Centre for the Arts Maidenhead
Film Guide Jul-Aug 2015
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Phoenix Wed 1 and Thur 2 Jul 8pm Dir: Christian Petzold 2015 99 mins, Po/Ge June, 1945. Badly injured, her face destroyed, Auschwitz survivor Nelly returns to Berlin in search of her husband. But he doesn’t recognise her and convinces Nelly to take part in an elaborate hoax.
WHY? ‘Petzold's best film, and an early contender for one of the year's finest’ Little White Lies
Glyndebourne: Ravel Double Bill Thur 2 Jul 2pm 135 mins. £15 An encore screening from 2012. Ravel’s two short operas L’heure espagnole and L’enfant et les sortilèges are brought to the stage in Laurent Pelly’s unique interpretation.
WHY? ‘A sparkling evening’ The Independent
ROH Live: William Tell Sun 5 Jul 2.45pm 240 mins. £15 Live screening. Damiano Michieletto makes his Royal Opera House debut with a new production of Rossini's final opera and greatest masterpiece.
WHY? The score has an opulent architectural grandeur, heightened with vivid evocations of the soaring Swiss landscape
Clouds of Sils Maria Sun 5 Jul 7.30pm Tues 7 Jul 8pm, Wed 8 Jul 2pm Dir: Olivier Assayas 2014 124 mins, Fr/Swi/Ge/US/Be Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her a star twenty years ago. Cast in the role of an older woman, Maria is unsettled by the young Hollywood actress playing the part she made famous.
WHY? ‘A feast of rich writing and great acting’ Empire Magazine
Fabergé: A Life of its Own
Wed 8 Jul 4.30pm Thur 9 Jul 2pm 87 mins. £15 A rare opportunity to discover the genius of the family behind the finest objects ever created. With unprecedented access to the most esteemed private collections.
WHY? Experience the wonder of seeing Fabergé’s exquisite objects in stunning detail on the big screen for the first time
Lambert and Stamp Wed 8 and Thur 9 Jul 8pm Dir: James D Cooper 2014 117 mins, US Aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert set out to find a subject for their underground movie. It leads them to discover and manage the iconic band that would become known as The Who.
WHY? ‘The ultimate mismatched buddy movie’ ★★★★ The Times
Mr Turner Fri 10 Jul 10.30am (P&B) and 2pm, Tues 4 Aug 5pm Thur 6 Aug 8pm Dir: Mike Leigh 2014 147 mins, UK/Fr/Ge Timothy Spall stars as eccentric painter JMW Turner. Profoundly affected by the death of his father, he exploits his housekeeper and eventually lives an incognito life.
WHY? ★★★★★ The Times ★★★★★ The Independent ★★★★★ Empire Magazine
Mad Max: Fury Road Sat 11 Jul 2pm, Sun 12 Jul 7.30pm Tues 14 Jul 8pm Dir: George Miller 2015 120 mins, Aus/US Haunted by his turbulent past, Mad Max believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless, he becomes swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland.
WHY? ‘Nitro-injected juggernaut of a film’ ★★★★★ The Telegraph
The Imitation Game Sun 12 Jul 2pm Tues 14 Jul 10.30am (P&B) and 2pm, Wed 15 Jul 2pm Dir: Morten Tyldum 2014 112 mins, UK/US A dramatic portrayal of the life and work of Alan Turing, one of Britain's most extraordinary unsung heroes and the man credited with cracking the Enigma code.
Still Alice
WHY? ‘Handsomely engrossing and poignantly melancholic thriller’ ★★★★ The Guardian Wed 15 Jul 8pm Thur 30 Jul 5pm Dir: Wash Westmoreland, Richard Glatzer 2014 101 mins, US/Fr Julianne Moore’s BAFTA and Oscar winning role as a renowned linguistics professor diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease.
WHY? ★★★★ The Times ★★★★★ Empire Magazine ★★★★ Financial Times
NT Live: Everyman Fri 17 Jul 2pm 90 mins. £15 Encore screening from the National Theatre. Everyman is successful, popular and riding high when he is forced to abandon the life he has built. A dynamic new production starring Oscar winner Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave).
WHY? ★★★★ The Times ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ Evening Standard
The Theory of Everything Sun 19 and Wed 22 Jul 2pm Dir: James Marsh 2014 120 mins, UK Eddie Redmayne’s Oscar winning performance as renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking. At the age of 21 he falls in love and receives an earth-shattering diagnosis.
WHY? ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ Empire Magazine ★★★★ The Independent
Man Up Tues 21 Jul 2pm, Thur 23 Jul 10.30am (P&B) and 8pm Sun 26 Jul 7.30pm Dir: Ben Palmer 2015 88 mins, UK/Fr Nancy (Lake Bell) is fed up with dating. When Jack (Simon Pegg) mistakes her for his blind date, she goes with it. Will one crazy, unpredictable, complicated night bring these two souls together?
WHY? ★★★★ Daily Mirror
RSC Live: The Merchant of Venice
Wed 22 Jul 7pm Thur 23 Jul 2pm 210 mins. £15 Live screening (Wednesday, encore Thursday) of Shakespeare’s uncompromising play. In Venice, trade is God and with the gold flowing, all is well. But when a contract is broken, simmering tensions boil over.
WHY? ‘The RSC at the very top of its game’ ★★★★★ The Guardian
Andre Rieu's 2015 Maastricht Concert Fri 24 Jul 2pm 195 mins. £15
(English and Dutch with some English subtitles) An encore screening of André Rieu's spectacular concert. He is joined by his Johann Strauss Orchestra and very special guests.
WHY? André will be working his magic to present an unforgettable evening full of humour, music and emotion
Glyndebourne: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Sun 26 Jul 2pm 210 mins. £15 An encore screening of Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio. It is a stirring tale of abduction, escape and forgiveness.
WHY? Glyndebourne is the home of Mozart and this is often said to be the opera in which the 25 year old composer found his mature voice
The First Film
Tues 28 Jul 8pm Dir: David Nicholas Wilkinson 2015, 110 mins, UK Documentary. In 1888 Louis Le Prince produced the world's first films in England. Just days before he was due to preview his work in New York, Louis disappeared and his work was forgotten.
WHY? Includes a Q&A with the director about his decades long quest to prove to the world that a Frenchman made the first films
Queen and Country Tues 28 Jul 5pm, Thur 30 Jul 8pm Fri 31 Jul 8pm, Sun 2 Aug 2pm Dir: John Boorman 2014 115 mins, Ir/Fr/Ro Picking up the story nearly a decade after the 1987 hit film Hope and Glory, schoolboy Bill Rohan is now a teenager in the 1950s. He begins his basic training, engaging in a battle of wits with the sergeant major.
Spy
WHY? ‘Everything you'd expect from distinctive film-maker John Boorman’ The Observer Wed 29 Jul 8pm, Sat 1 Aug 2pm Sun 2 Aug 7.30pm Dir: Paul Feig 2014 120 mins, US Susan Cooper is a deskbound CIA analyst. When her partner disappears and a mission is compromised, she finds herself undercover. Can Susan prevent a global disaster?
Timbuktu
WHY? From the director of Bridesmaids and starring Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law and Rose Byrne Tues 4 Aug 8pm, Thur 6 Aug 5pm Dir: Abderrahmane Sissako 2014, 96 mins, Fr/Mau (French with English subtitles)
Timbuktu is ruled by religious fundamentalists. On the outskirts, Kidane lives peacefully with his family, away from the terror of the city. All that changes when he accidentally kills the man who slaughtered his cow.
WHY? ★★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★★ The Independent
Dino Time Sat 8 Aug 1.30pm Dir: Yoon-suk Choi, John Kafka 2012, 84 mins, US/S.Ko Friends Ernie, Julia and Max accidentally trigger a time machine into operation and are transported back in time by 65 million years. They find themselves on an adventure with a pair of dinosaurs.
WHY? Comic family film with the voices of Melanie Griffith and Stephen Baldwin
Listen Up Philip Sat 8 Aug 3.30pm Tues 11 Aug 2pm Dir: Alex Ross Perry 2014 108 mins, US Brash novelist Philip Lewis Friedman embarks upon a publicity campaign for his widely anticipated second novel. His literary hero Ike Zimmerman takes Philip under his wing - will the two egos clash?
WHY? ‘Brilliant black comedy’ ★★★★★ The Telegraph
London Road
Sat 8 Aug 8pm, Sun 9 Aug 2pm Dir: Rufus Norris 2015, 92 mins, UK Film adaptation of the National Theatre’s hit play. In 2006, the town of Ipswich was shattered by the murders of five women. This is the story of the community who found themselves at the epicentre of events.
WHY? A ground-breaking work, the film has an ensemble cast that includes Olivia Colman, Anita Dobson and Tom Hardy
Glyndebourne: The Rape of Lucretia
Sun 9 Aug 6pm 155 mins. £15 A live screening of Benjamin Britten’s extraordinarily tense and chilling opera, directed by Fiona Shaw. Lucretia is a model of fidelity but Etruscan Prince Tarquinius is determined to ruin her virtue.
WHY? 'Searingly beautiful… (a) triumphant production' The Observer
Paddington Tues 11 and Thur 13 Aug 11am Dir: Paul King 2014 95 mins, UK/Fr A bear arrives in London in search of a home and is taken in by the Brown family. But he catches the eye of a museum taxidermist. Stars Hugh Bonneville and Nicole Kidman.
WHY? ★★★★ The Times ★★★★ Time Out ★★★★ The Telegraph
West Tues 11 Aug 8pm Wed 12 Aug 2pm Dir: Christian Schwochow 2013 102 mins, Ger
(German with English subtitles) Nelly leaves the German Democratic Republic for a new life in the West with her son. But she is held at the refugee centre and interrogated by the Allied secret services.
WHY? ‘Slow-burning thriller, which continues to smoulder long after the credits roll’ ★★★★ Empire Magazine
Love at First Fight Wed 12 Aug 8pm Thur 13 Aug 2pm Dir: Thomas Cailley 2014 98 mins, Fr
(French with English subtitles) Arnaud is convinced by new friend Madeleine to sign up for an army boot camp. As they learn to fend for themselves, their private world comes under a very dangerous threat.
WHY? The film took the top prize at Directors’ Fortnight during the Cannes Film Festival
Moomins on the Riviera
Fri 14 Aug 1.30pm Sat 15 Aug 11am Dir: Xavier Picard 2014 77 mins, Fi/Fr The Moomins, Snorkmaiden and Little My set off on an adventure along the Riviera. A hand-drawn animation feature celebrating Tove Jansson’s original comic strips and the universal appeal of the Moomins.
Mr Holmes
WHY? ‘A simple, sweet tale about the basic pleasures of home and hearth’ ★★★★ Time Out
Sat 15 Aug 2pm, Sun 16 Aug 7.30pm Tues 18 and Wed 19 Aug 2pm, Fri 21 Aug 8pm Dir: Bill Condon 2015, 104 mins, UK/US In 1947, Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) has retired. Cantankerous and frustrated with the misrepresentation of him in Watson’s bestselling novels, he diverts his attention to an unsolved case.
WHY? ‘McKellen plays it beautifully… I couldn’t take my eyes off him’ Time Out
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Sun 16, Tues 25 and Wed 26 Aug 2pm Dir: John Madden 2015 122 mins, UK/US Hotel owner Sonny has only one room available for new arrivals Guy and Lavinia. He joins forces with his residents to open a second hotel.
WHY? An all star cast includes Bill Nighy, Dame Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Dev Patel and Richard Gere
Two by Two Tues 18 and Wed 19 Aug 11am Dir: Toby Genkel, Sean McCormack 2015 87 mins, Ge/Be/Lu/Ir A flood is coming and an ark has been built to save the animals. But what happens to the creatures who missed boarding the boat?
WHY? ‘Brings elements of Ice Age and Finding Nemo to the tale of Noah and the ark’ Daily Express
Slow West Tues 18 and Wed 19 Aug 8pm Dir: John Maclean 2015 83 mins, UK/NZ In 1800s Colorado, 16 year old Jay Cavendish journeys across the American frontier in search of the woman he loves. He is joined by Silas, a mysterious traveller, and the pair are hotly pursued by an outlaw along the way.
WHY? ‘Bold, beautiful and original’ ★★★★ The Guardian
What We Did on Our Holiday Thur 20 Aug 10.30am (P&B) and 2pm, Sun 23 Aug 2pm Dir: Guy Jenkin, Andy Hamilton 2014, 95 mins, UK Three children have to make a big decision while visiting their granddad in Scotland. It shocks not only the local community but the world media.
WHY? From the writers of BBC1’s Outnumbered and starring Billy Connolly, David Tennant and Rosamund Pike
Minions Fri 21 Aug 1.30pm Tues 25 Aug 11am Thur 27 Aug 1.30pm Dir: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin 2015, 104 mins, US Minions Kevin, Stuart and Bob embark on a journey to find a potential master. They travel from Antarctica to 1960s New York City, ending in mod London, where they face their biggest challenge to date.
WHY? The hit family film of the summer!
Amy
Sun 23 Aug 7.30pm Tues 25 Aug 8pm Dir: Asif Kapadia 2015 128 mins, UK In July 2011, Amy Winehouse died from alcohol poisoning at the age of 27. Featuring unseen footage and unheard tracks, this moving film shines a light on her world.
RSC Live: Othello
WHY? ‘Amy Winehouse's glorious rise and heartbreaking fall is movingly documented’ ★★★★ The Telegraph Wed 26 Aug 7pm Fri 28 Aug 2pm 175 mins. £15 Live screening from Stratford upon Avon. Othello is the greatest general of his age. But he is also an outsider whose enemies are out to destroy him.
WHY? After more than a decade working in film and television, Hugh Quarshie returns to the RSC to play the title role
Song of the Sea Fri 28 and Sat 29 Aug 11am Dir: Tomm Moore 2014 94 mins, Ir/De/Be/Lu/Fr The last seal-child Saoirse, and her brother Ben, go on an epic journey to save the world of magic and discover the secrets of their past. Pursued by the owl witch, Macha, it is a race against time to save the spirit world.
WHY? A breathtakingly gorgeous, hand drawn masterpiece
The Choir Sat 29 Aug 2pm Sun 30 Aug 7.30pm Dir: François Girard 2014 103 mins, US The inspirational story of a rebellious young boy with a remarkable singing voice. After being sent to a prestigious music school, he is challenged by a demanding teacher.
WHY? Stars a stellar ensemble cast including Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Eddie Izzard and Debra Winger
Love and Mercy Sat 29 Aug 8pm Sun 30 Aug 2pm Dir: Bill Pohlad 2014 121 mins, US An unconventional portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter and leader of The Beach Boys. It intimately examines the personal voyage and ultimate salvation of the icon whose success came at extraordinary personal cost.
WHY? ‘Immaculate and respectful’ The Guardian
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Ticket Prices (unless otherwise stated) £9.50 (or 3 films for £24) / £8.50 conc (or 3 films for £21) Parent and Baby Screenings (P&B) Fri 10 Jul
10.30am
Mr Turner
Tues 14 Jul Thur 23 Jul
10.30am 10.30am
The Imitation Game Man Up
Thur 20 Aug
10.30am
What We Did on Our Holiday
Exclusively for parents with children under 2 years. Lights are kept on low level and you can move around if you need to. Tickets are £5.50 for adults (including cup of tea); babies and infants are free of charge. Seating is unreserved and unaccompanied adults are not admitted.
Family Viewing Films with this logo have been specially picked for our younger audiences. These screenings are £7 (£5 under 16s), Family & Friends (4 people) £20.
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