SEASON 2016 29 Jan – 1 Apr
The Assassin
Youth
Hail, Caesar!
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This is always a very exciting time of year in Cinema Land. Three of the main Movie Awards Ceremonies follow one another to reveal the best films and performances of the year. The Golden Globes have already been announced (10 Jan), with ‘The Revenant’ (screening here from 5th Feb) winning three of the major awards – Best Actor; Director; and Film (Drama). The BAFTAs will follow on the 14th February and finally the Academy Awards on the 28th February, both featuring a host of nominees that will be screening this season (Spotlight; The Hateful Eight; Trumbo; The Lady in the Van; Room; Bridge of Spies; Carol; The Assassin; Brooklyn; The Big Short… to name but a few). Holocaust Memorial Day is commemorated on the 27th January, and we will be screening a one-off performance of ‘Nicky’s Family’ on Saturday 30th January – a documentary celebrating the life of Sir Nicholas Winton, an Englishman who organized the rescue of 669 East European children just before the outbreak of World War II. We hope to welcome Lady Milena Grenfell Baines to introduce the documentary, who is one of the ‘Winton Children’ who owe their lives to this remarkable rescue. Chichester Cathedral will mark the day through a performance at the Cathedral of the staged oratorio ‘Last Train to Tomorrow’ (a tribute to the late Sir Nicholas Winton), which will be conducted on the evening by the Composer Carl Davis himself. Those of you who were looking out for our Annual Film Quiz, ‘A Mind for Movies’ that normally takes place in late March, will be disappointed to find out that we will not be holding this event this year, due to the refurbishment of our host venue – The Minerva Brasserie. We will however, return stronger than ever in 2017. See you at the Cinema
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Awards 2016 contents As You Like It
20
The Here After
The Assassin
20
Hitchcock/Truffaut 34
37
Ballets Russes
26
Il Trovatore
15
Bande à Parte
22
The Big Short
29
Iolanta / The Nutcracker
32
A Bigger Splash
25
The Iron Giant
39
Bolshoi Babylon
12 28 38
Jules et Jim
35
Brancusi from Eternity
14
La Traviata
13
The Car Man
9 40
The Lady in the Van 28 The Last Diamond Le Talent de Mes Amis
7 24
Carol
12
The Company You Keep
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
31
11
Lost in Karastan
19
23
The Magic Flute
26
Dad’s Army The Dressmaker
40
9
Nicky’s Family
Florence and the Uffizi Gallery
17
Openings and Closings (Day Course) 43
Focus on Film
41
Our Brand is Crisis 30
Freeheld
27
Partisan
The Good Dinosaur 18 Grazing the Sky
19
Hail, Caesar!
31
The Hateful Eight
33
Hector
10
Brancusi from Eternity
The Revenant
11
Rhapsody / The Two Pigeons
Seat Plan
Boris Godunov
39
21
Room
Bone Tomahawk
Brooklyn
29
Renoir – The Unknown Artist
Janis: Little Girl Blue 28 Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening with Puccini 16
Bridge of Spies
Rams
15 8
Performance Pistons, Passions, Pleasures
24
Radiator
13
The Railway Children
36
The Assassin
10 7 43
Secret in their Eyes 37 Seeing Differently (Course)
41
Shakespeare 400 (Course)
42
Spartacus
30
Spotlight
21
Star Wars: The Force Awakens 18 The 33
25
Triple 9
38
Trumbo
23
Truth
32
Vertigo
35
A War
27
When Harry Met Sally
16
Wild Tales
36
The Winter’s Tale
12
Youth
17
Grazing the Sky
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Film Listings Fri 29 Jan
Fri 5 Feb
Thu 11 Feb
12:45 Brooklyn (12A) 111m 15:15 Room (15) 118m 18:00 The Last Diamond (15) 108m 20:30 Room
12:15
The Revenant (15) 156m 15:00 The Company You Keep (15) 121m 17:45 The Revenant 21:00 Partisan (15) 94m
12:15 Carol 14:45 The Revenant 18:15 Il Trovatore LIVE Paris Opera 175m
Sat 30 Jan 13:15 Room 16:00 Nicky’s Family (PG) 96m + Intro & Short 18:30 Hector 20:45 Room
Sun 31 Jan 12:00 Hector 14:00 Rhapsody/Two Pigeons ROH Ballet 165m 17:30 Room 20:15 Room
Mon 1 Feb 12:30 Room 15:15 The Last Diamond 18:00 Room 20:45 Brooklyn
Tue 2 Feb 12:45 15:15 18:00 20:30
Brooklyn Room Brooklyn Room
Wed 3 Feb 13:00 The Last Diamond 15:30 Brooklyn 18:00 Room 20:45 Room
Thu 4 Feb 13:00 15:45 18:00 20:45
Room Hector Brooklyn Room
Sat 6 Feb Bolshoi Babylon (PG) 86m 14:30 The Winter’s Tale Branagh Theatre 185m + interval 18:15 Partisan 20:30 The Revenant 12:15
Sun 7 Feb 12:00 Radiator (15) 93m 14:00 La Traviata ROH Opera 190m 17:30 The Revenant 20:45 Radiator
Mon 8 Feb 12:45 The Revenant 16:00 Radiator 18:15 Brancusi from Eternity (12A) 100m 20:45 Carol
Tue 9 Feb 12:30 Brancusi from Eternity 14:45 Carol 17:15 The Company You Keep 20:00 The Revenant
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12:30 The Revenant 15:30 Partisan 17:30 Bolshoi Babylon
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13:00 Lost in Karastan (15) 96m 15:15 Youth (15) 118m 17:45 Star Wars: The Force Awakens (12A) 136m 20:45 Youth
Sat 13 Feb 13:15 Youth 16:00 Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening of Puccini 130m 18:30 Youth 21:00 Grazing the Sky (U) 87m
Sun 14 Feb 13:00 Youth 15:45 Florence and the Uffizi Gallery (U) 85m 18:00 When Harry Met Sally (15) 96m Valentine’s Screening 20:15 Youth
Mon 15 Feb 12:30 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 15:30 Youth 18:15 Youth 21:00 Lost in Karastan
Tue 16 Feb
Wed 10 Feb
Trumbo
Fri 12 Feb
Dad’s Army
13:30 The Good Dinosaur (PG) 101m 15:45 Youth 18:30 Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening of Puccini 21:00 Youth
Wed 17 Feb
Wed 24 Feb
Thu 3 Mar
13:15
12:15 Spotlight 14:45 Bande à Parte (PG) 97m 16:45 Spotlight
12:45 15:00 18:00 20:45
Thu 25 Feb
Fri 4 Mar
13:15 Spotlight 16:15 Youth 19:00 As You Like It NT Live 240m
13:00 Dad’s Army (PG) 95m 13:30 Seeing Differently: Great Expectations 15:15 Le Talent de Mes Amis (15) 98m 17:45 A Bigger Splash (15) 20:30 The 33 (12A) 127m
The Good Dinosaur 15:15 When Harry Met Sally 18:00 Youth 20:45 Youth
Thu 18 Feb 12:45 Grazing the Sky 15:00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 18:00 Youth 20:45 Youth
Fri 19 Feb 12:45 Youth (15) 118m 15:15 Spotlight (15) 127m 18:00 Spotlight 20:45 The Assassin (12A) 105m
Sat 20 Feb 10:00 Openings & Closings (Day Course) 13:00 Spotlight 16:00 Renoir – The Unknown Artist 90m 17:45 Youth 20:30 Spotlight
Sun 21 Feb 12:15 15:00 17:30 20:15
Spotlight The Assassin Spotlight Youth
Mon 22 Feb 12:00 Spotlight 14:30 Youth 16:45 Spotlight
Tue 23 Feb 13:00 Youth 15:45 Spotlight 18:30 Renoir – The Unknown Artist 20:30 Spotlight
Fri 26 Feb 13:00 Dad’s Army (PG) 95m 13:30 Seeing Differently: Pride and Prejudice 15:15 Spotlight (15) 127m 18:15 Dad’s Army 20:30 Trumbo (15)
Sat 27 Feb 13:00 15:45 18:00 21:00
Spotlight Dad’s Army Trumbo Dad’s Army
Sun 28 Feb 13:15 Dad’s Army 15:30 Trumbo 18:15 Bande à Parte (PG) 97m 20:30 Dad’s Army
Mon 29 Feb 12:15 Dad’s Army 14:30 Dad’s Army 16:45 Trumbo
Tue 1 Mar 13:00 15:45 18:00 20:15
Trumbo Dad’s Army Dad’s Army Spotlight
Wed 2 Mar 13:15 15:30 18:15 20:30
Pistons, Passions, Pleasures
Dad’s Army Trumbo Dad’s Army Spotlight
Dad’s Army Spotlight Trumbo Dad’s Army
Sat 5 Mar 13:00 15:15 18:00 20:45
Dad’s Army The 33 A War (15) 115m A Bigger Splash
Sun 6 Mar 12:45 A Bigger Splash 15:30 Ballets Russes Paris Opera 145m 18:30 Pistons, Passions, Pleasures (PG) 72m 20:30 Dad’s Army
Mon 7 Mar 12:15 A Bigger Splash 15:00 Dad’s Army 17:15 Le Talent de Mes Amis
Tue 8 Mar 13:15
Pistons, Passions, Pleasures 15:15 Dad’s Army 17:45 A Bigger Splash 20:30 The 33
Rams
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Film Listings continued Wed 9 Mar
Thu 17 Mar
Sat 26 Mar
12:15
12:45 The Lady in the Van 15:15 Our Brand is Crisis 17:45 Iolanta / The Nutcracker Paris Opera 210m
12:15
Fri 18 Mar
Sun 27 Mar
13:00 Hail, Caesar! (cert & time tbc) 13:30 Shakespeare 400: The Merchant of Venice 15:45 Truth (15) 125m 18:30 Hitchcock/ Truffaut (12A) 79m 20:30 Hail, Caesar!
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Le Talent de Mes Amis 14:15 A Bigger Splash 17:00 Dad’s Army
Thu 10 Mar 12:30 14:45 17:00 19:45
Dad’s Army A War A Bigger Splash The Magic Flute Lake Constance
Fri 11 Mar 13:15 13:30 15:45 18:00 20:45
Freeheld (12A) 103m Shakespeare 400: Macbeth Rams (15) 93m The Big Short (15) 130m Bone Tomahawk (18) 132m
Sat 12 Mar 13:00 The Big Short 15:45 Our Brand is Crisis (15) 107m 18:00 Vertigo (PG) 128m 20:45 Rams
Sun 13 Mar 12:30 The Lady in the Van (12A) 104m 15:00 Spartacus Bolshoi Ballet 170m 18:00 Janis: Little Girl Blue (12A) 106m 20:30 Freeheld
Mon 14 Mar 12:15 Rams 14:30 The Lady in the Van 16:45 Freeheld
Tue 15 Mar 12:30 Janis: Little Girl Blue 15:00 Private U3A Screening 17:45 The Lady in the Van 20:15 The Big Short
Wed 16 Mar 12:30 Vertigo 15:15 Bone Tomahawk 18:15 The Lady in the Van 20:45 Our Brand is Crisis
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Sat 19 Mar 12:00 Truth 14:15 Les Liasons Dangeureuses NT Encore 210m 18:00 Hail, Caesar! 20:45 Hail, Caesar!
Sun 20 Mar 12:45 Hail, Caesar! 15:30 Hitchcock/ Truffaut 17:30 Hail, Caesar! 20:15 Truth
Mon 21 Mar 12:00 Hail, Caesar! 14:15 Truth 16:45 Hail, Caesar!
Tue 22 Mar 12:30 15:00 17:45 20:30
Truth Hail, Caesar! Truth Hail, Caesar!
Wed 23 Mar 12:00 Hail, Caesar! 14:15 Truth 16:45 Hail, Caesar!
Thu 24 Mar 13:00 Hitchcock/ Truffaut 15:00 Hail, Caesar! 17:45 Hail, Caesar! 20:30 Truth
Fri 25 Mar 12:30 Secret in their Eyes (12A) 111m 15:00 The Here After (15) 102m 17:15 Jules et Jim (PG) 105m 19:45 The Hateful Eight (18) 187m
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Wild Tales (15) 122m 14:30 Jules et Jim 17:00 The Hateful Eight 20:45 Secret in their Eyes The Dressmaker (15) 118m 14:00 Boris Godunov ROH 180m 17:15 The Hateful Eight 21:00 Hitchcock/ Truffaut
Mon 28 Mar 12:15 The Here After 14:15 The Dressmaker 16:45 The Railway Children Theatre Event 130m inc interval
Tue 29 Mar The Iron Giant (Signature Edition) (12A) 86m 14:00 The Hateful Eight 18:00 Bridge of Spies (12A) 141m 21:00 Secret in their Eyes 12:15
Wed 30 Mar 13:00 Bridge of Spies 16:00 Secret in their Eyes 18:30 The Here After 20:45 Triple 9 (18) 115m
Thu 31 Mar 12:15 14:15
The Iron Giant The Hateful Eight 18:00 The Dressmaker 20:30 Wild Tales
Fri 1 Apr 13:15 The Iron Giant 13:30 Shakespeare 400: Henry V 15:30 Triple 9 18:15 The Car Man Matthew Bourne Ballet 98m 20:15 Bridge of Spies
Fri Sat Sun Mon
29 Jan 30 Jan 31 Jan 1 Feb
15:15 & 20:30 13:15 & 20:45 17:30 & 20:15 12:30 & 18:00
Room
Tue 2 Feb Wed 3 Feb Thu 4 Feb
15:15 & 20:30 18:00 & 20:45 13:00 & 20:45
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After five-year-old Jack and his mother escape from the enclosed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a thrilling discovery: the outside world. The incredibly talented (and many critics 2016 Best Actress Oscar favourite) Brie Larson plays Ma, who has created a whole universe in ‘Room’ for 5 year-old Jack (Jacob Tremblay), where they have both lived for Jack’s whole life. She was just 17 when the man they call “Old Nick” (Sean Bridgers) lured her in to his world, but seven years later, Ma risks everything to give Jack the chance to make a thrilling discovery. This is an unparalleled celebration of the bond between parent and child, and will be remembered long after you leave your cinema seat. Ireland/Canada 2015 Lenny Abrahamson 118m
Fri 29 Jan 18:00 Mon 1 Feb 15:15 Wed 3 Feb 13:00 International Panorama: France
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The Last Diamond Director Eric Barbier re-teams with his ‘Le Serpent’ star, celebrated actor and director, Yvan Attal, in this tightly-knit heist flick. We’re introduced to our fresh out of jail anti-hero, Simon (Attal), as he takes on the biggest job of his career – stealing the historical and ‘cursed’ 137 carat Florentine diamond. To get on the ‘inside’ Simon takes on the role of a private security adviser for diamond expert Julia (Bérénice Bejo from ‘The Artist’). The heist itself is meticulously depicted with the same suspense and high drama of the iconic burglary sequence in Jules Dassin’s Rififi. The unpredictable twists and turns, make for a truly enjoyable experience – especially for those who love a good old fashioned thrill. (Subtitles) France 2013 Eric Barbier 108m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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We present our usual variety of the best in Opera, Ballet and Theatre from around the world, and towards the end of the season come a couple of unique treats to jot down in your diary: Matthew Bourne’s ‘The Car Man;’ and ‘The Railway Children’ from the National Railway Museum (which includes the original steam engine from the film). Look out for the wonderful Paris Opera presentations we have for you, which are not shown in many cinemas across the country.
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Rhapsody / The Two Pigeons (Recorded Live) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sun La Traviata (Recorded Live) . . . . . . . . . Sun Boris Godunov (Recorded Live) . . . . . . Sun
31 Jan 14:00 7 Feb 14:00 27 Mar 14:00
pg11 pg13 pg38
OPERA Il Trovatore Opera de Paris (LIVE) . . . . Thu 11 Feb Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening with Puccini La Scala Milan (Recorded Live) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sat 13 Feb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & Tue 16 Feb The Magic Flute (Lake Constance) . . . . Thu 10 Mar Iolanta / The Nutcracker Opera De Paris (LIVE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thu 17 Mar
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pg15
16:00 18:30 19:45
pg16 pg26
17:45
pg32
6 Mar 15:30 13 Mar 15:00
pg26 pg30
1 Apr
pg40
BALLET Ballets Russes Paris Opera/Ballet (Recorded Live) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sun Spartacus Bolshoi (Recorded Live) . . . Sun The Car Man (Carmen) Matthew Bourne Ballet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fri
18:15
THEATRE The Winter’s Tale Kenneth Branagh Theatre (Final Encore) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sat As You Like It NT Live (LIVE) . . . . . . . . Thu Les Liaisons Dangereuses NT Live (Encore) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sat The Railway Children National Railway Museum (Recorded Live) . . . . Mon
6 Feb 14:30 25 Feb 19:00
pg12 pg20
19 Mar 14:15
pg31
28 Mar 16:45
pg36
Florence and the Uffizi Gallery . . . . . . . Sun 14 Feb 15:45 Renoir – The Unknown Artist . . . . . . . . . Sat 20 Feb 16:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & Tue 23 Feb 18:30
pg17
EXHIBITION pg21
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Pg40 The Car Man (Carmen)
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30 Jan 16:00
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Nicky’s Family Nicholas Winton, an Englishman, organized the rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children just before the outbreak of World War II. This documentary is supplementing the Holocaust Memorial event at Chichester Cathedral on 27th January. Winton, did not speak about these events with anyone for more than half a century. His exploits would have probably been forgotten if his wife, fifty years later, hadn’t found a suitcase in the attic, full of documents and transport plans. Interspersed between archival footage and a dramatisation of the Kindertransport, is footage of interactions between rescued ‘children’ transmitting their stories. (Some subtitles) Czech Rep 2011 Matej Miná 96m We hope to welcome Lady Milena Grenfell Baines to introduce the documentary (plus short film about her own story), who is one of the ‘Winton Children’ who owe their lives to this remarkable rescue. Chichester Cathedral, in co-operation with the University of Chichester, will mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2016 (27 Jan) through a performance of the staged oratorio ‘Last Train to Tomorrow’ (composed by Carl Davis, written by Hiawyn Oram) directed by Professor Pamela Howard. To be conducted on the evening by Carl Davis himself, ‘Last Train to Tomorrow’, is a tribute to the late Sir Nicholas Winton. Back by Popular Demand
Brooklyn
Fri Mon Tue Wed Thu
29 Jan 1 Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 4 Feb
12:45 20:45 12:45 & 18:00 15:30 18:00
Based on a Nick Hornby screenplay, this is the moving story of a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. Look out for Emory Cohen’s breakout performance as Eilis’ American flame. Ireland/UK/Canada 2015 John Crowley 111m
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Sat 30 Jan 18:30 Sun 31 Jan 12:00 Thu 4 Feb 15:45
Hector
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A darkly funny yet deeply moving featuring Peter Mullan as Hector the homeless Glaswegian. Hector McAdam is embarking on his annual journey from Scotland to a warm refuge in London, where comrades, Christmas cheer and a turkey dinner await him. But, aware this might be his last epic journey, Hector opts for some paths not taken in years to reconnect with his past and reunite with those he left behind. Life without a home isn’t easy but Hector is resilient, accepting of people, and life, as they come. He meets with friendship and kindness, disappointment and cruelty, discomfort and joy. His cross country odyssey brings chance encounters; companions old and new who need his support as much as he needs theirs, and stirs up memories, resentments, regrets and fresh hope for the future. UK 2015 Jake Gavin 87m
Sun 31 Jan
14:00
Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) ROH
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Rhapsody / The Two Pigeons A double bill of two one-act Fredrick Ashton ballets. Encore transmission by satellite from Royal Opera House. This delightful Frederick Ashton double bill opens with his setting of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, using the music’s dark turbulence and brilliance to inspire some of his most thrilling choreography. Witty, impassioned and sublime this ballet was the pinnacle of Ashton’s romantic style. The second half of the programme features Ashton’s delicate, deceptively comic ‘The Two Pigeons’ (André Messager arranged by John Lanchbery) – a work rarely performed and a real treat for ballet fans everywhere. The dancers include Natalia Osipova, Steven McRae, Lauren Cuthbertson, Vadim Muntagirov, Laura Morera and Ryoichi Hirano. 165m including interval
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The Revenant
5 Feb 6 Feb 7 Feb 8 Feb 9 Feb 10 Feb 11 Feb
12:15 & 17:45 20:30 17:30 12:45 20:00 12:30 14:45
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In the 1820s, a frontiersman (Leonardo DiCaprio) sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead. In an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (DiCaprio) is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption. From the director of ‘Amores Peros’, ‘Babel’ and ‘Birdman’, the film also benefits from the constantly gobsmacking cinematography. Winner of Best Actor (DiCaprio), Best Film (Drama) and Best Director (Iñárritu) at the 2016 Golden Globes. USA 2015 Alejandro González Iñárritu 156m
Fri 5 Feb Tue 9 Feb
The Company You Keep
15:00 17:15
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Redford stars and directs a superb cast that includes Susan Sarandon, Julie Christie, Shia LaBeouf and Chris Cooper. Nick Sloan (Redford), a former member of a militant group has changed his identity to Jim Grant and lived incognito for years as a successful attorney. When a former fellow radical (Susan Sarandon), who has also lived under a different name, is arrested in nearby upstate New York, the recently widowed Sloan leaves his young daughter under the care of his brother (Cooper), and goes on the run to clear his name from a long ago bank robbery that left a security guard dead. This is a very smartly written and well put together political thriller, also featuring Nick Nolte, Stanley Tucci, Terrence Howard, Richard Jenkins, Anna Kendrick, Sam Elliott and Brendan Gleeson. USA 2013 Robert Redford 121m
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Kenneth Branagh Theatre
The Winter’s Tale
Sat
6 Feb
14:30
Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)
Encore from the Garrick The first of three productions from the Branagh Theatre with Kenneth Branagh and Judi Dench. (SOLD OUT) Working in collaboration with artistic associates, director Rob Ashford and designer Christopher Oram, the acclaimed actor-director Kenneth Branagh (Henry V, Hamlet, Dead Again, Cinderella) presents an exceptional series of plays that brings together a remarkable group of actors. Judi Dench will play Paulina, Kenneth Branagh will play Leontes. 210m approx including interval
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Carol
Mon 8 Feb Tue 9 Feb Thu 11 Feb
20:45 14:45 12:15
Adapted from the Patricia Highsmith novel ‘The Price of Salt’, and features a stunning, effortlessly chic performance from Cate Blanchett. Therese (Rooney Mara) is a department store clerk in 1950’s New York, who dreams of a better life outside work. She falls for an older, married woman named Carol (Blanchett), and the two embark on a journey of forbidden love. Impeccably put together. Sexy, sultry, and vibrantly crafted. UK/USA/France 2015 Todd Haynes 118m
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Focus on the Documentary
Bolshoi Babylon
Sat 6 Feb 12:15 Wed 10 Feb 17:30 Booking Ref
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A behind-the-scenes look at Moscow’s prestigious Bolshoi as it’s rocked by a scandal in 2013. This documentary recounts the acid attack on Artistic Director Sergei Filin, his recovery, return, and the arrest of Bolshoi dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko. But more broadly, the film uses the scandal to dig into the Bolshoi’s culture and casts it as a symbol for Russian society. As a bonus to the viewer, there are gorgeously shot performances from ‘Swan Lake’, ‘Spartacus’ and others. (Some Subtitles) UK 2015 Nick Read, Mark Franchetti 86m
Sun 7 Feb
14:00
Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) Royal Opera House
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La Traviata Verdi’s Three-Act opera in Richard Eyre’s traditional staging sung in Italian with English subtitles. Encore by satellite from the Royal Opera House. ‘La Traviata’ is regarded as one of Verdi’s finest operas, and Richard Eyre’s traditional staging is one of The Royal Opera’s most popular productions. The opera tells the story of the Parisian courtesan Violetta Valéry, one of opera’s greatest heroines, based on the real life courtesan Marie Duplessis, who died in 1847 aged just 23. In this revival, Violetta is sung by Russian soprano Venera Gimadieva in her debut with The Royal Opera, following her successful appearance as Violetta at the Glyndebourne Festival. Conducted by Yves Abel. Running time 190m approx including 2 intervals
Sun 7 Feb Mon 8 Feb
Radiator
12:00 & 20:45 16:00
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A delicately crafted and moving family drama which features the final performance from Richard Johnson, who died in June 2015. Daniel Cerqueira plays Daniel, a teacher living in London who heads back to the Lake District to visit his elderly parents at their remote, rubbish-filled, ramshackle cottage. Leonard (Johnson) is bed-bound, but is still a domineering bully with a magnificently haughty manner, especially when browbeating the son who so clearly disappoints him. Johnson plays him with a swagger that belies his frailty. Gemma Jones is the long-suffering wife Mariah. The film captures beautifully the oscillating emotions of the three main characters – their exasperation and rage, but also the deep-rooted affection they have for one another. One of the best British films of the year. UK 2014 Tom Browne 93m
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Mon 8 Feb Tue 9 Feb Special Preview
18:15 12:30
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Brancusi from Eternity Brancusi Din Eternitate A filmic fantasia on the life, loves, and influences of Constantin Brancusi, reviled in his native Romania but revered in Paris where he was recognised as one of the greatest sculptors of the 20th century. From his troubled rural childhood, doomed friendship with Amedeo Modigliani, and Inspired by the Tibetan sage Milarepa, he became one of the key innovators in modern art, whose works are sought and sold for millions, and controversially copied. The 140th anniversary of his birth – on 19th February 2016 – has just been declared a day of nationwide celebration by the President of Romania. The soundtrack features music by Brancusi’s friend Erik Satie. Selected for Romania’s entry for the Oscar for best foreign film. (Subtitles) Romania 2015 Adrian Popovici 120m
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Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) This is a rare live relay which is not being transmitted in most UK locations LIVE Opera de Paris
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Il Trovatore Premièred in 1853 at the Teatro Apollo in Rome, where ‘It Trovatore’ “began a victorious march throughout the operatic world”. In the aftermath of ‘Rigoletto’, Verdi’s sole desire was to do something new. However, he became impatient when the project to adapt ‘El Trovador’, by Antonio García Gutiérrez, aroused only guarded enthusiasm from his librettist. Rather than true characters, the music portrays abstract figures consumed by passion. The extraordinary cast features Anna Netrebko who carries this enraptured music to new heights. She is accompanied by Ekaterina Semenchuk, Marcelo Alvarez and Ludovic Tézier. Conductor: Daniele Callegari. An Opera in 4 Acts sung in Italian with English Subtitles. 175m approx including interval
Fri 5 Feb 21:00 Sat 6 Feb 18:15 Wed 10 Feb 15:30 International Panorama: Australia
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Partisan Alexander, a boy who has been raised in a commune, finds that his unwillingness to fall in line puts him on a collision course with the society’s charismatic and domineering leader. Coming of age sparks a perilous arrival of conscience in promising Aussie director Ariel Kleiman’s dystopian fable of child assassins. Heavy on inference, with an assertive score, ‘Partisan’ has a twisted fairy tale vibe similar to ‘Dogtooth’ (Yorgos Lanthimos) and ‘The City of Lost Children’ (Jean-Pierre Jeunet). Vincent Cassel brims with primal physicality and threatening charm as the messianic leader of a mysterious cult of pint-sized killers and compliant single moms. But newcomer Jeremy Chabriel commands as 11-year-old Alexander, a chosen son whose dawning sense of right and wrong challenges the social order. An auspicious beginning, for him and Kleiman. Australia 2015 Ariel Kleiman 94m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Valentine’s Day Screening
Sun 14 Feb 18:00 Wed 17 Feb 15:15 Valentine’s Day Film
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When Harry Met Sally This genre-defining romantic comedy chronicles the eleven-year relationship between Harry and Sally who meet in college, pursue their own lives, then reconnect ten years later. Angsty wise-guy Harry (Billy Crystal) and neurotic kook Sally (Meg Ryan) embark on a friendship that endures over the years and remains defiantly platonic until, one fateful New Year’s Eve, it doesn’t, and everything is forever changed. Nora Ephron’s screenplay is so perfectly pitched, so astute on the nature of both friendship (between both sexes) and love that it remains as relevant and rewarding as the day it was written. While it may be packed with whip-smart, endlessly quotable dialogue and laughout-loud moments, its enduring popularity undoubtedly stems from the fact that it has genuine heart USA 1989 Rob Reiner 96m
Sat 13 Feb 16:00 Tue 16 Feb 18:30 Tickets £12.50 (Friends/Students £10) La Scala Milan
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Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening with Puccini The world’s greatest tenor brings the beauty and power of Puccini to New Park Cinema. Kaufmann makes his highly anticipated solo cinematic debut with this concert film and documentary. Shot on location in Italy, the film features his critically acclaimed Puccini concert from La Scala, and includes all of Puccini’s most loved tenor arias including ‘Nessun dorma’. The cameras also go behind the scenes and follow Jonas around Milan as he talks about what it takes to be the world’s greatest tenor and why Puccini’s music is so special to him. “No aria is as loved today as ‘Nessun dorma’. The legendary Three Tenors took place only a few days before my twenty-first birthday, and for a long time I didn’t dare sing it myself, since I was so in awe of the aria’s magic and its incredible appeal. Even today, whenever I hear and sing this aria, I still get goose bumps.” 130m
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Youth A retired orchestra conductor is on holiday in the Alps with his daughter and his best friend when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip’s birthday. Two long-time friends – acclaimed composer and conductor Fred (Michael Caine) and renowned filmmaker Mick (Harvey Keitel) vacation in the Swiss Alps, with Fred’s daughter Lena (Rachel Weisz). While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career… even though he has just been asked to conduct a piece for the Queen and Prince Philip. The two men reflect on their past, each finding that some of the most important experiences can come later in life. Gorgeously filmed and beautifully acted, ‘Youth’ offers an enticing opportunity to witness an impressive array of seasoned veterans combining their cinematic might. Sorrentino includes moments of Fellini-esque extravagance (look out for Miss Universe descending into the hotel pool), and provides a glorious finale, both musically and in the way the drama is resolved. (Some subtitles) Italy/Fra/Swi 2015 Paolo Sorrentino 118m Exhibition:
Florence and the Uffizi Gallery
Sun 14 Feb 15:45 Tickets £12.50 (Friends & Students £10) Booking Ref
Back by popular demand comes this journey into the city of the Italian Renaissance through the most beautiful and representative works of art from the period. From Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo and Botticelli; Arturo Galansino (curator of the Royal Academy in London and newly appointed director of the Strozzi Foundation in Florence) and Antonio Natali, director of the Uffizi, welcome us inside the Gallery and detail the key works using the most advanced ultra HD technologies. 85m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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We return to a galaxy far, far away, where the action takes place some years after the events of ‘Return of the Jedi’. Scavenger Rey (Daisy Ridley) teams up with renegade “First Order” Stormtrooper Finn (the terrific John Boyega) and globular droid BB‑8, on a quest that sees them encounter some well-known faces. As always with director J.J Abrams, the film feels very physical, scenes of dog-fighting TIE fighters and a relaunched Millennium Falcon crashing through trees possessing the kind of power sorely lacking from George Lucas’s prequels. The battle scenes are breathtakingly immersive, but also impressively joyous. Elsewhere, the sand dune landscapes have a touch of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ majesty, vindicating Abrams’ long-standing dedication to shooting on film rather than digital, cinematographer Dan Mindel augmenting the 35mm stock with some lush 65mm Imax footage. USA 2015 J.J. Abrams 136m
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Half-Term Family Film
The Good Dinosaur Pixar presents an odd-couple journey that will leave both kids and adults alike in ‘raptors’. Separated from his family, a young dinosaur must rise to a series of challenges before he can claim his place in the natural order. ‘The Good Dinosaur’ imagines a world in which the giant prehistoric creatures have survived – instead of colliding with our planet, the asteroid that could have caused their extinction narrowly passes on by through the universe. Over time, the monstrous vertebrates have evolved from their original hunter-gatherer model to a more peaceful agricultural society in which they farm vegetables or cattle, depending on their carnivorous or herbivorous proclivities. A visual delight, a simple story with a reminiscent of classic Disney and one that carries the traditional emotional “Pixar seal of approval”. USA 2015 Peter Sohn 100m
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Sat 13 Feb 21:00 Thu 18 Feb 12:45
Grazing the Sky
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An intimate documentary which looks at the lives of modern circus performers, in and out of the extraordinary ‘Cirque Du Soleil’. In collaboration with ‘Cirque Du Soleil’, this is an exciting look at the evolution of acrobatics, an art form presented with admiration and appreciation – a closer look at the challenge of defying gravity. There’s a striking sequence at the end of this handsome documentary about the new breed of circus acrobats. It’s a montage of exquisitely lit impossible feats of strength and balance, set to the second movement of Beethoven’s 7th. Dangling from ropes; spinning in giant hoops; catapulted skyward, these are performers with a staggering physical eloquence. The cinematography is arresting and the acrobats are a ridiculously photogenic bunch. (Some subtitles) Spain/Mexico/Portugal 2015 Horacio Alcalá 87m
Fri 12 Feb 13:00 Mon 15 Feb 21:00
Lost in Karastan
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A riotous dark comedy about an English filmmaker, who is hired to direct an epic production in the Caucasus. Confused about where his career went wrong, film director Emil Forrester (Matthew Macfadyen) receives an unexpected invitation to attend a retrospective of his work at The Karastan International Film Festival. On arrival, Emil is flattered by the attention he receives and soon finds himself persuaded by the country’s massively corrupt President (Richard van Weyden) to direct an epic retelling of the story of the medieval hero and founder of the country, with drunken actor Xan Butler (Noah Taylor) already on-board to star. Emil finds himself desperately struggling to create a local blockbuster in a language he doesn’t understand; against a political backdrop he has no idea about and with a questionable array of cast and crew. (Some Subtitles) UK/Georgia/Germany 2014 Ben Hopkins 96m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Fri 19 Feb 20:45 Sun 21 Feb 15:00 International Panorama: Taiwan
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The Assassin
Nie Yin Niang Back with his first film in eight years, legendary Taiwanese director Hsiao-Hsien wowed this year’s Cannes Film Festival (where he won Best Director) with this awe-inspiring film. In 9th-century China, Nie Yinniang (Qi Shu) is a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth as an exceptional assassin, with orders to kill her betrothed husband-to-be. Rich with shimmering, breathing texture and punctuated by brief but unforgettable bursts of action, ‘The Assassin’ is a martial arts film like none made before it. (Subtitles) Taiwan/China 2015 Hsiao-Hsien Hou 105m
Thu 25 Feb 19:00 (LIVE) Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) NT Live
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As You Like It Shakespeare’s glorious comedy of love and change comes to the National Theatre for the first time in over 30 years. With her father the Duke banished and in exile, Rosalind (Rosalie Craig from ‘London Road’ and ‘Macbeth’ at Manchester) and her cousin Celia leave their lives in the court behind them and journey into the Forest of Arden. There, released from convention, Rosalind experiences the liberating rush of transformation. Disguising herself as a boy, she embraces a different way of living and falls spectacularly in love. Starring Leon Annor; Philip Arditti; Mark Benton; Paul Chahidi; Rosalie Craig; Jonathan Dryden Taylor; Patsy Ferran; Patrick Godfrey; Gemma Lawrence; Ken Nwosu; Ekow Quartey; Alan Williams. 240m including interval
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Favourite for the 2016 Best Film Oscar, you couldn’t ask for a better ensemble cast to be in this important, well-researched, well-written and well-made film. This tense investigative dramatic-thriller traces the steps to one of the biggest cover-ups in modern times. It tells the riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world’s oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper’s tenacious “Spotlight” team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long coverup at the highest levels of Boston’s religious, legal, and government establishment, touching off a wave of revelations around the world. The re-creation of the local atmosphere adds credibility to the star power, and at its most stripped down and plain-spoken, ‘Spotlight’ allows the record to speak for itself. Starring Mark Ruffalo, Stanley Tucci, Rachel McAdams and Live Schreiber. USA 2015 Tom McCarthy 127m Exhibition on Screen:
Renoir – The Unknown Artist
Sat 20 Feb 16:00 Tue 23 Feb 18:30 Tickets £12.50 (Friends/Students £10) Booking Ref
Renoir is one of the most fiercely debated artists, and yet one of the most influential. He was instrumental in creating the Impressionist movement, but went on to reject the movement, working in a completely new direction. The Barnes Collection in Philadelphia has more Renoirs than any other gallery in the world, and it’s there that the search begins to tell the story of this remarkable artist. This exhibition tour features commentary from leading art historians and curators. From the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia. UK 2015/16 Phil Grabsky 85m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Bande à Parte Band of Outsiders To follow last season’s ‘Le Mépris’, we bring you the film that most clearly illustrates the debt modern cinema owes to Jean-Luc Goddard. Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur and Sami Frey are Odile, Arthur and Franz: a beautiful girl and two would-be criminals she meets at an English class. It’s a scoot round 1960s Paris, with the three of them improvising a dance number in a bar and breaking the record for running round the Louvre. Godard’s main preoccupation is the untapped potential of cinema. All the stylistic gimmickry that characterised the Nouvelle Vague is present and correct. But rather than just extolling the virtues of film, he actively denounces its artistic cousins, which, while visually striking, lack cinema’s energy and freedom. It’s all about action and its presentation in a vibrant and original way. (Subtitles) France 1964 Jean-Luc Godard 97m
Seeing Differently Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.......... Fri 26 Feb
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.... Fri 4 Mar
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Shakespeare 400 Tribute to William Shakespeare Macbeth....................................Fri 11 Mar 13:30 The Merchant of Venice........Fri 18 Mar 13:30 Henry V.....................................Fri 1 Apr
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Openings and Closings: How films invite us in (and out)......Sat
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Dad’s Army
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The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion. In Walmington-on-Sea morale amongst the Home Guard is low, but their new mission – to patrol the Dover army base – is a great chance to revive spirits, that is until glamorous journalist Rose Winters (Catherine Zeta-Jones) arrives, setting pulses racing and putting the local women on red alert. MI5 then discover that there’s a spy on the loose, and the outcome of the war is suddenly at stake, and it falls to our unlikely heroes to stand up and be counted. The all-star British cast includes Bill Nighy, Toby Jones, Michael Gambon, Tom Courtenay and Alison Steadman. UK 2016 Oliver Parker 95m
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Trumbo
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An ethically stirring bio-picture about the courageous screenplay writer who triumphed over the Red Scare crusaders of the 1950s. In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood’s top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. The film recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice under the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper to John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger. Bryan Cranson delivers an Academy-Award-calibre performance of Trumbo, showcasing his character qualities as an idealist, a freedom of speech advocate, a loyal friend, a devoted family man, a focused screenplay writer, and a thick-skinned survivor. Great supporting cast led by Helen Mirren, Diane Lane, John Goodman and Elle Fanning. USA 2015 Jay Roach 124m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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A Sicilian Dream Legends and gorgeous scenery are around every bend in this lively documentary celebrating a legendary Sicilian motor race. The Targa Florio was a Sicilian mountain road race that, in 1906, gave birth to an era of motorsport still going today. Dreamt up by Vincenzo Florio, it ran until 1977 and was considered both totally insane and an absolute must by drivers and manufacturers alike. We are guided by one of Italy’s pre-eminent dreamers – Francesco da Mosto, a Venetian architect, historian and incurable romantic. He invites racing car constructor and driver Alain de Cadenet to join him and discover what compels men and women to seek the glory of winning this death-defying race. Italy/UK 2015 Philip Walsh 72m
Fri 4 Mar Mon 7 Mar Wed 9 Mar International Panorama: France
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Le Talent de Mes Amis Thanks to My Friends Alex faces a crossroads in his life: should he stay safe in his insurance job, or risk it all to follow his musical dream? Alexandre (director Alex Lutz) is 35 years old, has a boring insurance job, a cool if slightly neurotic wife (Anne Marivin), and a loyal if dim best friend Jeff (Bruno Sanches). But when he reconnects with old friend Thibault (Tom Dingler), now a life coach preaching that people should pursue their dreams, Alexandre decides to put everything at risk, including his marriage and friendship with Jeff, to become a singer. Little fantastical touches such as an impromptu dance sequence or a bit where the characters shrink to the size of children add a touch of whimsy, and it is hard not to warm to this charming French film. (Subtitles) France 2015 Alex Lutz 98m
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A Bigger Splash The vacation of a famous rock star and a filmmaker is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter. Rock legend Marianne Lane (Tilda Swinton) is recuperating on the volcanic island of Pantelleria with her partner Paul when iconoclast record producer and old flame Harry (Ralph Fiennes) unexpectedly arrives with his daughter Penelope (Dakota Johnson), bringing with him a blast of nostalgia from which there can be no rescue. Fiennes (who steals every scene) follows his devilishly comic performance in ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ with an equally hilarious turn. The film is a remake of the 1969 French film ‘La Piscine’ and it’s an endearingly loopy, ambitious film about middle-aged characters touched by fame and success, who live in a bubble so decadent that they might get away with murder if they tried. (Some subtitles) Italy/France 2015 Luca Guadagnino 120m
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The 33
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Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days. In 2010, the eyes of the world turned to Chile, where 33 miners had been buried alive by the catastrophic explosion and collapse of a 100-year-old gold and copper mine. Over the next 69 days, an international team worked night and day in a desperate attempt to rescue the trapped men as their families and friends, as well as millions of people globally, waited and watched anxiously for any sign of hope. But 200 stories beneath the surface, in the suffocating heat and with tensions rising, provisions – and time – were quickly running out. With Antonio Banderas, Juliette Binoche, Gabriel Byrne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rodrigo Santoro and James Brolin. (Some Subtitles) USA/Chile 2015 Patricia Riggen 127m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) This is a rare relay which is not being transmitted in most UK locations. Paris Opera
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Ballets Russes Four Diaghilev ballets including ‘Petrushka’ – One breath-taking playbill: Debussy, Stravinsky, Falla, Picasso, Bakst, Massine, Nijinsky, Fokine… At the beginning of the last century, Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes shook conventions, initiating a collaboration between painters, musicians and choreographers of the avant-garde. This tribute brings together works from different periods revealing an unexpected diversity of inspiration. Composers: Carl Maria von Weber; Claude Debussy; Manuel de Falla; Igor Stravinsky; Conductor: Vello Pähn; Choreographers: Mikhaïl Fokine; Vaslav Nijinski; Léonide Massine; Mikhaïl Fokine. 145m including 20m interval (recorded)
Thu 10 Mar 19:45 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) Bregenz Festival Opera
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The Magic Flute From Lake Constance From the floating lake stage on the waters of Lake Constance, comes Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ as part of the Bregenz Festival. The opera is performed on the domed back of a giant turtle that is surrounded by three huge dragons, but the stage itself is only half the spectacle. The overture, for example, shows the capture of Pamina, the Queen of the Night looking on horrified as Sarastro, Monostatos and his slaves transport her away on a boat that takes a circuit of the stage. The stage then erupts into life in the battle that ensues, fireworks flying and a serpent winding down the stage. Ana Durlovski sings with panache, Bernarda Bobro has great charm as Pamina, and Daniel Schmutzhard’s Papageno relishes all the physical possibilities of the staging. 165m inc Interval
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A War Krigen In Tobias Lindhom’s (‘A Hijacking’) new film, we follow a Danish soldier in Afghanistan for whom a split-second decision has grave consequences. Company commander Claus Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk from Danish drama ‘1864’) and his men are on a routine mission in Afghanistan when they are caught in heavy crossfire and in order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that changes many lives. Meanwhile his wife Maria (Tuva Novotny) is trying to hold everyday life together with a husband at war and three children missing their father. This talented director has given us a film of two halves: the first switching between the action in Afghanistan and at home; and the second focusing on the courtroom drama that will shape the lives of all involved. Denmark 2015 Tobias Lindholm 115m
Fri 11 Mar 13:15 Sun 13 Mar 20:30 Mon 14 Mar 16:45
Freeheld
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The true love story of Laurel Hester (Julianne Moore) and Stacie Andree (Ellen Page) and their fight for justice. A decorated police detective, Laurel is diagnosed with cancer and wants to leave her pension to her domestic partner, Stacie. However, the county officials, Freeholders, conspire to prevent Laurel from doing this. Detective Wells (Michael Shannon), and activist Steven Goldstein (Steve Carell), unite in Laurel and Stacie’s defence, rallying police officers and ordinary citizens to support their struggle for equality. In 2007, a 40-minute documentary about Hester premièred at the Sundance Film Festival and it later won the Academy Award for best documentary short. Ellen Page (Juno) saw the film, purchased the rights, and recruited writer Ron Nyswaner (‘Philadelphia’). Julianne Moore in the lead role was the final perfect piece of the puzzle to create this moving film. USA 2016 Peter Sollett 103m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Bone Tomahawk
Fri 11 Mar 20:45 Wed 16 Mar 15:15
Four men set out in the Wild West to rescue a group of captives from cannibalistic cave dwellers. When a group of savages kidnaps settlers from a small town, an unlikely team of gunslingers (Kurt Russell, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins and Patrick Wilson), sets out to bring them home. But their enemy is more ruthless than imagined, putting their mission – and survival itself – in jeopardy. Destined to be a cult favourite, ‘Bone Tomahawk’ melds Western, Comedy and even bloody Horror – it is gritty and action-packed. USA 2015 S. Craig Zahler 132m
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Janis: Little Girl Blue
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Musician Cat Powers narrates this insightful portrait of a complicated, driven, and often beleaguered artist – Janis Joplin. Joplin is one of the most iconic singers of all time, a tragic and misunderstood figure who thrilled millions of listeners and blazed new creative trails before her death in 1970 at age 27. Joplin’s own words tell much of the film’s story through a series of letters she wrote to her parents, many of them made public here for the first time. A new understanding of a bright, complex woman. USA 2016 Amy Berg 106m
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The Lady in the Van
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The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd. Maggie Smith reprises the role she first played in the 1999 Nicholas Hytner stage production of the Alan Bennett play. She plays a homeless woman who parked her van in the drive of Bennett’s (Alex Jennings) Camden town house… and stayed for 15 years. Look out for great cameos from Jim Broadbent, Dominic Cooper and James Corden. UK 2015 Nicholas Hytner 104m
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The Big Short
18:00 13:00 20:15
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Four outsiders in the world of high-finance who predicted the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s decide to take on the big banks. The film follows three groups of people (including Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt) who foresaw the crisis to come and bet huge amounts of money against the banks, thus somewhat guiltily making fortunes for themselves as much of America found itself broke. McKay livens things up with sudden fiscal explanations from unlikely sources – Margot Robbie in a bubble bath, Selena Gomez at a blackjack table. In the hands of most other directors, this film may have been boring, but McKay (‘Anchorman’) brings a unique energy to the film, he manages to make it as entertaining as it is enlightening. But its ominous revelations linger long after it’s over. USA 2015 Adam McKay 130m
Fri 11 Mar 15:45 Sat 12 Mar 20:45 Mon 14 Mar 12:15 International Panorama: Iceland
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Rams Hrútar In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven’t spoken in 40 years have to come together in order to save what’s dearest to them – their sheep. The brothers may not have family, but boy, do they love their rams, expertly bred and groomed critters in which their owners take infinite pride. Gummi (Sigurður Sigurjónsson) and Kiddi (Theodór Júlíusson) are finally forced to speak to each other when a disease threatens their treasured rams. Director Hákonarson’s film is observed with the skill of a seasoned documentarist, and the two leads, along with the beautifully barren Icelandic countryside, lift the film to the next level. Uniquely humorous, and emotionally complex. (Subtitles) Iceland 2015 Grímur Hákonarson 93m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Our Brand is Crisis
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A failing Bolivian presidential candidate enlists the firepower of an elite American management team, led by the deeply damaged but still brilliant strategist “Calamity” Jane Bodine. In self-imposed retirement following a scandal that earned her nickname and rocked her to her core, Jane (Sandra Bullock) is coaxed back into the game for the chance to beat her professional nemesis, the loathsome Pat Candy (Billy Bob Thornton), now coaching the opposition. But as Candy zeroes in on every vulnerability both on and off the campaign trail Jane is plunged into a personal crisis as intense as the one her team exploits nationally to boost their numbers. This lively black comedy proves that politics can be rip-roaring fun. USA 2015 David Gordon Green 107m
Sun 13 Mar
15:00
Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) Bolshoi Ballet
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Spartacus Recorded Live In ancient Rome, Spartacus, a Thracian king, is turned captive by Crassus with his wife Phrygia. Forced to fight as a gladiator and kill one of his friends, Spartacus plots an unprecedented upheaval. Grigorovich’s Spartacus was created at the Bolshoi in 1968 and has since remained the Russian company’s signature ballet. This most spectacular production is an epic tour de force, giving full expression to the virility and strength for which the Bolshoi’s male dancers are renowned. Principal dancer Mikhail Lobukhin is stunning in the role of the legendary gladiator, along with Svetlana Zakharova as Aegina and Vladislav Lantratov as Crassus. (Spartacus was recorded live on October 20, 2013). Music - Aram Kachaturian; Choreography – Yuri Grigorovich. Running time 170m including intervals
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Hail, Caesar!
Tue 22 Mar 15:00 & 20:30 Wed 23 Mar 12:00 & 16:45 Thu 24 Mar 15:00 & 17:45
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In this new film by the Coen Brothers, a Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio’s stars in line. Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) is Capital Pictures’ head of physical production and, most importantly, the studio fixer. His job is to maintain the clean reputation of the company and its stars, keeping them free from controversy. Mannix is advised that studio star Baird Whitlock (George Clooney) has disappeared after not showing up for work on the current production of “Hail Caesar, a Tale of Christ’s Life.” He initially believes Whitlock has been drinking, but receives a call from a group of communists who claim to have kidnapped him and want a ransom. As Mannix gathers the cash, he simultaneously has to deal with an unhappy director (Ralph Fiennes), an innocent young starlet DeeAnna Moran (Scarlett Johansson) who is pregnant and unmarried, and a host of others including Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Channing Tatum, Christopher Lambert and Jonah Hill. USA 2016 Ethan Coen, Joel Coen NT Live
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
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19 Mar 14:15
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Encore from the Donmar Warehouse Due to popular demand, we bring you NT Live’s Donmar Warehouse production of ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’. In 1782, Choderlos de Laclos’ novel of sex, intrigue and betrayal in pre-revolutionary France scandalised the world. Two hundred years later, Christopher Hampton’s irresistible adaptation swept the board, winning the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Play. Josie Rourke’s revival now marks the play’s thirty-year anniversary. 210m approx including interval BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Truth
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15:45 12:00 20:15 14:15 12:30 & 17:45 14:15 20:30
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The true story of two news anchors who discover that the sitting US president may have been AWOL for over a year during the Vietnam War. When the story blew up in Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett) and Dan Rather’s (Robert Redford) faces, the ensuing scandal ruined Rather’s career, nearly changed a US Presidential election, and almost took down all of CBS News in the process. Blanchett shines (again) with a performance that rivals her recent highlights (‘Blue Jasmine’ and ‘Carol’); and Redford adds that touch of old-world professionalism that is just what is needed for the Dan Rather role. An arresting, intelligent and thought provoking film that explores the changing face of journalism in a world of big business and political clout. USA 2015 James Vanderbilt 125m
Thu 17 Mar
17:45 (LIVE)
Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) Tchaikovsky Double Bill:
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Iolanta / The Nutcracker Live from Opera De Paris This exceptional program reunites Tchaikovsky’s romantic one-act opera, ‘Iolanta’, and renowned fairy-tale ballet, ‘The Nutcracker’. Like a two-sided mirror reflecting the dreams of a composer who took refuge in the realms of the imaginary, this production symbolises the link between opera and ballet. Tchaikovsky originally intended the two to be staged together, however, since their debut at St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky in 1892, they have been presented separately. Conductor: Alain Altinoglu. Choreography: Cherkaoui, Lock, Millepied, Pita, Scarlett. Cast: Sonya Yoncheva, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Vito Priante. (Sung in Russian with English subtitles). 210m approx including interval + introduction
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The Hateful Eight
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19:45 17:00 17:15 14:00 14:15
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Quentin Tarantino’s eight feature film offers rapturous dialogue, immense performances, Wild West violence, and a whole lot of fun. Some years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the snowy Wyoming landscape towards Red Rock with bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) on board. Along the road, they encounter former Union soldier Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), who claims to be the town’s new Sheriff. They arrive at a stagecoach stopover and are greeted by four unfamiliar faces: caretaker Bob (Demian Bichir), Red Rock hangman Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), cowboy Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), and Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern). As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our eight travellers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all. Tarantino has effectively used an original Ennio Moricone score to add to the grandeur of this, his second Western (after Django Unchained), and to proudly sit aside his incomparable, inventive dialogue. USA 2016 Quentin Tarantino 187m
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& To accompany the new release of the documentary ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’, we proudly present a masterwork from each of these two influential directors.
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Hitchcock/Truffaut
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Fifty years on, ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’ is still one of the most important books any cinephile should own. Now, it is one brilliant documentary! In 1962, Alfred Hitchcock and a 30-year-old François Truffaut sequestered themselves in a windowless Hollywood office for a week‑long conversation. The result: the seminal book “Hitchcock/Truffaut,” published a half century ago, dissecting every film Hitchcock had made until then, illuminating his masterful techniques, making the case for the popular director as an artist, and influencing generations of filmmakers. Kent Jones brings “the Bible of Cinema” to invigorating life. He interviews countless filmmakers whose work has been profoundly influenced by Hitchcock – Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, David Fincher, Peter Bogdanovich, Richard Linklater, Olivier Assayas, and many others. Narrated by French Director/Actor Mattieu Almaric. USA 2015 Kent Jones 79m
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Sat 12 Mar 18:00 Wed 16 Mar 12:30 Alfred Hitchcock’s
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Vertigo Hitchcock’s beautifully stylized psychological thriller about a man in love with a romantic fantasy invented by another man. This audaciously intricate melodrama concerns an acrophobic detective (James Stewart) who spurns the attentions of a fashion illustrator (Barbara Bel Geddes) to pursue his frustrated passion for a chilly, suicidal platinum-blond woman of mystery (Kim Novak). Novak’s famous transformations, Stewart’s haunted fabrications, and Bel Geddes’s unrequited longing are all tethered to the whim of another master plotter, the detective’s long-lost friend (Tom Helmore), whose marital suspicions are the MacGuffin with which Hitchcock unfurls his own obsessions: the tragic difference between friendship and love, the seductive power of style and disguise, the proximity of lust and madness, and the inseparability of sex from suspense, danger, and death. Hitchcock’s most tender story may also be his ‘masterpiece’. UK 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 128m
Fri 25 Mar 17:15 Sat 26 Mar 14:30 Francois Truffaut’s
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Jules et Jim Truffaut’s masterpiece is perhaps the most influential, and arguably the best of those first astonishing French ‘New Wave’ films. In Paris, before WWI, two friends, Austrian Jules (Oskar Werner) and Frenchman Jim (Henri Serre) fall in love with the same woman, Catherine (Jeanne Moreau) – but Catherine loves and marries Jules. After the war, when they meet again in Germany, Catherine starts to love Jim... This is the story of three people in love, a love that does not affect their friendship, and about how their relationship evolves with the years. The style of the film came as a revelation in 1962. Truffaut skips lightly through the material, covering 25 years while never seeming to linger. The camera is nimble, its movement so fluid that we sense a challenge to the traditional Hollywood grammar of establishing shot, close-up, reaction shot and so on. An unmissable classic. (Subtitles) France 1962 François Truffaut 105m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Sat 26 Mar 12:15 Thu 31 Mar 20:30 International Panorama: Argentina
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Wild Tales Relatos Salvajes We present another opportunity to see one of the best foreign films of 2015, and now 2016 BAFTA nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. Multi-story feature films are not the happiest of genres (unevenness; multiple starts and ends; various directors with contrasting visions), but this collection goes a long way to proving the cliché wrong. The result feels as amazingly cohesive as it is relentlessly clever and entertaining. Each of the six stories here is thoroughly enthralling, and all are united by a mordant black humour as well as a singular film maker – the very clever Damián Szifrón. Connected thematically in dealing with revenge and retribution, each segment sets up expectations that its successor ingeniously fulfils or surpasses. You’ll laugh till it hurts – in ‘Wild Tales’, that’s the point. Argentina 2015 Damián Szifrón 122m
Mon 28 Mar 16:45 Tickets £10 (Children £5) Special Event
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The Railway Children We are pleased to present the stage version of E. Nesbit’s ‘The Railway Children’ on Easter Monday, which has delighted both audiences and critics. ‘The Railway Children’ tells the story of Bobbie (Rozzi Nicholson-Lailey), Peter (Izaak Cainer) and Phyllis (Beth Lilly), three children whose lives change dramatically when their father is mysteriously taken away. They move from London to a cottage in rural Yorkshire with their mother, where they befriend the local railway porter, Perks (Martin Barrass), and embark on a magical journey of discovery, friendship and adventure. This heart-warming tale has been playing to families (often multi-generational) and adults and has been generating universally positive reviews. The filmed event from the National Railway Museum in Yorkshire features the original locomotive from the much-loved 1970 film. 130m including interval
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Fri 25 Mar 15:00 Mon 28 Mar 12:15 Wed 30 Mar 18:30 International Panorama: Sweden
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The Here After Efterskalv A beautifully acted small-town tragedy with twists and turns that enthralled the Cannes 2015 audience. On returning home to his father and younger brother after serving time in prison, teenager John (Ulrik Munther) is looking forward to starting new life again. However, members of the local community can’t forgive him killing his ex-girlfriend. John’s presence brings out the worst in everyone around him and a lynch-mob atmosphere slowly takes shape. Feeling abandoned by his former friends and the people he loves, John loses hope and the same aggression that previously sent him to prison starts building up again. Unable to leave the past behind, he decides to confront it. A riveting film with gorgeous cinematography, helmed by an exciting young director. (Subtitles) Sweden 2015 Magnus von Horn 102m
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Secret in their Eyes
25 Mar 26 Mar 29 Mar 30 Mar
12:30 20:45 21:00 16:00
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A riveting thriller based on the brilliant Argentinian 2010 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film. FBI Investigators Ray (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Jess (Julia Roberts), along with their District Attorney supervisor Claire (Nicole Kidman) are suddenly torn apart when they discover that Jess’s teenage daughter has been murdered. Thirteen years later, after obsessively searching for the elusive killer, Ray finally uncovers a new lead that he’s certain can resolve the case. No one is prepared, however, for the shocking, unspeakable secret that will reveal the enduring, destructive effects of personal vengeance on the human soul. The film delves into the power of grief and the reason we do things – rightly or wrongly. It’s also a story of ethics and how authorities give some crimes more importance than others. USA 2016 Billy Ray 111m
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Wed 30 Mar 20:45 Fri 1 Apr 15:30
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John Hillcoat (‘The Proposition’, ‘Lawless’, ‘The Road’) returns with a gritty and violent heist thriller, which boasts a stellar cast. A crew of dirty cops is blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for “officer down”. Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, triggering a breakneck, action-packed finale filled with double‑crosses, greed and revenge. The varied cast also including Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Kate Winslet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Teresa Palmer and ‘Breaking Bad’s’ Aaron Paul. USA 2016 John Hillcoat 115m
Sun 27 Mar 14:00 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) ROH Encore
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Boris Godunov Richard Jones and Antonio Pappano renew their creative collaboration with this new production of Mussorgsky’s historical masterpiece, here seen in its compact 1869 first version in seven scenes. The originality of the composer’s vision of Pushkin’s play about Tsar Boris Godunov was too much for the management of the Imperial Theatres, who demanded changes before its première in 1874. Many prefer the integrity of the original, which makes few concessions to operatic conventions. Keenly awaited will be Bryn Terfel’s assumption of the difficult title role, while John Graham-Hall appears as the crafty Prince Shuisky and John Tomlinson as the vagabond monk Varlaam. Opera in four acts sung in Russian with English subtitles. 180m approx including interval
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Tue 29 Mar 18:00 Wed 30 Mar 13:00 Fri 1 Apr 20:15 Back by Popular Demand
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Bridge of Spies An American lawyer (Tom Hanks) is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union. Spielberg and Hanks combine once more to bring us this Coen Brothers written film, which received a rousing standing ovation at the New York Film Festival. Hanks stars as James Donovan, the Brooklyn lawyer who bravely risks his life to covertly negotiate the release of an American spy captured after his plane pilot was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960. Several years earlier, Donovan was demonized for his aggressive defence of an American-captured Soviet spy whose many names included Rudolf Abel – brilliantly played by British theatre legend Mark Rylance, who may lead the field for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. USA 2015 Steven Spielberg 141m
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Tue 29 Mar 12:15 Thu 31 Mar 12:15 Fri 1 Apr 13:15 Easter Family Film
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The Iron Giant Signature Edition This brilliant animation based upon the 1968 story, ‘Iron Man,’ by British poet laureate Ted Hughes, is beautifully re-mastered with additional scenes. The film is about a giant metal machine that drops from the sky and frightens a small town in Maine in 1958. Originally released in 1999, it tells the story of a nine-year-old boy named Hogarth Hughes (Eli Marienthal), who makes friends with the innocent alien robot (Vin Diesel). Meanwhile, a paranoid U.S. Government agent arrives in town, determined to destroy the giant at all costs, so it is up to Hogarth to protect his new friend by keeping him at Dean McCoppin’s (Harry Connick Jr.) junkyard. Also features the voice of Jennifer Aniston as Hogarth’s mother. An animation classic. USA 1999 & 2015 Brad Bird 86m *See our website for details on the £2 Special Offer
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Tickets £15 (Friends/Students £12.50) Matthew Bourne’s
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The Car Man (Carmen) ‘The Car-Man’ is loosely based on Bizet’s popular opera (‘Carmen’) and has one of the most thrilling and instantly recognisable scores in New Adventures’ repertory, brilliantly arranged by Terry Davies. Sensational new dance cinema event from celebrated choreographer Matthew Bourne. The familiar 19th Century Spanish cigarette factory becomes a greasy garage-diner in 1960’s America where the dreams and passions of a small-town are shattered by the arrival of a handsome stranger. Fuelled by heat and desire, the inhabitants are driven into an unstoppable spiral of greed, lust, betrayal and revenge. Lez Brotherston’s epic design, Chris Davey’s evocative lighting and Matthew Bourne’s vivid storytelling take in a wealth of cinematic references, creating a dangerous and uncompromising vision of small-town America. The single stage set adapts into eight different permutations, taking us from diner through nightclub and prison and then out on the road in a cinematic finale where the Chevrolet cars of the period are destroyed in a pile up. The period look is further enhanced with the girls in tight-waisted colourful frocks and the men in Brando-esque T-shirts and jeans. The dance ensembles are an extraordinarily versatile group: classical, jazz, modern and flamenco seem natural expressions of their body movements. Marcelo Gomes will guest star as ‘Luca’, the title role and Will Kemp deserves a special mention for his sensitive portrayal of Angelo. The Car Man was first seen in 2000, winning the Evening Standard Award for “Musical Event of the Year”. A revival in 2007 proved a smash-hit in London and at venues across the UK. This event was recorded live at Sadler’s Welles, August 2015. 98m (no interval) International Panorama: Australia
The Dressmaker
Sun 27 Mar 11:45 Mon 28 Mar 14:15 Thu 31 Mar 18:00 Booking Ref
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This bittersweet, comedy-drama set in early 1950s Australia, is back by popular demand. Tilly Dunnage (Kate Winslet), a beautiful and talented misfit, after many years working as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisian fashion houses, returns home to right the wrongs of the past. Armed with her sewing machine and incredible sense of style, she transforms the women of the town, and in so doing gets sweet revenge on those who did her wrong. Enormously good fun. Australia 2015 Jocelyn Moorhouse 118m
Film Courses & Talks at New Park
Seeing Differently “A film is a projection of light, completed only when it crosses the soul of an audience”. The cinema is offering a short course of two sessions illustrating how one novel can be presented in different ways on the screen. It may be helpful, but not necessary to have read the books. The course will be led by Rosemary Coxon, Education Officer, Chichester Cinema at New Park. In these two sessions we will look at how two classic novels are translated into two different film versions.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Joe Wright (2006) & Gurinder Chadha (Bride and Prejudice – 2004) Fri 26 Feb 13:30
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens David Lean (1946) & Mike Newell (2012) Fri 4 Mar 13:30
£6 per Session (£9 for both) Booking Ref
COMING SOON Don Quixote (Bolshoi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monet (Exhibition on Screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giselle (ROH Ballet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shakespeare 400 Concert (Simon Callow) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rigoletto (Paris Opera) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucia di Lamermour (ROH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frankenstein (ROH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Film Courses & Talks at New Park
£6 per Session (£18 for all four sessions) Booking Ref
Shakespeare 400 Tribute to William Shakespeare We are delighted to include a four-week tribute to commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the death of our greatest playwright, William Shakespeare. Starting with our guest speaker, Ellen Cheshire, who will look closely at how a key scene in ‘Macbeth’ is portrayed in different ways in film. Ellen then hands over to Rosemary Coxon, the Cinema’s Education Officer who takes us through two more iconic plays, ‘The Merchant of Venice’ and ‘Henry V’. The course culminates with Rosemary leading on an extended session on Shakespeare’s most famous and controversial play ‘Hamlet’, with clips from no less than 5 film versions. (Studio – Sessions 1-3 are 120m; Session 4 is 180m) We hope you enjoy our tribute to “The Bard of Avon”.
Macbeth
The Merchant of Venice
Taking one scene (where Lady Macbeth suggests Macbeth murder Duncan) here we’ll explore how various directors have approached the scene including Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa, Roman Polanski, Trevor Nunn, Vishal Bhardwaj, Mark Brozal and Justin Kurzel. Fri 11 Mar 13:30
Laurence Olivier (1973) & Al Pacino (2004) Fri 18 Mar 13:30
Henry V Olivier (1944) & Branagh (1989) Fri 1 Apr 13:30
Hamlet Olivier (1948), Kosinstev (1964), Zeffirelli (1990), Branagh (1996) & Michael Almereyda (2000) Fri 8 Apr 13:30
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Sat 20 Feb 10:00 - 16:00 Tickets £12 (Friends £10) to include refreshments. Booking Ref
Openings and Closings:
How films invite us in (and out) Opening sequences introduce viewers to the visual and emotional landscape of the cinematic world to come. Sometimes openings immerse us directly into a landscape, or into a mood, sometimes into a mystery, often into a character worthy of our time and attention. If film openings are designed to capture the viewer, then film closings usually provide release, an opportunity to make sense of what has gone before. In this friendly workshop (led by film tutor Richard Cupidi), we discuss how both film openings and closings work cinematically. By way of example, we’ll watch in detail five remarkable openings – intense, visually striking and atmospheric. We’ll match these with five outstanding closings, ones that complete the narrative, or remain elliptical, or just leave us asking for more.
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Ticket prices Awards 2016 Full price Senior citizens
£8.00 £7.50
(For first two matinees everyday)
Friends Full time Students/Unemployed Children under 15 Student Gold
£7.00 £5.50 £3.50 £1.00
Special Events as listed Valid cards must be shown to obtain concessions. Credit Vouchers can be issued if you cancel a minimum of 24 hours prior to the film.
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Vice Presidents: Dame Maggie Smith and Kenneth Branagh Artistic Consultant: Roger Gibson
General Manager: Walter Francisco Registered Charity No. 1099780
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