January & February 2020
At a glance...
Cocktail Time? Bar open until 11pm nightly
Explorer films
Event Cinema p.8
Film listings p.4
TNLC MEMBERSHIP p.9
On the cover
The Personal History of David Copperfield p.12
Hi There! So here we are. We’ve arrived in the roaring 20’s! A new decade full of promise and fresh beginnings… the perfect time to head into your favourite local cinema to see a great array of films, event broadcasts and live performances. The annual Oscars Awards are lurking just around the corner and we have what will surely be some of the frontrunners, with Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, Sam Mendes’ 1917 and Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History Of David Copperfield leading the charge for glory. Our Explorer world cinema season also continues with critically acclaimed The Peanut Butter Falcon, a delightful film that is currently rated at 96% on film review website Rotten Tomatoes.
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Also, did you know our cinema is now open throughout the day and evening as a café, deli and bar? Why not pop by for lunch one afternoon and try some of our delicious home cooked meals? Or get a group of friends together one evening and sample some of our specially curated cocktails. No ticket for the film? No problem… We’ve also decided to improve our membership offer for all you film fanatics out there. We are now offering tiered levels, with each tier offering new and improved benefits. We think we have the cinema experience just right, so why not add a bit of luxury into the mix and treat yourself to a postChristmas gift… you deserve it. See you at the bar! Josh, Briony and The Northern Light Cinema Team
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 12A
From Fri 27th Dec (showings daily) Dir. J.J. Abrams, 2019, 155 mins
Luke Skywalker is dead. The resistance has been whittled down to only a handful of survivors and they are on the run from The First Order, which is now being lead by the tyrannical Kylo Ren. It’s up to Rey, the last Jedi, and her friends to find a way to defeat The First Order and bring balance to the force... once and for all. An epic end to the latest Star Wars saga.
Knives Out
15
From Fri 10th Jan Dir. Rian Johnson, 2019, 130 mins
When a renowned crime novelist is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair cajun Detective, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From the writer’s dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind the crime.
FAMILY film Jumanji: The Next Level
12A
From Sat 11th Jan Dir. Jake Kasdan, 2019, run time tbc
The sequel to the surprise blockbuster hit Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. A team of friends return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own but discover that nothing is as they expect. The players need to brave parts unknown, from arid deserts to snowy mountains, in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.
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The Irishman
15
From Sun 12th Jan Dir. Martin Scorsese, 2019, 209 mins
The greatest lineup in film history; Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta star in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman. An expansive and daring work by a true master of cinema. Frank Sheeran (DeNiro) is a man with a lot on his mind. The former labour union official and hitman, now looks back on his life and the murders that defined his mob career, in this unflinching tale of loss and regret. box office 01629 337513
EXPLORER The Peanut Butter Falcon
12A
Tue 14th Jan, 7:30pm Dir. Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz, 2019, 93 mins
A young boy with Down syndrome runs away to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional wrestler in this good natured, heartfelt adventure comedydrama, a modern-day spin on Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. A delightful, American backwaters yarn, that warms the soul. Watch three Explorer films and get your fourth for free!
Cats
Marriage Story
15
From Wed 15th Jan Dir. Noah Baumbach, 2019, 136 mins
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach (The Squid & The Whale, Frances Ha) directs this incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together. A stage director (Adam Driver) and his actor wife (Scarlett Johansson) struggle through a gruelling, coast-tocoast divorce that pushes them to their personal and creative extremes.
PG
From Fri 17th Jan Dir. Tom Hooper, 2019, run time tbc
From Academy Award winner Tom Hooper, director of Les Misérables and The King’s Speech. Based on the legendary Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
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Using innovative motion capture technology Hooper brings this daring new vision to screen with a fabulous cast including; Idris Elba, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen and Rebel Wilson. A musical spectacular for the whole family.
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Wirksworth Twinning ASSOC. The Two Popes
12A
From Sun 19th Jan Dir. Fernando Meirelles, 2019, 125 mins
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio (Jonathan Pryce) requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict (Anthony Hopkins). Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.
Seberg
CERT TBC
From Wed 5th Feb Dir. Benedict Andrews, 2019, 96 mins
Seberg is inspired by real events about the French New Wave darling and Breathless star, Jean Seberg (another excellent performance by Kristen Stewart), who in the late 1960s was targeted by Hoover’s FBI, because of her political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal.
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Life is Beautiful
PG
Mon 28th Jan, 7:30pm Dir. Robert Benigni, 1997, 116 mins
To mark Holocaust Memorial Week; when an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp. In Italian with English subtitles. With a warm welcome and nibbles from The Wirksworth Twinning Association.
Jojo Rabbit 12A
From Fri 31st Jan Dir. Taika Waititi, 2019, 108 mins
A WWII satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (the film’s director and comedian extraodinaire, Taika Waititi), Jojo must confront his blind nationalism head on. Charming and hilarious… if a little on the nose. box office 01629 337513
TNLC FILM OF THE MONTH Little Women
U
From Fri 24th Jan Dir. Greta Gerwig, 2019, 135 mins
Director Greta Gerwig returns to cinema with her much anticipated follow up to her breakout hit Lady Bird, which was based on her own adolescence. For her sophomore effort she turns her eye to Louisa May Alcott’s seminal novel, featuring a young allstar cast including; Saiorse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson and TimothÊe Chalamet. In Little Women, we follow the lives of four sisters, Amy, Jo, Beth and Meg, as they come of age in 1800s America during the aftermath of the Civil War. Though all very different from each other, the March sisters stand by each other through difficult and changing times.
NT Live: Cyrano de Bergerac
EVENT CINEMA All the very best of live theatre, opera, musicals & exhibitions ROH
The Sleeping Beauty 12A
Sun 19th Jan, 2pm Dir. Marius Petipa, 2020, 180 mins (with one interval)
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky’s enchanting score and Marius Petipa’s original choreography beautifully combine with sections created for The Royal Ballet by Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon.
EOS
Lucien Freud – A Self Portrait 12A
Tue 21st Jan, 7:30pm Dir. David Bickerstaff, 2019, 80 minutes
This exhibition will display more than 50 paintings, prints and drawings in which this modern master of British art turned his unflinching eye firmly on himself.
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Great Composers
In Search of Mozart
12A
Mon 27th Jan, 7:30pm Dir. Phil Grabsky, 2006, 129 mins
ROH
La bohème
12A
Sun 2nd Feb, 2pm Dir. Richard Jones, 2020, 150 mins (with one interval)
Told through a 25,000 mile journey along every route Mozart followed. This is a detective story that travels to the heart of Europe, and the heart of a genius itself.
Richard Jones’s character-led production perfectly captures La bohème’s mixture of comedy, romance and tragedy, with striking designs by Stewart Laing.
NT Live
Kinky Boots
Small Island
12A
Thu 30th Jan, 6:30pm Dir. Rufus Norris, 2019, 210 mins (with one interval)
Andrea Levy’s epic, Orange Prize-winning novel bursts to new life on the Olivier stage. A company of 40 tells a story which journeys from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948.
Live Musical
12A
Tue 4th Feb, 7:30pm Dir. Brett Sullivan, 2020, 133 mins (with one interval)
Filmed live at the Adelphi Theatre in the heart of London’s West End. With songs from Grammy and Tony award winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, book by legendary Broadway playwright Harvey Fierstein, and direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell.
NT Live
All About Eve
15
Thu 13th Feb, 7pm Dir. Ivo van Hove, 2019, 130 mins (with one interval)
MEMBERSHIPS
Starring Gillian Anderson as Margo Channing. Legend. True star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always has been. But now there’s Eve. Her biggest fan. Young, beautiful Eve. The golden girl, the girl next door. Who is vying to steal the limelight.
NT Live
Cyrano de Bergerac 15
Thu 20th Feb, 7pm Dir. Jamie Lloyd, 2020, 180 mins (with one interval)
This inventive new adaptation by Martin Crimp tells the story of our hero, Cyrano (James McAvoy), who is fierce with a pen and notorious in combat, and on the warpath for his beloved Roxane.
Great Composers
In Search of Chopin
12A
Sun 1st Mar, 7:30pm Dir. Phil Grabsky, 2014, 120 mins
Looking at the life of Polish pianist and composer Frédéric François Chopin, whose grave in Paris remains a place of pilgrimage and whose music continues to sell out concert halls worldwide.
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1917
15
From Fri 7th Feb Dir. Sam Mendes, 2019, 110 mins
An enthrallingly tense wartime thriller à la Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. Schofield and Blake, two young British soldiers during WWI, are given a seemingly impossible mission. With time against them, they must deliver a message, deep in enemy territory, that will stop their own men, and Blake’s own brother, walking straight into a deadly trap.
Sam Mendes, director of Skyfall and Spectre, brings his masterful direction to what will surely be one of the frontrunners come the Oscars ceremony on Sunday 9th February. Intense and gripping throughout, this really is a must see.
EXPLORER
valentines day
The Nightingale
18
Mon 3rd Feb, 7:30pm Dir. Jennifer Kent, 2018, 136 mins
Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own dark past. Watch three Explorer films and get your fourth for free!
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Before Sunrise
15
Fri 14th Feb, 7:30pm Dir. Richard Linklater, 1995, 101 mins
American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together, taking in the sights and the first embraces of an enduring love. See website for food and drink reservations. box office 01629 337513
FAMILY film Spies in Disguise
PG
From Sat 15th Feb Dir. Nick Bruno & Troy Quane, 2019, run time tbc
Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are exact opposites. Lance is suave and debonair. Walter is not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way.
Uncut Gems
15
Sat 15th Feb, 8pm Dir. Josh & Benny Safdie, 2019, 135 mins
Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler), a charismatic New York City jeweller is always on the lookout for the next big score. When he makes a series of highstakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime, Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides, in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win. deli / café / bar open daily
Bombshell
CERT TBC
From Sat 15th Feb Dir. Jay Roach, 2019, 108 mins
Starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie, based on the real scandal, Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; Fox News, and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it. A fascinating tale of bravery in the face of overt chauvinism.
A Hidden Life
CERT TBC
From Wed 19th Feb Dir. Terrence Malick, 2019, 172 mins
New from visionary writer-director Terrence Malick (Badlands, Days from Heaven) is this reverent historical epic following a (real) unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian conscientious objector who refused to fight for the Nazis in WWII. A Hidden Life explores the moral and emotional heart of Jägerstätter’s dilemma and the strength of his incorruptible personal faith.
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TNLC FILM OF THE MONTH The Personal History of David Copperfield PG From Fri 21st Feb Dir. Armando Iannucci, 2019, 119 mins
From master satirist Armando Iannucci (BBC’s The Thick of It, HBO’s Veep, The Death of Stalin), comes this new take on the period comedy. Dev Patel gives a fantastic performance as the titular hero; leading a starry, diverse ensemble cast including Ben Whishaw, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi and Tilda Swinton, in this hilarious take on one of Dickens’ best-loved novels. A semi-autobiographical tale following Copperfield’s vivid life from early youth through to middle age. A story of immense compassion, humour and optimism, Iannucci’s irresistible, brilliantly realised adaptation proves him to be a perfect match for the ups and downs of the Dickens wordsmith, delivering another buoyant and incredibly funny crowd-pleaser.
Wirksworth Twinning ASSOC. Non-Fiction
15
Mon 24th Feb, 7:30pm Dir. Oliver Assayas, 2018, 107 mins
Mr. Jones
CERT TBC
From Fri 28th Feb Dir. Agnieszka Holland, 2019, 119 mins
Juliette Binoche and Guillame Canet reunite for this wry, slyly seductive tale of sex, lies, and literature. Set amidst the bohemian intelligentsia of the Parisian publishing world, Non-Fiction traces the romantic and emotional fallout that results when a controversial writer begins blurring the line between fact and fiction. In French with English subtitles. With a warm welcome and nibbles from The Wirksworth Twinning Association.
Polish director Agnieszka Holland’s biopic commemorates the heroic efforts of Gareth Jones: the Welsh journalist who broke the story of the horrific famines within the Soviet Union in the 1930s. It depicts Jones’ efforts to resist the Soviet secret service’s attempts to censor him and his travels from Moscow to Kharkov. A gripping tale of espionage and betrayal.
Dark Waters
La Dolce Vita
CERT TBC
From Sat 29th Feb Dir. Todd Haynes, 2019, 126 mins
Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney (Spotlight’s Mark Ruffalo) uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world’s largest corporations polluting a local water supply. In the process, he risks everything, his future, his family, and his own life... to expose the truth.
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12A
Sun 1st Mar, 2pm Dir. Federico Fellini, 1960, 174 mins
A gorgeous new digital restoration of Fellini’s pièce de résistance. Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome’s elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
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EXPLORER
LIVE MUSIC
The Kingmaker
15
Tue 3rd March, 7:30pm Dir. Lauren Greenfield, 2019, 101 mins
Thu 5th March, 7:30pm
Former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos, is the fascinating subject of this jaw-dropping new documentary. An acute study of the psychology of power and a portrait of someone with an incredible, almost inviolable, sense of entitlement. Watch three Explorer films and get your fourth for free!
The Lighthouse
The Williams Duo Mat and Briony Williams are a father-daughter folk duo, born and bred here in the Dales. Mat has always been a keen practicing singer, songwriter and performer and has passed on his voice to young Briony, known well to the cinema and of course, The Royal Oak. With support – to be announced.
15
Wed 4th March, 7:30pm Dir. Robert Eggers, 2019, 109 mins
From the visionary filmmaker behind modern horror masterpiece The Witch, comes a tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s who are faced with solitude, but start to lose their sanity and become threatened by their worst nightmares.
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Taking its inspiration clearly from the likes of Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter. This film was shot on shimmering 35mm black and white with a daring and intense aspect ratio, The Lighthouse is a brilliant, original and distinctive existentialist work of cinema... with a jet black heart.
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January & February 2020 Programme JANUARY Fri 3
FEBRUARY Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2pm
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 7.30pm
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 7.30pm
Sat 4
Sun 5
Mon 6
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Jojo Rabbit The Nightingale
2pm
Tue 4
2pm
Seberg
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 7.30pm
Wed 8
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Jojo Rabbit La bohème
Mon 3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 7.30pm Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Sun 2
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 7.30pm
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Sat 1
2pm
Tue 7
Family Films | Event Cinema | Live Music/Theatre Explorer | Wirksworth Twinning Association
Kinky Boots
Wed 5 Seberg Thu 6
Jojo Rabbit
2pm
Fri 7 1917
2pm
1917
Sat 8 1917
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 7.30pm
Sun 9 1917
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 7.30pm
Mon 10 1917
Knives Out 7:30pm
1917
Knives Out
Thu 9
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2pm
1917
Fri 10 Knives Out
2pm
Sat 11 Jumanji: The Next Level
4pm
Thu 13 All About Eve
2pm
Sat 15 Spies in Disguise
Sun 12 Jumanji: The Next Level
The Irishman
Tue 14 The Peanut Butter Falcon Wed 15 Marriage Story Thu 16 The Irishman
Marriage Story
Fri 17 Cats
Cats Sat 18 Cats
Cats
Sun 19 The Sleeping Beauty
The Two Popes
Mon 20 Cats
Tue 21 Lucien Freud - A Self Portrait Wed 22 Cats
Cats Thu 23 The Two Popes Fri 24 Little Women
Little Women
Sat 25 Little Women
Little Women
Sun 26 Little Women
Little Women
Mon 27 In Search of Mozart Tue 28 Life is Beautiful
6:30pm 7:30pm
7:30pm
Fri 14 Before Sunrise
Bombshell
Uncut Gems
Sun 16 Spies in Disguise
2pm
Mon 17 Bombshell
2pm
7:30pm
Wed 19 A Hidden Life A Hidden Life
7:30pm
Thu 20 Spies in Disguise
8pm
Fri 21 David Copperfield
4pm
2pm
7:30pm 7:30pm
7:30pm
Cyrano de Bergerac
David Copperfield
Sat 22 David Copperfield
David Copperfield
Sun 23 David Copperfield
2pm
7:30pm
Tue 25 David Copperfield
David Copperfield
7:30pm
Mon 24 Non-Fiction
2pm
Wed 26 David Copperfield
7:30pm
David Copperfield
4pm
Thu 27 David Copperfield
2pm
Sat 29 Dark Waters
8pm
7:30pm
7:30pm
Fri 28 Mr. Jones
MARCH
Mr. Jones
7:30pm 7:30pm
7:30pm 2pm
7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 4pm 8pm 2pm
7:30pm
7:30pm 2pm
7:30pm 7pm
7:30pm 12pm 4pm
8pm
12pm
7:30pm 2pm
7:30pm 2pm
7pm 2pm
7:30pm 4pm
8pm
2pm
7:30pm
7:30pm
7:30pm 2pm
7:30pm
7:30pm
7:30pm 4pm
8pm
7:30pm
Sun 1
La Dolce Vita 2pm
Little Women 7:30pm
Mon 2
Mr. Jones 7:30pm
Wed 4
Dark Waters 2pm
Wed 29 Little Women
8pm
Wed 12 1917
8pm
2pm
Thu 30 Small Island Fri 31 Jojo Rabbit
2pm
6:30pm
7:30pm
All information is correct at time of going to press but is liable to change, due to unforeseen circumstances or if something better comes along!
In Search of Chopin 7:30pm
Tue 3
The Kingmaker 7:30pm
The Lighthouse 7:30pm
Thu 5
The Williams Duo 7:30pm
TICKET PRICES 2020 MATINEE
EVENING (after 5pm)
EVENT CINEMA
Adult: £7.50 Seniors 60+: £6.50 Students: £5.50 Under 18’s and Unwaged: £5.00 Premium Armchairs: £12.00 Sofas to Share: £24.00
Adult £9.50 Seniors 60+ £8.50 Students £7.50 Under 18’s and Unwaged £5.50 Premium Armchairs £12.50 Sofas to Share £38.00
Adult: £16.00 Seniors 60+: £15.00 Students: £14.00 Under 18’s and Unwaged: £12.00 Premium Armchairs: £20.00 Sofas to Share: £50.00
(with a free bottle of wine)
(with a free bottle of wine)
SPECIALS
Family film ticket
£20.00
2 adults & 2 kids on std seats
Find Us Wirksworth is tucked away in the Derbyshire Dales, a bit off the beaten track - but that’s the way we like it. PLEASE DO NOT PARK ON NORTH END There is parking on Harrison Drive, at the railway station during the day and on the Market Place, Barmote Court (off Coldwell Street) and Wood Street car parks.
WIRKSWORTH Good Neighbours North End is our favourite street in town. We live here, we work here, we tend to drink here too. That’s why we ask all our customers to help us minimise any disturbance on the street and help us be good neighbours. So if you arrive by car, we ask you not to park on North End itself, as lots of our neighbours rely on on-street parking. There’s plenty of parking elsewhere in town. If you smoke, we ask you to do so away from the cinema but also away
Access from residential houses – there’s a handy bench across the road at the top of Greenway Croft. Finally, when you leave, please do so quietly as some of our neighbours are elderly and others have young children, who may have retired to bed by the time you leave.
Please let the Box Office know when booking tickets, should you need to reserve a wheelchair-user space. We have a hearing loop installed in the auditorium and are fully wheelchair accessible.
This will all help keep us in the good books with our neighbours – which is always a good thing. Thanks for your help! Paul & Esther
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