Norden Farm July - August Film Brochure

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 4 Jul

10.30am

Fading Gigolo

Tues 12 Aug

10.30am

Grace of Monaco

Tues 19 Aug

10.30am

The Young and Prodigious TS Spivet

Centre for the Arts Maidenhead

Film Guide Jul - Aug 14

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 will not be admitted.

Family Viewing Films with this logo have been specially picked for parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles to enjoy with our younger audiences. These special holiday screenings are only £5 per person.

Pre-Show Dinner Offer Book a two course meal from our Pre-Show Dinner menu at the same time as your ticket for £14. Available from 5.30pm (12pm Sundays).

Box Office Opening Hours Tuesday 11am - 2pm and 2.30pm - 8pm Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 2pm and 2.30pm - 8pm Sunday 2.30pm - 8pm Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Altwood Road, Maidenhead SL6 4PF

By phone / 01628 788997 Online / www.nordenfarm.org Film admission includes a charitable donation of £2 per ticket, which contributes to the upkeep of Norden Farm.

Disabled Accessibility Norden Farm provides ramped access, lifts and toilet facilities.

The auditorium has an infra red hearing enhancement system.

Box Office / 01628 788997

Online / www.nordenfarm.org

Fri 4 Jul 10.30am (P&B) and 2pm Sat 19 Jul 8pm

Fading Gigolo

Dir: John Turturro 2013 90 mins, US Fioravante wants to help his cash strapped friend Murray. He enters the world’s oldest profession, with Murray acting as his manager. One of Fioravante clients is Avigal, the widow of a revered Hasidic Rabbi.

Their relationship awakens something in Avigal and stirs up an unexpected reaction from Fioravante. The gigolo and his manager soon find themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money. A film as moving as it is funny.

WHY? Stars Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Liev Schreiber and Vanessa Paradis

Wed 2 Jul 2pm Thur 3 Jul 4pm and 8pm

The Tempest £15. 120 mins

An encore screening of the 2011 production from the Stratford Festival in Canada.

The play pits the desire for revenge against the demands of love and asks if man is capable of creating a brave new world. Starring Academy Award winner Christopher Plummer as Prospero.

WHY? The Tempest is the culminating masterpiece of Shakespeare’s career

Sun 6 Jul 7.30pm Tues 8 Jul 8pm

From Here to Eternity - The Musical £15. 160 mins

An encore screening of Sir Tim Rice’s epic new musical. Pearl Harbour, 1941. Troubled Private Prewitt falls for the kind hearted escort club girl Lorene. His platoon sergeant, Warden, embarks on a dangerous affair with his commanding officer’s wife. As war approaches, the worlds of the four lovers are dramatically ripped apart. Featuring a cast of 33 accompanied by a 15 piece orchestra. Includes a behind the scenes tour and an interview with Sir Tim Rice.

WHY? ★★★★★ Financial Times, ★★★★ The Telegraph, ★★★★ Daily Express Tues 8 Jul 2pm Wed 2 Jul 8pm

Blue Ruin

Dir: Jeremy Saulnier 2013 90 mins, US/Fra

Glyndebourne: Don Giovanni

£15. 120 mins

Dwight is homeless, living on a beach where he scavenges bins for food. His life is turned upside down when he finds out that the man who murdered his parents has been released from jail. He returns to his childhood home to carry out a doomed act of vengeance. Winner of the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival where it screened in the Directors' Fortnight.

A recorded screening of the 2010 Festival production. Mozart’s dark shaded comic opera begins with spine chilling chords and slithering chromatics in the eerie key of D minor. It continues with a cold-blooded murder and ends with the hero’s consignment to hell. Jonathan Kent’s sleek, suspenseful production captures the comedy and tragedy of the opera.

WHY? ‘Darkly comic and frequently gripping… proves Jeremy Saulnier is a director to watch’ Film4

WHY? ‘All the nuance and subtlety of this tension is present in Mr Kent’s sublime staging, which should become a Glyndebourne classic’ Wall Street Journal

Wed 23 Jul 2pm Thur 24 Jul 7.30pm

Globe on Screen: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

£15. 182 mins

An encore screening from the RSC in Stratford upon Avon. Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius. Demetrius is supposed to be marrying Hermia. When the Duke of Athens tries to enforce the marriage, the lovers take refuge in the woods. They wander into the midst of a dispute between the King and Queen of the fairies. A teasing, glittering, hilarious and inventive play, featuring some of Shakespeare’s most dazzling dramatic poetry.

WHY? ‘A dream performance’ The Times Wed 9 Jul 2pm and 8pm

Wed 23 Jul 7pm

West End Theatre Series: Ghosts

Monty Python Live (mostly)

£15. 110 mins

Encore screening of Henrik Ibsen’s play, broadcast from the Almeida Theatre. After the death of her cruel but outwardly charming husband, Helene Alving (Lesley Manville) is in an emotional void. She is determined to escape the ghosts of her past by telling her son, Oswald (Jack Lowden), the truth about his father. Winner of 3 Olivier Awards including Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Revival.

WHY? ‘A masterpiece. Richard Eyre's new version has glories too many to list’ ★★★★★ The Times Tues 15 Jul 2pm Wed 16 Jul 8pm

Globe on Screen: Macbeth

£15. 210 mins

An encore screening from the O2 Arena.

For the first time in more than three decades, comedy legends Monty Python perform live on stage together. At a combined age of just 358, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin are reunited. They will once again perform some of their greatest hits, with modern, topical, Pythonesque twists.

WHY? Rightfully regarded as among the world’s finest ever comedians, Monty Python influenced a generation and revolutionised comedy

£15. 155 mins

An encore screening from the RSC in Stratford upon Avon. Three witches tell Macbeth that he is destined to occupy the throne of Scotland. Macbeth and his wife decide to kill the first man standing in their path – the virtuous King Duncan. To maintain his position, Macbeth must keep on killing.

From its mesmerising first moments to the fulfilment of the witches’ prophecy, Shakespeare’s gripping play enthrals the imagination.

WHY? ‘A cracking - at times, terrifying - production of Macbeth’ ★★★★ The Telegraph Tues 22 Jul 2pm and 7.30pm

André Rieu's 2014 Maastricht Concert

£15. 160 mins (Spoken parts in English and Dutch with some English subtitles supplied) Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of André Rieu’s traditional summer evening concerts.

The dramatic and alluring medieval city square in Maastricht is transformed into a romantic open air concert. André plays alongside his famous 60 piece Johann Strauss Orchestra, guest artists and soloists.

WHY? One of the most popular live acts in the world, the King of Waltz will be working his magic to present an unforgettable evening full of humour, music and emotion for every age

Wed 30 and Thur 31 Jul 8pm

Caesar and Cleopatra £15. 131 mins

An encore screening from the 2009 Stratford Festival production in Canada. The Roman emperor Caesar is enchanted by Cleopatra, the teenage Queen of Roman-occupied Egypt. Their relationship leads to a shift in history as Caesar teaches Cleopatra to overcome her timidity. She becomes a determined player in the game of power politics.

WHY? George Bernard Shaw’s witty and seductive comedy stars Christopher Plummer and Tony Award winning Nikki M James

Sat 9 Aug 8pm Sun 10 Aug 2pm Tues 12 Aug 10.30am (P&B)

Sun 3 Aug 2pm and 7.30pm Sat 9 Aug 2pm

Jimmy’s Hall

Grace of Monaco

Dir: Ken Loach 2014 109 mins, UK/Ire/Fr In 1921, Jimmy Gralton builds a dance hall in rural Ireland. The church and politicians frown upon the hall’s socialist reputation.

Jimmy is forced to close the hall and flee. A decade later, Jimmy returns. The activist in him is stirred when he sees poverty and oppression within the community. He decides to reopen the hall and face the consequences. Based on a true story.

WHY? ‘Ken Loach's film encapsulates a career's worth of social concerns’ The Independent

Dir: Olivier Dahan 2014 103 mins, Fr/US/Bel/It

In 1962, Grace Kelly has been married to Prince Rainier III of Monaco for six years. A full blown international crisis and impending French invasion is looming. It poses a crisis not just for Grace’s family, marriage and country, but for her private life too. The cinematic icon must choose between her celebrated status as a movie star and her new role as a monarch of a European principality.

WHY? Nicole Kidman stars as the screen legend Princess Grace Sun 10 Aug 5.30pm Tues 12 Aug 2pm

Tues 5 and Wed 6 Aug 8pm

Omar

Glyndebourne Live: La traviata

Dir: Hany Abu-Assad 2013 98 mins, Pal (Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles) Omar is a Palestinian who routinely risks his life to strike at the Israeli military. After an Israeli soldier is killed, Omar is arrested. He is tricked into an admission of guilt and agrees to work as an informant. But will he really betray his cause? A tense, gripping thriller about betrayal in the Occupied Territories.

WHY? ‘The frustration of young men trapped in conflict between Israel and Palestine bursts out in this cleverly plotted action thriller’ The Guardian

£15. 180 mins (Sung in Italian with English supertitles) A live screening of Verdi’s opera from the Glyndebourne Festival (Sunday, encore screening on Tuesday). Violetta Valéry is known for her extravagant life. She meets Alfredo Germont and the pair fall in love. But Alfredo’s father Giorgio demands Violetta renounce his son. Giorgio soon realises he has made a terrible mistake.

Violetta was the best thing that ever happened to Alfredo. With Violetta’s failing health, can Giorgio repair the damage before it’s too late?

WHY? A new production for the 2014 Festival, conducted by Sir Mark Elder

Thur 7 Aug 8pm

Plastic

Dir: Julian Gilbey 2014 102 mins, UK Intelligent and brazen Sam leads a ring of students to become credit card thieves in order to augment their income. They accidentally rob a notorious gangster named Marcel and are forced to up their game to pay him back ten times the amount they stole. The gang take their scam to Miami and then set their sights on a daring jewellery heist. Will they pull off their scam and can Sam turn the tables on Marcel?

Based on a true story.

WHY? A high octane thriller. Executive Producer - Maidenhead Councillor and Deputy Leader Simon Dudley

Tues 12 and Wed 13 Aug 8pm

Fruitvale Station Dir: Ryan Coogler 2013 85 mins, US

The true story of 22 year old Oscar Grant. On the morning of 31 December 2008, Oscar decides to make his New Year’s resolutions. As the day goes on, Oscar realises that change is not going to come easy. He crosses paths with friends, family, and strangers that day. But it is his encounter with the police officers at Fruitvale train station that is witnessed by an entire nation.

WHY? ‘A tough and moving drama’ The Guardian

Sat 16 Aug 8pm Sun 17 Aug 2pm Tues 19 Aug 10.30am (P&B)

The Young and Prodigious TS Spivet

Dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet 2013 105 mins, Fr/Ca

Young TS Spivet lives on a Montana ranch with his eccentric parents and his 14-year-old sister. TS is a prodigy with a passion for maps and scientific inventions. One day he gets a call from the Smithsonian Museum to say that he has won the prestigious Baird prize for his discovery of the perpetual motion machine. Without telling anybody, he sets out on a train journey across the country, to Washington DC.

WHY? From the director of Amelie and starring Helena Bonham Carter Wed 13 and Thur 14 Aug 2pm

Postman Pat: The Movie Dir: Mike Disa 2014 87 mins, UK

Everyone's favourite postman enters a national TV talent show competition. He comes face-to-face with the temptations of money, status and a shiny new suit. Pat’s new fame looks like it might tear him away from Greendale, his family and friends.

What happens when the kind postman meets selfish people? Pat is set to find out as he falls for the age old temptation of the grass being greener.

WHY? ‘Catnip to nippers, who'll love the songs… and cheer the ever-cheery mailman on his way’ Total Film

Tues 19 and Wed 20 Aug 2pm

The Wind Rises

Dir: Hayao Miyazaki 2013 127 mins, Ja Ever since he was young, Jiro has dreamed of flying beautiful aeroplanes. But he is unable to become a pilot so joins a major Japanese engineering company. Along the way Jiro falls in love with Nahoko and becomes friends with his colleague Honjo.

Together they experience huge changes in Japan’s history, from the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 to World War II. Inspired by a true story.

WHY? Widely assumed to be the final work from Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli

Sat 16 Aug 2pm Sun 17 Aug 7.30pm

Belle

Dir: Amma Asante 2013 104 mins, UK

Tues 19 and Wed 20 Aug 8pm

Chinese Puzzle

Dir: Cédric Klapisch 2013 117 mins, Fr/US/Bel

Dido Elizabeth Belle is the illegitimate, mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral.

She is raised by her aristocratic great uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife. Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, but she is still prejudiced against for the colour of her skin.

She falls for an idealistic young vicar's son bent on change. The pair influence Lord Mansfield's role as Lord Chief Justice, the man who abolished slavery in England.

Xavier is a 40 year old French novelist who still finds life very complicated. His life is turned upside down when his wife Wendy announces she’s moving to New York and taking the kids. A few months later, Xavier flies to America too. Things get more complicated when he fathers a child for a lesbian couple, marries for convenience and reignites a flame with his first love.

WHY? British drama inspired by a true story and filmed at Pinewood Studios

WHY? Stars Romain Duris and Audrey Tautou

Sat 23 Aug 8pm Sun 24 Aug 2pm Thur 28 Aug 8pm

Boyhood

Dir: Richard Linklater 2014 166 mins, US A ground breaking film, captured over the course of 12 years. Seven year old Mason helps his family pack up their house and move to Houston. What follows is his boyhood journey as Mason literally grows up on screen, surrounded by his sister and parents (played throughout by Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette). An intimate and moving epic about childhood, family and growing up.

WHY? ‘What an astonishing achievement; what a beautiful movie’ The Guardian Thur 21 and Fri 22 Aug 2pm

How to Train Your Dragon 2 Dir: Dean DeBlois 2014 102 mins, US

Join heroic Viking Hiccup and his faithful dragon Toothless in a fantastical world. On one of his adventures, Hiccup meets a team of trappers who are catching dragons for the evil Draco. Can Hiccup and Toothless protect the peace and save the future of men and dragons?

WHY? DreamWorks animation with voices from Cate Blanchett and Gerard Butler

Tues 26 and Wed 27 Aug 8pm

Finding Vivian Maier

TBC

Dir: John Maloof, Charlie Siskel 2014 84 mins, US In 2007 John Maloof bid on a box of negatives at a Chicago auction house. Inside the box, he discovered over 100,000 undeveloped photographs. They had been taken by Vivian Maier, a nanny who used photography to document the world around her. Her work would eventually impact the world over. It also changed the life of John Maloof.

WHY? A critically acclaimed documentary revealing Maier’s life and art through photographs, films, and interviews with dozens who thought they knew her Fri 22 Aug 8pm, Sat 23 Aug 2pm Sun 24 Aug 7.30pm, Sat 30 Aug 8pm

The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Dir: Felix Herngren 2013 114 mins, Sw (Swedish with English subtitles)

Allan Karlsson is a man who has always got by, no matter what life throws at him. When he blows up a fox who killed his cat, he is forced to move into a retirement home. On his 100th birthday, Allan decides to climb out of the window and take a road trip by bus.

Based on the international bestselling novel.

WHY? ‘It’s broad verging on slapstick, but delivered with such deadpan panache that it’s irresistible’ Screen Daily

Fri 29 Aug 8pm Sun 31 Aug 7.30pm TBC Supermensch: The Legend of Shep GORDON

Dir: Beth Aala, Mike Myers 2013 85 mins, US

Shep Gordon has spent his life making people famous. Arriving in LA, a chance meeting with Janis Joplin led Shep to become friends with Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. From there, he managed rock stars such as Pink Floyd and Alice Cooper.

Archive footage and celebrity interviews chart Shep’s success from the 1970s hedonist to today’s practicing Buddhist yearning for a family of his own.

WHY? A documentary about the astounding career of a Hollywood insider