FILM
THEIR FINEST
01202 280000 www.lighthousepoole.co.uk
APRIL / MAY 2017
MAIN FEATURES THE LOST CITY OF Z (15)
7-8, 11-13 Apr
Director: James Gray. Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller. USA 2016. 141 mins. Based on the bestselling book of the same name, The Lost City Of Z centres on the story of real-life explorer Colonel Perceval Fawcett (Hunnam), who in the 1920s embarked on a two-year journey into the Amazon jungle searching for a lost civilisation. Having left behind his sparky, intellectual and protesting wife (Miller), and accompanied by his old army pal, Henry Costin (Pattinson), he faces all manner of human and natural obstacles on his quest to solve the mystery of the forgotten city. Writer/director James Gray (The Immigrant, We Own The Night) avoids the sort of Errol-Flynn-like derring-do the film’s worthy antecedents might have employed, preferring to examine the more realistic human traits modern audiences can identify with. Ultimately, it’s a pictorially ravishing, againstall-adversity thriller.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (PG)
14-15, 18-20 Apr, 27 May & 1 Jun
Director: Bill Condon. Starring: Emma Watson, Luke Evans, Stanley Tucci, Ian McKellen. USA 2017. 129 mins. Back in 1991, the Walt Disney Company released Beauty And The Beast, an exquisitely drawn feature animation that became a gargantuan hit, delighting both audiences and critics and spinning off a blockbuster Broadway musical. So who better to breathe new life into the beloved French fairy tale – with its very modern message of not judging people by their appearance – in a live-action telling than the studio that made it a movie classic in the first place? Veteran director Bill Condon (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Parts 1 & 2, Dreamgirls, Mr Holmes) has refashioned the characters for a contemporary audience but stayed true to the animation’s music, with several new songs and an amended score by the original composer, Alan Menken. Get ready to be wowed all over again.
ANOTHER MOTHER’S SON (12A)
14-15, 18-19 Apr
Director: Christopher Menaul. Starring: Jenny Seagrove, Julian Kostov, John Hannah, Ronan Keating. UK 2017. 103 mins. Another Mother’s Son tells the true story of unsung Second World War heroine Louisa Gould (Seagrove), a shopkeeper on the Nazi-occupied island of Jersey who takes in an escaped Russian POW (Kostov) and then claims him as her own son. As the solidarity of the island community wavers under pressures of hunger, oppression and divided loyalty, Louisa fights to preserve her family’s sense of humanity.
Contains moderate violence and gruesome images.
01202 280000 CERTAIN WOMEN (12A)
15 & 19 Apr
Director: Kelly Reichardt. Starring: Laura Dern, Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart. USA 2016. 107 mins. Reichardt (Night Moves, Meek’s Cutoff) applies her feel for harsh landscapes to three loosely connected stories of women who are strong in character, albeit not always certain of themselves: hard-nosed but sorrowful Gina (Williams), exasperated small-town lawyer Laura (Dern), and night-school tutor Elizabeth (Stewart), who finds herself the object of a student’s adoration. The vignettes are articulated with huge depth, and the bleached-out 16mm photography quietly intoxicates.
Contains infrequent strong language and nudity.
A QUIET PASSION (12A)
21, 22, 25 & 27 Apr
Director: Terence Davies. Starring: Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Duncan Duff, Keith Carradine. UK/Belgium 2016. 125 mins. Cynthia Nixon gives a searing, multifaceted performance as American poet Emily Dickinson in this biopic from acclaimed writer-director Terence Davies (The Deep Blue Sea, The House Of Mirth). Confined to her strictly Protestant Massachusetts home, and with little of her poetry published during her lifetime, Dickinson leads a constrained and conflicted life. The psychological intensity of the performances makes this an exhilarating watch.
Contains upsetting scenes of illness.
THE SENSE OF AN ENDING (15)
28, 29 Apr, 1-4 May
Director: Ritesh Batra. Starring: Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Michelle Dockery, Harriet Walter. UK 2017. 108 mins. Retired and divorced, Tony Webster (Broadbent) leads a relatively quiet life. One day, the past comes knocking in the form of an inheritance: a diary written by his best friend from his student days, now in the hands of an old girlfriend. On his quest to recover it, Tony is forced to revisit his flawed recollections of his past. Based on Julian Barnes’ novel of the same name.
THE SALESMAN (12A)
2 & 3 May
Director: Asghar Farhadi. Starring: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti. Iran/France 2016. 123 mins. Persian with English subtitles. Set in Tehran, this intriguing film by Asghar Farhadi is about a stage production of Death of a Salesman. Married couple Emad and Rana are playing Willy and Linda Loman, and when they take temporary accommodation in a shabby apartment building, their situation increasingly becomes disturbing. Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars.
Contains sexual violence references, moderate sex references and violence.
www.lighthousepoole.co.uk THEIR FINEST (12A)
5-7, 9-11 May
Director: Lone Scherfig. Starring: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Richard E. Grant. UK 2016. 117 mins. A roll call of much-loved British talent assembles for Lone Scherfig’s delightful romantic comedy-drama, which follows a group of filmmakers struggling to make a morale-boosting picture during the Blitz. Hired by the British Ministry of Information to bring a female perspective to wartime propaganda films, writer Catrin Cole (Arterton) teams up with cynical producer Tom Buckley (Claflin) for the MOI’s most ambitious project yet: the inspirational tale of two civilians’ heroics at Dunkirk. However, the story isn’t quite what it’s made out to be, and the team have to accommodate a self-obsessed, fading thespian (Nighy). Nevertheless, they press on, determined to make a film that will lift the nation’s spirits. Scherfig creates an impressive period piece around Catrin’s story, weaving an enchanting, nostalgic, yet never rose-tinted view of a nation under siege.
Contains infrequent strong language, moderate sex, injury detail.
GOING IN STYLE (12A)
12, 13, 16, 17, 20 & 25 May
Director: Zach Braff. Starring: Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Alan Arkin. USA 2017. 96 mins. In this remake based on the 1979 blockbuster of the same name, three retired pals (Arkin, Caine and Freeman) are robbed of their pensions by duplicitous ex-employers and their bankers. To get even and recover their dignity, they decide to rob a bank. Writer Theodore Melfi’s (St. Vincent, Hidden Figures) script is sharp as nails, and is executed by Zach Braff (Garden State) and his three stars with a gusto that belies their combined 247 years. The consequences and the gags may be almost obvious, but the actors’ comic timing and nuanced performances make this a riotously entertaining film, which is underpinned by a serious commentary on growing old in a callous, capitalistic society.
Contains infrequent strong language and drug misuse.
NERUDA (15)
12, 16, 17, 23 & 25 May
Director: Pablo Larraín. Starring: Gael García Bernal, Luis Gnecco, Mercedes Morán. Chile/Argentina/France/ Spain/USA 2016. 108 mins. Spanish with English subtitles. Under threat of arrest after denouncing Chile’s right-wing president, Nobel Prize-winning poet and Communist Party activist Pablo Neruda (Gnecco) is on the run. He is pursued by conflicted detective Óscar Peluchonneau (García Bernal), whom the somewhat self-regarding poet taunts with clues as to his whereabouts. This game of cat and mouse is gripping and highly entertaining, and offers a dark critique of post-war Chilean politics.
01202 280000 RULES DON'T APPLY (12A)
19, 20, 23 & 24 May
Director: Warren Beatty. Starring: Warren Beatty, Lily Collins, Alden Ehrenreich. USA 2016. 127 mins. After a 15-year hiatus, reclusive writer-director Warren Beatty returns to play reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. Rules Don’t Apply revolves around the awkward romance between Hughes’s driver (Ehrenreich, Hail, Caesar!) and an ingénue actress (Collins, Love, Rosie) auditioning for a Hughes movie. Old Hollywood is lovingly evoked, and the machinations required of the two would-be lovers are as entertaining as Hughes’s maddeningly eccentric behaviour.
Contains moderate sex references and infrequent strong language.
THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI (12A) 19, 20, 23 & 25 May Director: Juho Kuosmanen. Starring: Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola, Eero Milonoff. Finland/Sweden/Germany 2016. 93 mins. English and Finnish with English subtitles. The true story of Olli Mäki, the famous Finnish boxer who had a shot at the 1962 World Featherweight title. Immensely talented and equally modest, Olli’s small town life is transformed when he is swept into national stardom and suddenly regarded as a symbol of his country. There’s only one problem: he’s just fallen in love.
Contains infrequent strong language.
THE PROMISE (12A)
26, 27, 30 & 31 May
Director: Terry George. Starring: Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale, Charlotte Le Bon. Spain/USA 2016. 133 mins. In Constantinople, during the dying days of the Ottoman Empire, Armenian medical student Mikael (Isaac) falls for a French-educated Armenian girl, Ana (Le Bon), who is also the mistress of Chris (Bale), a fiery American journalist. Caught up in the onset of the Armenian genocide at the hands of the Ottomans, the love-struck pair face incredible dangers as they try to make a run for it. To complicate matters further, Mikael is already engaged to Maral (Angela Sarafyan), a woman from his hometown in eastern Turkey. Writer/director Terry George (Hotel Rwanda) is no stranger to personal melodrama set against harrowing human tragedy, and in this case the four-pronged romantic predicament takes centre stage but is mightily informed by a devastating yet relatively unexplored period of history.
Contains moderate violence, occasional bloody images.
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FAMILY FRIENDLY 8, 13 Apr & 6 May
THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE (U)
A spin-off from The Lego Movie, this is a tongue-in-cheek take on the Caped Crusader, told entirely by meticulously computer-animated Lego. At heart it is a father and son story about playboy Bruce Wayne/ Batman and the wide-eyed orphan he grudgingly takes under his wing. 104 mins.
8 & 12 Apr
SING (U)
In an attempt to save his theatre, koala bear and impresario Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) dreams up a talent contest for animal performers. The result is a wildly funny, beautifully realised animation with a starry voice cast, witty subplots and great, great music. 108 mins. 11 Apr
THE JUNGLE BOOK (PG)
When the tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba) decrees that humans are no longer welcome in the jungle, human boy Mowgli sets off with Bagheera the panther (Ben Kingsley) and Baloo the bear (Bill Murray) to find a new home. This starry new adaptation seamlessly blends live action with cutting-edge CGI. 106 mins. 27 May & 1 Jun
THE BOSS BABY (U)
A briefcase-wielding, suitwearing baby (Alec Baldwin) reluctantly teams up with his seven-year-old brother Tim to foil a dastardly plot involving puppies. Expect poop jokes. 97 mins.
DOCUMENTARIES
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Tue 25 Apr
Tue 30 May
Director: Daniel Gordon. UK 2016. 92 mins. BAFTA-nominated director Daniel Gordon turns his camera spotlight on football legend George Best. Described by the Irish Football Association as “the greatest player to ever pull on the green shirt of Northern Ireland”, Belfast-born Best thrilled crowds with every turn. But with such extraordinary fame came a fatal temptation towards drink and depression.
Director: Raoul Peck. France/USA 2016. TBC mins. Partly anchored in the struggle for equality in the ’50s and ’60s, I Am Not Your Negro is about what it means to be black in America today. This is Raoul Peck’s cinematic vision of James Baldwin’s unfinished work, which tracks the lives and assassinations of Baldwin’s friends, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Medgar Evers.
BEST (12A)
Contains infrequent partially obscured strong language.
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (Cert TBC)
DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY SCREENINGS These events are enhanced to suit the needs of people with dementia. Staff are on hand to assist if needed, and we screen the films with the lights up a little and sound turned down a touch. There will also be an interval to help ensure your comfort throughout.
Wed 26 Apr, 2.00
Wed 31 May, 2.00
Director: Joshua Logan. Starring: Mitzi Gaynor, Rozano Brazzi, John Kerr. USA 1958. 158 mins. Adapted from Rodgers and Hammerstein's famous stage musical. On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.
Director: Victor Fleming. Starring: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton. USA 1939. 98 mins. Dorothy is swept away by a tornado from her home in Kansas to the magical land of Oz. There she embarks on a quest with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man to find the Wizard and ask him for help.
SOUTH PACIFIC (U)
THE WIZARD OF OZ (U)
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
NATIONAL THEATRE
ON SCREEN
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
Live: 20 Apr; Encores: 9 May & 28 May
TWELFTH NIGHT
Encore: 4 & 16 May
OBSESSION
MET OPERA
EUGENE ONEGIN
Live: 22 Apr
DER ROSENKAVALIER
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE
JULIUS CAESAR
Live: 26 Apr; Encore: 2 May
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
Live: 13 May
Live: 24 May; Encore: 30 May
Tickets: £23 / Members £22 / Concessions £21
Live: Full Price £15 / Members £12 / Concessions £13 Encore: Full Price £13 / Members £10 / Concessions £11
Live: 11 May
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Live: 18 May
Live: £15 / Members £12 / Concessions £13 Encore: Full Price £13 / Members £10 / Concessions £11
Encore screenings are the live performances recorded without losing any of their magic and immediacy. For details of the full season of live screenings, see our website: www.lighthousepoole.co.uk
Sun 7 May, 5.00
FUNNY FACE (U) Director: Stanley Donen. Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire. USA 1957. 103 mins. In this Gershwin musical, a fashion photographer thinks he has discovered his next model in shy bookshop assistant Jo. But can she be persuaded?
DIARY 7 – 13 APR
28 APR – 4 MAY
19 – 25 MAY
THE LOST CITY OF Z Fri: 5.15, 8.10; Sat: 8.00; Tue: 5.15, 8.00; Wed: 5.15, 8.00; Thu: 5.15, 8.00 SING Sat: 3.15; Wed: 2.30 THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE Sat: 5.45; Thu: 2.30 THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016) Tue: 1.30
THE SENSE OF AN ENDING Fri: 6.00, 8.20; Sat: 3.00, 5.30, 8.00; Mon: 5.45, 8.10; Tue: 6.00; Wed: 3.15, 8.20; Thu: 4.45 THE SALESMAN Tue: 8.20; Wed: 5.45 RSC ENCORE: JULIUS CAESAR Tue: 1.30 NT ENCORE: TWELFTH NIGHT Thu: 7.00
14 – 20 APR
5 – 11 MAY
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Fri: 5.15; Sat: 3.00; Tue: 5.30; Wed: 3.15, Thu: 4.00 ANOTHER MOTHER’S SON Fri: 8.00; Sat: 5.45; Tue: 1.30, 8.15; Wed: 8.20 CERTAIN WOMEN Sat: 8.00; Wed: 6.00 NT LIVE: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD Thu: 7.00
THEIR FINEST Fri: 5.45, 8.15; Sat: 5.30, 8.00; Sun: 7.30; Tue: 8.20; Wed: 3.00, 5.45, 8.15; Thu: 4.00 SPECIAL SCREENING: FUNNY FACE Sun: 5.00 NT ENCORE: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD Tue: 1.30 NT LIVE: OBSESSION Thu: 7.00 THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE Sat: 3.00
THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI Fri: 6.10; Sat: 3.45; Tue: 8.20, Thu: 6.00 RULES DON’T APPLY Fri: 8.15, Sat: 6.00; Tue: 1.30; Wed: 4.30 GOING IN STYLE Sat: 8.10; Thu: 3.45 NERUDA Tue: 6.00; Thu: 8.10 RSC LIVE: ANTONY & CLEOPATRA Wed: 7.00
21 – 27 APR A QUIET PASSION Fri: 5.45, 8.20; Sat: 3.00; Tue: 1.30, 8.00; Thu: 3.00, 5.45, 8.20 DOCUMENTARIES: BEST (GEORGE BEST: ALL BY HIMSELF) Tue: 6.00 MET OPERA LIVE: EUGENE ONEGIN Sat: 5.55 RSC LIVE: JULIUS CAESAR Wed: 7.00 DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY: SOUTH PACIFIC Wed: 2.00
12 – 18 MAY GOING IN STYLE Fri: 6.00; Sat: 3.00; Tue: 8.20; Wed: 6.10 NERUDA Fri: 8.15; Tue: 6.00; Wed: 8.20 MET OPERA LIVE: DER ROSENKAVALIER Sat: 5.30 NT ENCORE: TWELFTH NIGHT Tue: 1.30 NT LIVE: WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Thu: 7.00
26 MAY – 1 JUN THE PROMISE Fri: 5.30, 8.15; Sat: 8.00; Tue: 8.10; Wed: 5.30, 8.15 BOSS BABY Sat: 3.00; Thu: 1.30 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Sat: 5.15; Thu: 4.00 DOCUMENTARIES: I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO Tue: 6.00 NT ENCORE: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD Sun: 2.30 RSC ENCORE: ANTONY & CLEOPATRA Tue: 1.30 DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY: THE WIZARD OF OZ Wed: 2.00
01202 280000 www.lighthousepoole.co.uk The feature presentation starts at the time advertised in this brochure and on your ticket. This includes up to 20 minutes of advertisements and trailers prior to each main feature screening (ad/trailer times may vary). Live events tend to start promptly at the time listed on the ticket and often have pre-show material before that. We advise arriving at least 15 minutes early for live performances.
CINEMA INFORMATION 01202 280000 www.lighthousepoole.co.uk 21 Kingland Road, Poole BH15 1UG
TICKETS Peak Off-Peak £8.50 £7.00 £6.00 £5.50 £7.50 £6.00 £6.50 £5.00 £24.00 £22.00 £6.00 £5.50
Guide and hearing assistance dogs are welcome. Sound enhancement systems are available in the concert hall, theatre, cinema and studio. I f you use a wheelchair, please advise us when booking so we can ensure a seat is available. There are wheelchair-accessible toilets on all floors.
Off-Peak: before 5.00. Peak: after 5.00. Adult: those aged 16 and over. Family: four people with at least one under 16. Senior: those aged 60 and over. Student: available to those in full-time education if they hold a valid form of ID. Prices relate to standard feature films only and not performing arts presentations, which are priced separately. Opening Times: CLOSED to the public on Monday. Tuesday – Saturday, 11.00am to close. Ticket Office Opening Times: Monday 11.00am – 5.00, telephone sales only. Tuesday – Saturday 11.00am – 8.00, telephone and counter sales. Online: 24-hour booking is available on our website for all of our ticketed events. Prices quoted are for tickets booked in person at the Ticket Office. Tickets booked via telephone or online are subject to a booking fee of up to £1.75 per ticket.
ACCESS Lighthouse has level access from the nearby car parks, bus and train stations. We have lifts to all floors, and friendly staff on hand in case you need further assistance.
EMAILING LIST Sign up today at the Ticket Office or online at www.lighthousepoole.co.uk On occasion we may change timings to allow for additional screenings of popular films. We recommend you either book in advance or check the website for up-to-date information.
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