TUE 27 SEP 19:15 (LIVE) & SUN 2 OCT 13:00 (ENCORE

MON 26 SEP 20:15 THU 29 SEP 15:00

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INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA: ITALY FUTURA

A portrait of Italy observed through the eyes of teenagers who talk about the places they live in, the dream of what they want to become, the fear of failing and the trials they hope to overcome. Asking a cross-section of young people about their hopes and fears... (The directors) encountered a generation worried about inequality, climate change and the rise of nationalism. Shooting started in late 2019, just before the pandemic. When the directors returned to work in mid-2020, their teenage subjects had lived through Italy’s long, strict lockdown. Still, even before that they talk about uncertainty in the face of economic insecurity and global warming. As one young rapper puts it, everything is a “six figure mess … someone snatched the world away”. (Subtitles) ITALY 2021 PIETRO MARCELLO, FRANCESCO MUNZI, ALICE ROHRWACHER 105M

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TUE 27 SEP 19:15 (LIVE) SUN 2 OCT 15:00 (ENCORE)

TICKETS £17.50 (FRIENDS/STUDENTS £15)

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MADAMA BUTTERFLY

ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Puccini’s devastating tragedy about a young geisha who falls in love with an American naval officer. When the young geisha, Cio-Cio-San, marries American Naval Officer Pinkerton, she believes she is entering a real, binding marriage for life. Forsaking her religion and community, she learns all too late that for Pinkerton, their marriage is merely an illusion – with tragic consequences. With a score that includes Butterfly’s aria, ‘Un bel dì, vedremo’ (‘One fine day’) and the Humming Chorus, Giacomo Puccini’s opera is entrancing and ultimately heart-breaking. Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s exquisite production takes inspiration from 19th-century European images of Japan. Maria Agresta and Lianna Haroutounian share the role of Cio-CioSan, with Nicola Luisotti conducting. 190M INC INTERVAL

FRI 30 SEP 18:00 SAT 1 OCT 15:30 SUN 2 OCT 20:45 MON 3 OCT 10:30 & 13:15 THU 6 OCT 15:00

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THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING

A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. Dr. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic - content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real - and second, because she is a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. A mythical extravaganza that packs an unexpected humanistic punch. Fans of historical fantasy will have a field day and those of us who just love storytelling in all its forms will also get a beautiful reminder as to why. AUSTRALIA / USA 2022 GEORGE MILLER 108M

FRI 30 SEP 15:30 SAT 1 OCT 20:30 MON 3 OCT 15:30

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HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, AJOURNEY, A SONG

A definitive exploration of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, ‘Hallelujah’. This feature-length documentary weaves together three creative strands: the songwriter and his times; the song’s dramatic journey from record label reject to chart-topping hit; and moving testimonies from major recording artists for whom ‘Hallelujah’ has become a personal touchtone. Cohen is mostly presented as an insightful, aloof, wandering poet, creating monotonously sung, bleak and bitter tunes that were mostly inspired by either religion, the human condition or women he loved and lost. A film that works as both a retrospective for Cohen and an examination of the power of music. USA 2021 DANIEL GELLER & DAYNA GOLDFINE 118M

FRI 30 SEP 20:15 TUE 4 OCT 20:15 WED 5 OCT 15:45

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SHE WILL

An aging film star retreats to the Scottish countryside with her nurse to recover from surgery. While there, mysterious forces of revenge emerge from the land where witches were burned. A tangy blend of folk horror and post-MeToo reckoning with a salty spike of satire targeting the sort of new age piffle certain entitled rich people swoon over. Protagonist Veronica Ghent (Alice Krige, always elegant even when covered in mud and deliberately ageing makeup) is a haughty movie star of a certain age who has come to a boutique resort in Scotland to recover from a double mastectomy, accompanied by a young caregiver named Desi (Kota Eberhardt, magnetic). Unfortunately, the venue is not offering the healing isolation and quiet that Veronica had hoped for. UK 2021 CHARLOTTE COLBERT 95M

SUN 2 OCT 18:30 TUE 4 OCT 18:00 WED 5 OCT 13:15

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FROM THE FILM FESTIVAL - FRANCE BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE

AKA: FIRE

Claire Denis’s latest film stars Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon and Grégoire Colin, who complete a turbulent romantic triangle in this intensely intimate examination of the rupturing force of a past love. The three combatants are heavyweights of French cinema. Juliette Binoche is Sara, a presenter on a highbrow Paris radio talk show, who for 10 years has lived with Jean (played by the smoulderingly rumpled Vincent Lindon), a former sports star, who has served time in prison for an unspecified offence. Jean has a teen son, Marcus whose mother now lives abroad and who is being raised by Jean’s mother Nelly. The third corner of the triangle is François, Sara’s ex-lover whom she left for Jean on a passionate impulse a decade ago. A tense and erotic yarn that is simply tremendous. (Subtitles) FRANCE 2021 CLAIRE DENIS 117M