is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall, where his mother once worked.
FEBRUARY
FRENCH FILM SEASON
SATURDAY 2
Marius
(PG) | 2013 | 1h 33m | 11AM FRENCH - ENGLISH SUBTITLES DIRECTED BY | Daniel Auteuil STARRING | Daniel Auteuil, Raphaël Personnaz, Jean-Pierre Darroussin Marius’s biggest dream is to embark on one of the boats passing by his dad’s bar and to set off to a faraway land. Fanny, a young and pretty seafood peddler, has secretly been in love with Marius since her childhood; Marius, never admitting it, has always loved Fanny. Torn between the call of the sea and his love for her, Marius abandons his dream to be with Fanny who gives herself to him.
Fanny (PG) | 2013 | 1h 42m | 2.30pm FRENCH - ENGLISH SUBTITLES DIRECTED BY | Daniel Auteuil STARRING | Daniel Auteuil, Raphaël Personnaz, Jean-Pierre Darroussin Fanny is the second part of the “Marseille trilogy”. Fanny falls in love and is abandoned by Marius. Now she discovers she is pregnant. Her mother and Marius’s father, César, persuade her to accept the romantic advances of a much older man. To save face, Fanny accepts to marry Honoré Panisse, a rich merchant of the Vieux Port, 30 years her senior who will recognise her son.
FILM & FRENC H THEMED LUNCH OFFER
Watch part 1: Marius follow ed by a French lunch of French Oni on Soup, Baguette and Hot Drink then watch part 2: Fanny. Both films an d lunch £15 per person .
THURSDAY 7
The Happy Prince (15) | 2018 | 1h 45m | 11AM DIRECTED BY | Rupert Everett STARRING | Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Emily Watson The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humour.
THURSDAY 7
Jean De Florette (PG) | 1987 | 2h | 7.30PM DIRECTED BY | Claude Berri STARRING | Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil A greedy landowner and his backward nephew conspire to block the only water source for an adjoining property in order to bankrupt the owner and force him to sell.
WINE FREE GLASS OF AND CHEESE BEFORE THE FILM
THURSDAY 14
Dirty Dancing (12) | 1987 | 1h 13m | 11AM DIRECTED BY | Emile Ardolino STARRING | Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances “Baby” Houseman falls in love with the camp’s dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
THURSDAY 14
Amelie
(15) | 2001 | 2h 2m | 7.30PM DIRECTED BY | Jean-Pierre Jeunet STARRING | Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus Amélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.
VALENTINE
Join us before SPECIAL the film at 6.30pm for a Fr pre-film supp ench themed er Bourguignon of either Beef or Ratatouille followed by , a dessert to take into the film at 7.30pm. Film and Fo per person od £20
SUNDAY 17
MOANA - Sing-a-long (PG) | 2016 | 1h 47m | 2PM DIRECTED BY | Ron Clements, John Musker STARRING | Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House Moana Waialiki is a sea voyaging enthusiast and the only daughter of a chief in a long line of navigators. When her island’s fishermen can’t catch any fish and the crops fail, she learns that the demigod Maui caused the blight by stealing the heart of the goddess, Te Fiti. The only way to heal the island is to persuade Maui to return Te Fiti’s heart, so Moana sets off on an epic journey across the Pacific. The film is based on stories from Polynesian mythology.
SUNDAY 17
The Seagull (12A) | 2018 | 1h 47m | 7.30PM DIRECTED BY | Michael Mayer STARRING | Saoirse Ronan, Elisabeth Moss, Annette Bening An aging actress named Irina Arkadina pays summer visits to her brother Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin and her son Konstantin on a country estate. On one occasion, she brings Trigorin, a successful novelist, with her. Nina, a free and innocent girl on a neighboring estate, falls in love with Boris Trigorin. Trigorin lightly consumes and rejects Nina, as Irina all her life has consumed and rejected her son, who loves Nina. The victims are destroyed while the sophisticates continue on their way.
WEDNESDAY 20
Shoplifters
(15) | 2018 | 2h 1m | 7.30PM DIRECTED BY | Hirokazu Koreeda STARRING | Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Mayu Matsuoka A Japanese couple stuck with part-time jobs and hence inadequate incomes avail themselves of the fruits of shoplifting to make ends meet. They are not alone in this behaviour. The younger and the older of the household are in on the act. The unusual routine is about to change from care-free and matter-of-fact to something more dramatic, however, as the couple open their doors to a beleaguered young girl. This film is backed and supported by the BFI
THURSDAY 21
9 to 5
(PG) | 1980 | 1h 49m | 11AM DIRECTED BY | Colin Higgins STARRING | Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton Meet Franklin Hart (Dabney Coleman). The biggest “sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot” boss on the planet. He thrills in taking advantage of his head female office staff; humiliating, downplaying, and condescending against them whenever conveniently possible, particularly his top assistant Violet (Lily Tomlin). Long-exhausted over his gruesome bullishness, Violet, alongside co-workers Doralee (Dolly Parton) and Judy (Jane Fonda) comprise comical methods of “doing him in”, when a freak incident occurs.
THURSDAY 21
Before You Go To Sleep (15) | 2014 | 1h 32m | 7PM DIRECTED BY | Rowan Joffe STARRING | Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong Forty seven year old Christine Lucas wakes up in bed with a man she does not know, in an unfamiliar house. The man explains that he is her husband, Ben, and that she suffered brain damage from a car accident ten years earlier. Christine wakes up every morning with no memory of her life from her early twenties onwards.
WITH A Q&A WITH AUTHOR S J W ATSON & BOOK SIGN ING
FRIDAY 22
Bohemian Rhapsody (12A) | 2018 | 2h 14m | 7.30PM DIRECTED BY | Bryan Singer STARRING | Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury. Freddie defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet. The film traces the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound.
THURSDAY 28
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (U) | 1953 | 1h 31m | 11AM DIRECTED BY | Howard Hawks STARRING | Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei’s fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.
THURSDAY 28 - 7.30PM
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WILDE WEDNESDAY Throughout 2019 Bridport Arts Centre will be screening matinee performances of some of the plays of Oscar Wilde, which were recorded live from the Vaudeville Theatre in London. An Ideal Husband Wednesday 27 March 11am D BOOK ALL 4 AN ET CK TI SAVE £1 A
A Woman of No Importance Wednesday 23 January 11am STARRING | Edward Fox, Sally Bretton, Nathaniel Parker, Susan Hampshire, Freddie Fox & Frances Barber
The Importance of Being Earnest Wednesday 1 May 11am STARRING | Eve Best, Anne Reid, Eleanor Bron, Crystal Clarke, Emma Fielding, Domnic Rowan, William Gaunt
Lady Windermere’s Fan Wednesday 27 February 11am
STARRING | Sophie Thompson, Jeremy Swift, Fiona Button, Pippa Nixon & Stella Gonet
STARRING | Samatha Spiro, Kevin Bishop, & Jennifer Saunders
FILM DIARY MORNING 11AM
AFTERNOON
EVENING 7.30PM
JANUARY THURSDAY 10
THE BOOKSHOP
SUNDAY 13 THURSDAY 17
SING STREET 3PM FINDING YOUR FEET
MATTHEW BOURNE’S THE CAR MAN
SUNDAY 20
THE INCREDIBLES 2 3PM
SPITFIRE
THURSDAY 24
KING OF THIEVES
PETERLOO
THURSDAY 31
SOME LIKE IT HOT
THE LITTLE STRANGER
FEBRUARY SATURDAY 2
MARIUS
THURSDAY 7
THE HAPPY PRINCE
JEAN DE FLORETTE
THURSDAY 14
DIRTY DANCING
AMELIE
FANNY 2.30PM
SUNDAY 17
MOANA SING-A-LONG 2PM
WEDNESDAY 20 THURSDAY 21
SHOPLIFTERS 9 TO 5
BEFORE YOU GO TO SLEEP 7PM
FRIDAY 22 THURSDAY 28
THE SEAGULL
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
YOUNG PROGRAMMERS FILM
#WildeWednesdays 23 JANUARY
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE
27 FEBRUARY
LADY WINERMERE’S FAN
27 MARCH
AN IDEAL HUSBAND
1 MAY
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
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