May - June 2018 Film Guide

MAY - JUNE 2018

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FEMALES IN FOCUS Celebrating the recognition of the F-rating for film, where films are either directed, starring in a main role, or written by women, we bring some female directors into focus this season.

This summer, as part of the UK wide initiative Anim18, we’ll be continuing our explorations into the best of British animation - with shorts from the archives of the BFI.

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HEREFORDSHIRE LIFE THROUGH A LENS (U)

STORIES FROM THE HOP YARDS UK/France, 2017, 1h 43m

Inspired by the extensive and newly accessible photographic archive from the Derek Evans Studio, this is the first full-length film of a three-year film, exhibition and oral history project about the social history of Herefordshire.

FRIDAY 27 APRIL 11.15am, SATURDAY 28 2.30pm, MONDAY 30 11.15am, THURSDAY 3 MAY 2.30pm, FRIDAY 18 5.45pm, SATURDAY 19 11am , MONDAY 21 2.30pm

A WRINKLE IN TIME (PG) DIRECTORS: Ava DuVernay

STARS: Storm Reid, Levi Miller, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Peña, Oprah Winfrey, Zach Galifianakis USA, 2018, 1h 49m

Following the discovery of a new form of space travel as well as Meg’s father’s disappearance, she, her brother, and her friend must join three magical beings - Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which - to travel across the universe to rescue him from a terrible evil.

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FRIDAY 4 2.30pm, SATURDAY 5 8pm, , TUESDAY 8 11am & 5.30pm AD WEDNESDAY 9 8pm, THURSDAY 10 2.30pm

ISLE OF DOGS (PG)

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DIRECTOR: Wes Anderson

STARS: Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, DB Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray Germany/USA, 2017, 1h 41m

When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire prefecture.

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FRIDAY 4 11am, SATURDAY 5 6pm, TUESDAY 8 8pm, WEDNESDAY 9 11am & 2.30pm

MY GENERATION (12A) DIRECTORS: David Batty STARS: David Bailey, Michael Caine, Joan Collins, Roger Daltrey, Marianne Faithfull, Bárbara Hulanicki UK, 2017, 1h 25m

Venice Film Festival 2017- Winner Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award

British film icon Michael Caine narrates and stars in this vivid and inspiring story of his personal journey through 1960s London. Based on personal accounts and stunning archive footage this documentary sees Caine travel back in time to talk to The Beatles, Twiggy, David Bailey, Mary Quant, The Rolling Stones, David Hockney and other star names.

SATURDAY 5 2.30pm

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN SING-A-LONG (PG) DIRECTOR: Michael Gracey STARS: Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron USA, 2017, 1h 45m

The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. Oscar nominees Jackman, as P.T. Barnum, and Williams, as his wife, gather a selection of misfits and people with differences into their spectacular show. Now a beloved watch-again classic for all ages.

MAY FRIDAY 11 2.30pm, MONDAY 14 8pm, TUESDAY 15 5.30pm, WEDNESDAY 17 11am

TUESDAY 8 2.30pm, WEDNESDAY 9 6pm, THURSDAY 10 11am

WONDERSTRUCK (PG)

I AM NOT A WITCH (12A)

DIRECTOR: Todd Haynes

DIRECTOR: Rungano Nyoni

STARS: Millicent Simmonds, Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Cory Michael Smith, James Urbaniak, Damian Young, Patrick Murney USA, 2017, 1h 56m

STARS: Gloria Huwiler,

Chileshe Kalimamukwento, Travers Merrill UK/France/Germany, 2017, 1h 33m

Following a banal incident in her local village, eightyear-old girl Shula is accused of witchcraft. After a short trial she is found guilty, taken into state custody and exiled to a witch camp in the middle of a desert.

At the camp she takes part in an initiation ceremony where she is shown the rules surrounding her new life as a witch.

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WALK LIKE A PANTHER (12A)

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DIRECTOR: Dan Cadan STARS: Stephen Graham, Michael Socha, Julian Sands, Jason Flemyng, Stephen Tompkinson, Jill Halfpenny UK, 2018, 1h 48m

When it’s announced that the pub is to close, and property developers begin to move in on watering hole, a group of retired wrestlers, The Panthers, hatch a plan to save their beloved boozer by putting on the show of a lifetime. A feel-good hit with just the right measure of tears and laughs.

Ben and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish that their lives were different.

Ben longs for the father he’s never known, while Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue and Rose reads an enticing headline, they both set out on epic quests to find what they’re missing.

MONDAY 14 11am, TUESDAY 15 2.30pm, WEDNESDAY 16 8pm

READY PLAYER ONE (12A) DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg

STARS: Tye Sheridan, Hannah John-Kamen, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, Olivia Cooke, Simon Pegg USA, 2018, 2h 20m

Based on Ernest Cline’s bestseller of the same name, a worldwide phenomenon. It’s 2045, and the world is on the brink of chaos and collapse. But the people have found salvation in ‘The Oasis’, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday. When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter Egg he has hidden somewhere in the Oasis, sparking a contest that grips the entire world.

FRIDAY 18 8pm, SATURDAY 19 6pm, MONDAY 21 11am

MARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACTS (15) DIRECTORS: Mouly Surya

STARS: Egy Fedly, Dea Panendra, Yoga Pratama, Haydar Saliz, Marsha Timothy Indonesia/France/Malaysia/Thailand, 2017, 1h 33m

MAY MONDAY 14 2.30pm, WEDNESDAY 16 6pm

LOOK BACK IN ANGER (PG) DIRECTORS: Tony Richardson

STARS: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure, Edith Evans, Gary Raymond, Donald Pleasence UK, 1958, 1h 38m

In Northern England, frustrated college dropout Jimmy Porter plays music at a jazz club at night and by day works at a candy stall with partner Cliff Lewis (Raymond), who lives with Jimmy and his wife, Alison. Embittered by the strictures of working-class life, Jimmy constantly insults Alison, whose family is upper class. When Alison invites her best friend, selfassured Helena, to stay with them, Jimmy’s grievances threaten to boil over.

FRIDAY 18 2.30pm, SATURDAY 19 8pm, TUESDAY 22 11am

35MM CLUB: BRIGHT STAR (PG) DIRECTOR: Jane Campion

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STARS: Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider UK/Australia/France, 2009, 1h 56m

It’s 1818 in Hampstead Village on the outskirts of London. Poet Charles Brown lives in one half of a house and the Dilkes family live in the other half.

Through their association with the Dilkes, the fatherless Brawne family don’t like each other.

Insecure struggling poet John Keats comes to live with his friend, Mr. Brown, discovering an attraction to Fanny.

This is a western of a new kind, a tale of redemption and empowerment. Markus rolls into the modest homestead of newly widowed Marlina on his motorbike. He invites himself into her home, announcing that his gang of bandits will seize her money, her livestock, and “if we have time, we’ll sleep with you,” all while in the presence of her husband’s mummified body.

MONDAY 21 8pm,

HEAVENLY NOMADIC (PG) DIRECTORS: Mirlan Abdykalykov STARS: Taalaikan Abazova, Tabyldy Aktanov, Jibek Baktybekova Kyrgyzstan, 2015, 1h 21m

Though life may seem simple and beautiful for this nomadic family, complexities arise when widow, mother and daughter-in-law Shaiyr must choose between traditional life and the offer of new life with a new husband. Continually wrought between maintaining old traditions and embracing the modern world, each generation has a perspective to share, including young Umsunai, who believes her dead father has turned into an eagle that flies over their home.

FRIDAY 25 11am, SATURDAY 26 5.45pm, TUESDAY 29 2.30pm & 8pm, WEDNESDAY 30 11am & 5.45pm, THURSDAY 31 2.30pm & 8pm

FUNNY COW (15)

DIRECTORS: Adrian Shergold STARS: Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine,

Tony Pitts UK, 2017, 1h 43m

Charting the rise to stardom of a female comedienne through the 1970s and ‘80s, Funny Cow is set against the backdrop of working men’s clubs and the stand-up comedy circuit of the English North.

From her troubled childhood to her turbulent adult relationships.

MAY SATURDAY 26 11am

DUCK DUCK GOOSE (PG) DIRECTOR: Christopher Jenkins STARS VOICES OF: Jim Gaffigan, Zendaya, Lance Lim,

Greg Proops, Natasha Leggero, Diedrich Bader China/USA, 2018, 1h 31m COURTYARD After being grounded by an injury, a FAMILY high-flying goose bachelor is saddled SATURDAYS

with two wide-eyed orphans as they Look online for come face-to-face with the dangers more details and beauty of the outside world in this funny and touching animated feature. The free-wheeling hero, Peng, rejects the community of his tight-knit flock of geese in an attempt to live life on his own terms. But after he narrowly rescues two young ducklings, Chi and Chao, from an eccentric but deadly cat named Banzou, the two latch onto the goose like a parent.

SATURDAY 26 2.30pm & 8pm, TUESDAY 29 11am & 5.30pm, WEDNESDAY 30 2.30pm & 8pm, THURSDAY 31 11am & 5.30pm, MONDAY 4 JUNE 8pm, TUESDAY 5 11am, WEDNESDAY 6 11am

SATURDAY 2 11am , MONDAY 4 2.30pm, WEDNESDAY 6 6pm

MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO (U)

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DIRECTOR: HAYAO MIYAZAKI

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STARS VOICES OF: Pat Carroll,

Cheryl Chase Japan, 1988, 1h 26m

This acclaimed animated tale by director Hayao Miyazaki follows schoolgirl Satsuke and her younger sister, Mei, as they settle into an old country house with their father and wait for their mother to recover from an illness in an area hospital. As the sisters explore their new home, they encounter and befriend playful spirits in their house and the nearby forest, most notably the massive cuddly creature known as Totoro.

JUNE

THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (CERT TBC)

MONDAY 4 11am, TUESDAY 5 5.30pm, WEDNESDAY 6 8pm, THURSDAY 7 2.30pm

DIRECTOR: Mike Newell

DIRECTOR: Raoul Peck

STARS: Lily James, Michiel Huisman, Jessica Brown Findlay

USA/UK, 2018, 2h 3m

1946 and London is emerging from the Second World War, with many neighborhoods lying in rubble. Juliet Ashton, is a writer who has lost her home and thirsts for new adventure. After the war’s conclusion, a correspondence begins with members of a book club society in Guernsey, in which they share their experiences of the war. As an idea for a book catches on, Juliet visits the island, making life-long friends.

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THE YOUNG KARL MARX (CERT TBC)

STARS: August Diehl, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps France /Belgium /Germany, 2017, 1h 58m, subtitles

It’s 1843 in Germany, and 25-year-old Marx writes incendiary articles for the Rhineland News. Upon arrest, he agrees to follow a wealthy patron, Arnold Ruge, to Paris to work. In Paris, Marx struggles, unpaid by Ruge, unable to provide for his wife Jenny and their daughter. Marx meets the visiting Engels in Ruge’s drawing room, and so begins one of history’s most interesting relationships.

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MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER (PG) DIRECTOR: Hiromasa Yonebayashi STARS: Hana Sugisaki, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Yûki Amami Japan, 2017, 1h 42m

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MONDAY 4 6pm, TUESDAY 5 8pm, WEDNESDAY 6 2.30pm, THURSDAY 7 11am & 8pm

THAT GOOD NIGHT (12A) DIRECTORS: Eric Styles STARS: John Hurt, Charles Dance, Sofia Helin, Max Brown, Erin Richards UK/Portugal, 2017, 1h 32m

Ralph, a once famous writer is in his seventies and terminally ill. He has things to do before he dies: to be reconciled with his long-abandoned son, Michael, and secretly, to ensure he is not a burden to his devoted young wife, Anna, as he goes into that good night. But Ralph looks set to ruin all hope of reconciliation when he picks a fight with Michael’s girlfriend, Cassie.

TUESDAY 5 2.30pm & THURSDAY 7 5.15pm

BLACK PANTHER

From the Ghibli off-shoot Studio more details Ponoc, this first feature is enchanting and a real visual feast. An exhilarating tale with the unique richness, art and animation of Studio Ghiblistyle storytelling, revealing the exciting and surprising adventure of Mary, an ordinary twelve-year-old girl.

Bored and lonely during a summer holiday, Mary follows an odd cat into the nearby woods where she stumbles upon a flower and then a little broomstick. Together the flower and broomstick whisk her above the clouds, far away to Endor College – a school of magic!

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DIRECTOR: Ryan Coogler STARS: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya USA, 2018, 2h 14m

Marvel Studios’ latest follows T’Challa who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically-advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king. But when a powerful old enemy reappears, T’Challa’s mettle as king—and Black Panther—is tested when he is drawn into a formidable conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk.

SATURDAY 9 2.30pm, TUESDAY 12 11am, THURSDAY 14 5.45pm, FRIDAY 15 2.30pm, SATURDAY 16 8pm, MONDAY 18 11am & 5.45pm, TUESDAY 19 8pm

THE LEISURE SEEKER (CERT TBC)

DIRECTOR: Paolo Virzì STARS: Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland, Janel Moloney Italy/France, 2017, 1h 52m

This story sees a runaway couple going on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call The Leisure Seeker, travelling from Boston to The Ernest Hemingway Home in Key West. They recapture their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end.

TUESDAY 12 2.30pm, THURSDAY 14 11am & 8pm

ALL THE WILD HORSES (12A TBC)

DIRECTOR: Ivo Marloh STARS: George Azarias, Andrew Challen, Erik Cooper

Mongolia/South Africa/UK/USA/Ireland, 2017, 1h 30m

An exhilarating thrill ride across the untamed Mongolian outback, All the Wild Horses, directed by Ivo Marloh, documents a group of competitors from around the globe as they take part in the Mongol Derby, the world’s longest and toughest race spanning 1,000km in a perilous environment. A testament of human and animal endurance, this film captures the lengths some will go to achieve their goals, even if it means braving mountains, deserts, dehydration and wolves.

SATURDAY 16 2.30pm, TUESDAY 19 5.45pm, WEDNESDAY 20 8pm, THURSDAY 21 11am

ISMAEL’S GHOSTS (CERT TBC)

DIRECTOR: Arnaud Desplechin STARS: Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg France, 2017, 1h 54m

Lushly indulgent, and filled with an atmosphere of neurosis, this French drama brings acting excellence to the fore.

Widowed film director, Ismael, who is in the middle of making a film about an atypical diplomat inspired by his brother, has started a new life with Sylvia, though he still mourns the death of former lover, Carlotta, who passed away 20 years earlier.

SATURDAY 23 2.30pm, MONDAY 25 11am & 5.45pm, TUESDAY 26 8pm

EDIE (PG)

DIRECTOR: Simon Hunter

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STARS: Sheila Hancock, Kevin Guthrie, Paul Brannigan UK, 2017, 1h 42m

Edith Moore is a bitter, gruff woman in her eighties. In the months following her husband George’s death, Edie’s strained relationship with her daughter Nancy begins to worsen and Nancy begins to make plans for her mother to move to a retirement home.

Desperate to see out the end of her life with less regret, Edie embarks on a trip to climb the Scottish Highlands, a journey her father had planned for them years before, but she had missed under the control of her husband.

FRIDAY 15 11am, SATURDAY 16 5.45pm, MONDAY 18 2.30pm & 8pm, WEDNESDAY 20 5.45pm, FRIDAY 22 5.45pm, SATURDAY 23 8pm, MONDAY 25 2.30pm, TUESDAY 26 11am

ON CHESIL BEACH (CERT TBC)

FRIDAY 22 8pm, SATURDAY 23 5.45pm, MONDAY 25 8pm, TUESDAY 26 2.30pm & 5.45pm, WEDNESDAY 27 11am, THURSDAY 28 5.45pm

THE BOOKSHOP

DIRECTOR: Dominic Cooke

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STARS: Saoirse Ronan, Emily Watson, Samuel West

DIRECTOR: Isabel Coixet

UK, 2017, 1h 50m

STARS: Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Patricia Clarkson, Hunter Tremayne, Honor Kneafsey, James Lance Spain/UK/Germany, 2017, 1h 53m

With crisp cinematography, and sensitivity to its era and characters, this is an enthralling insight into young love and lives in the ‘60s, turning the idea of real love on its head. Adapted by Ian McEwan from his bestselling novel, the drama centers on a young couple of drastically different backgrounds in the summer of 1962. Following the pair through their idyllic courtship, the film explores sex and the societal pressure that can accompany physical intimacy, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.

Based on Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel of the same name, this is a rousing story of simple times.

Set in a small town in 1959 England, this is the story of a woman who decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield. Florence Green opens this first such shop in the sleepy seaside town of Hardborough, England.