WHAT’S ON / AUGUST 2017 THIS ISSUE:
CINEMA DAY DETROIT MAUDIE ENGLAND IS MINE
A GHOST STORY CASEY AFFLECK AND ROONEY MARA STAR IN AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPLORATION OF LOSS AND LONGING.
QUEEN’S FILM THEATRE – BOOKING AND VENUE INFORMATION
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TICKET PRICES
BOX OFFICE
QFT is the only cinema in Northern Ireland with a fully licensed bar, serving up a specially selected range of local and international beers, wines, spirits, tea, coffee and treats. Enjoy a drink with friends before and after the film, and as both our cinemas are now licensed you can bring your drink with you while you watch the movie.
Standard admission : £6.70 (after 5.30pm Tues – Fri, all day Sat and Sun) / £5.00 (before 5.30pm Tues – Fri)
The Box Office opens 30 minutes before the first screening of the day. This also applies to telephone bookings: 028 9097 1097.
HIRE QFT QFT is available for daytime hire for conferences, presentations, launches, training days, weddings, or simply for a fun event for you and your friends! Contact Lorraine Orr for more information: l.orr@qub.ac.uk.
Senior Citizens, Disabled Users (Carers’ tickets are free), Unwaged, QUB Staff: £5.00 (after 5.30pm Tues – Fri, all day Sat and Sun) / £4.00 (before 5.30pm Tues – Fri) Students (aged 16 and over), Children (under 16 years): £4 (all day) *ID required for discounted prices QFT Film Card: Discounts apply as per Terms & Conditions
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All day Mondays £4 for every film* The ticket price for uncertified films includes a one-day QFT membership. * Certain exclusions may apply, Check website for details
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CHAMPIONING WOMEN IN FILM QFT applies the F-Rating to its film programme. The F-Rating is a classification for any film which: 1. is directed by a woman 2. is written by a woman 3. features significant women on screen in their own right The rating is designed to support and promote women and redress the imbalance in the film industry. Visit f-rated.org for more information.
QFT IS KINDLY SUPPORTED BY:
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ACCESSIBLE OFT
We at QFT believe everyone should be able to experience great films: every month we offer a range of accessible screenings and activities ensuring everyone can enjoy QFT’s unique programme.
SUPPORTED SCREENINGS
COMMUNITY TICKETS SCHEME QFT operates a Community Tickets Scheme. There are complimentary tickets and buses available to community groups attending the autism and dementia friendly screenings. For more information please go to queensfilmtheatre.com/Engage.
QFT LEARNING QFT co-ordinates a year-round schools and colleges programme which is designed to support the national curriculum at KS1 to AS & A2 level. Teachers can arrange private screenings that are tailored for specific courses of study, or short film showcase screenings upon request.
This month’s supported screenings are: Dementia Friendly Screening: Some Like It Hot Sat 19 Aug, From 10.30am (Film 11.00am) Autism Friendly Screening: Inside Out Tues 22 Aug, From 1.30pm (Film 2.00pm) For full details of these screenings please see page 15.
ACCESS SCREENINGS QFT is fully wheelchair accessible with five wheelchair spaces in Screen 1 and four spaces in Screen 2. Free carer tickets for disabled customers are available on request. Both screens are fitted with an infrared assisted listening system with headphones. Audio enhancement is available for all screenings and audio description for selected screenings. We also endeavour to host access screenings with on-screen captioning as often as possible. This month’s access screenings are: England Is Mine Wed 16 Aug, 8.20pm A Ghost Story Tues 22 Aug, 6.40pm Funded by Department for Communities through Northern Ireland Screen.
Schools can also book student groups in advance for selected films showing in QFT’s public programme by contacting the QFT Box Office: qftmanager@qub.ac.uk. For community group ticket requests and private screenings for schools please contact the Learning Co-ordinator, Marion Campbell, by email: m.campbell@qub.ac.uk.
A GHOST STORY FRI 11 – THURS 24 AUG
DIR: DAVID LOWERY • USA • 2017 • 1 HR 32 MINS
With A Ghost Story acclaimed director David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Pete’s Dragon) returns with a singular exploration of legacy, loss, and the essential human longing for meaning and connection. Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost (Academy Award-winner Casey Affleck) returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife (Academy Awardnominee Rooney Mara), only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away. Increasingly unmoored, the ghost embarks on a cosmic journey through memory and
history, confronting life’s ineffable questions and the enormity of existence. An unforgettable meditation on love and grief, A Ghost Story emerges ecstatic and surreal — a wholly unique experience that lingers long after the credits roll. “Opening in domestic contentment, moving through personal anguish and ending with a cosmic lament, it’s a simple, wrenching story of love and loss that pries open a window onto eternity.” – JUSTIN CHANG, LOS ANGELES TIMES ACCESS SCREENING The 6.40pm screening on Tues 22 Aug will include audio description and on-screen captioning.
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NEW RELEASES
MAUDIE FRI 4 – THURS 17 AUG
DIR: AISLING WALSH • 2016 IRELAND/CANADA • 1 HR 56 MINS
Maudie tells the story of folk artist Maud Lewis (Sally Hawkins) and the unlikely romance between Maud and hardened reclusive bachelor Everett Lewis (Ethan Hawke). The partnership the two develop helps turn her into one of Canada’s premier folk artists, whose paintings hang in The White House. Eliciting performances of tremendous complexity and physicality from her leads, Aisling Walsh’s film is a profoundly inspiring story of a woman who transcended both her disability and the social mores of her time through her art, as well as a moving exploration of the human heart.
ENGLAND IS MINE FRI 4 – THURS 17 AUG
DIR: MARK GILL • 2017 • UK 1 HR 34 MINS
England Is Mine is a feature length film based on the early life of the outspoken popstar Morrissey, former lead singer of seminal British band The Smiths, and successful solo artist with a career spanning over 30 years. Writer-director Mark Gill, Oscar and BAFTA-nominated for his astounding short, The Voorman Problem, makes his feature debut sending us back to the UK and Manchester in the ‘70s and ‘80s: Thatcher’s Britain, unemployment, rioting. Amidst the chaos, there comes a spark of creativity from the industrial North...
ACCESS SCREENING The 8.20pm screening on Wed 16 Aug will include audio description and on-screen captioning.
NEW RELEASES
DETROIT FRI 25 AUG – THURS 7 SEPT
DIR: KATHRYN BIGELOW • 2017 • USA • 2 HRS 23 MINS
From the Academy Award winning director of The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, Detroit tells the gripping story of one of the darkest moments during the civil unrest that rocked the city in the summer of ‘67.
to the point where the Governor was forced to call in the National Guard. When the riots were over, 43 people were dead, hundreds were injured, thousands were arrested, and many of the city’s buildings had been destroyed.
Kathryn Bigelow’s tense crime drama stars John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Will Poulter (The Revenant), Algee Smith (Earth to Echo) and Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton).
Detroit explores the systemic racism that led to arguably one of the most destructive civil disturbances in the history of the United States.
The film is set against the backdrop of the devastating Detroit riots that took place over five days in the summer of 1967, after police raided an unlicensed bar in the city’s Near West Side. The confrontation between the police and citizens quickly turned violent,
The film marks the third collaboration between Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal, who won an Oscar in 2010 for his screenplay for The Hurt Locker and received an additional nomination for his work on Zero Dark Thirty.
NEW RELEASES
DUNKIRK FRI 21 JUL – THURS 17 AUG
DIR: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN • UK/ NETHERLANDS/FRANCE/USA • 2017 1 HR 46 MINS
When 400,000 men couldn’t get home… home came for them. From filmmaker Christopher Nolan (Interstellar, Inception, The Dark Knight Trilogy) comes the epic action thriller Dunkirk. Nolan directed Dunkirk from his own original screenplay, utilising a mixture of IMAX® and 65mm film to bring the story to the screen. Dunkirk opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in.
UNDER SANDET
LAND OF MINE FRI 4 – THURS 10 AUG
DIR: MARTIN ZANDVLIET • DENMARK/ GERMANY • 2015 • 1 HR 41 MINS SUBTITLED
Land of Mine, a 2017 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, exposes the previously hidden story of Denmark’s darkest hour in the immediate aftermath of World War II. In the days following the surrender of Nazi Germany in May 1945, German POWs held in Denmark were put to work by the Allied Forces. With minimal or no training in defusing explosives, they were sent to remove in excess of two million of their own landmines from the Danish west coast. Brutal, believable and punctuated with gallows humour, Land of Mine sheds light on this historical tragedy.
06/07
NEW RELEASES
TOM OF FINLAND FRI 11 – MON 14 AUG
DIR: DOME KARUKOSKI • FINLAND/ SWEDEN/DENMARK/GERMANY/USA 2017 • 1 HR 56 MINS • SUBTITLED
Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of one of the most influential and celebrated figures of twentieth century gay culture. Touko Laaksonen returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II to find post-war Helsinki rampant with homophobic persecution. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhabitations. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.
FINAL PORTRAIT FRI 18 – THURS 24 AUG
DIR: STANLEY TUCCI • 2017 • UK 1 HR 30 MINS
Writer/director Stanley Tucci takes a brief moment in the life of artist Alberto Giacometti and distills it into an amusing, sophisticated and insightful film about art, life and love. Final Portrait is based on young American art critic James Lord’s (Armie Hammer) memoir of how Giacometti invited him to sit for him in Paris in 1964, only to find his portrait sitting extending into days and weeks. With Geoffrey Rush in superb form as the wonderfully contrary artist, this chamber piece film is a finely mounted comedy drama full of bold brush strokes and artistic flourishes.
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L’ODYSSÉE
THE ODYSSEY FRI 18 – THURS 24 AUG
DIR: JÉRÔME SALLE • FRANCE • 2016 2 HRS 3 MINS • SUBTITLED
Featuring a gleaming French cast including Audrey Tautou, director Jérôme Salle takes us on a voyage through the life of legendary French oceanographer, environmentalist and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau. Taking in locations from across the globe, The Odyssey is no hagiography; Salle gives us a flawed Cousteau, a visionary who struggled to reconcile his boundless ambition with his roles as a father and husband. Lambert Wilson brings a rakish charm and verve to Cousteau, a devil-maycare counterpoint to his wife, Tautou’s feisty and long-suffering Simone. Salle’s biopic pays fine tribute to one of France’s most enduring cultural icons.
DOCUMENTARY
DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE FRI 25 – SUN 27 & THURS 31 AUG
DIR: JON NGUYEN, OLIVIA NEERGAARD-HOLM & RICK BARNES USA/DENMARK •2016 • 1 HR 28 MINS
An intimate portrait of a master director, screenwriter and producer. Known for cult classics The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, and with the revival series of Twin Peaks about to reach its climax, David Lynch is one of the most prolific filmmakers working in the industry today. The formative years of his life are explored in unprecedented depth, from his idyllic upbringing in small town America, to the dark streets of Philadelphia, recounting the events that helped shape one of cinema’s most enigmatic and revered directors.
08/09
NEW RELEASES
DOCUMENTARY
WILLIAMS FRI 4 – TUES 8 AUG
DIR: MORGAN MATTHEWS • UK • 2017 1 HR 49 MINS
Williams tells the story of Formula One legend Frank Williams’ rise to fame and how his family battled to keep him alive and the team afloat after the crash that left Frank wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life. Featuring heart-pounding racing footage, interviews with muchloved Formula One stars (including Sir Jackie Stewart, Nigel Mansell, Alan Jones and Sir Patrick Head) and candid never-before-seen accounts of what really went on behind closed doors, this is an honest, authentic and incredibly revealing portrait of one of the most extraordinary families in motorsport.
DOCUMENTARY
AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER FRI 18 – THURS 24 AUG
DIR: BONNI COHEN & JON SHENK USA • 2017 • 1 HR 38 MINS
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth became an unprecedented box-office hit and brought the climate crisis into the heart of popular culture, this riveting follow-up shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. The film follows Al Gore as he continues his fight, inviting the audience to travel the world with the tireless campaigner as he visits parts of the globe affected by climate change and delivers his rousing, ever-evolving lecture. The stakes have never been higher, and this brilliant and timely sequel is precisely the urgent wake-up call that we all need.
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DOCUMENTARY
10/11
DISPOSSESSION: THE GREAT SOCIAL HOUSING SWINDLE TUES 15 AUG, 6.40PM
DIR: PAUL SNG • UK • 2017 • 1 HR 22 MINS
Narrated by Maxine Peake, Dispossession explores the catastrophic failures that have led to a chronic shortage of social housing in Britain. The film focuses on the neglect, demolition and regeneration of council estates in London, Glasgow and Nottingham, and investigates how the state works with the private sector, making properties that are unaffordable to the majority of people in the UK.
Followed by a Q&A with director Paul Sng.
DOCUMENTARY
CITY OF GHOSTS MON 28 – THURS 31 AUG
DIR: MATTHEW HEINEMAN • USA • 2017 1 HR 32 MINS • SUBTITLED
Director Matthew Heineman (Cartel Land) returns with City of Ghosts, the heart-stopping, incredible story of the citizen journalists of Raqqa, Syria who are single-handedly exposing the atrocities of ISIS whilst under constant threat of torture and death. A real-life international thriller, City of Ghosts exposes a new type of warfare: a battle over ideas, a fight for hearts and minds, a conflict over clicks and views. With astonishing, deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile.
SPECIAL EVENTS
DOCUMENTARY
BRITAIN ON FILM: LGBT BRITAIN WED 16 AUG, 6.20PM
DIR: VARIOUS • UK • 1909-1994 1 HR 25 MINS
Britain’s LGBT history is the inspiring subject of the fifth Britain on Film on Tour programme. With films spanning 1909 to 1994, it documents a century in which homosexuality went from crime to Pride, via decades of profoundly courageous activism, and the shifting attitudes to LGBT people and their rights across the board throughout a time of explosive social change. Please note: the programme contains a sequence of flashing lights which might affect audience members with photosensitive epilepsy.
FRI 25 AUG, 10.00PM
MONTEREY POP
DIR: D.A. PENNEBAKER • USA • 1968 CERT 1 HR 18 MINS TBC
A 50th anniversary screening and new 4K restoration of D.A. Pennebaker’s classic concert film, shot on a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the height of the Summer of Love. The first and only Monterey International Pop Festival launched the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few among a wildly diverse cast that included Simon & Garfunkel, the Who and the extraordinary Ravi Shankar. Pennebaker captured it all; immortalising these now legendary performances. Enjoy drinks offers and a late bar at every QFT Late: Cult & Classic!
SECOND SIGHT
Our pick of restored and reissued classics, back on the big screen where they belong.
PRICK UP YOUR EARS FRI 25 – SUN 27 AUG
DIR: STEPHEN FREARS • UK • 1987 1 HR 50 MINS
50 years after the death of its subject, Stephen Frears’ rollicking Joe Orton biopic returns to cinemas. Gary Oldman stars as the controversial playwright and provocateur who rose from working class Leicester lad to the toast of swinging ‘60s London - not forgetting a brief pit stop in prison - before his promising future was cut short. Supported by an all-star cast, Oldman delivers outrageous one-liners and scandalous sexual barbs with a Cheshire cat grin in a film that captures the giddy charm of a true English eccentric and the tragedy of an artist lost in their prime.
VICTIM MON 28 – WED 30 AUG
DIR: BASIL DEARDEN • UK • 1961 1 HR 40 MINS
Victim is an exposé of London’s gay subculture and its associated criminal underworld - shocking on its first release, poignant and powerful today. Director Basil Dearden couples controversial subject matter and a strong genre slant to create a thriller that is both politically compelling and dramatically taut, while Dirk Bogarde sheds his matinée idol image with a bold performance that would initiate the actor’s second life as a performer in challenging, subversive roles. “The film's presentation of sexual oppression remains shockingly relevant to this day.” – DAVID JENKINS, LITTLE WHITE LIES
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SPECIAL EVENTS
CINESEEKERS FILM CLUB
THE SECRET OF NIMH SAT 26 AUG, 2.00PM
DIR: DON BLUTH • USA • 1982 • 1 HR 22 MINS
This month’s CineSeekers Film Club screening celebrates the 35th anniversary of the classic animated tale The Secret of NIMH. Don Bluth’s directorial debut, adapted from Robert C. O’Brien’s 1971 children’s novel, follows a little field mouse, Mrs. Brisby, as she befriends a group of superintelligent rats in the hope they can help save her gravely ill son. A hugely entertaining story jam packed full of adventure, stunning animation, interesting ideas and plenty of wonderful characters. Tickets £4.
FILM CARD HOLDERS SUMMER SCREENING SAT 26 AUG
Details are still being finalised for our Film Card holders summer screening. An advance preview of a new and forthcoming release is in the bag but it’s all very hush hush (details will be emailed to Film Card holders soon). In addition we will have a QFT classic handpicked just for you. Keep an eye on your inboxes! For details on the benefits of signing up to a QFT Film Card visit queensfilmtheatre.com/support.
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14/15
AUTISM FRIENDLY SCREENING
INSIDE OUT TUES 22 AUG, 1.30PM (FILM 2.00PM)
DIR: PETE DOCTER & RONNIE DEL CARMEN • USA • 2015 • 1 HR 42 MINS
Our monthly screenings provide opportunities for people with autism or sensory sensitivity and their families, friends and carers to enjoy great films in a sensory friendly environment. Inside Out takes place in two worlds: real life, where 11 year-old Riley is struggling to deal with her family’s move to the bright lights of San Francisco, and “Headquarters”, the area inside Riley’s head controlling all of her thoughts and emotions, populated by five diverse characters. This hilarious, exciting adventure story shows Pixar on top form.
DEMENTIA FRIENDLY SCREENING
SOME LIKE IT HOT SAT 19 AUG, 10.30AM (FILM 11.00AM)
DIR: BILLY WILDER • USA • 1959 2 HRS 1 MIN
We’re concluding this first season of Dementia Friendly screenings in style with a screening of Billy Wilder’s much-loved romantic comedy, Some Like It Hot. Why not join us for a few hours in the company of Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and ever-fabulous, Marilyn Monroe. Our Dementia Friendly screenings aim to make cinema more accessible by providing a fun and inclusive experience for people living with dementia, their families and carers. Free tea, coffee, biscuits and interactive themed activities are available half an hour before the film. Details of more Dementia Friendly screenings coming soon. Funded by Department for Communities through Northern Ireland Screen.
SPECIAL EVENTS
CINEMA DAY
Cinema Day returns for a second year of exciting film events, celebrating great cinema and the diverse range of screen heritage across Northern Ireland. For our Cinema Day, QFT will look to the past and the future with the launch of QFT50. In October 2018, QFT celebrates its 50th Anniversary as Northern Ireland’s home of cultural cinema. Cinema Day 2017 will offer a taster of what’s to come and provide an opportunity for you to play your part in the celebrations. For details of all Cinema Day events, please see filmhubni.org and queensfilmtheatre.com/seasons/cinema-day-2017
QFT MEMORY BOX MON 28 AUG, 10AM-6PM
The QFT Memory Box is our Cinema Day pop-up where you can browse past programmes, relive your QFT memories and dip into QFT history. The day includes a special lunchtime discussion session at 12.30pm where you can contribute your thoughts and ideas on QFT and film culture in Belfast. Free admission – no booking required.
BREAKFAST WITH BILL
GROUNDHOG DAY MON 28 AUG, 10.00AM
DIR: HAROLD RAMIS • USA • 1993 1 HR 41 MIN
Join us for the most important meal of the day (on us) and a screening of Harold Ramis’ comedy classic. A perfectly cast Bill Murray plays Phil Connors, a cynical TV weatherman who wakes up to relive February 2nd - America’s ‘Groundhog Day’ over and over again. Tickets £5 (including breakfast and tea/ coffee).
Celebrating the diversity and scope of film exhibition across Northern Ireland, Cinema Day is an initiative presented by Film Hub NI (part of the BFI Film Audience Network) and supported by Northern Ireland Screen. See filmhubni.org for details of the full programme.
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16/17
QFT50 MATINEES QFT presents five classic films from 1968 for just 50p each! This is a taster of our 50th anniversary celebrations coming in 2018. Why not spend your bank holiday with us and some ‘60s cinema classics. All tickets are 50p – book in advance at queensfilmtheatre.com. RELAXED SCREENING
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG MON 28 AUG, 10.30AM (FILM 11.00AM)
PLANET OF THE APES MON 28 AUG, 12.30PM
DIR: KEN HUGHES • UK • 1968 2 HRS 16 MINS
DIR: FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER • USA 1968 • 1 HR 52 MINS
The timeless musical fantasy starring Dick Van Dyke as a child-like inventor whose lovingly restored racing car reveals a little magic under its bonnet. This relaxed screening has been designed to be friendlier to people with cognitive and sensory disorders, autism spectrum conditions, or dementia, and is open to all.
There’s nothing quite like the original Planet of the Apes. The ‘68 simian sci-fi classic endures for a host of reasons: the production design, the makeup effects, Charlton Heston’s hairy chest, the brilliant script and, of course, composer Jerry Goldsmith’s iconic score.
IF…
MON 28 AUG, 2.00PM
DIR: LINDSAY ANDERSON • UK • 1968 1 HR 51 MINS
Lindsay Anderson’s film If..., starring Malcolm McDowell as a schoolboy who leads a guerilla insurgence, imagines how repression, conformity, and fusty ritual at an English public school could lead to anarchy and bloody revolt. If… remains one of cinema’s most unforgettable rebel yells.
BULLITT
MON 28 AUG, 3.00PM
DIR: PETER YATES • USA • 1968 1 HR 49 MINS
Steve McQueen puts a 1968 Ford Mustang GT to good use over and over again in this ‘60s classic. Expert direction by Peter Yates, who makes multiple car chases seem anything but redundant, allows the film to gain energy until the film’s ultimate climax.
BARBARELLA MON 28 AUG, 4.20PM
DIR: ROGER VADIM • FRANCE/ITALY 1968 • 1 HR 38 MINS
From the moment Jane Fonda floats onto the screen in her lurid, saucy, shag-pile spaceship, a camp classic is born! Replete with fabulous sets and space couture costumes from Paco Rabanne, director Roger Vadim imaginatively captures the both forward-looking and fun spirit of the 1960s.
1968–2018 We will be 50 in 2018! It’s hard to believe but QFT will be 50 years old in October 2018 and we are working on some very exciting plans to celebrate this momentous occasion. We will be providing regular updates over the coming months but right now we need you - our loyal customers, partners and supporters! Kicking off on 28 August at our Cinema Day event, we have lots of ways you can get involved: TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE: come along to Cinema Day on 28 August and visit the QFT Memory Box. LET’S TALK ABOUT IT: Join our Cinema Day lunchtime ideas session and take part in an open discussion about all things QFT. GET ONLINE: Share your memories and thoughts online with us at queensfilmtheatre.com/qft50 or via the hashtag #QFT50. KEEP IT SIMPLE: sign up to our QFT Newsletter to stay in touch with what is happening. We wouldn’t have made it to this grand old age without you so thank you! And please help us celebrate 50 years of great films for everyone.
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18/19
LIVE EVENTS TITUS ANDRONICUS WED 9 AUG, 7.00PM
DONMAR PRESENTS
JULIUS CAESAR
THURS 17 AUG, 6.40PM
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
YERMA
THURS 31 AUG, 7.00PM
3 HRS (INCL. INTERVAL)
2 HRS 1 MINS (NO INTERVAL)
2 HRS (NO INTERVAL)
The decay of Rome reaches violent depths in Shakespeare’s most bloody play. Titus is a ruler exhausted by war and loss, who relinquishes power but leaves Rome in disorder. Rape, cannibalism and severed body parts fill the moral void at the heart of this corrupt society. Blanche McIntyre returns to the RSC after her debut directing The Two Noble Kinsmen (2016).
Described by The Observer as 'One of the most important theatrical events of the last twenty years', the Donmar Warehouse presents the first part of Phyllida Lloyd's Shakespeare Trilogy. Lloyd takes her tense, arresting production of Shakespeare’s famous discourse on power, loyalty, and tragic idealism into a gripping version for screen. Please note that this is a recorded performance with no interval.
The incredible Billie Piper (Penny Dreadful, Great Britain) returns in her Evening Standard Best Actress award-winning role. A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child in Simon Stone’s radical production of Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece. Please note that this broadcast does not have an interval.
TICKETS Live broadcasts: £15 (£12.50 concessions and Film Card holders) Recorded and encore screenings: £12.50 (£10 concessions and Film Card holders)
IMAGE: DONMAR PRESENTS JULIUS CAESAR
RSC LIVE
AT A GLANCE
Times are subject to change. Please check queensfilmtheatre.com for up-to-date information.
AUGUST DATE
EVENT
TIME
Fri 18
Fri 4
Maudie Williams Land of Mine Dunkirk England Is Mine
4.00pm/6.20pm 4.20pm 6.40pm 8.40pm 9.00pm
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Final Portrait The Odyssey A Ghost Story
Sat 19
Sat 5 – Sun 6
Dunkirk Williams Maudie England Is Mine Land of Mine
1.45pm/8.40pm 2.15pm 4.00pm/6.20pm 4.35pm/9.00pm 6.40pm
Dementia Friendly: Some Like It Hot An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Final Portrait The Odyssey A Ghost Story
From10.30am (Film11am)
Mon 7 – Tues 8
Maudie Williams Land of Mine Dunkirk England Is Mine
4.00pm/6.20pm 4.20pm 6.40pm 8.40pm 9.00pm
Sun 20
The Odyssey Final Portrait An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power A Ghost Story
3.40pm/8.00pm 4.00pm/6.00pm
Land of Mine Dunkirk Maudie RSC Live: Titus Andronicus England Is Mine
4.10pm 4.20pm 6.20pm 7.00pm 9.00pm
Mon 21
The Odyssey A Ghost Story Final Portrait An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
4.10pm/8.20pm 4.20pm/8.50pm 6.20pm
Thurs 10 Maudie Land of Mine Dunkirk England Is Mine
4.00pm/6.20pm 4.10pm/6.40pm 8.40pm 9.00pm
Tues 22
Fri 11
A Ghost Story Dunkirk Tom of Finland Maudie England Is Mine
2.00pm/6.40pm/8.50pm 2.10pm 4.00pm/8.30pm 4.20pm 6.20pm
Autism Friendly: Inside Out A Ghost Story Final Portrait The Odyssey A Ghost Story (Access) An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
From1.30pm(Film2pm) 4.20pm 4.40pm/9.00pm 6.20pm 6.40pm
A Ghost Story Dunkirk England Is Mine Maudie Tom of Finland
2.00pm/6.40pm/8.50pm 2.10pm 4.00pm/6.20pm 4.20pm 8.30pm
A Ghost Story Dunkirk England Is Mine Maudie Tom of Finland
1.40pm/6.20pm/8.30pm 1.50pm 3.40pm/6.00pm 4.00pm 8.10pm
Maudie Dunkirk England Is Mine A Ghost Story Tom of Finland
4.00pm 4.20pm 6.20pm 6.40pm/8.50pm 8.30pm
Maudie Dunkirk A Ghost Story Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle + Q&A England Is Mine
4.00pm 4.20pm 6.20pm/9.10pm
Maudie Dunkirk Britain on Film: LGBT Britain A Ghost Story England Is Mine (Access)
4.00pm 4.20pm 6.20pm 6.40pm/8.40pm 8.20pm
Wed 9
Sat 12
Sun 13
Mon 14
Tues 15
Wed 16
Thurs 17 Maudie Dunkirk A Ghost Story Donmar presents Julius Caesar England Is Mine
6.40pm 8.20pm
4.00pm 4.20pm 6.20pm/9.10pm 6.40pm 8.20pm
Wed 23 – An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth Thurs 24 to Power Final Portrait The Odyssey A Ghost Story
4.10pm/6.40pm 4.40pm/6.20pm 8.20pm 8.50pm
12.30pm/6.40pm 2.10pm/6.20pm 4.10pm/8.20pm 8.50pm
6.20pm 8.30pm
6.40pm
8.40pm 4.10pm/8.40pm 4.40pm/9.00pm 6.20pm 6.40pm
Fri 25
Detroit David Lynch: The Art Life Prick Up Your Ears QFT Late: Cult & Classic: Monterey Pop
3.20pm/6.10pm/9.00pm 4.00pm/6.00pm 7.50pm
Sat 26
Detroit Cineseekers: The Secret of NIMH Film Card Holders screenings David Lynch: The Art Life Prick Up Your Ears
1.00pm/6.10pm/9.00pm 2.00pm From 3.50pm 6.30pm 8.30pm
Sun 27
Detroit David Lynch: The Art Life Prick Up Your Ears
2.50pm/5.40pm/8.30pm 4.00pm/6.00pm 8.00pm
Mon 28
QFT Memory Box Groundhog Day + breakfast Relaxed Screening: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang QFT50 discussion Planet of the Apes If… Bullitt Barbarella Detroit City of Ghosts Victim
10am-6pm 10.00am From 10.30am (Film 11am) 12.30pm 12.30pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.20pm 6.10pm/9.00pm 6.30pm 8.30pm
10.00pm
Tues 29 – Detroit Wed 30 Victim City of Ghosts
3.20pm/6.10pm/9.00pm 4.20pm/8.30pm 6.30pm
Thurs 31 Detroit City of Ghosts NT Live: Yerma David Lynch: The Art Life
3.20pm/6.10pm/9.00pm 4.10pm 7.00pm 9.30pm