September - October 2019
Cinema
Event Screenings / Halloween / Exhibitions On Screen / Q&As / Controversy Season
Timetable Sunday 11am 2pm Monday 2pm 6.45pm Tuesday 6pm 8.15pm Wednesday 6pm 8.40pm Thursday 2pm 6.30pm Friday 6pm 8.30pm Saturday 10am 5pm 8pm Sunday 12.30pm 3.30pm Monday 2pm 6.30pm Tuesday 2pm 7.30pm Wednesday 2pm 6pm 8pm Thursday 12.30pm 3pm 7pm 7.30pm Friday 2pm 5.30pm 8.15pm Saturday 2pm 6pm 8.15pm Sunday 1pm 5pm
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01-Sep Angry Birds 2 Pain & Glory 02-Sep Pain & Glory Pain & Glory 03-Sep Bring Back: Amazing Grace Pain & Glory 04-Sep Pain & Glory Bring Back: Amazing Grace 05-Sep Pain & Glory Bring Back: Amazing Grace 06-Sep Mrs Lowry & Son Animals 07-Sep Colour Box: Scooby Doo, Where Are You! Mrs Lowry & Son Animals 08-Sep Mrs Lowry & Son 4K Film: Notorious 09-Sep Mrs Lowry & Son Mrs Lowry & Son 10-Sep Mrs Lowry & Son Margaret Atwood: Live In Cinemas 11-Sep Mrs Lowry & Son Tackling Homelessness + Q&A Animals 12-Sep Mrs Lowry & Son The Sheik + Panel The Best of Sheffield Adventure Film Festival 2019 NT Live: Fleabag 13-Sep Bring Back: Sometimes Always Never Photograph Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood 14-Sep Bring Back: Sometimes Always Never Simon Brew: Film Stories Live Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood 15-Sep Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood Transit
MAC Cinema / Sep - Oct 2019
Monday 2pm 6.30pm Tuesday 5.30pm 8pm Wednesday 5.30pm 9pm Thursday 2pm 6.30pm 8.30pm Friday 2pm 5.30pm 8.30pm Saturday 11.30am 3pm 5.45pm 8.30pm Sunday 12pm 3pm 6.30pm Monday 2pm 6.30pm Tuesday 6pm 8.45pm Wednesday 1.15pm 5.30pm 8.30pm Thursday 2pm 5pm 7pm 8pm Friday 11am 5.30pm 8.15pm Saturday 1pm 5pm 8pm Sunday 2pm 4.30pm 7.30pm Monday 11am 2pm 6.30pm
16-Sep Bring Back: Sometimes Always Never Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood 17-Sep Transit Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood 18-Sep Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood Transit 19-Sep Photograph The Vinyl Revival + Q&A Photograph 20-Sep Downton Abbey Downton Abbey Downton Abbey 21-Sep Downton Abbey Brimstone & Treacle + Q&A Downton Abbey Downton Abbey 22-Sep Downton Abbey Downton Abbey Downton Abbey 23-Sep Downton Abbey Downton Abbey 24-Sep Downton Abbey Downton Abbey 25-Sep Downton Abbey + Afternoon Tea Downton Abbey Downton Abbey 26-Sep Downton Abbey Downton Abbey NT Live: One Man, Two Guvnors (Encore) Downton Abbey 27-Sep Cinema Bambino: Downton Abbey The Souvenir Downton Abbey 28-Sep Downton Abbey Downton Abbey Dressed To Kill 29-Sep MAC EcoFest: Stones Have Laws Downton Abbey Downton Abbey 30-Sep Downton Abbey The Souvenir Downton Abbey
Tuesday 2pm 5.45pm 8.30pm Wednesday 1.15pm 4.15pm 7.30pm Thursday 2pm 5.45pm 8.30pm Friday 6.15pm 8.30pm 8.30pm Saturday 10am 1.30pm 5.30pm 8.15pm Sunday 2pm 2.30pm 5pm Monday 2pm 6.30pm Tuesday 2pm 6.45pm Wednesday 2pm 5.45pm 8.15pm Thursday 5.45pm 8.15pm Friday 6pm 8.30pm
01-Oct Downton Abbey Downton Abbey The Souvenir 02-Oct Downton Abbey + Afternoon Tea Downton Abbey Roger Waters: Us + Them 03-Oct Downton Abbey The Souvenir Downton Abbey 04-Oct Bait The Mustang NT Live: Fleabag (Encore) 05-Oct Colour Box: Room On The Broom + Stick Man Playmobil: The Movie Inna De Yard Oldboy 06-Oct Playmobil: The Movie Stan & Ollie Back On The Big Screen Bedlam Festival: Bridge + Q&A 07-Oct The Mustang Rojo 08-Oct The Mustang ROH Live: Don Giovanni 09-Oct Inna De Yard The Mustang Rojo 10-Oct The Mustang Billy Connolly: The Sex Life Of Bandages 11-Oct The Farewell Bring Back: Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things Saturday 12-Oct 2pm Canada Now: For Those Who Don't Read Me 5pm For Sama 8pm The Farewell Sunday 13-Oct 7pm The Farewell Monday 14-Oct 2pm The Farewell 6.30pm Neither Wolf Nor Dog Tuesday 15-Oct 2pm The Farewell 6.15pm Gauguin from the National Gallery 8.30pm The Farewell Wednesday 16-Oct 6pm The Farewell 8.30pm Canada Now: The Fireflies Are Gone Thursday 17-Oct 2pm The Farewell
7pm Friday 5.45pm 8.15pm Saturday 1.30pm 5pm 8pm Sunday 2pm 4.30pm Monday 2pm 6.30pm Tuesday 2pm 5pm 8.15pm Wednesday 2pm 6.15pm 8.15pm Thursday 2pm 7.30pm Friday 11am 5.45pm Saturday 5pm 8pm Sunday 5pm Monday 6.30pm Tuesday 10.30am 6.30pm
NT Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream 18-Oct The Last Tree The Goldfinch 19-Oct The Goldfinch The Run The Goldfinch 20-Oct Bait The Goldfinch 21-Oct Gauguin From The National Gallery The Goldfinch 22-Oct The Last Tree The Goldfinch Bait 23-Oct The Goldfinch Matthew Bourne's Romeo & Juliet The Last Tree 24-Oct The Goldfinch ROH Live: Don Pasquale 25-Oct Cinema Bambino: Judy Judy 26-Oct Judy 4K Film: The Silence Of The Lambs 27-Oct Judy 28-Oct Judy 29-Oct Celebrating Age: Judy Exhibition On Screen: Leonardo - The Works 8.40pm Judy Wednesday 30-Oct 5.45pm Judy 8.30pm 4K Film: Don't Look Now Thursday 31-Oct 12.30pm Hocus Pocus 3pm Judy 6.15pm 4K Film: Ring 8.30pm Ghostwatch + Q&A
Relaxed screening
Subtitled screening
Audio described screening
Date and times are subject to change.
Please check our website for the most current information: macbirmingham.co.uk
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New Releases
Animals
Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood
Director: Sophie Hyde | Cast: Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Cast: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie
Friday 6 - Wednesday 11 September | 15 | 109 mins | 2019
Laura (Holliday Grainger) and Tyler (Alia Shawkat) are two girls who like to party. As they drift into their thirties, reality begins to bite, but they will not be tamed so easily. A celebration of female friendship and the choices we make, Animals is an honest, unconventional and very funny snapshot of two very modern women.
Mrs Lowry & Son
Friday 6 - Thursday 12 September | PG | 92 mins | 2019 Director: Adrian Noble | Cast: Timothy Spall, Vanessa Redgrave
A beautiful, delicate and amusing story of the brittle but vital relationship between L. S. Lowry, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, and his bedridden, unhappy and controlling mother. 4
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Friday 13 - Wednesday 18 September | 18 | 161 mins | 2019
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognise anymore. Running parallel to their story is that of Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie), a young actress whose life is about to take a terrifying turn when her life intersects with that of cult leader Charles Manson (Damon Herriman).
The Best of Sheffield Adventure Film Festival 2019
Thursday 12 September | 15 | 123 mins | 2019
Sheffield Adventure Film Festival presents 2 hours of the best of the festival, representing the pinnacle of climbing, running and biking, as well as adventures from the snow and streets and the latest from Free Solo’s Alex Honnold and Jimmy Chin.
Downton Abbey
Friday 20 September - Thursday 3 October | PG | 122 mins | 2019
Director: Michael Engler | Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Smith | Cinema Bambino: Friday 27 September
The acclaimed television series Downton Abbey followed the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who worked for them at the turn of the 20th century. Now the Crawley household graduate to the big screen, with a story set in 1927 and centring on the royal visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Downton Abbey, prompting Michelle Dockery’s Lady Mary to ask retired head butler, Carson (Jim Carter), to return to the estate. Wednesday 25 September + Wednesday 2 October, this film will be followed by an afternoon tea including fresh sandwiches, homemade scones with jam and clotted cream, cakes and lashings of tea. Price: £25 including film ticket.
The Souvenir
Friday 27 September - Thursday 3 October | 15 120 mins | 2019
Director: Joanna Hogg | Cast: Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke
In 1980s London, against a backdrop of ascendant Thatcherism and IRA violence, Julie, a quietly ambitious film student (Honor Swinton Byrne), embarks on her first serious love affair with the mysterious Anthony (Tom Burke). Despite the concerns of her mother (Tilda Swinton) and friends, she slips deeper into a turbulent relationship with Anthony, finding it increasingly hard to discern fact from fiction.
The Mustang
Friday 4 - Thursday 10 October | 15 | 96 mins | 2019
Director: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre | Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jason Mitchell
Inspired by true events and executive produced by Robert Redford, the directorial debut of French actress-turned-director Laure de ClermontTonnerre is a mesmerising character study of a longtime prisoner who struggles to escape his past and rediscover his humanity. macbirmingham.co.uk/cinema
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Bait
Neither Wolf Nor Dog
Director: Mark Jenkin | Cast: Ed Rowe, Giles Smith
Director: Steven Lewis Simpson | Cast: Dave Bald Eagle, Christopher Sweeney
Friday 4 - Tuesday 22 October | 15 | 89 mins | 2019
Gruff and taciturn Martin Ward (Edward Rowe) is a cove fisherman in Cornwall, but without a boat. His brother Steven (Giles King) repurposed their father’s vessel for tourist trips and they fell out. Timely and poignant, yet full of humour and with an enjoyably offbeat lo-fi vibe, Bait gets right to the heart of a modern community facing unwelcome change.
Inna De Yard
Saturday 5 + Wednesday 9 October | 12A | 98 mins | 2019 Director: Peter Webber
Looking out over the lush green mountains of Kingston, Peter Webber’s vibrant documentary captures a remarkable group of reggae legends (including Ken Boothe, Winston McAnuff, Kiddus I, Cedric Myton and Judy Mowatt) as they gather to record an album of hits in an unplugged style that harks back to their roots. 6
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Monday 14 October | 12A | 110 mins | 2019
An author is drawn into a road trip deep in to Native American country, in this beautifully made adaptation of Kent Nerburn’s acclaimed bestseller.
Billy Connolly: The Sex Life Of Bandages
Thursday 10 October | 18 | 130 mins | 2019
Hailed as the UK’s most influential comedian of all time, legendary Scot Billy Connolly is coming to cinemas with this brilliant show from his final stand-up tour. Screening as a special one-nightonly event, Connolly will also muse upon his career, life and legacy in a deeply personal interview filmed exclusively for cinema audiences.
The Run
Saturday 19 October | Cert TBC | 109 mins | 2017 Director: Anupam Sharma
The Run follows Australian ultra-runner and politician Pat Farmer as he undertakes his charitable Spirit of India run, a feat which took him up the full length of India - a whopping 4,650km ran over 60 days.
The Goldfinch
Friday 18 - Thursday 24 October | 15 | 149 mins | 2019
Director: John Crowley | Cast: Ansel Elgort, Nicole Kidman
The Goldfinch is the much-anticipated adaptation of Donna Tartt’s globally acclaimed best-selling novel. Theodore “Theo” Decker was 13 years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day... a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch. The Goldfinch.
Judy
Friday 25 - Thursday 31 October | 12A | 118 mins | 2019
Cinema Bambino: Friday 25 October Director: Rupert Goold | Cast: Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley
Featuring some of Judy’s best-known songs, including the timeless classic Over the Rainbow, Judy celebrates the voice, the capacity for love and the sheer pizzazz of the world’s greatest entertainer. On Tuesday 29 October, this film will be preceded by pastries and coffee which are included in the ticket price for over 65s as part of MAC’s Celebrating Age season. Refreshments are served at 10am and the screening begins at 10.30am.
The Last Tree
Friday 18 - Wednesday 23 October | 15 | 98 mins | 2019 Director: Shola Amoo | Cast: Nicholas Pinnock, Denise Black, Jamal Ibrahim
Femi, a British boy of Nigerian heritage, enjoys a happy rural childhood where he is raised by a doting foster mother and surrounded by a tightknit group of friends - until his real mother reclaims him and whisks him back to inner-city London. With little emotional bond with her and no remembrance of their cultural heritage, Femi struggles to adapt.
Roger Waters Us + Them
Wednesday 2 October | 12A | 135 mins | 2019
Roger Waters, co-founder, creative force and songwriter behind Pink Floyd, presents his highly anticipated film, Us + Them, featuring state-ofthe-art visual production and breathtaking sound in this unmissable cinema event. macbirmingham.co.uk/cinema
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Special Events
4K Film: Notorious
The Sheik + Panel
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman
Director: George Melford | Cast: Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres
Sunday 8 September | U | 101 mins | 1946
It’s just after World War II and a number of Nazis have been tracked down to Brazil. A US spy, T. R Devlin, (Cary Grant) persuades Alicia Huberman (Ingrid Bergman), the American daughter of a convicted Nazi criminal, to join them in infiltrating the group so that she can get close to one of the leaders, Alexander Sebastian (Claude Rains), a friend of her father’s.
Thursday 12 September | PG | 79 mins + Panel | 1921
A rare opportunity to see one of the most popular films of the silent era featuring its famous star Rudolph Valentino. Based on the original bestselling novel by E. M. Hull, this event celebrates the centenary of his first published novel in 1919. The screening will be followed by a panel discussing the film, arranged by the University of Birmingham, followed by a drinks reception.
Tackling Homelessness + Q&A
Wednesday 11 September | 90 mins | 2019 | FREE Director: Sam Taylor
There is a homelessness crisis in Birmingham. This short 15-minute documentary style film, featuring interviews with people who have lived through the experience, illustrates the depth and scale of the crisis. What is being done to tackle the issue and what we can do, as human beings and as citizens of Birmingham, to help? Followed by a Q&A hosted by councillor Sharon Thompson and director Sam Taylor. The Q&A will also feature some of the people interviewed in the documentary. 8
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Simon Brew: Film Stories Live Saturday 14 September | 75 mins | 2019
Simon Brew, the founder and editor of Film Stories magazine (and podcast) brings his show of movie nerdism to town. He’ll talk about his new book - The Secret Life of Movies - as well as how to break into writing about film through his Film Stories magazine. But, mainly, expect a whole lot of geeky stories in and around the world of film, including a number of titles filmed right here in Birmingham.
The Vinyl Revival + Q&A
Thursday 19 September | 12A | 75 mins | 2019 Director: Pip Piper
Produced and directed by Pip Piper, The Vinyl Revival is the follow up to the acclaimed documentary Last Shop Standing, exploring the renaissance in all things vinyl as we hear from passionate new record shop owners as well the established die-hards still going and thriving. Contributors to The Vinyl Revival include Philip Selway (Radiohead), Jen Otter Bikerdike (Rock and Roll Historian), Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) and Ade Utley (Portishead).The screening will be followed by a live onstage Q&A with director Pip Piper.
MAC EcoFest: Stones Have Laws Sunday 29 September | 12A | 100 mins | 2018
Director: Lonnie van Brummelen, Siebren de Haan & Tolin Erwin Alexander
Stones Have Laws (Dee Sitonu a Weti) is an immersive initiation into the life of a Maroon community in the former Dutch colony of Suriname. Combining stories of African ancestral traditions and escaped slavery with enacted contemporary rituals, the film explores how the community’s powerful ties to the land have become endangered as industries threaten to devastate the region through deforestation and mining. Part of MAC EcoFest.
Birmingham Comedy Festival: Stan & Ollie Back On The Big Screen Sunday 6 October | U | 120 mins | 1932/1933/1937 Hexagon Theatre
Bedlam Festival: Bridge + Q&A
Sunday 6 October | 12A | 5pm | 125 mins + Q&A £9.25 / £8.35
A heart-warming story of the chance meeting of two suicidal strangers on a bridge over the Ganges, both experiencing immense emotional distress. Their meeting initially brings great challenges, but eventually, healing and wholeness to both lives. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Amit Ranjan Biswas.
Three classic black and white comedies featuring the greatest double-act of all time, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Twice Two (1933), County Hospital (1932) and Way Out West (1937). Presented by John Ullah, Grand Sheik of the Birmingham branch of the Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society, and author of This Is More Than I Can Stand, the biography of Birminghamborn Laurel and Hardy co-star Charlie Hall. Part of Birmingham Comedy Festival, 4-13 October 2019. For full line-up see bhamcomfest.co.uk macbirmingham.co.uk/cinema
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Halloween 4K Film: Ring
Thursday 31 October | 15 | 91 mins | 1998 | Japanese Director: Hideo Nakata | Cast: Hiroyuki Sanada
4K Film: The Silence Of The Lambs Saturday 26 October | 15 | 118 mins | 1990
Director: Jonathan Demme | Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster
FBI agent Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster), a specialist in serial killers, is fresh out of training and on the hunt for a psychopathic murderer. She adopts a high-risk strategy, visiting imprisoned Dr Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) for his insight, but Lecter wants something in return from her that goes far beyond the acceptable.
4K Film: Don’t Look Now
Wednesday 30 October | 15 | 110 mins | 1973 Director: Nicolas Roeg | Cast: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland
After the tragic death of their daughter, John (Sutherland) and Laura Baxter (Christie) decide to work and recover in Venice. Whilst John finds comfort in the restoration of an ancient gothic church, his wife befriends two mysterious sisters, one of whom is blind and claims to have the psychic ability to communicate with their dead child. Digitally remastered in 4K to allow audiences to experience this British classic with fresh, fearful eyes. 10
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In 1998, director Hideo Nakata unleashed Ring a chilling tale of technological terror that redefined the horror genre, launched the J-horror boom in the West and introduced a generation of moviegoers to a creepy, dark-haired girl called Sadako. This 4K remaster of Nakata’s 90s masterpiece is genuinely stunning, reinventing a horror classic for a new generation.
Hocus Pocus
Thursday 31 October | PG | 92 mins | 1993
Director: Kenny Ortega | Cast: Bette Midler, Thora Birch
You're in for a devil of a time when three outlandishly wild witches - Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy - return from 17th century Salem after they are accidently conjured up by some unsuspecting pranksters!
Ghostwatch + Q&A
Thursday 31 October | 15 | 91 mins + Q&A | 1992 Director: Lesley Manning | Cast: Sarah Greene, Michael Parkinson
Mr. Pipes is on the loose again this Halloween! What starts out as a harmless night of spooky fun soon degenerates into out-and-out terror… Due to the BBC’s attempts to disguise its dramatic origins, many viewers on the night thought that what they were seeing was real, resulting in tens of thousands of complaints. This special Halloween screening will be followed by a live onstage Q&A with writer Stephen Volk and Director Lesley Manning. Warning! Contains disturbing scenes, a malevolent poltergeist and the power to hoodwink a nation.
CONTROVERSY
Brimstone & Treacle + Q&A
Saturday 21 September | 15 | 72 mins + Q&A | 1976
Director: Barry Davis | Cast: Michael Kitchen, Patricia Lawrence
Few TV works have shocked and appalled quite so much as Dennis Potter’s Brimstone & Treacle, an astonishing piece of mid 70s drama that was banned by then BBC Director of Programmes Alisdair Milne for being ‘brilliantly written… but nauseating’. The screening will be followed by a live onstage Q&A with Michelle Newell, who will be discussing her extraordinary performance in this landmark British drama. Warning! Contains disturbing scenes, inflammatory dialogue and a character who might be the Devil. Maybe.
Dressed To Kill
Saturday 28 September | 181 | 20 mins | 2019
Director: Brian De Palma | Cast: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson
Unfulfilled and frustrated, Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) visits her Manhattan psychiatrist, Dr. Elliott (Michael Caine) to discuss her growing marital problems. Soon, she crosses paths in the most terrifying way imaginable with a prostitute, Liz (Nancy Allen), and their fate becomes intertwined with the sinister presence of a mysterious leather-clad blonde wielding a cutthroat razor. Warning! Contains violent scenes and some dated attitudes towards transgender issues.
4K Film: Oldboy
Saturday 5 October | 18 | 115 mins | 2003 | Korean Director: Park Chan-wook | Cast: Choi Min-sik
Based on the Japanese manga of the same name, Oldboy tells the horrific tale of Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik), a businessman who is inexplicably kidnapped and imprisoned in a grim hotel room-like cell for 15 years. Eventually released, he learns of his wife’s murder and embarks on a quest for revenge whilst also striking up a romance with a young, attractive sushi chef, Mi-do (Kang Hye-jung). He eventually finds his tormentor, but their final encounter will yield yet more unimaginable horrors… Warning! Contains deviant DIY instructions for using a hammer.
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Exhibitions On Screen
Gauguin From The National Gallery, London Tuesday 15 + Monday 21 October | 12A | 105 mins | 2019
This fascinating cinema event opens with a brand-new documentary about the life and work of Paul Gauguin, one of the world’s most popular and important artists. The cinema audience will then be given an engaging and lively guided tour by the exhibition curators and guest contributors, bringing this first ever exhibition of Gauguin’s portraits to the big screen with stunning close-ups and illuminating insights.
Leonardo: The Works
Tuesday 29 October | 12A | 100 mins | 2019
Leonardo da Vinci is acclaimed as the world’s favourite artist. Many TV shows and feature films have showcased this extraordinary genius but often not examined closely enough is the most crucial element of all: his art. Leonardo’s peerless paintings and drawings will be the focus of Leonardo: The Works, as Exhibition On Screen presents every single attributed painting, in HD quality, never seen before on the big screen. Released on the 500th anniversary of his death, this is the definitive film about Leonardo: the first to truly tell the whole story. 12
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Family The Angry Birds Movie 2
£5 tickets
for adults and kids seeing family films*
Flatpack Festival's family strand Colour Box presents screenings on the first Saturday of every month at MAC with a range of treats, from classic children's TV programmes to the latest animated features. Each month there will be a creative drop-in workshop activity alongside the screening. See. Explore. Create.
Friday 30 August - Sunday 1 September | U 111 mins | 2019
The flightless angry birds and the scheming green piggies take their beef to the next level in The Angry Birds Movie 2!
Playmobil: The Movie
Saturday 5 + Sunday 6 October | U | 99 mins | 2019
Playmobil: The Movie takes audiences on an epic comedy adventure through a sprawling imaginative universe in the first-ever feature film inspired by the beloved role-play toys.
Cinema Bambino
Special screenings of popular films from our cinema programme, enabling new parents to enjoy films with their babies (under 12 months) in a calm environment, offering an opportunity to get out of the house and meet other new parents.
*£5 tickets for adults and kids seeing family films before 6pm. Does not include Cinema Bambino where prices are £5.25 for adult + baby.
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
Saturday 7 September | U | 45 mins + Workshop | 1969
Marking 50 years since a talking Great Dane and his crime-solving pals unmasked their first nefarious caretaker! The morning begins with a Scooby-themed animation workshop, followed by two classic episodes of the original series.
Room On The Broom + Stick Man
Saturday 5 October | U | 70 mins + Workshop | 2012 + 2015
MAC and Colour Box celebrate the amazing works of Julia Donaldson. Make your very own Stick Man and witch’s wand, then enjoy a double-bill based on two of her most popular books.
Downton Abbey
Fri 27 September | PG | 120 mins | 2019
Judy
Fri 25 October | 12A | 118 mins | 2019
Our cinema facilities are adapted appropriately, with the noise turned down, lights turned up and ample buggy parking space.
Visit macbirmingham.co.uk for times and details about our accessible screenings. macbirmingham.co.uk/cinema
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Foreign Language
Pain & Glory
Transit
113 mins | 2019 | Spanish
101 mins | 2019 | German
Saturday 30 August - Thursday 5 September | 15 Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Cast: Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz
Long-time Almodóvar leading man Antonio Banderas stars in Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo, a director whose physical ailments have led into an almost hermit-like existence, before he is reunited with an actor from his past and embarks on a wild new chapter.
Sunday 15 - Wednesday 18 September | 12A Director: Christian Petzold | Cast: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer
When fleeing Paris after the German invasion, Georg (Franz Rogowski) escapes to Marseille assuming the identity of a dead author whose papers he possesses. With nowhere to turn, he is confined to the corridors of a small hotel, the consulates, cafés and bars that line the harbour. Everything changes when Georg falls in love with the mysterious Marie (Paula Beer) who is desperate to find her missing husband.
Photograph
Friday 13 + Thursday 19 September | 12A 108 mins | 2019 | Hindi
Director: Ritesh Batra | Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra
Rafi (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) is a struggling street photographer who takes tourist portraits at the Gateway of India. When he meets Miloni (Sanya Malhotra), a shy stranger from an affluent family, he convinces her to pose as his fiancée after his overbearing grandmother decides to pay him a visit. From different worlds, the pair make a surprising connection that will transform them both in unexpected ways. 14
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Rojo
Monday 7 + Wednesday 9 October | 15 109 mins | 2019 | Spanish
Director: Benjamin Naishtat | Cast: Dario Grandinetti, Andrew Frigerio
Critically lauded, this superbly sinister and stylish Argentinian thriller lays bare the complacency and corruption of pre-coup Argentina, as it grips audiences all the way through to its provocative ending.
The Farewell
Friday 11 - Thursday 17 October | PG 100 mins | 2019 | English/Mandarin
Director: Lulu Wang | Cast: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma
After learning their beloved matriarch has terminal lung cancer, a family opts not to tell her about the diagnosis, instead scheduling an impromptu wedding-reunion back in China. Headstrong and emotional writer Billi (Awkwafina) rebels against her parents’ directive to stay in New York and joins the family as they awkwardly attempt to rekindle old bonds, throw together a wedding that only grandma is actually looking forward to, and surreptitiously say their goodbyes. A heartfelt celebration of both the way we perform family and the way we live it.
Canada Now: For Those Who Don’t Read Me
Saturday 12 October |15 | 107 mins | 2018 | French
Director: Yan Giroux | Cast: Martin Dubreuil, Céline Bonnier
Loosely based on the life and work of the late Quebec poet Yves Boisvert (1950-2012), Giroux’s debut feature is an impressive tale of one man’s unusual quest for and expression of the meaning of life.
Canada Now: The Fireflies Are Gone
Wednesday 16 October | 15 | 96 mins | 2018 | French
For Sama
Saturday 12 October | 18 | 100 mins | 2019 | Arabic Director: Waad al-Kateab & Edward Watts
For Sama is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her.
Director: Sébastien Pilote | Cast: Pierre-Luc Brillant, Marie-France Marcotte
Summer is near and classes are coming to an end in a former industrial town on the end of a large bay. Léo, a young and disaffected girl, meets Steve, a reclusive and aimless guitarist. A stranger in her own world, frustrated and angry, it is through her budding relationship with Steve, set to the rhythm of their guitar lessons and her new summer job, that she'll be able to find some kind of comfort and ultimately take flight. Named Best Canadian Film at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival. macbirmingham.co.uk/cinema
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EventScreenings
Margaret Atwood: Live in Cinemas Tuesday 10 September | 12A | 110 mins | 2019 £17.25 / £15.25
On September 10, the wait is over… The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, is revealed. The momentous literary event will be celebrated with an exclusive live cinema broadcast with the Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic and inventor. Including exclusive readings from the new book by special guests, this will be an unmissable and intimate event with Atwood, spotlighting her signature insight, humour and intellect. Atwood will also be joined by special guest Lily James, as recently seen in NT Live: All About Eve.
NT Live: Fleabag (Encore)
Friday 4 October | 15 | 100 mins | 2019 | Theatre
Director: Vicky Jones | Cast: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
See the hilarious, award-winning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, broadcast live to cinemas from London’s West End. Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. Presented by DryWrite, Soho Theatre and Annapurna Theatre.
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NT Live: One Man, Two Guvnors (Encore) Thursday 26 September | 12A | 210 mins | 2019 £15.25 / £13.25 | Theatre
Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from host of the The Late Late Show, James Corden, the hilarious West End and Broadway hit One Man, Two Guvnors returns to cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.
NT Live: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Thursday 17 October | 12A | 180 mins | 2019
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Cast: Gwendoline Christie, Oliver Chris
‘The course of true love never did run smooth.’ A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute grows, the magical royal couple meddle with mortal lives leading to love triangles, mistaken identities and transformations… with hilarious, but dark consequences.
ROH Live: Don Giovanni
Tuesday 8 October | 12A | 210 mins | 2019
Sexual intrigue, jealousy, wit, anger… and retribution! The new Royal Opera Season begins with Mozart’s engaging masterpiece, which follows Don Giovanni, the women he serially seduces, and the vengeance that finally catches up with him.
Matthew Bourne’s Romeo & Juliet
ROH Live: Don Pasquale
Director: Matthew Bourne
Royal Opera favourite Bryn Terfel heads the cast for this new production of Donizetti’s comedy of domestic drama across two generations. The witty story of a middle-aged man whose supposed young wife runs rings around him with her own ulterior romantic purpose in mind has long delighted and surprised audiences, not least as presented with the sparkle of its music and the virtuoso skill of its performers.
Wednesday 23 October | 12A | 93 mins | 2019
Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet has been hailed as ‘the single most eagerly awaited dance show for 2019’ by The Daily Telegraph. This passionate and contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare’s classic story of love and conflict is set in the not too distant future in ‘The Verona Institute’.
Thursday 24 October | 12A | 150 mins | 2019
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Bring Back Amazing Grace
Friday 30 August - Thursday 5 September | U 87 mins | 2019
Director: Sydney Pollack
In January 1972, Aretha Franklin made her legendary album Amazing Grace. At the height of her fame, she made the decision to return to where she began, to the world of gospel music. Recorded in two days, this live album was to become the most successful gospel record of all time. Amazing Grace is a celebration of the enduring charisma of this soul icon, who died in August last year.
Sometimes Always Never
Friday 13 - Monday 16 September | 12A | 87 mins | 2019 Director: Carl Hunter | Cast: Bill Nighy, Alice Lowe
Able to blend charming gruffness and winning affability with just the raise of an eyebrow, Bill Nighy has long proven himself one of Britain’s best character actors, and now he stars alongside Sam Riley and Alice Lowe in this stylish and heartfelt comedy-drama about a tailor searching for a lost son.
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things Friday 11 October | 12A | 89 mins | 2019 Director: Leslie Woodhead
Ella: Just One Of Those Things follows Ella’s extraordinary journey over six decades as her sublime voice transforms the tragedies of her own life and the troubles of her times into joy.
More Ways To Save
We’re replacing our current concessions with affordable seats, available to anyone, for both films and performances at MAC. You can now purchase a standard cinema ticket from just £8.50 or less* and a Live/Special Event Screening ticket from £10. Book early for the best prices! We’ve revamped our Screen Saver scheme and we’re now introducing a MAC Multi-Buy discount which will now reward loyalty across the year. We’ve also expanded it to include Live/Special Event Screenings, as well as Performances. 18
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Buy More And Save More!
From 1 September 2019 we’re applying a MAC Multi-Buy discount across all of our 1200 events and films. Once you’ve qualified, you’ll automatically receive a discount on subsequent bookings as follows: n
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Once you’ve completed purchases for five or more Performances/Films you’ll unlock a MAC Multi-Buy discount of 15% for all further tickets you buy until 31 August 2020 When you’ve completed purchases for 10 or more Performances/Films, your MAC Multi-Buy discount will increase to 20%
*Family Films at £5 and Cinema Bambino ticket (adult + baby) at £5.25. Price varies by seat location.
Here for Everyone Always.
Every year, because of you, MAC is making art accessible to thousands of people. Without you, our fantastic work just simply wouldn’t happen. So, next time you book your favourite show, purchase something special from our shop, or even just buy a coffee from the café - know that you are helping us continue our ground-breaking learning, community and outreach work that is changing lives for the better. From all of us at MAC, we want to say a very big thank you.
Making a donation to the MAC changes lives, to discuss making a gift please contact Sally Pennington, Head of Development, on 0121 446 3275 or email sally.pennington@macbirmingham.co.uk. © Donata Kukytė Photography, Man Made Youth Company. Supported by funding from MAC, developing emerging artists and enabling them to create exciting new work that celebrates the diversity of the West Midlands.
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Ticket Prices Unless otherwise stated Standard Tickets: From £8.50 Special Event Screenings: From £10 Under 16s: £5 Family Film Tickets: £5 Cinema Bambino: £5.25 (Adult + Baby)
PLEASE NOTE: We do not admit latecomers after the main feature has started. Programme is subject to change - please check our website for the latest listings as new events may be added after the brochure print date. Please check website for details before travelling. See website for Terms & Conditions.
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