Fri 2 May - Thu 26 Jun
Two Faces of January
Thousand Times Goodnight
Stick Out Your Tongue
James Dean Trilogy
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Chichester Cinema And so we see the sun! This annual arrival of good weather is normally a disincentive to cinema-goers. The call of the countryside, the lure of the garden, the general freedom of the outdoors usually means we see less of you throughout the Spring. But we have a cunning plan here at New Park. We have programmed a wonderfully diverse collection of quality films from the UK and abroad. These include ‘Two Faces of January’, a classy noir-ish thriller with echoes of ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’. ‘Tracks’, based on the incredible true story of Robyn Davidson who walked 1,600 miles across the Australian desert with her dog… and her 4 camels of course. Performance events include ‘A Winter’s Tale’, ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ and ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ (see pg7 for a full list), plus a tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman, and a presentation of James Dean’s three (newly restored) films.
Congratulations are in order to the ‘Quasimodo’ team for their triumph at our annual ‘Mind for Movies’ Film Quiz at the Minerva Brasserie. The same group of quizzers took out the trophy in 2013, and I have no doubt that they will be back to defend their title next year. We raised just over £2,000 in what was once again a vibrant, joyful evening for all involved. A special thank you goes to all who made it possible – see you next year. The 23rd Chichester International Film Festival is not too far away. The Open Air Screenings will be on the 8th and 9th August, and the Festival proper will run from the 14th to the 31st August. We will once again be looking for Festival Patrons, so send me a quick email (walter@chichestercinema.org) or call the cinema office (01243 790235) to register your interest. Full details will be in the Summer programme. See you at the Cinema
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Spring 2014 contents An Autumn Afternoon 31 Back to the Garden 33 Balanchine / Millepied (Ballet) 27 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead 34 Before the Winter Chill 15 The Book Thief 26 Capote 34 Bird on a Wire 36 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 16 Day for Night 33 Der Rosenkavalier 30 Driving Miss Daisy 20 East of Eden 22 An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker 19 Exhibition 20 Frank 25 Ghosts 37 Giant 23 Glyndebourne Season 30 Grace of Monaco 38 The Grand Budapest Hotel 9
Half of a Yellow Sun 8 Half Term 21 Family Films Henry IV (Part 1) 16 In Secret 28 The Invisible Woman 17 Jack Goes Boating 35 James Dean: Man, Movies & Myth (Talk) 22 The James Dean 22 Trilogy Jimmy’s Hall 39 A Late Quartet 35 Locke 19 The Love Punch 8 The Lunchbox 11 The Master 35 The Monuments Men 17 Muppet’s 21 Most Wanted Noah 13 Omar 25 Performance 7 Performance 37 (Coming Soon) Philip Seymour 34 Hoffman Tribute Philomena 15 Plot for Peace 36
Rebel Without a Cause Richard II Rio 2 Rome, Open City The Silent Sonata A Small Family Business Stick Out Your Tongue Studio Season Suzanne A Thousand Times Good Night A Touch of Sin Tracks A Trip to Italy Twenty Feet from Stardom Two Faces of January The Unknown Known Vikings Exhibition We Are the Best! What Maisie Knew The Wind Rises A Winter’s Tale The Zero Theorem
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Tracks 11
Before the Winter Chill 15
Henry IV: Part 1&2 16
Driving Miss Daisy 20
The Wind Rises 29
Philip Seymour Hoffman Tribute 34
A Trip to Italy with Q&A (Coogan/Brydon) 13
Bird on a Wire 36
Jimmy’s Hall 39
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Film Listings Fri 2 May
Sun 11 May
13:15
Novel to Film Course: Guys and Dolls 13:30 The Love Punch (12A) 94m 15:45 Half of a Yellow Sun (15) 106m 18:15 The Grand Budapest Hotel (15) 100m 20:45 The Love Punch
13:00 The Lunchbox 15:30 Rome, Open City (12A) 103m 18:00 Tracks 20:30 Tracks
Sat 3 May
13:30 16:00 18:30 20:45
12:30 Half of a Yellow Sun 15:00 The Love Punch 17:15 The Love Punch 19:30 Richard II (RSC Encore) 198m
Sun 4 May 12:30 The Love Punch 15:00 A Winter’s Tale (ROH) 150m 18:15 The Love Punch 20:30 Half of a Yellow Sun
Mon 5 May 13:30 The Love Punch 15:45 The Love Punch 18:15 Twenty Feet from Stardom (PG) 90m 20:45 The Grand Budapest Hotel
Tue 6 May 13:30 Twenty Feet from Stardom 15:45 The Love Punch 18:15 The Grand Budapest Hotel 20:30 The Love Punch
Wed 7 May 13:30 The Grand Budapest Hotel 15:45 The Love Punch 18:15 Half of a Yellow Sun 20:45 The Love Punch
Thu 8 May 13:45 Half of a Yellow Sun 16:15 The Grand Budapest Hotel 18:45 The Love Punch 20:45 The Love Punch
Fri 9 May 13:15 Tracks (12A) 110m 15:45 The Lunchbox (PG) 104m 18:15 Tracks 20:45 The Zero Theorem (15) 107m
Sat 10 May Suzanne (12A) 94m 15:30 Tracks 18:00 Suzanne 20:30 Tracks 13:15
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Mon 12 May 12:30 Tracks 15:00 The Lunchbox 17:00 Tracks
Tue 13 May Tracks Tracks Rome, Open City Suzanne
20:15 A Trip to Italy (+ Live by Satellite Q&A)
Thu 22 May 13:15 Noah 16:15 Before the Winter Chill 19:00 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 160m
Fri 23 May
12:15 Tracks 14:15 Suzanne 16:30 Tracks
The Invisible Woman (12A) 111m 15:45 Exhibition (15) 104m 18:15 A Thousand Times Goodnight (12A) 117m 21:00 Locke (15) 85m
Thu 15 May
Sat 24 May
Wed 14 May
13:15
The Zero Theorem 15:45 Tracks 18:15 The Lunchbox 20:45 Tracks
Fri 16 May 12:15 Philomena (15) 98m 14:15 Noah (PG) 138m 17:00 Before the Winter Chill (15) 103m 19:30 Henry IV: Part 1 (RSC) 180m
Sat 17 May 12:30 Noah 15:30 Philomena 18:00 Uni Graduation Screening 160m 21:00 Before the Winter Chill
Sun 18 May
13:15
13:15 Exhibition 15:45 The Invisible Woman 18:15 Locke 20:30 A Thousand Times Goodnight
Sun 25 May 13:00 Rebel Without a Cause (PG) 111m 15:30 An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (15) 75m 17:30 Driving Miss Daisy (Stage Play) 20:45 Exhibition
Mon 26 May 12:45 Rio 2 (U) 101m 14:45 Exhibition 17:15 An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
East of Eden (PG) 115m 15:30 James Dean: Man, Movies & Myth (Talk) 120m 15:30 Before the Winter Chill 18:00 We Are the Best! (15) 103m 20:15 Noah
Tue 27 May
Mon 19 May
12:45 Rio 2 14:45 Locke 16:45 Exhibition
12:45
12:15
Before the Winter Chill 14:15 We Are the Best! 16:30 Noah
Tue 20 May 12:45 The Monuments Men (12A) 112m 15:15 Noah 18:15 East of Eden 20:45 Before the Winter Chill
Wed 21 May 12:30 Before the Winter Chill 14:45 The Monuments Men 17:15 Noah
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13:30 Muppets Most Wanted (U) 112m 16:00 Locke 18:00 A Thousand Times Goodnight 20:45 Rebel Without a Cause
Wed 28 May
Thu 29 May 13:15
Muppets Most Wanted 15:30 A Thousand Times Goodnight 18:15 The Invisible Woman 20:45 Exhibition
Fri 30 May 13:30 Rio 2 15:45 Two Faces of January (12A) 96m 18:15 Frank (15) 95m 20:45 Two Faces of January
Sat 31 May
Sat 7 Jun
13:30 Two Faces of January 15:45 Omar (15) 97m 18:00 Two Faces of January 20:15 The Book Thief (12A) 131m
12:30 The Wind Rises 15:00 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 18:15 In Secret 20:30 A Touch of Sin 133m
Sun 1 Jun 12:30 Giant (PG) 200m 16:15 Two Faces of January 18:30 Omar 20:45 Two Faces of January
Mon 2 Jun 12:15
Two Faces of January 14:30 The Book Thief 17:00 Two Faces of January
Tue 3 Jun 13:45 Two Faces of January 16:00 Two Faces of January 18:30 Balanchine / Millepied (Paris Ballet) 120m 21:00 Omar
Wed 4 Jun 13:15 16:15
The Book Thief Two Faces of January 18:45 Two Faces of January 21:00 Frank
Thu 5 Jun 13:15 Frank 15:30 The Book Thief 18:15 Two Faces of January 20:45 Two Faces of January
Fri 6 Jun Vikings (Schools Screening) 12:45 In Secret (15) 101m 15:15 The Wind Rises (PG) 126m 18:00 In Secret 20:30 Stick Out Your Tongue 102m 11:00
Sun 8 Jun 12:00 Stick Out Your Tongue 14:00 An Autumn Afternoon (PG) 112m 16:30 Der Rosenkavalier 240m 21:00 Two Faces of January
Mon 9 Jun
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Sun 22 Jun 15:30 Grace of Monaco (PG) 103m 18:00 Jimmy’s Hall (cert & time tbc) 20:45 Grace of Monaco
Mon 23 Jun
12:15 In Secret 14:30 Stick Out Your Tongue 16:45 Two Faces of January
12:45 15:30 18:00 20:45
Tue 10 Jun
13:00 15:15 18:00 20:30
13:15
Two Faces of January 15:45 In Secret 18:15 Two Faces of January 20:30 An Autumn Afternoon
Wed 11 Jun 12:15 In Secret 14:15 A Touch of Sin 16:45 Two Faces of January
Thu 12 Jun
13:30 Stick Out Your Tongue 16:15 In Secret 19:00 A Small Family Business (NT Encore) 160m
Jimmy’s Hall Grace of Monaco Jimmy’s Hall Grace of Monaco
Tue 24 Jun Grace of Monaco Jimmy’s Hall Grace of Monaco Jimmy’s Hall
Wed 25 Jun 12:30 Grace of Monaco 14:30 Jimmy’s Hall 16:45 Grace of Monaco
Thu 26 Jun 13:15 Jimmy’s Hall 16:00 Grace of Monaco 18:30 Ghosts (West End Theatre) 90m 20:30 Grace of Monaco
Fri 13 Jun 13:00 Stick Out Your Tongue 15:15 Two Faces of January 17:30 Vikings (Encore Screening) 90m 19:30 Henry IV: Part 1 (Encore) 180m
The Grand Budapest Hotel 9
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Half of a Yellow Sun 8
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Film Listings Continued
Sat 14 Jun
Wed 18 Jun
14:30 Back to the Garden (12A) 95m 16:30 Capote (15) 109 18:45 What Maisie Knew (15) 95m
14:30 Jack Goes Boating 16:45 What Maisie Knew 18:45 The Unknown Unknown (PG) 102m
Sun 15 Jun
Thu 19 Jun
14:00 Day For Night (15) 112m 16:15 Capote 18:30 Day For Night + Q&A with Hugo Frey
14:30 Plot for Peace (12A) 84m 16:30 A Late Quartet (15) 101m 18:30 Bird on a Wire (15) 105m
Mon 16 Jun
14:30 The Unknown Unknown 16:30 Plot for Peace 18:30 A Late Quartet
14:30 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (15) 112m 16:45 Silent Sonata (15) 77m 18:30 Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Tue 17 Jun 14:30 Silent Sonata 16:30 Back to the Garden 18:30 Jack Goes Boating (15) 110m
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Fri 20 Jun
Sat 21 Jun 14:00 The Master (15) 144m 16:30 Bird on a Wire 18:30 The Master
We are proud to present 11 exciting Performance Events in this Spring Season.
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CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME NT
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RICHARD II
A WINTER’S TALE
RSC (Encore) Sat 3 May 19.30
ROH Ballet (Delayed live) Sun 4 May 15.00
(Encore) Thu 22 May 19.00 + (Encore) Sat 7 Jun 19.00
Pg.20
Pg.27
DRIVING MISS DAISY
BALANCHINE/ MILLEPIED
+ Coogan/Brydon Q&A Wed 21 May 20:15
Stage Production (Melbourne) + LIVE By Satellite Q&A with Angela Lansbury Sun 25 May 17.30
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Pg.30
Pg.30
VIKINGS
DER ROSENKAVALIER LIVE From Glyndebourne Sun 8 June 16.30
A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS NT LIVE
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A TRIP TO ITALY
(School’s Performance) Fri 6 Jun 11.00
LIVE BALLET - Paris Opera (inc. complete ‘Daphnis et Chloe’) Tue 3 Jun 18.30
Tue 12 Jun 19.00
FESTIVAL OF CHICHESTER
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Pg.16
GHOSTS
HENRY IV PART 1 RSC
HENRY IV PART 2 RSC
West End Series Thu 26 Jun 18.30
(Encore) Fri 13 June 19.30
(Delayed live) Fri 27 June 19.30
Please see Pg37 for Coming Soon Performance Events
KEY Live: Transmitted Live by Satellite during the actual performance. Encore: Follow ups that have been recorded Live by Satellite. Delayed Live: Recorded live by satellite and transmitted within a week. Recorded: Live performances, but pre-recorded. Please note that dates, times & productions are subject to change due to the nature of live events.
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Fri 2 May Sat 3 May Sun 4 May Mon 5 May Tue 6 May Wed 7 May Thu 8 May
Love Punch
13:30 & 20:45 15:00 & 17:15 12:30 & 18:15 13:30 & 15:45 15:45 & 20:30 15:45 & 20:45 18:45 & 20:45
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A divorced couple (Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson) scheme to recover the retirement money that was stolen from them. A wedding introduces a former couple (Brosnan & Thompson) who have struggled to have lasting relationships ever since their divorce; they are forced back together when a corrupt French businessman saunters off with their pension plan money. Slapstick hijinks unfold as the duo go about orchestrating a daring revenge heist with the help of another married duo (Timothy Spall and Celia Imrie). The foursome form an unlikely band of lawbreakers in this classic comedy caper set against the sun drenched backdrop of the Cote d’Azur. Brosnan and Thompson are sedately charming; Spall and Imrie are naturally funny together. UK 2014 Joel Hopkins 94m
Fri Sat Sun Wed Thu International Panorama: Nigeria
2 May 3 May 4 May 7 May 8 May
15:45 12:30 20:30 18:15 13:45
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Half of a Yellow Sun We follow the lives of four people during the struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor (‘12 Years a Slave’). Writer/director Bandele’s excellent feature debut is an epic love story set on the eve of civil war in the 60’s. Olanna (Thandie Newton) and Kainene (Anika Noni Rose) are strikingly beautiful middle-class twins in the newly independent nation. Their fractious relationship must be set aside as they become swept up in the turbulence of conflict. Bandele’s screenplay is an astute adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s highly acclaimed novel of the same name, bringing the source material’s main characters to vibrant realisation. As chaos engulfs them, they are thrown together and violently torn apart in ways none had ever imagined. UK/Nigeria 2013 Biyi Bandele 106m
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2 May 5 May 6 May 7 May 8 May
18:15 20:45 18:15 13:30 16:15
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The Grand Budapest Hotel The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune - all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing continent. Expect an amalgam of Anderson’s predilection for jewel-box environments, arch pseudo-professional patter and giant majorname casts (the star-studded cast features Anderson regulars Owen Wilson, Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody plus Tony Revolori, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Jude Law and Tilda Swinton). Ralph Fiennes, not immediately recognisable in a rather impressive moustache, is Chef d’Hotel Gustave H, a devil with the mature guests. Expect the hilariously unexpected! USA 2014 Wes Anderson 100m
Twenty Feet from Stardom
Mon 5 May 18:15 Tue 6 May 13:30
2014 Oscar winning documentary. The lives of Backup Singers, who live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. A labour of love that was years in the making, this Sundance hit consequently won the Oscar for best documentary. Morgan Neville has fashioned a wondrously life affirming history of a group of unsung, incredibly talented female backing vocalists who have performed on some of the greatest records in history, yet have remained largely unknown. Featuring interviews with the singers themselves and all-star appearances from the musicians with whom they regularly play, plus fantastic archive performances including Springsteen, Sting, Stevie Wonder and Jagger. We also see some studio shots featuring Phil Spector, and concert footage of Talking Heads, Ray Charles and The Rolling Stones. Watching this makes you want to stand, sing, shout and cheer – do so! USA 2013 Morgan Neville 90m
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National Theatre
Richard II
Sat
3 May 19.30
Tickets £17.50 (£15 Friends/Students) to include interval wine
From Stratford with David Tenant A special single encore screening of RSC’s Richard II following the Sold Out performances in the Autumn. Richard is a monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. His vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war. He cousin Bolingbrook learns that he has been robbed of his inheritance, and takes advantage of the King’s absence to raise an army and invade England. The first of Shakespeare’s four great plays about the House of Lancaster, this is a politically charged exploration of power and Machiavellian plotting. RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran directs David Tennant in the title role, Oliver Ford Davies as the Duke of York and Nigel Lindsay as Bolingbroke. 180m inc interval
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Royal Opera House Ballet
A Winter’s Tale
Delayed
Sun 4 May 15.00 Tickets £17.50 (£15 Friends/Students) to include interval wine Booking Ref
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A new full length ballet with music by Joby Talbot and choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, recorded live at Royal Opera House (28 April). Following his delightful fulllength ballet ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’, Wheeldon continues his highly successful collaboration with designer Bob Crowley and composer Talbot to create his first ballet based on a Shakespeare play. The story follows the destruction of marriage through consuming jealousy, the abandonment of a child, and a seemingly hopeless love. Yet through remorse and regret, the ending is one of forgiveness and reconciliation. It is powerful material for ballet, with a story that allows for the portrayal of intense emotions between and within the characters, and the opportunity for the Company to create not just new central characters but the whole world around them. Cast tbc. Conductor David Briskin. New production Running time 150m
International Panorama: Australia
Tracks
Fri 9 May 13:15 & 18:15 Sat 10 May 15:30 & 20:30 Sun 11 May 18:00 & 20:30 Mon 12 May 12:30 & 17:00 Tue 13 May 13:30 & 16:00 Wed 14 May 12:15 & 16:30 Thu 15 May 15:45 & 20:45 Booking Ref
True story of Robyn Davidson, who in 1977 undertook an extraordinary trek by foot, 2,700km across the harsh Australian outback with her four camels and faithful dog. When Robyn (Mia Wasikowska) arrives in Alice Springs she has nothing but her pet dog and a wild ambition. Her last obstacle is money and when she meets photographer Rick, she reluctantly agrees to sacrifice some solitude so that her journey can be sponsored by National Geographic. Wasikowska is luminous, her performance giving full depth to the contradictions of this fiercely independent and fragile character. Her need for connection, with the land rather than people, finds its truest expression when she is accompanied by an Aboriginal elder. Gloriously cinematography, Curran’s (‘The Painted Veil’) mesmerising film is a paean to both one woman’s courage and to the magnificent land she traverses. Australia 2013 John Curran 110m
Fri 9 May Sun 11 May Mon 12 May Thu 15 May International Panorama: India
15:45 13:00 15:00 18:15
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The Lunchbox
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai’s famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life. Legend of Mumbai’s Lunchbox delivery service says it “never goes wrong”, but lonely housewife, Ila (Nimrat Kaur), sends a lunchbox to her disinterested husband, and it ends up at the wrong man’s desk. Sajaan (Irrfan Khan), a clerk on the brink of retirement, receives it and is delightfully surprised at the wonderful tasting food. The two strangers build a gentle rapport through the food deliveries, exploring their hopes of the future. Batra deftly unfolds a wonderfully observed range of subtle emotions, supported by an often humorous script. India’s greatest character actors build on the flawed personalities of their characters to deliver unforgettable performances. A real charmer. In Hindi and English with English subtitles. India/Germany/France/USA 2013 Ritesh Batra 104m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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The Zero Theorem
Fri 9 May 20:45 Thu 15 May 13:15 Booking Ref
Terry Gilliam’s new satire concerns a computer hacker (Christoph Waltz) whose goal is to discover the reason for human existence. Returning to ‘Brazil’ country, Gilliam focuses on Qohen Leth (Waltz), a reclusive computer genius in an undetermined future, who works as a programmer for the Orwellian organisation Corporation ManCom. When the mysterious ‘Management’ summons him to crack the Zero Theorem, Leth’s existence is set to irrevocably change. With striking cameos from Matt Damon and Tilda Swinton, this is quirky, inventive and colourful. UK/Romania 2013 Terry Gilliam 107m International Panorama: France
Suzanne
Sat 10 May 13:15 & 18:00 Tue 13 May 20:45 Wed 14 May 14:15 Booking Ref
The story of a family and a love affair told through the journey of a young woman. Suzanne (Sara Forestier) isn’t just the subject, but also the troublesome centre of this ambitious family drama. We follow Suzanne and her younger sister from their childhood, through their impetuous teens, through Suzanne’s passion for a small-time hood, to her most reckless move of all, which changes the family’s lives forever. Terrifically performed, and directed with mesmerising confidence. (subtitles) France/Belgium 2013 Katell Quillévéré 94m Classics Restored & Re-Issued
Rome, Open City
Sun 11 May 15:30 Tue 13 May 18:30 Booking Ref
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Roma Città Aperta A landmark of Italian neorealism often cited as one of the greatest films ever made, Rossellini’s portrait of life under Nazi Occupation remains remarkable. Made in extraordinarily circumstances after Rome’s liberation, the film follows Giorgio in his attempts to evade the Gemans. Rossellini and co-writer Fellini manage a vivid authenticity. The film seamlessly blends sequences reminiscent of documentary with more conventional dramatic scenes. New 4k restoration. (subtitles) Italy 1945 Roberto Rossellini 103m
Special Event
A Trip to Italy Plus Live by Satellite Q&A with Steve Coogan & Rob Brydon
Wed 21 May 20:15 Tickets £12 (Friends £11) Booking Ref
The Trip to Italy brings back together Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon in another foodie road trip directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film, which will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, is a funny and charming comedy but also the demonstration of Brydon and Coogan’s talent and synergy when it comes down to improvisational comedy. “Surely this makes Coogan and Brydon’s show the most sustained and successful example we’ve had of genuine ad-libbing” The Guardian. This one off screening in cinemas will be followed by an exclusive satellite Q&A with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. This will be the occasion for them to entertain the audience live across the country and, hopefully, to come up with new Michael Caine impressions. (Film + Q&A 155m) UK 2014 Michael Winterbottom 115m
Noah
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 May
14:15 12:30 20:15 16:30 15:15 17:15 13:15
Darren Aronofsky’s undeniably bold, personal, visually extravagant take on the Old Testament tale. The global flood that wiped out almost all earthly life is the original disaster story. As it is embraced by most of the major world religions, many will make it their business to be offended by untraditional renditions of holy texts. Noah (Russell Crowe), his wife Naameh (Jennifer Connelly) and their sons, are estranged from the rest of humanity, struggling to survive in forbidding surroundings in the belief that the great flood will come. Aronofsky has been daring, digging deep to develop a bold interpretation of a tale which offers a lot of room for speculation and invention. Anthony Hopkins plays Methuselah and Ray Winstone is Cain. USA 2014 Darren Aronofsky 138m
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Remembering WW1 & WW2 Re-enactments, parades and demonstrations commemorating the centenary of the First World War and 70 years since the D-Day Landings. Celebrating the courage of horses in war, on the battleďŹ eld and the home front.
7 - 8 June 2014
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester, PO18 OEU Telephone 01243 811348 www.wealddown.co.uk Booking Ref
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16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 May
17:00 21:00 15:30 12:15 20:45 12:30 16:15
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International Panorama: France
Before the Winter Chill
Avant l’Hiver Lucie (Kristen Scott Thomas) presumes that her husband Paul (Daniel Auteuil) has an affair, in this psychological thriller from the writer/director of ‘I’ve Loved You So Long’. Paul and Lucie are a married couple. As the movie opens, we get to know Paul as a successful neurosurgeon who spends too much time focusing on his job and not enough time on his wife. Then one day Paul runs into Lou, a bartender whom he had treated once when she was a young child. It is not long before it becomes clear that Lou (played by Leïla Bekhti) has a strong interest in Paul. Will Paul reciprocate? Meanwhile Lucie needs to deal with her unstable sister Mathilde, and Paul’s business partner in his private practice, Gerard, seems to have an unusual interest in Pau’s wife Lucie. Part psychological thriller, part classic love triangle and part domestic drama, Daniel Auteuil once again shows masterly control over a storyline that leaves plenty of room for angst ridden introspection and moody silences. Writer-director Philippe Claudel puts the French middle class under the microscope, supported by another faultless performance by Scott-Thomas. (subtitles) France 2013 Philippe Claudel 103m Back by Popular Demand
Philomena
Philomena (Judi Dench) searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago. This bittersweet comedy tells the tale of Philomena Lee who, after pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, was sent to a convent and had her child whisked away by the nuns to America for adoption. She spent the next 50 years searching for him in vain before meeting journalist Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan), who embarked on a quest with her to find her son. Fri Sat
16 May 12:15 17 May 15:30
UK/USA/France 2013 Stephen Frears 98m
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Royal Shakespeare Company
Henry IV (PART 1)
Delayed
Fri Fri
16 May 19.30 13 Jun 19.30
Tickets £17.50 (£15 Friends/Students) to include interval wine
The first of 3 productions from the RSC recorded live by satellite. Following his production of ‘Richard II’ in October, RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran continues his exploration of Shakespeare’s history plays with an epic, comic and thrilling vision of a nation in turmoil. Antony Sher returns to play the infamous comic knight Falstaff, joined by Jasper Britton (Henry IV) and Alex Hassell (Prince Hal). As he prepares for war, Henry IV is only too aware of the tenuousness of his position, and of the price to be paid if he falters. As his father prepares to defend his crown, Prince Hal is languishing in the taverns and brothels of London, revelling in the company of his friend, the notorious Sir John Falstaff. Hal and Falstaff are thrust into the brutal reality of the battlefield, where Hal must confront his responsibilities to family and throne. 180m approx including interval.
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National Theatre
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Thu Sat
22 May 19.00 7 Jun 15.00
Tickets £17.50 (£15 Friends/Students) to include interval wine Booking Ref
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Following its smash-hit live broadcast in 2012, this National Theatre production returns to cinemas. Based on the acclaimed novel by Mark Haddon and directed by Marianne Elliott, this has been hailed as ‘a phenomenal combination of storytelling and spectacle’. Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain – exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion of killing Mrs Shears’ dog Wellington, he records each fact about the event in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of the murder. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey. Winner of 7 Olivier Awards.
The Monuments Men
Tue 20 May 12:45 Wed 21 May 14:45 Back by Popular Demand Booking Ref
An unlikely WWII platoon (including George Clooney and Matt Damon) are tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves. Based on a true story, this is an action-thriller focusing on a WWII platoon, tasked with going into Nazi Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces. An impossible mission, with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the Germans ordered to destroy everything as the Reich fell. How could these museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 machine-gun possibly hope to succeed? USA 2014 George Clooney 118m
The Invisible Woman
Fri Sat Thu
23 May 13:15 24 May 15:45 29 May 18:15
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Ralph Fiennes’ intimate period romance on the affair between Charles Dickens and actress Nelly Ternan. Visually striking and dramatically refined, this centres on the secret affair between Dickens (Fiennes) and young actress Nelly Ternan (Felicity Jones) which commenced at the height of his career and lasted until his death. Based on the biographical book by Claire Tomalin, and featuring a terrific cast (including Kristin Scott Thomas as Nelly’s mother), this intimate period romance gracefully lays bare the gender politics of the era. UK 2013 Ralph Fiennes 111m
James Dean Trilogy
East of Eden James Dean plays a troubled youth with good intentions in this newly restored family fable. USA 1955 Elia Kazan 115m See pg22 for full film/season details.
Sun 18 May 12:45 Tue 20 May 18:15 (James Dean Talk Sun 18 May 15:30)
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International Panorama: Sweden
We Are the Best! Vi är Bäst! Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band - despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead. Three very special little girls on the cusp of puberty are horrifically surrounded by conformist girlie-girls and immature boys toying with societal expectations of machismo. Two of the young ladies are selfdescribed punk rockers, while a third comes from a goody-two-shoes ultra-Christian background (but with punk desires roiling beneath her veneer). Our pre-teen rebels form a punk band, resulting in a happy hell breaking loose, which, however, is threatened by a combination of their newfound overt expressions of non-conformity and all the normal conflicts of puberty. These conflicts have a potentially disastrous effect upon their quest to prove, to themselves and the world, that, as the film’s title declares: We Are the Best! (subtitles) Sweden 2013 Lukas Moodysson 103m International Panorama: Norway/Ireland
A Thousand Times Good Night
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Tusen Ganger God Natt Gripping drama about a war photographer (Juliette Binoche), who is caught between choosing her family or her work. Having made contacts within a Kabul-based militant group, war photographer Rebecca (Binoche), is allowed to document the haunting ceremony in which a woman makes herself spiritually ready for a suicide attack. She winds up in the blast zone, is badly wounded and returns home to Ireland. Although she is desperate to return, she decides to leave her job after listening to her family. Writer/director Poppe, himself a war photographer, makes a fine case for the importance of going after the raw images of warfare and suffering. The film is clear-eyed about the pain Rebecca causes to those she loves, fully making the case for what she’s doing, while dramatizing the ugliness of her failures at home. (In English) Norway / Ireland / Sweden 2013 Eric Poppe 117m
Locke
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Ivan Locke’s (Tom Hardy) hitherto rock solid life slowly falls apart during a drive to London. Charged with the responsibility of ensuring sound building foundations, structural engineer Locke (Hardy) is as solid as the concrete he pours for a living. On the eve of a career-crowning moment, we follow his journey from Wales to London, and see how one mistake has caused his firmly focused life to completely fall apart. Both Ivan’s brute determination to regain control over his life and his stubborn refusal to engage fully with the emotional reality, are combined perfectly in Hardy’s taut performance. Knight’s direction, too, is as resolutely spartan as his central character. Shot in its entirety over eight days, and never leaving the interior of the car, Knight’s film succeeds in creating a gripping atmosphere of tightly wound tension. UK 2013 Steven Knight 85m
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International Panorama: Bosnia/ Herzegovina
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
Sun 25 May 15:30 Mon 26 May 17:15 Booking Ref
Epizoda u Zivotu Beraca Zeljeza Nazif barely makes ends meet as an iron picker to support his family, when tragedy strikes his pregnant wife Senada. Nazif finds his wife Senada laid up in pain and drives her to the nearest clinic to find that she has miscarried. The condition is critical and Senada needs immediate treatment at a faraway hospital, but because she does not have health insurance, the hospital requests they pay 980 Bosnian marks (500 Euros), a fortune for a modest iron picker. For the next 10 days, Nazif will do everything he can to try and save Senadas life. Grand Jury Prize winner at the Berlin Film Festival, this is a universal human story at heart, a bleakly compelling family drama with a coldly furious edge of political protest. (subtitles) Bosnia /Herzegovina 2013 Danis Tanovic 75m
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Stage Production (Melbourne)
Driving Miss Daisy
Sun 25 May 17.30 Tickets £17.50 (£15 Friends/Students) to include interval wine
+ LIVE By Satellite Q&A with Angela Lansbury from BFI Southbank A stunning comedy-drama play based on the 1989 film of the same name starring two of the world’s greatest living actors. If you want to know what star quality means, this is it. Five-time Tony Award and three-time Oscar nominee Angela Lansbury and two-time Tony Award winner and Oscar nominee James Earl Jones, alongside four time Tony Award winner Boyd Gaines. It tells the affecting story of the decadeslong relationship between a stubborn Southern matriarch and her compassionate chauffeur. An iconic tale of pride, changing times and the transformative power of friendship. The Q&A will be broadcast from the BFI South Bank providing an insight in to Angela’s motivations for doing the play and look back at her incredible career. 140m.
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Exhibition
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An artist couple find that selling their imposing London home starts to open fissures in their relationship in Joanna Hogg’s coollyobserved fable. Enthralling to watch, Hogg’s (‘Unrelated’, ‘Archipelago’) exquisitely observed third feature is her first set in London. Its central protagonists are artist couple D and H (Viv Albertine, guitarist of punk group ‘The Slits’ and Turner prize nominate Liam Gillick) who are preparing to sell the modernist home that has defined their relationship. What has prompted the move is not entirely clear, but what is certain is that the anxieties, dreams and memories that surface expose the fissures in this cool, austere relationship. The house itself is a commanding third character, its Chinese puzzle of sharp angles are as difficult to fathom as its inhabitants. Hogg’s fascinating, entirely singular film conceals as much as it reveals. UK 2013 Joanna Hogg 104m
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Half-Term Family Films
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27 May 13:30 29 May 13:15
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Muppets Most Wanted While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into a European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick. Disney’s “Muppets Most Wanted” takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theatres in some of Europe’s most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine - the World’s Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit - and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two, portrayed by Ricky Gervais. The film stars Tina Fey as Nadya, a feisty prison guard, and Ty Burrell as Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon. USA 2014 James Bobin 112m
Rio 2 Half-Term Family Films
Mon 26 May 12:45 Wed 28 May 12:45 Fri 30 May 13:30
It’s a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they’re hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law. The entire cast of the animated smash ‘Rio’ returns, and they are joined by a new flock of top actors and musical talents. Rich with grandeur, character, colour and music, RIO 2 finds Jewel (Anne Hathaway), Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) and their three kids leaving their domesticated life in that magical city for a journey to the Amazon. They encounter a menagerie of characters who are born to be wild, voiced by Oscar nominee Andy Garcia, Oscar/Emmy/Tonywinner Rita Moreno, Grammy winner Bruno Mars, and Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth. USA 2014 Carlos Saldanha 101m
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THE JAMES DEAN TRILOGY Born in Indiana in 1951, James Dean moved to New York to follow his acting dream, and soon gained enrolment to Lee Strasberg’s legendary ‘Actors Studio’. He only had 3 major film performances, which we are delighted to announce that we will screen this season in spectacular 4K restorations. Dean lost in life in a car crash in 1955 – he was only 24. He has become a cultural icon and an inspiration to the naturalistic style of acting which we take for granted today.
James Dean:
Man, Movies & Myth
Sun 18 May 15.30 Tickets £5 Booking Ref
Illustrated Talk by Ellen Cheshire In May 1954 James Dean was on location with Elia Kazan filming his first feature film, ‘East of Eden’. This young charismatic actor was on his road to stardom. 60 years later, James Dean is an icon and he’s still young. His tragic death before his third film ‘Giant’ was released, cut short what was likely to be one of the most significant film careers of the 20th century. Ellen Cheshire, film writer and lecturer, will explore Dean’s life, films and legacy.
East of Eden
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Sadly this was the only film James Dean saw in his life time. He plays a troubled youth with good intentions in this newly restored family fable. Based on John Steinbeck’s novel and directed by Elia Kazan, ‘East of Eden’ is the first of three major films that make up James Dean’s movie legacy. The 24-year-old idol-to-be plays Cal, a wayward Salinas Valley youth who vies for the affection of his hardened father (Raymond Massey) with his favoured brother Aron (Richard Davalos). Playing off the haunting sensitivity of Julie Harris, Dean’s performance earned one of the film’s four Academy Award nominations. Among the movie’s stellar performances, Jo Van Fleet won the Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. USA 1955 Elia Kazan 115m
Sun 25 May 13:00 Tue 27 May 20:45
Rebel Without a Cause
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An iconic film about a fatal day in the lives of three LA teenagers. Perfectly capturing the zeitgeist of America in the 50s, this is the film that immortalised James Dean when it was released just a month after his death. James Dean’s performance came to define and crystallise some of the most potent and lasting cultural shifts of the 1950s. Through it, he became an all-American icon and the symbol of that most American of phenomena - the teenager. His role as Jim Stark, a young delinquent who is new in town and is struggling to fit in, came to immortalise Dean in this respect. It still serves as the definitive paean to the throes of rebellious youth and a ubiquitous reference point for acts of cool defiance. Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo and Jim Backus also star. USA 1955 Nicholas Ray 111m
Sun 1 Jun
Giant
12:30
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James Dean’s final film sees him play an oil-rich cowboy, alongside Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson. The story spans two generations of wealthy ranchers, and two generations of Hollywood actors. Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor put in traditional formal performances as a ranch owner and his wife, while James Dean, as the newly oil-rich cowboy Jett Rink – and playing the rebellious son of Dennis Hopper’s character – points towards the future, with naturalistic acting, resonant with emotion. Later in the film, the aged Jett hardly seems to be Dean at all – because, in a performance-sense, he becomes that middle-aged, drunken tyrant. The fiery final scenes with Hopper (inspired by Dean) symbolised that old Hollywood was over. It’s bitterly ironic then, that it was during the making of the film that we were robbed of this prophet of American cinema. USA 1956 George Stevens 200m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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Two Faces of January A thriller centred on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who try to flee a foreign country after one of them is caught up in the murder of a police officer. Adapted from a novel by Patricia Highsmith. 1962. A glamorous American couple, the charismatic Chester MacFarland (Viggo Mortensen) and his alluring younger wife Colette (Kirsten Dunst), arrive in Athens by boat via the Corinthian Canal. While sightseeing at the Acropolis they encounter Rydal (Oscar Isaac), a young, Greek-speaking American who is working as a tour guide, scamming tourists on the side. Drawn to Colette’s beauty and impressed by Chester’s wealth and sophistication, Rydal gladly accepts their invitation to dinner. However, all is not as it seems with the MacFarlands and Chester’s affable exterior hides darker secrets. When Rydal visits the couple at their exclusive hotel, Chester presses him to help move the body of a seemingly unconscious man who he claims attacked him. In the moment, Rydal agrees but as events take a more sinister turn he finds himself compromised and unable to pull himself free. His increasing infatuation with the vulnerable and responsive Colette gives rise to Chester’s jealousy and paranoia, leading to a tense and dangerous battle of wits between the two men. Their journey takes them from Greece to Turkey, and to a dramatic finale played out in the back alleys of Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar. A classic modern film noir. UK/ USA/France 2014 Hossein Amini 96m
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Frank A fictional, often very comical biopic of life on the road for an avant-garde rock band led by the enigmatic Frank (Michael Fassbender). When the band abruptly loses their keyboardist, Frank invites local boy Jon to take his place. Before Jon realises quite what’s going on, he finds himself in a remote Irish holiday home recording an album with the bunch of musical misfits. What initially is a very funny satirical exploration of the experimental music scene - a kind of avantgarde Spinal Tap - quickly moves onto more serious and poignant ground, testing the boundaries between madness, creativity, art, talent and reality. This supremely assured film renders perhaps the most convincing fictional account to date of being in a band and creating music. Lenny Abrahamson’s (‘What Richard Did’) fourth feature is one of the more idiosyncratic films of 2014. Fri 30 May 18:15 Wed 4 Jun 21:00 Thu 5 Jun 13:15
UK/Ireland 2014 Lenny Abrahamson 95m
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Sat Sun Tue International Panorama: Palestine
31 May 15:45 1 Jun 18:30 3 Jun 21:00
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Omar
A white-knuckle thriller that sees a young Palestinian try to evade the Israeli security services while earning the love of his girlfriend. Director Abu-Assad makes a welcome return after his Oscar nomination (‘Paradise Now’ 2005), with ‘Omar’, a powerful love story set against the backdrop of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The titular Omar, in a star-making turn from Adam Bakri, is a thoughtful young baker in love with Nadia (Leem Lubany). When he agrees to go with her brother and their mutual friend Amjad on a mission to kill an Israeli soldier, it’s partly to gain Tarek’s respect so that he can ask for Nadia’s hand in marriage. But that act of violence soon spirals out of control. With an ingenious twist on ‘Othello’ that packs an unforgettable sting in the tail. (subtitles) Palestine 2013 Hany Abu-Assad 97m
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The Book Thief
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Based on the bestselling book, we follow a spirited and courageous young girl who transforms the lives of everyone around her. Liesel (Sophie Nelisse) is an extraordinary and courageous young girl sent to live with a foster family in WWII Germany. She learns to read with encouragement from her new family (Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson), and Max (Ben Schnetzer), a Jewish refugee who they are hiding under the stairs. For Liesel and Max, the power of words and imagination become the only escape from the surrounding tumultuous events - Nazi rallies, anti-semitism, Hitler Youth, book burning, propaganda, and the whole gamut of events are seen from her perspective. This is a life-affirming story of the resilience of the human spirit. It is a warm and thoughtful in a traditional style. USA 2013 Brian Percival 131m
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3 Jun 18.30
Tickets £17.50 (£15 Friends/Students) to include interval wine ‘Le Palais De Cristal’: Music -Georges Bizet; Choreography - Georges Balanchine; Costumes Christian Lacroix ‘Daphnis et Chloé’: Music - Maurice Ravel; Choreography - Benjamin Millepied; Sets - Daniel Buren Booking Ref
Paris Opera Ballet LIVE
Balanchine / Millepied Inc. complete ‘Daphnis et Chloe’ Alongside Balanchine’s ballet ‘Palais de Cristal’ (music by Bizet), Benjamin Millepied adapts Ravel’s complete ‘Daphnis et Chloé’. Philippe Jordan will be accompanying the Paris Opera Ballet for the first time. This encounter between two great French composers and two choreographers from the NY City Ballet (founder George Balanchine and former student Millepied) highlights the similarities and dissonances between them. In 1947, Balanchine paid tribute to the company and to the French tradition with his first production for the Paris Opera Ballet, ‘Le Palais de Cristal’, in which he choreographed an early work by Bizet, ‘Symphony in C’. Characterized by its architectural design and sense of dialogue with the music, this ballet is a model of academic virtuosity, to which Christian Lacroix, an artisan of light and colour, has brought new shape. Millepied’s third creation for the Paris Opera Ballet, in collaboration with the conceptual artist Daniel Buren, revisits the myth of ‘Daphnis and Chloé’. In the tradition of Balanchine, Millepied draws his inspiration from the rhythms and colours of Ravel’s “choreographic symphony” for chorus and orchestra. Approx 120m including interval.
Vikings (Schools & Encore)
Vikings Exhibition Live From the British Museum
Fri 6 Jun 11:00 (School’s Screening 60m) Tickets £8 (Friends £7/Child £2) Fri 13 Jun 17:00 (Encore Screening 90m) Tickets £10 (Friends/Students £8) Booking Ref
This special event offers an exclusive private view of the exhibition ‘Vikings: Life and Legend’ in the company of world experts. Introduced by British Museum Director Neil MacGregor and presented by historian Michael Wood, alongside experts on Viking ships and swords, burial and beliefs, language and legacy. Weapons, coins, jewellery, amulets and religious images show how Vikings created an international network connecting cultures over four continents. At the centre of the exhibition will be the surviving timbers of a 37-metre-long warship, the longest ever found. BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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International Panorama: France
Stick Out Your Tongue
Fri Sun Mon Thu Fri
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Tirez La Langue, Mademoiselle A smart and serious-minded French love story set in urban Paris involving a three-way courtship and underlying sense of claustrophobia. Two close brothers are both dedicated doctors in Paris, the darkly authoritative Boris (Cedric Kahn) and the warm but troubled Dimitri (Laurent Stocker). One day, they both fall in love with a patient’s mother which disrupts what had seemed to be such a solid relationship. They confess their feelings for her at separate moments, and for what seem like opposing reasons. Writer/director Ropert smartly grounds the drama in the realities of family and community, trailing the brothers as they deal with various patients, and inserting humour wherever she can. Reminiscent of the cleverly scripted dramas of Truffaut’s late period, it’s at once astutely observed and deeply passionate, with spot-on direction and performances. (subtitles) France 2013 Axelle Ropert 102m
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In Secret
7 Jun 9 Jun 10 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun
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Charlie Stratton’s feature debut, an adaptation of Emile Zola’s scandalous ‘mud and blood’ novel ‘Thérèse Raquin’. Elizabeth Olsen is Thérèse, a young woman in 1860s Paris trapped in an unsatisfactory marriage to her sickly cousin Camille (Tom Felton) by her domineering aunt Madame Raquin (Jessica Lange). Bored of her confinement, she’s immediately intrigued by her husband’s suave childhood friend Laurent (Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis); an intrigue that leads to a compulsive affair with far-reaching consequences. A great deal of the pleasure of this handsomely-shot drama, faithful to the spirit of Zola’s novel – which considers the problem of uncontrollable desire in a restrictive society – comes from the interplay between the superb Lange and Olsen; with an eclectic supporting cast featuring British actors Shirley Henderson, Mackenzie Crook and Matt Lucas. USA 2013 Charlie Stratton 101m
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International Panorama: Japan
The Wind Rises
Kaze Tachinu Miyazaki’s swansong is a departure from recent Ghibli animations, a film aimed quite specifically at adult audiences and set during times of war and conflict. Essentially a semi-biographical work, the central character of Jiro is a composite of engineer Jiro Horikoshi and aeronautical designer Tatsuo Hori, a young man who dreams of creating a modern aeroplane which flies like a bird. The film takes us through a timeline of historical events - the Great Earthquake of 1923, the Depression and Japan’s TB epidemic and WWII in which Jiro’s creations will wreak such havoc. Critics have been in raptures over the animation, Miyazaki’s pastel palette and the transcendent spirituality. The final work from one of the world’s great masters of animation. Japan 2013 Hayao Miyazaki 126m Fri Sat
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Sun 8 June 16.30 Tickets £17.50 (£15 Friends/Students) to include interval wine
Der Rosenkavalier
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Glyndebourne’s 80th-anniversary season opens with Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, not seen at Glyndebourne since 1982, in a new staging by Richard Jones, with Robin Ticciati, the company’s new Music Director, conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. After shocking the opera world with Salome and Elektra, Richard Strauss seduced it with Der Rosenkavalier, first performed in 1911. He and librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal fashioned the most beguiling of all romantic farces, its nostalgic flavour crystallised in the elegant, sensuous waltzes which pervade and define the score. The married, middle-aged Marschallin chooses her young lover Octavian as Rose Cavalier, bearer of the ceremonial silver rose to Sophie, the teenage fiancée of Baron Ochs, the Marschallin’s crude country cousin. But Octavian and Sophie fall in love at first sight, setting off a chain of boisterous comic intrigues that gradually yield to a bittersweet meditation on the evanescence of love and time. The opera’s hero – the Rose Cavalier – was modelled on Mozart’s Cherubino and tailored ‘for a graceful girl dressed up as a man,’ as Hofmannsthal wrote. Poised between youth and maturity, Octavian’s voice hovers between soprano and mezzo, that timbre so perfect at embodying adolescence and androgyny. Strauss, famously enamoured of the female voice, lavished his most sumptuous music on Octavian and the two sopranos who complete the Rosenkavalier love triangle. Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught makes her role debut as Octavian, while Kate Royal, who began her career in the Glyndebourne Chorus, returns in her role debut as the Marschallin, and Teodora Gheorghiu makes her Glyndebourne debut as Sophie.
GLYNDEBOURNE: Coming Soon
La Traviata
Don Giovanni
Live In La traviata, we hear Verdi’s music naturally evolving to accommodate the growing realism of his characters and settings.
Recorded The legend of Don Juan tells how, at the height of his licentious career, he seduced a girl of noble family and killed her father, who had tried to avenge her.
Sun 10 Aug 15:30
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National Theatre Live
A Small Family Business
Tue 12 Jun Mon 7 July
19:00 19:30
A riotous exposure of entrepreneurial greed by Olivier Award-winning playwright Alan Ayckbourn (‘Bedroom Farce’, ‘A Chorus of Disapproval’). A Small Family Business returns to the National Theatre for the first time since its celebrated premiere in 1987, when it won the Evening Standard Award for Best Play. Jack McCracken: a man of principle in a corrupt world. But not for long. Moments after taking over his father-in-law’s business he’s approached by a private detective armed with some compromising information. Jack’s integrity fades away as he discovers his extended family to be thieves and adulterers, looting the business from their suburban homes. Rampant self-interest takes over and comic hysteria builds to a macabre climax.
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An Autumn Afternoon
Sun Tue
8 Jun 14:00 10 Jun 20:30
Classics digitally restored and re-issued
Now ravishingly restored, this is the final work of Japanese master filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu (1903 – 1963). One of the greatest last films in cinema history, Ozu’s masterpiece is truly autumnal, charting the inevitable eclipse of older generations by irreverent youth. Revisiting his earlier ‘Late Spring’ (1949), Ozu casts the familiar face of Chishu Ryu as Hirayama, an elderly widower worried about his unmarried daughter. Counselled on all sides to marry her off before it is too late, Hirayama plays matchmaker and reluctantly prepares to bid his old life farewell. One of just six films that Ozu made in colour, the spectacular use of primary colours within an otherwise muted palette is striking, often enlivened by meticulous placing of objects in the frame: a red lantern in a street scene, a bright blue bucket on the floor, and emerald green rice bowls on the dining table. New 2K restoration. (subtitles) Japan 1963 Yasujiro Ozu 112m
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International Panorama: China
20:30 14:15
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A Touch of Sin
Tian Zhu Ding Jia Zhangke’s Cannes prize-winner comprising four fact-based stories of violence and murder, and is a virtual state of the nation report on China in 2013. Across four skilfully interlinked stories, which traverse the country from north to south and back again, Jia presents a range of indelible characters: an ex-miner enraged by corruption, a man who kills and steals to stave off boredom, a woman who stabs her would-be rapist and a young kid drifting through the foreign-owned factories and nightclubs of the south. As the title suggests, the film pays dues to Wuxia directors who explored earlier times when Chinese society had no adequate rule of law. Jia sees a present-day society in which violence seems almost endemic, and dares to ask: what is the country coming to? (subtitles) China 2013 Jia Zhangke 133m
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Whilst the Chichester Players perform in the Main Auditorium, we present a season of films in the Studio, to include New Releases, Restored Classics and a tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Tickets:
Adults £6 / Seniors £5.50 / Friends £5 Students & Unemployed £4.50
Day for Night La Nuit Americaine
We are pleased to welcome Hugo Frey to introduce the film and offer a Q&A after the 18.30 screening. Sun 15 Jun (inc Q&A)
14:00 & 18:30
Truffaut’s loving and humorous tribute to the insanity of movie-making. The film details the making of a family drama about a young French man introducing his new British wife to his parents. Truffaut gently satirizes his own films, but the real focus is on the chaos behind the scenes. 1973 Oscar for Best Foreign Film. (subtitles) France 1972 Francois Truffaut 112m
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International Panorama: Slovenia
The Silent Sonata New Release
Mon 16 Jun 16:45 Tue 17 Jun 14:30 Booking Ref
Magical realism and European absurdism in this fantasy. As a widower mourns with his kids, circus trucks appear, depositing an assortment of performers (actual Cirque du Soleil members) who prove that life is indomitable and death merely a transition. As in ‘The Artist’, there is an absence of dialogue. Amazing visual beauty. Slovenia/Sweden 2011 Janez Burger
Back to the Garden New Release
Sat 14 Jun 14:30 Tue 17 Jun 16:30 Booking Ref
Some friends return down a familiar path in this moving independent UK production. A widow is struggling to come to terms with the loss of her Theatre Director husband. A group of close actor friends offer their support in an entertaining and moving performance. Both a meditation on love and loss and an evocation of the joys and sadnesses of later life, set against the backdrop of the English countryside. UK 2013 Jon Saunders 95m BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650
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TRIBUTE TO
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN (1967- 2014) Although primarily a supporting player, Hoffman was known as a versatile performer who brought depth and humanity to all of his roles. In his later films he commanded more central roles, as reflected in these 5 outstanding films made between 2005 and 2013.
Capote
Sat 14 Jun 16:30 Sun 15 Jun 16:15 Booking Ref
In November 1959, the shocking murder of a small-town Kansas family captures the imagination of Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman), famed author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s. With his childhood friend Harper Lee (Catherine Keener), writer of the soon-to-be published ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, Capote sets out to investigate, winning over the locals despite his flamboyant appearance and style. When he forms a bond with the killers and their execution date nears, the writing of ‘In Cold Blood’, a book that will change the course of American literature, changes him in ways he never imagined. Stellar performances from Hoffman and Keener. USA 2005 Bennett Miller 109m
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Mon 16 Jun 14:30 & 18:30 Booking Ref
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Noir-ish crime-thriller from acclaimed director Sidney Lumet. When debt starts snapping at the heels of broker Andy Hanson (Hoffman), he comes up with a plan to solve his problems. Roping in his initially sceptical brother Hank (Ethan Hawke) with claims that ‘nobody gets hurt, everybody wins’, the pair target their parents’ jewellery store, which they both know inside out. Events, however, take a turn for the worse when the would-be robbers meet with resistance, starting a chain of events that change the family forever. Very under-rated. USA 2007 Sydney Lumet 112m
Jack Goes Boating Hoffman’s directorial debut. He plays a NY limo driver, who is set up on a blind date with Connie (Amy Ryan). Charmed by Connie’s subtle grace and dry humour, he sets up a second date before realising he’s out of his depth: Connie dreams of going boating and loves good food ... and Jack can neither swim nor cook. This touching story is about real people, their flaws and their aspirations. Funny, clever and endearing, this is a finely tuned comedy that speaks of love and friendship in equal measure. Tue 17 Jun 18:30 Wed 18 Jun 14:30
USA 2011 Philip Seymour Hoffman 110mins
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The Master
Sat 21 Jun 14:00 & 18:30 Booking Ref
Academy Award-nominated drama about a US Navy veteran who seeks salvation in the company of a charismatic cult leader. Joaquin Phoenix stars as Freddie Quell, a troubled drifter who arrives home to post-WWII America disillusioned and fearful of the future. A raging alcoholic, he cannot begin to make sense of his deeply-rooted inner torment, until he meets Lancaster Dodd (Hoffman), the ‘master’ of a cult called ‘The Cause’. An intense and ambiguous relationship develops between the two men, but do Dodd’s teachings hold the power to turn Quell’s life around? USA 2012 Paul Thomas Anderson 144m
A Late Quartet
Thu 19 Jun 16:30 Fri 20 Jun 18:30 Booking Ref
A string quartet struggles to stay together in the face of death, egos and lust. When the beloved cellist (Christopher Walken) receives a life changing diagnosis, the group’s future suddenly hangs in the balance. The impending shake up spurs 2nd violinist Robert (Hoffman) to suggest he be allowed to play first chair on occasion, to the irritation of the quartet’s tightly wound 1st violinist. Inspired by and structured around Beethoven’s Opus 131 String Quartet in C-sharp minor, the film pays homage to chamber music and NY culture. USA 2012 Yaron Zilberman 101m
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The Unknown Known
New Release
Wed 18 Jun 18:45 Fri 20 Jun 14:30 Booking Ref
A mesmerising portrait of Donald Rumsfeld. Rather than conducting a conventional interview, Morris has Rumsfeld perform and explain his “snowflakes” - the enormous archive of memos he wrote across almost fifty years in Congress, the White House, in business, and twice at the Pentagon. A fantastic gem of a film, with a Danny Elfman soundtrack. USA 2013 Errol Morris 102m
Plot for Peace New Release
Thu 19 Jun 14:30 Fri 20 Jun 16:30 Booking Ref
Documentary about the untold story of apartheid’s fall, and the French man instrumental in Mandela’s release. The film draws together an impressive mix of high profile political figures (Winnie Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and Pik Botha). But this is one man’s story; JeanYves Olliver. A fascinating man who Illuminates his tale with fun mannerisms and charming honesty, without ever really losing his compelling, enigmatic presence. (some subtitles) South Africa 2013 Carlos Agulló, Mandy Jacobson 84m
What Maisie Knew
Sat 14 Jun 18:45 Wed 18 Jun 16:45 Booking Ref
Maisie needs love, but her bickering parents seem more concerned about their own welfare to realise it. Maisie is enmeshed in the bitter divorce of her rock icon mother (Julianne Moore), and her distracted father (Steve Coogan). An evocative portrayal of the complexity of a modern marriage, and returning to this after ‘Philomena’, Coogan display a beautifully understated performance. USA 2012 Scott McGehee/David Siegel 95m
Bird on a Wire
Thu 19 Jun Sat 21 Jun
18:30 16:30
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Tony Palmer Film Tony Palmer’s wonderfully restored 1972 Leonard Cohen tour film. Captured on tour and ‘off-duty’ this documentary concert film showcases one of the world’s most respected singer song writers through Berlin, Vienna, Copenhagen and Israel. Cohen’s artistry soars through 19 classic performances, and features some of his most rousing and thought-provoking poetry. Restored & reedited from recently discovered footage. UK 1972/2012 Tony Palmer 105m
West End Theatre Series
Ghosts
Thu 26 Jun 18.30 Tickets £15 (Friends/Students £12.50)
By Henrik Ibsen, adapted and directed by Richard Eyre, featuring Lesley Manville. The most radical feature of Richard Eyre’s first-rate revival of ‘Ghosts’ is its speed. Shorn of intervals, Ibsen’s 1881 play races along. The effect is to remind us how much Ibsen, the pioneer of naturalism, owed to Greek tragedy: he shows us the present consequences of past actions in a sustained arc of suffering. Eyre’s production grabs you by the throat and never releases its grip. Lesley Manville’s Helene Alving is a magnificent performance, and Oswald, whose gradual degeneration is precisely charted by Jack Lowden, is also as powerful , since mother and son engage in physical as well as moral combat. Originally an Almeida Theatre Production, this sold out and critically acclaimed show has been captured live at the Trafalgar Studios during its limited West End run. Approx 90m. (No interval)
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DATES FOR THE DIARY
COMING SOON
Festival of Chichester MANON LESCAUT ROH (Delayed Live)
Sun 29 June 15.00
KING LEAR (Encore)
Mon 30 June 19.30
DON GIOVANNI from GLYNDEBOURNE (Recorded)
Sun 6 July
14.30
A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS NT (Encore)
Mon 7 July
19.30
Terry Gillian’s CELLINI (Berlioz) ENO (Delayed Live)
Sun 13 Jul
14.30
Summer CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA + PAGLIACCI LIVE from Taormina
Thu 17 July 20.30
LA TRAVIATA LIVE from Glyndebourne
Sun 10 Aug 15.30
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Grace of Monaco
15:30 & 20:45 15:30 & 20:45 13:00 & 18:00 12:30 & 16:45 16:00 & 20:30
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The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly’s crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco’s Prince Rainier III and France’s Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s. The film portrays a period in the life of American Actress Grace Kelly (played by Nicole Kidman) who became Princess Grace of Monaco when she married Prince Rainier III (Tim Roth) in 1956, in what was dubbed “the marriage of the century”. An Oscar winner, she was already a huge film star, having worked with the very greatest (John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Fred Zinnemann) and acclaimed the world over. Six years later, amid occasional difficulties in fulfilling her role, she was invited back to Hollywood by Alfred Hitchcock, to play in his new film ‘Marnie’. At the time, France was threatening to tax and even annex Monaco, the tiny Principality whose monarch Kelly had become. Was she still an actress? Was she really Princess of Monaco? Kidman and Roth leads an ensemble that includes Paz Vega, Parker Posey, Frank Langella, Milo Ventimiglia and Derek Jacobi in the 1962 set story with Kelly trying to balance her career, life as a royal, her role as a mother and more, all while being in the eye of the public. It looks lush, and the costumes are fine, and is set to open this year’s Cannes Film Festival in May. France/USA/Belgium/Italy 2014 Olivier Dahan 103m
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18:00 12:45 & 18:00 15:15 & 20:30 14:30 13:15
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Jimmy’s Hall
Political activist Jimmy Gralton is deported from Ireland during the country’s ‘Red Scare’ of the 1930s, in Ken Loach’s latest (and possibly last) film. Gralton (Barry Ward), a communist and political activist, challenged the Catholic Church’s restriction of free speech in 1920s Ireland and faced violent protests. Set in 1932 and based on a play by Donal O’Kelly, the film follows this Irish communist leader who returns from a decade in New York before being deported by De Valera’s government for alleged Communist sympathies, to re-open the dance hall he built in 1921. The film will “celebrate the spirit of the free thinkers who went to learn, argue, dream and have fun” in the dance hall. ‘Jimmy’s Hall’ is rumoured to be Loach’s last feature. UK/Ireland 2014 Ken Loach.
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Ticket prices Spring 2014 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
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Chichester Cinema at New Park Ltd. New Park Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 7XY
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