September - October 2015 Film Guide

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dave’s Faves Films of the Month as recommended by our film programmer David Gillam.

audio description Audio Described films correct at time of going to press, but please check with Box Office at time of booking.

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SaTurday 29 2.30, TueSday 1 SePTeMBer 2.30, WedneSday 2 11.00, ThurSday 3 11.00, 6.00, Friday 4 6.00, SaTurday 5 11.00 aLSo PLayinG on SaTurday 10 oCToBer 11.00

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Friday 28 7.15, SaTurday 29 7.15, TueSday 1 SePTeMBer 6.00

Director: ronnie Del carmen, Pete Docter

Magic MiKe XXl (15)

With the VoiceS oF: amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith,

Director: gregory Jacobs

USa, 2015, 1 hour 42 minutes

Starring: channing tatum, Joe Manganiello,

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elizabeth Banks, amber heard USa, 2015, 1 hour 55 minutes

This time around Mike and his boys reunite for one last blow-out performance at a stripper convention. On the road to their final show, Mike and the guys make new friends, renew old acquaintances and learn some new moves..

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From the makers of Up and the Toy Story films comes this delightful tale of Riley, an 11-year-old girl whose world is turned upside down when she moves to San Francisco. It’s a simple story, featuring a new school, old friends and nervous parents. But the real drama goes on in Riley’s head, where we meet Joy, Fear, Anger, and Sadness. Each of them has physical characteristics to match their temperament.

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Friday 4 8.15, Monday 7 8.15, TueSday 8 11.00, 6.00, WedneSday 9 2.30, ThurSday 10 11.00

the legenD oF Barney thoMSon (15) Director: robert carlyle Starring: robert carlyle, ray Winstone,

emma thompson, tom courtenay UK, 2015, 1 hour 33 minutes

TueSday 1 11.00, WedneSday 2 6.00, SaTurday 5 2.30

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thoMaS & FrienDS: SoDor’S legenD oF the loSt treaSUre (U)

The strong cast includes Tom Courtenay as the baffled police chief and Ray Winstone as a fishout-of-water London copper exasperated by his Scottish colleagues blundering. It’s a marvellously macabre, comically absurd and playful film, impressively directed and with a terrific cast.

Director: David Stoten With the VoiceS oF: eddie redmayne, Joseph May, John hurt

USa, 2015, 1 hour 3 minutes

Surprises await Thomas and his friends as they dig up their most daring adventure yet.

Unearthing an old pirate ship, Thomas is on the hunt for Sodor’s lost treasure. Will Thomas track down the treasure in time, or will Sailor John set sail with it?

TueSday 1 8.15, WedneSday 2 2.30, 8.00, ThurSday 3 2.30, 8.00

MiSSion: iMPoSSiBle rogUe nation (12A) Director: christopher McQuarrie Starring: tom cruise, Simon Pegg, alec Baldwin,

rebecca Ferguson USa, 2015, 2 hours 15 minutes tbc

Our heroes are up against something called ‘The Syndicate’, an international rogue organisation that is intent on destroying the IMF. And then there’s the government looking to shut down Ethan Hunt and his team for good.

Monday 7 6.00, WedneSday 9 6.00

Still the Water (15) Director: naomi Kawase Starring: nijirô Murakami, Jun yoshinaga, Miyuki Matsuda

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Japan/France/Spain, 2014, 1 hour 59 minutes, subtitles

A quite remarkable film that asks if there is a good way to both live and die? Transplanted from Tokyo Kaito is moody because his mum’s misbehaving. Kyoto’s problem is her mum is dying. But mum’s a shaman so not worried about ‘going home’ as she’s lived with the spirit world all her life.

“There’s a Zen calm and a healing gentleness to . . . Still The Water” Peter Bradshaw, Guardian

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TueSday 8 2.30, WedneSday 9 11.00

Monday 14 6.00, TueSday 15 8.00, WedneSday 16 2.30 & 6.00

Winner Best director & Best Cinematography San Sebastian international Film Festival 2014

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Starring: Javier gutiérrez, raúl arévalo, María Varod

Director: alberto rodríguez

Director: Simon curtis

Spain, 2014, 1 hour 45 minutes, subtitles

Starring: helen Mirren, ryan reynolds, Katie holmes

Two ideologically opposed detectives are sent to a remote backwater to catch the perpetrator of a series of brutal murders. In the best Gothic tradition this is a corrupt land clinging to its own set of rules where the city boys can expect little help from the locals and no one is above suspicion.

Compulsively engaging entertainment, this skillfully links the two cops’ increasingly tricky investigation to Spain’s fascist past.

USa/UK, 2015, 1 hour 49 minutes

Sixty years after she fled Vienna during World War II, Maria Altmann, an elderly Jewish woman, tries to reclaim a Gustav Klimt painting, ‘The Lady in Gold’, stolen by the Nazis. With her usual aplomb Mirren elevates this crusade-for-justice drama to an engaging portrait of a spirited woman who won’t give up.

TueSday 8 8.00, WedneSday 9 8.15, ThurSday 10 2.30

aMy (15) Director: asif Kapadia Starring: amy Winehouse

USa, 2015, 2 hours 15 minutes

Packed full of fabulous footage of Amy Winehouse at her best (and worst) this tells the story of her tragically short life in style.

Impish, smart, raw, provocative and funny Amy’s music made her a star, but it was her chaotic personal life that stole the headlines.

TueSday 15 2.30

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SUite FrançaiSe (15) Director: Saul Dibb Starring: Kristin Scott thomas,

Sunday 13 2.00, Monday 14 11.00, 8.15, TueSday 15 6.00, WedneSday 16 11.00, 8.15, ThurSday 17 2.30

geMMa BoVery (15 TBC) Director: anne Fontaine Starring: gemma arterton,

Fabrice luchini, Jason Flemyng UK, 2015, 1 hour 39 minutes tbc

In this lighthearted comic take on Flaubert’s masterpiece Madame Bovary, Gemma Arterton glows as the title character - a passionate young Englishwoman whose dull married life in a provincial Norman town steers her towards adultery. Ex-Parisian Martin has settled into a Norman village as a baker, when earthy British beauty Gemma and her furniture restorer husband Charles Bovery move into a small farm nearby.

Michelle Williams, Matthias Schoenaerts UK/France/canada, 2015, 1 hour 47 minutes

Adapted from Irène Némirovsky’s wartime memoirs this is a classic ‘Romeo & Juliet’ story. When a handsome, refined German officer Bruno is billeted with the unhappy Lucille the two begin a hesitant relationship. Bringing both great emotion and the wider scope of history to a very personal story this wonderfully captures the tone of the novel.

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TueSday 22 2.30, WedneSday 23 11.00

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Mr holMeS (PG) Director: Bill condon Starring: ian McKellen,

laura linney, hiroyuki Sanada UK/USa, 2015, 1 hour 44 minutes

Friday 18 11.00, Sunday 20 7.45, Monday 21 8.00, TueSday 22 11.00, WedneSday 23 2.30, 8.00, ThurSday 24 11.00

Man FroM U.n.c.l.e (12A) AD Director: guy ritchie

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 hopes to find answers to the mysteries of life and love before it’s too late.

Starring: alicia Vikander, armie hammer, henry cavill

USa, 2015, 2 hours 5 minutes tbc

At the height of the Cold War CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin are forced to put aside longstanding hostilities. The two team up to stop a mysterious international criminal organization that is bent on destroying the world. To prevent a worldwide catastrophe the duo embark on a desperate race against time to find a vanished German scientist. Cool cars, handsome men in crisp suits, beautiful women in short skirts, this is like a classic 60s Bond movie both silly and sexy in a retro way.

Monday 21 6.00, WedneSday 23 6.00

theeB (15 TBC) Director: naji abu nowar Starring: Jacir eid al-hwietat, hussein

Salameh al-Sweilhiyeen, Jack Fox United arab emirates/Qatar/Jordan/UK, 2014, 1 hour 40 minutes, subtitles

Winner of Best director in Venice Film Festival horizons section

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It is 1916, the eve of the Arab revolt in a distant corner of the Ottoman Empire where Theeb (Arabic for Wolf) and his brother Hussein live a traditional Bedouin life. They find themselves assisting a mysterious blonde British officer on a perilous journey across the desert. Along the way they will encounter Arab revolutionaries, Ottoman mercenaries and bloodthirsty raiders.

Friday 25 2.30, SaTurday 26 2.30, 8.00, Monday 28 7.30, WedneSday 30 2.30, 8.00

aBSolUtely anything (12A) Director: terry Jones Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Simon Pegg, eddie izzard With the VoiceS oF: robin Williams, terry gilliam,

John cleese, Joanna lumley, eric idle UK/USa, 2015, 1 hour 26 minutes

It’s an experiment. As this group of eccentric aliens are deciding whether or not to destroy the Earth based on his actions.

Unfortunately, Neill goes ahead and shamelessly uses his new powers to improve his life. And even when he does try to make things better of course it all goes comically wrong.

SaTurday 26 11.00

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DirectorS: Pierre coffin, Kyle Balda With the VoiceS oF: Sandra Bullock,

Jon hamm, Jennifer Saunders USa, 2015, 1 hour 31 minutes

Those little yellow freaks from Despicable Me get their own family-friendly animated movie. This is a thrilling tale of how three Minions, Stuart, Kevin & Bob find a new evil master, Scarlet Overkill, the world’s first-ever female super-villain. With its own unique brand of visual slapstick this is a crazy, spirited fusion of off-beat adult humour and child-like cheerfulness that few will be able to resist.

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SaTurday 3 8.00***, Sunday 4 2.00, Monday 5 2.30, TueSday 6 2.30, 6.00, WedneSday 7 11.00, 8.15

45 yearS (15) Director: andrew haigh Starring: charlotte rampling,

SePteMBer SaTurday 26 6.00, WedneSday 30 11.00, 6.00

the WrecKing creW (15) Director: Denny tedesco Starring: Brian Wilson, cher, nancy Sinatra, herb alpert, glen campbell, leon russell, roger Mcguinn, gary lewis, Mickey Dolenz

Winner of Silver Bears for Best actor & Best actress Berlin international Film Festival 2015

tom courtenay, geraldine James UK, 2015, 1 hour 33 minutes *** Saturday 3 - Friends Fundraiser. £13 including a drink from 7pm (film starts at 8pm)

Kate is happily planning her 45th wedding anniversary party when a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. Elegant, restrained, and insightful, this is a haunting portrait of the nuances and subtleties of love.

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USa, 2015, 1 hour 41 minutes

With songs by the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, The Monkees, The Byrds, The Ronettes and dozens of others, this rocks along to one of the largest soundtracks of original music of any film ever made. These unknown heroes won the Grammy for ‘Best Record of the Year’ six years in a row so all your favourite songs are here.

octoBer SaTurday 3 6.00, TueSday 6 8.00, WedneSday 7 6.00

Winner Best Cinematography award Sundance Film Festival 2015

the Diary oF a teenage girl (18) Director: Marielle heller Starring: Bel Powley, alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig

USa, 2015, 1 hour 42 minutes

Longing for love Minnie sets her sights on her hippie mother’s boyfriend the happy-go-lucky Monroe. The 70s palette of burgeoning feminism, bad acid trips and brown corduroy is enlivened by bursts of psychedelic animation that perfectly illustrate Minnie’s blossoming imagination.

“An outstanding debut film.” hollywood reporter

Friday 9 11.00, 6.00, SaTurday 10 2.30, Sunday 11 2.00, Monday 12 6.00, TueSday 13 8.00, WedneSday 14 11.00, ThurSday 15 2.30

ricKi anD the FlaSh (12A) Director: Jonathan Demme Starring: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie gummer

USa, 2015, 1 hour 45 minutes tbc

Three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep stars as Ricki, a fading rocker who walked out on her husband and kids to chase the rock ‘n’ roll dream.

Years later, working on the check-out at a supermarket by day and gigging by night, she’s forced to confront the realities of the family she left behind. Naturally, there’s a little re-bonding to be done and Ricki gets a chance to put things right.

Friday 9 2.30, 8.30, Sunday 11 7.45, Monday 12 8.30, TueSday 13 6.00

Manglehorn (12A) Director: David gordon green Starring: al Pacino, holly hunter, harmony Korine

USa, 2015, 1 hour 37 minutes

Small town locksmith A.J. Manglehorn (Pacino) has never quite recovered from losing the love of his life, Clara. He feels closer to his beloved cat than the people around him and finds comfort in his daily routine. But when he starts a cautious friendship with Dawn, a kindhearted woman from the bank, this solitary man finds himself at a crossroads between staying mired in the past and embracing the present.

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octoBer SaTurday 17 6.00, Monday 19 8.15 TueSday 13 oCToBer 2.30

More than a Matinee Screening:

Song For Marion (PG)

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Starring: Vanessa redgrave, terence Stamp, gemma arterton, christopher ecclestone UK, 2012, 1 hour 33 minutes

Terminally ill Marion loves taking part in the local pensioners choir, but her curmudgeonly husband Arthur has not a kind word to say about her singing, her friends or their estranged son. Understanding that Arthur is suppressing more than just his feelings, singing teacher Elizabeth (Arterton) gradually unlocks his true voice.

natUral reSiStance (12A) Director: Jonathan nossitter Starring: Stefano Bellotti, elena Pantaleoni, giovanna tiezzi

italy/France, 2015, 1 hour 25 minutes, subtitles

Ten years after his landmark wine documentary Mondovino, Nossiter returns with this smart documentary about the corporate takeover of the wine industry. He follows four Italian winegrowers who live a dream life producing natural wine in a way that goes far beyond the merely “organic”.

Curiously traditional farming methods are now seen as revolutionary and each of these farmers encounter fierce resistance to their dreams of a natural, sustainable, and ecologically friendly winemaking industry.

WedneSday 14 2.30, ThurSday 15 11.00

Far FroM the MaDDing croWD (12A) Director: thomas Vinterberg Starring: carey Mulligan,

Matthias Schoenarts, tom Sturridge UK/USa, 2014, 1 hour 59 minutes

A beautiful adaptation of Hardy’s classic tale of Bathsheba Everdene (Mulligan), an independent, headstrong woman at odds with the conventions of Victorian England.

Bathsheba’s passions and the choices she makes inevitably lead to tragedy. This epic story explores the nature of love and a woman’s power of resilience and her perseverance in overcoming any hardship.

Friday 23 11.00 & 2.30, Sunday 25 2.00, Monday 26 8.00, TueSday 27 8.00, WedneSday 28 8.00

MiSS JUlie (15) Director: liv Ullman

SaTurday 17 7.45, Sunday 18 2.00, Monday 19 6.00, WedneSday 21 2.30

Me anD earl anD the Dying girl (12A) Director: alfonso gomez-rejon Starring: thomas Mann, ronald cyler ii, olivia cooke

USa, 2015, 1 hour 44 minutes

Greg’s life takes an awkward and surprising turn when he succumbs to his Mum’s well-meaning demands that he visit his childhood friend Rachel, recently diagnosed with leukaemia. Unique in its Winner of the sincere depiction of the deep bonds audience award & Grand Jury of platonic friendship between teens Prize Sundance across gender, class and race, this Film Festival 2015 witty, touching comedy is surely set to be a touchstone for a generation.

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.

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PaSSenger liFt rePlaceMent

octoBer SaTurday 24 11.00

BriDge to teraBithia (PG)

the foyer passenger lift is scheduled for replacement in late autumn. We regret that this will mean that there will be no lift access to upper floors whilst the work is undertaken. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and will endeavour to do all we can to ensure access to services for all is maintained. For up to date information or to request assistance, please see the access pages of our website or contact the Box office.

DirectorS: gabor csupo Starring: Josh hutcherson, annaSophia robb,

robert Patrick USa, 2007, 1 hour 35 minutes

Jesse and Leslie create their own imaginary kingdom filled with giants, trolls and all manner of magical beings where they rule as King and Queen. Their adventures battling the Dark Master give them the courage to deal with their real world troubles at school and home.

“Puts a premium on fun and feeling without condescension or corn” empire

SaTurday 24 2.30, Monday 26 6.00, TueSday 27 2.30 & 6.00, WedneSday 28 6.00, ThurSday 29 2.30

TueSday 27 11.00

laByrinth (U) Director: Jim henson Starring: David Bowie, Jennifer

connelly, toby Froud USa, 1986, 1 hour 38 minutes

Frustrated with babysitting again, Sarah, a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins to take her baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must negotiate the mazy goblin city and cross the Bog of Eternal Stench to rescue him from the talons of Goblin King Bowie. Guarding his castle is the labyrinth itself, a twisted maze of deception, populated with outrageous characters and unknown dangers.

Strange Magic (U) Director: gary rydstrom

ThurSday 29 11.00

With the VoiceS oF: alan cumming,

tangleD (PG)

evan rachel Wood, Maya rudolph, alfred Molina USa, 2015, 1 hour 45 minutes tbc

A colourful cast of goblins, elves, fairies and imps are all trying to get hold of a magic potion.

In the end, it’s not the usual violent mayhem that saves the day. It’s love, it’s singing, its open hearts and minds.

DirectorS: Byron howard, nathan greno With the VoiceS oF: Zachary levi,

Mandy Moore, richard Kiel USa, 2010, 1 hour 38 minutes

Rapunzel is a beautiful, feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair rescued by the kingdom’s most wanted - and most charming – bandit. In Disney’s grand tradition the artwork and animation are superb, filled with bright imagery and glorious colours. Witty, charming, and visually sumptuous, this is family entertainment at its best.