Film& Event Cinema January - February 2022
House of Gucci Tues 11 Jan 8pm (Talking Tables) Wed 12 Jan 8pm Thur 13 Jan 2pm (Socially Distanced) Director: Ridley Scott 2021 | 158 minutes
Inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. Patrizia Reggiani is an outsider from humble beginnings. When she marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy. It triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately… murder. Starring Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Salma Hayek and Jeremy Irons. 'This fizzy true crime comedy is smart, funny and camp'
★★★★★ Evening Standard
Royal Opera House Live: The Nutcracker Wed 12 Jan 2pm Approximately 160 minutes including an interval | £15
Encore screenings from the Royal Opera House. The Nutcracker is a family favourite at Christmas time and is one of the most delightful ways to discover the enchantment of ballet. The story of Clara, a girl on a magical Christmas Eve adventure, is accompanied by sparkling music and even dancing sweets! Watch the full company of The Royal Ballet in this much-loved ballet classic.
Herself Thur 13 Jan 8pm Director: Phyllida Lloyd 2020 | 97 minutes Sandra is trying: trying to extricate herself from an abusive marriage, trying to hold down multiple jobs, trying to find housing. All to better provide a safe and happy life for her two young daughters. Help comes unexpectedly through Peggy. Given some of Peggy’s unused land, Sandra decides to build a home from scratch. A hard hitting but uplifting drama, directed by Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia, The Iron Lady). 'Strikes a fine balance between all of life’s ups and downs'
★★★★★ IndieWire
Royal Opera House Live: Tosca Fri 14 Jan 2pm Wed 19 Jan 7pm Approximately 205 minutes including two intervals | £15
Encore screenings from the Royal Opera House. Into the romantic world of an idealistic painter Cavaradossi and his sensuous lover Tosca comes the malevolence of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police, with fatal results. Puccini’s Tosca is one of the best loved operas in The Royal Opera repertory. Love and evil come – thrillingly – face to face in Jonathan Kent’s intense production. Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
West Side Story Fri 14 Jan 8pm, Sat 15 Jan 2pm and 8pm, Tues 18 Jan 4pm (Talking Tables), Thur 20 Jan 8pm Sat 22 Jan 11am - Bring Baby screening
Director: Steven Spielberg 2021 | 156 minutes An adaptation of the 1957 musical. West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. Love at first sight strikes when young Tony spots Maria at a high school dance in 1957 New York City. Their burgeoning romance helps to fuel the fire between the warring Jets and Sharks - two rival gangs vying for control of the streets.
Rose Plays Julie Tues 18 Jan 8pm (Talking Tables)
Director: Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy 2019 | 100 minutes In Dublin, veterinary student Rose discovers on her birth certificate that she was named Julie before her adoption. Resolved to finally meet her birth mother, actor Ellen, Rose investigates before finally revealing her identity. This in turn provokes another, unexpected revelation about her father, that compels Rose to assume the parallel name of Julie and get close to the truth. An intimate exploration of identity, trauma and power.
Wildfire Sat 22 Jan 2pm
Director: Cathy Brady 2020 | 85 minutes Lauren and Kelly are inseparable sisters raised in a small town on the Irish border. Their lives were shattered with the mysterious death of their mother. When her sister abruptly disappears, Lauren is left to pick up the pieces. She is suddenly confronted with the family’s dark and traumatic past when Kelly returns home after being reported missing for a whole year. With the intense sisterhood reignited, Kelly’s desire to unearth their history is not welcomed by all in the small town. Rumours and malice spread like wildfire, threatening to push them over the edge.
The Power of the Dog Sat 22 Jan 8pm
Director: Denis Villeneuve 2020 | 156 minutes Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love and long-hidden secrets come to light. Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst conquer the Western in Jane Campion's brooding melodrama.
'Jane Campion’s superb gothic western is mysterious and menacing' The Guardian
★★★★★
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstadt Thur 27 Jan 7pm, Fri 28 Jan 2pm and Wed 2 Feb 2pm
£15
A new play by Tom Stoppard, directed by Patrick Marber. Filmed live from the Wyndam’s Theatre in London. The Olivier Award-winning play is a passionate drama of love, family and endurance. At the beginning of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria. But Hermann Merz, a factory owner and baptised Jew now married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world. We follow his family’s story across half a century, passing through the convulsions of war, revolution, impoverishment, annexation by Nazi Germany and the Holocaust.
King Richard Sat 29 Jan 11am (Socially Distanced) Wed 2 Feb 8pm
Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green 2021 | 144 minutes Based on the inspirational true story. Armed with a clear vision and a brazen 78page plan, Richard Williams is determined to write his daughters, Venus and Serena, into history. Training on abandoned tennis courts — rain or shine — the girls are shaped by their father’s unyielding commitment and their mother’s balanced perspective and keen intuition. They defy the seemingly insurmountable odds and prevailing expectations laid before them. 'Will Smith aces it as the Williams sisters’ tennis-coaching dad'
★★★★ The Guardian
Drive My Car Tues 1 Feb 8pm (Talking Tables), Thur 3 Feb 2pm
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi 2021 | 179 minutes
Japanese with English subtitles. Yusuke Kafuku ia a renowned stage actor and director. Two years after his wife’s unexpected death, he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya. He meets Misaki Watari, a taciturn young woman assigned to chauffeur him. Forced to confront painful truths raised from his past, Yusuke begins, with the help of his driver, to face the haunting mysteries his wife left behind. 'Engrossing adaptation about a theatre director grappling with Chekhov and his wife’s infidelity' The Guardian
★★★★★
The Lost Daughter Sat 5 Feb 11.30am Wed 9 Feb 4pm
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal 2021 | 121 minutes Alone on a seaside holiday, Leda (Olivia Colman) becomes consumed with a young mother and daughter as she watches them on the beach. She finds herself unnerved by their compelling relationship and their raucous extended family. Leda is overwhelmed by her own memories of the terror, confusion and intensity of early motherhood. Also starring Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley, Ed Harris, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Mescal and Dagmara Dominczyk. 'Olivia Colman compels in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s eerie psychodrama'
★★★★ Observer
The Tragedy of Macbeth Tues 8 Feb 8pm (Talking Tables) Thur 10 Feb 2pm (Socially Distanced)
Director: Joel Coen 2021| 105 minutes
A Scottish lord becomes convinced by a trio of witches that he will become the next King of Scotland. His ambitious wife supports him in his plans of seizing power. Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand star in Joel Coen’s bold and fierce adaptation of Shakespeare's play. A tale of murder, madness, ambition, and wrathful cunning. 'Joel Coen’s take on the Scottish play is easily one of the best films of the year' Evening Standard
★★★★★
Gagarine Wed 9 Feb 8pm
Director: Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh 2021 | 98 minutes French with English subtitles. Yuri fights to save his home town - which he shares with his namesake, Yuri Gagarin - from demolition. Urban fantasy Gagarine celebrates community and social housing in a Paris housing estate, with directors Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh using sci-fi imagery to turn the prosaic into the awe-inspiring.
★★★★★ Financial Times | ★★★★ Empire | ★★★★ The Guardian
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Fri 11 Feb 2pm, Sat 12 Feb 2pm Tues 15 Feb 8pm (Talking Tables), Thur 17 Feb 2pm (Socially Distanced)
Director: Will Sharpe 2021 | 111 minutes
Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch) is an eccentric Victorian artist. His popular, playful, drawings of cats transform the public's perception of cats from mysterious to irresistible. He hires a kind, curious governess for his youngest sisters, Emily Richardson (Claire Foy). She illuminates his life in a way even he’d never imagined. Love blooms across the class divide — albeit to the chagrin of Louis’s stern sister Caroline (Andrea Riseborough). Olivia Colman narrates this extraordinary true story.
The Humans Fri 11 Feb 8pm Thur 17 Feb 8pm
Director: Stephen Karam 2021| 108 minutes
Erik Blake gathers three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter's apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls and eerie things go bump in the night, family tensions reach a boiling point. 'A perfectly pitched tableaux of family dysfunction'
★★★★ The Times
Licorice Pizza Fri 18 Feb 11.30am Sat 19 Feb 2pm Wed 23 Feb 8pm (Socially Distanced) Thur 24 Feb 8pm
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson 2021 | 133 minutes
San Fernando Valley, 1973. Alana Kane and Gary Valentine grow up, run around and go through the treacherous navigation of first love. ‘This is Paul Thomas Anderson operating at full capacity. A master at work’ Empire
★★★★★
A Hero Tues 22 Feb 8pm (Talking Tables)
Director: Asghar Farhadi 2021 | 127 minutes
Persian with English subtitles. Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. But things don't go as planned. 'An enthralling story of secrets, illicit cash and lies'
★★★★ The Telegraph
Encanto Wed 23 Feb 4.30pm Thur 24 Feb 11.30am and 2pm (Relaxed)
Director: Jared Bush and Byron Howard, co-directed by Charise Castro Smith 2021 102 minutes The Madrigals are an extraordinary family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed place called the Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift - every child except Mirabel. However, she soon may be the Madrigals last hope when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is now in danger. 'Colombia-set musical adventure is one of the best Disney films of the modern era' The Independent
★★★★
Talking Tables screenings aim to bring people together in a relaxed environment to discuss films, share ideas and most importantly - meet new people! It is particularly aimed at people coming to Norden Farm on their own, but all are welcome. To take part, book in to see the screening, then join the group in the foyer before and after the film.
January - February Talking Tables screenings: Tues 11 Jan 8pm
House of Gucci (15)
Tues 18 Jan 4pm
West Side Story (12A)
Tues 18 Jan 8pm
Rose Plays Julie (15)
Tues 1 Feb 8pm
Drive May Car (15)
Tues 8 Feb 8pm
The Tragedy of Macbeth (15)
Tues 15 Feb 8pm The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (12A) Tues 22 Feb 8pm A Hero (12A)
Your Visit We are excited to welcome you to Norden Farm this Spring. As part of the line up We will be hosting socially distanced screenings - details of these can be found next to the dates or by selecting the 'socially distanced' events filter on our website.
Ticket Prices £10.50 (£9.50 conc) Book Three Ticket Offer | £9 (£8 conc) When you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes Event Cinema. Family Films | £9 (£7 under 16s) Family & Friends Ticket (4 people) £28 Bring Baby Screenings | £5.50 (Babies and Infants under 2 years go free) Includes a cup of tea / filter coffee. Event Cinema Screenings | £15
Film admission includes a charitable donation, which contributes to the upkeep of Norden Farm.
Box Office Tuesday – Thursday 1.30pm - 3pm and 5.30pm - 8pm Friday - Saturday 1.30pm - 3pm and 3.30pm - 8pm By phone | 01628 788997 Online | nordenfarm.org
Access Norden Farm provides ramped access, lifts and toilet facilities. The auditorium has an infra red hearing enhancement system.
Booking Fee All ticket transactions are subject to a £1 booking fee. This covers costs comprising box office ticketing software and service, web hosting fees, and server upkeep.
With support of the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK