Cinema May - Jun 2015 by Warwick Arts Centre

CINEMA MAY - JUN 2015

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HELLO The spring programme spotlights extraordinary women. Few are more remarkable than Sabine de Barra, horticulturist and designer of some of the epic gardens at the Palace of Versailles. Kate Winslet presents her as a cause to ‘praise older women’ in Alan Rickman’s unusual historical drama, A Little Chaos. Carey Mulligan brings a strong and independent Bathsheba Everdene to the fore in the latest adaptation of Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd. Helen Mirren is the tenacious Austrian refugee wrangling with the government to reclaim the art stolen from her by the Nazis. Juliette Binoche delivers an outstanding performance as an actress revisiting the role that made her famous amid the Clouds of Sils Maria. From Norway, Blind tells stories of perception and fantasy through the eyes of a woman who has recently lost her sight. From Poland come the Oscar winning Ida and wartime drama Stones for the Rampart. From Hungary White God reminds us how vivid and visual cinema can be. Phoenix, from Germany, recounts a search for lost love in the years after the War. From France Samba, by the makers of The Untouchables, starring Omar Sy, takes a warm, sympathetic look at life for illegal immigrants in Paris and The New Girlfriend with Romain Duris in a wry comedy of parenting and gender roles. Every so often comes a film that is so much of its time and full of insight. Timbuktu is one such, viewing the influx of Muslim fundamentalists into Saharan Africa. Whatever the weather, May and June will be warm, bright and full of surprises in the cinema.

John Gore, Film Programmer

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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel PG Fri 1 – Sat 2 May & Mon 4 - Tue 5 May 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. But he finds himself, once again, stretched - a predicament exasperated by his impending marriage to Sunaina. 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.

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Fri 1 – Thu 7 May Dir: Daniel Espinosa UK 2015 137mins Cast: Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace

Wed 6 & Thu 7 May Dir: Pawel Pawlikowski Poland 2013 82mins Subtitled Cast: Agata Kulesza, Dawid Ogrodnik, Agata Trzebuchowska

Cold War-era thriller based on the best-selling book by Tom Rob Smith, and produced by Ridley Scott.

Poland 1962. Raised by nuns and on the verge of taking her vows, orphan Anna (Trzebuchowska) is sent out to visit Wanda (Kulesza), her only living relative. There, the innocent sheltered Anna discovers her parents were Jewish, killed during the Nazi occupation.

Secret police agent Leo (Wuthering Heights’ Tom Hardy) finds his attempts to track down a serial killer blocked by the Soviet government. Exiled from Moscow after he refuses to arrest his ‘traitor’ wife Raisa (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’s Noomi Rapace), a disgraced Leo turns to General Mikhail Nesterov (Gary Oldman) to find the murderer and stop him once and for all - no matter what shocking truth he uncovers. Child 44

The first Polish film to win best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards, Ida also won the equivalent BAFTA. “ONE OF THE FINEST EUROPEAN FILMS IN RECENT MEMORY” The New York Times

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While We’re Young 15 Fri 8 – Sat 9 May & Mon 11 May Dir: Noah Baumbach US 2014 97mins Cast: Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried

While We’re Young

Josh (Stiller) and Cornelia (Watts) are happily married middle-aged members of New York’s creative class. But as Josh labours over the umpteenth edit of his cerebral documentary, it’s clear that something is missing. Enter Jamie (Driver) and Darby (Seyfried), a free-spirited young couple, who are ready to drop everything in pursuit of their next passion. Energised, it’s not long before the restless 40-somethings are throwing aside friends to trail after the young hipsters, who seem so plugged in and uninhibited. “AN ALMOST PERFECT 90-MINUTE HIT OF CONFIDENT AND INSPIRED COMEDIC COMMENTARY.” The Guardian 03

FAMILY FILMS Cinema £5.50 (£3.50)

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Sat 9 May Dir: Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi UK 2014 94mins Cast: Elle Fanning, Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead-Wright

Sat 23 May Dir: Hayao Miyazaki Japan 2001 125mins Cast: Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Suzanne Pleshette

Oscar-nominated animation from the makers of Coraline which also boasts the vocal talents of Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Jared Harris and Tracy Morgan.

Studio Ghibli’s enchanting Oscarwinning animation is back on the big screen.

When peaceful cave-dwelling scavengers the Boxtrolls are targeted by a villainous socialclimbing pest exterminator from the cheese-obsessed world above, the kind-hearted band of tinkerers turn to Eggs, the adopted orphan boy in their midst, and Winnie, an adventurous surface-dwelling rich girl, for their survival. “DELICIOUSLY SCRUNGY, WITH DAZZLING VISUALS” The Guardian

Take the kids on a fantastical journey through the eyes of 10-yearold Chihiro who stumbles upon a seemingly abandoned amusement park before her parents are transformed, and the young girl is trapped in the spirit world. A modern-day Through The Looking Glass from the legendary director of Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle and Kiki’s Delivery Service. “SPIRITED AWAY IS FAST AND FUNNY; IT’S WEIRD AND WONDERFUL”

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Paddington PG Sun 31 May Dir: Paul King UK 2014 95mins Cast: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins Everyone’s favourite Peruvian bear returns to Warwick Arts Centre for this live-action take on the beloved children’s classic, from producer David Heywood (Gravity). Paddington (Whishaw) journeys from darkest Peru to London in search of a new home. Abandoned at Paddington train station, he struggles to adjust to the big city before being rescued by Mr Brown (Bonneville). It looks as though his luck has changed, until this rarest of bears catches the eye of a museum taxidermist.

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MirrorMask PG Sat 6 Jun Dir: Dave McKean UK 2005 101mins Cast: Stephanie Leonidas, Gina McKee, Rob Brydon The first cinematic collaboration between award-winning fantasy writer Neil Gaiman, and designer/ director Dave McKean, whose other partnerships have included Coraline, Sandman and The Wolves In The Walls. Combining live action with digital animation, MirrorMask is a spectacular visual treat. As her mother is hospitalised, teenager Helena enters a strange world with two opposing queens and bizarre creatures. With the White Queen ill, only the fabled MirrorMask can restore her. “IF THE WIZARD OF OZ WERE REBORN IN THE 21ST CENTURY, IT MIGHT LOOK A LOT LIKE MIRRORMASK” Hollywood Reporter

Shaun The Sheep: The Movie U Sat 20 Jun Dir: Mark Burton, Richard Starzac UK 2015 85mins Cast: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, his actions inadvertently lead the Farmer from Mossy Bottom Farm to the Big City, forcing Shaun and his flock to head into the bustling metropolis for a daring rescue mission. Effortlessly making the move from TV to the big screen, Shaun The Sheep is filled with all the charm, warmth and wit we’ve come to expect from the Aardman studio, creators of Creature Comforts, Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit (whose Oscar-winning A Close Shave marked Shaun’s film debut). Delightful. 05

A Little Chaos 12a Fri 8 – Thu 14 May Dir: Alan Rickman UK 2014 116mins Cast: Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci, Helen McCrory, Jennifer Ehle Widow Sabine De Barra (Winslet) is a strong-willed landscape designer who challenges sexual and class barriers when she is chosen to build one of the main gardens at King Louis XIV’s new palace at Versailles, causing her to become professionally and romantically entangled with the court’s renowned landscape architect André Le Notre (Suite Française’s Schoenaerts). Alan Rickman (who also co-stars as Louis XIV) steps back behind the camera for the first time in over 15 years for sumptuous period drama of love, loss, order, chaos and horticulture. “KATE WINSLET BLOOMS IN A FILM FULL OF HEAVING BOSOMS, FLOUNCING DANDIES AND LANDSCAPE GARDENING.” The Telegraph

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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya U Sat 9 & Sun 10 May Dir: Isao Takahata Japan 2014 137mins Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata’s lovingly rendered, handdrawn, animated adaptation of the Japanese folktale, The Tale Of The Bamboo-Cutter, has been eight years in the making. A magical little girl is found by a humble wood-cutter in a glowing bamboo shoot. Like a bamboo shoot, she soon grows, leaving the idyllic countryside for a more regal life in the city. But there, the Princess finds herself longing for something else. “GORGEOUSLY BEAUTIFUL IN A WAY THAT WORDS CANNOT DO JUSTICE.”  The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

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Tue 12 – Thu 14 May Dir: Ruben Östlund Sweden/Denmark/France/Norway 2014 119mins Subtitled Cast: Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren A Swedish family travels to the French Alps to enjoy a few days of skiing and to spend precious time with each other. However, during lunch, an avalanche turns everything upside down. With diners fleeing in all directions, mother Ebba calls for her husband Tomas as she tries to protect their children. Tomas, meanwhile, is running for his life. The anticipated disaster fails to occur, and yet the family’s world has been shaken to its core, leaving Tomas and Ebba’s marriage hanging in the balance. An observational comedy about the role of the male in modern family life.

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Fri 15 – Tue 19 May Dir: Russell Crowe Australia/USA 2014 111mins Cast: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Yilmaz Erdogan

Fri 15 – Mon 25 May Dir: Thomas Vinterberg UK 2015 119mins Cast: Carey Mulligan, Michael Sheen, Matthias Schoenaerts

Actor Russell Crowe makes his directorial debut with an epic and inspiring tale of one man’s life-changing journey of discovery.

After inheriting her uncle’s farm, the independent and strong-minded Bathsheba (An Education’s Carey Mulligan) attracts the attention of three very different suitors: trustworthy sheep farmer Gabriel Oak (Suite Française’s Matthias Schoenaerts); prosperous, dignified and handsome bachelor William Boldwood (Michael Sheen); and Frank Troy, a charismatic yet reckless Sergeant (Tom Sturridge).

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Crowe plays Australian farmer Joshua Connor, who, in 1919, goes in search of his missing sons, lost after fighting the Turks in the bloody Battle of Gallipoli. Arriving in Istanbul, he encounters others who have suffered their own losses, including a beautiful but guarded hotelier Ayshe (Quantum Of Solace’s Kurylenko) and her son, and Major Hasan (Erdogan), a Turkish officer who fought against Connor’s boys and who may be his only hope at finding the truth. “A HANDSOME CROWDPLEASER WITH A BIG HEART.” The Guardian

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. Filmed in the author’s picturesque home county of Dorset by Danish director Vinerberg (The Hunt).

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Wed 20 & Thu 21 May Dir: Eskil Vogt Norway/Netherlands 2014 96mins Subtitled Cast: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Vera Vitali

Fri 22 – Thu 28 May Dir: Bharat Nalluri UK 2015 104mins Cast: Kit Harington, Peter Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Tuppence Middleton

Having recently lost her sight, writer Ingrid (Petersen) withdraws to the security and familiarity of her home. Though once simple domestic tasks now take time, it’s a place where she can feel in control, alone with her architect husband (Rafaelsen) and her thoughts. But as she begins to create a fictional story featuring the shy Einar and relocated single mum Elin, imagination and reality, fact and fiction subtlety start to blend into one another.

The BBC’s long-running BAFTA-winning spy drama makes an explosive jump to the big screen.

The directorial debut of Nordic scribe Vogt (Oslo August 31st, Reprise) and winner of Best European Film at the Berlin Film Festival. 08

Spooks: The Greater Good

When charismatic terrorist Adem Qasim (Elyes Gabel) escapes from MI5 custody during a high profile handover, Head of Counter-terrorism Harry Pearce (Peter Firth) is blamed. Disgraced and forced to resign, Harry disappears without a trace. With MI5 facing reform and an impending attack on London looming, former agent Will Holloway (Games of Thrones’ Kit Harington) is brought back from Moscow to discover the truth about Harry’s disappearance. Parts of the film have been shot in Coventry. “COULD GIVE JAMES BOND A RUN FOR HIS MONEY.” Daily Express

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Exhibition on Screen: The Impressionists U

Sat 23 May & Wed 27 May Dir: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger UK 1951 127mins Cast: Moira Shearer, Ludmilla Tchérina, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann

Tue 26 May 6.30pm Dir: Phil Grabsky UK 2015 90mins

Newly restored version of Powell and Pressburger’s visually sumptuous and colourful adaptation of Jacques Offenbach’s final, unfinished opera, Les Contes d’Hoffmann.

The Impressionists features unique access to a major new exhibition from the Musee du Luxembourg Paris, National Gallery London and Philadelphia Museum, focussing on the man credited with inventing Impressionism as we know it: 19th century Parisian art collector Paul Durand-Ruel.

Often seen as a companion piece to Powell and Pressburger’s earlier (and equally masterful) Red Shoes, the film shares many key personnel as the poet Hoffmann tells tales of three women who break his heart: a mechanical performing doll, a courtesan, and a singer. “[A] RAVISHING SYMPHONY OF SIGHT AND SOUND.”  The Guardian

Exhibition on Screen: The Impressionists

Uncover the story of Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Degas and Pissarro.

This energetic and revealing documentary tells his remarkable story along with that of the Impressionists themselves, whose revealing paintings, though controversial in their time, have since changed the way we view the world.

Stones For The Rampart

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Wed 27 & Thu 28 May Dir: Robert Glinski Poland 2014 107mins Subtitled Cast: Tomasz Zietek, Marcel Sabat, Kamil Szeptycki ` Adaptation of Aleksander Kaminski cult 1943 book with the same title which describes acts of sabotage carried out by members of the Polish underground movement ‘Szare Szeregi’ (Gray Ranks). A true story of bravery, honour, patriotism and friendship. A group of three scouts known as The Gray Ranks, set aside their dreams and hopes for the future to rescue their tortured comrade from the clutches of the Gestapo. With no experience or weapons, the young idealists were described as being “like stones thrown by God upon a great rampart.” Juliusz Słowacki

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Fri 29 – Sun 31 May Dir: Ava DuVernay US 2014 128mins Cast: David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Oprah Winfrey Telling the gripping true story of the pivotal moment in Martin Luther King Jr’s epic civil rights struggle the 1965 protest march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to secure voting rights for African Americans. British actor Oyelowo (A Most Violent Year) gives a stunning performance as King, whose belief in non-violent protest is met with extreme violence, and whose backroom negotiations with US President Lyndon Johnson (Wilkinson) leave him exasperated. A “SCORCHING, FULL-BODIED, FLAT-OUT GREAT FILM.” The Telegraph Good Kill

Good Kill 15 Fri 29 – Sun 31 May, & Wed 3 Jun Dir: Andrew Niccol US 2014 100mins Cast: Ethan Hawke, January Jones, Bruce Greenwod After several tours of duty, USAF pilot Major Tom Egan (Hawke) now fights the ‘war on terror’ by remote control, from an air conditioned bunker in the Nevada desert. Increasingly troubled by the collateral damage caused by his drone strikes, he turns to alcohol to numb his guilt, rage and boredom, threatening both his career and his relationship with his wife (Mad Men’s Jones). Gattaca and Lord Of War writer/director Andrew Niccol reunites with Ethan Hawke for a very contemporary war film, asking serious questions about modern warfare. “ETHAN HAWKE SHINES IN A COMPLEX, SATISFYING CHARACTER STUDY TURNED COMBAT THRILLER.”

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Mon 1 & Tue 2 Jun Dir: Kornél Mundruczó Hungary 2014 119mins Subtitled Cast: Zsófia Psotta, Sándor Zsótér, Lili Horváth

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Suite Française 15 Mon 1 – Wed 3 Jun Dir: Saul Dibb US 2014 107mins Cast: Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas, Matthias Schoenaerts

When young Lili is forced to give up her beloved dog Hagen because its mixed-breed heritage is deemed ‘unfit’ by the State, she and the dog begin a dangerous journey back towards each other. At the same time, all the unwanted, unloved and so-called ‘unfit’ dogs rise up under a new leader.

While living uneasily with her mother-in-law (Scott Thomas) in a small French town, Lucile (Williams) awaits news from her husband. As the German advance continues, occupying forces take up residence in the villagers’ homes, and Lucile soon finds herself inadvertently drawn to the refined and handsome officer, Bruno (Schoenaerts).

Mundruczó’s story reveals the indignities visited upon animals by their supposed human superiors, but is also a stark, beautiful metaphor for the political and cultural tensions sweeping contemporary Europe.

Published 50 years after her death in a concentration camp, novelist Irène Némirovsky’s lost story of an unlikely, yet powerful, love set against the backdrop of World War II is adapted for the screen by the director of The Duchess.

Suite Française

Wed 3 & Thu 4 Jun Dir: Federico Fellini Italy 1963 135mins B&W Subtitled Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale Heralded as a ‘cinematic masterpiece’ upon its release in 1963, Fellini’s semi-autobiographical comedy drama has lost none of its inventiveness, wit or flair. On the back of a hit, famed film director Guido (Mastroianni) is suffering from an artistic crisis - all the elements are there for another film, but he has nothing to say. While he struggles to work on his latest project, he recalls his past as reality and fantasy mix.

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“A SPRAWLING ANYTHING-GOES PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS IN CRISIS.” Empire 11

Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Thu 4 Jun Our regular showcase of short films from around the region returns with a new selection of cinematic surprises. If you’d like to submit your film for consideration in the programme, it should be less than 15mins in duration and available on DVD, DigiBeta or 35mm. Please send to: John Gore, Film Programmer, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL by Fri 29 May along with your contact details. A Royal Night Out

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Fri 5 – Sun 7 Jun Dir: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano France 2014 120mins Subtitled Cast: Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim

Fri 5 – Sun 14 Jun Dir: Julian Jarrold UK 2015 97mins Cast: Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley, Emily Watson, Rupert Everett

Arriving in France from Senegal, Samba Cissé (Sy) has spent a decade enduring low-paid jobs: mall security, window cleaning and dish-washing.

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.

When a job application is refused, the charming and hard-working Samba finds himself facing deportation. Introverted postburn out immigration worker Alice (Gainsbourg) takes on his case and an unexpected friendship blossoms into romance. Nakache’s and Toledano’s follow up to 2011’s world-wide hit The Intouchables features a moving score by chart-topping Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi. 12

Director Julian Jarrold (Becoming Jane, Brideshead Revisited) marks the 70th anniversary of VE Day with a fictionalised account of a right royal adventure, a historical drama inspired by truth. Co-staring Emily Watson and Rupert Everett as the Queen Mother and King George VI.

Phoenix 12a Mon 8 & Tue 9 Jun Dir: Christian Petzold Germany 2014 98mins Subtitled Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf Nelly Lenz (Nina Hoss), a Jewish singer, despite facial disfigurement, has survived the Nazi concentration camps. Back in Berlin, Nelly tracks down Johnny (Ronald Zehrfeld), the husband who may or may not have shopped her to the Nazis, believing her dead he fails to recognise her. He does, though, notice that she bears a passing resemblance to his late wife. That gives him an idea: if she were to pose as Nelly, they could split the inheritance. This marks the beginning of a complex mystery of disguise and deceit. “PETZOLD IS A GIFTED STORYTELLER, WITH THE LEAN, DRIVING NARRATIVE SENSE OF THE FILM NOIR MASTERS.” Variety

A Funny Kind of Love 18 Wed 10 & Thu 11 Jun Dir: Josh Lawson Australia 2014 95mins Cast: Bojana Novakovic, Josh Lawson, Damon Herriman, Kate Mulvany, Alan Dukes The directorial debut of actor Lawson (Anchorman 2) is a smart comedy about the sexual fantasies of a group of Australian suburbanites. Juggling the various characters’ stories the film takes a wry look at how far they will go to get what they want. “THE MOVIE RETAINS A PLAYFUL MOOD DESPITE TRAVERSING SOME DARK TERRITORY [AND] LAWSON HANDLES IT ALL DEFTLY, MAKING SOME GOOD POINTS ABOUT HONESTY IN RELATIONSHIPS.”

The Sunday Telegraph (Australia) Phoenix

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Fri 12 - Mon 15 Jun Dir: François Ozon France 2014 105mins Subtitled Cast: Anais Demoustier, Romain Duris Writer/ director François Ozon (Swimming Pool, 8 Women) reshapes author Ruth Rendell’s short story into a deliciously subversive melodrama. When his wife dies, husband David (Duris) is left to raise their daughter, Lucie on his own. Helping the grief stricken David is Lucie’s godmother and his wife’s childhood friend Claire (Demoustier), whose unexpected arrival reveals a surprising secret. A complex and beautifully crafted tale of gender, identity and class. “OZON’S FILM QUIVERS BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER AND PLAYFUL FARCE.”  The Skinny

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Woman In Gold 12a Mon 15 – Wed 17 Jun Dir: Simon Curtis UK/USA 2015 109mins Cast: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Charles Dance, Elizabeth McGovern, Katie Holmes A real-life story of one woman’s battle to reclaim her family’s heritage, Simon Curtis’s (My Week With Marilyn) impressively staged drama features yet another towering performance from Helen Mirren as Maria Altmann. An ageing Jewish Holocaust survivor now living in LA, she turns to American attorney E. Randol Schoenberg (Reynolds) to help her reclaim family possessions looted by the Nazis. Amongst the treasures is Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, a shimmering, golden painting by Gustav Klimt depicting Altmann’s aunt, which is now claimed by the Austrian Government as a national treasure.

Additional screenings in Apr, see Quick Guide p18. Exhibition on Screen: Vincent Van Gogh

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Exhibition on Screen: Timbuktu 12a Vincent Van Gogh - A Wed 17 & Thu 18 Jun New Way Of Seeing PG Dir: Abderrahmane Sissako Tue 16 Jun Dir: Daniel Fridell UK 2015 90mins Enjoy complete and unprecedented access to the treasures of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum in a new film about one of the world’s favourite artists - marking both a major re-showing of the gallery’s collection and the 125th anniversary of Van Gogh’s death. Experience the wonder of seeing the painter’s masterpieces on the big screen while specially invited guests, including world-renowned curators and art historians, offer their interpretations and explanations of his work. With exclusive new research revealing recent discoveries, the Van Gogh Museum has helped craft a unique cinema experience.

France/Mauritania 2014 96mins Subtitled Cast: Ibrahim Ahmed dit Pino, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki In Northern Mali a fundamentalist group of men take over a peaceful village. Music, sports and laughter have been outlawed and local tradespeople are forced upon new rules and regulations. In the dunes not far from Timbuktu, proud cattle farmer Kidane resides quietly with his family until a tragic accident throws him into conflict with the foreign occupants. Recipient of the François Chalais Prize at Cannes as a film dedicated to the values of life affirmation and of journalism. “SISSAKO’S NEW FILM BALANCES THE PERSONAL AND POLITICAL TO STUNNING EFFECT. BY TURNS PETRIFYING AND FUNNY.” LFF 2014

Appropriate Behaviour 15 Thu 18 Jun Dir: Desiree Akhavan US/UK 2014 86mins Cast: Desiree Akhavan, Halley Feiffer, Rebecca Henderson, Scott Adsit For Iranian-American hipster Shirin (writer/director Akhavan), being part of a perfect Persian family isn’t easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn’t know she’s bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine (Henderson), can’t understand why she doesn’t tell them. Following a family announcement of her brother’s betrothal to a parentally approved Iranian prize catch, Shirin embarks on a private rebellion involving a series of pansexual escapades, while trying to decipher what went wrong with Maxine. “A KIND OF IRANIAN AMERICAN-BISEXUAL ANNIE HALL CROSSED WITH AN EPISODE OR TWO OF HBO’S GIRLS.” LA Times

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Fri 19 – Sun 21 Jun Dir: Cédric Jimenez France/Belgium 2014 135mins Subtitled Cast: Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche, Céline Sallette Belated companion piece to William Friedkin’s lauded The French Connection tells the European side of the true story. Timbu

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Academy Award winner Jean Dujardin (The Artist) stars as magistrate Pierre Michel, who is reassigned to the southern port city of Marseille where the influence of untouchable drug boss Gaetan Zampa (Lellouche) infects every corner. “AT LAST POPEYE DOYLE’S FANS WILL SEE, IN THE INTERNATIONAL FIGHT AGAINST HEROIN, THE HEROES WEREN’T EXCLUSIVELY AMERICAN.” Variety

Clouds Of Sils Maria 15 Fri 19 – Mon 22 Jun & Mon 24 Dir: Olivier Assayas France/Germany/Switzerland 2014 124mins some Subtitles Cast: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz At the peak of her international acting career, Maria Enders (Binoche) is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous 20 years earlier. Departing to rehearse in Sils Maria, a remote region of the Alps, with her assistant (Stewart) she finds herself playing opposite a young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal (Moretz) - an ambiguously charming woman who is, in essence, an unsettling reflection of herself.

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Girlhood

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Mon 22 & Fri 26 Jun Dir: John Mackenzie UK 1980 109mins Cast: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Eddie Constantine

Tue 23 - Thu 25 Jun Dir: Céline Sciamma France 2014 112mins subtitled Cast: Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla

Brit crime classic starring the late Bob Hoskins as Harry Shand, an affluent Cockney gangster who plans to make millions by redeveloping London’s derelict Docklands with a US investment partner (Constantine). But then, as Easter looms, an unseen enemy instigates a series of brutal attacks on Shand’s empire. “...THE HIGH-WATER MARK OF THE BRITISH GANGSTER FILM, ITS REPUTATION RESTING NOT JUST ON A STARTLING CENTRAL PERFORMANCE FROM BOB HOSKINS, BUT ON ITS NEAR-PROPHETIC ILLUSTRATION OF EMERGING 1980S VALUES.” BFI

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Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys’ law in the neighbourhood, Marieme (Touré) starts a new life after meeting a group of free-spirited girls. Set across the outskirts of Paris, Girlhood is an intimate portrait and coming of age drama from writer/ director Sciamma (Tomboy, Water Lilies) whose work questions the construction of a feminine identity within the framework of social pressure, restrictions and taboos. “AN EXHILARATING, THOUGHTPROVOKING LOOK AT LIFE INSIDE A GIRL GANG.” Guardian

LIVE SCREENINGS

Queen And Country tbc Fri 26 – Tue 30 Jun & Thu 2 Jul Dir: John Boorman UK 2014 115mins Cast: Callum Turner, David Thewlis, Caleb Landry Jones, Richard E. Grant 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 charming bittersweet comedy/drama with superb ensemble cast. “A VIVID SNAPSHOT OF ARMY AND FAMILY LIFE IN POST-WAR ENGLAND” Variety “AN ENTERTAINING AND SYMPATHETIC GUIDE TO A LOST WORLD”

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Cavalleria Rusticana

Met Opera Live: Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) and Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) - New Production Sung in Italian with English surtitles Sun 3 May 210mins Opera’s most enduring tragic double bill returns in an evocative new production from Sir David McVicar, who sets the action across two time periods but in the same Sicilian village.

Carmen

ENO Live: Carmen Sung and surtitled in English Wed 1 Jul 165mins A passionate tale of lust, seduction and betrayal Bizet’s Carmen is set during the dying days of Franco’s Spain. Calixto Bieito’s acclaimed production of this must-see opera has been enjoyed by audiences across Europe. 17

QUICK GUIDE Films A-Z 8 1/2 A Little Chaos A Royal Night Out Appropriate Behaviour Blind BoxTrolls Child 44 Clouds of Sils Maria Connection (The) ENO Live: Carmen Exhibition on Screen: The Impressionists Exhibition on Screen: Van Gogh - A New Way of Seeing Far From the Madding Crowd Force Majeure Girlhood Good Kill Ida Long Good Friday (The) Met Opera Live: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci Mirrormask New Girlfriend (The) Paddington Phoenix Queen and Country Samba Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (The) Selma Shaun the Sheep: The Movie Spirited Away Spooks Stones for the Rampart Suite Francaise Tale of The Princess Kaguya (The) Tales of Hoffmann Timbuktu Water Diviner (The) While We’re Young White God Woman in Gold

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

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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 6.10pm Child 44 8.45pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 3.20pm Child 44 6pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 8.40pm Met Opera Live: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci 2.30pm Child 44 7.30pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 4pm Child 44 7.30pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 6.10pm Child 44 8.45pm Ida 4pm PSD. 6pm Child 44 Ida 8.50pm Ida 6.15pm Child 44 8.15pm While We’re Young 6.30pm A Little Chaos 8.45pm Boxtrolls 11am The Tale of Princess Kaguya 3.30pm A Little Chaos 6.15pm While We’re Young 8.45pm The Tale of Princess Kaguya 4pm A Little Chaos 7.30pm S/HOH 6.15pm A Little Chaos While We’re Young 8.45pm Force Majeure 6.15pm A Little Chaos 8.45pm A Little Chaos 4pm PSD. 6.20pm A Little Chaos Force Majeure 8.50pm Force Majeure 6.15pm A Little Chaos 8.45pm Far From the Madding Crowd 6.15pm The Water Diviner 8.45pm Far From the Madding Crowd 3.45pm The Water Diviner 6.15pm Far From the Madding Crowd 8.45pm Far From the Madding Crowd 4pm The Water Diviner 7.30pm

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Far From the Madding Crowd S/HOH 6.15pm The Water Diviner 8.45pm PSD. 6.15pm Far From the Madding Crowd The Water Diviner 8.45pm Far From the Madding Crowd 3.45pm Blind 6.30pm Far From the Madding Crowd 8.45pm Far From the Madding Crowd 6.15pm Blind 8.45pm Spooks: The Greater Good 6.15pm Far From the Madding Crowd 8.30pm Spirited Away 11am Tales of Hoffmann 3.30pm Far From the Madding Crowd 6.15pm Spooks: The Greater Good 8.45pm Far From the Madding Crowd 4pm Spooks: The Greater Good 7.30pm Spooks: The Greater Good 4pm Far From the Madding Crowd 7.30pm The Impressionists 6.30pm Spooks: The Greater Good 8.30pm Tales of Hoffmann 3.30pm Spooks: The Greater Good 6.15pm Stones for the Rampart 8.30pm Stones for the Rampart 6.15pm Spooks: The Greater Good 8.45pm Selma 6.10pm Good Kill 8.50pm Selma 3.30pm Good Kill 6.30pm Selma 8.45pm Paddington 11.15am Paddington 1.30pm Selma 4pm Good Kill 7.30pm

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Suite Francaise 6.10pm White God 8.30pm Suite Francaise 6.10pm White God 8.30pm Good Kill 3.45pm PSD. 6pm 8 1/2 Suite Francaise 8.50pm Rapid Eye Movement 6.15pm 8 1/2 8.40pm A Royal Night Out 6.15pm Samba 8.30pm MirrorMask 11am A Royal Night Out 4pm Samba 6.15pm A Royal Night Out 8.45pm

NB. Where certificates show TBC the information was unavailable at the time of going to print. Please check website for updated information.

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A Royal Night Out 4pm Samba 7.30pm Phoenix 6.30pm A Royal Night Out 8.45pm S/HOH 6.15pm A Royal Night Out Phoenix 8.30pm A Royal Night Out 4pm A Funny Kind of Love 6.20pm A Royal Night Out 8.30pm A Royal Night Out 6.15pm A Funny Kind of Love 8.30pm A Royal Night Out 6.15pm The New Girlfriend 8.30pm A Royal Night Out 4pm The New Girlfriend 6.30pm A Royal Night Out 8.45pm A Royal Night Out 4pm The New Girlfriend 7.30pm The New Girlfriend 6.30pm Woman in Gold 8.45pm Van Gogh 6.30pm Woman in Gold 8.30pm Woman in Gold 4pm PSD. 6.30pm Timbuktu Woman in Gold 8.45pm Appropriate Behaviour 6.30pm Timbuktu 8.30pm The Connection 6pm Clouds of Sils Maria 8.45pm Shaun the Sheep. The Movie 11am Clouds of Sils Maria 3.30pm Clouds of Sils Maria 6pm The Connection 8.40pm The Connection 4.15pm Clouds of Sils Maria 7.30pm Clouds of Sils Maria 6pm The Long Good Friday 8.45pm Girlhood 7.30pm Clouds of Sils Maria 4pm Girlhood 7.30pm Girlhood 7.30pm The Long Good Friday 6.15pm Queen and Country 8.40pm Queen and Country 4pm Queen and Country 7.30pm Queen and Country 7.30pm S/HOH 7.30pm Queen and Country Queen and Country 7.30pm

July Wed 1 Thu 2

ENO Live: Carmen Queen and Country

7.30pm 7.30pm

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