May - June 2015 Film Guide

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

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The BesT aWarded FilMs april Fri 10 11.00, Wed 15 11.15, Thu 16 11.00

TesTaMenT oF youTh (12A)

Tue 14 11.00, Wed 15 2.00

The Grand BuapesT hoTel (15) direcTor: Wes anderson

direcTor: James Kent

sTarrinG: ralph Fiennes, Bill Murray, Tilda swinton

sTarrinG: alicia vikander, Kit harrington,

usa/Germany, 2014, 1 hour 58 minutes

hayley atwell, dominic West uK, 2015, 2 hours 10 minutes

May Mon 13 2.30, Wed 15 11.00, 6.00

Wild (15) direcTor:

Jean-Marc vallée sTarrinG: reese Witherspoon, Gaby hoffmann, laura dean us, 2014, 1 hour 56 minutes

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Friday 1 11.15, SaTurday 2 11.00 ThurSday 14 11.15, 2.30 Friday 15 2.30

The Theory oF everyThinG (12A) direcTor: James Marsh sTarrinG: eddie redmayne, Felicity Jones, david Thewlis, emily Watson usa, 2014, 2 hours 3 minutes

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May Friday 1 8.15, SaTurday 2 2.30, 5.30 Friday 1 11.00, 2.00, 7.30, SaTurday 2 2.00, 7.30, Sunday 3 2.00, TueSday 5 11.00, 2.00, 7.45, WedneSday 6 11.00, 2.30, 6.00, ThurSday 7 11.00, 2.30, 8.30

The Tale oF The princess KaGuya (U)

a liTTle chaos (12A)

direcTors: isao Takahata

direcTor: alan rickman

WiTh The voices oF: chloe Grace Moretz, James caan, Mary steenburgen

sTarrinG: Kate Winslet, alan rickman, stanley Tucci,

Japan 2014, 2 hours 17 minutes

Matthias schoenaerts uK, 2014, 1 hour 56 minutes

Sabine is a strong-willed landscape designer with real flair who is chosen to build one of the main gardens at King Louis XIV’s new palace at Versailles. Thrust to the very centre of Louis XIV’s court she has to tread warily amongst the perilous rivalries and intricate etiquette. But Sabine is made of strong stuff.

Friday 1 2.30, 6.00, SaTurday 2 8.15, Sunday 3 11.30, TueSday 5 11.15, 2.30, WedneSday 6 8.30, ThurSday 7 6.00

The Good lie (12A)

nominated for Best animated Feature Film oscar

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old peasant and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady who enthralls all who see her.

In turn five men from prestigious families propose to her. Kaguya asks them to find memorable marriage gifts for her, but they are all unable to find what she wants.

Friday 8 11.00, 2.30, 7.30, SaTurday 9 8.00, Sunday 10 2.00, Monday 11 11.00, 6.00, TueSday 12 11.00, 2.30, 8.00, ThurSday 14 11.00, 2.00, 7.45, TueSday 2 June 8.15

direcTor: philippe Falardeau

WoMan in Gold (12A TBC)

sTarrinG: reese Witherspoon, arnold oceng, Kuoth Wiel

direcTors: simon curtis

usa, 2014, 1 hour 50 minutes

sTarrinG: helen Mirren, ryan reynolds, Katie holmes

A touching, generous hearted drama based on the true story of Sudanese refugees who win the chance to resettle in America. Told from their perspective this treats the immigrants experience with sensitivity despite the inevitable confusions that come from being transported to a new world.

usa/uK, 2015, 1 hour 54 minutes tbc

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. Her fight takes her to the heart of the Austrian establishment and all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Monday 18 6.00, TueSday 19 2.30, WedneSday 20 11.00, 7.30, ThurSday 21 8.00

darK horse (PG) direcTor: louise osmond sTarrinG: howard davies,

Brian ‘daisy’ vokes, Tony Kerby Wales, 2015, 1 hour 26 minutes

SaTurday 9 6.00, Monday 11 8.15, TueSday 12 6.00

Blind (15 TBC)

Winner of World Cinema Best Script Sundance Film Festival 2014

direcTor: eskil vogt

Winner audience award for Best documentary Sundance Film Festival

Amazingly, Dream Alliance, the horse they raised on the allotments in Cefn Forest takes them on a roller coaster journey to the top of the racing world. Following their dream the bar maid, ex-miners and pensioners mix with Countesses and Sheikhs in the owners enclosure at Aintree.

sTarrinG: ellen dorrit petersen, henrik rafaelsen,

vera vitali, Marius Kolbenstvedt norway, 2015, 1 hour 36 minutes, subtitles

When she loses her sight, cool and controlling Ingrid retreats to the safety of her home, alone with her husband, her laptop and her thoughts.

Soon she’s involved with a variety of characters, from an overweight, voyeuristic singleton, a lonely divorcee who longs for intimacy, to her clueless husband. However, what we see is far from straightforward in this smart, mercurial comedy.

Sunday 17 2.00, TueSday 19 8.00

The Tales oF hoFFMan (U) direcTor: Michael powell, emeric pressburger sTarrinG: Moira shearer, ludmilla Tcherina,

anne ayars, robert rounseville uK, 1951, 2 hours 13 minutes

Showing the three great romances in the life of the poet-hero, Hoffmann's tales depict the struggle between human love and the artist's dedication to his work. Although he loses each of the women he loves Hoffmann gains poetic inspiration to transform painful experiences into art.

Monday 18 8.00, TueSday 19 6.00

JauJa (15)

Winner FiPreSCi prize un Certain regard Cannes Film Festival 2014

direcTor: lisandro alonso sTarrinG: viggo Mortenson, viilbjørk Mallin agger, Ghita nørby

argentina-usa-netherlands-France-Mexico-denmarkGermany-Brazil, 2014, 1 hour 41 minutes, subtitles

When his 15-year-old daughter Ingeborg elopes with a young soldier, the distraught Captain Dinesen (Mortenson) embarks on an epic journey across an empty wilderness in the hope of tracking the couple down. Mortensen excels as the quixotic Dinesen who descends into single-minded obsession as his quest takes him beyond the confines of the known world.

FroM scripT To screen soMe GreaT liTerary adapTaTions

SaTurday 23 May 5.30, WedneSday 27 May 11.00

12 years a slave (15) direcTor: steve McQueen sTarrinG: chiwetel ejoifor,

“12 Years a Slave isn’t simply a masterpiece, it's a milestone” daily Telegraph

Michael Fassbender, Brad pitt, Michael K. Williams, Benedict cumberbatch usa/uK, 2013, 2 hours 14 minutes

SaTurday 30 May 2.30

charloTTe’s WeB (U) direcTors: Gary Winick sTarrinG: dakota Fanning,

Kevin anderson WiTh The voices oF: Julia

roberts, John cleese, robert redford, steve Buscemi usa, 2006, 1 hour 33 minutes

TueSday 9 June 11.00, WedneSday June 10 11.00 Monday 1 June 11.00, TueSday 2 June 2.30, ThurSday 4 June 11.00

BooK ThieF (12A)

aToneMenT (15)

direcTor: Brian percival

direcTor: Joe Wright sTarrinG: Keira Knightley,

James Mcavoy, romola Garai, vanessa redgrave uK, 2007, 1 hour 52 minutes “What a clever, ambitious, compassionate picture it is; It's a film which aims at big ideas, and it treats us like grownups.”

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Friday 12 June 8.00, SaTurday 13 June 8.00

Geoffrey rush, emily Watson usa/Germany, 2014, 2 hours 11minutes “One of the best movies of the year, featuring one of the most perfect endings of any movie in recent memory”. richard roeper, The Chicago Sun-Times

SaTurday 13 June 2.30, WedneSday 17 June 11.00

liFe oF pi (PG)

aMerican sniper (15)

direcTor: ang lee

direcTor: clint eastwood

sTarrinG: suraj sharma,

sTarrinG: Bradley cooper,

irfan Khan, Tabu usa, 2012, 2 hours 7 minutes

sienna Miller, luke Grimes usa, 2014, 2 hours 12 minutes “A welcome comeback for Eastwood”. daily Telegraph

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“To produce a coherent film from Martel's tricky novel would be achievement enough, but Ang Lee has extracted something beautiful, wise and, at times, miraculous” empire

May Friday 22 11.15, SaTurday 23 2.30, Sunday 24 2.30, TueSday 26 2.30, , ThurSday 28 2.30 WedneSday 27 6.00

cinderella (U) direcTor: Kenneth Branagh sTarrinG: cate Blanchett, lily James,

helena Bonham carter usa, 2014, 1 hour 48 minutes tbc

Although she’s at the mercy of a jealous and cruel new family Ella is determined not to despair. Even though she finds herself forced to work as a servant for her ugly stepsisters. When she meets a dashing stranger in the woods, Ella finally feels she has met a kindred soul.

Friday 22 11.00, 2.30, 7.30, SaTurday 23 8.15, Sunday 24 2.00, TueSday 26 7.30, WedneSday 27 8.15, ThurSday 28 11.00

Far FroM The MaddinG croWd (12A ) direcTor: Thomas vinterberg sTarrinG: carey Mulligan,

Matthias schoenarts, Tom sturridge uK/usa, 2014, 2 hours 12 minutes tbc

Determined to better herself, she attracts three very different suitors Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor. Bathsheba's passions and the choices she makes inevitably lead to tragedy.

SaTurday 23 11.00, Sunday 24 11.30, TueSday 26 11.00, WedneSday 27 2.30, Friday 29 2.30, SaTurday 30 11.00, Sunday 31 2.00

hoMe (U) direcTor: Tim Johnson WiTh The voices oF: Jim parsons, rihanna,

steve Martin, Jennifer lopez usa, 2014, 1 hour 33 minutes

Through a series of comic adventures, Oh comes to understand that being different and making mistakes is all part of being human. And while he changes her planet and she changes his world, they discover the true meaning of the word HOME.

Friday 29 11.00, 8.00, SaTurday 30 6.00, Sunday 31 7.45, Monday 1 June 8.00, TueSday 2 11.00, 6.00, WedneSday 3 11.00, ThurSday 4 2.30

The aGe oF adaline (12A TBC) direcTors: lee Toland Krieger sTarrinG: Blake lively, ellen Burstyn, harrison Ford,

Michiel huisman usa, 2014, 1 hour 50 minutes tbc

Born at the turn of 20th century, Adaline Bowman is rendered ageless after an accident.

She lives a solitary life, protecting herself and her secret – that she has miraculously remained 29 years old for almost eighty years. For obvious reasons she has never allowed herself to get close to anyone.

Friday 29 6.00, SaTurday 30 8.15, Monday 1 June 2.30, 6.00

duKhTar (15) direcTor: Ben palmer sTarrinG: simon pegg, lake Bell, olivia Williams,

rory Kinnear uK/France, 2014, 1 hour 22 minutes

On the road with murderous tribesman this gripping road movie both explores the disturbing plight of child brides and subtly unveils the connected struggles of generations of women shouldering adversity.

Friday 12 6.00, SaTurday 13 6.00, Sunday 14 2.00, Monday 15 8.00, TueSday 16 8.00, WedneSday 17 2.30, 6.00

Man up (15) direcTor: Ben palmer sTarrinG: simon pegg, lake Bell, olivia Williams,

rory Kinnear uK/France, 2014, 1 hour 22 minutes

34, single, hung-over again, Nancy is on her way to toast another 10 years of her parent's happy marriage when she bumps into divorcee Jack, who mistakes her for his 24 year old blind date.

Deciding to go with it, Nancy enjoys the most chaotic, hilarious, unforgettable journey of her life.

June Friday 5 11.00, 2.30, 8.30, SaTurday 6 6.00, Sunday 7 2.00, Monday 8 11.00, 6.00, TueSday 9 2.30, 8.15, WedneSday 10 2.30, ThurSday 11 11.00

Friday 5 6.00, SaTurday 6 8.15, Monday 8 2.30

a royal niGhT ouT (12A TBC)

direcTor: ruben Östlund

direcTor: Julian Jarrold

lisa loven Kongsli, vincent Wettergren

sTarrinG: emily Watson, rupert everett, sarah Gadon uK, 2014, 1 hour 42 minutes tbc

Based on untold true events, A Royal Night Out is the heart warming, charming tale of the Queen as you’ve never seen her before. VE Day, 1945. Across the world, people are celebrating the end of the war. London overflows with celebration and excess. Two teenage sisters are allowed out at night for the first time to join the party.

They have an amazing adventure; it’s like a first date.

Force MaJeure (15) sTarrinG: Johannes Bah Kuhnke,

norway, 2014, 1 hour 59 minutes, subtitles

Dad Tomas makes a snap decision that will shake his family's world to its core. A thoughtful, precisely observed examination of the person who lives inside each of us, emerging only in the most unguarded moments. This brilliant, wickedly funny takedown of bourgeois complacency and gender stereotypes will haunt you long after you leave the cinema.

Winner a Certain regard Jury Prize Cannes Film Festival 2014

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June Monday 8 8.15, TueSday 9 6.00

dreaMcaTcher (15) direcTor: Kim longinotto sTarrinG: Brenda Myers-powell, stephanie daniels-Wilson uK/usa, 2014, 1 hour 44 minutes

Charming, charismatic Brenda, a whirlwind force for change, draws on the skills and strength she learnt on the street to show young girls with few choices in life that they do have an alternative.

Captured with unobtrusive intimacy, as ever Longinotto, Britain’s finest documentary filmmaker conveys her warmth and respect for her subjects.

Winner Best World Cinema documentary Sundance Film Festival 2015

Friday 19 2.30, SaTurday 20 8.00, Monday 22 7.30, TueSday 23 7.30, WedneSday 24 2.30, ThurSday 25 11.00

The neW GirlFriend (15 TBC) direcTor: Francois ozon sTarrinG: romain duris,

anaïs demoustier, raphaël personnaz

Winner Best Film San Sebastian Film Festival

France, 2014, 1 hour 47 minutes, subtitles

Friday 12 11.00, 2.30, Monday 15 11.00, 2.30, 7.30, TueSday 16 6.00

sTill liFe (12A)

Devastated by the death of her best friend, Claire promises to watch over her husband David and newborn child. Battling through a fog of depression, she reluctantly drags herself to David’s plush suburban home only to make a startling discovery about the form his grief has taken.

direcTor: uberto pasolini sTarrinG: eddie Marsan, Joanne

Froggatt, andrew Buchan uK, 2014, 1 hour 32 minutes

When John is made redundant he focuses all his efforts on his last case of his elderly neighbour, Billy, uncovering a life of mischief, misadventure, love and regret.

Monday 15 6.00, WedneSday 17 8.00

alTMan (15) direcTor: ron Mann sTarrinG: Julianne Moore,

Bruce Willis, robin Williams usa, 2014, 1 hour 35 minutes

A no-nonsense look at the life and work of the late, great Robert Altman, who directed Gosford Park, Nashville, McCabe & Mrs Miller, and MASH among many fine movies in a fifty year career.

SaTurday 20 2.30, 6.00, Sunday 21 2.00, ThurSday 25 2.30

The MooMins (U) direcTors: Xavier picard, hanna hemilä

Finland/France, 2014, 1 hour 20 minutes tbc

After an adventure-packed sea journey the Moomins reach the Riviera, a place that puts their unity to the test. Snorkmaiden is dazzled by the attentions of a playboy and Moomin learns that jealousy’s sting is the most painful of all.