November - December 2016 Film Guide

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november

Saturday 29 October 7.15, Monday 31 2.30, Tuesday 1 November 8.15, Wednesday 2 11.00, Thursday 3 2.30

Bridget Jones’s Baby (15) Director: Sharon Maguire

Starring: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Emma Thompson UK, 2016, 2 hours 3 minutes

Breaking up with Mark Darcy leaves Bridget Jones single again. But her love life comes back from the dead when she meets Jack, a dashing and handsome American. When Bridget discovers that she is pregnant, the befuddled mom-to-be must figure out if the proud papa is Mark or Jack.

november Tuesday 1 6.00, Wednesday 2 2.30

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (PG) Director: Stig Bjorkman Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Isabella Rossellini,

Roberto Rossellini, Liv Ullmann Sweden, 2016, 1 hour 51 minutes

Saturday 5 8.00, Tuesday 8 6.00, Wednesday 9 7.45, Thursday 10 6.00

The Girl With All The Gifts (15) Director: Colm McCarthy

STARRING: Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine, Glenn Close, Sennia Nanua UK, 2016, 1 hour 51 minutes

This heartfelt documentary is a treasure trove of unseen home movies, diary extracts, archive footage and frank interviews with Bergman’s four children. This is really a film about love: Bergman’s passion for film and theatre (she won three Oscars); her appetite for adventure; her magnificent and notorious romances; and her unconventional love for her family.

At an army base in rural England, this group of unique children are being studied, subjected to cruel experiments by biologist Dr. Caldwell.

Despite having been infected with the zombie pathogen that has decimated the world, these children retain normal thoughts and emotions.

And while still being subject to the craving for human flesh that marks the disease these secondgeneration “hungries” are able to think and feel making them a vital resource in the search for a cure.

Saturday 5 6.00, Tuesday 8 11.00, 8.15

Wednesday 9 6.00, Thursday 10 8.15

Little Men (PG) Director: Ira Sachs

Starring: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina García USA/Greece, 2016, 1 hour 25 minutes

Quiet, sensitive Jake meets brash but affable Tony at his grandfather’s funeral and the charming odd couple become inseparable best friends during their school vacation. Their new bond is tested, though, when their parents battle over the lease on Tony’s mum’s dress shop.

In Pursuit Of Silence (PG tbc) Director: Patrick Shen Starring: George Prochnik, Pico Iyer,

Maggie Ross, John Cage USA/Belgium/China/Germany/India/Japan/Taiwan/ UK, 2016, 1 hour 21 minutes

On the surface, this film is a straightforward documentary, about the beauty of silence, its spiritual and physical benefits, and the price we are paying for our increasingly noisy world.

But this inspiring, contemplative cinematic experience is much more than that.

november Saturday 12 5.30, Monday 14 7.15

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (tbc) Director: Tim Burton Starring: Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson

USA, 2016, 1 hour 48 minutes tbc

Saturday 19 11.00

Storks (U)

Director: Nicholas Stoller, Doug Sweetland With the voices of: Jennifer Aniston, Kelsey Grammer,

Andy Samberg USA, 2016, 1 hour 29 minutes

Storks deliver babies . . . or at least they used to.

Now they deliver packages for global internet giant, Cornerstore.com. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl.

Jacob discovers clues to a mystery that spans different worlds and times. He’s lead to a derelict Welsh orphanage run by the eccentric, opiumsmoking headmistress Miss Peregrine who can not only turn into a bird, but also turn back time. The mystery and danger deepen as he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers . . . and their powerful enemies.

Saturday 12 8.00, Sunday 13 7.45, Wednesday 16 7.15

Hell Or High Water (15) Director: David Mackenzie Starring: Ben Foster,

Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges USA, 2016, 1 hour 42 minutes

Two brothers in west Texas decide to rob banks to raise the cash they need to pay off the debt on their family ranch. For them, the hold-ups are just part of a last-ditch scheme to take back their future. But they find themselves on the radar of grizzled Texas Ranger, Marcus so a showdown looms.

Saturday 12 11.00

Asterix: The Mansion of The Gods (PG) Directors: Louis Clichy, Alexandre Astier WITH THE VOICES OF: Jack Whitehall, Nick Frost, Catherine Tate, Harry Enfield France/Belgium, 2014, 1 hour 26 minutes

The latest adventure for Asterix and his village, the last people in Gaul to hold out against the Roman invasion. Rome has failed to destroy the village again and again, thanks to Asterix and his friend Obelix’s superhuman strength. So Julius Caesar decides to change tactics: if Roman might can’t conquer the Gauls, Roman civilisation might charm them.

Saturday 19 7.15, Wednesday 23 2.30, 7.15, Thursday 24 7.15

My Scientology Movie (15) Director: John Dower

STARRING: Louis Theroux, Rob Alter, Tom Cruise,

Paz de la Huerta UK/USA, 2016, 1 hour 39 minutes

Theroux charms ex-Scientologist Marty Rathbun, a former high-level official turned whistle-blower, into making revealing disclosures through his signature blend of affability and needling directness. And so uncovers some of the brutal practices allegedly carried among the Church’s higher echelons. Under the watchful guidance of Rathbun, Theroux auditions little-known actors to play senior Scientologists and reconstruct events alleged to have taken place.

Monday 21 7.15

Paths of the Soul (PG)

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Director: Zhang Yang Starring: Nyima Zadui, Yang Pei, Tsring Chodron Tibet, 2015, 1 hour 55 minutes, subtitles

This docu-drama is about the rising before dawn to light the fire and load up the yaks, the inhabitants of a remote Himalayan village plan their pilgrimage to visit the sacred sites in Lhasa.

At a gentle pace we follow the dozen hardy souls on their incredible journey through sunshine, snow, mud and rain as they prostrate themselves every few yards for over 1000 miles.

Saturday 26 6.00, Monday 28 8.30, Tuesday 29 6.00, Thursday 1 December 2.30

Winner of Palme d’Or Cannes Film Festival 2016

I, Daniel Blake (15) Director: Ken Loach

STARRING: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Dylan McKiernan UK/France/Belgium, 2016, 1 hour 40 minutes

This is the story of an unlikely but tender friendship between Katie, a single mother with two kids, and Dan, an out of work Geordie carpenter who’s recovering from a heart attack. Two decent people caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy.

Both are feeling the sharp end of the shrinking welfare state.

DECEMBER

Saturday 26 8.00, Monday 28 6.00, Tuesday 29 8.00, Wednesday 30 2.30

The Magnificent Seven (12A) Director: Antoine Fuqua

STARRING: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke

USA, 2016, 2 hours 13 minutes

With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue, the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns. Facing impossible odds, the seven mercenaries prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, and find themselves fighting for more than money.

Friday 2 2.30, Saturday 3 2.30, 8.15, Monday 5 7.15, Tuesday 6 7.15

The Girl on the Train (15) Directors: Tate Taylor STARRING: Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett

USA, 2016, 1 hour 45 minutes

Based on the best selling book, every day since her divorce, Rachel takes the train in to work in New York and passes by her old house. Her husband still lives there with his new wife and child. She starts watching a neighbouring couple creating a wonderful dream life for them in her head. One day, as the train passes, she sees something shocking, filling her with rage.

The next day, she wakes up with a horrible hangover, various wounds and bruises, and no memory of the night before.

After the success of last year’s programme, the French Film Festival returns to The Courtyard with a glittering selection of the latest French films.

Tickets to all 4 film s

£20

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER

COME WHAT MAY (15 TBC)

THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV (PG TBC)

Wednesday 30 NOVEMBER 7.15

Come What May (15 tbc) Director: Christian Carion STARRING: Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner, Alice Isaac, Matthew Rhys France, 2016, 1 hour 54 minutes, subtitles

May 1940. To escape the German invasion, the inhabitants of a small village in the north of France take to the road, like millions of other French people. On this exodus, the villagers take with them a German child, whose father opposed the Nazi regime. During the chaos, the father is freed and sets out to find his son, accompanied by a Scottish soldier who is trying to get back to England.

To celebrate the opening of the French Film Festival, join us for Cheese & Wine tasting from 6.15pm. Free for ‘Come What May’ film ticket holders. With thanks to Nothing But The Grape

Thursday 1 December 7.15

Fanny’s Journey (PG) Director: Lola Doillon STARRING: Léonie Souchaud, Cécile de France, Stéphane De Groodt France, 2016, 1 hour 54 minutes, subtitles

Based on the autobiography of Fanny Ben Ami, this is the poignant story of a brave, resourceful young girl who leads a small band of orphans through Nazioccupied Europe. After the arrest of her father in Paris, Fanny and her younger sisters, Erica and Georgette, are sent away to a neutral zone. But the war catches up with them, forcing them to flee.

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FANNY’S JOURNEY (PG)

Saturday 3 december 6.00

The Death of Louis XIV (PG tbc)

Winner Prix Jean Vigo 2016

Director: Albert Serra STARRING: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick d’Assumçao. Marc Susini Portugal/France, 2016, 1 hour 55 minutes, subtitles

Propped up in bed at Versailles, but keeping his mind sharp to the very last moment. The King is surrounded by his retinue, far more used to politicking than to confronting mortality, who are unwilling to admit their helplessness at the prospect of the king’s inevitable death.

Wednesday 7 DECEMBER 7.15

Cezanne et Moi (12A tbc) Directors: Daniele Thompson

Starring: Guillaume Gallienne, Guillaume Canet, Alice Pol France, 2016, 1 hour 57 minutes, subtitles

Cezanne was born into a wealthy family but struggled to make a living as a painter, while Zola, who came from a poor background, achieved fame and prosperity as a politically-engaged novelist. Exploring the pair’s fears and ambitions, the film charts their relationship through the early days in Aix-enProvence, their arrival in Paris’ absinthe-soaked cultural scene and their diverging professional and sentimental experiences.

CEZANNE ET MOI (12A TBC)

Sunday 18 2.15

Trolls (PG)

DECEMBER

Director: Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohrn With the voices of: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake,

Russell Brand, James Cordenn USA, 2016, 1 hour 32 minutes tbc

DECEMBER Sunday 11 2.15

Queen Of Katwe (Pg)

Welcome to the colourful, wondrous Troll world that is populated by the overly optimistic Trolls, with a constant song on their lips, and, the comically pessimistic Bergens, who are only happy when they have trolls in their stomach. A fresh, broad comedy filled with music, heart and hair-raising adventures.

Director: Mira Nair STARRING: Lupita Nyong’o, David Oyelowo, Madina Nalwanga

South Africa/USA, 2016, 2 hours 4 minutes tbc

For 10-year-old Phiona Mutesi and her family, life in the impoverished slum of Katwe in Kampala, Uganda, is a constant struggle. But when Phiona meets Robert Katende who teaches local children chess, she is captivated. Her mother eventually realizes that Phiona has a chance to excel and teams up with Katende to help Phiona fulfill her extraordinary potential, and escape a life of poverty.

Sunday 11 6.45, Monday 12 7.15

A Street Cat Named Bob (12A) Directors: Roger Spottiswoode STARRING: : Luke Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas,

Joanne Froggatt, Bob the Cat as himself UK, 2016, 1 hour 43 minutes

Based on the international best seller, this is the feel good story of how James Bowen, a homeless busker and recovering drug addict, adopts a stray ginger cat named Bob who in return changes his life. After a day busking in Covent Garden James finds an injured ginger cat on his doorstep. He takes the cat to the vet and then adopts it as no one else wants him. Bob then follows James everywhere, even travelling in the window seat of the number 73 bus.

Sunday 18 7.15, Monday 19 7.15

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (12A) Director:Taika Waititi STARRING: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison,

Rima Te Wiata NZ, 2016, 1 hour 41 minutes

This small, unheralded film is compassionate, generous, engaging and often laugh-out-loud funny.

This is a moving, effortlessly funny, odd-couple comedy about rap-loving, troublesome teen Ricky and gnarly gruff loner Hec (Neill) who end up being chased by police deep into the New Zealand bush.

Full of off-kilter humour, hard truths and real emotion, the wonderful Sam Neill is at his best as the cranky old curmudgeon. One of the funniest and most delightful films of the year, this is a pleasure from beginning to end.

Winner of the Audience Award at Edinburgh Film Festival 2016

Friday 23 6.00, Tuesday 27 8.15, Wednesday 28 6.00, Thursday 29 8.15

The Light Between Oceans (12A) Director: Derek Cianfrance STARRING: Alicia Vikander, Michael Fassbender,

Rachel Weisz USA/NZ/UK, 2016, 2 hours 13 minutes

After World War I, Tom, a young veteran still numb from his years in combat, takes a job as lighthouse keeper on a remote island in Western Australia.

Tom marries the beautiful, passionate Isabel, their love flourishes, and he begins to feel again. Their happiness is marred only by their inability to start a family. When a rowboat with a dead man and infant girl mysteriously washes ashore, Isabel believes their prayers have been answered.

Friday 30 5.30, Monday 2 January 2.30, 7.15, Tuesday 3 2.30, Wednesday 4 8.15, Thursday 5 2.30, 5.30

Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (12A tbc) Director: David Yates

STARRING: Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell, Katherine Waterston

UK/USA, 2016, 2 hours 8 minutes tbc

The magic of Harry Potter lives on in the first on a new series of spin-off films written by J K Rowling.

This tells the story of Newt’s adventures in New York’s secret community of witches and wizards, seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.

Friday 23 8.30, Tuesday 27 6.00, Wednesday 28 8.30, Thursday 29 6.00

Doctor Strange (12A tbc) Director: Scott Derrickson STARRING: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams,

Tilda Swinton USA, 2016, 2 hours 10 minutes

Disgraced former surgeon, Stephen Strange becomes a powerful sorcerer under the tutelage of a Tibetan mystic known as the Ancient One. After a tragic car accident, Doctor Strange sets out to repair his hands only to become embroiled in a mission to protect the world from inter-dimensional threats.

Friday 30 8.00, Tuesday 3 January 7.15, Wednesday 4 2.30, 6.00, Thursday 5 11.00, 8.00

Allied (15 tbc) Director: Robert Zemeckis

STARRING: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Lizzy Caplan USA, 2016, 1 hour 55 minutes tbc

Casablanca, 1942, an American guy and a beautiful European spy fall in love, a true story about an American Secret Service officer Max Vatan. On a deadly mission behind enemy lines, Vatan teams up - and hooks up - with French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour when they discover they’re both trying to bump off the same German. Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressures of the war.