Chapter July/August 09 Magazine by Chapter

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Next Chapter News • Newyddion Chapter Nesaf Open to click, call or tweet Our car park has been resurfaced and re-lined, the pot-holes have been filled in and the flooding every time it rains is over (we hope). Or as one of our Twitter followers commented to the news of its reopening: “I speak for the whole of Cardiff when I say HOOORARRRR!” Talking about Twitter if you’re not a follower of ChapterTweets you’re definitely missing out. There’s a link from the homepage of our website at www.chapter.org or just search for @chaptertweets at www.twitter.com. You’ll find random thoughts, behind-thescenes gossip, photos, audio and video clips as well as the odd competition or two. Live tweet streams from the Cannes Film Festival and the BAFTA Cymru awards were big hits and we’re keen to do more. We’re heading rapidly towards the end of the build now and everything seems to be fitting into place (touch wood — our beautiful, recently-laid, oak floor that is). By the end of this double issue magazine the builders will

be gone (touch more wood in a slightly compulsive and neurotic manner) and we’ll be adding the final touches, checking everything works and generally getting ready for the most important part of this strange process…welcoming you in. The builders have started work on one of the main features of the redevelopment - a stunning light box that will span the whole of the main entrance area. It leads from our spacious theatre foyer (no more queuing up the stairs!) and we’ll use it to showcase specially commissioned artworks. Our interior design team is also planning not just the furniture scheme but how our new spaces will look and feel. We’re going all-out to avoid it being precious, corporate or for it to reek of shiny, designer minimalism. That’s not what we’re about and you’ve told us it’s not what you want. We want to keep the atmosphere you love, maybe lose the shabby and keep the chic.

Slightly vague information about the box office Sometime in the first couple of weeks of July we need to move our temporary box office, reception and shop while the builders work on the adjacent corridor. This only affects what’s going on during weekdays until 5pm and should only last for about five days. Our box office and reception will still be open — we’re just not entirely sure where yet — and of course you’ll still be able to buy tickets by phone or online at any time of day. Everything will remain as normal after 5pm. This magazine covers our programme for the next two months and things are moving rapidly, so to keep in touch with developments as they happen visit our website www.chapter.org or join us on Twitter or Facebook. Or just be greedy and do all three. Have a lovely summer and we hope to see you here soon.

From L to R: Red Cliff (top), Fugitive Pieces (bottom), My Prosthetic Soul Front Cover • Llun ar clawr blaen: Rumba, p30

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theatre • theatr 09 be part of it • ymunwch â ni 10 gallery • oriel 13 eat drink shop 14 support the next chapter 15 cinema • sinema 18 ken loach 19 llygaid sgwâr 26 richard burton 31 family features 32 calendars • calendrau 36 info • gwybodaeth

Theatre Theatr

Summer Dance Season

Mon 13 July • 10am–2pm Llun 13 Gorff

Patuá Dance DanceAbility Workshop Open Call for performers DanceAbility is an inclusive dance technique developed by Guggenheim fellow Alito Alessi from the USA. Fernanda Amaral of Patuá Dance is one of the few qualified teachers in the UK. This autumn (Mon 28 Sept – Sat 10 Oct) Patuá Dance are producing a stage performance and are looking for dancers that would like to participate. The project team includes dancer and director Eeva-Maria Mutka and performer Leila Webb. This open workshop/audition is open to all abilities. If you’re interested in attending please contact info@patuadance.co.uk or call 029 2022 2189 www.patuadance.co.uk

From L to R: Patuá Dance, Beyond Repair Dance (photo: Irven Lewis)

Thu 23 — Sat 25 July • 8pm • Iau 23 — Sad 25 Gorff

Beyond Repair Dance Beside You To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the coal miners’ strikes, choreographer Matthew Howells presents a double bill of new work, including Beside You which draws inspiration from the women of the mines and those wives who kept households ticking over during the strikes. The piece looks at the worries of the women for both their husbands and children, and how they stood strong throughout the demonstrations. Beyond Repair is a new Cardiff–based dance company whose previous work, Cube with Magic Ribbons toured Wales as part of Welsh Independent Dance’s Dance Bytes. £10/£8/£6

“The high standard of contemporary technique and choreography within this young company cannot be denied.” — Cloud Dance Festival Y Llofft Y Llofft is a temporary performance space which we are using throughout the redevelopment of our facilities. It is situated above the temporary Caffi Bar Chapter. Events taking place in Y Llofft during the summer are Michael Groves, Beyond Repair Dance Company, Dance Double Bill, Ludus Ludius and My Prosthetic Soul. Unfortunately, Y Llofft is not accessible to wheelchair users and access is via a steep external staircase. Please call the Box Office on 029 2030 4400 for further details.

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From L to R: Touched, Tånja Raman (image: John Collingswood)

Tue 28 + Wed 29 July • 8pm • Maw 28 + Mer 29 Gorffennaf

Dance Double Bill Peripheral Landscapes + Touched Developed in the ancient and changing landscapes of Carmarthenshire and Tornio and Ylitorno in Finland, Peripheral Landscapes is a duet performed by Eeva–Maria Mutka and Titta Court in collaboration with choreographer Gaby Agis, costume designer Helen Merrin and filmmaker Jeff Higley. From expansive coastal cliffs to dark wooded valleys and fast–flowing northern rivers, the dance gradually reveals the performers’ own histories within these places, and to each other. Touched is a duet performed by dancer/choreographer Gaby Agis and electric bass guitar player Douglas Hart, who fuse together their individual interpretations of dance and sound. Evoking the atmosphere of a live gig, the two performers appear to be in their own worlds: clashing, colliding, and rebounding through the performance space, before ultimately finding unity. £10/£8/£6

Summer Dance Offer — Buy 2 get 1 Free! sAVE UP TO £10. Buy tickets for two of our main dance events in July and August and get a ticket for the third absolutely free! Offer applies to Beyond Repair, Dance Double Bill and Tanja Raman.

Fri 4 + Sat 5 Sept • 8pm Gwe 4 + Sad 5 Medi

Tanja Råman traces Award–winning choreographer Tanja Råman, artist John Collingswood and musician Jon Ruddick join forces in this beautifully crafted, dark and thrilling performance. How do we determine what it is to become a memory or to be forgotten over time? Is it possible to choose a moment to preserve forever? To what extent are our memories manipulated by the way we wish to remember them? traces explores the notion of memory through highly athletic choreography, performed to a breathtaking and hypnotic electronic soundtrack. An ephemeral world of drawing, video projection and live photography captures fleeting traces of the choreography and sonic environment. £10/£8/£6

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From L to R: Michael Groves, Cardiff Shakespeare Readers (top), Drones Comedy Club (bottom)

Fri 26 + Sat 27 June • 8pm + 9.15pm Gwe 26 + Sad 27 Mehefin

Michael Groves by Neil Bebber “A person we don’t know. A concept we don’t believe to be possible. A tragedy that might not have happened. In half an hour, all will become clear... Maybe.” From the team that brought you the Valentine special Magnets earlier this year, comes a new short play for one actor. Directed by Suzanne Phillips. £7/£5

Sun 28 June + Sun 26 July + Sun 9 Aug • 6.30pm Sul 28 Meh + Sul 26 Gorff + Sul 9 Awst

Fri 3 + Fri 17 July + Fri 7 + Fri 21 Aug • 8.30pm Gwe 3 + Gwe 17 Gorff + Gwe 7 + Gwe 21 Awst

Cardiff Shakespeare Readers

Drones Comedy Club

Cardiff Shakespeare Readers get together every month to experience the great playwright’s works spoken aloud. Anyone is welcome to attend and read, no matter what experience you have. On Sun 28 June Henry V gets the CSR treatment, followed by Julius Caesar on Sun 26 July and Shakespeare’s poem: The Lover’s Complaint on Sun 9 August. Please bring along a copy of the text if you have one. £3 (on the door) www.cardiffshakespearereaders.co.uk

Resident hosts Clint Edwards and Dan Thomas showcase the very best in new stand up comedy. Fri 7 August is the latest in a series of improv nights featuring special guest touring comics. £3 (on the door)

Fri 31 July + Sat 1 Aug • 8pm Gwe 31 Gorff + Sad 1 Awst

Ludus Ludius

The Flurry of Florence Cardiff’s new theatre improvisation company present a full length play made up from the audience’s suggestions. £5 (on the door)

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From L to R: Mr and Mrs Clark (photo: Kirsten McTernan), Untitled

Fri 31 July • 7.30pm • Gwe 31 Gorff

Sun 2 Aug • 8pm • Sul 2 Awst

Slow Genius

My Prosthetic Soul Untitled Work In Progress “Here is non-space

Join Cardiff’s very own improv comedy group for their biggest Chapter show yet, and help them to raise funds for their trip to the Edinburgh Festival. Amidst spontaneous comic scenes based on your suggestions you will also have the chance to bid for a personally dedicated song or maybe win a coffee date with one of the girls — the possibilities will be plentiful. And don’t forget to bring along an unusual object that the girls will help you to see in a whole new light! £10 (on the door)

This collaboration between Volcano Theatre Company (Hitting Funny) and Mr and Mrs Clark (Cabba Hey) is based on a collection of songs that question the impossible promises of cosmetic surgery. This unique preview is the result of an intense one–week exploration of the possibilities the musical format holds in developing a new piece of theatre by two companies always eager to experiment. Free Supported by the Arts Council of Wales

Tue 25 + Wed 26 Aug • 8pm Maw 25 + Mer 26 Awst

Here is waiting Here is someone” A new work performed by Peter Olalekan Adedokun, an actor, dancer and musician with the Alajotas Dance Company from Ibadan, Nigeria, taking place in the environs of Chapter. Featuring Christopher Emmanuel. Written and directed by James Tyson. £5/£4

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From L to R: John and Huw from John Hardy Music (Bafta Cymru 2009, photo: Huw John), Everyman (King Lear)

Behind the scenes at Chapter: John Hardy Music John Hardy is one of the many people that make Chapter the vibrant, artistic melting pot that it is. Wales’ leading film composer, his music composition and production company has been based here for many years. In May, John beat Doctor Who composer Murray Gold to win the BAFTA Cymru award for Best Original Music Soundtrack for the second year running, his fourth BAFTA prize. The score was for Welsh–language film Martha, Jac a Sianco. John also received an award nomination for the heart–warming road–trip movie Abraham’s Point, which has been praised as “a poetic, moving film” by Kevin McCloud (Grand Designs) and by Keeley Hawes (Spooks, Ashes to Ashes), who said “I absolutely adore the film, totally beautiful.” Other recent projects include the score for international award– winning drama Cwcw and Welsh gangster series Y Pris, now in its second series on S4C. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales’ recording of John’s colourful Blue Letters from Tanganyika has recently been released by Ffin Records. The piece has received airplay on BBC Radio 3 and Radio Wales and was described as “powerfully cinematic” by the South Wales Echo. If you’d like to hear some of John’s music visit www.johnhardymusic. com and you can listen to Blue Letters from Tanganyika at www.ffinrecords.co.uk

Everyman Chapter tenant Everyman is Cardiff’s liveliest amateur theatre company. Now in its 27th year, the Everyman Open Air Festival is held at St Fagans Natural History Museum during July and August. Wed 8 — Sat 18 July Mer 8 — Sad 18 Gorff

The Gondoliers Wed 22 July — Sat 1 Aug Mer 22 Gorff — Sad 1 Awst

King Lear Sat 25 July – Sat 1 Aug Sad 25 Gorff – Sad 1 Awst

Toad of Toad Hall For more info and to book tickets go to www.everymanfestival.co.uk or call 0844 8700 887

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Gallery Oriel Rupert Clamp, Wordmade flesh, installation in collaboration with Mark Vernon, 2000.

Assembly: Art in the Bar • Cynulliad: Celf yn y Bar Rupert Clamp — A Yard of Earth Fri 3 July — Sun 2 August • Gwe 3 Gorff — Sul 2 Awst Rupert Clamp has been working with contemporary and historical maps of Chapter and the locality to create a collage on the walls of our Caffi Bar. At first glance the maps, diagrams and other cartographical paraphernalia hint at locations associated with the exhibition space. However, on closer inspection the ideas connecting these various findings are far from clear. Several drawings and maps seem unrelated whilst the scale across the artwork remains uncertain or inconsistent. You are tempted to unravel the problem,

as though assembling clues or interpreting archaeological remains, all the while adding to the work by projecting onto it your own knowledge of the area, experiences and assumptions. As the merging of present and past is explored through the installation, tales of Victorian explorers’ routes emerge placing the building and the city’s rich past back onto a map of Cardiff. These journeys through time playfully challenge our own stories, whether they are fact or fiction.

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Rupert Clamp graduated from the University of Derby in 1995, and in 2008 achieved a Post Graduate Certificate in Education and Training. He has exhibited across the UK in both solo and group exhibitions including Fighting Man at Vane, Newcastle. He is currently working as a creative consultant with Sheffield County Council to help research and develop their public art strategy. Clamp is based in Marsden, West Yorkshire. www.rupertclamp.com

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From L to R: Children’s Art Day, Tim Freeman, Time is a Place-2, 51x41cm. Courtesy the artist

Children’s Art Day — After School Club

Assembly: Art in the Bar Tim Freeman

Thu 9 July • Iau 9 Gorff Kicking off with a guided tour of Rupert Clamp’s exhibition (see p11) participants will be invited to create a large scale group map based on their memories of journeys. Artist Holly Davey will lead the activities which start in Caffi Bar Chapter at 3.45pm. To book a place please call The Shop on 029 2030 4400 or email gallery@chapter.org. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Fri 7 Aug — Sun 6 Sept • Gwe 7 Awst — Sul 6 Medi Tim Freeman’s recent lens-based works reference the poetry and tragedy of ‘Romantic’ painters such as William Blake, Caspar David Friedrich and Constable and in doing so explore some of the contemporary debates surrounding the depiction of landscape in both photography and painting. The stunning black and white works in our Caffi Bar incorporate digital collage and printmaking to describe the multi-layered landscape around us. They begin with the documentation of Freeman’s walks, through which he develops a ‘sketchbook’ of images; open landscapes, shifting cloud patterns, tree formations, light on water. The images are built up and manipulated, layer upon layer to create a seamless landscape of contradictions: the urban and the rural; the fictitious and the real; the synthetic and the natural; the poetic gesture and the everyday. Born in Canada and raised in the Yorkshire Dales, Tim moved to Cardiff in 1998 to study an MA in Fine Art at UWIC. He was named Welsh Artist of the Year 2009.

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Children’s Competition Our extremely popular children’s art packs now include a regular competition to help young people to respond to the Art in the Bar programme and to create their own art. During July, to coincide with Rupert Clamp’s exhibition (see p11), we are asking children to design a wall plaque based on a memory they have of Chapter. The winning entry will be framed and put up in the building. Details of the competition can be found in the art packs or ask at The Shop.

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Y Llofft (detail)

Study and Stay Residency Dan Clark in Y Llofft During August, Dan Clark is undertaking a 5-week residency in Y Llofft as part of our continued commitment to supporting recent graduates from art schools in South Wales. During his residency, Dan will use the specific site of Y Llofft — with its old school sinks, classroom blackboards and pitched roof — as a starting point for an intensive and focused period of professional development.

Dan is planning an open studio in September. See the next magazine for details. The Study and Stay Residency Programme hosted by Chapter Gallery is designed to support recent graduates in the first stages of their careers by providing a studio space, resources and curatorial support to encourage artists to develop their professional practice in Wales.

About the artist Dan Clark graduated from UWIC in 2008 and lives and works in Cardiff. In September 2008 he was invited to create an intervention in response to the changing face of Chapter during the redevelopment. Dan placed homemade ‘bombs’ in an unnerving daisy chain strung along a stairwell and corridor.

Café Open: Mon — Sat 8.30am–9pm, Sun 9.30am–9pm Breakfast: 9–10.30am. Lunch menu: 12–2pm Evening Meals: Mon — Sat 5.30–8pm, Sun 5–8pm

Special Offer Buy any two main meals in July or August and get a bottle of wine for just £7.

Experts predict a long hot summer and we have the perfect place for you to escape the heat for a few hours and kick back with a refreshing beverage or two. Our award–winning bar is stocked to the rafters with a whole host of beers from around the globe and here are just a couple to start you off on your journey: Beer of the month: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel, 5.3%ABV Another offering from the oldest brewery in the world. Soft, malty and rich, its harmonious flavour is the great strength of this dark wheat beer.

We’re heading into July with an all-new summer menu. Some of the old favourites remain but we’re also treating you to new lighter choices, perfect for the summer months. Why not try our homemade smoked haddock and spring onion fishcakes with a watercress salad and lemon and black pepper dressing; grilled mackerel with roasted summer vegetables and salad; or black eyed bean, avocado, red pepper and watercress salad with French dressing. There will be lots of fresh salad on the menu and remember that our café caters for all dietary requirements, including vegetarian, vegan, wheat free and dairy free. If you can’t see something to suit you on the menu, just ask our friendly staff who will be happy to help.

Bar Open: Sat 12pm–12am, Sun 12–10.30pm, Mon — Thu 12–11pm, Fri 12pm–12.30am

From the fridge: Gordon Scotch Ale, 8.6%ABV Gordon Scotch Ale was born in the limpid highlands among isolated lochs and haunting Scottish castles. This brown beer, reminiscent of a dark ruby, is full of contrast — both strong and smooth. Its creamy head is delectation for the palate.

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Whether you’re waiting for that much anticipated summer break or just planning a weekend away you should kit yourself out with The Shop’s new travel inspired range, Paper Plane, whose over– night bags, satchels, wash and make–up bags will have you dreaming of far away lands. Don’t forget to pack a notebook! Our sleek and chic Moleskine Volants come in sky blue or bubble–gum pink, with matching address book so you don’t forget to send those all important postcards. In addition to the classic Ladybird Book series we now stock darling kitten and puppy keyrings, badges and fridge magnets. Also new in — vintage illustration gift ideas from local designer Plump Pudding, and scrumptious pastel postcards and wrapping paper by eco–conscious Sukie. Back by popular demand are the Keep Calm and Carry On mugs, bags and T–shirts and, in addition, we bring you the much talked about poster!

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Limited Edition Prints

The light at the end of the first stage of our redevelopment tunnel is in sight and a staggering £27,000 has been raised through our ‘Adopt a’ campaigns and the sale of the Limited Edition prints. The finishing touches are being added to the recently refurbished cinemas and all our ‘Adopt a Seat’ donors will now be able to see their plaques on their chosen chair. For Theatre seat donors, plaques will be attached in the autumn when the space reopens.

Our limited edition prints from celebrated artists James Aldridge, Pete Fowler, Heather and Ivan Morison and Joanna Quinn are still available for sale with all proceeds going towards the redevelopment. All four prints are displayed just inside the entrance to our temporary Caffi Bar Chapter.

A huge thank you to all those who have generously donated and helped us raise the crucial funds to enable the bigger and better Chapter to take shape. We look forward to seeing you all at the exclusive launch party in the autumn when we will be showing off the newly refurbished building in all its glory. If you would like to be a part of these exciting changes, we do have a few remaining seats (£250), bricks (£50) and builders (£20) still looking for adoption during the remainder of the building work. For more information go to www.chapter.org or pop in and pick up a leaflet.

Each print costs just £100 (unframed) or you can buy a set of all four for £350. We also offer an easy payment system allowing you to spread the costs. You can buy online at www.chapter.org, by phoning us on 029 2030 4400 or just pop in. Postage and packing within the UK costs £7.50. Postcard versions of all the prints are now available (pictured above) from the Shop and are priced at £3.50 for a set of four. From L to R: Chapter staff explore the building site; Limited Edition postcards.

We are grateful to all those who have already pledged their support:

Garfield Weston Foundation, The Foyle Foundation, The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation, The Jane Hodge Foundation, Simon Gibson Chariable Trust, The Gibbs Charitable Trust, The Oakdale Trust, Designer Angela Gidden MBE , The Follett Trust.

Cinema Sinema

From L to R: Everlasting Moments, Tyson (top), A Girl Cut in Two (bottom)

Everlasting Moments Fri 26 June — Thu 2 July Gwe 26 Mehefin — Iau 2 Gorff Denmark/Finland/Norway/Sweden/ Germany/131mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Jan Troell. With Maria Heiskanen.

Set at the beginning of the last century, this true-life inspired story examines a cultural, political and artistic crossroads through the intimate and at times brutalised life of a dedicated wife and mother who discovers she has an artistic gift looking through the lens of a camera. Supporting her family while her husband is at war, she takes haunting and pictures of weddings, parties and sometimes departed friends, finding her inner life is transformed through the freedom of creative expression. Swedish directorwriter-cinematographer, Jan Troell uses a gentle yarn-telling style to create a warm and intensely observant film.

Tyson Mon 29 June — Thu 2 July Llun 29 Mehefin — Iau 2 Gorff USA/2008/90mins/15. Dir: James Toback. With Mike Tyson.

“Dark, intimate, violent, comic, absurd, erotic, wounding, tragic and humane: the film ranges from Tyson’s earliest memories to his present dilemmas and understands him not only as an individual — the legendary and uniquely controversial international pugilistic icon — but also as a figure conjuring radical questions of race and class. Over an hour of original footage is structured around illustrative archival fight footage, interviews and photographs.” — From Cannes Film Festival, where this film was selected for Un Certain Regard.

A Girl Cut In Two (La fille coupee en deux) Fri 26 June — Thu 2 July Gwe 26 Mehefin — Iau 2 Gorff France/Germany/2009/114mins/Subtitled/15. Dir: Claude Chabrol. With Ludivine Sagnier, Benoit Magimel, Francois Berleand.

One time critic for Cahiers du Cinema and credited as being a founder of the ‘nouvelle vague’, Chabrol returns to his favourite themes of self–destruction and reserved perversity. This is the tale of Gabrielle, a bright young TV weather girl being courted by two very different men — Paul, the dandyish heir to a pharmaceutical fortune and Charles, a charming, womanising veteran author. Taking delight in the flaws of mankind, A Girl Cut In Two initially plays like a comedy but soon reveals a darker humour.

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From L to R: 400 Blows (top), Soul Power (bottom), French Film

400 Blows

Soul Power

French Film

(Les Quatre Cents Coups)

Fri 21 — Thu 27 Aug Gwe 21 — Iau 27 Awst + Special Preview screening Wed 8 July • Mer 8 Gorff

Fri 3 — Thu 9 July Gwe 3 — Iau 9 Gorff

USA/2008/93mins/12A. Dir: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte

In his second appearance at Chapter this month (see Looking for Eric, p18), Eric Cantona offers more advice to us flailing Brits as he plays Thierry Grimandi, a celebrated auteur film-maker and self-appointed expert on the nature of love. Jed Winter (Hugh Bonneville), an ‘emotionally reserved’ journalist, is quick to dismiss Grimandi’s theories as pretentious nonsense, irrelevant to real people in real life relationships. However, when his long-term girlfriend Cheryl (Victoria Hamilton) refuses to marry him and forces him into couple counselling, Jed begins to realise that his own emotions aren’t as straightforward as he once believed.

Tue 30 June — Thu 2 July Maw 30 Mehefin — Iau 2 Gorff France/1959/99 mins/subtitled/PG. Dir: François Truffaut. With Jean–Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy.

“Fifty years on from its unveiling at the Cannes Film Festival, Truffaut’s superb feature debut remains an influential landmark in the history of the cinema. Deeply moving yet devoid of maudlin sentimentality, the film centres on Antoine Doinel, a 13–year–old constantly in trouble — justifiably or otherwise — with his parents and teachers. Drifting into truancy and petty theft, he soon finds himself at odds with still less sympathetic figures of adult authority... Shot on the streets of Paris, the film exudes an authenticity and displays real compassion as it charts a seemingly inexorable progress towards delinquency.” — BFI.

In 1974, the most celebrated American R&B acts of the time came together with the most renowned musical groups of Southern Africa for a concert in Zaire. Boxing promoter Don King combined the event with ‘The Rumble In The Jungle’ epic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Soul Power brings together footage of the experiences and performances of such luminaries as James Brown, BB King, Bill Withers and Celia Cruz as they return to their musical heritage.

Soul Power Competition: Win a goodie bag including film tickets and t-shirt! Who had a hit in 1971 with Ain’t No Sunshine? Call, post or email answers by Tue 7 July. prizes@chapter.org

UK/2008/88 mins/15. Dir: Jackie Oudney. With Eric Cantona, Hugh Bonneville, Anne-Marie Duff.

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From L to R: Blind Loves, I know Who Killed Me, Mark of an Angel

Blind Loves

Bad Film Club

Mark of an Angel

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I know Who Killed Me

(L’Empreinte De L’Ange)

Fri 3 — Thu 9 July Gwe 3 — Iau 9 Gorff

Sun 5 July • Sul 5 Gorff

Fri 3 — Thu 9 July Gwe 3 — Iau 9 Gorff

Slovakia/2008/77 mins/subtitled/ctba. Dir Juraj Lehotsky.

This playful, thoughtful documentary from Slovakia focuses on four people, each blind since birth, making their way in life and in love. A Roma boy finds that his girlfriend’s parents do not like the colour of his skin; a teenage girl dates online; a couple prepare for their first child; and a piano teacher has an underwater fairytale adventure in his small flat. With occasional animated interludes, this film gives an intimate insight into the world lived in by blind people.

“Engrossing, beautifully crafted” — Variety

USA/2007/105 mins/18. Dir: Chris Silvertson. With Lindsay Lohan.

Nicko and Joe bring you their last bad film choice before their summer holidays: a ludicrous and lurid Lindsay Lohan horror flick. Aspiring writer Aubrey Fleming is abducted and found in woodlands with some body parts missing. When she wakes up she insists she is the much darker Dakota, a stripper and daughter of a drug addict. Features live comedy commentary

Chapter MovieMaker Mon 6 July + Mon 3 Aug Llun 6 Gorff + Llun 3 Awst Screenings of short films by independent filmmakers. Admission is free. For more information please email chaptermoviemaker@ hotmail.com or call the Cinema department on 029 2031 1050.

France/2009/95mins/subtitled/12A. Dir: Safy Nebbour. With Catherine Frot, Sandrine Bonnaire, Wladimir Yordanoff.

When Elsa Valentin spots a little girl at her son’s school who she believes is the daughter she lost in a hospital fire 6 years ago, she takes the only possible course of action she can — to get her back. Nebbour deftly handles this tense thriller, as Elsa’s initially inscrutable behaviour becomes increasingly disturbing, and when the child’s mother confronts Elsa this in turn brings deeply buried secrets to the surface.

“A nuanced addition to a fine tradition” — Little White Lies

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Ken Loach Season

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From L to R: Looking for Eric, Kes (top), Raining Stones (bottom)

Looking For Eric

Kes

Sweet Sixteen

Fri 3 — Thu 9 July Gwe 3 — Iau 9 Gorff

Sat 4 — Tue 7 July Sad 4 — Maw 7 Gorff

Sun 26 + Tue 28 July Sul 26 + Maw 28 Gorff

UK/France/Italy/Belgium/2009/116 mins/15. Dir: Ken Loach. With Steve Evets, Eric Cantona, Stephanie Bishop, John Henshaw.

UK/111mins/1999/PG. Dir: Ken Loach. With David Bradley, Lynne Perrie.

UK/2002/106mins/18. Dir: Ken Loach. With Martin Compston, William Ruane, Annmarie Fulton.

A sensation at Cannes, Ken Loach’s charming film tells the story of Eric, a football-fanatic postman whose life is falling deeper and deeper into crisis. With the help of some marijuana borrowed from his wayward son, the famously philosophical Eric Cantona appears to give him some life coaching. With some great supporting performances from his fellow football loving postal pals, Looking For Eric maintains a strong element of Loach’s usual grit, but with plenty of warmth and laughs along the way.

“unusual, amusing and affecting” — Time Out

Loach’s BAFTA winning and much-loved adaptation of Barry Hines’ book about a boy befriending and caring for a kestrel hawk. In his first on-screen role, David Bradley plays Billy, the boy whose spirit couldn’t be broken.

Raining Stones Sun 12 + Tue 14 July Sul 12 + Maw 14 Gorff UK/1993/91mins/15. Dir: Ken Loach. With Bruce Jones, Ricky Tomlinson.

Bob needs to raise some money to pay for his daughter’s first communion… by any means necessary. With a style that’s at times gentle and engaging and often laugh-out-loud funny, Raining Stones tells the story of men clinging precariously to their self-respect in a world with no jobs.

A winner at Bafta, Cannes and many other festivals around the world, this uplifting film tells the story of a feisty but naive teenage boy who turns to crime in an attempt to get the money needed to buy a home for himself and his mother who is returning from prison. Written with long-time collaborator Paul Laverty, Loach yet again favours nonprofessional actors (the compelling Compston) and draws tremendous performances in this powerful social-realist drama. 3 FOR 2 Ticket Offer: Save up to £5.20. Buy tickets to two Ken Loach films and get a third free. Offer not available online. Cheapest ticket free.

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Llygaid Sgwa ˆr gan Philip Wyn Jones

My Name Is Joe Sun 19 + Tue 21 July Sul 19 + Maw 21 Gorff UK/1998/105mins/15. Dir: Ken Loach. With Peter Mullen, Louise Goodall, David McKay.

Peter Mullen (also in Loach’s Riff Raff) won a best actor award at Cannes for his turn as unemployed recovering alcoholic Joe, who falls for his community health worker in one of the toughest neighbourhoods in Glasgow. Wounded from past experiences, their relationship tentatively grows as she discovers his spirit and sincerity in staying sober. However, as in all Laverty’s scripts, nothing in life is that easy and a member of the young football team he’s managing draws him back in to a world of drugs and crime that he’s fighting so hard to escape.

Ganed Kenneth Loach yn Nuneaton, Swydd Warwick ar Fehefin 17eg 1936. Astudiodd y Gyfraith ym mhrifysgol Rhydychen ond y ddrama oedd yn mynd â’i fryd ac ar ôl graddio bu’n actio ac yn cyfarwyddo gyda chwmnïau drama ger Birmingham. Ar ôl cyfnod fel cyfarwyddwr teledu dan hyfforddiant ymunodd â thîm Z Cars pan aeth y gyfres honno ar yr awyr ym 1962. Teledwyd y penodau cynharaf yn fyw; profiad dihafal i gyfarwyddwr ifanc. Ym 1965 cyfarwyddodd Up the Junction, hanes tair gwraig ifanc yn Clapham, Llundain. Mae hiwmor yma ond elfennau cignoeth hefyd, megis erthyliad stryd-gefn. Yna, ym 1966, daeth Cathy Come Home. Mae teulu ifanc yn colli eu cartref, a’r fam, Cathy, yn gwneud ei gorau glas i’w cadw gyda’i gilydd. Gwelwyd y telediad cyntaf gan chwe miliwn o wylwyr, bu cryn drafod wedyn ac yn sgil hynny sefydlwyd mudiad Shelter. Ym 1967 cyfarwyddodd Loach ei ffilm gyntaf, Poor Cow, hanes mam ifanc yn Llundain sy’n byw mewn tlodi enbyd gyda’i gw ˆ r, a hwnnw’n droseddwr cyson. Mae Kes (1969), yn cyflwyno hanes bachgen ysgol yn Barnsley sy’n hyfforddi cudyll coch fel dihangfa rhag ei deulu a’i ysgol. Achosodd tafodiaith y ffilm gryn broblem ac yn yr Unol Daleithiau fe’i dangoswyd gydag isdeitlau. Mae Loach yn ddigyfaddawd o ran ieithwedd ei ffilmiau ac yn mynnu defnyddio actorion sy’n gweddu i’r cefndir yn hytrach na chwilio am rai sy’n gonfensiynol-olygus. Disgybl yn yr ysgol dan sylw oedd y prif fachgen yn Kes. Merch â phroblemau seiceiatrig yw prif gymeriad Family Life (1971). Fel llawer o gymeriadau Loach mae’n brwydro yn erbyn yr amgylchiadau sy’n ei gormesu;

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sef ei rhieni a’i meddyg. Ym 1975 cyfarwyddodd Loach y gyfres Days of Hope i’r BBC, pedair drama yn dilyn datblygiad y Mudiad Llafur o 1916 hyd 1926. Canmolwyd y gyfres ond codwyd gwrychyn y beirniaid adain–dde. Yna, yn sydyn, roedd Loach fel petai wedi diflannu oddi ar wyneb y Ddaear. Roedd yn dal i weithio ond roedd ei ddaliadau adain-chwith yn wrthnysig i’r sefydliad adain-dde newydd, Thatcheraidd. Comisiynodd y BBC ac ITV raglenni dogfen ganddo ond gwrthod eu darlledu. Yr un fu tynged drama a gomisiynwyd gan Theatr y Royal Court. A doedd y prif ddosbarthwyr ffilmiau ddim am gyffwrdd ei waith. Daeth tro ar fyd yn y 1990au gyda dyfodiad llywodraeth newydd a brwdfrydedd adran ffilmiau Channel Four. O hyn ymlaen enillodd ffilmiau Loach wobrau di-rif, yn arbennig yng Ngw ˆ yl Ffilmiau Cannes lle gwobrwywyd y canlynol: Hidden Agenda (1990), golwg ar weithgareddau cudd heddlu Gogledd Iwerddon; RiffRaff (1990), gwrthryfel gweithwyr ar safle adeiladu yn sgil marwolaeth un o’u cydweithwyr; My Name is Joe (1998) hanes dyn yn Glasgow sy’n colli ei gariad trwy ymwneud a chyffuriau; a The Wind That Shakes The Barley (2006), portread o hanes cythryblus Iwerddon yn hanner cyntaf yr ugeinfed ganrif. Bellach daeth Looking for Eric, comedi ddwys am bostmon sy’n wynebu argyfwng yn ei fywyd. Mae angen cyngor dibynadwy gan rywun doeth. Ai Eric Cantona sydd â’r ateb? Mae Cantona yn y ffilm, yn portreadu - ef ei hun! Ei syniad ef oedd y ffilm. Aeth â’r project at Ken Loach a dyma’r canlyniad. Mae Philip Wyn Jones yn olygydd ac adolygydd ar ei liwt ei hun.

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From L to R: Anything For Her (top), Katyn (bottom), Sugar

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Anything For Her

Katyn

Sugar

(Pour Elle)

Fri 10 — Thu 16 July Gwe 10 — Iau 16 Gorff

Poland/2007/121mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Andrzej Wajda. With Artur Zmijewski, Maja Ostaszewska, Andrzej Chyra.

USA/2008/120mins/15. Dir: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck. With Algenis Perez Soto, Alina Vargas, Andew Holland.

Now in his 80s, Wajda remains one of the leading lights in Polish cinema and the quality of his latest film reflects his wealth of experience. The little known, outside of Poland at least, massacre of 15,000 Police officers in the Katyn forest in 1940 was always blamed on the Nazis when in reality Stalin’s Russia was the perpetrator. This had been denied by the Russians for many years, until an official admission in 1990. Wajda’s father was a victim of the massacre when the director was 14, and perhaps because of his personal experiences Wajda concentrates as much on the impact on the wives and children, as he does the horror of the massacre itself.

The writing/directing team behind Half Nelson take us on another moving, humane exploration of contemporary American society. Sugar is a young amateur baseball player attempting to escape the grinding poverty of life in the slums of the Dominican Republic. Making it to the US, Sugar finds himself culturally displaced, linguistically at sea and homesick in the alien cornfields of Iowa. Despite a faltering romance he decides to search for another path to happiness and turns his back on baseball. Beautifully made with real depth and sensitivity, this is a thought-provoking film which consistently wrong-foots expectations and is as far from a mainstream American sport film as it is possible to get.

Fri 10 — Thu 16 July Gwe 10 — Iau 16 Gorff France/2008/97mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Fred Cavaye. With Vincent Lindon, Diane Kruger.

Anything for Her is the latest fastpaced, French thriller to cross the Channel. Julien and his wife Lisa are living happily with their small son when their world is shattered by an unexpected visit from the police. Lisa (European star Kruger) is taken to prison for a crime she did not commit, and the film’s flashback structure details her husband’s increasing desperation to find a way to free her. Exhausting all legal channels, he is forced to consider the unthinkable and thus begins a daring plan to break her out of jail. This is a tense and atmospheric thriller which generates a cracking pace while the leads give compelling performances as a family under siege.

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From L to R: Last Chance Harvey, Gigantic (top), Sunshine Cleaning (bottom)

Last Chance Harvey

Gigantic

Fri 10 — Thu 16 July Gwe 10 — Iau 16 Gorff

USA/2008/98mins/15. Dir: Matt Aselton. With Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, John Goodman.

US/2008/92 mins/12A. Dir: Joel Hopkins. With Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson.

Academy Award winners Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson star in this hopeful and romantic celebration of new beginnings. New Yorker Harvey Shine arrives in London for his daughter’s wedding to learn that she has chosen to have her stepfather walk her down the aisle. Doing his best to hide his devastation, he leaves before the reception but still misses his plane. Drowning his sorrows at the airport bar, Harvey meets Kate, a slightly prickly 40-something whose life is limited to work, the occasional humiliating blind date and endless phone calls from her smothering mother. This unexpected meeting inspires both as they begin to transform each other’s lives…

Fri 17 — Thu 23 July Gwe 17 — Iau 23 Gorff

This stylish directorial debut has impeccable indie credentials with the veteran Christine Vachon as producer and Paul Dano (Let There Be Blood, Little Miss Sunshine) and Zooey Deschanel (Assassination of Jesse James, All The Real Girls) as its stars. Dano plays Brian, a mattress salesman with a burning desire to adopt a Chinese baby, perhaps in an attempt to escape his highachieving, repressed family life. After a young woman arrives to collect an order, however, Brian’s plans for the future become sidetracked. Fresh and lively, this is an enjoyable and entertaining take on love, commitment and family life. The couple at its core are likeable characters and there is able support from John Goodman as Deschanel’s blustering but tender dad.

Sunshine Cleaning Fri 17 — Thu 23 July Gwe 17 — Iau 23 Gorff USA/2009/91mins/15. Dir: Christine Jeffs. With Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin.

From the producers of Little Miss Sunshine, this endearing, offbeat comedy follows Rose (Adams), a single mother who’s desperate to raise the funds to send her precocious young son to a private school that won’t rely on medication as ‘the answer’. When cleaning people’s homes fails to bring in sufficient cash, her cop boyfriend notices that people get paid very well for mopping up crime scenes after gruesome murders. While not the easiest of tasks, this grisly role allows Rose and her reluctant sister (Blunt), to help people in the aftermath of unexpected traumas, while also helping Rose to make sense of her own confusing life.

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From L to R: Telstar (top), Red Cliff (bottom), The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Telstar

Red Cliff

Fri 17 — Thu 23 July Gwe 17 — Iau 23 Gorff

(Chi bi)

UK/2008/119mins/15. Dir: Nick Moran. With Kevin Spacey, Con O’Neill, James Corden, Pam Ferris, Ralf Little.

Set against a backdrop of 1960s London, this off-beat biopic of the maverick song-writing and producing genius Joe Meek boasts a superb cast under firsttime director, Nick Moran. Enjoying success with Telstar, the best selling record of its time, Meek worked alongside many much-loved recording artists of the time including his house band, The Tornados, until bad luck, amphetamines and depression forced him a decline of murder, the occult and suicide. An iconic figure in the world of British pop, Meek’s tale is a compelling and deeply troubled one. The film boasts a cracking soundtrack including titles from Gene Vincent, Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages and of course, The Tornados.

Fri 17 — Thu 23 July Gwe 17 — Iau 23 Gorff China/2008/148 mins/subtitled/15. Dir: John Woo. With Chen Chang, Yong Ho, Tony Leung.

With this, the most costly Chinese-language film ever made at $80m, legendary film director John Woo brings his finetuned skills in highly stylised action and choreography to the Chinese classic ‘The Romance Of The Three Kingdoms’. It’s 208 AD and the ambitious Han Prime Minister, Cao Cao has brow beaten the Emperor into invading the Southlands of China. In order to protect their lands, the ruling warlords of the region must overcome their differences and join forces. Meeting at the last stand, the port of Red Cliff, with their military forces much depleted, it will be through cunning that the men can overcome the invaders.

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Fri 24 — Thu 30 July Gwe 24 — Iau 30 Gorff USA/2009/98 mins/15. Dir: Rebecca Miller. With Robin Wright Penn, Keanu Reeves, Julianne Moore, Winona Ryder, Alan Arkin.

Former wild child Pippa Lee is now the devoted wife of a brilliant publisher thirty years her senior, a proud mother and adored friend. Her husband decides that they should leave New York for a Connecticut retirement home and then has an affair with an even younger woman. Pippa finds her virtuous persona unravelling within ‘a very quiet nervous breakdown’ as she seeks to reconcile her wild past with her present and find a possible exit strategy with Chris, a home-coming drifter.

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From L to R: Public Enemies, My Sister’s Keeper (top), Lake Tahoe (bottom)

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Public Enemies

My Sister’s Keeper Lake Tahoe

Fri 24 — Thu 30 July Gwe 24 — Iau 30 Gorff

USA/2009/143 mins/cbta. Dir: Michael Mann. With Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup.

USA/2009/106 mins/12A. Dir: Nick Cassevetes. With Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin.

Mexico/2008/81mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Fernando Eimbcke. With Diego Catano, Hectgor Herrera, Daniela Valentine.

Master of the crime-action-thriller genre, Oscar nominated director, Michael Mann (Collateral, Heat) takes us along the crime ridden streets of 1930s Chicago with this story of legendary Depressionera outlaw and first Public Enemy No 1, John Dillinger. No one could stop him and no jail could hold him, his daring escapes endearing him to almost everyone, from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But his lightning raids made him a target of J Edgar Hoover’s fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis.

Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. The family is rocked by the sudden, heartbreaking news that their daughter Kate has leukaemia, forcing them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save Kate’s life. Based on the novel by Jodi Piccoult, this is a film that challenges your perceptions of love and loyalty and gives new meaning to the definition of healing.

An audience favourite at this year’s Wales One World Film Festival, this gently funny story follows a young boy who crashes a car and searches a sleepy Yucatan town for a mechanic to fix it. The original mix of humour and sadness is combined with gorgeous-looking scenes in which not a lot is said, but the silence speaks volumes. The incidental characters have lovely comic touches — one’s a puny Bruce Lee obsessive, another a wannabe punk singer. Lake Tahoe makes modesty a virtue providing a small but perfectly formed study of friendship, love, loss and the importance of family ties.

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From L to R: Rudo Y Cursi (top), Antichrist (bottom), Frozen River

Rudo Y Cursi

Antichrist

Frozen River

Fri 31 July — Thu 6 Aug Gwe 31 Gorff — Iau 6 Awst

Mexico/USA/2008/102mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Carlos Cuaron. With Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Guillermo Francella.

Denmark/2009/100mins/ctba. Dir: Lars Von Trier. With Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg.

USA/2008/97 mins/ctba. Dir: Courtney Hunt. With Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Michael O’Keefe.

Tato and Beto are two brothers who have a simple dream of saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fate has other plans. A friendly game of football leads to first one, then the other, being taken on by the nation’s top talent scout and gives rise to the first of many emotional head-toheads between them. Suddenly they find themselves living the high-life of fame, riches, fast cars and beautiful women. But every dream has a dark side... In a Mexican all-star dream team Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna and Carlos Guaron (Y Tu Mana Tambien) are reunited in the first project from Alftonso Cuaron, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Guillermo Del Toro’s groundbreaking new company Cha Cha Cha.

Dividing the critics, Von Trier’s visceral and uncompromising latest feature is not for the faint hearted. After the loss of their child, a grieving couple retreat to their cabin ‘Eden’ in the woods hoping to overcome their loss and repair their broken hearts and marriage. However, when Dafoe’s character ‘He’, as a relentless and overbearing talk therapist, suggests that ‘She’ should relinquish her medication and have the courage to stay in the situation that frightens her, he seriously underestimates the power of their absolute and allencompassing grief. Come and see it and make up your own mind.

Ray Eddy’s husband abandons his car at a Mohawk bingo parlour and disappears, leaving her penniless but determined to do anything possible to keep her family on the rails. For Lila, a Mohawk single mother, this abandoned car is her opportunity to make the money she needs to get her young son back from her mother-in-law who has ‘stolen’ him. Thrown together by circumstance, the two women make hazardous car trips across the ice of a frozen river to smuggle Chinese and Pakistani immigrants across the border into the US. While this is the stuff of action thrillers, first-time writer/ director Hunt’s naturalistic style keeps it grounded in the struggle for economic survival and has received critical acclaim in festivals around the world.

“completely bizarre, massively uncommercial and strangely perfect”. — Empire

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Burma VJ:

Moon

Shirin

Reporting From A Closed Country

Fri 7 — Thu 13 Aug Gwe 7 — Iau 13 Gorff

UK/2009/97mins/15. Dir: Duncan Jones. With Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey.

Iran/2008/92 mins/subtitled/PG. Dir: Abbas Kiarostami. With Golshifteh Farahani, Mahnaz Afshar, Juliette Binoche.

From L to R: Burma VJ, Moon (top), Shirin (bottom)

Fri 31 July — Thu 6 Aug Gwe 31 Gorff — Iau 6 Awst Denmark/2009/84 mins/ctba. Dir: Anders Ostergaard.

Comprised of material shot by undercover reporters in Burma, this incredible documentary tells the story of those who risk their lives to film and then smuggle the footage out of the country. The material is used for free by foreign TV crews and international media who are banned from the country and is then broadcast back into Burma via satellite. This film offers a unique insight into high-risk journalism and dissidence in a police state, while at the same time providing documentation of the historical and dramatic days of September 2007 when the Buddhist monks started to march.

In the future, the energy crisis has been averted by cheap fusion, with Lunar Industries maintaining a mostly-automated base on the dark side of the moon to collect the necessary fuel. Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) and computer GERTY (voice of Kevin Spacey) have the lonely job of monitoring the refineries. Bell is nearing the end of his three-year tour when there’s an accident on one of the refineries. But when he returns from carrying out the routine maintenance something seems amiss… is GERTY hiding something?

“one of the smartest, most well-rounded science fiction films in recent memory” — Efilm critic

Challenging all cinematic expectations, this powerful fable of female self-sacrifice is told only through the faces and actions of the audience watching a theatre performance of the 12th century Persian poem, Khosrow and Shirin. The audience is made up of over 100 famous Iranian theatre and stage actresses and one Juliette Binoche. Although the screen remains invisible, veteran, award-winning Director Abbas Kiarostami (Ten, The Wind Will Carry Us) expertly ensures that our attention is as rapt as that of the mesmerised spectators.

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Richard Burton: Lion of The Welsh

From L to R: Look Back in Anger, The Taming of the Shrew, Under Milk Wood

Under Milk Wood

The Last Days of Dolwyn

The Taming Of The Shrew

Sun 2 + Tue 4 Aug Sul 2 + Maw 4 Awst

Sun 16 + Tue 18 Aug Sul 16 + Maw 18 Awst

UK/1949/95mins/U. Dir: Emlyn Williams. With Richard Burton, Edith Evans, Emlyn Williams.

UK/1967/122mins/U. Dir:Franco Zeffirelli. With Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton.

UK/1972/88mins/15. Dir: Andrew Sinclair. With Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton.

This tale of revenge culminates in the flooding of Dolwyn, a fictional village, in 1892. Richard Burton plays Gareth, working in the local shop and pining for the love of the local land owner’s niece. Rob Davies (Emlyn Williams) returns to Dolwyn, the scene of a childhood trauma, to exact revenge on its inhabitants...

Zeffirelli draws great gusto and ferocity from the then married Burton and Taylor in this adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic battle of the sexes.

In this first-ever screen adaptation of Dylan Thomas’ classic play, Burton fulfilled a life-long ambition to appear in a part which his friend Thomas wrote especially for him. It remains moving, funny, beautiful and completely timeless.

Look Back In Anger Sun 9 + Tue 11 Aug Sul 9 + Maw 11 Awst UK/1958/115mins/PG. Dir: Tony Richardson. With Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure.

For many, this intense film based on John Osborne’s ‘angry young men’ play is quintessentially Burton. Jimmy Porter, a disillusioned university-educated malcontent living a small trapped life running a market stall rails against his seemingly perfect, middle class wife and the hypocrisy he believes she stands for. Pushing friends and himself to the limit, he realises almost too late how much he needs and wants her.

Illustrated lecture Sun 23 Aug • Sul 23 Awst Join Tony Earnshaw of Bradford International Film Festival, as he offers a re-consideration of the work of Richard Burton, who died 25 years ago this year. Using many of Burton’s own words and clips from his films, this portrait of the melancholy Welsh lion looks at the raw power of his performances from a 35-year career in Hollywood and beyond.

Sun 23 + Tue 25 Aug Sul 23 + Maw 25 Awst

+ Q&A with director Andrew Sinclair who will answer your questions about working with Burton (Sun 23 Aug only).

War Of The Worlds Sun 30 Aug • Sul 30 Awst

UK/1978/94 mins. Composer: Jeff Wayne. With Richard Burton, Phil Lynot, David Essex.

+ Dylan Thomas

A chance to listen to Jeff Wayne’s concept album in full, and revel in Burton’s sonorous tones. Join us in Cinema 2 and let your imagination take off.

UK/1962/31mins/U. Dir: Jack Howells. With Richard Burton.

The Medusa Touch

An Oscar-winning combination of lyrical photography, poetry and music, this is Jack Howells’ elegiac tribute to Dylan. The atmospheric evocation of the poet’s life is aided by the mellifluous voice of Richard Burton who not only narrates but also appears in the film. + Introduction by film historian Dave Berry

Sun 30 Aug • Sul 30 Awst UK/1978/109 mins/PG. Dir: Jack Gold. With Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Lino Ventura..

A much over-looked gem from director Jack Gold (The Naked Civil Servant). When John Morlar, a man without enemies, is attacked by an unknown assailant and left in a coma, Inspector Brunel is puzzled. However, as he works to uncover Morlar’s past for clues he discovers a string of disasters and unsolved mysteries linked to his key witness...

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From L to R: Fugitive Pieces, Kisses (top), Coco Before Chanel (bottom)

Fugitive Pieces

Kisses

Fri 7 — Thu 13 Aug Gwe 7 — Iau 13 Awst

Canada/Greece/2007/104 mins/part subtitled/15. Dir: Jeremy Podeswa. With Stephen Dellane, Rade Sherbedgie, Rosamund Pike.

UK/2009/76mins/15 Dir: Lance Daly. With Kelly O’Neil, Shane Curry.

Fri 14 — Thu 20 Aug Gwe 14 — Iau 20 Gorff

Dylan and Kylie, foul-mouthed and full of life, escape their grim and cheerless environment by hitching a ride on a barge into Dublin to find joy and even greater peril on the city’s hostile streets. Passing between black and white kitchen-sink-realism into colourful urban fairy tale, writer, director and cinematographer, Lance Daly draws wonderfully natural performances from these preteenage, non-professional actors and brings us a gritty modern tale filled with warmth, hope and the music of Bob Dylan.

France/2009/105 mins/subtitled/ctba. Dir: Anne Fonatine. With Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola.

Based on the best-selling novel by award-winning writer Anne Michaels, this is a powerful, poetic and emotionally-charged drama about love, loss and liberation. Jakob Beer is a man whose life is haunted by his childhood experiences during WWII. As a child in Poland he was orphaned during wartime then saved by a compassionate Greek archaeologist. Years later, having moved to Canada, Jakob becomes a writer struggling to articulate his childhood horrors, haunted by the mystery of his sister’s fate. Following the break up of his marriage to the free spirited Alex, Jakob must exorcise the ghosts of his past if he is to close a traumatic chapter of his life and find beauty in the present.

“two flawlessly natural, non-professional leads” Variety

Coco Before Chanel

Born in 1883 in rural France, Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel developed a keen eye, forthright manner and revolutionary approach to women’s tailoring, transforming her from a gruff peasant girl into the embodiment of chic. Anne Fontaine’s tenth feature and first period film promises to be her finest achievement yet, due in no small part to Audrey Tautou’s splendid performance as the headstrong, selfsufficient French designer, who in pre-First World War France was one of the first women to assert herself in a man’s world.

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From L to R: The Last Thakur, Cloud 9 (top), 35 Shots of Rum (bottom)

The Last Thakur

Cloud 9

35 Shots Of Rum

Fri 14 — Thu 20 Aug Gwe 14 — Iau 20 Gorff

(Wolke Neun)

Fri 14 — Thu 20 Aug Gwe 14 — Iau 20 Gorff

UK/Bangladesh/2008/81 mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Sadik Ahmed. With Tariq Anam Khan, Ahmed Rubel, Tanveer Hassan.

This intense contemporary western by UK film-maker Sadik Ahmed captures the soulful landscapes of the marshlands of Bangladesh. Mysterious lone gunman Kala arrives in a small town armed only with a rifle. The town is split by a feud between two leaders, the corrupt and ruthless Chairman and the local Thakur, the last of the local Hindu landlords whose aim is to reclaim land to build a temple. Kala is soon approached by both sides, but he’s on a mission of his own to avenge his mother’s murder...

Fri 14 — Thu 20 Aug Gwe 14 — Iau 20 Awst Germany/2008/98 mins/subtitled/ctba. Dir: Andreas Dresen. With Ursual Werner, Horst Rehberg, Horst Westphal.

While it may be a topic seldomcovered in mainstream cinema, Cloud 9 proves that love and sex don’t stop once you reach your 60s. Inge repairs clothes in her home and one day decides to deliver her work to a client in person. On meeting Karl, the two are passionately drawn to each other, but Inge is still married and devoted to her loving but predictable husband of 30 years, so what should she do? This gentle and heart-warming comedy focuses on the decisions she must make that will affect the people around her, and proves that falling in love can be difficult whatever age you are. Winner of Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2008.

France/Germany/2008/100 mins/ subtitled/12A. Dir: Claire Denis. With Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Gregoire Colin.

Lionel, a widower and train driver, lives with his daughter Josephine, a law student who also works as a sales clerk. Their time together is based on routine, trust and subtle, affectionate gestures but despite all the constants, both know that one day Josephine must leave the security of their shared home. Award-winning writer and director, Claire Denis (Chocolat, Vendredi Soir) has created an atmospheric, gorgeously shot and deeply affecting study of the bond between father and daughter.

“The warmth radiating from 35 Shots of Rum is smoother than the finest liquor” — Variety

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From L to R: Mesrine: L’instinct De Mort, Adam (top), Ichi (bottom)

Mesrine: L’instinct De Mort

Adam

Ichi

Fri 21 — Thu 27 Aug Gwe 21 — Iau 27 Awst

USA/2009/ctba. Dir: Max Mayer. With Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher.

Japan/2008/120 mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Fumihiko Sori. With Haruka Ayase, Shido Nakamura, Yosuke Kubozuka.

A winner at the Sundance Film Festival, this is the humorous and quirky tale of a young man living in the Manhattan apartment he once shared with his now deceased father. Adam works as an electronics engineer creating a toy company’s new talking doll. He also has Aspergers syndrome, so when Beth, a brainy and beautiful young woman who’s still smarting from a past relationship starts to fall for him, they must both learn how to truly connect with each another.

Continuing in the tradition of Zatoichi, director Fumihiko Sori (Ping Pong) introduces us to a female version of the famous sword hero. Haruka Ayase plays Ichi, a roaming blind woman, who travels the land with her shamisen, a threestringed Japanese guitar. But when the need arises, she reveals the sword hidden in her cane and unleashes her exceptional fighting skills to battle with yakuza and other assorted villains.

France/Canada/2008/114mins/15. Dir: Jean-Francois Richet. With Vincent Cassel, Gerard Depardeiu, Cecile De France.

Inspired by the true story of Jacques Mesrine, France’s most notorious gangster with 39 murders to this name, the first instalment of this epic charts Mesrine’s journey from disillusioned soldier in Algeria to becoming France’s eponymous Public Enemy No 1 after a series of prison escapes and increasingly brutal crimes. This hard hitting biopic boasts an allstar cast with Vincent Cassel as Mesrine, and Depardieu in a particularly creepy role as his underworld mentor. Look out for Part Two in September.

“action, violence and brass balls chutzpah” Screen International

“emotionally potent performances, gently offbeat humour” — Variety

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From L to R: Sin Nombre, Rumba (top), Just Another Love Story (bottom)

Sin Nombre

Rumba

Fri 28 Aug — Thu 3 Sept Gwe 28 Awst — Iau 3 Medi

Mexico/USA/96 mins/subtitled/ctba. Dir: Cary Fukunaga. With Marco Antionio Aguirre, Leonardo Alonson.

Belgium/2009/77 mins/subtitled/PG. Dir: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy. With Dominque Abel, Fiona Gordon, Philipe Martz.

When Honduran teenager Sayra reunites with her father, she believes that her dream of a life in America may at last become possible. Sayra’s story interweaves with that of Willy, a young gang member and robber from southern Mexico. Sin Nombre, meaning ‘without a name’, explores the risky and fateful journeys taken by so many in the hope of a better future in the north. “an extraordinary debut film… He knows the material. He spent time riding on the tops of northward trains” — Roger Ebert

Fiona and Dom have a common passion for Latin Dancing. Teachers in a rural school by day, by night their lives abound with glorious dance competitions and the trophies they have accumulated over the years. However, one night their lives are turned upside down when they’re involved in a tragic car crash, avoiding a man trying to commit suicide. While this sounds like the stuff of heavy drama, in the hands of lead actors/directors Abel and Gordon (L’Iceberg), this is an optimistic, bright and humorous film, full to the brim with physical comedy, vivid colours, a little conversation and plenty of very clever dancing. “turns dark tragedy into deadpan comedy through a series of surreal gags” — Variety

Just Another Love Story (Kaerlighed på film) Fri 28 Aug — Thu 3 Sept Gwe 28 Awst — Iau 3 Medi Denmark/2007/100 mins/subtitled/ctba. Dir: Ole Bornedal. With Anders W Berthelsen, Rebecka Hemse, Nikolaj Lie Kass.

When Jonas accidentally causes a car to crash and its driver falls into a coma, his safe, suburban life is turned upside down. Assuaging his guilt for an accident he may or may not have caused, he visits the hospital to find Julia, now out of her coma but with no memory of the accident or her life before. She assumes that he is her boyfriend and Jonas is drawn into the possibilities of a new and exciting life. But when her real boyfriend begins to grow curious about the intruder that has stolen his identity, things begin to take a tense turn.

Family Features

Family features and Carry on Screaming screenings are priced at £2.50/£2 in advance, £3/£2.50 on the day From L to R: Star Trek, Night at the Museum 2

Kes

Monsters vs Aliens

Sat 4 — Tue 7 July Sad 4 — Maw 7 Gorff See full details on p18.

Fri 31 July — Mon 3 Aug Gwe 31 Gorff — Llun 3 Awst

The Tale of Despereaux

The earth is in danger from aliens and we humans are powerless to save ourselves. We need raw power, we need… Monsters! Ginormica, the 50 foot girl, is joined by her new friends to save the planet.

Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky prisoner after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers.

Coraline

Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince

Sat 11 July • Sad 11 Gorff UK/USA /2008/93mins/U. Dir: Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen. With the voices of Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson.

This is a lovely film about a tiny, big-eared dreamer who falls in love with a Princess, befriends a rat, and saves a kingdom. Along the way there is an evil rat king to be faced, a soup genie to befriend and a timid serving girl to help!

Star Trek Fri 17 — Mon 20 July Gwe 17 — Llun 20 Gorff USA/2009/127mins/12A. Dir: J J Abrams. With Chris Pine, Simon Pegg.

The young James T Kirk and his USS Enterprise crew battle to prevent the evil Romulan Captain Nero from drilling a hole through to the Earth’s core.

Night At The Museum 2 Fri 24 — Mon 27 July Gwe 24 — Llun 27 Gorff USA/2009/105mins/PG. Dir: Shawn Levy. With Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Steve Coogan.

This return to the museum really brings history to life! Security guard, Larry Daley must infiltrate the Smithsonian Institute in order to rescue the miniature Jedediah and Octavius who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.

USA /95mins/2009/PG. Dir: Conrad Vernon, Rob Letterman. With the voices of Seth Rogan, Hugh Laurie, Reese Witherspoon.

Fri 7 — Mon 10 Aug Gwe 7 — Llun 10 Awst USA /2009/100mins/PG. Dir: Henry Selick. With the voices of Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders.

Coraline finds a secret tunnel to a parallel world where parents are always fun, talking cats are your pal and your neighbour is a flamboyant performer with a troupe of trained mice. However, life is not quite as perfect as it seems and she must act to save all that she holds dear.

Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs Fri 14 — Mon 17 Aug Gwe 14 — Llun 17 Awst USA/2009/94 mins/U. Dir: Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier. With the voices of Simon Pegg, Queen Latifah, Ray Romano.

In a bid to start his own family Sid the Sloth ‘borrows’ a dinosaur egg and draws himself and his furry band of friends into a mysterious underground world.

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Fri 21 — Mon 24 Aug Gwe 21 — Llun 24 Awst USA/2009/147mins/12A. Dir: Michael Bay. With Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, John Turturro.

Sat 28 Aug — Tue 1 Sept Sad 28 Awst — Maw 1 Medi UK/2009/153mins/12A. Dir: David Yates. With Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson.

As Harry begins his 6th year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked “This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince” and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort’s dark past…

CARRY ON SCREAMING! Check out the calendars for details of our special screenings aimed at people with babies under one year old. Every Friday at 11am.

Take a Chance Matinees: only £2 a ticket! We’re continuing to screen our popular week-day matinees throughout the redevelopment. We’re not expecting any disruption from the builders but we’ll give you a full refund if you are unhappy with your experience.

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Everlasting Moments (15) p15 2.30+6.00 A Girl Cut in Two (15) p15 6.15 Tyson (15) p15 8.30 400 Blows (PG) p16 8.45 thu • iau 2 Tyson (15) p15 2.30+6.00 400 Blows (PG) p16 6.15 Everlasting Moments (15) p15 8.00 A Girl Cut in Two (15) p15 8.30 fri • gwe 3 Looking For Eric (15) p18 2.30+6.00 Carry On Screaming: Mark Of An Angel (12A) p17 11.00 Drones Comedy Club p6 8.30 French Film (15) p16 8.30 Blind Loves (ctba) p17 6.15 Mark Of An Angel (12A) p17 8.00 sat • sad 4 Kes (PG) p18 3.00 Mark Of An Angel (12A) p17 6.15 French Film (15) p16 6.00 Blind Loves (ctba) p17 8.30 Looking For Eric (15) p18 8.00 sun • sul 5 Looking For Eric (15) p18 3.00+6.00 Kes (PG) p18 5.00 Bad Film Club: I Know Who Killed Me (18) p17 8.45 Mark Of An Angel (12A) p17 7.30 mon • llun 6 French Film (15) p16 6.00 Chapter MovieMaker p17 6.00 Looking For Eric (15) p18 8.30 Mark Of An Angel (12A) p17 8.00 tue • maw 7 Kes (PG) p18 2.30 Mark Of An Angel (12A) p17 6.15 Looking For Eric (15) p18 6.00 Blind Loves (ctba) p17 8.30 French Film (15) p16 8.30 wed • mer 8 French Film (15) p16 2.30+6.00 Blind Loves (ctba) p17 6.00 Looking For Eric (15) p18 8.00 Special Preview: Soul Power (12A) p16 8.15 Children’s Art Day — thu • iau 9 Looking For Eric (15) p18 6.00 Mark Of An Angel (12A) p17 2.30+6.15 After School Club, p11 French Film (15) p16 8.30 Blind Loves (ctba) p17 8.30 fri • gwe 10 Anything For Her (15) p20 2.30+8.45 Carry On Screaming: Last Chance Harvey (12A) p21 11.00 Katyn (15) p20 6.00 Last Chance Harvey (12A) p21 6.15 Sugar (15) p20 8.30 sat • sad 11 The Tale of Despereaux (u) p31 3.00 Last Chance Harvey (12A) p21 6.15 Anything For Her (15) p20 6.00 Sugar (15) p20 8.30 Katyn (15) p20 8.15 sun • sul 12 Katyn (15) p20 3.00+6.00 Raining Stones (15) p18 5.00 Anything For Her (15) p20 8.45 Sugar (15) p20 7.30 mon • llun 13 Anything For Her (15) p20 6.00 Last Chance Harvey (12A) p21 6.15 Patua Dance: Workshop p4 10.00 Katyn (15) p20 8.15 Sugar (15) p20 8.30 tue • maw 14 Katyn (15) p20 6.00 Raining Stones (15) p18 2.30 Anything For Her (15) p20 8.45 Sugar (15) p20 6.15 Last Chance Harvey (12A) p21 8.45 2.30+8.15 BAFTA Cymru Screening 6.00 wed • mer 15 Katyn (15) p20 Anything For Her (15) p20 6.00 Sugar (15) p20 8.30 thu • iau 16 Katyn (15) p20 6.00 Last Chance Harvey (12A) p21 2.30+8.45 Anything For Her (15) p20 8.45 Sugar (15) p20 6.15 fri • gwe 17 Carry On Screaming: Star Trek (12A) p31 11.00 Telstar (15) p22 6.00 Drones Comedy Club p6 8.30 Gigantic (15) p21 2.30+8.15 Red Cliff (15) p22 8.30 Sunshine Cleaning (15) p21 6.15 sat • sad 18 Star Trek (12A) p31 3.00 Telstar (15) p22 5.30 Gigantic (15) p21 6.00 Red Cliff (15) p22 8.00 Sunshine Cleaning (15) p21 8.15

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Calendar Calendr July • Gorffennaf 2009 32 Assembly: Rupert Clamp — A Yard of Earth, p10

Cinema • Sinema: Screenings 5pm Dangosiadau : Matinees • Prynhawn:

Ticket Prices:

6.15 8.45 2.30+8.30 6.15 11.00 6.15 8.15

My Sister’s Keeper (12A) p23 Lake Tahoe (15) p23 My Sister’s Keeper (12A) p23 Lake Tahoe (15) p23 Carry On Screaming: TBC Burma VJ (ctba) p25 Frozen River (ctba) p24

7.30 8.00

Slow Genius p7 Ludus Ludius p6

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Concessions: The concessionary rate applies to students, over 60s, children, unemployed, disabled people, MAX card and Youthcard holders and Chapter Members and Card holders. Proof of concession will be required. Group bookings: buy 8 tickets and get the 9th free Please Note • only one discount will be given at any one time • we are happy to take advance bookings but cannot reserve tickets • latecomers may be refused entry

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How to Book By Phone call us on 029 2030 4400. We accept all major credit cards. In Person our Box Office is open Mon-Sat 11.00am — 8.30pm; Sun 3.00 – 8.30pm. By Post to Chapter Freepost, RLYX-RTEB-KYAL, Cardiff CF5 1ZZ. Send us a cheque made payable to Chapter with details of the tickets you require. On-line we offer 24/7 booking at our website on www.chapter.org

6.15 8.30

Lake Tahoe (15) p23 My Sister’s Keeper (12A) p23

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6.15 8.45

My Sister’s Keeper (12A) p23 Lake Tahoe (15) p23

Cardiff Shakespeare... p6

2.30 6.00 8.45 2.30+6.00 8.30 6.00 Beyond Repair Dance p4 8.45 11.00 Beyond Repair Dance p4 6.15 8.45 6.15 Beyond Repair Dance p4 8.15

My Name Is Joe (15) p19 Red Cliff (15) p22 Telstar (15) p22 Telstar (15) p22 Red Cliff (15) p22 Red Cliff (15) p22 Telstar (15) p22 Carry On Screaming: My Sister’s Keeper (12A) p23 My Sister’s Keeper (12A) p23 Lake Tahoe (15) p23 Lake Tahoe (15) p23 My Sister’s Keeper (12A) p23 5.00 7.30

6.00 8.30

Telstar (15) p22 Red Cliff (15) p22

Sweet Sixteen (18) p18 My Sister’s Keeper (12A) p23

5.00 7.30

My Name Is Joe (15) p19 Red Cliff (15) p22

On the Day • Ar y Diwrnod Full Concs / Full Chapter Card Conc. Chapter Card Llawn Cons / cerdyn Chapter Llawn Cerdyn Chapter Cons £6.20 £4.80 £4.20 £5.20 £4.20 £3.80 £3.50 £3.00 £3.00

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3.00 Sunshine Cleaning (15) p21 6.15 Gigantic (15) p21 8.15 mon • llun 20 Sunshine Cleaning (15) p21 2.30 Star Trek (12A) p31 6.00 Gigantic (15) p21 8.45 tue • maw 21 Sunshine Cleaning (15) p21 6.15 Gigantic (15) p21 8.15 wed • mer 22 Gigantic (15) p21 6.15 Sunshine Cleaning (15) p21 8.30 thu • iau 23 Sunshine Cleaning (15) p21 2.30+6.15 Gigantic (15) p21 8.15 fri • gwe 24 Night At The Museum 2 (PG) p31 2.30 The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee (15) p22 6.00 Public Enemies (ctba) p23 8.15 3.00 sat • sad 25 Night At The Museum 2 (PG) p31 Public Enemies (ctba) p23 6.00 The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee (15) p22 8.30 sun • sul 26 Night At The Museum 2 (PG) p31 3.00 Public Enemies (ctba) p23 8.15 The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee (15) p22 6.00 mon • llun 27 Night At The Museum 2 (PG) p31 2.30 Public Enemies (ctba) p23 6.00 The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee (15) p22 8.30 tue • maw 28 Sweet Sixteen (18) p18 2.30 The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee (15) p22 6.00 Public Enemies (ctba) p23 8.15 wed • mer 29 Public Enemies (ctba) p23 2.30+6.00 The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee (15) p22 8.30 thu • iau 30 The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee (15) p22 6.00 Public Enemies (ctba) p23 8.15 fri • gwe 31 Monsters Vs Aliens (PG) p31 2.30 Rudo Y Cursi (15) p24 6.00 Antichrist (ctba) p24 8.30

sun • sul 19 Star Trek (12A) p31

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Monsters Vs Aliens (PG) p31 3.00 Frozen River (ctba) p24 6.15 Ludus Ludius p6 8.00 Antichrist (ctba) p24 6.00 Burma VJ (ctba) p25 8.30 Rudo Y Cursi (15) p24 8.15 3.00 The Last Days Of Dolwyn (U) p26 5.00 My Prosthetic Soul p7 8.00 sun • sul 2 Monsters Vs Aliens (PG) p31 Rudo Y Cursi (15) p24 6.00 Frozen River (ctba) p24 7.30 Antichrist (ctba) p24 8.30 2.30 Chapter MovieMaker p17 6.15 mon • llun 3 Monsters Vs Aliens (PG) p31 Antichrist (ctba) p24 6.00 Frozen River (ctba) p24 8.30 Rudo Y Cursi (15) p24 8.15 tue • maw 4 Rudo Y Cursi (15) p24 6.00 The Last Days Of Dolwyn (U) p26 2.30 Antichrist (ctba) p24 8.30 Frozen River (ctba) p24 6.15 Burma VJ (ctba) p25 8.30 wed • mer 5 Antichrist (ctba) p24 6.00 Burma VJ (ctba) p25 2.30+8.30 Rudo Y Cursi (15) p24 8.15 Frozen River (ctba) p24 6.15 thu • iau 6 Rudo Y Cursi (15) p24 6.00 Frozen River (ctba) p24 2.30+8.15 Antichrist (ctba) p24 8.30 Burma VJ (ctba) p25 6.15 fri • gwe 7 Carry On Screaming: Shirin (PG) p25 11.00 Fugitive Pieces (15) p27 6.15 Drones Comedy Club p6 8.30 Coraline (PG) p31 2.30 Kisses (15) p27 8.30 Shirin (PG) p25 6.00 Moon (15) p25 8.00 sat • sad 8 Coraline (PG) p31 3.00 Kisses (15) p27 6.15 Moon (15) p25 6.00 Fugitive Pieces (15) p27 8.00 Shirin (PG) p25 8.15 sun • sul 9 Coraline (PG) p31 3.00 Look Back In Anger (PG) p26 5.00 Cardiff Shakespeare... p6 6.30 Shirin (PG) p25 6.00 Kisses (15) p27 7.30 Moon (15) p25 8.00 mon • llun 10 Coraline (PG) p31 2.30 Fugitive Pieces (15) p27 6.15 Moon (15) p25 6.00 Kisses (15) p27 8.30 Shirin (PG) p25 8.15 tue • maw 11 Shirin (PG) p25 2.30+6.00 Look Back In Anger (PG) p26 2.30 Moon (15) p25 8.00 Kisses (15) p27 6.15 Fugitive Pieces (15) p27 8.00 wed • mer 12 Moon (15) p25 6.00 Fugitive Pieces (15) p27 2.30 Shirin (PG) p25 8.15 BAFTA Cymru Screening 6.00 Kisses (15) p27 8.30 thu • iau 13 Shirin (PG) p25 6.00 Kisses (15) p27 2.30+8.30 Moon (15) p25 8.00 Fugitive Pieces (15) p27 6.15 fri • gwe 14 Ice Age (U) p31 2.30 Carry On Screaming: 35 Shots Of Rum (12A) p28 11.00 The Last Thakur (15) p28 6.00 Cloud 9 (ctba) p28 6.15 Coco Before Chanel (ctba) p27 8.00 35 Shots Of Rum (12A) p28 8.30 sat • sad 15 Ice Age (U) p31 3.00 35 Shots Of Rum (12A) p28 6.15 Coco Before Chanel (ctba) p27 6.00 Cloud 9 (ctba) p28 8.30 The Last Thakur (15) p28 8.15 sun • sul 16 Ice Age (U) p31 3.00 The Taming Of The Shrew (U) p26 5.00 The Last Thakur (15) p28 6.00 Cloud 9 (ctba) p28 8.30 Coco Before Chanel (ctba) p27 8.00 mon • llun 17 Ice Age (U) p31 2.30 Cloud 9 (ctba) p28 6.15 Coco Before Chanel (ctba) p27 6.00 35 Shots Of Rum (12A) p28 8.30 The Last Thakur (15) p28 8.15

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Calendar Calendr August • Awst 2009 34 Assembly: Art in the Bar: Tim Freeman , p11

Cinema • Sinema: Screenings 5pm Dangosiadau : Matinees • Prynhawn:

Ticket Prices:

5.45 8.15 5.00 7.30

Ichi (15) p29 Soul Power (12A) p16 Illustrated Talk + Dylan Thomas (U) p26 Under Milk Wood (15) + Q&A p26

3.00 5.00 7.30 6.00 8.15

War Of The Worlds: Listening event (no cert) p26 The Medusa Touch (PG) p26 Just Another Love Story (ctba) p30 Just Another Love Story (ctba) p30 Harry Potter (12A) p31

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Drones Comedy Club p6

6.00 8.15

Just Another Love Story (ctba) p30 Harry Potter (12A) p31

6.15 8.15 6.15 8.45 6.00 8.15

Soul Power (12A) p16 Ichi (15) p29 Ichi (15) p29 Soul Power (12A) p16 Just Another Love Story (ctba) p30 Harry Potter (12A) p31

Soul Power (12A) p16 6.15 Ichi (15) p29 8.15 Ichi (15) p29 6.15 Soul Power (12A) p16 8.45

2.30 6.15 8.30 6.15 8.30 2.30+8.30 6.15 6.15 8.15

The Taming Of The Shrew (U) p26 35 Shots Of Rum (12A) p28 Cloud 9 (ctba) p28 Cloud 9 (ctba) p28 35 Shots Of Rum (12A) p28 Cloud 9 (ctba) p28 35 Shots Of Rum (12A) p28 Soul Power (12A) p16 Ichi (15) p29

On the Day • Ar y Diwrnod Full Concs / Full Chapter Card Conc. Chapter Card Llawn Cons / cerdyn Chapter Llawn Cerdyn Chapter Cons £6.20 £4.80 £4.20 £5.20 £4.20 £3.80 £3.50 £3.00 £3.00

tue • maw 18 The Last Thakur (15) p28 6.00 Coco Before Chanel (ctba) p27 8.00 wed • mer 19 The Last Thakur (15) p28 2.30+8.15 Coco Before Chanel (ctba) p27 6.00 thu • iau 20 The Last Thakur (15) p28 6.00 Coco Before Chanel (ctba) p27 8.00 fri • gwe 21 Carry On Screaming: TBC 11.00 Transformers (12A) p31 2.30 Mesrine: L’instinct De Mort (15) p29 6.00 Adam (ctba) p29 8.30 sat • sad 22 Transformers (12A) p31 3.00 Adam (ctba) p29 6.00 Mesrine: L’instinct De Mort (15) p29 8.30 sun • sul 23 Transformers (12A) p31 3.00 Mesrine: L’instinct De Mort (15) p29 6.00 Adam (ctba) p29 8.30 mon • llun 24 Transformers (12A) p31 2.30 Adam (ctba) p29 6.00 Mesrine: L’instinct De Mort (15) p29 8.30 tue • maw 25 Under Milk Wood (15) p26 2.30 Mesrine: L’instinct De Mort (15) p29 6.00 Adam (ctba) p29 8.30 wed • mer 26 Adam (ctba) p29 2.30+6.00 Mesrine: L’instinct De Mort (15) p29 8.30 thu • iau 27 Adam (ctba) p29 2.30+8.30 Mesrine: L’instinct De Mort (15) p29 6.00 fri • gwe 28 Carry On Screaming: Rumba (PG) p30 11.00 Sin Nombre (ctba) p30 2.30+8.00 Rumba (PG) p30 6.15 sat • sad 29 Harry Potter (12A) p31 3.00 Sin Nombre (ctba) p30 6.15 Rumba (PG) p30 8.30 sun • sul 30 Harry Potter (12A) p31 3.00 Rumba (PG) p30 6.15 Sin Nombre (ctba) p30 8.15 mon • llun 31 Sin Nombre (ctba) p30 6.15 Rumba (PG) p30 8.30

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Chapter is situated in Canton, behind Cowbridge Road East, between Llandaff Road and Market Road. We are easily accessible from the city centre. Overflow car parking is available after 6pm at Cardiff Community Learning Services adjacent to the car park at Chapter. Alternative nearby car parks are shown above. Number 17 and 18 buses leave every five minutes from the City Centre. From Newport on M4: Take exit 29 onto the A48M, follow signs for city centre via the A470. From Swansea on M4: Take exit 33 and follow signs onto A4232, take the 2nd exit towards the athletic stadium onto Leckwith Road.

Sut i gyrraedd Chapter Mae Chapter yn Nhreganna, y tu ôl I Heol Ddwyreiniol y Bont–faen, rhwng Heol Llandaf a Heol y Farchnad. Mae’n hawdd ein cyrraedd o ganol y ddinas.. Mae maes parcio gorlif ar gael wedi 6pm yng Ngwasanaethau Dysgu Cymunedol Caerdydd gerllaw’r maes parcio. Dangosir uchod y meysydd parcio eraill sydd gerllaw. Mae’r bysys 17 ac 18 yn gadael bob pum munud o Ganol y Ddinas. O Gasnewydd ar yr M4: Dewch oddi ar y draffordd yng nghyffordd 29 gan ddilyn yr A48M. Dilynwch arwyddion canol y ddinas i’r A470. O Abertawe ar yr M4: Dewch oddi ar y draffordd yng nghyffordd 33 a dilynwch yr arwyddion ar yr A4232, cymerwch yr ail lôn ymadael tuag at y stadiwm athletau ar Heol Lecwydd.

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