ON Screen at Adam Smith Theatre - Oct/Nov

SCREEN October – November 2013

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Wed 2 Oct 7.30pm

Stories We Tell Rating 12A I Running Time 109 mins I Directed by Sarah Polley Starring Sarah Polley, Michael Polley, John Buchan Canadian actress Sarah Polley pieces together her family history through interviews with her loved ones, genuine home movies and specially shot segments, stylised to look like old Super 8 footage. As she navigates past and present, Polley lays bare the web of secrets and explores her maelstrom of emotions about her biological father.

Thu 3 Oct 7.30pm

Only God Forgives

Rating 18 I Running Time 90 mins I Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Starring Ryan Gosling, Luke Evans, Kristin Scott Thomas American ex-pat Julian Thompson runs a boxing club in Bangkok, which is a front for a lucrative drug smuggling operation. His older brother Billy is beaten to death

by Choi Yan Lee, the father of a young prostitute, who Billy raped then murdered.

When Julian confronts Choi about the retribution killing, he discovers that the head of the Thai police, Lieutenant Chang, who is known locally as the “Angel of Vengeance”, sanctioned the killing.

Fri 4 Oct 3pm (Subtitled for Deaf & Hard of Hearing) & 7.30pm

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Rating 15 I Running Time 90 mins I Directed by Declan Lowney Starring Steve Coogan, Sean Pertwee, Colm Meaney Alan and his trusty sidekick Simon host the Mid Morning Matters show at the North Norfolk Digital radio station. Vicious rumours circulate that management are planning to fresh up the station by axing some of the older DJs and changing the name to Shape. Late night presenter Pat Farrell fears he will be one of the first for the chop so he takes his colleagues hostage, armed with a shotgun. By chance, Alan is outside the building when the siege begins so police recruit him as a hostage negotiator.

Sat 5 Oct 3pm

The Kid

Rating U I Running Time 60 mins I Directed by Charles Chaplin Starring Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Chuck Reisner, Lita Grey After the clamour around the highly successful screening of Harold Lloyd’s Safety Last this June, we have decided to screen another classic silent film also supported by a film from the Scottish Screen Archive of Old Kirkcaldy. In Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid (1921), The Tramp and an abandoned child (6 year old Jackie Coogan) triumph over life’s hard knocks in the landmark film that changed the notion of what a screen comedy could be. “There is less pure horse-play in The Kid than in the other Chaplins. The comedian depends chiefly upon his inimitable pantomime, and it scores every time.” New York Times (1921)

Sat 5 Oct 7.30pm

The Lone Ranger

Rating 12A I Running Time 149 mins I Directed by Gore Verbinski Starring Armie Hammer, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter Handsome lawyer John Reid travels to 1869 Texas by the newly constructed railroad controlled by Latham Cole. Tragedy strikes and John wakes from a bullet wound to meet Tonto, a quixotic Commanche Native American. Tonto encourages John to find the hero within by donning a mask and together they hunt down outlaw Butch Cavendish. “It’s rollicking and beautifully made, jammed with matinee action and stars.” Empire

Tues 8 Oct 7.30pm

Kick Ass 2

Rating 15 I Running Time 103 mins I Directed by Jeff Wadlow Starring Chloe Moretz, Jim Carrey, Aaron Johnson, Lyndsy Fonseca Kick-Ass becomes an inspiration to other would-be heroes across the city. Colonel Stars And Stripes and his team called Justice Forever recruit Kick-Ass into their ranks, convinced that there is greater power in numbers. Haunted by the death of her father, Hit-Girl retires her mask to pursue a normal teenage life as a schoolgirl. However, when Red Mist vows revenge against Kick-Ass for the death of his own father, Hit-Girl comes out of retirement to save her dearest friend.

Wed 9 Oct 11am, 3pm (Subtitled for Deaf & Hard of Hearing) & 7.30pm

What Maisie Knew

Rating 15 I Running Time 93 mins I Directed by Scott McGehee, David Siegel

Starring Steve Coogan, Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgard A six-year-old girl finds herself a pawn in the ongoing divorce of her self-absorbed mother and father, who are both desperate to get custody of the child but are blind to her feelings. As both parents begin disastrous new relationships, the youngster is forced to develop an unexpected maturity to cope with her situation. Based on Henry James’ novel of the same name and updated to modern New York. “An intimate story of repeated betrayal, five terrific performances…” The Scotsman

Sat 12 Oct 7.30pm

The Way Way Back

Rating 12A I Running Time 103 mins I Directed by Nat Faxon, Jim Rash Starring Steve Carell , Amanda Peet, Toni Collette Fourteen-year-old Duncan desperately wanted to spend the summer with his father.

Instead, he's being forced to tolerate a holiday on the East Coast with his mother Pam, her new boyfriend Trent and Trent's tearaway teenage daughter Steph.

Feeling desperately alone, Duncan ventures to a nearby Water Wizz theme park where the wise-cracking owner Owen takes pity on the miserable teenager and hires him for the summer where he finds the possibility of a first love. “ Funny, real and uplifting. A film that reaffirms your belief in the human spirit.” EMPIRE

Tues 29 Oct 11am & 7.30pm Wed 30 Oct 3pm (Subtitled for Deaf & Hard of Hearing) & 7.30pm

About Time Rating 12A I Running Time 123 mins I Directed by Richard Curtis Starring Bill Nighy, Rachel McAdams, Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie Richard – Love Actually, Four Weddings, Notting Hill – Curtis’ new film. At the age of 21, Tim Lake discovers he can travel in time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what has happened in his own life. Moving from the Cornwall coast to London to train as a lawyer, Tim finally meets the beautiful but insecure Mary.

However an unfortunate time-travel incident means he has never met her at all, condemning them to meet again and again as if for the first time. After a lot of cunning time-travelling, he finally wins her heart. Tim finds out that his unique gift can’t save him from the sorrows and ups and downs that affect all families, everywhere. There are great limits to what time travel can achieve, and it can be dangerous too.

Mon 4 Nov 7.30pm

Rush Rating 15 I Running Time 123 mins I Directed by Ron Howard Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Dormer, Olivia Wilde, Daniel Bruhl Thrilling biographical drama chronicling the intense rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 season. Polar opposites both on and off the track, the rancour between dashing, devil-may-care British playboy Hunt and the efficient and cool Austrian Lauda knows no bounds as the two battle it out to be the 1976 Formula 1 World Champion. But when a horrifying crash at Germany’s Nürburgring leaves Lauda badly burned and scarred, his miraculous return to the track in just six weeks earns the grudging respect of Hunt, in the process setting up a climactic end to the season as both drivers pursue the ultimate prize.

Thu 14 Nov 3pm (Subtitled for Deaf & Hard of Hearing) & 7.30pm

Blue Jasmine Rating 12A I Running Time 98 mins I Directed by Woody Allen Starring Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Louis C.K., Andrew Dice Clay, Peter Sarsgaard Broke and suffering from a nervous breakdown, housewife Jasmine travels from New York to San Francisco to stay with her sister Ginger. While Ginger encourages her to become an interior designer, Jasmine's snobbish outlook causes her to question her sister's taste in men. Before she can find success in interior design Jasmine’s lack of funds force her to reluctantly take on a job as a receptionist, but when she encounters a diplomat, Dwight, who falls for her, she begins to find some hope. “...deserves to be seen for Blanchett’s performance alone. The movie is a near-perfect capture of a woman on the edge of a nervous breakdown without going off the deep end into a farce.” Paste

French Film Festival 2013

Sun 10 Nov 1pm (English Subtitles)

Paulette

Bernadette Lafont Homage

Rating 15 I Running Time 87 mins I Directed by Jérôme Enrico Starring Bernadette Lafont, Carmen Maura, Domique Lavanant Paulette, played by the late Bernadette Lafont, lives alone in a housing scheme on the outskirts of Paris. She struggles to make ends meet on her meagre pension. She decides that she will start selling cannabis.

By combining her flair for commerce with her skill as a cook, she soon manages to make a success of her new venture.

Sun 10 Nov 3pm (English Subtitles)

Jappeloup Rating 12A I Running Time 130 mins I Directed by Christian Duguay Starring Guillaume Canet, Marina Hands, Daniel Auteuil A true sports story; Christian Duguay’s film captures the wild ups and downs of the Olympics-bound career of legendary equine star Jappeloup and his troubled rider, locked in a tense relationship with his horseman father and forever uncertain of his own skills as an equestrian. ”Undeniably rousing climax.” Hollywood Reporter

Tue 12 Nov 3pm (English Subtitles)

Capital/Le Capital Rating 15 I Running Time 113 mins I Directed by Costa-Gavras Starring Gad Elmaleh, Gabriel Byrne, Natacha Regnier Capital opens as sex, wealth and power collide. The CEO of Phenix Bank collapses in agony on the golf course. The cause is a testicular tumor.

As colleagues gather like vultures, the dying man names a provisional successor, Marc Tourneuil (Gad Elmaleh), a media savvy tactician with a sneer that doesn’t change through almost two hours of non-stop backstabbing. “A serious European financial thriller is something of a novelty.” Hollywood Reporter

French Film Festival 2013

Wed 13 Nov 3pm (English Subtitles)

Lola Rating 15 I Running Time 85 mins Directed by Jacques Demy Starring Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Alan Scott, Elina Labourdette The debut film directed by Jacques Demy was a tribute to director Max Ophüls. It was described by the director as a “musical without music.”

Shot in Nantes (Demy’s home town) it features a young man, Roland Cassard (Marc Michel) who has a chance encounter with Lola (Anouk Aimée), a woman he used to know as a teenager. Though Roland is quite smitten with her, Lola is preoccupied with her former lover, her seven-year-old son and an American sailor, Frankie (Alan Scott), also vying for Lola’s affections…

The film has been restored by the Fondaton Gan and the Fondation Technicolor in collaboration with Demy’s widow Agnès Varda.

Thu 14 Nov 10am (English Subtitles)

Little Lion/ Comme un lion Rating PG I Running Time 101 mins Directed by Samuel Collardey Starring Marc Barbé, Mytri Attal, Anne Coesens, Jean-François Stévenin, Marc Berman Little Lion takes place in the milieu of soccer, but it isn’t about ‘the beautiful game’ so much as a fable of escape, shared sacrifice, wounded pride, cultural values, and redemption. “Little Lion surprises: the film believes more in the young hero than in the cruel realities of the world from which it does not shy.

I think it should be seen as a great audacity.”

Jean-Dominique Nuttens, Positif

Thu 26 Sept 7pm I £12.50, conc. £10 I Running Time 210 mins

Othello NT Live Broadcast

Directed by Nicholas Hytner Starring Adrian Lester, Rory Kinnear The National Theatre presents a major new production of William Shakespeare’s celebrated play about the destructive power of jealousy. Olivier Award-winning actor Adrian Lester (Henry V at the National Theatre, BBC’s Hustle) takes the title role. Playing opposite him as the duplicitous Iago is fellow Olivier Award-winner Rory Kinnear (The Last of the Haussmans, James Bond: Skyfall), who is reunited with director Nicholas Hytner (Timon of Athens, One Man, Two Guvnors) following their acclaimed collaboration on the National Theatre’s recent production of Hamlet. Othello, newly married to Desdemona – who is half his age – is appointed leader of a major military operation. Iago, passed over for promotion by Othello in favour of the young Cassio, persuades Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair.

Tue 22 Oct 7pm I £12.50, conc. £10 I Running Time 210 mins

Hamlet National Theatre Encore Screening Directed by Nicholas Hytner Starring Rory Kinnear Following his celebrated performances at the National Theatre in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger’s Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, Olivier Award-winning actor Rory Kinnear played Hamlet in a dynamic production of Shakespeare’s complex and profound play about the human condition, directed by Nicholas Hytner.

Thu 31 Oct 7pm & Tue 12 Nov 7pm £12.50, conc. £10 I Running Time 131 mins

Frankenstein National Theatre Encore Screening Directed by Danny Boyle Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jonny Lee Miller Oscar winner Danny Boyle directed this sensational production with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternating roles as Victor Frankenstein and his creation. The two leads won the Best Actor Olivier for their performances.

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“A Theatrical Coup” The Times

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“A thrill. The most viscerally exciting and stunning show in town.” Daily Telegraph Please note, on the 31st Oct Benedict Cumberbatch will take on the role of the Dr and Jonny Lee Miller the creature – the roles are reversed for Tues 12 Nov.

Sun 10 Nov 7pm I £12.50, conc. £10 I Running Time 140 mins

The Habit of Art National Theatre Encore Screening Starring Richard Griffiths, Alex Jennings, Frances de la Tour NT Live’s 2010 broadcast of Alan Bennett’s acclaimed play The Habit of Art, with Richard Griffiths, Alex Jennings and Frances de la Tour, returns to cinemas as part of the National Theatre's 50th anniversary celebrations. Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, W. H. Auden.

During this imagined meeting, their first for 25 years, they are observed and interrupted by, amongst others, their future biographer and a young man from the local bus station. Alan Bennett’s play is as much about theatre as it is about poetry or music. It looks at the unsettling desires of two difficult men, and at the ethics of biography. It reflects on growing old, on creativity and inspiration, and on persisting when all passion’s spent: ultimately, on the habit of art.

Wed 13 Nov 7pm I £12.50, conc. £10 I Running Time 140 mins

Richard II RSC Live Broadcast Directed by Gregory Doran Starring David Tennant

Richard II, directed by RSC Artistic Director, Gregory Doran, with David Tennant in the title role, which opens in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) this October. The production will be filmed during the performance in the RST on 13 November 2013 and simultaneously screened into over 100 cinemas around the country. The production will be filmed using multiple cameras around the stage and auditorium, with John Wyver as producer, having previously collaborated with Gregory Doran on the RSC’s highly acclaimed filmed versions of Macbeth, with Antony Sher and Harriet Walter, for Channel 4 and Hamlet, with David Tennant, and the recent African Julius Caesar for the BBC.

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