3 Apr – 12 Jun
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Chichester Cinema Cinema lovers – Spring is here. We’ve had a great start to the year here at New Park, with a harvest of quality films, alongside exciting events including Director Michael Winterbottom’s Intro and Q&A to the Special Preview screening of his film ‘The Face of an Angel’ plus the ‘Mind for Movies’ Film Quiz at the Minerva Brasserie.
The money raised from the Quiz (as well as the Winter Raffle) has been ring-fenced to go towards improvements to the foyer, box office and entrance to the New Park Centre. You will notice this even now with the new outside poster boxes, this will be followed by the refurbishment of the entrance and exit doors, flooring and paint-work. Your generous support has been the catalyst for these improvements for which we are most grateful. Chichester Cinema at New Park is a Charity that is proud of its contribution to the community. We offer a comfortable space in the heart of Chichester for cinema lovers to see films that they may not be able to see elsewhere. We have always offered Film Education through our Focus on Film strand and have had links with local education institutions at primary, secondary and tertiary levels, that span over 15 years. We are proud to announce that long-time cinema supporter, Rosemary Coxon, has accepted the position of Education Officer, and has been tasked to enhance our Focus on Film development. Rosemary, with the aid of Front of House Manager, Henry Beltran and Trustee Mike Jennings, has hit the ground running this season with three talks to complement our films, in addition to her current Page to screen Course. See pages 46 & 47 for all the Focus on Film details. See you at the Cinema
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PLEASE NOTE That due to the foyer flooring being upgraded, the Cinema will be closed from Sat 13 Jun to Mon 15 Jun. Only Online bookings will be in operation. We will re-open as usual on Tue 16 June.
what’s on
Spring 2015 contents The Age of Adaline 42 Appropriate Behaviour 12 Berlin Philharmonic (Mariss Jansons) 26 Blade Runner 18 Boyhood 11 Catch Me Daddy 11 Child 44 37 Cinderella 38 Clouds of Sils Maria 40 Dancing in Jaffa 27 The Dark Horse 35 Dark Horse (Dream Alliance) 25 Dior and I 17 The Duke of Burgundy 18 8½ 39 Exhibition on Screen: The Impressionists 37 Exhibition on Screen: Vincent Van Gogh 14 The Face of an Angel 15 The Falling 34 Far From the Madding Crowd 31 Far From the Madding Crowd (1967 Version) 23 La Fille Mal Gardée 26 Focus on Film 46 Force Majeure 21
Cinderella
France under the Swastika Talk 46 The Hard Problem 14 Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision 43 Hyena 32 Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya 24 Ivan the Terrible 17 Jauja 42 Julius Caesar 20 La Bohème 45 A Little Chaos 23 Man + Superman 30 Mommy 22 The New Girlfriend 40 Paddington 10 Page to Screen: For Better or For Worse 46 Performance 8 Performance: Coming Soon 45 The Philadelphia Story 7 Phoenix 39 A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence 33 Pirates of Penzance 30 The Rise and fall of Mahogany City 9
Something Must Break
A Royal Night Out 41 The Salvation 38 Samba 32 A Second Chance 21 Shaun the Sheep 10 Show Boat 20 Something Must Break 29 Still Life 35 Stones for the Rampart: Battle of Warsaw 25 Suite Française 13 The Tale of the Princess Kaguya 24 The Theory of 7 Everything Thomas Hardy 31 Topsy-Turvy 34 Trash 12 The Tribe 43 Unbroken 16 A View from 9 the Bridge The Water Diviner 33 While we’re Young 27 White Bird in a Blizzard 29 Wild Tales 15 Woman in Gold 19 Woody Allen: Seriously Funny 47 X+Y 19
Dark Horse
Film Listings Fri 3 Apr
Sat 4 Apr
The Theory of Everything (12A) 123m 13:30 Page to Screen Course: Damage 15:15 Shaun the Sheep (U) 85m 18:00 The Theory of Everything 20:30 Catch Me Daddy (15) 112m
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12:30
14:45 17:30 20:15
Paddington (PG) 95m The Theory of Everything The Philadelphia Story (U) 112m The Theory of Everything
Sun 5 Apr 12:15
The Theory of Everything
14:30 Rise and Fall of Mahogany City (ROH) Delayed Live 180m inc. intervals 18:00 The Theory of Everything 20:45 Catch Me Daddy
Mon 6 Apr 12:30 Catch Me Daddy 15:00 The Theory of Everything
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Film Listings cont. 18:00 Paddington 20:30 The Theory of Everything
Tue 7 Apr 12:00 The Theory of Everything 15:00 Shaun the Sheep 17:15 The Theory of Everything 20:00 A View From the Bridge (NT Live) 150m
Wed 8 Apr 12:15
The Theory of Everything 14:30 The Theory of Everything 16:45 The Philadelphia Story
Thu 9 Apr 12:15
The Theory of Everything Paddington The Theory of Everything 20:30 Catch Me Daddy 15:15 17:45
Fri 10 Apr 12:00 Boyhood (15) 165m 13:30 Page to Screen Course: Whistle Down the Wind 15:15 Shaun the Sheep 17:45 Suite Française (15) 107m 20:30 Suite Française
Sat 11 Apr 12:15 14:45
Suite Française The Theory of Everything 17:30 Boyhood 20:45 Suite Française
Sun 12 Apr 12:30 15:00 18:00 20:30
Suite Française Boyhood Trash (15) 114m Suite Française
Mon 13 Apr 12:45
The Theory of Everything 15:30 Suite Française 18:00 Suite Française 20:30 Trash
Tue 14 Apr 11:45 Trash 14:00 Exhibition on Screen: Van Gogh 90m 16:15 Suite Française 18:45 Appropriate Behaviour (15) 86m 20:45 Suite Française
Wed 15 Apr 12:15 14:45 17:15
Suite Française Suite Française The Theory of Everything 20:00 Boyhood
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Thu 16 Apr
Fri 24 Apr
12:00 Appropriate Behaviour 14:00 Suite Française 16:30 Suite Française 19:00 The Hard Problem (NT Live) 180m + interval
13:00 Woman in Gold (12A tbc) 111m 15:30 X+Y (12A tbc) 111m 18:00 Woman in Gold 20:30 Force Majeure (15) 120m
Fri 17 Apr
12:45 15:30 18:00 20:45
Unbroken (15) 137m 13:30 Page to Screen Course: Shadowlands 15:45 Suite Française (15) 107m 18:15 Wild Tales (15) 122m 18:30 France Under the Swastika (Talk-In the Studio) 21:00 The Face of an Angel (15) 101m 12:45
Sat 18 Apr 13:00 Suite Française 15:30 Exhibition on Screen: Van Gogh 90m + Q&A 18:00 The Face of an Angel 20:30 Wild Tales
Sun 19 Apr 13:15 Wild Tales 16:00 Ivan the Terrible (Bolshoi) 115m + int 18:30 Dior and I (U) 90m 20:45 Suite Française
Mon 20 Apr 10:00 WW2 School Talk (In the Auditorium) 11:00 Suite Française (Private School Screening) 13:15 The Face of an Angel 15:15 Wild Tales 17:45 Unbroken 20:45 Suite Française
Tue 21 Apr 13:00 15:00 17:30 20:15
Dior and I Suite Française Wild Tales Unbroken
Wed 22 Apr 12:15 14:15 16:45
Suite Française Unbroken Wild Tales
Thu 23 Apr 13:00 Wild Tales 15:45 The Face of an Angel 18:15 Suite Française 20:45 Blade Runner: The Final Cut (15) 117m
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Sat 25 Apr Force Majeure Woman in Gold X+Y Woman in Gold
Sun 26 Apr 10:30 Private Screening 12:45 Woman in Gold 15:00 Show Boat (San Francisco Opera) 145 + interval 18:00 Woman in Gold 20:30 Force Majeure
Mon 27 Apr 12:45 15:15 18:00 20:30
Woman in Gold Force Majeure Woman in Gold The Duke of Burgundy (15) 120m
Tue 28 Apr 12:15
The Duke of Burgundy 15:00 Woman in Gold 17:45 Force Majeure 20:30 Woman in Gold
Wed 29 Apr 12:45 15:15 18:00 20:45
X+Y Woman in Gold Force Majeure Woman in Gold
Thu 30 Apr 12:15 14:45 17:15 20:00
Woman in Gold Force Majeure Woman in Gold Julius Caesar (RSC) 160m + Interval
Fri 1 May 13:00 A Little Chaos 116m 13:30 Woody Allen Course (Studio) 15:45 A Second Chance (15) 102m 18:15 A Little Chaos 20:45 Woman in Gold (12A tbc) 111m
Sat 2 May 13:00 15:30 18:00 20:30
Woman in Gold A Little Chaos A Second Chance A Little Chaos
Sun 3 May 12:15 14:45
A Little Chaos Far From the Madding Crowd (1967 Version) 18:00 Woman in Gold 20:30 A Little Chaos
Mon 4 May 12:30 15:00 17:45 20:15
Woman in Gold A Little Chaos A Little Chaos Mommy (15) 139m
Tue 5 May 12:30 15:00 17:45 20:30
A Second Chance Woman in Gold A Little Chaos A Little Chaos
Wed 6 May 12:30 15:00 18:00 20:45
A Little Chaos Mommy A Little Chaos Woman in Gold
Thu 7 May 13:00 15:30 18:15 20:45
Woman in Gold A Little Chaos A Little Chaos A Second Chance
Fri 8 May The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Japanese Version) (U) 137m 13:30 Woody Allen Course (Studio) 15:45 A Little Chaos 116m 18:30 While We’re Young (15) 97m 20:45 Stones for the Rampart: Battle of Warsaw (15) 111m 12:45
Sat 9 May 13:00 The Dark Horse (Dream Alliance) (cert tbc) 85m 15:30 La Fille Mal Gardée 135m inc interval 18:15 The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Japanese Version) 20:45 A Little Chaos
Sun 10 May 10:00 Private Screening 13:15 Dancing in Jaffa (PG) 90m 15:45 White Bird in a Blizzard (15) 91m 18:30 Berlin Philharmonic (Jansons) Live 140m 21:00 Something Must Break (15 tbc) 85m
Mon 11 May 12:45 15:30
A Little Chaos The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Dubbed in English) 18:30 The Dark Horse (Dream Alliance) 20:45 While We’re Young
Tue 12 May 13:30
While We’re Young 16:00 A Little Chaos
Isao Takahata & His Tale of Princess Kaguya 86m 21:00 White Bird in a Blizzard 18:45
Thu 21 May
Wed 13 May
Far From the Madding Crowd Far From the Madding Crowd 18:00 The Water Diviner 20:30 Samba
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Fri 22 May
Stones for the Rampart: Battle of Warsaw 15:00 Dancing in Jaffa 17:00 The Dark Horse (Dream Alliance)
Thu 14 May 12:45 15:15
A Little Chaos Something Must Break 17:00 While We’re Young 19:00 Man + Superman (NT Live) 180m + Interval
Fri 15 May Far From the Madding Crowd (12A) 119m 13:30 Woody Allen Course (Studio) 15:30 Samba (cert tbc) 120m 18:00 Far From the Madding Crowd 20:45 Hyena (18) 112m 12:45
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Far From the Madding Crowd 15:15 Far From the Madding Crowd 18:00 Uni Graduation (Private) Screening 21:00 The Water Diviner (15) 111m
Sun 17 May
17:45 20:15
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Far From the Madding Crowd (12A) 119m 15:15 The Falling (15) 17:45 Child 44 (15) 137m 20:45 Still Life (12A) 92m 12:30
Sat 23 May 13:00 Far From the Madding Crowd 15:45 The Dark Horse 124m 18:30 The Salvation (15) 92m 20:45 The Falling
Sun 24 May 12:00 Still Life 14:15 Far From the Madding Crowd 17:00 8½ (Otto e Mezzo) 138m 20:00 Child 44
Mon 25 May Cinderella (PG) 112m 15:15 Child 44 18:15 The Salvation 20:30 Far From the Madding Crowd 12:45
Sat 16 May
12:15 14:45
12:30
The Water Diviner Topsy-Turvy (12A) 152m A Pigeon Sat on a Branch... (15) 101m Far From the Madding Crowd
Mon 18 May 12:30
Far From the Madding Crowd 15:15 The Water Diviner 17:45 Far From the Madding Crowd 20:30 Samba
Tue 19 May 12:00 Far From the Madding Crowd 14:45 Hyena 16:45 Far From the Madding Crowd 19:30 Pirates of Penzance (ENO) 120m approx. + interval
Wed 20 May 13:00 A Pigeon Sat on a Branch... 15:15 Samba 18:00 Far From the Madding Crowd 20:30 Far From the Madding Crowd
Tue 26 May 13:00 Far From the Madding Crowd 16:00 Exhibition on Screen: The Impressionists 90m 18:00 Still Life 20:15 Child 44
Wed 27 May 11:45 Cinderella 14:00 8½ (Otto e Mezzo) 16:45 Far From the Madding Crowd
Thu 28 May 13:00 The Salvation 15:15 Far From the Madding Crowd 18:00 The Dark Horse 20:45 Still Life
Fri 29 May 12:45 Cinderella 15:00 A Royal Night Out (cert & time tbc) 17:45 Clouds of Sils Maria (12A) 110m 20:30 A Royal Night Out
Sat 30 May 12:30 15:30
A Royal Night Out Exhibition on Screen: The Impressionists +Q&A 17:45 A Royal Night Out 20:30 Clouds of Sils Maria
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Sun 31 May 12:30
Clouds of Sils Maria 15:15 A Royal Night Out 18:00 Phoenix (15) 98m 20:15 A Royal Night Out
Mon 1 Jun 12:30 15:15
A Royal Night Out Clouds of Sils Maria 18:15 A Royal Night Out 21:00 Phoenix
Tue 2 Jun 12:45 Phoenix 15:00 A Royal Night Out 17:45 Clouds of Sils Maria 20:30 A Royal Night Out
Sat 6 Jun
13:00 Jauja (cert tbc) 108m 15:30 A Royal Night Out 18:15 The Age of Adaline 20:45 The New Girlfriend
Sun 7 Jun
12:15 A Royal Night Out 15:00 Clouds of Sils Maria 17:45 A Royal Night Out 20:30 Phoenix
12:00 The Age of Adaline 14:15 The New Girlfriend 16:15 A Royal Night Out 18:45 Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision 225m + interval
Thu 4 Jun
Mon 8 Jun
Wed 3 Jun
12:30 15:15 17:15 20:15
Clouds of Sils Maria Phoenix A Royal Night Out A Royal Night Out
Fri 5 Jun 12:45
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The Age of Adaline (12A) 110m 18:15 The New Girlfriend (12A tbc) 105m 20:45 The Age of Adaline 15:45
A Royal Night Out (cert & time tbc)
The Tribe 130m The Age of Adaline 18:00 A Royal Night Out 20:45 The New Girlfriend 12:45 15:30
Tue 9 Jun 13:00 The New Girlfriend
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A Royal Night Out The Age of Adaline 20:45 Jauja
Wed 10 Jun 12:15
The Age of Adaline 14:30 The New Girlfriend 16:30 A Royal Night Out
Thu 11 Jun 12:30
The New Girlfriend 15:00 A Royal Night Out 18:00 La Bohème (ROH) 165m inc 2 Intervals 21:00 The Age of Adaline
Fri 12 Jun 13:00 Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision (inc. Interval) 17:15 The Tribe 20:00 La Bohème (ROH)
Fri 3 Apr Sat 4 Apr Sun 5 Apr Mon 6 Apr Tue 7 Apr Wed 8 Apr Thu 9 Apr Sat 11 Apr Mon 13 Apr Wed 15 Apr
12:30 & 18:00 14:45 & 20:15 12:15 & 18:00 15:00 & 20:30 12:00 & 17:15 12:15 & 14:30 12:15 & 17:45 14:45 12:45 17:15
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The Theory of Everything The story of Stephen Hawking the man, starting with his years as a postgraduate student in 1960s Cambridge and his blossoming romance with Jane Wilde. Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) is one of the towering figures of our time, a brilliant scientist who brought his ground-breaking ideas into popular consciousness with the bestselling ‘A Brief History of Time’. But it’s the dignified way he has lived with motor neurone disease that has helped to make him so widely revered and admired by the public. As his disease progresses, he turns away from Jane (Felicity Jones) in the hope of sparing her pain - but she has other ideas. BAFTA, Oscar & Golden Globe winner Redmayne is stunning as Hawking. He has a mischievous quality that seems a good match with the wit Hawking has always managed to convey with a raised eyebrow and a mechanically-voiced quip, and the superb supporting cast deepen the impact of this profound and moving film. Despite its title, ‘The Theory of Everything’ is less about astrophysics and more about the quantum mechanics of human relationships under pressure. UK 2015 James Marsh 123m Classics Restored & Re-Issued
The Philadelphia Story The re-release of this utterly beguiling comedy reminds us how extraordinary Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart really were.
Sat 4 Apr 17:30 Wed 8 Apr 16:45 Booking Ref
From the period when Hollywood had perfected the art of the romantic comedy, George Cukor’s 1940 movie is based on the same stage play, by Philip Barry, as the 1956 musical ‘High Society’. The fantastic screenplay provides the necessary fizz and spark, and the casting of three of the biggest stars of the age does the rest. The result is a giddy riot of wordplay and gentle innuendo. USA 1940 George Cukor 112m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Shakespeare, Mike Leigh, Tom Stoppard, Bernard Shaw, Ravel, Bizet and Vincent Van Gogh are just some of the talents on show in our Performance strand this season.
OPERA THE RISE AND FALL OF MAHOGANY CITY (ROH) SHOW BOAT (San Francisco) Mike Leigh’s PIRATES OF PENZANCE (ENO Live) LA BOHÈME (ROH)
Sun Sun
5 Apr 14:30 26 Apr 15.00
Tue Fri
19 May 19.30 pg30 12 Jun 19:45 pg45
Tue
7 Apr
Thu
16 Apr 19.00
Thu
30 Apr 20.00 pg20
Thu
14 May 19.00 pg30
IVAN THE TERRIBLE (Bolshoi Live) Sun LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE (ROH Ballet) Sat
19 Apr 16.00 pg17 9 May 15:30 pg26
pg9 pg20
THEATRE A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (Young Vic) Tom Stoppard’s THE HARD PROBLEM (NT Live) JULIUS CAESAR (Recorded Live from The Globe) Bernard Shaw’s MAN + SUPERMAN (NT Live)
20:00 pg9 pg14
BALLET
EXHIBITIONS EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: VINCENT VAN GOGH (Van Gogh Museum) (Plus Q&A on the 18 Apr)
Tue Sat
14 Apr 14.00 & 18 Apr 15.30 pg14
EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: THE IMPRESSIONISTS (Paris, London, NY Galleries) (Plus Q&A on the 30 May)
Tue Sat
26 May 16.00 & 30 May 15.30 pg37
CONCERTS / MUSIC
Sun
10 May 18.30
pg26
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC (Mariss Jansons) (Live)
Pg20
Pg14
Show Boat
Julius Caesar
Vincent Van Gogh
KEY
Pg20
Live: Transmitted Live by Satellite during the actual performance. Encore: Follow ups that have been recorded Live by Satellite. Delayed Live: Recorded live by satellite and transmitted within a week. Recorded: Live performances, but pre-recorded.
The Rise and fall of Mahogany City
Sun
5 Apr 14.30
Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) Booking Ref
A major work from the remarkable partnership of playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill. ‘Mahagonny‘ was first performed in Leipzig in 1930. Its first ever Royal Opera staging is conducted by Mark Wigglesworth – recently announced as the successor to Edward Gardner as Music Director of English National Opera. ‘Mahagonny‘ is a satire on money, morality and pleasure -seeking among the dubious citizens of a fictional city. The richly varied, jazz-infused score, influenced by ragtime music, includes such irresistible melodies as the ‘Alabama Song’ and many dramatic ensembles. The superb cast includes Kurt Streit as the wild lumberjack Jimmy, Christine Rice as his sweetheart Jenny and Anne Sofie von Otter in a welcome return to The Royal Opera as the cunning Leokadja Begbick. (sung in English) Delayed live - 180m (inc. 2 intervals)
NT LIVE (Young Vic)
A View from the Bridge
Tue 7 Apr
20:00
Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)
‘A View from the Bridge’ transfers to the West End with a stellar cast led by Mark Strong (The Imitation Game, Before I Go to Sleep). Don’t miss this “magnetic, electrifying, astonishingly bold” production which sold out even before it opened at the Young Vic last spring. Following Arthur Millar’s recent ‘The Crucible’ (which sold out for 2 shows at New Park), the great playwright confronts the American dream in this dark and passionate tale. In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price. The visionary Ivo van Hove directs this stunning production of Miller’s tragic masterpiece. 150m (no interval). Delayed Live.
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Half Term Films
Fri Tue Fri
Shaun the Sheep
3 Apr 15:15 7 Apr 15:00 10 Apr 15:15
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Smart, funny, big-hearted, endlessly inventive and quintessentially British, this timeless, stop-motion adventure is a sheer delight from start to finish. When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it’s up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home. As in the TV series, the film is entirely wordless. Aardman’s animators are now such master story-tellers that their cast is only required to deliver the occasional bleat, bark or groan. Yet, like Chaplin or Keaton in their pomp, the puppet masters behind these silent stars know precisely how to make us rock loudly with laughter or quietly stifle the odd sniffle. UK 2015 Mark Burton/Richard Starzak 85m
Half Term Films
Sat 4 Apr 12:30 Mon 6 Apr 18:00 Thu 9 Apr 15:15 Back by Popular Demand
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Paddington
From the beloved novels by Michael Bond, this is the story of the comic misadventures of a young bear (voiced by Ben Wishaw) that travels to the city in search of a home. A young Peruvian bear with a passion for all things British travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined - until he meets the kindly Brown family (Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins), who read the label around his neck (‘Please look after this bear. Thank you’) and offer him a temporary haven. It looks as though his luck has changed until this rarest of bears catches the eye of a museum taxidermist. UK/France/Canada 2014 Paul King 95m
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Fri 3 Apr Sat 5 Apr Mon 6 Apr Thu 9 Apr
Catch Me Daddy
20:30 20:45 12:30 20:30
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Former music video director Daniel Wolfe debuts with this tense and troubling thriller about a girl on the run. This is a grimly nihilist drama based on the murderous phenomenon of the “honour killing” in British Pakistani communities. When Laila (Sameena Jabeen Ahmed) runs away to live with her boyfriend Aaron (Conor McCarron) on a caravan on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors, her family refuse to tolerate it, and hire a posse of tough guys - both white and Asian - to get her back. This is a great looking film, thanks very substantially to Robbie Ryan’s tremendous cinematography; his camera finds moments of lyricism and seeks out alienated habitats like convenience stores whose harsh glare seems to erode the soul. (Some subtitles) UK 2015 Daniel Wolfe 112m
Fri 10 Apr Sat 11 Apr Sun 12 Apr Wed 15 Apr
Boyhood
12:00 17:30 15:00 20:00
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Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, this is a ground-breaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child, who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. The mesmerising Ellar Coltrane is Mason, who we see grow from a cherubic child, to a pudgy, uncertain adolescent, to a bony, deep -voiced man. Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as Mason’s parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister Samantha, ‘Boyhood’ charts the rocky terrain of childhood like no other film has before. Cinema has always been the best place for time travel, but rarely has it been so anchored in reality than here. Shot annually, the film is a tender, funny, honest, embarrassing and finally transcendent portrait of a family. It’s impossible to watch Mason and his family without thinking about our own journey. USA 2014 Richard Linklater 165m
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Sun 12 Apr 18:00 Mon 13 Apr 20:30 Tue 14 Apr 11:45
Trash
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Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves on the run and trying to right a terrible wrong. Think ‘Slumdog’ meets ‘City of God’ in this tale of three Brazilian street kids caught in a web of corruption after finding a wallet in the rubbish tips of Rio. Martin Sheen and Rooney Mara get top billing, but the real stars are Rickson Tevez, Eduardo Luis and Gabriel Weinstein, new recruits from the Brazilian favelas who are terrific as the teenagers upon whose lives the drama rests. Sensitively scripted by Richard Curtis, this has its feet in the gutter and its head in the clouds. Director Stephen Daldry rediscovers the upbeat oomph that powered ‘Billy Elliot’, finding hope and humour amid the squalor and violence. UK/Brazil 2015 Stephen Daldry 114m
Tue 14 Apr 18:45 Thu 16 Apr 12:00
Appropriate Behaviour
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Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities. For Shirin, being part of a perfect Persian family isn’t easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn’t know she’s bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine, can’t understand why she doesn’t tell them. Following a family announcement of her brother’s betrothal to a parentally approved Iranian prize catch, Shirin embarks on a private rebellion involving a series of pansexual escapades, while trying to decipher what went wrong with Maxine. Look out for whatever this exciting new film maker will do next - Akhavan is a star in the making! UK 2015 Desiree Akhavan 86m
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Suite Française
Fri 10 Apr Sat 11 Apr Sun 12 Apr Mon 13 Apr Tue 14 Apr Wed 15 Apr Thu 16 Apr
17:45 & 20:30 12:15 & 20:45 12:30 & 20:30 15:30 & 18:00 16:15 & 20:45 12:15 & 14:45 14:00 & 16:30
Fri 17 Apr Sat 18 Apr Sun 19 Apr Mon 20 Apr Tue 21 Apr Wed 22 Apr Thu 23 Apr
15:45 13:00 20:30 20:45 15:00 12:15 18:15
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During the early years of the German occupation of France, romance blooms between a French villager and a German Officer. France, 1940: Lucille Angellier (Michelle Williams) is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law (Kristin Scott Thomas) as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who soon move into the villagers’ homes. Lucille tries to ignore Bruno von Falk (Matthias Schoenaerts), the handsome and refined German Officer who has been posted at her house, but she soon falls in love with him. Directed by Saul Dibb (‘The Duchess’) and based on Irène Némirovsky’s 2004 novel of the same name, this is not only about the romance between an unlikely couple, but a brilliantly observed story of a country becoming invaded and then living under occupation. UK/France 2015 Saul Dibb 107m Focus on Film talk by Martyn Bell and Dudley Hooley
France under the Swastika The background story to the film ‘Suite Française’
Fri 17 Apr 18:30 Tickets £5 (In the Studio)
Discussion about the Nazi occupation of France by the Nazis in WWII, the impact on the French populace and the resistance to this invasion, both in France itself and that organised from England. The talk will highlight the links between wartime France, Chichester and especially RAF Tangmere. See pg46 for full details.
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Exhibition on Screen: Vincent Van Gogh
Tue 14 Apr 14:00 Sat 18 Apr 15:30 We hope to welcome Phil Grabsky (overall director of this series) to introduce the screening on the 18th April. Tickets £12.50 (Friends/Students £10)
Explore the dramatic story and iconic work of the world’s most beloved artist in this guided tour around the treasures of the Van Gogh Museum. This year is the 125th anniversary of Vincent van Gogh’s death. To mark the occasion, Amsterdam’s celebrated Van Gogh’s Museum is staging a major re-showing of the beloved artist’s greatest work. Among the many renowned post-Impressionist works on display are ‘Sunflowers’ and ‘Wheatfield with Crows’. This eye-opening presentation enjoys unprecedented access to the museum. World-renowned curators and art historians will be on hand to offer their interpretations and explanations of van Gogh’s magnificent art. There are also some surprises in store, as incredible new discoveries are unveiled. UK/Netherlands 2015 Phil Grabsky 90m + Q&A
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NT LIVE: Tom Stoppard’s
The Hard Problem Live from the Dorfman Theatre
Sun
16 Apr 19.00
Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) Booking Ref
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Tom Stoppard’s first play for the stage since ‘Rock ’n’ Roll’ (2006), and his first for the National since his trilogy, ‘The Coast of Utopia’ (2002). Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brain-science institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is “the hard problem” which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the MRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one. 180m + Interval
Fri 17 Apr Sat 18 Apr Sun 19 Apr Mon 20 Apr Tue 21 Apr Wed 22 Apr Thu 23 Apr International Panorama: Argentina
18:15 20:30 13:15 15:15 17:30 16:45 13:00
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Wild Tales Relatos Salvajes
Argentina’s 2015 Best Foreign Film Oscar candidate turns six tales of revenge into one wild and crazy ride. Multi-story feature films are not the happiest of genres (unevenness; multiple starts and ends; contrasting visions), but this collection goes a long way to proving the cliché wrong, deftly defying the genre’s usual deficits. The result feels as amazingly cohesive as it is relentlessly clever and entertaining. Each of the six stories is thoroughly enthralling, and all are united by a mordant black humour as well as a singular film maker – the clever Damián Szifrón. Connected thematically in dealing with revenge and retribution, each segment sets up expectations that its successor ingeniously fulfils or surpasses. You’ll laugh till it hurts - in ‘Wild Tales’, that’s the point. (Subtitles) Argentina 2015 Damián Szifrón 122m
Fri 17 Apr Sat 18 Apr Mon 20 Apr Thu 23 Apr
The Face of an Angel
21:00 18:00 13:15 15:45
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Michael Winterbottom’s moving new drama where a journalist and a filmmaker chase the story of a murder. London-based director Thomas Lang (Brühl) travels to Northern Italy to work on his latest movie based on the trial of an American student charged with the murder of her British housemate. The film is itself inspired by the real-life case of Amanda Knox, but Winterbottom sensitively avoids sensationalism. As Thomas draws into conspiracy theories surrounding the murder and grows close to a young British woman (Cara Delevingne), the film emerges as a gripping study of the responsibilities of storytellers to the truth and to their subjects. This is a soulful and sophisticated puzzle-piece drama, with Brühl in great form at the head of an impressive cast. (Some Subtitles) UK 2014 Michael Winterbottom 100m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Unbroken
12:45 17:45 20:15 14:15
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After a plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini endures an almost unbelievable ordeal of determination and survival. Based on a true story, this larrikin New York kid of Italian descent is selected to run for the USA in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and then ends up in the US Air Force once WWII breaks out. On a search mission in a creaky B-24 Bomber, Louis Zamperini (played by young Brit Jack O’Connell - ‘Skins’, ‘71’) and his fellow crew plunge into the Pacific where they survive on a dinghy for 47 days, only to be picked up by the Japanese Navy and moved to a prisoner of war camp. Angelina Jolie’s second feature is based on a biography by Laura Hillenbrand and a script put together by a team including Joel & Ethan Coen. USA 2014 Angelina Jolie 137m
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Bolshoi Ballet
Ivan the Terrible LIVE from Moscow
Sun
19 Apr 16.00
Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)
Final Ballet in this Bolshoi Season live from Moscow based upon Prokofiev’s stunning score for Eisenstein’s 1944 epic film. As young Ivan IV is crowned, he has to choose one of the 13 Boyar daughters to be his wife and Tsarina. He selects Anastasia, and the two eventually fall deeply in love. When the Boyars plot against him and poison his beloved wife, Tsar Ivan finds himself surrounded by enemies. Grigorovich’s powerful epic dramatizes Ivan’s controversial reign, and portrays events in 16th-century Russia in visually stunning scenes. His choreography, full of vigour, strength and wild jumps, also includes great grace and fragility in the female roles. This is an essential part of the company’s repertoire, a 20thcentury classic, and closes another splendid season from the Bolshoi. 135m approx including interval.
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Sun 19 Apr 18:30 Tue 21 Apr 13:00
Dior and I
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A rare glimpse into the life of a legendary fashion house, and its newest creative director. ‘Dior and I’ brings the viewer inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house with a privileged, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons’ first haute couture collection as its new artistic director - a true labour of love created by a dedicated group of collaborators. Melding the everyday, pressure-filled components of fashion with mysterious echoes from the iconic brand’s past, the film is also a colourful homage to the seamstresses who serve Simons’ vision. All of this is, of course, haunted by the ghost of M. Christian Dior himself. Relevant quotes from his memoirs are laid over the proceedings, chosen for their relevance. (Subtitles) France 2015 Frédéric Tcheng 90m
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Thu 23 Apr 20:45 Classics Restored & Reissued
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Blade Runner The Final Cut
Visually spectacular, intensely action-packed and powerfully prophetic since its debut, this is Ridley Scott’s definitive Final Cut. Deckard (Harrison Ford) is a Blade Runner, a police man of the future who hunts down and terminates replicants, artificially created humans. He wants to get out of the force, but is drawn back in when 5 replicants hijack a ship back to Earth. The city that Deckard must search for his prey is a huge, sprawling, bleak vision of the future. This film questions what it is to be human, and why life is so precious. In this ‘Final Cut’, the music is different, there is no tacky “happy” ending, and noticeably, the unnecessary voiceover is gone, and the story works better without it. A quintessential film noir of the 80’s, much underestimated at the time of release. USA 1982 Ridley Scott 117m
Mon 27 Apr 20:30 Tue 28 Apr 12:45
The Duke of Burgundy
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A woman who studies butterflies and moths tests the limits of her relationship with her lover. This is an S&M love story – and if you see only one S&M love story this year, choose this one, it’s smarter and jollier. The setting is a rural region in an unidentified European country, possibly in the 70s, where a woman named Evelyn (Chiara D’Anna) reports to clean the sprawling, ivy-decked mansion of the stately, commanding Cynthia (Sidse Babett Knudsen). Evelyn is chided for being late, but demurely gets on with her dusting – only to be told that her work isn’t done and that Madame requires a foot massage. Peter Strickland’s (‘Berberian Sound Studio’) beautifully shot and highly atmospheric pastiche of 1970’s European sleaze is a delight – erotic, neurotic and utterly individual. UK 2015 Peter Strickland 104m
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Woman in Gold
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Octogenarian Jewish refugee Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren) takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family. Based on a true story, Simon Curtis’ film is a story of the underdog, where a woman singlehandedly takes on an entire nation. The fact she does so with the assistance of inexperienced lawyer Randol Schoenberg (Ryan Reynolds), helps the viewer root tirelessly for their cause. They fight to claim back an extremely valuable – and personally significant – piece of art, stolen from the family by the Nazis during WWII. The Gustav Klimt painting of her aunt was later put up at the Belvedere Gallery in Vienna. Mirren is as excellent as always in the lead, she has done a remarkable job of capturing her characters sensibilities. USA/UK 2015 Simon Curtis
Fri 24 Apr 15:30 Sat 25 Apr 18:00 Wed 29 Apr 12:45
X+Y
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A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad. Nathan (‘Hugo’s’ Asa Butterfield) is on the autistic spectrum. He learns to cope with change, intimacy and high-pressure competition at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in the deeply affecting, sensitively handled British drama. Although a work of fiction, this first feature for documentarian Morgan Matthews is loosely inspired by real-life characters met in the director’s earlier doc about Olympiad competitors, ‘Beautiful Young Minds’. Sally Hawkins plays Nathan’s mother Julie, offering a spot-on portrait of the challenges of raising an autistic child. Led by a superb cast (including Rafe Spall) and screenplay, ‘X+Y’ is a film that rarely settles for formula. UK 2015 Morgan Matthews 111m
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Show Boat
Sat 26 Apr 15.00 Tickets £15.00 (Friends/Students £12)
San Francisco Opera A true classic of American musical theatre, this tale of life on the Mississippi from the 1880’s to the 1920’s is both a poignant love story and a powerful reminder of the bitter legacy of racism. Director Francesca Zambello’s grand-scale production is a triumph - a stylish, fast-paced and colourful show that had the capacity audience on its feet, cheering loud and long. The magnificent Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II score, which includes such classic songs as “Ol’ Man River” will sound glorious under the authoritative baton of music-theatre maestro John DeMain. Music by Jerome Kern; Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Based on the novel ‘ShowBoat’ by Edna Ferber. Cast includes: Heidi Stober, Michael Todd Simpson, Bill Irwin, Patricia Racette, Angela Renée Simpson and Morris Robinson. 165m inc. interval
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Royal Shakespeare Company
Julius Caesar
Recorded live at The Globe
Thu
30 Apr 20.00
Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) Booking Ref
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Dominic Dromgoole’s impassioned interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s classic plays. When Caesar returns to Rome from the wars a virtual dictator, Brutus and his republican friends resolve that his ambition must be curbed – which in Rome can only mean that the great general must be assassinated. But once the deed is done, the idealistic conspirators must reckon with the forces of a new power bloc, led by Mark Antony and Caesar’s nephew Octavius. Shakespeare’s tense drama of high politics reveals the emotional currents that flow between men in power with themes that still resonate even today. This sell-out production employed authentic Renaissance costumes and staging, and showcased “a rapport between the performers and the audience that feels genuinely magical” (Daily Telegraph). Approx 160m including interval.
Fri 24 Apr Sat 25 Apr Sun 26 Apr Mon 27 Apr Tue 28 Apr Wed 29 Apr Thu 30 Apr International Panorama: Sweden
20:30 12:45 20:30 15:15 17:45 18:00 14:45
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Force Majeure Turist
A critical favourite and word-of-mouth sensation at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it took the Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard. This wickedly funny and precisely observed psychodrama tells the story of a model Swedish family - businessman Tomas (Johannes Bah Kuhnke), willowy mum Ebba (Lisa Loven Kongsli) and their two children, on a skiing holiday in the Alps. The sun is shining and the slopes spectacular, but during lunch, an avalanche turns everything upside down. Their dynamic has been shaken to its core, with a question mark hanging over Tomas in particular. If Ruben Östlund makes more films as amusing, perceptive and deftly crafted as this one, he’ll be a force in world cinema. Sweden / France / Norway 2015 Ruben Östlund 120m
Fri 1 May 15:45 Sat 2 May 18:00 Tue 5 May 12:30 Thu 7 May 20:45 International Panorama: Denmark
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A Second Chance En Chance Til
Susanne Bier has crafted a startling yet moving drama about how easily we lose our grasp on justice. How far would decent human beings be willing to go, when tragedy blurs the line between just and unjust? Detectives and best friends Andreas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Simon (Ulrich Thomsen) lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while divorced Simon spends most of his waking hours drunk at a strip club. But all that changes when the two of them are called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple. This is a shocking, moving and thrilling drama about real people forced into incredible circumstances, which will linger in your mind, long after you have left the auditorium. Denmark 2015 Susanne Bier 102m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Mon 4 May 20:15 Wed 6 May 15:00 International Panorama: Canada
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Mommy A widowed single mother, raising her troubled son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbour inserts herself into their household. Diane (Anne Dorval) is a widow considered white trash by many, she does whatever she needs to make an honest living. Her son Steve (Antoine-Olivier Pilon) has just been released from a mental institution, and only neighbour Kyla (Suzanne Clement) can restore a fragile sense of normalcy to the household. The three become a makeshift family, providing Steve with just enough stability to allow him to feel happiness. Dolan shot the film in an unusual aspect ratio that is tall and narrow. Although initially distracting, it quickly becomes an important fabric of the film’s snowballing sense of claustrophobia - damaged people clinging to each other as the world collapses around them. Canada 2015 Xavier Dolan 139m
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A Little Chaos
Fri 1 May Sat 2 May Sun 3 May Mon 4 May Tue 5 May Wed 6 May Thu 7 May
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A female landscape-gardener is awarded the esteemed assignment to construct the grand gardens at Versailles, thrusting her to the centre of the court of Louis XIV. Alan Rickman directs (and acts) in his second film behind the camera, where André Le Notre (Matthias Schoenaerts), Louis XIV’s garden designer, advertises for an assistant for a major project. Among the interviewees is green-fingered Sabine de Barra (Kate Winslet) who has some radically modern ideas that are at first rejected, but soon accepted. Rickman plays Louis XIV with unexpected compassion, and Winslet is wonderful as Sabine, whose outward determination and capability mask an emotionally intense struggle with a haunting event from her past. She also generates touching chemistry with Schoenaerts and there’s fine comic support from Stanley Tucci as the King’s flamboyant brother. UK 2015 Alan Rickman 116m
Sun 3 May 14:45
Far From the Madding Crowd
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(1967 Version) In preparation for the release of the new ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’, we bring you a unique opportunity to see the 1967 version, beautifully restored (Digital 4K) on the big screen. Flirtatious young Bathsheba (Julie Christie) unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men. Alan Bates is the loyal shepherd; Terence Stamp is Sgt Troy; and Peter Finch makes Boldwood strong and honourable in his love for Bathsheba. Thomas Hardy’s novel told of a 19th Century rural England in which class distinctions and unyielding social codes surrounded his characters. UK 1967 John Schlesinger 168m
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Fri 8 May 12:45 (Japanese Version) Sat 9 May 18:15 (Japanese Version) Mon 11 May 15:30 (Dubbed in English) International Panorama: Japan
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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Kaguyahime No Monogatari
Legendary Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata revisits Japan’s most famous folktale in this gorgeous, hand-drawn masterwork. Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. From the makers of ‘Spirited Away’ and ‘The Wind Rises’ comes a sweeping epic that redefines animated storytelling. As is customary at New Park, we will screen both the original Japanese and the dubbed English versions. (Original Version Subtitled). N.B. We will also be screening a Documentary about the making of this astounding animation (see below). Japan 2013 Isao Takahata 137m
Tue 12 May 18:45 Booking Ref
Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya Studio Ghibli Documentary
We go inside the Ghibli Studio for a fascinating look at the creative process behind ‘The Tale of the Princess Kaguya’. One’s appreciation of Takahata’s masterpiece is enhanced by this up-close examination of his unique methods, which include basing the film’s look on the voice performances of the actors, and evolving a new style of animation that discards the rigidity of cell animation in favour of a more spontaneous “rough sketch” approach. The filmmakers have complete access to the amazingly buoyant Takahata (77 years old at the film’s completion), as they follow his seven-year endeavour. Japan 2015 Ono/ Nakazono/ Terakoshi 86m
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Fri 8 May 20:45 Wed 13 May 12:45 International Panorama: Poland
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Stones for the Rampart: Battle of Warsaw Kamienie Na Szaniec
WW2 drama about friendship, honour and sacrifice. Based on the cult novel of the same name by Aleksander Kaminski, the film’s screenplay tells the story of three scout friends – Rudy, Zoska and Alek (Tomasz Zietek, Marcel Sabat, Kamil Szeptycki) - who graduated from the Warsaw Lycée, whose ambitious plans for the future are interrupted by the dramatic events of September 1939. The boys are confronted with a difficult choice: sticking to a safe behaviour or exposing themselves to the risk of losing their l ives by engaging in the struggle for the honour and liberty of their nation. They chose to become soldiers. (Subtitles) Poland 2015 Robert Glinski 111m
Sat 9 May 13:00 Mon 11 May 18:30 Wed 13 May 17:00
Dark Horse (Dream Alliance)
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Inspirational true story about a group of friends who decide to take on the elite ‘sport of kings’, and breed themselves a racehorse. The David and Goliath tussle between a horse-owning syndicate from a small Welsh village and the elite of the racing world celebrates the triumph of the underdog. The film has plenty of obvious appeal for horse racing enthusiasts, animal lovers and a wider audience who will identify with the notion of ordinary people pursuing dreams that really do come true. It is handsomely made with beautiful shots of both the misty Welsh valleys and the equine stars. A heart-warming true story that has been expertly crafted into an irresistible, emotioncharged documentary and deserved winner of the Audience Award for Best (Non-USA) Documentary at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. UK 2015 Louise Osmond 85m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Royal Ballet
La Fille Mal Gardée Delayed Live from Royal Opera House
Sat 9 May 15:30 Tickets £17.50
Funny and touching, this is the perfect ballet for first-timers of all ages. With its origins in a work first seen in Bordeaux in 1789, ‘La Fille’ had been staged by several choreographers in the 19th century. Frederick Ashton brought the work into the 20th century and created an instant classic which has never left The Royal Ballet’s repertory. The simple story of Lise, her suitor Colas and Lise’s larger-than-life mother who tries to marry her off to the simpleton son of a rich neighbour, is full of delicious comedy but also wonderful, characterful choreography. Conductor - Barry Wordsworth; Lise - Natalia Osipova; Cola Steven McRae; Choreography - Frederick Ashton. 135m inc. 1 interval
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Berlin Philharmonic (Mariss Jansons) Live from Berlin
Sun 10 May 18:30 Tickets £15.00 (Friends/Students £13) Booking Ref
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Mariss Jansons presents a colourful programme of music by Bartók, Ravel and Shostakovich’s with soloist Frank Peter Zimmermann. Jansons has selected Béla Bartók’s “masterpiece” for his guest appearance with the Berliner Philharmoniker, as well as the Second Suite from Maurice Ravel’s Symphonie Choréographique, ‘Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2’, which Stravinsky called “one of the most beautiful products of all French music”. Between these two works, Frank Peter Zimmermann will take on Dmitri Shostakovich’s highly original ‘First Violin Concerto in C sharp minor’. In different ways the works to be performed convey a shared message: namely, that unconditional modernity and sensuous magic in sound are by no means mutually exclusive. 140m
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While We’re Young
18:30 20:45 13:30 17:00
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A middle-aged couple’s career and marriage are overturned when a disarming young couple enters their lives. The threat of the young is at the centre of Baumbach’s (‘Frances Ha) perceptive, funny and cringingly honest film. It follows a cross -generational friendship which inspires adulation and anxiety. Life’s disappointments have left documentarian Josh (Ben Stiller) and his film producer wife Cornelia (Naomi Watts) facing a crossroads. They’re alienated from their baby-making peers and have become too set in their ways to take advantage of their childfree existence. The film fizzes with energy but is most notable for its intellectual ambition, taking in subjects as aging, cultural appropriation, artistic manipulation and the quest for truth. A rare film that laces rich thematic elements with wonderfully drawn characters to create a picture that’s as genuinely hilarious as it is thoughtful. USA 2015 Noah Baumbach 97m
Sun 10 May 13:15 Wed 13 May 15:00
Dancing in Jaffa
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Renowned ball-room dancer Pierre Dulaine attempts to bring Arab and Israeli children together with dance in this charming documentary. Those familiar with the 2005 documentary ‘Mad Hot Ballroom’ or the 2006 feature ‘Take the Lead’ will already be aware of Dulaine’s efforts to bring dance to the public schools of NYC. This sweet -natured documentary finds Dulaine returning to his childhood home in Jaffa, where he attempts to sow the seeds of Jewish/Palestinian Israeli reconciliation by teaching their children to dance together. At first he’s on a hiding to nothing, with religious, cultural and gender divides wrong-footing him at every turn. But as the winning power of dance takes over, tensions begin to thaw, the children blossoming under Dulaine’s tutelage. This is a touching story that puts a youthful, human face on an ages-old struggle. (Subtitles) USA 2014 Hilla Medalia 90m
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White Bird in a Blizzard
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A coming-of-age mystery with a dynamic lead heroine and an oddness that never loses sight of its resonance. Set in 1988, Araki’s film centres on 17-year-old Kat (Shailene Woodley), a Middle-American suburbanite whose relationship with her unhinged mother Eve (Eva Green) is splintering apart. Then Kat returns home to find her mother gone. But Kat isn’t that bothered, even seducing the macho cop (Thomas Jane) who’s handling the case. As time passes, Kat begins to come to grips with how deeply Eve’s disappearance has affected her. Returning home on a break from college, she finds herself confronted with the truth about her mother’s departure, and her own denial about the events surrounding it. France/USA 2015 Gregg Araki 91m
Sun 10 May 21:00 Thu 14 May 15:15 International Panorama: Sweden
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Something Must Break Nånting Måste Gå Sönder A gritty story about the passionate love between Sebastian, who wants to be a woman, and the easy-going Andreas, who is certainly not gay. Sebastian (Saga Becker) doesn’t fall conveniently into a pigeonhole. He is often perceived as a very beautiful woman (Elle), and admits: “I’m not from here. I will soon disappear.” He falls in love with a handsome Prince Charming, Andreas (Iggy Malmborg), who saves him from a beating, but Andreas declares that he’s not gay (“Me neither,” replies Sebastian) and becomes embarrassed being seen with him. Becker’s remarkable performance and the beautifully cinematography elevate this work of an exceedingly original and talented director, who will no doubt be one of Sweden’s favoured exports. (Subtitles) Sweden 2014 Ester Martin Bergsmark 85m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Thu 14 May 19:00 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)
Man + Superman
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NT Live
By Bernard Shaw. A romantic comedy, an epic fairytale, a fiery philosophical debate, asking fundamental questions about how we live. Live from the Lyttleton Theatre. Ralph Fiennes takes the role of Jack Tanner in this exhilarating reinvention of Shaw’s witty, provocative classic. Jack Tanner, celebrated radical thinker and rich bachelor, seems an unlikely choice as guardian to the alluring heiress, Ann. But she takes it in her assured stride and, despite the love of a poet, decides to marry and tame this dazzling revolutionary. Tanner, appalled by the whiff of domesticity, is tipped off by his chauffeur and flees to Spain, where he is captured by bandits and meets The Devil. An extraordinary dream-debate, heaven versus hell, ensues. 180m plus Interval.
Mike Leigh for the ENO:
Pirates of Penzance
Tue
19 May
19:30
NB. We will be screening of Mike Leigh’s film about Gilbert & Sullivan ‘Topsy Turvy’ to compliment this opera production. (See Pg34) Tickets £15.00 (Friends/Students £13) Booking Ref
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Sentimental pirates, blundering policeman, absurd adventures and improbable paradoxes – Gilbert and Sullivan’s dazzling production comes to ENO in a highly anticipated new production from renowned film maker Mike Leigh. This much-loved comic opera is a showcase of brilliant humour and razor-sharp wit, with a sparkling score full of memorable melodies and catchy tunes. The superb cast includes the Andrew Shore as the very model of a modern MajorGeneral, Jonathan Lemalu as the affectionate parody of the British bobby, Robert Murray as the innocent pirate-apprentice Frederic, and Rebecca de Pont Davies as the older woman who has designs on him. Conductor - David Parry; Director - Mike Leigh; Choreographer Francesca Jaynes. Sung and surtitled in English. 140m.
Fri 15 May 12:45 & 18:00 Sat 16 May 12:30 & 15:15 Sun 17 May 20:15 Mon 18 May 12:30 & 17:45 Tue 19 May 12:00 & 16:45 Wed 20 May 18:00 & 20:30 Thu 21 May 12:30 & 15:15 Fri 22 May 12:30 Sat 23 May 13:00 Sun 24 May 14:15 Mon 25 May 20:30 Tue 26 May 13:00 Wed 27 May 16:45 Thu 28 May 15:15
Far From the Madding Crowd
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Thomas Hardy’s 1874 classic is beautifully reworked here by Danish Director Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt; Dear Wendy). Based on Thomas Hardy’s first major literary success, this is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching wilfulness; Frank Troy (Tom Sturridge), a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood (Michael Sheen), a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba’s choices and passions explores the nature of relationships and love as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance. UK 2015 Thomas Vinterberg 119m
Representations and Adaptations Thomas Hardy’s ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’ Talk by Jennifer Jones
Tickets £5
This talk will place ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’ in the context of Thomas Hardy’s work and life. It will then compare the treatment of Bathsheba and her suitors in the novel to how they are represented in Schlesinger (1967) and Vinterberg’s (2015) film adaptations. Jennifer Jones earned her PhD in Victorian Literature at the University of California at Davis and is currently a lecturer at the University of Portsmouth. 90m
Far From the Madding Crowd
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Fri 15 May 15:30 Mon 18 May 20:30 Wed 20 May 15:15 Thu 21 May 20:30 International Panorama: France
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Samba
From the creators of 2011’s ‘Untouchable,’ comes this crowd -pleaser that is likely to be the cheeriest movie ever made about the immigrant’s plight. Omar Sy (the brilliant lead in ‘Untouchable’) plays Samba, a man from Senegal who has worked a lot of low-paying jobs after arriving in France a decade earlier. On the cusp of deportation, a shy immigration worker, Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg), promises that she will help him, but this does not just come from her dignity at work, but her obvious crush on the handsome, quick-witted Samba. What bolsters Sy’s performance is not just his affable good humour, but also his capacity for heart-breaking dramatic moments. The comedy moments do not feel false and forced against the dark subject matter, but like moments of lightly sprinkled relief. France 2015 Olivier Nakache& Eric Toledano 106m
Fri 18 May 20:45 Tue 19 May 15:15
Hyena
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Opening film at the 2014 Edinburgh Film Festival, this is a grisly standoff between gangsters and bribe-taking London cops. Meet Michael Logan (Peter Ferdinando) - an anti-hero for our times, a natural predator in the jungle of London’s underworld. He leads a special task force targeting London’s biggest and baddest drug traffickers. He and his team aren’t above taking their cut from the bad guys: in the world in which they operate, that’s how things work. From its opening slow-mo attack in an electric-blue nightclub, ‘Hyena’ demonstrates the impressive boldness and control of the medium of writer-director Gerard Johnson. This is also a film of raw and unrestrained emotion, a film that, like its sensitive and drained protagonist, appears lacerated by violence rather than in love with it. Also starring the ever-impressive Stephen Graham. UK 2014 Gerard Johnson 112m
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Sat 16 May Sun 17 May Mon 18 May Thu 21 May International Panorama: Australia
21:00 12:15 15:15 18:00
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The Water Diviner Russell Crowe’s directorial debut is a call for tolerance, pacifism, reason, and above all else, compassion... for everyone affected by every war. The Anzacs have withdrawn from Gallipoli and we are with the Turkish troops, joyous at the sight of the departing ships, and the simple fact that they survived the ‘mess’. The film’s credentials as an anti-war statement are established on the spot. When we get back to Australia, four years have passed, and farmer Joshua Connor (Crowe) is grieving over the loss of his three sons, and his wife is inconsolable. With nothing more to lose, he sets off for Turkey, determined to find his sons’ remains and bring them back for burial. With that, the film is transformed into a sprawling colonial adventure story. Beautifully shot and intelligently directed. Australia/Turkey 2015 Russell Crowe 111m
Sun 17 May 17:45 Wed 20 May 13:00 International Panorama: Sweden
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A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
En Duva Satt På en Gren Och Funderade På Tillvaron A series of artfully funny vignettes - Winner of the Golden Lion at the 2014 Venice Film Festival. Watching the bumbling progress of two clumsy salesmen in Gothenburg, we don’t know whether to laugh or to cry. Their path criss-crosses the other inhabitants of this collection of beautifully shot scenes. With pitch-black ‘Scandi’ wit and cinematography that enters another dimension (each scene composed like a painting) a comedy as weird and wonderful as the title is revealed. Andersson’s cinema exists in some surreal place where Ingmar Bergman meets ‘The Office’. Sweden 2014 Roy Andersson 101m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Topsy-Turvy
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Mike Leigh’s superb study of Gilbert and Sullivan is presented here to compliment his first opera production for ECO’s ‘Pirates of Penzance’. This wonderful meditation on the creation of art catches Gilbert and Sullivan at a crossroads in their illustrious careers. Having scored numerous hits (like ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ and ‘HMS Pinafore’), they’ve reached a creative dry spot. Composer Sullivan (Allan Corduner) despairs of ever being taken seriously, and vows to write a “serious” piece, much to the consternation of librettist Gilbert (Jim Broadbent), who’s flummoxed and unyielding when asked to change another of his “topsy-turvy” scenarios. Leigh re-creates the creative process with meticulous and loving care, from the writing of ‘The Mikado’ to its premiere. Gilbert and Sullivan aficionados will revel in the re-enactments of The Mikado (newcomers will likely be won over, too). UK 1999 Mike Leigh 152m
Fri 22 May 15:15 Sat 23 May 20:45
The Falling
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Absorbing black comedy set in a 1969 rural British girl’s school. Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones’ plucky Arya Stark) and confident newcomer Florence Pugh star as two teenage friends, Lydia and Abbie, who are extremely close. Everything changes when Abbie believes herself to be pregnant, and Lydia starts to feel distant from her best friend. When an unexpected tragedy occurs Lydia begins twitching and fainting at random. Her malady infects fellow pupils and teachers but stern headmistress, Miss Alvaro, (Monica Dolan) thinks it’s all down to their overactive imaginations. Director Carol Morley sets a suitably surreal tone, mixing supernatural elements with drama, choreographed dance with original music, and Williams excels at conveying confusion, defiance and teen angst. This is terrific film-making – enough to bring a rush of blood to the head. UK 2015 Carol Morley 102m
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22 May 20:45 24 May 12:00 26 May 18:00 28 May 20:45
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Still Life One of the surprise hits of our Awards Season programme returns by popular demand. JProfoundly dedicated to his work, he believes that everyone deserves a dignified exit, and writes eulogies and organizes funerals for those who wouldn’t have them otherwise. But when a new case - an elderly alcoholic in a flat directly opposite his own - hits him harder than usual, he journeys outside London to track down the man’s long-abandoned daughter (Joanne Froggatt - ‘Downton Abbey’). Against the odds, the two lonely souls are drawn to each other - and John’s outlook starts to open to life’s possibilities. The restraint and composure maintained by director Pasolini - filtered through the achingly precise acting of Marsan keeps everything heading in a uniquely rewarding direction. UK/Italy 2013 Uberto Pasolini 92m
Sat 23 May 15:45 Thu 28 May 18:00 International Panorama: New Zealand
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The Dark Horse An inspiring true story based on the life of a charismatic, brilliant but little-known New Zealand chess champion, Genesis Potini. A large Maori man with a hint of a mohawk walks through the rain in a small New Zealand town, arms out like a Christ-figure, a patchwork quilt draped over his shoulders. It’s such an arresting image that it hooks us before we know anything else. There is the promise of drama and poetry, perhaps a little madness. Bipolar Genesis saved himself and many thousands of Maori kids from the scrapheap through chess. The humour of these kids gives the movie its charm - they’re wild, unruly and damaged, but innocent. Gen makes them see the pieces as totems; he gives each one a carved wooden player to look after. The sense of Maori culture is strong beneath the disadvantage. New Zealand 2015 James Napier Robertson 124m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Child 44
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A disgraced member of the military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union. A politically-charged thriller set in 1953 Soviet Russia,’ Child 44’ chronicles the crisis of conscience for secret police agent Leo Demidov (Tom Hardy), who loses status, power and home when he refuses to denounce his own wife, Raisa (Noomi Rapace), as a traitor. Exiled from Moscow to a grim provincial outpost, Leo and Raisa join forces with General Mikhail Nesterov (Gary Oldman) to track down a serial killer who preys on young boys. Their quest for justice threatens a system-wide cover-up enforced by Leo’s psychopathic rival Vasili (Joel Kinnaman), who insists “There is no crime in Paradise.” Czech Rep/UK/Romania/USA 2015 Daniel Espinosa 137m
Exhibition on Screen: The Impressionists
Tue 26 May 16:00 Sat 30 May 15:30 We hope to welcome Phil Grabsky on the 30th May screening to introduce the last in the current series. Tickets £12.50 (Friends/Students £10)
In the last of the series we uncover the story of art’s greatest revolutionaries including Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Degas and Pissarro. From the Musée du Luxembourg Paris, National Gallery London and Philadelphia Museum of Art. Monet, Cezanne, Degas, Renoir: some of the world’s most popular artists, their works fetch tens of millions of dollars around the globe. But who were they really? Why & how exactly did they paint? What lies behind their enduring appeal? This unique film secured unparalleled access to a major new exhibition focussing on the man credited with inventing Impressionism as we know it: 19th century Parisian art collector Paul Durand-Ruel. Featuring universally loved masterpieces by Monet, Degas, Cezanne, Renoir, Pissarro and many more. 90m (+Q&A)
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Sat 23 May 18:30 Mon 25 May 18:15 Thu 28 May 13:00
The Salvation
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Mads Mikkelsen turns reluctant avenging angel/hero in a largely European-made look at Wild West America. When we first see Jon (Mikkelsen), a Danish settler who has been living in America for years, he’s at a train station anxiously awaiting his wife and son, newly arrived from the motherland. Their brief reunion turns to tragedy, and eventually a showdown with local gangster Delarue (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), who extorts protection money from the nearby town and basically has his way with the cowardly citizens. Directed by Danish filmmaker Kristian Levring, ‘The Salvation’ is visually beautiful, morally down and dirty, and simplistic. But it’s marked by two haunted, quietly brilliant performances from stars Mikkelsen and Eva Green, who make it a memorable and worthwhile experience. Denmark/UK/South Africa/Sweden/Belgium 2015 Kristian Levring 92m
Half Term Films
Mon 25 May 12:45 Wed 27 May 11:45 Fri 29 May 12:45
Cinderella
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Kenneth Branagh brings us a live-action retelling of the classic fairy tale about a servant step-daughter who wins the heart of a prince. Lily James stars as Cinderella who is almost impossibly pure and good; in the wrong hands, the part could have verged on laughable self-parody. But her bright smile makes the character’s innocence appealing, and while ‘Ella is still a bit of a pushover she also gets a few moments where she stands up to her stepmother Lady Tremaine (Cate Blanchett). It’s heartfelt, romantic, and funny - particularly when Helena Bonham Carter arrives to spruce up Ella’s wardrobe as her Fairy Godmother. The costumes and production design are stunning (her dress sparkles!), and Branagh’s direction sports several clever touches. USA 2015 Kenneth Branagh 112m
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8½
Otto e Mezzo Federico Fellini is the director and co-writer of this iconic film about a filmmaker making a film. A gem not to be missed on the big screen. Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) is a famous film director who is totally exhausted after completing his latest film. He is tired of his wife, bored with his mistress, and in need of a restful vacation, so retreats to a health spa. The rest is ruined by a constant procession of aspiring actors and actresses, scatter-brained writers and snivelling yes-men, all clamouring to be in his next production. Flashbacks tell his life story in the form of a retrospective psychological profile of the tortured genius filmmaker. A marvellous and immensely personal piece of self-analysis, which journeys into the heart, mind and soul of its illustrious director, Frederico Fellini. (Subtitles) Italy 1963 Federico Fellini 138m
Sun 31 May Mon 1 Jun Tue 2 Jun Wed 3 Jun Thu 4 Jun International Panorama: Germany
18:00 21:00 12:45 20:30 15:15
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Phoenix The threads of a concentration camp survivor’s return to post-war Germany are woven into a masterful web by Christian Petzold. 1940s Germany, a vehicle is halted at night by US soldiers. A figure is whimpering in the passenger seat, their face concealed by bandages. This is former chanteuse Nelly (Nina Hoss from ‘Barbara’), a concentration camp survivor en route to a surgeon in Berlin. When Nelly later tracks down Johnny (Ronald Zehrfeld), the husband who may or may not have shopped her to the Nazis, he fails to recognise her, but does notice her resemblance to his late wife. That gives him an idea: if she were to pose as Nelly, they could split the “dead” woman’s fortune. Called upon to play a character playing a character playing a character, Hoss’ dexterity is astonishing. She is part-actor, part-Russian doll. Germany/Poland 2015 Christian Petzold 98m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Fri 29 May 17:45 Sat 30 May 20:30 Sun 31 May 12:30 Mon 1 Jun 15:15 Tue 2 Jun 17:45 Wed 3 Jun 15:00 Thu 4 Jun 12:30
Clouds of Sils Maria
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A playful and captivating hybrid of Bergman’s ‘Persona’ and Mankiewicz’s ‘All About Eve’ with three wondrous female leads. Maria (Juliette Binoche) is an actress at her peak when asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years earlier. Back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young woman who disarms her boss Helena. Now she is being asked to step into the role of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant (Kristen Stewart) to rehearse in Sils Maria, a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal (Chloë Grace Moretz) is to take on the role of Sigrid, and Maria finds herself face to face with an ambiguously charming woman who is an unsettling reflection of herself. Assayas comes up with three fascinating and richly detailed women here. As a bonus, he frames them in a setting of breath-taking beauty and stimulating intelligence. France/Switz./Germany 2015 Olivier Assayas 124m
Fri 5 Jun Sat 6 Jun Sun 7 Jun Mon 8 Jun Tue 9 Jun Wed 10 Jun Thu 11 Jun International Panorama: France
18:15 20:45 14:15 20:45 13:00 14:30 12:30
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The New Girlfriend Une Nouvelle Amie
Francois Ozon’s latest film is a humorous psychological drama adapted from a Ruth Rendell short story. Claire (Anais Demoustier), is a young woman whose closest friend Lea passes away leaving behind a husband, David (Romain Duris) and a newborn baby. One day she drops by David’s house unexpectedly, and finds him dressed in his dead wife’s clothes and feeding their baby with a bottle. He explains that Lea was well aware of his predilection, and eventually, so relieved that he has someone to share his secret with, they create a female persona for him named Virginia. Ozon’s exploration, in keeping with so many of his films, is marked out by a warmth of humour and sensitivity that takes what could be farcical - and occasionally sinister - and makes it matter emotionally. (Subtitles) France 2014 François Ozon 105m
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Fri 29 May 15:00 & 20:30 Sat 30 May 12:30 & 17:45 Sun 31 May 15:15 & 20:15 Mon 1 Jun 12:30 & 18:15 Tue 2 Jun 15:00 & 20:30 Wed 3 Jun 12:15 & 17:45 Thu 4 Jun 17:15 & 20:15 Fri 5 Jun 12:45 Sat 6 Jun 15:30 Sun 7 Jun 16:15 Mon 8 Jun 18:00 Tue 9 Jun 15:30 Wed 10 Jun 16:30 Thu 11 Jun 15:00
A Royal Night Out
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V.E. Day 1945, the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret leave Buckingham Palace for the night, where they encounter romance and danger. Based on true events, this is the little known story of Queen Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon) and her younger sister Princess Margaret (Bel Powley) on 8 May 1945 (VE Day). King George V (Rupert Everett) allows them to join the celebrations - “this might be the only chance she gets” he says to his wife (Emily Watson). A mix of humour, drama, and stunning 1940s costumes follow, as this fictionalised account of the true story sees the two abandon their chaperones, proceed to get split up, and see their nights go in two very different directions. “Chelsea Barracks, Trafalgar Square, Soho...” says Margaret, revealing her destinations for the evening, as older sister, Elizabeth, or Lilibet, meet a handsome stranger, and see a different side of London. While Margaret wears a pretty pink dress for her girl’s night out, Elizabeth wore her Auxiliary Transport Service uniform, of which she was so proud. UK 2015 Julian Jarrold 130m
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Fri 5 Jun Sat 6 Jun Sun 7 Jun Mon 8 Jun Tue 9 Jun Wed 10 Jun Thu 11 Jun
The Age of Adaline
15:45 & 20:45 18:15 12:00 15:30 18:15 12:15 21:00
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Adaline is involved in a nasty car accident, which has the miraculous side effect of stopping her aging process. After remaining 29 years old for almost eight decades, Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) has lived a solitary existence. Removed from the natural progress of humanity, forced to hide her secret and move about to keep others from discovering it. A chance encounter with charismatic philanthropist Ellis Jones (Michiel Huisman) reignites Adaline’s passion for life and romance, but when a weekend with his parents (Harrison Ford and Kathy Baker) threatens to uncover the truth, she makes a decision that will change her life forever. Look out for Ellen Burstyn (currently 83 years old) playing the daughter of (forever) 29 year old Adaline. USA 2015 Lee Toland Krieger 110m
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Jauja
13:00 20:45
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A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization. Set in Patagonia in the early 1880s, during the so-called ‘Conquest of the Desert’ when Argentine forces were carrying out the extermination of the indigenous populace, and ‘civilising’ the wild terrain with the help of European settlers. One of the latter, Captain Dinesen (Viggo Mortensen; also the film’s composer), has come with his 15-year-old daughter (Viilbjørk Malling Agger) and a team of surveyors, and is even further from his Danish homeland than from the real Jauja (mythical Inca capital of Peru). This is the story of a man’s desperate search for his daughter, a solitary quest that takes us to a place beyond time, where the past vanishes and the future has no meaning. (Subtitles) Denmark 2015 Lisandro Alonso 109m
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Sun 7 Jun 18:45 Fri 12 Jun 13:00 Booking Ref
Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision
Die Andere Heimat: Chronik Einer Sehnsucht The dazzling continuation of Edgar Reitz acclaimed Heimat trilogy. No prior knowledge of the ‘Heimat’ series is necessary in this story of Jakob (Jan Dieter Schneider), an inveterate dreamer; Gustav (Maximilian Scheidt), his brother; and beautiful Jettchen (Antonia Bill), who must choose between them. Jakob immerses himself in literature and learning, as his family toils to fend off starvation. His town has barely recovered from the Napoleonic Wars, and Prussian feudalism weighs heavily on the dwindling population who see no escape from grinding poverty except immigration to the promised riches of South America. Spectacular landscapes and an ultra-high definition cinematography elevate Reitz’s epic from an unforgettable story to a breath-taking cinematic experience. (Subtitles) Germany/France 2013 Edgar Reitz 225m + Interval
Mon 8 Jun 12:45 Fri 12 Jun 17:15
The Tribe
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Plemya A deaf teenager struggles to fit into the boarding school system in this, the most startling film of the 2014 London Film Festival. This is a grimly compelling and violent film which is also a silent movie. Set in a crumbling Ukrainian boarding school for deaf adolescents. New student (Grigoriy Fesenko) is inducted into a secret world of teenage gangs and crime. All confrontations are conducted in sign language – there are no subtitles, no intertitles and no explanations. And there is no soundtrack or incidental music. The whole thing happens in eerie quiet. Compelling, brutal and brilliant, ‘The Tribe’ is one of the best works of cinema of the last 12 months a familiar template recreated in what, for most, will be an entirely new world. You will not stop thinking about it. Ukraine/Netherlands 2014 Miroslav Slaboshpitsky 130m
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Festival of Chichester
La Bohème
Delayed Live from Royal Opera House
Thu 11 Jun 18:00 Fri 12 Jun 20:00 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)
Final revival of John Copley’s staging of Puccini’s romantic masterpiece. Several of opera’s greatest stars turn out for this historic final revival where a quartet of bohemians share an uncomfortable garret in 1830’s Paris. On Christmas Eve, poet Rodolfo (Joseph Calleja) is finishing some work when neighbour Mimi (Anna Netrebko) comes to ask for a light for her candle. It is love at first sight, but the couple’s happiness is to be short-lived. Rich in period and dramatic detail, evoking the atmosphere of 19th century Paris, this is a magnificent version of the world’s favourite opera. Among those returning to bid farewell are Anna Netrebko as Mimi and Joseph Calleja as Rodolfo, under Israeli conductor Dan Ettinger. Sung in Italian with English subtitles. 165m approx inc. 2 intervals.
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COMING SOON
2015 Glyndebourne Season Coming Soon (Jun-Aug) – On Sale Now Ravel Double Bill L’HEURE ESPAGNOLE & L’ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES Sun 21 June 17.30 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/ Students £15)
Ravel Double Bill
Mozart’s DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL (Live) Sun 19 Jul 17:00 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/ Students £15) Britten’s THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA (Live) Sun 9 Aug 18:00 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/ Students £15)
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The Rape of Lucretia
FESTIVAL OF CHICHESTER Coming Soon (Jun – Jul) Tickets for these Festival of Chichester events below are on sale now. LA BOHÈME (ROH Delayed Live) Thu 11 Jun 18:00 & Fri 12 Jun 20:00 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) SHADOWLANDS (1985 BBC – William Nicholson) Tue 16 Jun 13:00 & Thu 18 Jun 19:30 Tickets £6 (In the Studio)
La Boheme
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (2013 – William Nicholson) Wed 17 Jun 18:30 & Fri 19 Jun 12:30 Tickets £6 (In the Studio) SHADOWLANDS (1993 Film – William Nicholson) Sun 21 Jun 15:00 Tickets £8 Antony and Cleopatra
ANTONY & CLEOPATRA (The Globe – Recorded) Mon 22 Jun 19:30 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) CARMEN (ENO Live) Wed 1 July 19:00 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) WILLIAM TELL (ROH Delayed Live) Sun 5 July 14:00 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)
William Tell
OPERA
GLYNDEBOURNE (see pg44)
THEATRE EVERYMAN (NT Live with Chiwetel Ejiofor) Thu 16 July 19:00 Tickets £15.00
Everyman
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Live from RSC) Wed 22 Jul 19:00 Tickets £17.50
CONCERTS / MUSIC
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC (Live with Lang Lang and Simon Rattle) Sun 28 Jun 19:15 Tickets £15
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Film Education and Courses at New Park Page to Screen
For Better or For Worse Tickets £5 (In the Studio)
The Spring 2015 ‘Page to Screen’ continues with ‘Damage,’ followed by a tribute to the much loved actor, director and producer, Richard Attenborough.
The Dark Side of Passion Fri 3 Apr 13:30 Damage (Josephine Hart) Tribute to Richard Attenborough Fri 10 Apr 13:30 Whistle Down the Wind (Mary Hayley Bell) Fri 17 Apr 13:30 Shadowlands (Shadowlands – The True Story of CS Lewis and Joy Davidson by Brian Sibley) Talk by Martyn Bell and Dudley Hooley
France Under the Swastika The background story to the film ‘Suite Française’ Martyn Bell, past Chairman of The Friends of Chartres and Dudley Hooley, Director of Tangmere Military Aviation Museum discuss the occupation of France by the Nazis in the Second World War, the impact Fri 17 Apr 18:30 on the French populace and Tickets £5 (In the Studio) the resistance to this invasion, both in France itself and that organised from England . The talk will highlight the links between wartime France, Chichester and especially RAF Tangmere. There will be a short interval for refreshments with time for questions at the end. Please book early as there the Studio is limited to 40 seats. 90m
Representations and Adaptations
Wed May 20 19:00 Tickets £5 (In the Studio) Talk by Jennifer Jones
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Thomas Hardy’s ‘Far from the This talk will place ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’ in the context of Thomas Hardy’s work and life. It will then compare the treatment of Bathsheba and her suitors in the novel to how they are represented in Schlesinger (1967) and Vinterberg’s (2015) film adaptations. Jennifer Jones earned her PhD in Victorian Literature at the University of California at Davis and is currently a lecturer at the University of Portsmouth. 90m
Woody Allen: Seriously Funny A three day film course (over 3 weeks) on the American living legend, Woody Allen. Woody Allen is a unique American filmmaker - prolific, controversial, celebrated and Fri 1 May 13:30 reviled. Love him or hate him, Fri 8 May 13:30 his features still attract world Fri 15 May 13:30 class actors and collaborators. Tickets: £10 for 3 days This course takes us through (Friends & Students £8) Woody Allen’s entire filmmaking career and delves into what have become known as the “early funny films” and the “later serious films”. We will explore his American classics (inc. Annie Hall, Manhattan) and his recent Europe-set features (inc. Midnight in Paris), whilst looking at how his work is received, financed and reviewed. The course will be run by Head of Media Studies at Bishop Luffa Gareth Evans, who has studied Allen’s work at Master’s degree level and is a film journalist. In the Studio - Complimentary hot drink included.
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