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JAN-FEB 16

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(12A)

John Crowley’s (Boy A) tender, heartbreaking Brooklyn – adapted from Colm Tóibín’s novel by Nick Hornby – follows Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) as she leaves 1950s Ireland for brighter prospects in New York.

Initially she’s deeply homesick but eventually new friendships, the pleasures of work and an unexpected romance buoy her spirits. Then home ties pull her painfully back to Ireland, where she is forced to choose between two men, two countries and two futures.

Warm and affecting, Brooklyn explores the universal dilemma between the ties of home and the painful process of forging one’s own identity, with a standout performance from Ronan.

cinema pricing Stalls: £7 / £6.50 (conc) / £5 (under 12s) Balcony: £8 / £7.50 (conc) / £6 (under 12s) Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

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the lobster

brooklyn

(15)

Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz head an all-star cast in Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster, his English-language debut.

They’re joined by Léa Seydoux, John C. Reilly, Olivia Colman, Ben Whishaw and numerous British comic actors in depicting a dystopian near future where single people, according to bizarre rules, are sent to a hotel where they must find a romantic partner amongst the other ‘guests’, or face an unusual transformation.

Creating a rigidly constructed, dysfunctional and alienating world that offers a provocative mirror to our own, The Lobster is a surreal, hilarious and brilliantly entertaining satire.

Nick Hornby adapts Colm “Tóibín’s lovely novel... and the result will send shivers down your spine. ” Tim Robey, Telegraph

Thu 7, Fri 8 & Sat 9 Jan, 7.30pm Dir: John Crowley | Ireland / UK / Canada | 2015 | 112 mins

macbeth

(15)

Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard headline director Justin Kurzel’s (director of the acclaimed Australian crime drama Snowtown) take on Shakespeare’s ‘Scottish’ play.

Fassbender is spellbinding as Macbeth, whose fatal flaw is a corruptive ambition – instigated by his ruthless wife, Lady Macbeth (Cotillard) – that leads him to murder, to power, and into bloody war and a kind of psychosis. This is a boldly stylised, visually thrilling adaptation led by the seriously charismatic pairing of Fassbender and Cotillard (with excellent supporting turns from Paddy Considine and David Thewlis amongst others) and crafted with real dramatic heft.

“Like nothing you’ve seen before [...]

Colin Farrell excels in this hilarious and bracingly weird story about love, loneliness and animals” Robbie Collin, Telegraph

“The Highlands are recast as a glowing outback in this extremely stylish and sometimes inspired new version” Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

Wed 6 Jan, 7.30pm Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos | Ireland / UK / Greece / France / Netherlands | 2015 | 118 mins

Mon 18 & Tue 19 Jan, 7.30pm Dir: Justin Kurzel | UK / France / USA | 2015 | 113 mins

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he named me malala (PG) On the afternoon of 9 October 2012, Malala Yousafzai boarded her school bus in the northwest Pakistani district of Swat. A gunman asked for her by name, then shot her in the forehead; but despite expectations, she survived.

Targeted by the Taliban for speaking out on the need for female education, this assassination attempt provoked an international outpouring of support.

Now a Nobel Prize laureate (the youngest ever) and a leading advocate for children’s rights across the globe, Davis Guggenheim’s (Waiting for “Superman”) documentary is an intimate portrait of an immeasurably brave young woman, and a passionate activist.

“You can’t help but be inspired” Catherine Shoard, Guardian Wed 20 Jan, 7.30pm & Thu 21 Jan, 2pm Dir: Davis Guggenheim | USA | 2015 | 87 mins

CAROL

(15)

Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara star in Todd Haynes’ (Far from Heaven, Mildred Pierce) exquisite Carol, an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s lesbian romance, published under a pseudonym in 1952.

Mara is Therese, a wannabe set designer in 1950s New York, who falls for the powerfully glamorous, seemingly unattainable Carol (Blanchett).

Embarking on a friendship, then an affair, their relationship becomes a journey across mid-century America, revealing the personal and public costs of a forbidden romance that’s seen as an affront to the heterosexual norm.

Channelling photographer Saul Leiter in its highly coloured cinematography, this is a headily self-aware, quietly subversive and utterly beautiful film.

star wars – The force awakens (cert tbc) The breathlessly awaited latest episode in George Lucas’s generation-spanning Star Wars saga – helmed

by Lost creator and Star Trek director J. J. Abrams – is set 30 years after the Battle of Endor and the events portrayed in Return of the Jedi, and will plunge us into the further adventures of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher). New cast members feeling the force include Gwendoline Christie, Adam Driver and Oscar Isaac as well as newcomers John Boyega and Daisy Ridley.

Fri 29, Sun 31 Jan & Mon 1 Feb, 7.30pm Dir: J. J. Abrams | US | 2015 | 136 mins

steve jobs

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Fri 29 Jan & Tue 2 Feb, 2pm

(PG)

Danny Boyle’s (127 Hours) latest tells the astonishing story behind Apple; complete with a fast-paced script from Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) and a superb central performance from Michael Fassbender.

Gorgeous, gently “groundbreaking, and might be the saddest thing you’ll ever see. ”

It’s 1984 and with public anticipation running high, Apple Inc. co-founders Jobs and Steve Wozniak (Seth Rogen) prepare to unveil the first Macintosh while simultaneously, Jobs must also deal with his exgirlfriend Chrisann Brennan and their young daughter Lisa. Eventually fired, Jobs launches NeXT Inc. but ten years later, finds himself back at Apple’s helm, and under pressure to revolutionise the industry once again.

Fri 22 & Mon 25 Jan, 7.30pm Tue 26 & Wed 27 Jan, 2pm Dir: Todd Haynes | US | 2015 | 119 mins

Wed 27 Jan, 7.30pm Dir: Danny Boyle | UK | 2015 | 122 mins

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ice and the sky

(u)

güeros

(15)

Oscar-winning filmmaker Luc Jacquet (March of the Penguins) tells the inspiring story of Claude Lorius, an 82-year-old glaciologist who has dedicated his life to studying the icescapes of Antarctica. Accompanied by breathtaking landscape photography and a fascinating array of archival footage from his many expeditions, Lorius reflects on his life’s work; both the great successes and the punishing hardships suffered during his decades on the ice. Both a powerful call-to-action on climate change and a forceful rebuke to those in denial, Ice and the Sky is an essential and profoundly human portrait of one man’s dedication to uncovering the secrets of the planet at the heart of a frozen world.

Mexico, 1999: Teenager Tomás is sent to stay with his big brother Fede, who’s studying in Mexico City. Fede and his flatmate Santos are absconding from a strike their fellow students are organising, and without lectures to attend, need a new focus. Tomás has brought a tape along with him which contains the music of folk-rocker Epigmenio Cruz, and when they find out he’s in hospital, they set off on a road trip to pay their last respects to the one-time rock star. Filled with self-reflexive wit and an immense charm, this is an invigorating and hugely promising debut from Palacios and a welcome addition to the Mexican New Wave.

Tue 2 Feb, 7.30pm Dir: Luc Jacquet | France | 2015 | 89 mins

Wed 3 Feb, 7.30pm Dir: Alonso Ruiz Palacios | Mexico | 2014 | 107 mins | Subtitles

the danish girl (cert tbc)

From Tom Hooper, Oscar-winning director of The King’s Speech, comes this immensely moving historical biopic of artist Einar Wegender (Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne), one of the first people to undergo gender reassignment surgery.

With the loving support of wife Gerda (Alicia Vikander), Einar begins cross-dressing, answering an impulse she’s felt since childhood.

Soon she is unable to stop even as her new alter-ago, Lili, threatens to destroy their relationship. And – desperate to own her true identity – when she learns surgery may be possible, feels it’s her destiny. Redmayne and Vikander give superb performances in Hooper’s timely, beautifully made film.

beautiful, humane “andA moving biopic ”

Robbie Collin, Telegraph

Fri 5, Sat 6, Mon 8 & Tue 9 Feb, 7.30pm Mon 8 Feb, 2pm Dir: Tom Hooper | UK/Germany/USA | 2015 | 120 mins 6 ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk

black mass

(15)

Scott Cooper’s (Crazy Heart) thriller has a script

by Jerusalem playwright Jez Butterworth and a stunning cast headlined by a fantastic Johnny Depp.

He’s Irish hoodlum James “Whitey” Bulger, who while his brother Bill (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a powerful leader in the Massachusetts Senate, pursues a life of crime in corrupt 1970s Boston.

Approached by FBI agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton), he’s persuaded into helping the agency fight their common enemy, the Italian mob: but as their alliance spins out of control, Bulger increases his power and evades capture to become one of the most dangerous gangsters in U.S. history.

Wed 10 Feb, 7.30pm Dir: Scott Cooper | US | 2015 | 123 mins Box Office: 01584 878141

they will have to kill us first: malian music in exile (15)

They Will Have To Kill Us First is a powerful documentary following musicians in Mali in the wake of a jihadist takeover and the subsequent ban on music.

One of the most important forms of artistic expression and communication in Mali, music disappeared overnight in 2012 when Islamic extremists rose up to capture an area the size of the UK and France combined. But rather than lay down their instruments, the country’s musicians fought back. Featuring the stories and music of bands such as Songhoy Blues, this is a poignant, urgent film which demands to be seen.

Thu 11 Feb, 7.30pm Dir: Johanna Schwartz| UK | 2015 | 100 mins | Subtitles 7

bridge of spies

(12a)

Steven Spielberg’s superbly crafted Cold War thriller Bridge of Spies boasts a screenplay by the Coen brothers and a hefty central performance from Tom Hanks. He’s James Donovan, the Brooklyn lawyer thrust into the centre of the conflict when the CIA tasks him with negotiating the release of their pilot, Gary Powers (Austin Stowell), captured by the Russians. His bargaining chip? The potential return of convicted Soviet spy Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance). Can he orchestrate a straight swap, while all around him others are acting in bad faith? Terrifically tense and persuasive, it’s a captivating study of a fascinating historical moment.

“Magnificent […] pure storytelling gusto” Peter Bradshaw, Guardian Mon 15, Wed 17 & Thu 18 Feb. 7.30pm Dir: Steven Spielberg | USA | 2015 | 142 mins

classic

dr zhivago

An epic romance set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution, David Lean’s Doctor Zhivago is one of cinema’s great love stories.

In Moscow on the eve of the First World War, medical student Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) meets the beautiful Lara (Julie Christie), setting in train a fateful romance that turns their lives upside down. Featuring excellent supporting performances by Alec Guinness, Rod Steiger, Geraldine Chaplin and Tom Courtenay (45 Years), Doctor Zhivago portrays at its heart an intensely human and passionate relationship, challenged by the monumental politics of tradition and war.

Family filmS the good dinosaur

(pg)

Earth: 65 million years ago. This beautifully realised animation from Pixar envisions an altered past: in which Earth was never hit by an asteroid, and dinosaurs never became extinct.

In this ‘what-if’ scenario we meet young Apatosaurus Arlo, who – after a tragic accident, and finding himself stranded miles away from his family in the Clawed-Tooth Mountains – teams up with the distinctly canine, but human, caveboy Spot (Jack Bright) to survive the frontier-like wilderness. With a quality ensemble voice cast including Anna Paquin and Sam Elliott (as T-Rexes) it’s another joyfully imaginative and entertaining story from Pixar.

Mon 15 & Tue 16 Feb, 2pm Dir: Peter Sohn | USA | 2015 | 101 mins

snoopy & charlie brown

the peanuts movie (u) Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, and the rest of the beloved “Peanuts” gang make their big-screen debut in glorious animation. Snoopy, the world’s most lovable beagle and flying ace embarks upon his greatest mission as he takes to the skies to pursue his arch-nemesis The Red Baron, while his best pal, Charlie Brown, begins his own epic quest.

From the imagination of Charles M. Schulz and the creators of the Ice Age films, Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie will prove that every underdog has his day.

Thu 18 & Fri 19 Feb. 2pm Dir: Steve Martino | US | 2015 | 93 mins

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in the heart of the sea

Matthew Bourne’s

the car man

(12A)

Ron Howard’s (Rush, Apollo 13) latest film is based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s 2000 non-fiction book of the same name, and events that inspired author Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick. In 1820, crewmen (Hemsworth, Walker, Murphy) aboard the New England vessel Essex face a harrowing battle for survival when a whale of mammoth size and strength attacks with force, crippling their ship and leaving them adrift in the ocean. Pushed to their limits and facing storms, starvation, panic and despair, the survivors must resort to the unthinkable to stay alive.

(cert tbc)

Following their work together in Baby Mama and on US TV’s Saturday Night Live (as well as their much lauded Golden Globes hosting duties) Tina Fey and Amy Poehler now reunite for Sisters, the new comedy from Pitch Perfect director Jason Moore.

The film follows two disconnected sisters summoned home to clean out their childhood bedroom before their parents sell the family house. Looking to recapture their glory days, they throw one final high-school-style party for their classmates, which turns into the cathartic rager that a bunch of disillusioned adults really need.

Fri 19 & Sat 20 Feb, 7.30pm Dir: Jason Moore | USA | 2015 | 118 mins

grandma

The Car Man is loosely based on Bizet’s popular opera (CARMEN) and has one of the most thrilling and instantly recognisable scores in classical music, brilliantly arranged by Terry Davies.

Lez Brotherston’s epic design, Chris Davey’s evocative lighting and Matthew Bourne’s vivid storytelling take in a wealth of cinematic references, creating a powerful and uncompromising vision of small-town America.

Tuesday 1 March, 7.30pm | Tickets: £11 / £8 under 18 | Duration: 1 hr 30 mins tbc

Sun 21 Feb, 7.30pm & Mon 22 Feb, 2pm Dir: Ron Howard | USA | 2015 | 121 mins

sisters

A sensational new dance event from the internationally acclaimed choreographer Matthew Bourne and his Dance Company New Adventures.

borderlines festival

(15)

the revenant (cert tbc)

Embarking on a road trip through LA, they confront both their demons, and each other – with Tomlin simply superb as Elle, setting out to defend her granddaughter’s rights while her curt, dry wit belies a painful past.

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu reteams with cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki – following their work on the Oscar-winning Birdman – for one of the most anticipated films of the year. In 1892 during an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant. Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption.

Mon 22 & Tue 23 Feb, 7.30pm Dir: Paul Weitz | USA | 2015 | 79 mins

Fri 26 & Sat 27 Feb, 7.30pm Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu | USA | 2015 | 151 mins

Lily Tomlin (Nashville, I Heart Huckabees) gets a plum role in Paul Weitz’s (About a Boy) hugely enjoyable comedy-drama as Elle, an acerbic poet in her 70s. Still recovering from a traumatic loss, she’s also having difficulties with her girlfriend Olivia (Judy Greer) when her granddaughter Sage (Julia Garner) arrives at her door, desperately in need of help.

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sunset song (15) Ravishing, tremulous and romantic, the latest from British screenwriter, novelist and director Terence Davies (Of Time and the City, The Deep Blue Sea) adapts Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic novel. Set in Aberdeenshire on the eve of World War I, Agyness Deyn (Electricity) stars as the teenage daughter of an oppressive father (Peter Mullan); who when tragedy strikes, finds a curious liberty in the changes to her dysfunctionally tight-knit family. Lushly beautiful, it’s full of Davies’ trademark nostalgia and impressionistic grace, but also depicts the hard realities of life in a historical rural world on the cusp of brutal change.

“A stirring and gorgeous 1900s romance” Tom Huddleston, Time Out Sun 28 & Mon 29 Feb, 7.30pm Dir: Terence Davies | UK / Luxembourg | 2015 | 130 mins 11

January

Thu 4, 6.45pm

La Traviata

The Big Knights (U)

Fri 5, 7.30pm

The Danish Girl (cert tbc)

Spectre (12A)

Sat 6, 7.30pm

The Danish Girl (cert tbc)

Spectre (12A)

Mon 8, 2pm

The Danish Girl (cert tbc)

Spectre (12A)

Mon 8, 7.30pm

The Danish Girl (cert tbc)

Tue 5, 7.30pm

Spectre (12A)

Tue 9, 7.30pm

The Danish Girl (cert tbc)

Wed 6, 2pm

Spectre (12A)

Wed 10, 7.30pm

Black Mass (15)

Wed 6, 7.30pm

The Lobster (15)

Thu 11, 7.30pm

They will have to kill us first (15)

Thu 7, 7.30pm

Brooklyn (12A)

Sun 14, 7.30pm

Dr Zhivago

Brooklyn (12A)

Mon 15, 2pm

The Good Dinosaur (PG)

Sat 9, 7.30pm

Brooklyn (12A)

Mon 15, 7.30pm

Bridge of Spies (12A)

Mon 18, 7.30pm

Macbeth (15)

Tue 16, 2pm

The Good Dinosaur (PG)

Tue 19, 7.30pm

Macbeth (15)

Tue 16, 7.30pm

Renoir

Wed 20, 7.30pm

He Named Me Malala (PG)

Wed 17, 7.30pm

Bridge of Spies (12A)

Thu 21, 2pm

He Named Me Malala (PG)

Thu 18, 2pm

Snoopy & Charlie Brown (U)

Thu 21, 7.30pm

Florence & Uffizzi

Thu 18, 7.30pm

Bridge of Spies (12A)

Carol (15)

Fri 19, 2pm

Snoopy & Charlie Brown (U)

Mon 25, 7.30pm

Carol (15)

Fri 19, 7.30pm

Sisters (cert tbc)

Tue 26, 2pm

Carol (15)

Sat 20, 7.30pm

Sisters (cert tbc)

Tue 26, 7.15pm

Rhapsody & The Two Pigeons

Sun 21, 7.30pm

In the Heart of the Sea (12A)

Wed 27, 2pm

Carol (15)

Mon 22, 2pm

In the Heart of the Sea (12A)

Steve Jobs (15)

Mon 22, 7.30pm

Grandma (15)

Thu 28, 7pm

Les Liasions Dangereux

Tue 23, 7.30pm

Grandma (15)

Fri 29, 2pm

Star Wars (cert tbc)

Thu 25, 7pm

As You Like It

Fri 29, 7.30pm

Star Wars (cert tbc)

Fri 26, 7.30pm

The Revenant (cert tbc)

Sun 31, 7.30pm

Star Wars (cert tbc)

Sat 27, 7.30pm

The Revenant (cert tbc)

Sun 28, 7.30pm

Sunset Song (15)

Mon 29, 7.30pm

Sunset Song (15)

Sat 2, 2pm Sat 2, 7.30pm Mon 4, 2pm Mon 4, 7.30pm

Fri 8, 7.30pm

Fri 22, 7.30pm

Wed 27, 7.30pm

February Mon 1, 7.30pm

Star Wars (cert tbc)

Tue 2, 2pm

Star Wars (cert tbc)

march

Tue 2, 7.30pm

Ice and the Sky (U)

Tue 1, 7.30pm

Wed 3, 7.30pm

Gueros (15)

The Car Man

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