Upcoming Films October 2014

OCTOBER 2014

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WELCOME TO MAREEL CINEMA This leaflet contains details of most of the films you can expect to see at Mareel this month.

Please be aware that, due to the flexible nature of cinema programming, some details may be subject to change.

CINEMA TICKETS Our prices vary depending on the day and time of the performance, and the type of screening. When booking you will be asked to choose between two different ticket types: adult or concession. Concessions include children aged up to 15 years old (those aged 16 and above must buy adult tickets), students (must produce valid ID), seniors (aged 60+), and people with disabilities.

Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded once purchased. Customers are responsible for checking that they have booked the correct tickets at time of purchase as mistakes cannot be rectified at a later date. Only in the event of a screening being cancelled will your ticket be refunded.

TICKET PRICES MATINEES:

before 5pm

Price per ticket

Monday to Friday

£4.50 / £3.50

Saturday, Sunday, Holidays*

£7 / £5

EVENINGS:

from 5pm onwards Monday

£6 / £4

Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

£7 / £5

Friday, Saturday, Holidays*

£8 / £6

SPECIAL SCREENINGS: Senior Screening (includes refreshment ) £5

MAREEL OPENING HOURS Sun - Thu: 10am - 11pm Fri - Sat: 10am - 1am

*Holidays include Bank Holidays, Christmas’ Eve, Boxing Day, & New Year’s Eve. • 3D screenings cost an extra £1 on top of ticket prices.

• 3D glasses cost an additional £1 and are reusable.

Shetland Arts Development Agency manages Mareel, the Garrison Theatre & Bonhoga Gallery. We also develop and promote a year round programme of film, music, theatre, literature, visual arts, & dance events.

We do this because we want to see Shetland celebrated as a place where inspiration & innovation are valued; where people want to live, work & study; and we want the full social & economic potential of the islands to be achieved.

Shetland Arts is supported by Creative Scotland and core funded by the Shetland Charitable Trust. Shetland Arts is a registered charity (SCO37082).

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PRIDE On sale now, showing from: Fri 19 Sep It’s 1984 and the Miners’ Strike is causing great hardship, especially in one remote Welsh pit village.

Despite some misgivings, a group of young gay activists led by bolshy Mark Ashton (Ben Schnetzer) decide to raise money for the community, but when they travel down to deliver the funds they’re unprepared for the homophobia that greets them. However, it transpires that a taciturn village elder (Bill Nighy) has long been in the closet, and the strikers’ wives, headed

by Imelda Staunton’s no-nonsense Helfina, are both grateful and curious. In only his second film, noted theatre director Matthew Warchus (Matilda the Musical) expertly finesses knowing humour, indignation and sexual politics, while the performances are uniformly pitch-perfect.

THE HUNDREDFOOT JOURNEY On sale now, showing from: Fri 26 Sep

SIN CITY 2: A DAME TO KILL FOR 3D & 2D On sale now, showing from: Fri 26 Sep Nine years after the box-office smash Sin City, the stories of the notorious city dwellers resume in the hugely anticipated sequel. Boasting an all-star cast led by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eva Green, Juno Temple, Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis, and Josh Brolin, this next instalment promises to take audiences on a visceral ride into the twisted minds of Frank Miller’s unforgettable characters. Co-directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller weave together two of Miller’s classic stories with new tales, the town’s most hard boiled citizens cross paths with some of its more reviled inhabitants.

When Hassan and his family, led by Papa (Om Puri), move to a quaint village in the South of France with the grand plan of opening an Indian restaurant in the picturesque countryside, they are undeterred by the fact that only 100 feet opposite stands a Michelin starred classical French eatery. However upon encountering the icy proprietress, Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren), the Kadam family realise they may have bitten off more than they can chew. Outraged by the new arrivals, Madame Mallory is determined to have their business shut down. As cultures clash and food flies, an all-out war escalates between the two establishments - until, that is, Hassan’s passion and talent for French cuisine begin to enchant Madame Mallory and even she can’t deny this young chef could have what it takes to garner even more acclaim for her beloved restaurant.

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THE 100-YEAROLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW & DISAPPEARED On sale now, showing from: Fri 26 Sep The story follows Allan Karlsson who, on his 100th birthday, decides there is more to life than waiting for death in a retirement home, climbs out of his window and disappears. What follows is an extraordinary journey, involving, among other surprises, a suitcase stuffed with cash, some unpleasant criminals, a friendly hot-dog stand operator, and an elephant.

BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP On sale now, showing from: Fri 26 Sep Following a dreadful accident in her 20s, Christine Lucas (Nicole Kidman) wakes up every morning unable to remember a thing about her past or her identity.

She relies on her loving husband Ben (Colin Firth) to make the decisions that enable her to get through the day in their neat suburban home. But when she secretly begins seeing a sympathetic doctor (Mark Strong, playing squarely against his hard-man image) who encourages her to take down her thoughts on a digital recorder, she discovers that her situation – and especially her marriage – is not what it seems.

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE On sale now, showing on Sunday 5 Oct, 2pm The fastest-selling production in the Young Vic’s history, Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece stars Gillian Anderson as Blanche DuBois, Ben Foster as Stanley and Vanessa Kirby as Stella. As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.

Visionary director Benedict Andrews returns to the Young Vic following his Critics’ Circle Award-winning Three Sisters.

TICKETS: £16 / £13

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THE HOUSE OF MAGIC 3D & 2D Showing from: Fri 3 Oct Tickets on sale: Wed 24 Sep Seeking shelter from a storm, abandoned young cat called Thunder sneaks into a mysterious mansion owned by retired magician Lawrence, aka “The Illustrious Lorenzo”. Lawrence shares his fairy-tale world with many animals and a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos capable of whipping up breakfast while rolling out a spectacular song-anddance routine. He soon makes Thunder feel welcome, but Jack the rabbit and Maggie the mouse start plotting to get him kicked out. When Lawrence ends up in the hospital, his nephew tries to trick him into selling the house. But its ragtag inhabitants develop a spooky strategy to defend their home. They turn their house into a haunted mansion, using Thunder as their secret weapon...

GONE GIRL Showing from: Fri 3 Oct

MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT

Tickets on sale: Wed 24 Sep

Showing from: Fri 3 Oct

Gone Girl - directed by David Fincher and based upon the global bestseller by Gillian Flynn - unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage. On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and growing media frenzy, Nick’s portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behaviour has everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?

Tickets on sale: Wed 24 Sep The latest of Woody Allen’s 40+ movies. Colin Firth plays Stanley Crawford, a frosty but celebrated stage magician. He is lured to the glitzy Cote d’Azur between the wars to investigate glamorous, gifted clairvoyant Sophie (Emma Stone). Sophie’s commercially canny mother (Marcia Gay Harden) is apparently exploiting a gullible socialite who is anxious to reach her late husband in the spirit world. But in his dogged efforts to unmask Sophie, Stanley of course falls for her.

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20,000 DAYS ON EARTH Showing from: Fri 3 Oct

THE GUEST Showing from: Fri 3 Oct Tickets on sale: Wed 24 Sep Still struggling over the loss of their oldest son, Caleb, to the war in Afghanistan, the Peterson family finds some solace when an unexpected visitor knocks on their door. David (Dan Stevens) a steely eyed and charismatic soldier who was recently discharged, is welcomed into their home when he comes to fulfil a promise he made to his fallen comrade. Siblings Anna (Maika Monroe) and Luke (Brendan Meyer) are at first reluctant to accept David’s presence, but he soon wins them over. Though he appears to be the perfect houseguest, a mysterious and sinister chain of events causes Anna to question whether David is actually who he claims to be.

Tickets on sale: Wed 24 Sep A bold vision of one of music’s most mysterious and charismatic figures: the iconic Nick Cave. In their debut feature directors Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard fuse drama and documentary by weaving a cinematically staged day in Cave’s life with never-before-seen observation of his full creative cycle.The film delves into Cave’s artistic processes, unpicking the stuff that makes him tick. We meet those who have affected his life, personally and professionally, including hilarious moments shared with his regular collaborator, the multi-instrumentalist and epic beard-wearer Warren Ellis; actor and friend Ray Winstone; and Kylie Minogue, whom Cave duetted with on his mainstream hit single Where The Wild Roses Grow. These voices from the past revisit Cave in daydream-like scenes as he sits behind the wheel driving through his adopted hometown of Brighton, England.

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NIGHT WILL FALL Showing from: Fri 10 Oct Tickets on sale: Wed 1 Oct

ONE DIRECTION: WHERE WE ARE - THE CONCERT FILM Showing from: Fri 10 Oct Tickets on sale: Wed 1 Oct Join the world’s biggest band on stage from the Italian leg of their record breaking tour. Filmed live at the iconic San Siro Stadium, Milan, this stunning and exclusive 75 minute concert film also features an additional never before seen 15 minute cinema segment filmed with the boys themselves. This is the ultimate musical cinematic experience for all 1D fans, a one-off opportunity for fans that missed the live ‘Where We Are’ tour, or those that simply want to re-live the moment, to see it all on the big screen.

When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps in 1944-45, their terrible discoveries were recorded by army and newsreel cameramen, revealing for the first time the full horror of what had happened.

Making use of British, Soviet and American footage, the Ministry of Information’s Sidney Bernstein (later founder of Granada Television) aimed to create a documentary that would provide lasting, undeniable evidence of the Nazis’ unspeakable crimes. He commissioned a wealth of British talent, including editor Stewart McAllister, writer and future cabinet minister Richard Crossman - and, as treatment advisor, his friend Alfred Hitchcock. Yet, despite initial support from the British and US Governments, the film was shelved, and only now, 70 years on, has it been restored and completed by Imperial War Museums. This eloquent, lucid documentary by Andre Singer (executive producer of the award-winning The Act of Killing) tells the extraordinary story of the filming of the camps and the fate of Bernstein’s project, using original archive footage and eyewitness testimonies.

BABES IN ARMS

6 Oct MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT p5 13 Oct TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (2D) p10 20 Oct THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY p3 27 Oct EFFIE GRAY p14 3 Nov THE BOOK OF LIFE (2D) p14 We are also happy for parents/guardians with babies up to 18 months old to attend any morning or afternoon screening with a U, PG or 12A certification.

THE BOOK OF LIFE

Mondays at 11am For parents/guardians with babies up to 18 months old.

SENIOR SCREENINGS

Wednesdays at 2pm Weekly screenings for our mature guests (60+), offered at a discounted rate with refreshments included in the ticket price.

8 Oct 15 Oct 22 Oct 29 Oct 5 Nov

MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT p5 GONE GIRL p5 FURY p13 EFFIE GRAY p14 ATTILA MARCEL p13

GONE GIRL

(Please retain your ticket to claim your refreshments)

FILM WEDNESDAYS

Wednesdays at 8pm + additional Sunday screenings The best of independent & world cinema, classic films & documentaries, for film lovers.

8 Oct 15 Oct 22 Oct 29 Oct 5 Nov

20,000 DAYS ON EARTH p6 NIGHT WILL FALL p7 IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE p13 ATTILA MARCEL p13 IDA p15

Access to unlimited film at Mareel for just £22.50 a month.

Access to unlimited off-peak film at Mareel for just £18 a month.

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PROMOTIONS & SPECIAL SCREENINGS

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SUBTITLED SCREENINGS

Mondays at 8.15pm And where possible additional week day matinees.

6 Oct 13 Oct 20 Oct 27 Oct 3 Nov

MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT p5 GONE GIRL p5 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES p10 THE BOOK OF LIFE p14 FURY p13

Some screenings may be subject to change.

FURY

Please check weekly film flyer for updates.

ASN FRIENDLY SCREENINGS

Twice per month* For people with additional support needs & their families, friends, & carers. It is fine for customers to move around, make noise, or take a break during the film.

DOLPHIN TALE 2

5 Oct THE HOUSE OF MAGIC (2D) p5 19 Oct DOLPHIN TALE 2 (2D) p11 2 Nov CORALINE p15

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

AUTISM FRIENDLY SCREENINGS

Monthly screening for people on the autistic spectrum & their families, friends, & carers. Soundtrack volume is reduced & low lights are left on. It is fine for customers to move around, make noise, or take a break during the film.

12 Oct TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (2D) p10

FAMILY & FRIENDS

TEN 4 NINE

For groups of 4 including 2+ children & 1+ adult, all pay concession prices for any U, PG, 12A, 12, or 15 film.

Buy 10 tickets in one purchase for any one screening for the cost of 9.

(subject to age restrictions)

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 3D & 2D Showing from: Fri 17 Oct Tickets on sale: Wed 8 Oct

PREVIEW SCREENINGS FROM 11-16 OCTOBER! 14 years after their last outing, the extraordinary teenage mutant ninja turtles are back to excite a new generation of superhero fans. We find our hitherto retired ‘heroes on the half-shell’ back in town where lifestyle TV reporter April O’Neil (Megan Fox) can’t persuade her boss (Whoopi Goldberg) that she’s worthy of handling hard news. Suspecting that the notorious Foot Clan are up to their evil plans again, she tracks down their old foes the mutated turtles and rodent mentor, Splinter, to take them on and report the outcome. Director Jonathan Liebesman cleverly allies animated action and motioncapture technology to the latest VFX, which elevates TMNT well above its noble predecessors. Plus, it’s rowdy good fun.

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DOLPHIN TALE 2 3D & 2D Showing from: Fri 17 Oct Tickets on sale: Wed 8 Oct It’s been several years since young Sawyer Nelson and the dedicated team at the Clearwater Marine Hospital, headed by Dr. Clay Haskett, rescued Winter.

With the help of Dr. Cameron McCarthy (Morgan Freeman), who developed a unique prosthetic tail for the injured dolphin, they were able to save her life.

Yet their fight is not over. Winter’s surrogate mother, the very elderly dolphin Panama, has passed away, leaving Winter without the only pool-mate she has ever known. However, the loss of Panama may have even greater repercussions for Winter, who, according to USDA regulations, cannot be housed alone, as dolphins’ social behaviour requires them to be paired with other dolphins. Time is running out to find a companion for her before the team at Clearwater loses their beloved Winter to another aquarium.

ADVANCED STYLE Showing from: Fri 17 Oct Tickets on sale: Wed 8 Oct

PART OF LUMINATE: SCOTLAND’S C R E AT I V E A G E I N G F E S T I V A L Advanced Style examines the lives of seven unique New Yorkers whose eclectic personal style and vital spirit have guided their approach to aging. Based on Ari Seth Cohen’s famed blog of the same name, this film paints intimate and colorful portraits of independent, stylish women aged 62 to 95 who are challenging conventional ideas about beauty, aging, and Western’s culture’s increasing obsession with youth. Luminate is an annual festival that takes place across the length and breadth of Scotland each October, offering the chance to celebrate creativity, share stories and to explore what ageing means to all of us.

www.luminatescotland.org

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THE MAZE RUNNER Showing from: Fri 17 Oct

Tickets on sale: Wed 8 Oct

Following in the footsteps of smart sci-fi teen movies such as The Hunger Games and Divergent, this dystopian epic throws brainwashed adolescent Thomas into a vast, deadly maze where he must team up with fellow ‘runners’ in order to have any chance of escape.

Combining the subtle political satire of James Dashner’s bestselling novels with a lush visual landscape that brings the scale and strange beauty of the maze to life, this first instalment in a new series manages to be that rare thing, an intelligent blockbuster that appeals to all ages.

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IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE Showing from: Fri 17 Oct Tickets on sale: Wed 8 Oct Norwegian language film with English subtitles. Nils snow ploughs the wild winter mountains of Norway, and was recently awarded Citizen of the Year. When his son is murdered for something he did not do, Nils wants revenge. And justice. His actions ignite a war between the vegan gangster the Count and the Serbian mafia boss Papa. Winning a blood feud isn’t easy, especially not in a welfare state. But Nils has something going for him: heavy machinery and beginners luck.

FURY Showing from: Fri 24 Oct Tickets on sale: Wed 15 Oct

ATILA MARCEL Showing from: Fri 24 Oct Tickets on sale: Wed 15 Oct French language film with English subtitles. Attila Marcel is the charming live-action debut from acclaimed director Sylvain Chomet (Belleville Rendez-Vous, The Illusionist). Paul (Guillaume Gouix), a thirty something Parisian, lives with his two aunts, two old aristocrats who have raised him since the age of two. Living his aunts’ dream of becoming a virtuoso pianist, Paul’s life is stuck in the same daily routine - cut off from the world, devoid of vitality. After a fateful encounter with his eccentric neighbour, Madame Proust (Anne Le Ny), Paul unearths his most deeply buried memories, and the key to living his own life at last.

PREVIEW SCREENINGS FROM 22 OCTOBER! (TBC) Brad Pitt’s second WW2 film is a far more visceral, indeed credible exercise: starring as ‘Wardaddy,’ he’s commanding the crew of an outgunned, inadequately armoured Sherman tank slogging through Europe toward the war’s end. His battle-weary crew includes Shia LaBeouf, Jon Bernthal, Logan Lerman as a naïve rookie, and as a perpetual drunk, Michael Peña. Ayer makes it clear this isn’t about the glory of victory, for as Wardaddy says, “You think it can’t get any worse, and then it does”, and the relentless battle scenes – filmed with murky, muddy realism in Britain – only confirm that. The fearful claustrophobia of tank warfare has never been better realised.

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EFFIE GRAY Showing from: Fri 24 Oct Tickets on sale: Wed 15 Oct

THE BOOK OF LIFE 3D & 2D Showing from: Fri 24 Oct Tickets on sale: Wed 15 Oct The Book of Life is the journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears. Rich with a fresh take on pop music favourites, The Book of Life encourages us to celebrate the past while looking forward to the future.

It’s been a long time coming, but Emma Thompson’s incisive screenplay about the troubled relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Euphemia ‘Effie’ Gray proves well worth the wait.

Thompson herself plays author Lady Elizabeth Eastlake, who supports Effie through a scandalous court case that turns on the question of whether the Ruskins’ loveless marriage has been consummated. With the Crimean War gnawing away in the background, and an exceptionally strong cast that includes Robbie Coltrane, Derek Jacobi, Claudia Cardinale, and Tom Sturridge as the Pre-Raphaelite Millais – with whom Effie falls in love – Effie Gray confirms director Laxton as a master of cinematic biography.

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CORALINE Showing from: Fri 31 Oct

HALLOWEEN

SPECIAL

Tickets on sale: Wed 22 Oct From the visionary director of The Nightmare Before Christmas, and based on Neil Gaiman’s bestselling book, comes a spectacular stop-motion animated adventure. Coraline Jones is bored in her new home until she finds a secret door and discovers an alternative version of her life on the other side. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life and the people in it - only much better. But when this seemingly perfect world turns dangerous, and her other parents try to trap her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination and bravery to escape this increasingly perilous world - and save her family.

IDA Showing from: Fri 31 Oct Tickets on sale: Wed 22 Oct Polish language film with English subtitles. Seamlessly weaving together the deeply resonant narratives of two wonderfully realized characters, Ida is a beautifully filmed meditation on identity set in Poland in 1962.18-year old Anna (stunning newcomer Agata Trzebuchowska), a sheltered orphan raised in a convent, is preparing to become a nun when the Mother Superior insists she first visit her sole living relative. Naive, innocent Anna soon finds herself in the presence of her aunt Wanda (Agata Kulesza), a worldly and cynical Communist Party insider, who shocks her with the declaration that her real name is Ida and her Jewish parents were murdered during the Nazi occupation. This revelation triggers a heart-wrenching journey into the countryside, to the family house and into the secrets of the repressed past, evoking the haunting legacy of the Holocaust and the realities of postwar Communism.

A DANGEROUS GAME Showing from: Fri 31 Oct Tickets on sale: Wed 22 Oct In this sequel to the award-winning You’ve Been Trumped, director Anthony Baxter once again follows American billionaire Donald Trump and a cast of others who want to turn places into golf courses and playgrounds for the super rich. From the historic site of Dubrovnik to the ancient sand dunes and rolling green hills of the seaside town of Balmedie, these tycoons influence governments and meddle in national environmental policies to acquire their latest trophies. With in-depth interviews and Baxter’s expert storytelling, we learn just how devastating these golf courses can be to the surrounding countryside and water tables. In this funny, inspiring and at times heartbreaking David and Goliath story for the 21st century, the locals don’t give in easily. But will their fight be enough to protect their land and traditional way of life?

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Showing from: Fri 31 Oct Tickets on sale: Wed 22 Oct HALLOWEEN SPECIAL DRESS-UP SCREENING!

A decade of wisecracking sequels have not diminished the power of this striking horror film.

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of a mass hysteria that is causing their suicides.

A cop’s daughter (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers’ children, claiming their lives as his revenge.

Wes Craven creates moments of real dread by examining the line between nightmares and reality, as well as the ‘sins of the parents’ theme, and although the film is quite gory, it never resorts to cheap bloodletting for its effect. A unique and disturbing experience.