Cinema Jul - Aug 2015 by Warwick Arts Centre

CINEMA JUL - AUG 2015

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HELLO If you were putting together your fantasy music festival, the chances are that it would include John Lennon, Brian Wilson, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and The Who. All of these feature in the summer film programme: Lennon as the catalyst for Al Pacino’s ageing rocker, Danny Collins; Love and Mercy - the Brian Wilson biopic, with engaging performances from Paul Dano and John Cusack as Wilson young and old. Following that is the documentary of Lambert and Stamp, who took a promising beat combo and turned them into The Who. Home video and newsreel allows Frances Cobain to tell the tale of her father Kurt Cobain and Asif Kapadia follows up his documentary Senna with a revealing account of the life of Amy Winehouse. Mike Leigh Weekend: Mike will introduce his favourite film Les 400 Coups, and there’s another chance to see Mr Turner and The Pirates of Penzance. Celebrating Orson Welles, another cinema great, with a season of new prints of his films including his memorable performance as Harry Lime in the Third Man and as lead and director in Chimes at Midnight, his take on Falstaff, not seen on the big screen for decades. Among the new releases, Ian McKellen’s Mr Holmes is a reflective and distracted detective trying to set the record of his life straight, Gemma Bovery is a delicious summer cocktail of Anglo-French romance of life imitating art... almost. True Story is a game of journalistic cat and mouse with a devious James Franco venturing into Silence of the Lambs territory. Slow West is a western with a difference: Michael Fassbender as a hired gun in a violent and unexpectedly funny tale of the West.

John Gore, Film Programmer

Cover image: Love and Mercy (p12)

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Queen and Country 15 Thu 2 Jul, Sat 15 Aug, Mon 17 & Tue 18 Aug Dir: John Boorman UK 2014 115mins Cast: Callum Turner, Caleb Landry Jones, David Thewlis, Richard E. Grant, Tasmin Egerton The long-awaited sequel to writer/director John Boorman’s 1987 multi-Oscar-nominated Hope And Glory picks up the story nearly a decade later. It’s the early 1950s, and Bill Rohan (Boorman’s alter-ego, played by Callum Turner) is set for National Service. At army boot camp he befriends trouble-maker Percy (Landy Jones), battles his Sergeant Major (David Thewlis) and discovers romance. “A VIVID SNAPSHOT OF ARMY AND FAMILY LIFE IN POST-WAR ENGLAND.” Variety

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The Pyramid Texts

Fri 3 Jul + Q&A & Fri 17 Jul Dir: Ludwig Shammasian, Paul Shammasian UK 2015 93mins Cast: James Cosmo, Ethan Cosmo If we have been remiss in our life, and hurt the people we most love, is it ever too late to redress the balance? Mr Holmes

Ray, a retired boxer, estranged from his son, records his loves, regrets and greatest life lessons to a camera in an empty boxing gym. His is the hope that no estrangement is permanent, and that it is never too late to say sorry. “A MAGNIFICENT PIECE OF WORK, TRULY IMPRESSIVE, MOVING AND MEMORABLE.”

Norman Stone

Mr Holmes PG

Return to Sender 18

Fri 3 – Thu 9 Jul Dir: Bill Condon UK/US 104mins Cast: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Horoyuki Sanada, Milo Parker, Hattie Morahan

Sat 4 & Mon 6 – Tue 7 Jul Dir: Fouad Mikati US 2015 94mins Cast: Rosamund Pike, Rumer Willis, Nick Nolte, Shiloh Fernandez

Bill Condon and Ian McKellen last worked together on the Oscarwinning Gods and Monsters. Their latest film posits a fascinating idea: what if Holmes was a real person? It finds the celebrated detective - played with raspy charm by McKellen - in his autumnal years, troubled by a few remaining mysteries and his deteriorating memory. A beautifully mannered, gently moving and thoughtful film that offers a delightful final twist on the story of the world’s most famous detective.

Awaiting a blind date, Miranda (Pike), a small town nurse, is brutally attacked. When the assailant is arrested and jailed Miranda is left to pick up the pieces with the help of her father (Nolte).

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Deciding to write to her attacker (Fernandez) in prison, she has her letters returned unopened. Undeterred and against her father’s wishes she begins to visit him; however things are not what they seem. What follows is a surprising psychological thriller in which Pike explores other strands of the character she developed in Gone Girl. 03

Les Combattants 15 Wed 8 & Thu 9 Jul Dir: Thomas Cailley France 2014 98mins Cast: Adèle Haenel, Kévin Azaïs, Antoine Laurent, Brigitte Roüan Two teenagers abandon their summer army training and set up camp in the woods instead. Azaïs plays a boy whose youthful swagger is undermined when he is literally knocked off his feet by tomboy Haenel. However, rather than seek revenge, he finds himself attracted to her.

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From there, Cailley’s acclaimed debut film develops into a quirky study of adolescent relationships, whose narrative steers refreshingly clear of conventions and clichés. “A GUARANTEED CROWD-PLEASER”

The Hollywood Reporter

Danny Collins

Still Alice

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Fri 10 – Sun 12 Jul Dir: Wash Westmoreland, Richard Glatzer US 2014 101mins Cast: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, Kristen Stewart

Fri 10 – Tue 14 Jul Dir: Dan Fogelman US 2015 106mins Cast: Al Pacino, Jennifer Garner, Annette Bening, Bobby Cannavale, Christopher Plummer

Life for 50 year old Alice is fine. She has a husband (Baldwin), grown children and is good at her job. But then one day, while teaching, she loses her thread, and is soon diagnosed with a hereditary form of early-onset Alzheimer’s.

From the writers of Crazy Stupid Love and Tangled comes a humorous glimpse into life as an ageing rock star. Al Pacino plays the protagonist whose discovery of a letter from John Lennon finds him questioning the course he has taken in life so far.

Based on Lisa Genova’s novel, Moore delivers an award-winning performance as Alice, slowly revealing the gradual erosion of memory and loss of confidence that comes with her cruel decline. “IT TOUCHES DEEP AND AFFIRMS LIFE.”

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A well-cast, exciting and entertaining film, featuring a complimentary soundtrack by John Lennon. “PACINO’S BUOYANT SELF-MOCKERY GOES A LONG WAY TOWARDS REDEEMING THE ACTOR, WHO’S ON GENIAL AND WINNING FORM” The Guardian

MIKE LEIGH IN PROFILE

Mr Turner

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Sat 11 Jul 3pm Dir: Mike Leigh UK 2014 149mins Cast: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson

The 400 Blows

Before Monet and Renoir there was Turner, one of the greatest of all English painters. J.M.W. Turner was in love with light and what it could do to buildings and cities, to the sea and ships, to the mountains and the countryside. Mike Leigh, focusing on the artist as a middle aged man, finds a strange, anti-social mumbler, far more comfortable with his paint and canvas, than social niceties demanded by the era.

English National Opera

Pirates of Penzance Encore Screening

Sun 12 Jul 1.30pm

Pirates of Penzance

An encore screening for Mike Leigh’s (Palme d’Or winner and five times Oscar nominee) operatic directorial debut. The G&S favourite includes A Policeman’s Lot is Not a Happy One and I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General.

Les 400 Coups Mon 13 Jul 6.15pm Dir: François Truffaut US 1959 99mins Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy Mike Leigh visits Warwick Arts Centre and introduces one of his personal favourites, Les 400 Coups. A French new wave film, Les 400 Coups offers an honest and heartbreaking observation of adolescent life based on François Truffaut’s own childhood. Neglected by his parents, young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel (Léaud) faces one difficult situation after another. When released the film received many awards and nominations, including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director, the OCIC Award, and a Palme d’Or nomination in 1959. The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing in 1960.

She’s Funny That Way 12a Tue 14 & Wed 15 Jul Dir: Peter Bogdanovich US 2014 94mins Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Imogen Poots, Quentin Tarantino, Will Forte, Tovah Feldshuh, Owen Wilson, Kathryn Hahn

She’s Funny That Way

The film centres around call-girlturned Broadway thespian Imogen Poots (A Late Quartet) and follows the recurring intersection between these two facets of her life and the many men that appear infatuated with her. Peter Bogdanovich’s love letter to the type of freewheeling sex comedy that was staple Hollywood fare in years gone by is a real pleasure, blessed with a series of smart and knowing performances and driven by a frothy sense of mainstream fun.

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Wed 15 & Thu 16 Jul Dir: Christian Sohwchow Germany 2013 103mins Subtitled Cast: Jördis Triebel, Tristan Göbel, Alexander Scheer In this suspenseful Cold War drama, Nelly (Triebel) flees East Germany with her young son Alexej only to find herself caught in a frustrating limbo. When no-one believes she is simply a mother trying to do what’s best for her son, her ability to tell the good guys from the bad is lost. Encountering a world of surveillance and suspicion West shows the difficulties of starting a new life – when the past has taken away all faith. 06

Far From The Madding Crowd 12a Fri 17 – Mon 20 Jul Dir: Thomas Vinterberg UK 2015 119mins Cast: Carey Mulligan, Michael Sheen, Matthias Schoenaerts After inheriting her uncle’s farm, the independent and strong-minded Bathsheba attracts the attention of three very different suitors. A sweeping new adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s enduring romantic drama that explores the nature of relationships and love, and our ability to overcome hardship through resilience and perseverance. “FRESH, DEFT AND SENSITIVE, VINTERBERG’S NEW ADAPTATION OF HARDY’S RURAL ROMANCE IS A CUT ABOVE” BFI

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Elsa and Fred 12a Sat 18 & Sun 19 Jul Dir: Michael Radford US 2014 97mins Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Noth The story of two people who discover that it’s never too late to love and make dreams come true.

Elsa and Fred

Elsa has lived for the past 60 years dreaming of recreating a specific scene from Fellini’s La Dolce Vita. Fred on the other hand, has lived a simple life, doing what is expected of him until the death of his wife. His meeting Elsa changes everything. Surrendering to Elsa’s frenzy, to her youth, to her boldness, to her beautiful madness, Fred gets a second chance to live life to its fullest. Black Coal, Thin Ice

London Road 15 Mon 20, Tue 21 & Thu 23 Jul Dir: Rufus Norris UK 2015 92mins Cast: Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Kate Fleetwood

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London Road documents the events that shook the quiet town of Ipswich in 2006 with the discovery of the bodies of five women. The film follows the community who found themselves at the epicentre of the tragic events. Hailed as a remarkable, ground-breaking work during two sell-out runs at the National Theatre, this musical adaptation of London Road reunites the National’s award-winning production team. “AS GRIPPING ON SCREEN AS IT WAS ON STAGE... A WORK OF GREAT FINESSE AND ORIGINALITY” The Hollywood Reporter

Black Coal, Thin Ice 15 Bai Ri Yan Huo

Tue 21 & Thu 23 Jul Dir: Diao Yinan China/Hong Kong 2014 106mins Subtitled Cast: Liao Fan, Gwei Lun Mei, Wang Xuebing Several years after he was forced to retire during an investigation into a gruesome killing, former police officer turned security guard Zhang Zili suspects a possible link with another spate of murders. It seems all the victims had been in a relationship with one woman, Wu Zhizhen. With the help of an old colleague, Zhang sets out to solve the case. As he inexplicably begins to fall in love with Wu he discovers innocence and guilt are not so easy to assess. 07

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The Choir PG

Fri 24 – Mon 27 Jul & Wed 29 Jul Dir: John Maclean UK/NZ 2015 84mins Cast: Kodi Smith-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Caren Pistorius

Fri 24 – Mon 27, Wed 29 & Thu 30 Jul Dir: François Girard US 2014 103mins Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Kevin McHale, Josh Lucas, Eddie Izzard, Garrett Wareing

This often comic, off-kilter revisionist western follows Jay, a naive young man (Smit-McPhee) stumbling across late 1800s America in search of his sweetheart. With his Walden-esque guide to surviving the Canadian frontier, Jay takes a rational but ineffective approach to navigating the travails of his romantic quest. Luckily for him, along the way he meets bounty hunter Silas (Fassbender) who proceeds, for a few silver dollars, to ride shotgun, protecting his young companion from all manner of horrifying scrapes. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival.

Stet (Wareing) is an angry elevenyear-old who can sing like an angel. Left an orphan after his mother is killed in a car accident, Stet ends up in an East Coast musical boarding school, far removed from his traditional Texan upbringing. It’s the schools Choirmaster (Hoffman) who sees great potential in the young boy and encourages him to put his soul into his music. Never missing a chance to show off his film’s lovely, often unexpectedly challenging choral arrangements, Girard lets the purity of the boys’ singing linger in the background, a beatific echo even in dialogue scenes.

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ALL WORK ALL PLAY

Slow West

ALL WORK ALL PLAY:

The Pursuit Of eSports Glory Documentary + Live Esports Event Tue 28 Jul 7pm 150mins Get ready for non-stop gaming when ALL WORK ALL PLAY: The Pursuit of eSports Glory hits our screen live. Featuring an exclusive panel discussion with the film’s director and Michael ‘Carmac’ Blicharz, plus a fierce showdown between the Joes and the Pros out of ESL studios - find out who will be titled champion in this progaming event on the big screen. 08

Fabergé: A Life of Its Own 15 TBC Thu 30 Jul 6.30pm £12 Dir: Patrick Mark UK/US/Switzerland 2014 82mins From an era of Imperial Russian opulence, through an age of revolution, to today, the name Fabergé has remained as one of the most luxurious and prestigious of our time. Enjoy unprecedented access to the treasures of the most esteemed private collections, insights from world experts and interviews with the descendants of the Fabergé family in this feature documentary.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel PG

Amy 15 Fri 31 Jul – Thu 6 Aug Dir: Asif Kapadia UK 2015 127mins Cast: Amy Winehouse From BAFTA award winning director Asif Kapadia (Senna) Amy tells the story of six-time Grammy-winner Amy Winehouse in her own words. Featuring extensive unseen archive footage and previously unheard tracks, the film shines a light on the celebrity world we live in, in a way that very few can. “STUNNINGLY MOVING AND POWERFUL. A MASTERPIECE”  The Guardian

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Fri 31 Jul – Sun 2 Aug Dir: John Madden UK 2015 122mins Cast: Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Richard Gere, Celia Imrie With his original luxurious hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful now a roaring success, enthusiastic co-manager Sonny (Patel) has his eyes set on expansion.

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The much-anticipated sequel to 2012’s delightful hit comedy drama continues to follow the lives of retired Brit expats Douglas (Nighy), Evelyn (Dench), hotel co-manager Muriel (Smith), and husband-hunting Madge (Imrie). Also checking in are dashing American writer Guy (Gere) and Lavinia (Greig), both vying for the hotel’s last room.

REMASTERED CLASSICS

The Priest’s Children

The Burning

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Mon 3 & Tue 4 Aug Dir: Vinko Bresan Croatia/Serbia 2013 96mins Subtitled Cast: Kresimir Mikic, Niksa Butijer, Marija Skaricic, Drazen Kuhn, Jadranka Djokic Don Fabijan, a young priest on a beautiful small island in the Adriatic, is concerned about the falling birth rate. In order to reverse this, he takes drastic action, teaming up with the newsagent Petar and the pharmacist Marin, to pierce condoms before they are sold! The consequences become more and more complicated, and the situations ever more hilarious, in this charming, life-affirming film. 10

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Wed 5 & Thu 6 Aug Dir: Pablo Fendrik Argentina/Mexico/Brazil 2014 101mins Some subtitles Cast: Gael García Bernal, Alice Braga, Jorge Sesán, Chico Díaz Gael García Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries, Bad Education) adopts the role of a nameless stranger who emerges from the Argentinian rainforest, taking on land-grabbers and helping out a poor group of tobacco farmers. Alice Braga (City of God) stars alongside Bernal, as the daughter of one of the farmers. A cat and mouse game begins between hunters and the hunted, set amidst stunning visuals of a dazzling Argentinian rainforest. “BEWITCHING” Screen International The Third Man

Touch of Evil

Chimes at Midnight

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Chimes at Midnight PG

Fri 7 & Sat 8 Aug Dir: Carol Reed UK 1949 104mins Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard

Wed 12 & Thu 13 Aug Dir: Orson Welles US 1958 106mins Cast: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh

Writer Holly Martins (Cotten) travels to Vienna looking for his friend Harry Lime (Welles). Upon his arrival, Holly learns that Harry is dead. Soon, Holly finds that there is more to Harry’s unfortunate death than what lies on the surface. Like all film-noir, no one is who they appear to be.

Telling the stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town, Touch of Evil is considered to be one of Orson Welles’ greatest films.

Wed 19 & Thu 20 Aug Dir: Orson Welles France/Spain/Switzerland 1965 116mins Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, Sir John Gielgud It is magnificent Shakespeare, focusing on Falstaff through the two Henry IV plays to his offstage death in Henry V. “HERE IS A FILM TO TREASURE”

The Chicago Sun Times

The Misfits

The Lady From Shanghai

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The Lady From Shanghai PG

Fri 21 Aug & Sat 22 Aug Dir: John Huston US 1961 122mins B&W Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift

Mon 31 Aug & Wed 2 Sep Dir: Orson Welles USA 1947 87mins B&W Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane

The story of a dying American tradition and the lost souls struggling to keep it alive, The Misfits is a haunted piece of Hollywood heritage, troubled on and off screen by the ghosts of eras gone by. Monroe and Gable gave their final performances in this off-beat drama of brokenhearted cowboys and ruined marriages.

Orson Welles directs and stars in this classic black and white noir that follows an Irish sailor who finds himself attracted to his employer’s wife. “COMPLEX, COURAGEOUS, AND UTTERLY COMPELLING.”

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Fri 7 – Thu 13 Aug Dir: Bill Pohlad US 2015 120mins Cast: Elizabeth Banks, John Cusack, Paul Dano

Sat 8 & Sun 9 Aug Dir: Kenneth Branagh UK 2014 113mins Cast: Lily James, Hayley Atwell, Helena Bonham Carter, Cate Blanchett

Few musical acts are as widely loved as The Beach Boys. Bill Pohlad directs an intimate biopic looking into the life of singersongwriter Brian Wilson and how he shaped the sound of American popular music in the 1960s. Pohlad intercuts between two key periods of Wilson’s life, producing Pet Sounds in 1960 and recovering his health in the 1980s, leading to a remarkable solo resurgence. “EXTRAORDINARY, EVEN VISIONARY”

The Washington Post

Cinderella is a delightfully clear-eyed adaptation of Charles Perrault’s fable of goodness triumphing over adversity, which brings psychological depth to characters like Cate Blanchett’s magnificent, believable stepmother, and even provides a little geopolitical context for the story’s fantasy kingdom, without forfeiting the magic – both supernatural and romantic – that has made Cinderella such an enduringly necessary tale for generation after generation.

Mon 10 & Tue 11 Aug Dir: Brett Morgen US 2015 132mins Cast: Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Courtney Love, Krist Novoselic The first ever, fully authorised documentary tracks Kurt Cobain from his earliest years through the height of his fame with never-beforeseen home movies, animation and revelatory interviews from his family and closest confidantes. The film offers an intense and powerful cinematic insight into an artist who craved the spotlight even as he rejected the trappings of fame. “…WAY MORE REVELATORY THAN YOUR STANDARD PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST”

Rolling Stone Love and Mercy

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Cobain: Montage of Heck

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Lambert and Stamp

True Story

True Story 15 Fri 14 – Thu 20 Aug Dir: Rupert Goold US 2015 99mins Cast: Jonah Hill, James Franco, Felicity Jones On the FBI most wanted list accused of murdering his wife and children, Christian Longo (Franco Spiderman 2) flees to Mexico and takes on the identity of Michael Finkel, a journalist who was fired from The New York Times Magazine for falsifying details in a story. Eventually imprisoned, Longo will only speak with the real Finkel (Hill 21 Jump Street, Superbad). Directed by Olivier award-winner Rupert Goold and based on a true story and book of the same name (written by Finkel), the film explores the complex relationship that develops between the two men and Longo’s compulsion for lying.

Astérix and Obélix: Mansion of the Gods

Lambert and Stamp 15 Fri 14 Aug 6.15pm Dir: James D. Cooper US 2015 117mins Some subtitles Cast: Kit Lambert, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend A fascinating documentary digging into the history of legendary rock band The Who and the impact the unlikely relationship between aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert had on shaping the making of the now legendary band. James D. Cooper draws on archive footage to assert the importance of these two forgotten figures who abandoned their original plans to make a film and started mentoring and managing the group - and thereby creating rock‘n’roll history.

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Sat 15 & Sun 16 Aug English Version Dir: Louis Clichy, Alexandre Astier France/Belgium 2014 85mins Cast: Roger Carel, Lorànt Deutsch, Laurent Lafitte Julius Caesar is building a luxury residential estate for rich Romans right next to the village. Determined to resist the lure of money and Roman comfort and not wanting to see their village be reduced to a tourist attraction, Astérix and Obélix will do everything they can to foil Caesar’s plans. Based on comic book favourite Astérix, this hilarious animation will leave you in stitches.

Song of the Sea PG

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Sat 22 & Sun 23 Aug Dir: Tomm Moore Ireland/Luxembourg/Belgium/ France/Denmark 2014 93mins Cast: David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, Lisa Hannigan

Fri 21 – Tue 25 & Thu 27 Aug Dir: Anne Fontaine France 2014 99mins Cast: Fabrice Luchini, Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng

From Tomm Moore, director of the Academy-nominated The Secret of Kells, comes this captivating Celtic animation steeped in the wondrous worlds of Irish myth. Inspired by the legend of the ‘selkies’, magical beings who live as seals in water and humans on land, Song of the Sea follows young Ben and his little sister Saoirse on a fantastical journey. Song o

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“SONG OF THE SEA DEMONSTRATES THAT THERE MUST BE A LITTLE MAGIC IN ALL OF US” TIFF Gemma Bovary

Mon 24, Tue 25 & Thu 27 Aug Dir: Marielle Heller US 2015 102mins Cast: Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig, Alexander Skarsgård, Abby Wait, Christopher Meloni, Margarita Levieva, Madeleine Waters Based on Phoebe Gloeckner’s graphic novel and adapted for the screen and directed by Marielle Heller, The Diary of a Teenage Girl charts the adventures of Minnie Goetze, a teen growing up fast in the countercultural haze of 1970’s San Francisco. Bel Powley (A Royal Night Out) delivers a dynamite break-out role as an inquisitive 15 year old with bags of brains and a burgeoning sex drive, who sets her sights on her hippie mother’s (Kristen Wiig) boyfriend Monroe, played sensitively by Alexander Skarsgård. 14

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Gemma Bovery embraces the Posy Simmons’ view of Flaubert’s great book whilst setting it against the ravishing Norman landscape. It offers an incisive look at a young woman confronting a series of key choices in her life, while losing her head in a fit of passion. Fontaine’s revision of the novel allows both Arterton and Luchini to fit their roles perfectly. “A BREEZY AND ENJOYABLE MODERN-DAY TAKE ON FLAUBERT’S CLASSIC STORY.”

The Hollywood Reporter

Manglehorn 12a Fri 28 – Mon 31 Aug & Wed 2 Sep Dir: David Gordon Green US 2014 97mins Cast: Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Chris Messina

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As much as Manglehorn (Pacino) claims not to like people, he leaves his mark on them. As a storefront philosopher, toiling every day at his lock-and-key business, he is consumed inside with memories of the great love he let slip away. Growing from its quiet characterstudy beginnings to engage in bigger questions of love and human condition, the film finds moments of pure poetry, with Green weaving humour and insight together to guide Pacino to one of his strongest performances in years.

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Building Jerusalem TBC

Fri 28 – Sun 30 Aug Dir: Julian Jarrold UK 2015 97mins Cast: Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley, Emily Watson, Rupert Everett

Tue 1 Sep 7pm £12 Dir: James Erskine UK Running time TBC Cast: Jonny Wilkinson, Martin Johnson

May 8, 1945: as London celebrates the end of war in Europe, the 19-year-old Princess Elizabeth (Gadon) and her 15-year-old sister, Princess Margaret (Powley), slip out of Buckingham Palace, and into the crowds, to party. Unrecognised, a night of excitement, danger and romance beckons.

Building Jerusalem, a theatrical documentary, charts the dawn of modern rugby with Sir Clive Woodward at the helm, culminating in England’s glorious World Cup Victory in 2003.

Director Julian Jarrold (Becoming Jane) marks the 70th anniversary of VE Day with a fictionalised account of a right royal adventure, a historical drama inspired by truth.

“PACINO PERFORMS MIRACLES IN DAVID GORDON GREEN’S INTIMATE CHARACTER STUDY.” Little White Lies

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Combining exciting match action with news & behind the scenes footage, it tells the dramatic highs and lows through the eyes of those who were there; players, coaches and journalists including exclusive interviews with Jonny Wilkinson and Martin Johnson. 15

LIVE DIGITAL SCREENINGS

ENO Live

ROH Live

NT Live

Carmen

William Tell 12a

Everyman 12a

Brand new production

a new adaptation by Carol Ann Duffy and movement by Javier de Frutos

Wed 1 Jul 7.30pm Sung and surtitled in English

Sun 5 Jul 2.45pm and 8pm 240mins Sung in French with English surtitles

Thu 16 Jul 7pm 100mins

Damiano Michieletto makes his Royal Opera House debut with a new production of Rossini’s final opera and greatest masterpiece, starring Gerald Finley conducted by Antonio Pappano.

BAFTA winner and Academy Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) takes the title role in this dynamic new production of one of English drama’s oldest plays, directed by National Theatre’s new Director Rufus Norris (London Road).

RSC Live

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Merchant of Venice

Othello

The Beaux’ Stratagem

Wed 22 Jul 7pm 180mins

Wed 26 Aug 7pm 210mins

Thu 3 Sep 7pm 180mins

In the melting pot of Venice, trade is God. With its ships plying the globe, the city opens its arms to all - as long as they come prepared to do business there is profit to be made.

Othello is the greatest general of his age. A fearsome warrior, loving husband and revered defender of Venice against its enemies.

Simon Godwin (Man and Superman) directs George Farquhar’s wild comedy of love and cash.

A passionate tale of lust, seduction and betrayal, no other opera boasts as popular a following as Bizet’s Carmen. Set during the dying days of Franco’s Spain, Calixto Bieito’s acclaimed production of this mustsee opera has been enjoyed by audiences across Europe.

LIVE EVENTS Complicite

The Encounter Thu 8 Oct –Sat 10 Oct 7.45pm Sat 10 (BSL Performance) & Sun 11 Oct 2pm

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Acclaimed theatre maker and film star Simon McBurney traces Loren McIntyre’s journey into the depths of the Amazon rainforest. Arriving at the Arts Centre after premiering at Edinburgh International Festival, The Encounter incorporates innovative technology into a solo performance to build a shifting world of sound.

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Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) Tue 27 - Sat 21 Oct 7.30pm. Sat matinee 2pm Based on the Beggar’s Opera, John Gay’s classic musical satire, Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) is busting with wit, wonder and weirdness. “FIENDISHLY CLEVER… A CONSTANT BARRAGE OF VISUAL, THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL SURPRISES.”  The Stage

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Tue 10 – Sat 14 Nov 7.45pm A frustrated mother, a daughter lost in her imagination, and a son intent on rebellion. Directed by Ellen McDougall, one of the UK’s brightest young directing talents, her previous work includes critically acclaimed productions of Henry the Fifth, Anna Karenina, The Rolling Stone and Idomeneus.

UPCOMING EVENTS Tue 13 Oct 7.30pm Wed 21 Oct Wed 28 Oct 8pm Wed 4 Nov 7.30pm Sat 28 & Sun 29 Nov Sun 27 Dec 7.15pm

Michael Palin: The Thirty Years Tour The Proclaimers Asian Dub Foundation: THX 1138 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (on sale Aug) Lyngo Theatre Company Puss in Boots (on sale Aug) ROH The Nutcracker (encore screening)

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QUICK GUIDE

S/HOH = Subtitled for hard of hearing PSD. = Post-screening Discussion

Films A-Z A Royal Night Out Amy Astérix & Obélix: Mansion of the Gods Black Coal, Thin Ice Building Jerusalem Burning (The) Chimes at Midnight Choir (The) Cinderella Cobain: Montage of Heck Danny Collins Diary of a Teenage Girl (The) Elsa and Fred eSports: ALL WORK ALL PLAY Fabergé: A Life of Its Own Far From the Madding Crowd Gemma Bovery Lady from Shanghai (The) Lambert and Stamp Les 400 Coups Les Combattants London Road Love and Mercy Manglehorn Misfits (The) Mr Holmes Mr Turner Priest’s Children (The) Pyramid Texts (The) Queen and Country Return to Sender Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (The) She’s Funny That Way Slow West Song of the Sea Still Alice Third Man (The) Touch of Evil True Story West

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Live Digital Screenings ENO Live: Carmen ENO: Pirates of Penzance NT Live: Everyman NT Live: The Beaux’ Stratagem ROH Live: William Tell RSC Live: Merchant of Venice RSC Live: Othello

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ENO Live: Carmen 7.30pm Queen and Country 7.30pm The Pyramid Texts 6pm Mr Holmes 8.45pm Mr Holmes 4pm Mr Holmes 6.15pm Return to Sender 8.30pm ROH Live: William Tell 2.45pm Mr Holmes 8pm Return to Sender 6.30pm Mr Holmes 8.45pm S/HOH 6.15pm Mr Holmes Return to Sender 8.30pm Les Combattants 6.15pm Mr Holmes 8.30pm Mr Holmes 6.15pm Les Combattants 8.30pm Still Alice 6.15pm Danny Collins 8.30pm Mr Turner 3pm Danny Collins 6.10pm Still Alice 8.30pm ENO: Pirates of Penzance 1.30pm Still Alice 4.15pm Danny Collins 7.30pm Les 400 Coups 6.15pm Danny Collins 8.45pm She’s Funny That Way 6.15pm Danny Collins 8.30pm West 6.15pm She’s Funny That Way 8.30pm NT Live: Everyman 7pm West 9pm Far From The Madding Crowd 6.15pm The Pyramid Texts 8.45pm Elsa and Fred 6.15pm Far From The Madding Crowd 8.30pm Elsa and Fred 4pm Far From The Madding Crowd 7.30pm Far From The Madding Crowd 6.15pm London Road 8.45pm London Road 6.20pm Black Coal, Thin Ice 8.30pm RSC Live: Merchant of Venice 7pm

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Black Coal, Thin Ice 6.15pm London Road 8.45pm The Choir 8.15pm Slow West 8.30pm The Choir 4pm Slow West 6.30pm The Choir 8.30pm The Choir 4pm Slow West 7.30pm Slow West 6.30pm The Choir 8.30pm eSports: ALL WORK ALL PLAY 7pm S/HOH 6.15pm The Choir Slow West 8.30pm Faberge: A Life of Its Own 6.30pm The Choir 8.30pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 6.10pm Amy 8.45pm

August Sat 1 Sun 2 Mon 3 Tue 4 Wed 5 Thu 6 Fri 7 Sat 8 Sun 9 Mon 10 Tue 11 Wed 12

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 3.30pm Amy 6pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 8.40pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 4pm Amy 7.30pm Amy 6pm The Priest’s Children 8.45pm The Priest’s Children 6.30pm Amy 8.40pm Amy 6pm The Burning 8.40pm The Burning 6.15pm Amy 8.30pm Love and Mercy 6pm The Third Man 8.30pm Cinderella 4pm The Third Man 6.15pm Love and Mercy 8.30pm Cinderella 4pm Love and Mercy 7.30pm Love and Mercy 6pm Cobain: Montage of Heck 8.30pm Cobain: Montage of Heck 6pm Love and Mercy 8.45pm Love and Mercy 6pm Touch of Evil 8.30pm

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Touch of Evil 6.15pm Love and Mercy 8.45pm Lambert and Stamp 6.15pm True Story 8.45pm Astérix & Obélix: Mansion of the Gods 4pm True Story 6.30pm Queen and Country 8.45pm Astérix & Obélix: Mansion of the Gods 4pm True Story 7.30pm True Story 6.30pm Queen and Country 8.45pm Queen and Country 8.15pm True Story 8.45pm True Story 6.15pm Chimes at Midnight 8.30pm Chimes at Midnight 6.15pm True Story 8.40pm The Misfits 6pm Gemma Bovery 8.40pm Song of the Sea 4pm Gemma Bovery 6.30pm The Misfits 8.45pm Song of the Sea 4pm Gemma Bovery 7.30pm Gemma Bovery 6.30pm The Diary of a Teenage Girl 8.45pm The Diary of a Teenage Girl 6.15pm Gemma Bovery 8.30pm RSC Live: Othello 7pm Gemma Bovery 6.30pm The Diary of a Teenage Girl 8.45pm A Royal Night Out 6.15pm Manglehorn 8.30pm A Royal Night Out 4pm Manglehorn 6.30pm A Royal Night Out 8.45pm A Royal Night Out 6.15pm Manglehorn 7.30pm Manglehorn 4pm The Lady From Shanghai 7.30pm

September Tue 1 Wed 2 Thu 3

Building Jerusalem 7pm The Lady From Shanghai 6.30pm Manglehorn 8.30pm NT Live: The Beaux’ Stratagem 7pm

Warwick Arts Centre reserves the right to change the film programme without notice. Please check our website or contact Box Office for updated information.

How to find us by car

Bookings Phone: 024 7652 4524 Online: warwickartscentre.co.uk

On approaches to Coventry, simply follow the brown signs for Warwick Arts Centre. Once on the University of Warwick campus, head for car parks 6, 7 or 8. For the latest on the roads around Coventry visit: www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/travel

by train Services run regularly from Birmingham, Leicester and London to Coventry and Coventry station is just a short taxi or bus ride away.

by bus Regular bus services from Coventry, Leamington Spa and Kenilworth stop outside the Arts Centre. Traveline: 0871 200 2233

Box Office Opening Times Mon to Sat: 10am – 9pm Sun: 2pm – 8pm

Ticket Prices (Unless otherwise stated) Inclusive of booking fee

Full price: £9 Discounts: £7.50 (Over 60s in full time retirement, recipients of job seekers allowance, Passport to Leisure holders)

Live digital screenings: £18 (£11) Full time students & under 18s: £6.25 University of Warwick students: £4.50 Weekday matinees – all tickets: £6 Groups of 5+: £6.45 each

Brochure available in large print on 024 7652 4524 Subtitles for the hard of hearing available on selected film screenings. Look for the S.HOH symbol next to film times in the quick guide.

This map represents the new road layout currently under construction. For current road closures and diversions, please see the website.

Warwick Arts Centre is a resource provided by The University of Warwick. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following organisations:

Film Club Membership Includes: • FREE cinema ticket per member • Discount on subsequent cinema tickets Single full membership: £19 Single discounted membership: £16 Joint full membership: £36 Joint discounted membership: £30 (Joint membership is based on 2 people living at the same address)

• A priority mailing of bi-monthly film diary (unless you prefer to receive email) • A 10% discount off your bill at Le Gusta Oven & Bar • Discounted member price for all special events & film talks • No ticket exchange fees on film tickets (subject to usual terms and conditions)

Join by calling Box Office on 024 7652 4524.

• Ticket discounts to other selected events at Warwick Arts Centre