March - April 2016 Film Guide

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

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BorderLines FiLM FesTiVaL 2016 Friday 26 FeBruary sunday 13 MarCh

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From Turkey to Japan Borderlines brings you films and previews from all over the world to warm the cockles of your heart.

A full list of films can be found online.

Visit borderlinesfilmfestival.org for full details and offers

Monday 14 11.00, 2.30, 7.30, Tuesday 15 2.30, Wednesday 16 7.30 aLso shoWinG sunday 10 aPriL 7.45, Monday 11 11.00, 2.30, Thursday 14 11.00

DaD’S army (12A tbc) Director: oliver Parker StarrinG: Bill nighy, catherine Zeta-Jones, michael Gambon Uk, 2015, 2 hours tbc

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As the war draws to its conclusion, Captain Mainwaring’s Home Guard have to deal with a German spy and a glamorous female journalist (Catherine Zeta Jones).

saTurday 19 11.00

Monday 21 2.30, Wednesday 23 11.00

oDDBaLL anD tHe PenGUinS (U)

tHe DaniSH GirL (15)

Director: Stuart mcDonald

StarrinG: eddie redmayne, alicia vikander, Ben Wishaw

StarrinG: alan tudyk, Sarah Snook,

Uk/Germany/USa, 2015, 2 hours

Deborah mailman, kai the Sheepdog australia, 2015, 1 hours 35 minutes tbc

With the help of his granddaughter, Swampy, an eccentric chicken farmer trains his mischievous dog Oddball to protect a penguin sanctuary from fox attacks. Based on a true story, Swampy is also hoping to keep his family together and save their seaside town.

Courtyard Family saturday – film & workshop from 10.30am

Director: tom Hooper

A luscious, gorgeously crafted period drama from the director of The King’s Speech set in 1920s Copenhagen. Artists Lili and Gerda’s marriage changes as they navigate Lili’s ground-breaking journey as one of the world’s first transsexuals.

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Monday 21 6.00 , Tuesday 22 8.15, Wednesday 23 2.30

oUr BranD iS criSiS (15) Director: David Gordon Green

saTurday 26 11.00, Tuesday 29 2.30, Wednesday 30 11.00, Thursday 31 11.00, 2.30

aLvin & tHe cHiPmUnkS: tHe roaD cHiP (U) Director: Walt Becker StarrinG: Jason Lee, Jesica ahlberg, Josh Green

USa, 2015, 1 hours 32 minutes

StarrinG: Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob thornton,

Zoe kazan USa, 2015, 1 hours 47 minutes

Based on a true story about a burned-out American campaign manager drawn out of retirement to save the election campaign of a sleazy fat cat who wants to become Bolivian president. Jane’s weary cynicism plays tartly against Billy Bob Thornton’s horny competing strategist, resulting in a toxic flirtation.

Through a series of misunderstandings, the legendary Chipmunks, Alvin, Simon and Theodore come to believe that their owner Dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in Miami . . . and dump them. They have three days to get from LA to Florida to stop the proposal that will not only change his life forever, but also save themselves from losing Dave.

Courtyard Family saturday – film & workshop: saturday 26 from 10.30am

Tuesday 29 6.00

PoWer in oUr HanDS (PG) Director: angela Spielsinger

Uk, 2015, 1 hour 11 minutes

This is a groundbreaking look at the secret history and heritage of deaf people in Britain and their fight for their rights. An active, resilient community, deaf people do not see deafness as a disability and have long campaigned for British Sign Language to be recognized. This combines telling archive footage with contemporary interviews to give a glimpse into deaf culture that is mostly hidden from the hearing world.

Monday 21 8.15, Tuesday 22 6.00

tHe LaSt DiamonD (15) Director: eric Barbier StarrinG: yvan attal, Bérénice Bejo, Jean-François Stévenin

France, 2015, 1 hours 48 minutes tbc, subtitles

Just out of prison conman Simon is, of course, lured back for one more heist. A valuable diamond is up for sale. All Simon has to do is seduce Julia, the beautiful, confident and smart auctioneer.

aPriL Tuesday 5 2.30, 8.15, Wednesday 6 11.00, Thursday 7 2.30

tHe 33 (12A) Director: Patricia riggen StarrinG: antonio Banderas,

Juliette Binoche, rodrigo Santoro USa, 2015, 2 hours 7 minutes tbc

Tuesday 29 11.00, 8.00

ramS (15) Director: Grímur Hákonarson StarrinG: Sigurður Sigurjónsson,

theodór Júlíusson, charlotte Boving iceland, 2015, 1 hour 33 minutes, icelandic with english subtitles

Winner of un Certain regard at Cannes Film Festival 2015

On neighbouring farms in a remote valley two warring brothers tend to their prized sheep. They haven’t spoken to one another in over forty years. Each as stubborn as the other, Gummi and Kiddi communicate only via notes dutifully delivered by their sheep dog. But can they end their feud when disaster strikes their beloved sheep?

“As curiously captivating as the bleak landscape” The Guardian

aPriL Friday 1 11.00, 2.30, saTurday 2 11.00 sunday 3 2.00, Monday 4 11.00, Tuesday 5 11.00, Wednesday 6 2.30, Thursday 7 11.00

kUnG FU PanDa 3 (PG) Director: alessandro carloni & Jennifer yuh WitH tHe voiceS oF: Jack Black, angeline Jolie, Dustin Hoffman

USa, 2015, 1 hours 32 minutes tbc

Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to home. When Po’s long-lost father reappears, they travel to a secret panda paradise where they meet loads of hilarious new panda characters.

But then the supernatural villain Kai sweeps across China defeating all the kung fu masters.

Courtyard Family saturday – film & workshop: saturday 2 from 10.30am

In 2010 the eyes of the world turned to Chile where 33 miners were buried alive by the catastrophic collapse of a copper mine. Over the next 69 days an international team worked night and day in a desperate attempt to rescue them. This well-directed film tells a hopeful, compelling story that alternates perfectly between tense and emotional scenes.

Tuesday 5 6.00

coUrt (PG) Director: chaitanya tamhane StarrinG: Usha Bane, vivek Gomber,

Winner of 15 Festival awards including Golden Lotus for Best Film at india’s national Film awards and horizons award at Venice Film Festival

Pradeep Joshi india, 2014, 1 hour 56 minutes, marathi, Hindi, Gujarati with english subtitles

An ageing folk singer is accused of “abetting of suicide” when a sewerage worker is found dead in Mumbai. An affecting mix of absurdist comedy and engrossing tragedy, this paints a rich portrait of Indian society by showing not just the trial, but also the private lives of the lawyers and the judge too. By revealing the bureaucracy, caste prejudice, and routine corruption, this creates a quietly devastating indictment of the Indian justice system.

A masterpiece a work of the deepest empathy, sublime in its construction.”

Joshua oppenheimer, director of aCT oF KiLLinG

aPriL saTurday 9 6.00, Monday 11 8.00, Tuesday 12 6.00

PriDe & PreJUDice anD ZomBieS (15) Director: Burr Steers StarrinG: Lily James, charles Dance, Lena Headey

USa, 2015, 1 hours 40 minutes

This is a bold reimagining of Jane Austen’s classic tale. Now faced with a new challenge - an army of undead zombies. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is a master of martial arts and the handsome Mr. Darcy is a fierce zombie killer, but also the epitome of upper class prejudice. As the zombie outbreak intensifies they must swallow their pride and join forces.

saTurday 9 2.30*** & 8.00, sunday 10 2.00, Monday 11 6.00, Tuesday 12 8.00, Wednesday 13 11.00, 6.00, Thursday 14 2.30, 8.15

HaiL, caeSar! (12A tbc) DirectorS: ethan coen, Joel coen StarrinG: Scarlett Johansson,

Josh Brolin, George clooney, tilda Swinton USa/Uk, 2015, 1 hours 40 minutes tbc

Wednesday 13 2.30, 8.00, Thursday 14 6.00

Point Break (12A) Director: ericson core StarrinG: edgar ramirez, ray Winstone,

Luke Bracey, teresa Palmer USa/china, 2015, 1 hours 54 minutes

Inspired by the classic 1991 hit, Point Break presents extraordinary feats performed by the world’s top extreme sports athletes. Johnny, a young FBI agent infiltrates a globe trotting gang of daredevil Robin Hoods, who pull off death-defying robberies then give the proceeds to the poor.

***This is a film fundraiser event. Join us for tea & cake after the screening to support our Mind The Gap! Campaign. £13.50 a ticket

Set during the final years of Hollywood’s Golden Age, the Coens’ latest comedy follows a day in the life of studio fixer Eddie Mannix (Brolin).

Required to keep the company’s reputation clean, Mannix has to keep the studio’s stars in line while keeping the gossip columnists off the scent. When star Baird Whitlock (Clooney) disappears Mannix initially believes he’s been drinking. But then receives a call from a group of communists who claim to have kidnapped him and want a ransom. This has all the Coens trademark strengths – a fine script beautifully performed by a top-notch cast. A real joy!

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Friday 15 8.30, Monday 18 6.00, Wednesday 20 8.30

tHe BiG SHort (15) Director: adam mckay

Friday 15 6.00, Tuesday 19 8.30, Wednesday 20 6.00

StarrinG: christian Bale, Steve carell,

marGUerite (15)

ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, marisa tomei USa, 2015, 2 hours 10 minutes

Director: Xavier Giannoli

There’s Michael a brilliant hedge-fund manager with Asperger’s, Mark a money manager who despises the greed of Wall Street, and, Ben a retired trader. Told as a thriller, this cleansing blast of outrage is for anyone enraged that the bankers still remain unpunished. Like many of its characters this is smart, cocky and brutally honest.

Monday 18 8.30, Tuesday 19 6.00

tHiS cHanGeS everytHinG (PG) Director: avi Lewis StarrinG: naomi klein

canada/USa, 2015, 1 hour 29 minutes

By presenting seven powerful portraits of communities on the front line, Klein Panel connects the carbon in the air with discussion following the the economic system that put it film screening there. It can often seem an on Tuesday 19 at 6pm overwhelmingly difficult task to repair our damaged world, but Klein gives hope that this can be done if we change our way of thinking – ‘system change not climate change’.

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StarrinG: catherine Frot, andre marcon,

michel Fau France/czech republic/Belgium, 2015, 2 hours 9 minutes, subtitles

Paris, 1920s, although she’s a dreadful singer, wealthy opera lover Marguerite just loves to sing for her friends. She sings in small salons for a confidential audience so her friends and her husband have managed to keep her dream alive.

Friday 22 8.00, sunday 24 7.45, Wednesday 27 11.00, Thursday 28 8.00

anomaLiSa (15) DirectorS: charlie kaufman, Duke Johnson

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StarrinG: David thewlis, Jennifer Jason-Leigh, tom noonan

USa, 2015, 1 hour 30 minutes

A successful motivational speaker, Michael is crippled by the mundane nature of his life. On another dull business trip, he checks into another dull hotel and prepares once more to go through the motions. But this time a chance meeting with Lisa, an unassuming baked goods sales rep, throws his life into disarray.

“A flat-out masterpiece” The Times

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Friday 22 6.00, sunday 24 2.00, Monday 25 2.30, Tuesday 26 11.00, Thursday 28 11.00

noBLe (15) Director: Stephen Bradley StarrinG: Deirdre o’kane,

Sarah Greene, Gloria cramer curtis Uk/vietnam, 2015, 1 hour 40 minutes tbc

Winner of audience awards at dallas, nashville, & san diego Film Festivals

Fourteen years after the end of the Vietnam War, Irish woman Christina Noble flies into Ho Chi Minh City. She leaves behind an extraordinary, tough life story.

But the best is yet to come. Christina lands in a country “that she wouldn’t be able to show you on a map”. With a few dollars, a dream and her own bulldog tenacity, she is about to change everything for many thousands of street kids. “intelligent, sincere and unabashedly goodhearted.” roger ebert

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oddball & The Penguin (U)

saTurday 26 MarCh FiLm & activity

alvin & The Chipmunks (U)

saTurday 2 aPriL FiLm & activity

Kung Fu Panda 3 (PG)

saTurday 9 aPriL WorkSHoP

Write a song from scratch

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