Foyle Film Festival Spring Brochure

FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS

SPRING CINEMA PROGRAMME @ NERVE CENTRE

THURSDAY 12 MARCH THURSDAY 28 MAY 2015 COMING THIS SEASON: INNOVATION IN CINEMA: 3D DAY // ICONS: BATMAN // HUMDINGER! CHILDREN’S STORY FESTIVAL // HOLLYWOOD SELFIES // INTERCULTURAL & ANTI-RACISM PROGRAMME

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Welcome to the Foyle Film Festival’s action-packed blockbuster of a Spring Programme with special events, talks, an iconic superhero or two, innovative 3D movies, children’s screenings, and some intriguing Hollywood Selfies.

The programme kicks off with an exploration of Innovation in Cinema: 3D Day on Thursday 12 March, with a series of films at Brunswick Moviebowl tracing the history of 3D cinema – including Dial M For Murder, Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Avatar, and a talk from leading film historian Professor Ian Christie.

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Icons: Batman, from Monday 16 to Saturday 21 March, celebrates the many manifestations of the Dark Knight, with talks and screenings, Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy at Brunswick Moviebowl, comic art, animation and FabLab workshops, and a very special Batman-themed day at the Nerve Centre for children and young people including a Gotham video gaming arcade.

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The Foyle Film Festival’s 10th annual Intercultural & Anti-Racism Programme takes place from Monday 23 to Saturday 28 March. As well as an extensive education programme, the schedule includes award-winning, thought-provoking films such as Dreamcatcher and Dear White People, as well as a 75th anniversary screening of Pinocchio.

Also in the last week in March, children will love screenings of Lady and the Tramp, Chicken Little and E.T., as part of the Humdinger! Children’s Story Festival, as well as a chance to see our very own The Crumblegiant animated film by Derry animator John McCloskey.

Long before “selfies” became the rage, Hollywood filmmakers have been taking long looks in the mirror and saying: “Now there’s a good subject for a movie”.

During April and May, we celebrate the Oscars® with the Hollywood Selfies Season, showcasing an eclectic range of great films that extol the wonders, and expose the horrors, of the Dream Factory that spawned them. From Sunset Boulevard to Get Shorty, we present 20 films, screening chronologically, representing some of the entertainment industry’s most amusing, astute and enduring looks inward.

INNOVATION IN CINEMA: 3D DAY

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THURSDAY 12 MARCH

INNOVATION IN CINEMA: 3D DAY VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL

Until recently 3D has been part of the lost history of cinema. After a brief period of popularity in the 1950s when Alfred Hitchcock created one of the classics of 3D cinema, the technology was written off as a gimmick. Since the triumph of Avatar, 3D has returned with a vengeance.

As well as extending the boundaries of the mainstream cinema experience in blockbusters such as Gravity, 3D is also inspiring arthouse filmmakers such as Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog.

Our celebration of the history of 3D Cinema has been curated by Professor Ian Christie, one of the UK’s leading film historians.

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DIAL M FOR MURDER IN STUNNING 3D @ 10AM EDUCATION SCREENING TICKET PRICE: £2

@ 2PM SENIOR CITIZENS SCREENING TICKET PRICE: £1

USA.1954. Director(s): Alfred Hitchcock.

Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson. Duration: 1hr.45mins. Cert: PG. Take a trip back in time to 1954 when Alfred Hitchcock experimented with 3D in his polished adaptation of the stage thriller Dial M For Murder, now restored to its full three-dimensional glory. Seeing it as he intended is like watching the film for the first time. The depth of focus, framing of characters and objects and use of the claustrophobic sets add extra pleasure to what was already a thoroughly enjoyable “perfect crime” nail-biter. Grace Kelly reaches out into the audience for murder scissors; foreground tea tables all but clonk your knees; a tell-tale door key is brandished inches from your nose. Dial M for Murder marked the end of the brief flirtation with 3D movies of the early 1950s. Hitchcock said of 3D: “It’s a nine-day wonder, and I came in on the ninth day”.

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS

AVATAR

France.2011. Director(s): Werner Herzog.

Cast: Werner Herzog, Jean Clottes, Julien Money.

Duration: 1hr.30mins. Cert: PG.

USA.2009. Director(s): James Cameron.

Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver. Duration: 2hrs.42mins. Cert: PG-13.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams, a breathtaking 3D documentary by German director Werner Herzog, follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man. It’s an unforgettable cinematic experience that provides a unique glimpse of the pristine artwork created by human hands over 30,000 years ago – almost twice as old as any previous discovery.

As well as being the most commercially successful director in the world, James Cameron is also one of the technological pioneers in modern cinema history, using new developments to translate his creative ideas onto the big screen.

Avatar heralded the digital rebirth of 3D cinema – a kind of cinema promising a total spatial film experience by projecting the viewer into the filmic space. The fall from dizzying heights in the movie’s final battle signalled an unprecedented thrill in cinema, even prompting comparisons with the legendary Lumière brothers’ film Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1895). As well as marking the beginning of the three-dimensional age of cinema, Avatar completes the circle with its link back to early cinema.

@ 7.30PM TICKET PRICE: £4.50

“A sacred space where the human and the mystical effortlessly intertwine, and we are in Werner Herzog’s debt for that great gift.”

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

@ 9.30PM TICKET PRICE: £6

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ICONS: BATMAN

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MONDAY 16 - SATURDAY 21 MARCH

ICONS: BATMAN

CELEBRATING THE DARK KNIGHT A week-long celebration of Batman: Dark Knight, Caped Crusader, World’s Greatest Detective. Whatever you know him as, wherever you know him from – the blockbuster movies, TV shows, video games, cartoons, or millions of comics – Batman is proof you don’t need superpowers to be a superhero.

Nerve Centre will host a series of events exploring and celebrating the world of Batman. From film and animation screenings, workshops, competitions, to a full day of Batman-themed activities on Saturday 21 March. The action-packed Saturday will feature screenings of the best Batman movies, animations, comic art and craft workshops and the Gotham Arcade, with a selection of brilliant Batman video games on offer – you’ll not want to miss out!

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MONDAY 16 MARCH @ 7.30PM

TAXI DRIVER

TICKET PRICE: £2 VENUE: NERVE CENTRE CINEMA USA.1976. Director: Martin Scorsese.

Cast: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd. Duration: 1hr.53mins. Cert: 18.

Martin Scorsese’s exploration of the psychology of the vigilante remains one of the most disturbing films of American cinema. Screenwriter Paul Schrader drew inspiration from Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground and the diary of Arthur Bremer, the would-be assassin of presidential candidate George Wallace, to create an unnerving portrait of a paranoid Vietnam vet who transforms himself into an avenging angel. It was an attempt, Shrader said, to “exorcise the evil I felt within me”. The bloody climax of the film, resulting in Travis Bickle’s elevation to tabloid hero, offers a chilling insight into the redemptive power of violence.

WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH @ 7.30PM

THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI

WITH INTRODUCTORY TALK ON GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST CINEMA TICKET PRICE: £2 VENUE: NERVE CENTRE CINEMA USA.1920. Director(s): Robert Weine.

Cast: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher. Duration: 1hr.13mins. Cert: U. In the aftermath of the First World War, German filmmakers created a nightmare world of the bizarre and the uncanny that continues to have a major influence on art and the cinema today. Echoes of The Cabinet of Dr Caligari can be detected throughout the Batman universe. The fixed grin and clown-like appearance of the central character in The Man Who Laughs (1928) was a key inspiration for the creation of the Joker. The role was

played by Conrad Veidt, the actor who played Cesare, the sleepwalker under the control of the sinister Dr Caligari.

Tim Burton brought the dark shadows, twisted perspectives and macabre sensibility of German Expressionist cinema to Gotham City, while Caligari’s disturbing vision of madness and psychosis is mirrored in the haunted corridors of Arkham Asylum.

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ICONS: BATMAN

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THURSDAY 19 MARCH @ 2PM

THURSDAY 19 MARCH @ 7.30PM

NORTHERN IRELAND PREMIERE TICKET PRICE: FREE VENUE: NERVE CENTRE CINEMA

WITH INTRODUCTORY TALK ON CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S VIGILANTES TICKET PRICE: £2 VENUE: NERVE CENTRE CINEMA

LEGENDS OF THE KNIGHT

USA.2013. Director(s): Brett Culp.

Cast: Petaluma Batman, Gotham Chopra, Brett Culp. Duration: 1hr.16mins. Cert: Not yet rated but suitable for all ages.

A special screening of the acclaimed documentary.

Legends of the Knight weaves together the uplifting true stories of individuals who have overcome devastating obstacles, unselfishly given to the community, and embraced their inner superhero because of their love of Batman.

Through the deeply personal tales of Batman fans, writers and filmmakers, this feature-length documentary explores the power of heroic stories and encourages viewers to find their own path to heroism. Funded by over 1,100 contributors from around the world, Legends of the Knight is a return to our childhood dreams of being a hero.

A limited amount of public tickets will be available for this special screening.

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MEMENTO

USA.2000. Director: Christopher Nolan.

Cast: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano. Duration: 2hrs.6mins. Cert: 15.

This tale of an obsessive loner seeking vengeance after the murder of his wife first brought Christopher Nolan to international attention. In a daring new twist on the noir antihero, the main character Leonard Shelby has suffered severe head trauma and can no longer form new memories. The disorientation, confusion and doubt that are Leonard’s permanent state of mind are brilliantly evoked through a narrative of reverse chronology.

“Though many contemporary films jumble time and some reverse chronology, like Pulp Fiction or 2046, none does so with as many scenes as Memento. Its narrative structure forces the spectator to take a new approach to making sense of what happens.”

Todd McGowan

FRIDAY 20 MARCH @ 7.30PM

BATMAN RETURNS

TICKET PRICE: £2 VENUE: NERVE CENTRE CINEMA USA.1992. Director(s): Tim Burton.

Cast: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer. Duration: 2hrs.6mins. Cert: 15.

In this sequel to his cinematic reboot of Batman, Tim Burton returns to the theme of the outsider he explored in his previous film, the haunting Edward Scissorhands. In fact, the Penguin and Catwoman both come across as distant cousins of the outcast Edward, twin lost souls seeking love and understanding. With their dark costumes and gothic look, all three characters are descendants of the German Expressionist cinema of the 1920s. Burton also draws on the design

aesthetic of this classic period of German cinema to craft a new vision of Gotham City.

“Production designer Bob Welch creates a comic nightmare version of Manhattan where cinematic predecessors such as Fritz Lang’s Metropolis merge with expressionism and borrowings from fascist architecture to form a threatening artificial world.”

Jurgan Muller

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ICONS: BATMAN

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INTERACTIVE GREEN SCREEN GAME: TO THE BATMOBILE!

SATURDAY 21 MARCH

BATMAN DAY KAPOW!

(CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT)

A host of Batman-themed activities for children and young people to enjoy, including the Gotham Arcade featuring the very best Batman video games, comic art and FabLab workshops, face painting, screenings of Batman animations, and art activities throughout the Nerve Centre. All welcome, refreshments will be available. Brunswick Moviebowl will also host screenings of The Dark Knight trilogy and for younger Bat-fans, The Lego Movie.

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GOTHAM ARCADE

BATMAN COSPLAY

The Nerve Centre has partnered with Magee Core to host the mighty Gotham Arcade, featuring a selection of the very best Batman video games, suitable for most ages. There will also be a number of Bat-themed tournaments and challenges, with some fantastic prizes on offer. Full details to be confirmed, see nervecentre.org

‘Cosplay’ (created from the words Costume Play) is a fantastic excuse to get dressed up! For little kids and big kids too – get dressed up as Batman, one of his villains or your own favourite character. Not only do we encourage everyone to come along in costume, we’ll have our very own Batman patrolling the Nerve Centre during the day, who will even take time off for photos! Top costumes will also have the chance to win one of our spot prizes, as we’ll have a number of secret judges on the lookout all day!

FACE PAINTING! Get transformed into one of your favourite Batman bad guys, like Joker or Two Face! Or if you prefer, fight for good and get branded by the Bat Symbol!

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Gotham needs you! Can you make the right choices to save Batman’s city from peril? Through the magic of green screen technology, you will hop into the Batmobile, speed through the city streets and courageously battle the henchmen of Batman’s most feared enemies to discover if you’re Gotham’s latest hero!

1PM / 2.30PM / 4PM (DURATION 1 HOUR)

12PM (DURATION 2 HOURS)

AGE: 6 YRS+ (CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT) TICKET PRICE: £3

AGE: 8 YRS+ TICKET PRICE: £3

COMIC ART WORKSHOP: GOTHAM VILLAINS!

As part of our Gotham Villains! art competition, we will be hosting a set of comic art workshops to help you create your own original designs for a new Batman villain.

Come along and get useful hints and tips about drawing characters and what makes a truly memorable villain! Art created in this workshop can also be directly entered into the overall competition. Hosted by comic artist Phil Barrett, one of Ireland’s leading experts in making great comic art!

FABLAB WORKSHOP: MAKING YOUR OWN BAT MEMENTO FabLab is filled with machines that can literally make anything, from design software to laser cutters to 3D printers. Come along and combine your own creativity with this amazing tech, to design and make your own Bat Memento!

For more details or to book please contact Nerve Centre: Email: info@nervecentre.org Tel: 028 7126 0562 Workshop spaces are limited to 12, so please book early to avoid disappointment.

For more details or to book please contact Nerve Centre: Email: info@nervecentre.org Tel: 028 7126 0562 Workshop spaces are limited to 20 children per event, so please book early to avoid disappointment. Parents go free!

Please note: Batman will only be here from 2pm to 4pm, before leaving to fight crime!

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ICONS: BATMAN

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SATURDAY 21 MARCH

THURSDAY 19 MARCH, FRIDAY 20 MARCH

BATMAN SCREENINGS & PANEL DISCUSSION

BATMAN WORKSHOP COMPETITION FOR SCHOOLS

Win a free Batman workshop at your school!

Eight special Batman workshops in Animation or Comic Art are on offer to local schools.

VENUE: NERVE CENTRE FREE 12PM

THE HISTORY OF BATMAN (40mins DOCUMENTARY)

12.40PM

FRANK MILLER: RETURNING BATMAN TO HIS ROOTS (20mins DOCUMENTARY)

1PM

BATMAN: YEAR ONE ANIMATED VERSION OF THE SEMINAL FRANK MILLER GRAPHIC NOVEL. CERT: 12.

1.30PM

COMIC BOOK SIGNING: WITH GRAYSON COMIC ARTIST STEPHEN MOONEY Come along and meet Stephen Mooney, one of Ireland’s leading comic creators, currently an artist on ‘Grayson’ for DC Comics. Grayson follows the exploits of the former Robin the Boy Wonder, Dick Grayson, the original Batman sidekick who went on to become Nightwing, of the Teen Titans. He also served as Batman for a brief time when Batman was presumed dead! Stephen has worked on a host of top comic titles, Angel, A-Team, Teen Wolf, CSI and recently created his own critically acclaimed, creatorowned comic ‘Half Past Danger’, described as Indiana Jones meet Jurassic Park!

(Copies of Grayson will be available to purchase – Age rating 12yrs+)

2.15PM

PANEL: GREATEST BATMAN STORY EVER TOLD? 12 YRS+

A very special event featuring a panel of guests and Batman experts, including top comic artist Stephen Mooney, a host of leading comic podcasters and journalists – and also the audience! Bat-fans will have four minutes to present the case for their favourite Batman story, in any media, with a discussion and public vote at the end to decide the winner.

The member of the audience with most votes will receive a special prize and gift voucher.

If you would like to present your own favourite Batman story, please contact David Campbell d.campbell@ nervecentre.org

3.30PM

THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS

THE ANIMATED VERSION OF THE FRANK MILLER GRAPHIC NOVEL. CERT: 15.

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ANIMATION WORKSHOP, ANIMATING GOTHAM VENUE: OUTREACH SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGE 2 (MAX 30 PUPILS) DURATION: 2hrs.

AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / THE ARTS / UICT / WAU / LANGUAGE & LITERACY Swapping the Bat Computer for iPads, participants will make mini ‘(bat)mobile movies’ featuring their own crime-busting capers. Using stop motion animation and green screen techniques, Gotham City will play host to the new mysterious heroes in town. This whirlwind outreach workshop will see participants explore citizenship, film language and exciting accessible ways to make films, as well as encouraging teamwork under time pressure. Kapow!

COMIC ART WORKSHOP, BATMAN: DRAWING THE DARK KNIGHT VENUE: OUTREACH (HOSTED BY UPROAR COMICS) SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGE 2 (MAX 30 PUPILS) DURATION: 1hr30mins.

AREAS OF LEARNING: THE ARTS / LANGUAGE & LITERACY Batman is one of the world’s most popular and enduring characters. His look has evolved greatly over the past 76 years, with hundreds of different variations. This workshop will explore character design, looking at different versions of Batman, his costume and accessories. Participants will t o learn how to draw the Caped Crusader, or even create their own original take on the character!

To enter your school email Sharon Tosh, s.tosh@nervecentre.org, with the following information: • Choice of workshop and school name in email subject • Class / Year and number of pupils, contact name and telephone number in body of email Closing date: 12pm, Tuesday 10 March

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SATURDAY 21 MARCH

THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL

Widely considered to be one of the greatest trilogies of all time, here is a chance to watch the acclaimed series back to back on the big screen.

When Director Christopher Nolan rebooted the struggling Batman franchise back in 2005, with a much darker and more realistic tone, few would have guessed the phenomenal impact it would have on the Dark Knight, as well as reinventing the superhero genre in cinema.

SATURDAY 21 MARCH @ 11.40AM

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BATMAN BEGINS

THE LEGO MOVIE

USA.2014. Director(s): Phil Lord, Christopher Miller. Cast: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks. Duration: 1hr.40mins. Cert: U. The critically acclaimed box office smash and BAFTA-winning movie will return for a special screening. It features a Lego incarnation of Batman that has proved so popular that he is due to star in his own big screen spin-

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off. In a film full of invention and great characters, the extra-gravelly voiced, arrogant, sarcastic, too-cool-for-school Batman manages to steal every scene he is in.

USA/UK.2005.

Director(s): Christopher Nolan.

Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes. Duration: 2hrs.21mins.

Cert: 12.

THE DARK KNIGHT USA. 2008.

Director(s): Christopher Nolan.

Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart.

Duration: 2hrs.32mins.

Cert: 12.

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USA.2012.

Director: Christopher Nolan.

Cast: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway.

Duration: 2hrs.45mins. Cert: 12.

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10TH INTERCULTURAL & ANTI-RACISM PROGRAMME

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FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL 10TH INTERCULTURAL & ANTI-RACISM PROGRAMME Foyle Film Festival’s 10th Intercultural & Anti Racism Programme takes place from Monday 23 to Saturday 28 March.

For a decade now this important educational event offers primary, post-primary schools, colleges, community groups and the general public, a programme of international films, documentaries, workshops and outreach screenings, raising awareness around issues such as racism, discrimination and harassment.

It seeks to educate children, young people and the wider public, to accept, value and embrace diversity in all its forms – whether race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, the poor, migrants, minorities, those with physical disabilities – as well as encouraging awareness of local and global issues like war, human rights abuses and the environment. For the full programme, including schools screenings, visit nervecentre.org

MONDAY 23 MARCH @ 8PM

DREAMCATCHER

VENUE: NERVE CENTRE CINEMA TICKET PRICE: £2 UK/USA.2015. Director: Kim Longinotto.

Cast: Brenda Myers-Powell. Duration: 1hr.38mins.

Cert: 15. Distributor: Dogwoof.

Dreamcatcher takes us into a hidden world through the eyes of one of its survivors, Brenda Myers-Powell. A former teenage prostitute with a drug habit, Brenda defied the odds to become a powerful advocate for change in her community.

Dreamcatcher explores the cycle of neglect, violence and exploitation which each year leaves thousands upon thousands of girls and women feeling that prostitution is their only option to survive.

With unprecedented access, multi-award winning director Kim Longinotto paints a vivid portrait of a community struggling to come to terms with some of its most painful truths and of the extraordinary woman who uses her past to inspire others to survive. With warmth and humour, Brenda gives hope to those who have none.

TUESDAY 24 MARCH @ 8PM

DEAR WHITE PEOPLE

VENUE: NERVE CENTRE CINEMA TICKET PRICE: £2 USA.2014. Director: Justin Simien.

Cast: Kyle Gallner, Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Dennis Haysbert. Duration: 1hr.48mins.

Cert: 15.

Winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival’s Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent, Dear White People is a sly, provocative satire of race relations in the age of Obama. Writer/ director Justin Simien follows a group of African American students as they navigate campus life and racial politics at a predominantly white college.

“A brilliant commentary on the concept of a postracial society.”

Misa Shikuma, Sound On Sight “As smart and fearless a debut as I have seen from an American filmmaker in quite some time.”

A.O. Scott, New York Times

WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH @ 8PM

THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE (CE QU’IL FAUT POUR VIVRE) VENUE: NERVE CENTRE CINEMA TICKET PRICE: £2

Canada.2008. Director: Benoît Pilon.

Cast: Natar Ungalaaq, Denis Bernard, Antoine Bertrand, Paul-André Brasseur. Duration: 1hr.42mins. Cert: 15. Language: French & Inuktitut with English subtitles.

The Necessities of Life is an engaging drama about an Inuit hunter and family man diagnosed with tuberculosis, and sent from his Far North home to a sanitarium in early-’50s Quebec.

Separated from his wife and daughters and only partially grasping the reasons for his internment, Tiivii struggles to connect with the French-speaking “Whites” who surround him. The film’s exploration of cultural barriers and human connections may be familiar, but Pilon’s documentarian approach elevates a potentially sentimental storyline to something much more affecting.

Winner of World Cinema Directing Award at Sundance Film Festival 2015.

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10TH INTERCULTURAL & ANTI-RACISM PROGRAMME

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THURSDAY 26 MARCH @ 8PM

FRIDAY 27 MARCH @ 8PM

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DESERT FLOWER

UK/Germany/Austria/France.2009. Director: Sherry Hormann. Cast: Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Anthony Mackie. Duration: 2hrs. Cert: 18.

Desert Flower has all the trappings of a good fairytale, especially those moments of despair so extreme that a happy ending seems almost impossible. But what makes Sherry Hormann’s film astounding is that it’s real.

The autobiography-turned-biopic is based on the life of African nomad, supermodel and activist Waris Dirie.

Born in Somalia, Dirie escaped marriage at 13 (she was to become the fourth wife of a 65-year-old man) by walking alone for days through the desert to find a grandmother she had never met. She then moved to London and found work as a cleaning woman at McDonald’s.

While mopping the floors, she was discovered by a renowned fashion photographer who turned her into a supermodel. After finding fame, Dirie dropped a bombshell. At the age of three, she had suffered ritual female genital mutilation (FGM), a horrifying practice that meant lifelong pain for her and death for a number of her family members.

Winner of World Cinema Directing Award at Sundance Film Festival 2015.

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SHAME FRIDAY 27 MARCH @ 1PM

THE GREEN FIELDS OF FRANCE

VENUE: TOWER MUSEUM TICKET PRICE: FREE INTRODUCTORY TALK FROM DONAL MCANALLEN ON ‘REDISCOVERING GAA MEMBERS WHO FOUGHT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR’

The Green Fields of France is a poetic documentary exploring the role of Irish men who fought and died during the First World War. John Banville, Peter Fallon and Frank McGuinness lend their voices to the work of Irish poets Patrick McGill, Francis Ledwidge and Thomas Kettle, all of whom fought during the conflict.

It is estimated that over 300,000 Irishmen fought during the First World War although their involvement has long been a sensitive issue. The work of poets such as Ledwidge and Kettle offers a unique insight into the mindset of men from Ireland fighting across the Western Front.

The screening will also include a talk by Donal McAnallen from the GAA’s ‘Forgotten Gaelic Volunteers’ project. He will show how the organisation’s nine month research project is aiming to identify GAA members from Ulster who died during the First World War and uncover the sometimes forgotten volunteers.

Australia.1987. Director: Steve Jodrell. Cast: Deborra-Lee Furness, Tony Barry, Simone Buchanan, Gillian Jones, David Franklin, Bill McCluskey.

Duration: 1hr.34mins. Cert: 15.

Not to be confused with the more recent Michael Fassbender movie, this Australian gem follows Asta Cadell, a lawyer travelling through the Australian outback on holiday. Asta stops in a small Western Australian town after her motorcycle breaks down and shacks up with Tim Curtis, the local mechanic, while fixing it. She then becomes involved in helping Curtis’ teenage daughter, Lizzie, who has been recently raped

by Danny Fiske, the son of a wealthy, well-known citizen and his gang. Asta persuades Lizzie to press charges against Danny, but the local population becomes determined to keep the incident a secret at any cost and soon Asta and the Curtis family’s lives are in danger.

SATURDAY 28 MARCH @ 11.40AM

75TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING: PINOCCHIO VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL TICKET PRICE: £1.50

USA.1940. Director(s): Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske. Cast: Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Mel Blanc.

Duration: 1hr.28mins. Cert: U. Distributor: Park Circus.

The most magical of animated films, Pinocchio represents a high point of cinematic invention.

Its impact on fantasy is huge – Steven Spielberg quotes the soaring ballad “When You Wish Upon A Star” in his dream project Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, and remade the whole movie with his robotboy adventure A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

The first animated film to win an Academy Award, Pinocchio is a parable for children, and generations have grown up remembering the words “Let your conscience be your guide” and “A lie keeps growing and growing until it’s as plain as the nose on your face”.

Winner of two Oscars ®.

SATURDAY 28 MARCH @ 8PM

I AM SLAVE

VENUE: NERVE CENTRE TICKET PRICE: £2 UK.2010. Director: Gabriel Range. Cast: Wunmi Mosaku, Isaach De Bankolé, Lubna Azabal. Duration: 1hr.22mins.

Cert: 15.

Based on the true story of Mende Nazer who, at 12 years old, was abducted from her Sudanese village by progovernment Arab militia and sold into slavery in Khartoum.

After six years she is sent to London, where her name is changed, but her miserable life of servitude continues. Her passport is taken away and she is told that her father will die if she goes to the authorities.

Fortunately she meets a sympathetic person who seems to offer her the hope of escape and reunion with her family back in Sudan. For all the film’s optimism an end title states that there are around 5,000 ‘slave’ workers currently in Britain. A largely hidden injustice that needs increased exposure in order to bring the problem into the open and, hopefully, help to eradicate.

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HUMDINGER! CHILDREN’S STORY FESTIVAL

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HUMDINGER! FILM CLUB @ NERVE CENTRE CINEMA

Dog Ears and Nerve Centre join forces to offer a fun film element to the Humdinger! Children’s Story Festival for the whole family to enjoy. Come along to watch some of our all-time favourite stories for children that have been made for the big screen over the years.

Admission is free.

MONDAY 23 MARCH @ 4PM

TUESDAY 24 MARCH @ 4PM

The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown cocker spaniel, Lady, who meets up with a streetwise mutt who calls himself Tramp.

He is obviously from the wrong side of town, but happenings at Lady’s home make her decide to travel with him for a while.

This turns out to be a bad move, as no dog is above the law.

After Chicken Little causes widespread panic - when he mistakes a falling acorn for a piece of the sky - the young chicken is determined to restore his reputation. But just as things are starting to go his way, a real piece of the sky lands on his head. Chicken Little and his band of misfit friends attempt to save the world without sending the town into a whole new panic.

LADY AND THE TRAMP

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CHICKEN LITTLE

WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH @ 4PM

E.T.

THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL When an alien is inadvertently left behind on Earth, he finds refuge with a lonely young boy named Elliott. As Elliott and E.T. bond, it soon becomes clear that E.T. must find his way home before government officials capture him and experiment upon him. Together, E.T., Elliott and his family and friends help reunite the stranded alien with his spaceship.

TUESDAY 24 MARCH @ 1PM

THE CRUMBLEGIANT

BY JOHN MCCLOSKEY BOOK LAUNCH AND SCREENING

‘Every day the crows would attack and scrawk. But that was ok because every day the Crumblegiant would appear and swish them all away into the white clouds… Then one day the giant never turned up…’

Follow Emily on her journey through a beautiful landscape of sheep and stars and fantastical imaginings in a gentle, thought-provoking exploration of grief and loss.

John McCloskey is an award-winning illustrator and animator. The Crumblegiant began life as an animated film, which was nominated for a BAFTA in 2009, and has now been turned into an amazing limited edition book and iBook by Whittrick Press and Raw Nerve Productions.

The iBook has a unique scrolling narrative and is narrated by well-known actor Bernard Hill, star of Lord of the Rings, Titanic and, most recently, Wolf Hall.

The launch will include a screening of the original animation, a Q&A with the author, refreshments, and the opportunity to get hands on with the iBook. www.whittrickpress.com

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HOLLYWOOD SELFIES

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HOLLYWOOD SELFIES During April and May, we celebrate the Oscars® with the Hollywood Selfies Season, showcasing an eclectic range of great films that extol the wonders, and expose the horrors, of the Dream Factory that spawned them. The chosen films represent some of the entertainment industry’s most amusing, astute and enduring looks inward.

FRIDAY 10 APRIL @ 7PM

A STAR IS BORN TICKET PRICE: £2

WEDNESDAY 8 APRIL @ 7PM

SUNSET BOULEVARD

USA.1954. Director: George Cukor.

Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson.

Duration: 2hrs.34mins. Cert: U.

65TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING TICKET PRICE: £2

USA.1950. Director: Billy Wilder. Cast: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim, Buster Keaton. Duration: 1hr.50mins. Cert: PG.

THURSDAY 9 APRIL @ 7PM

FREE reception before tonight’s screening.

All welcome.

USA.1952. Director(s): Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly. Cast: Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen. Duration: 1hr.43mins.

Cert: U.

Billy Wilder’s scabrous, cynical attack on Hollywood stars William Holden as a bankrupt screenwriter caught up in the sticky web of sleaze and insanity spun by a faded star (Gloria Swanson) of the silent film. The story, set in ‘50s Hollywood, focuses on Norma Desmond, a silentscreen goddess whose pathetic belief in her own indestructibility has turned her into a demented recluse. The crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion where she lives with only her butler, Max, who was once her director and husband has become her self-contained world. Norma dreams of a movie comeback and she begins a relationship with Joe Gillis, a small-time writer who becomes her lover, that will culminate with murder and total madness.

Winner of three Oscars®.

22 APRIL FILMS

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN TICKET PRICE: £2

Made during the McCarthyite witch-hunts of the early ‘50s, MGM’s Singin’ In The Rain plays as a Technicolor love-letter to a studio system on the verge of collapse. One of Hollywood’s greatest musicals, it is set during the transition from silent movies to the talkies, as three actors (Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds) attempt to save the costume drama ‘The Duelling Cavalier’ by turning it into a musical and redubbing the grating voice of the lead actress (Jean Hagen).

Nominated for two Oscars®.

Norman Maine, a movie star whose career is on the wane, meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he drunkenly stumbles into her act one night. A friendship develops, then blossoms into romance before tensions increase as Esther’s career takes off while Norman’s continues to plummet. It is the story of a couple’s marriage and their struggle to hold fast to the fragile thing of love as fame and failure divide them - and of the husband’s sacrifice at the end.

Nominated for six Oscars®.

“Of all Hollywood’s heartbreakers, this must be one of the saddest… The acting honours belong to Mason: whether sliding into alcoholism, or embarrassing everyone at an Oscar® ceremony, he gives a performance which is as good as any actor is ever allowed.”

Time Out

TUESDAY 14 APRIL @ 7PM

STARDUST MEMORIES 35TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING TICKET PRICE: £2

USA.1980. Director: Woody Allen. Cast: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper.

Duration: 1hr.29mins. Cert: PG.

Woody Allen’s homage to Fellini’s 8½ plays vout much in the same way, as Allen creates yet another skewed version of himself, this time called Sandy Bates. Bates is at a film festival for a retrospective on his career, and throughout the course of the weekend he reflects on his personal life, his past films, and the future of his career.

Stardust Memories skewers with deadly accuracy not only itself and its creator, but also human relationships on all levels and celebrity culture. (Bates’ near murder by an obsessed fan eerily presaged the killing of John Lennon a short while later). The film also has one of the best soundtracks ever - not just in terms of song choices, but also in the actual placement of each song.

“It is a fairly brutal and stylized account of the miseries of a famous comedian/director, who is trying to do something different, but his grabby fans and uncomprehending studio bosses won’t let him.”

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WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL @ 7PM

THE STUNT MAN

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USA.1980. Director: Richard Rush. Cast: Peter O’Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey.

Duration: 2hrs.11mins. Cert: 15.

THURSDAY 16 APRIL @ 7PM

The Stunt Man is told from the perspective of Cameron (Steve Railsback), a Vietnam vet on the run from the law. He stumbles onto the set of a WWI movie and accidentally kills a stunt driver.

The director of the movie is the eccentric and megalomaniacal Eli Cross (Peter O’Toole, in one of his best ever performances), who takes Cameron under his wing and protects him from John Law, as long as he keeps his mouth shut about the accident.

USA.1989. Director: Christopher Guest.

Cast: Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Martin Short, Emily Longstreth.

Duration: 1hr.40mins. Cert: PG-13.

Cameron practices to be a stunt artist and takes the place of the man he killed. But as the movie shoot becomes more elaborate and dangerous, he falls in love with the leading lady (Barbara Hershey) and starts to suspect that Eli is trying to capture his death on film.

Winner of three Oscars®.

“Comes highly recommended. It’s another of those legendary sleepers, such as The Great Santini that almost got shelved without being seen.”

Roger Ebert, rogerebert.com

24 APRIL FILMS

THE BIG PICTURE TICKET PRICE: £2

Nick Chapman graduates from film school and his short film wins a special prize. This gives him a high enough profile that he can get Hollywood to back the film he has long dreamed of making.

Studio exec Allen Habel is interested, but Nick soon is seduced by Hollywood and makes one concession after another until his original movie is lost altogether. Worse, Nick is lost, too, turning on girlfriend Susan and old buddy Emmet. Will he come to his senses before everything is lost?

“The strength of The Big Picture is its forays into the possibilities of the cinema… It’s the work of a filmmaker with an exhaustive knowledge of movie history and a wanton desire to languish in it.”

Greg DeLiso, Smug Film

TUESDAY 21 APRIL @ 7PM

BARTON FINK TICKET PRICE: £2

USA/UK.1991. Director(s): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen. Cast: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, Steve Buscemi.

Duration: 1hr.56mins. Cert: 15.

A subtle and probing journey into the darkness of “writer’s block”, Barton Fink delves into what lurks below people’s perceived character. The elation of overnight success often changes the recipient in surprising ways, although in the case of Barton Fink (John Turturro) all he’d like to do is escape the limelight and return to his muse.

However, Hollywood beckons with some obscenely large paychecks, providing an alternative to the common folk who are Fink’s inspiration. He acquiesces but

compromises by booking into an offbeat hotel, hoping to maintain some contact with ordinary people in the largely alien Los Angeles.

Nominated for three Oscars®. Won Palm d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991.

“Great acting; John Goodman finds an opportunity to display a darker streak and Michael Lerner is hilarious as the studio boss.”

Stefan Hedmark, Thrill Me Softly

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WEDNESDAY 22 APRIL @ 7PM

WEDNESDAY 29 APRIL @ 7PM

TICKET PRICE: £2

TICKET PRICE: £2

THE PLAYER

THURSDAY 23 APRIL @ 7PM

CHAPLIN

TICKET PRICE: £2 USA/Japan/France/Italy.1992. Director: Richard Attenborough. Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Paul Rhys, John Thaw, Moira Kelly Anthony Hopkins, Dan Aykroyd, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Kline, Penelope Ann Miller. Duration: 2hrs.23mins.

Cert: PG-13.

The biography of Charlie Chaplin, filmmaker extraordinaire. From his formative years in England to his highest successes in America, Charlie’s life, work and loves are followed. He was perfectly willing to spend hours or days on one shot or gag until he had it exactly right. He won his fame by reinventing himself as a universal character: before Batman, before Mickey

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Mouse, there was the Little Tramp, an everyman whose lack of name and address allowed him to go anywhere and do anything, as long as it was funny or brought a tear. While his screen characters were extremely hilarious, the man behind “The Little Tramp” was constantly haunted by a sense of loss.

Nominated for three Oscars®.

ED WOOD

USA.1992. Director: Robert Altman. Cast: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Peter Gallagher, Vincent D’Onofrio, Whoopi Goldberg.

Duration: 2hrs.4mins. Cert: 15.

USA.1994. Director: Tim Burton. Cast: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Bill Murray. Duration: 2hrs.7mins. Cert: 15.

Egocentric movie studio executive Griffin Mill’s (Tim Robbins) life is starting to seem like a movie in itself. Word around Hollywood is that he is about to be replaced by young hotshot Larry Levy (Peter Gallagher), and to make matters worse, Griffin has just accidentally murdered innocent screenwriter David Kahane (Vincent D’Onofrio) after accusing Kahane of sending him malicious postcards, and the police are on to him. Aside from all of this, Griffin has to survive in the shallow yet glamorous world of Hollywood, in which stars hag out on every corner and movies are made as long as the pitch can be condensed to 25 words or less, and the endings are happy.

The significance of Ed Wood, both man and movie, on the career of Tim Burton cannot be emphasised enough. Here Burton regurgitates and pays homage to the influences of his youth, just as he would continue to do with Mars Attacks! and Sleepy Hollow. Everything is just right, from the decision to shoot in black and white, the performances of Johnny Depp (as Ed) and Martin Landau (as Bela Lugosi), the re-creation of 1950’s Hollywood and the evocative score by Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings). The plot struck a poignant familiar chord with Burton, who saw the relationship between Ed and Lugosi mirroring his own with Vincent Price. Most importantly Burton responded to the story of the struggling, misunderstood artist.

Nominated for three Oscars®.

“A subtle damning of things Hollywood, Robert Altman’s seriocomedy slices its target with a thousand, imperceptible razor cuts.”

Desson Howe, The Washington Post

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THURSDAY 30 APRIL @ 7PM

WEDNESDAY 6 MAY @ 7PM

WEDNESDAY 13 MAY @ 7PM

TICKET PRICE: £2

TICKET PRICE: £2

TICKET PRICE: £2

GET SHORTY

USA.1996. Director: Barry Sonnenfeld.

Cast: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito. Duration: 1hr.45mins.

Cert: 15.

USA.1997. Director: Curtis Hanson. Cast: Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, James Cromwell, Danny DeVito, David Strathairn.

Duration: 2hrs.18mins. Cert: 18.

Get Shorty is a comedy about Chili Palmer, a Miami loan shark who is a movie fanatic.

Played by John Travolta, Palmer decides to become a producer/director and get out of the tough-guy business. He originally goes to Hollywood to find someone who has stolen some money from his boss’s boss, but gets distracted by his movie star aspirations.

1950’s Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noirish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the oneway path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime.

Won a Golden Globe.

“Get Shorty is crime comedy at its best.”

Scott Patterson, Sound On Sight

Winner of two Oscars®.

28 MAY FILMS

WAG THE DOG

LA CONFIDENTIAL

THURSDAY 7 MAY @ 7PM

BOOGIE NIGHTS TICKET PRICE: £2

USA.1997. Director: Paul Thomas Anderson.

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds. Duration: 2hrs.35mins.

Cert:18.

Charting the rise and fall of well-endowed teenage ingénu Dirk Diggler (Wahlberg), from dishwasher to subcultural skin flick superstar, and back to washed-out junkie, the film is less a cautionary tale than a freewheeling, talent-showcasing homage to the glitter, tack and kitsch excesses of the drug-fuelled late ‘70s and the hangover ‘80s.

Nominated for three Oscars®.

USA.1997. Director: Barry Levinson. Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert DeNiro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson, Kirsten Dunst.

Duration: 1hr.37mins. Cert: 15.

Hoffman displays his suave cynicism as a hot shot Hollywood producer who is called upon by Robert DeNiro’s omnipotent Presidential spin-doctor to squelch a potentially ugly public relations backlash on the eve of re-election. It turns out that the President got caught in a girl scout’s panties and now with his popularity falling, his shoe-in, second term is in jeopardy. To divert the public’s attention and to angle the President back into the White House, DeNiro and Hoffman hatch a plot to stage a fake war with Albania. “Change the story, change the lead” is the motto. After all politics is show business anyway - right?

Nominated for two Oscars®.

“Although this film is one of the funniest comedies of the year, it also carries a serious, thoughtprovoking message about the relationship between politics and mass-market entertainment.

This is one of Levinson’s best films, and the screenplay, co-penned by noted writer David Mamet… is brilliantly on-target.”

James Berardinelli, ReelViews

THURSDAY 14 MAY @ 7PM

GODS AND MONSTERS TICKET PRICE: £2

USA/UK.1998. Director: Bill Condon. Cast: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich. Duration: 1hr.45mins. Cert: 15.

Gods And Monsters begins in 1957, when the director of such films as Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, James Whale (McKellen), returns home from the hospital after suffering a stroke. As a result of the stroke, Whale is experiencing a flood of memories from his childhood and early life, and is having a hard time dealing with them. Looking after Whale is his loyal housekeeper Hannah (Redgrave).

His solitary existence is then disrupted by two events: a visit from a curious film student who wants to find out more about the golden age of Hollywood; and the arrival of Clayton Boone (Brendan Fraser), the new gardener.

As Whale discovers the new employee, he is extremely interested in the young man, while Boone is also curious about Whale. The two men forge an unlikely friendship that will prove to test the boundaries and limits of any relationship.

“McKellen gives the performance of his film career as the gay British director James Whale the man who made Frankenstein - and Brendan Fraser excels as Clayton Boone, the straight gardener who encourages Whale as a painter by posing nude.”

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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WEDNESDAY 20 MAY @ 7PM

MULHOLLAND DRIVE

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THURSDAY 21 MAY @ 7PM

ADAPTATION TICKET PRICE: £2

France/USA.2001. Director: David Lynch. Cast: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux.

Duration: 2hrs.27mins. Cert: 15.

USA.2002. Director: Spike Jonze. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Tilda Swinton, Chris Cooper.

Duration: 1hr.54mins. Cert: 15.

A bright-eyed young actress travels to Hollywood, only to be ensnared in a dark conspiracy involving a woman who was nearly murdered and now has amnesia because of a car crash. Eventually, both women are pulled into a psychotic illusion involving a dangerous blue box, a director named Adam Kesher, and the mysterious night club Silencio.

Director Spike Jonze delivers a stunningly original comedy that seamlessly blends fictional characters and situations with the lives of real people: obsessive orchid hunter John Laroche (Cooper), New Yorker journalist Susan Orlean (Streep), Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Cage), and his twin brother, Donald (also Cage). As Charlie struggles to adapt Orlean’s best-selling book “The Orchid Thief”, he writes himself into his own movie. The various stories crash into one another exploding into a wildly imaginative film. Adaptation is at once a hilarious drama and a moving comedy.

Confusing? A little bit. Fascinating? Definitely.

Nominated for an Oscar®.

“You can discover a lot about yourself by getting lost in Mulholland Drive. It grips you like a dream that won’t let go.”

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Won an Oscar®.

“Hollywood movies don’t come more subversive, inventive and daring than this hilarious comedy from the creative team behind Being John Malkovich.”

Martyn Glanville, BBCi Films 30 MAY FILMS

TUESDAY 26 MAY @ 7PM

LOST IN TRANSLATION TICKET PRICE: £2

USA/Japan.2003. Director: Sofia Coppola. Cast: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi. Duration: 1hr.41mins. Cert: 15.

Shot entirely on location in Japan, Lost In Translation is a laugh-out-loud portrayal of loneliness and the human connection.

Featuring superior performances from Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson as Bob and Charlotte, two Americans in Tokyo. Bob is a jaded movie star in town to shoot a highly paid whiskey commercial, while Charlotte is a young wife tagging along with her workaholic photographer husband. Through their respective insomnias, the two cross

paths one night in the luxury hotel bar and strike up a surprisingly intimate friendship.

As the unlikely pair venture through Tokyo together, having often-hilarious encounters with its citizens, they ultimately discover a new belief in life’s possibilities.

Nominated for two Oscars®.

“Phenomenal… Film of the year!”

Arena

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CINEMA PROGRAMME @ A GLANCE INNOVATION IN CINEMA: 3D DAY @ BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL THURSDAY 12 MARCH DIAL M FOR MURDER @ 10AM & 2PM CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS @ 7.30PM AVATAR @ 9.30PM

THURSDAY 28 MAY @ 7PM

MAPS TO THE STARS TICKET PRICE: £2

WEDNESDAY 27 MAY @ 7PM

THE ARTIST

TICKET PRICE: £2 France/Belgium/USA.2011. Director: Michel Hazanavicius. Cast: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, Penelope Ann Miller, James Cromwell, Missi Pyle. Duration: 1hr.40mins.

Cert: PG-13.

Outside a movie premiere, enthusiastic fan Peppy Miller literally bumps into the swashbuckling hero of the silent film, George Valentin. The star reacts graciously and Peppy plants a kiss on his cheek as photographers surround them. The headlines demand: “Who’s That Girl?” and Peppy is inspired to audition for a dancing bit part at the studio. However as Peppy slowly rises through the industry, the introduction of talkingpictures turns Valentin’s world upside-down.

Winner of five Oscars® and seven BAFTAs. “The Artist is a total pleasure… It’s A Star Is Born blended with Singin’ in the Rain, and yet somehow bracingly fresh.”

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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Canada/USA/Germany/France.2014. Director: David Cronenberg. Cast: Julianne Moore, Mia Wasilkowska, Robert Pattinson, John Cusack, Evan Bird, Olivia Williams. Duration: 1hr.51mins.

Cert: 18.

The Weiss family is the archetypical Hollywood dynasty: father Stafford is an analyst and coach, who has made a fortune with his self-help manuals; mother Cristina mostly looks after the career of their son Benjie, 13, a child star.

One of Stafford’s clients, Havana, is an actress who dreams of shooting a remake of the movie that made her mother, Clarice, a star in the ‘60s.

Clarice is dead now and visions of her come to haunt Havana at night... Adding to the toxic mix, Benjie has just come off a rehab program he joined when he was nine and his sister, Agatha, has recently been released from a sanatorium where she was treated for criminal pyromania and befriended limo driver Jerome who is also an aspiring actor.

Nominated for a Golden Globe.

“It seems strange that it’s taken David Cronenberg this long to shoot a movie in Los Angeles - or, for that matter, America… Maps To The Stars not only lands him in the heart of Hollywood, it sees him drive a great big stake through it. Arguably his best work since 2005’s A History Of Violence, it’s a scabrous, satirical chomp on the hand that feeds and, boy, is he hungry.”

James Mottram, Total Film

ICONS: BATMAN @ NERVE CENTRE MONDAY 16 MARCH TAXI DRIVER @ 7.30PM WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI @ 7.30PM THURSDAY 19 MARCH LEGENDS OF THE KNIGHT @ 2PM THURSDAY 19 MARCH MEMENTO @ 7.30PM FRIDAY 20 MARCH BATMAN RETURNS @ 7.30PM SATURDAY 21 MARCH BATMAN DAY: KAPOW! @ 12PM - 5PM ICONS: BATMAN @ BRUNSWICK SATURDAY 21 MARCH THE LEGO MOVIE @ 11.40AM SATURDAY 21 MARCH BATMAN BEGINS @ 2.30PM SATURDAY 21 MARCH THE DARK KNIGHT @ 5.30PM SATURDAY 21 MARCH THE DARK KNIGHT RISES @ 9PM INTERCULTURAL & ANTI-RACISM PROGRAMME @ NERVE CENTRE MONDAY 23 MARCH DREAMCATCHER @ 8PM TUESDAY 24 MARCH DEAR WHITE PEOPLE @ 8PM WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE (CE QU’IL FAUT POUR VIVRE) @ 8PM THURSDAY 26 MARCH DESERT FLOWER @ 8PM FRIDAY 27 MARCH THE GREEN FIELDS OF FRANCE @ 1PM FRIDAY 27 MARCH SHAME @ 8PM SATURDAY 28 MARCH I AM SLAVE @ 8PM INTERCULTURAL & ANTI-RACISM PROGRAMME @ BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL SATURDAY 28 MARCH 75TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING: PINOCCHIO @ 11.40AM

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CINEMA PROGRAMME @ A GLANCE HUMDINGER! CHILDREN’S STORY FESTIVAL @ NERVE CENTRE MONDAY 23 MARCH LADY AND THE TRAMP @ 4PM TUESDAY 24 MARCH THE CRUMBLEGIANT BY JOHN MCCLOSKEY @ 1PM TUESDAY 24 MARCH CHICKEN LITTLE @ 4PM WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL @ 4PM HOLLYWOOD SELFIES SEASON @ NERVE CENTRE WEDNESDAY 8 APRIL SUNSET BOULEVARD @ 7PM THURSDAY 9 APRIL SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN @ 7PM FRIDAY 10 APRIL A STAR IS BORN @ 7PM TUESDAY 14 APRIL STARDUST MEMORIES @ 7PM WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL THE STUNT MAN @ 7PM THURSDAY 16 APRIL THE BIG PICTURE @ 7PM TUESDAY 21 APRIL BARTON FINK @ 7PM WEDNESDAY 22 APRIL THE PLAYER @ 7PM THURSDAY 23 APRIL CHAPLIN @ 7PM WEDNESDAY 29 APRIL ED WOOD @ 7PM THURSDAY 30 APRIL GET SHORTY @ 7PM WEDNESDAY 6 MAY LA CONFIDENTIAL @ 7PM THURSDAY 7 MAY BOOGIE NIGHTS @ 7PM WEDNESDAY 13 MAY WAG THE DOG @ 7PM THURSDAY 14 MAY GODS AND MONSTERS @ 7PM WEDNESDAY 20 MAY MULHOLLAND DRIVE @ 7PM THURSDAY 21 MAY ADAPTATION @ 7PM TUESDAY 26 MAY LOST IN TRANSLATION @ 7PM WEDNESDAY 27 MAY THE ARTIST @ 7PM THURSDAY 28 MAY MAPS TO THE STARS @ 7PM

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