July - August 2015 Film Guide

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JUne Monday 29 11.00 tueSday 30 7.30

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The FaLLinG (15) DireCTor: Carol Morley STarrinG: Greta Scacchi,

Maisie Williams, Maxine peake UK, 2014, 1 hour 40 minutes

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At the heart of the film is Abbie, the charismatic leader-of-the-pack, and her best friend, intense, troubled Lydia with her murky family secrets.

With its stunning English landscape, excellent young leads and dream-like quality this is like Heavenly Creatures meets Picnic at Hanging Rock.

“This is terrific film-making - enough to bring a rush of blood to the head.”

Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

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JULY Sunday 5 2.00, Monday 6 2.30, 8.00 thurSday 9 11.00

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WhiLe We’re YoUnG (15) DireCTor: noah Baumbach STarrinG: naomi Watts, Ben Stiller, adam Driver,

amanda Seyfried USa, 2015, 1 hour 37 minutes

Monday 29 2.30, 6.00

The Man Who SaVeD The WorLD (15) DireCTorS: peter anthony STarrinG: Stanislav petrov, Kevin Costner,

Sergey Shynyrov Denmark, 2014, 1 hour 45 minutes, subtitles

Childless filmmakers Josh and Cornelia are rejuvenated when they make friends with a younger married couple disarming Darby and aspiring director, Jamie.

But problems arise when Josh and Jamie start to collaborate on a new project.

Few people have ever heard of humble Soviet officer, Stanislav Petrov. Yet hundreds of millions of us are alive because of his actions. September 26, 1983. Soviet early-warning systems register five blips heading for its airspace, but are they American missiles or something more innocent?

Monday 6 6.00, WedneSday 8 11.00 thurSday 9 2.30

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ShooTinG For SoCraTeS (PG) DireCTor: James erskine

Monday 29 8.15

GirLhooD (15) DireCTor: Céline Sciamma STarrinG: Karidja Touré, assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh

France, 2014, 1 hour 53 minutes, subtitles

There are few options for black girls growing up on the edge of Paris. Weighed down by her family, her dead-end school prospects and the boy’s law that runs in her estate, Marieme joins the supportive social whirl of a girl gang. There she gives up on asking for the things she wants in life and learns to just take them.

“Beautifully observed, precisely directed and acted with wonderful conviction” L.a times

STarrinG: richard Dormer,

Conleth hill, John hannah UK, 2015, 1 hour 31 minutes

November 1985, and the troubled streets of Belfast are torn up by rioting yet again. In amongst the angry mob we find young Tommy with only one thing on his football-mad mind. In the forthcoming World Cup tiny Northern Ireland will take on the mighty Brazil led by none other than their philosopher-captain (Dr.) Sócrates.

WedneSday 8 2.30

WiLD TaLeS (15) DireCTorS: Damián Szifrón STarrinG: ricardo Darín, oscar Martínez,

Leonardo Sbaraglia argentina/Spain, 2014, 2 hours 2 minutes, subtitles

A model on a plane discovers a strange coincidence with other passengers on a flight; a waitress serves up just desserts to a cantankerous customer; an obnoxious driver triggers a series of road-rage incidents; a parking warden tows the car of a demolition expert one too many times; a wealthy businessman tries to cover up his spoilt son’s crimes and a bride takes revenge on her philandering groom.

“A terrific film and a real find” Peter Bradshaw, the Guardian

Winner of the audience awards at San Sebastián international Film Festival and Sarajevo Film Festival

Friday 10 6.00, Monday 13 8.30

We are ManY

director amir amirani will answer questions after the film on Friday 10

(12A) DireCTor: amir amirani STarrinG: Ken Loach, Mark rylance,

noam Chomsky, Tony Benn UK, 2014, 1 hour 44 minutes

We Are Many charts the events that led to the ‘Stop The War’ protests when 30 million people in over 800 cities across the world demonstrated against the Iraq War. It’s a hugely inspiring story about the power of modern communications to rally people to a common cause.

“Anyone doubting the value of protest should watch this film” huffington Post

Saturday 11 2.30 Friday 10 11.00 , 2.30, 8.30, Saturday 11 6.00, Sunday 12 2.00, Monday 13 11.00 , 6.00, tueSday 14 8.00, WedneSday 15 11.00 , 2.30, thurSday 16 11.00

QUeen anD CoUnTrY (15) DireCTor: John Boorman STarrinG: Callum Turner, David Thewlis,

richard e Grant, Tamsin egerton UK,/ireland/France, 2014, 1 hour 55 minutes

18-year-old Bill finds himself teaching typing to soldiers who will soon be on the frontline in Korea. But Bill has little time for the pomp and hierarchy of military life as he has more serious matters to attend to, such as a beautiful older woman and his growing obsession with cinema.

ToY STorY (PG) DireCTor: John Lasseter WiTh The VoiCeS oF: Tom hanks, Tim allen, Don rickles

USa, 1995, 1 hour 19 minutes

Twenty years ago Pixar broke the yoke of ‘children’s movies’ with their innuendo-laced jokes for the adults to enjoy that whizz over the heads of the tots - hopefully! Centering on the simple idea that toys have a life of their own, this is the story of jovial cowboy doll Woody who is profoundly jealous when Buzz Lightyear a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in Andy’s room.

Friday 17 2.30, Saturday 18 8.00, Monday 20 2.30, 6.00, tueSday 21 11.00, 7.30, WedneSday 22 2.00, 7.30, thurSday 23 2.30, 8.15 Saturday 11 8.15, Monday 13 2.30 tueSday 14 6.00

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JUraSSiC WorLD (12A)

The SaLVaTion (15)

DireCTor: Colin Trevorrow

DireCTorS: Kristian Levring

nick robinson, omar Sy

STarrinG: Mads Mikkelsen, eva Green,

UK, 2014, 1 hour 47 minutes

STarrinG: Bryce Dallas howard, Jake Johnson,

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, eric Cantona USa, 2015, 1 hour 32 minutes

Leading to the inevitable final showdown in the dazzling desert landscape that’s as thrilling and satisfying as it is gruesomely inventive.

Levring shows a deft awareness of the genre with his nods to Huston’s The Treasure Of the Sierra Madre and Sergio Leone’s Once upon A Time In The West.

tueSday 14 11.00 More than a Matinee thurSday 16 2.30

an aMeriCan in pariS (U) DireCTor: Vincente Minnelli STarrinG: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, nina Foch

USa, 1951, 1 hour 53 minutes

.Widely considered the greatest dance musical of all time. This joyful riot of colour, movement and song is guaranteed to put a smile on your face! The simple love triangle story unleashes a glorious Technicolor celebration of love.

For more information about More Than a Matinee speak to the Box Office on 01432 340555.

“A musical both ludicrously overpraised . . and underrated.” time out

As John Hammond originally envisioned Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, ‘Jurassic World’. With visitor rates declining after ten years of operation a new attraction is created to re-spark visitor’s interest. But inevitably it all goes horribly wrong.

Friday 17 11.00, Saturday 18 5.30, Monday 20 11.00, tueSday 21 2.30, WedneSday 22 11.00, thurSday 23 11.00

ToMorroWLanD - a WorLD BeYonD (U TBC) DireCTor: Brad Bird STarrinG: George Clooney, hugh Laurie,

Britt robertson UK, 2014, 1 hour 58 minutes tbc

Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boygenius inventor embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of ‘Tomorrowland’. An enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory.

JULY Monday 20 8.15, WedneSday 22 2.30, thurSday 23 6.00

Winner Special Jury Prize Locarno international Film Festival

Friday 24 2.30, Saturday 25 11.00, Sunday 26 2.00, Monday 27 2.30, tueSday 28 2.30, WedneSday 29 2.30, thurSday 30 2.30, Friday 31 11.00, 6.00, Saturday 1 2.30

MinionS (U)

LiSTen Up phiLip (15)

DireCTor: pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda

DireCTorS: alex ross perry

Jon hamm, Jennifer Saunders USa, 2015, 1 hour 37 minutes tbc

STarrinG: Jason Schwartzman,

elisabeth Moss, Jonathan pryce USa, 2015, 1 hour 49 minutes

Prickly, proudly egocentric Philip is riddled with insecurities and incapable of seeing beyond himself. An examination of creative egotism and unhealthy relationships that is made vastly enjoyable thanks to its bracing intelligence, acerbic wit and a dawning humanity that finally offers the audience, if not the vulnerable and ridiculous Philip, some perspective.

WiTh The VoiCeS oF: Sandra Bullock,

When one of the Minions accidentally ends up being crowned King of England his fellow Minions soon get him off the hook. This then settles into the thrilling tale of how three Minions, Stuart, Kevin & Bob find a new evil master, Scarlet Overkill, the world’s first-ever female super-villain.

Friday 24 8.15, Saturday 25 5.30, Sunday 26 11.00, Monday 27 11.15, 7.30, tueSday 28 11.15, 7.30, WedneSday 29 11.00, 6.00, thurSday 30 7.30

Mr hoLMeS (12A TBC) DireCTorS: Bill Condon STarrinG: ian McKellen, Laura Linney, hiroyuki Sanada

UK/USa, 2015, 1 hour 43 minutes

Friday 24 11.00, 6.00, Saturday 25 2.30, 7.45 Sunday 26 4.30, Monday 27 11.00, 8.00, tueSday 28 6.00, WedneSday 29 8.15, thurSday 30 11.00, 6.00

The Choir (PG) DireCTor: François Girard STarrinG: Dustin hoffman, Josh Lucas, Kathy Bates,

eddie izzard USa, 2015, 1 hour 43 minutes

After the death of his mum, Stet, a troubled 11year-old orphan from small town Texas ends up amongst the privileged kids at a cutthroat choir school back East. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with the gruff, demanding Choir Master who refuses to let Stet squander his unique talent.

Looking back on his life from the comfort of his seaside retreat a long-retired Sherlock Holmes finds himself haunted by an unsolved case from 50 years ago. As he grapples with the case that forced him into retirement, Holmes comes to rely on his housekeeper’s young son Roger to help him find answers to the mysteries of life and love before it’s too late.

aUGUST tueSday 11 2.30, WedneSday 12 2.30, thurSday 13 11.00, 2.30

TWo BY TWo (U) DireCTor: Toby Genkel, Sean McCormack WiTh The VoiCeS oF: patrick Fitzsymons,

Tara Flynn, alan Stanford ireland/Germany/Belgium/Luxembourg, 2015, 1 hour 25 minutes Monday 27 6.00, tueSday 28 8.15, thurSday 30 8.15

SLoW WeST (15) DireCTor: John Maclean STarrinG: Michael Fassbender,

Kodi Smit-Mcphee, Ben Mendelsohn UK/new Zealand, 2014, 1 hour 24 minutes

It’s the end of the world. A flood is coming. Luckily for Dave and his son Finny, a couple of clumsy Nestrians, an Ark has been built to save all animals. But as it turns out, Nestrians aren’t allowed.

Sneaking on board with the help of Hazel and her daughter Leah, they think they’re safe…

Travelling across the West in search of the love of his life Jay, a boyish innocent young man stumbles in to a series of absurd and surreal encounters. Luckily for him he is saved by Silas, a laconic bounty hunter who proceeds to ride shotgun, protecting Jay from all manner of horrifying scrapes.

tueSday 11 7.15, WedneSday 12 7.15, thurSday 13 7.15

Friday 31 2.30, 8.00, Saturday 1 7.15

The ThirD Man (PG) DireCTorS: Carol reed STarrinG: orson Welles, Joseph Cotton,

alida Valli, Trevor howard USa, 1949, 1 hour 44 minutes

This master class in atmosphere and style has down-on-his-luck pulp writer Holly Martins arriving broke in post-war Vienna, a sinkhole of intrigue.

He finds his dear old pal Harry Lime has been killed in an accident. As Holly searches for the unknown “third Winner of man” at the scene of Harry’s Best Cinematography death, inevitably not all is as oscar it seems.

SaLT oF The earTh (12A) DireCTorS: Wim Wender, Juliano riberio Salgado STarrinG: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wender,

Juliano ribeiro Salgado France/Brazil/italy 2014, 1 hour 50 minutes, subtitles

Salgado didn’t take his first photograph until he was 26, but is now world famous for the dignity and the beauty his photographs give to the poor and dispossessed. He has worked in over 100 countries witnessing some of the major events of our recent history. By contrast his later landscape work is a tribute to our planet’s extraordinary beauty.

“Both illuminating and uplifting... a moving tribute to a peerless talent.” andrew Pulver, the Guardian ****

Winner audience award San Sebastian Film Festival

Friday 14 2.30, Saturday 15 11.00, 2.30, Monday 17 2.30, tueSday 18 2.30, WedneSday 19 11.00, 2.30, thurSday 20 2.30

SonG oF The Sea (PG)

Friday 21 7.15, Saturday 22 7.15, Monday 24 7.15, tueSday 25 7.15, WedneSday 26 2.30, thurSday 27 7.15

SeLF/LeSS (12A) DireCTor: Tarsem Singh

DireCTorS: Tomm Moore

STarrinG: Ben Kingsley, ryan reynolds,

WiTh The VoiCeS oF: Brendan Gleeson,

Matthew Goode USa, 2015, 1 hour 52 minutes tbc

Fionnula Flanagan, David rawle ireland/Denmark/Belgium/Luxembourg/France, 2014, 1 hour 33 minutes

Ben, and his mute daughter, Saoirse, a widowed lighthouse keeper ships the kids back to Dublin. But Saoirse, who can turn into a seal, escapes from her grandmother’s home and travels to the sea to free fairy creatures trapped in the modern world.

This beautifully animated Irish fable creates a magical world that pulls you in and leaves you feeling changed by the journey.

When his body starts to fail hugely wealthy Damian Hill turns to the best science he can buy to try to achieve immortality. He agrees to undergo a radical procedure that will inject his consciousness into a living empty shell. When he wakes up in the body of a much younger, stronger and more handsome fellow, all appears well. But of course there’s a catch.

Friday 14 11.00, 7.15, Monday 17 11.00, 7.15, tueSday 18 7.15, WedneSday 19 7.15, thurSday 20 7.15

MiSS JULie (15) DireCTor: Liv Ullman STarrinG: Jessica Chastain,

Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton UK/Canada/USa/France/ norway/ireland, 2015, 2 hours 9 minutes

Over the course of a midsummer’s night aristocrat’s daughter Julie makes a pass at her father’s valet, who has worshipped her from afar but is engaged to a local girl.

By turns seductive and bullying, savage and tender, their intimacy, mutual loathing and attraction lead to desperate plans and vision of a life together . . .

Chastain is glorious to witness, while Morton charts her character’s heartbreak without an ounce of self-pity.

Friday 21 2.30, Saturday 22 11.00, 2.30, Monday 24 2.30, tueSday 25 2.30, WedneSday 26 11.00, thurSday 27 2.30

anT-Man (12A) DireCTor: peyton reed STarrinG: Michael Douglas, paul rudd, hayley atwell

USa, 2015, 1 hour 58 minutes tbc

Marvel’s latest Hank Pym, an inventor whose spectacular super-shrinking suit is found by everyday loser Scott Lang transforming him into the famous crime fighter. Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Lang must embrace his inner hero and pull off a heist that will save the world.