Artist’s Pick Tom Dale Selects... 2001: A Space Odyssey U (136mins)
Director: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester UK | USA | 1968 Regarded as one of the masterpieces of cinema, Kubrick’s 1968 vision of the future, based on a short story by Arthur C Clarke, explores a series of encounters between humans and mysterious black monoliths that are affecting human evolution, leading to a space voyage to Jupiter. Tom Dale: I Infinite is an interactive installation and immersive dance experience in the Gallery at mac birmingham, Fri 15 – Sun 26 June, various times. Check out www.macarts.co.uk
Walden Day Our Daily Bread (Unser täglich Brot) 12 (92mins)
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Cast: Claus Hansen Petz, Arkadiusz Rydellek Germany | Austria | 2005 Subtitled Powerful documentary looking at the agriculture industry throughout Europe. Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s film uses the rhythms of natural sounds to create tableaux that range from hypnotic and beautiful to horrifying, enabling the audience to form their own ideas. The UK Premiere of Heiner Goebbels’ Walden will be at mac birmingham on Sat 23 Jun, with performances at 7pm and 9pm. Visit www.macarts.co.uk for more information.
Moonrise Kingdom
2 Days in New York
Director: Wes Anderson Cast: Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Bill Murray USA | 2012
12A (94mins)
A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out and try to find them. Featuring an all star ensemble cast including Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Jason Schwartzman.
Elles
15 (96mins)
Matinees
Early Evening
Main Evening
Fri 1
Cinema Bambino: All in Good Time (11am)
Café de Flore (6pm)
All in Good Time (8.30pm)
Director: Julie Delpy Cast: Julie Delpy, Chris Rock France | 2011
Sat 2
The sequel to 2007’s Two Days in Paris, Marion (Delpy) has broken up wtih Jack and now lives in New York with their child. When her family decide to visit her, she’s unaware that the different cultural background held by her new American boyfriend and her eccentric family will make for an explosive mix.
Angel and Tony (Angèle et Tony) 15 (87mins)
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska Cast: Juliette Binoche, Anaïs Demoustier, Joanna Kulig France | Poland | Germany | 2011 | Subtitled
Director: Alix Delaporte Cast: Clotilde Hesme, Grégory Gadebois, Evelyne Didi France | 2010 | Subtitled
Les Quai Des Brumes PG (91mins)
Director: Marcel Carné Cast: Jean Gabin, Michel France | 1938 | Subtitled A military deserter finds love and trouble in the smoky French port city of Le Havre. Carné’s film is a notable example of the poetic realism genre, and is one of the classics of French cinema.
June
Jun
18 (100mins)
Juliette Binoche plays a French journalist researching an article about female student prostitution for French Elle. As she immerses herself in a prostitution ring run by university students, she starts to question her own sexuality.
Timetable
Angel, a beautiful young woman with a past arrives in a small fishing harbour in Normandy where she meets Tony, a fisherman who lives with his widowed mother, trapped in emotional solitude. An arresting and intimate drama about two lost souls in search of human connection.
Quartermass and the Pit 15 (97mins)
Director: Roy Ward Baker Cast: James Donald, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover UK | 1967 Classic Hammer Horror, in which an ancient Martian spaceship is unearthed in London, and proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.
All in Good Time (5.30pm)
Café de Flore (8pm)
Sun 3
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2pm)
Café de Flore (5.30pm)
All in Good Time (8pm) (Subtitled and audio described)
Mon 4
The Queen (2pm)
All in Good Time (6pm)
Café de Flore (8pm)
Tue 5
Passport to Pimlico (2pm)
Goodbye First Love (6pm)
Café de Flore (8.20pm)
Wed 6
Goodbye First Love (2pm)
All in Good Time (7pm)
Thu 7
All in Good Time (6pm) (Subtitled and audio described)
Goodbye First Love (8pm)
Fri 8 Sat 9
The Raid (6pm) Mozart’s Sister (5.25pm)
Mozart’s Sister (8.10pm) The Raid (8pm)
Sun 10 Mon 11
A Royal Occasion (2pm)
The Raid (7pm) The Raid (6pm)
Elles (8.15pm)
Tue 12
A Royal Occasion (2pm)
The Plague of the Zombies (6pm)
The Raid (8.10pm)
Wed 13
Elles (2pm)
Elles (6pm)
The Raid (8.15pm)
Thu 14
The Raid (2pm)
Frankenstein (7.30pm)
Fri 15
Monsieur Lazhar (6pm)
Dark Shadows (8.10pm)
Sat 16
Dark Shadows (5.30pm)
Welcome (plus Q&A) (8pm) Monsieur Lazhar (7.30pm)
Sun 17
Frankenstein (2pm)
Mon 18
Monsieur Lazhar (2pm)
Dark Shadows (5pm) (Subtitled and audio described) Dark Shadows (7pm)
Tue 19
Faust (2pm)
Dark Shadows (5.50pm)
The Man Who Fell To Earth (8.15pm)
Wed 20
Faust (5.45pm)
Dark Shadows (8.30pm)
Thu 21
Dark Shadows (5.45pm)
Faust (8.10pm)
Fri 22
Turin Horse (5.20pm)
2001 – A Space Odyssey (8.20pm)
Sat 23
Our Daily Bread (2pm)
Turin Horse (5pm)
2 Days in New York (8pm)
Sun 24 Mon 25
Turin Horse (4pm) Turin Horse (7pm)
2 Days in New York (8pm)
2 Days in New York (2pm)
Tue 26
Hobson’s Choice (2pm)
Angel and Tony (6pm)
2 Days in New York (8pm)
Wed 27
Les Quai Des Brumes (2pm)
Angel and Tony (7pm)
Thu 28 Fri 29
Moonrise Kingdom (2pm)
Sat 30
Free Men (2pm)
Les Quai Des Brumes (6pm)
Angel and Tony (8.30pm)
Free Men (6pm)
Moonrise Kingdom (8.20pm)
Free Men (5pm)
Moonrise Kingdom (7.30pm)
Jul Sun 1 Mon 2
Free Men (2pm)
Moonrise Kingdom (7pm)
Tue 3
Moonrise Kingdom (2pm)
Quartermass and the Pit (6pm)
(s)(a) Subtitled and audio described screening Please note screenings and times may be subject to change. Registered company no: 718349 Registered charity no: 528979
Image: Dark Shadows
Cinema Jun 2012
PROJECTIONIST PICK
Café de Flore
Dark Shadows
Acclaimed Canadian drama about love and destiny that cuts between the two seemingly unconnected lives of a devoted single mother in 1960s Paris and a successful DJ in present day Montreal.
Tim Burton directs a horror comedy film based on the 1966-71 gothic soap opera of the same name. An imprisoned vampire is accidently set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.
15 (120mins) Director: Jean-Marc Vallée Cast: Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent Canada | France | 2011 | Subtitled
12A (113mins) Director: Tim Burton Cast: Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer USA | 2012
Includes subtitled and audio described screening Sun 17 Jun, 5pm
Moonrise Kingdom (8.10pm)
Ticket Prices Full price £7 Concession: £5 Cinema Bambino: £5 (under 12 months free) Sales and Information | 0121 446 3232 | www.macarts.co.uk Cannon Hill Park | Birmingham | B12 9QH
Jubilee Celebrations
All in Good Time 12A (94mins)
A Royal Occasion (90mins) Sun 10 and Tue 12 Jun, 2pm
To mark the occasion of HM the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, we present a selection of remarkable films held in the BFI National Archive spanning royal events from 1896 to 1953, including Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, royal tours in the heyday of the Empire, state ceremonials and local visits.
Afternoon tea and screening £10 | Screening only £7 (£5) To celebrate the Jubilee, see a classic royal film, and enjoy a traditional afternoon tea before or after the screening with finger sandwiches, a scone with clotted cream and jam, a slice of cake and a pot of tea or coffee.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
12A (114mins) Director: Shekhar Kapur Cast: Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush France | UK | 2007 Sun 3 Jun, 2pm
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein 15 (120mins) Director: Danny Boyle Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Johnny Lee Miller Thu 14 Jun, 7.30pm | Sun 17 Jun, 2pm Tickets £14 (£12) Danny Boyle’s electrifying stage production Frankenstein enjoyed a sell-out run at the National Theatre, and went on to win awards including the 2012 Olivier Award for Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller. First broadcast to cinemas in 2011, this is your chance to catch the production as an encore screening at mac birmingham.
Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch alternated the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature throughout the show’s run at the National Theatre. For these June screenings, Benedict Cumberbatch will play the role of Victor Frankenstein and Johnny Lee Miller will play the role of the Creature. (In July we will be screening Frankenstein with the roles reversed, with Johnny Lee Miller playing the role of Victor Frankenstein and Benedict Cumberbatch playing the role of the Creature. Keep an eye on www.macarts.co.uk for more information)
CELEBRATING SANCTUARY World Music Festival Welcome (plus Q&A) 15 (112mins) Director: Philppe Lioret Cast: Vincent Lindon, Firat Ayverdi, Audrey Dana France | 2009 | Subtitled Sat 16 Jun, 8pm A French swimming coach tries to help a young Iraqi-Kurdish illegal immigrant, whose dream is to cross the English Channel from Calais to the United Kingdom to be reunited with his girlfriend.
Sat 16 Jun, 11am-7pm. Free day of workshops, activities, music, theatre and discussion at mac birmingham to celebrate the launch of national Refugee Week. Celebrating Sanctuary World Music Festival 2012 is at various venues across Birmingham throughout June. Visit www.macarts.co.uk or www.celebrating-sanctuary.org.uk for more information.
Cate Blanchett reprises her role as The Virgin Queen in this gripping historical thriller that sees Queen Elizabeth endure multiple crises late in her reign, including the Spanish Armada, an assassination plot, and romantic disappointments.
The Queen
12A (103mins) Director: Stephen Frears Cast: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen UK | France | Italy | 2006 Mon 4 Jun, 2pm Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II struggling with her reaction to the death of Princess Diana. Whilst the Queen thinks Diana’s death should be treated as a private affair, newly appointed Prime Minister Tony Blair attempts to reflect the public wish for an official expression of grief.
Director: Nigel Cole Cast: Reece Ritchie, Amara Karan, Meera Syal UK | 2012
East is East writer Ayub Khan-Din returns with another tenderhearted contemporary comedy. Based on his acclaimed stage production Rafta, Rafta (itself inspired by Bill Naughton’s 1965 classic All in Good Time), Khan-Din’s film is about two newlyweds who discover that the honeymoon period ends much quicker than anticipated. Includes subtitled and audio described screenings: Sun 3 Jun, 8pm, and Thu 7 Jun, 6pm Includes Cinema Bambino Fri 1 Jun, 11am
Goodbye First Love
Made In Britain Season
ICO and Studiocanal celebrate the finest in vintage British film
Passport to Pimlico
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Classic Ealing comedy in which residents of Pimlico in London declare independence, following the discovery of an old treaty. Complications and difficulties quickly arise, including the need for a ‘Passport to Pimlico’.
A humanoid alien comes to Earth on a mission to bring water back to his home planet, which is experiencing a catastrophic drought. This cult classic is based on Walter Tevis’ novel of the same name, and sees David Bowie in his first starring film role.
The Plague of the Zombies
Hobson’s Choice
U (84mins) Director: Henry Cornelius Cast: Stanley Holloway, Margaret Rutherford UK | 1949
12 (91mins) Director: John Gilling Cast: André Morell, Diane Clare, Brook Williams UK | 1966 Hammer Horror about a mysterious epidemic that hits a small Cornish village, killing inhabitants at an accelerating rate. The helpless doctor attempts to dig up the recently buried corpses for investigation, but finds the coffins empty, and zombies walking nearby...
18 (139mins) Director: Nicolas Roeg Cast: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark UK | 1976
U (103mins) Director: David Lean Cast: Charles Laughton, John Mills UK | 1954 Based on Harold Birghouse’s play of the same name, David Lean’s romantic comedy Hobson’s Choice stars Charles Laughton as Victorian bootmaker Henry Hobson. He tries to stop his daughter Maggie from marrying, but she rebels and sets up a rival shoemakers with her new husband.
(Un amour de jeunesse) 15 (110mins)
Director : Mia Hansen-Løve Cast : Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky France | Germany | 2011 | Subtitled A clever examination of first love that follows a young architecture student, Camille, after her boyfriend Sullivan decides to leave France for a ten month trip to South America. Camille grows up and begins a new life, but then runs into Sullivan a decade later, and is made to confront just how much the past has changed.
The Raid
(Serbuan maut) 18 (101mins) Director: Gareth Huw Evans Cast: Iko Uwais Indonesia | USA | 2011 Subtitled A derelict apartment building in the heart of Jakarta’s slums has become a safe house for the city’s most dangerous mobster and his army of killers and thugs. An elite SWAT team is tasked with infiltrating the building, but find themselves trapped inside amongst the gangsters.
Mozart’s Sister
(Nannerl, la soeur de Mozart) 12A (120mins) Director: René Féret Cast: Marie Féret, Marc Barbé, Delphine Chuillot France | 2010 | Subtitled A re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right. When she becomes old enough to marry she is forbidden to play the violin or compose, and she tries to challenge limitations imposed on her gender.
Monsieur Lazhar 12A (94mins)
Director: Philippe Falardeau Cast: Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron Canada | 2011| Subtitled When a Montreal school teacher commits suicide, Algerian immigrant Monsieur Lazhar is hired as her replacement. As he tries to help his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.
Faust
15 (140mins) Director: Alexander Sokurov Cast: Johannes Zeiler, Anton Adasinsky, Isolda Dychauk Russia | 2011 | Subtitled Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival 2011, Sokurov’s unique take on Goethe’s Faust considers an anonymous man driven by simple instincts: hunger, greed, lust. The final film in Sokurov’s cinematic tetralogy of films about the nature of power, the previous three based on historical figures Adolf Hitler (Moloch), Vladimir Lenin (Taurus) and Emperor Hirohito (The Sun).
Turin Horse (A torinói ló) 15 (154mins)
Director: Béla Tarr Cast: János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos Hungary | 2011 | Subtitled Tarr’s film recalls the whipping of a horse in Turin by a hansom cab driver, which is rumoured to have caused the mental breakdown of philosopher Friedrich Neitzsche, and is a personal study of the daily life of the cab driver, his daughter and the horse.
Free Men
(Les Hommes Libres) 12A (99mins) Director: Ismaël Ferroukhi Cast: Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmud Shalaby France | 2011 | Subtitled In Paris during WWII, an illiterate Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the French resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man.