WHAT’S ON / MAY 2014
MICHAEL FASSBENDER Stars IN LENNY ABRAHAMSON’S FUNNY AND MOVING TRIBUTE TO MUSICAL OUTSIDERS. THIS ISSUE:
THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY FADING GIGOLO THE GOOD MAN
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OUR VINYL WEIGHS A TON: THIS IS STONES THROW RECORDS SAT 3 MAY, 9PM
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Dir: Jeff Broadway • USA/UK • 2013 • 1 Hr 33 Mins • DOCUMENTARY/MUSIC
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A feature-length documentary exploring Los Angeles-based record label Stones Throw Records, featuring interviews with Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Common, Questlove, Talib Kweli, Mike D (The Beastie Boys), and many more.
5 THE PAST / LOCKE / TRACKS
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7 THE GOOD MAN / WE ARE THE BEST! / BEFORE THE WINTER CHILL
8
AT A GLANCE
9
AMESON PRESENTS J PULP FICTION
10
TOUCH OF SIN / A EXHIBITION / IN BLOOM
11
OOKING FOR LIGHT: L JANE BOWN / FOOLS ON THE HILL / AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER
12 AMERICAN INTERIOR / ADVANCED STYLE / GIANT
13 BELLA ROMA! ROME ON FILM / PANTANI: THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A CYCLIST
14 ONE CITY ONE BOOK 2014
15 KINOTEKA ON TOUR / NT LIVE / RSC LIVE
THE PUNK SINGER
E: VENU AH OH YE IC MUS E R T CEN
WED 7 MAY, 7PM
Dir: Sini Anderson • USA • 2013 • 1 Hr 21 Mins • DOCUMENTARY/MUSIC • VENUE: OH YEAH MUSIC CENTRE
A film about Kathleen Hanna offering a never-before-seen view into the life of the Bikini Kill frontwoman, feminist, and riot grrrl icon. Presented in association with Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival. Tickets £5. Book online at www.cqaf.com
MCLAREN 2014
RANK / F THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY / FADING GIGOLO LUE RUIN / MAGIC MAGIC / B THE SEA
SAT 24 MAY
Learn about the filmmaking techniques of pioneering Scottish-born animator Norman McLaren in these FREE fun workshops and film screening. Using the McLaren Workshop app created by the National Film Board of Canada and led by a professional animator you will create your own animated film. All films will be uploaded to the website www.mclaren2014.com • Animation Workshop (9-12 yrs): 12.30pm-1.30pm • Short Films Screening (PG): 2.15pm • Animation Workshop (13-17 yrs): 3.30pm-4.30pm
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For full details and to book go to: www.queensfilmtheatre.com/films/specialevents/mcclaren2014 An official Culture 2014 event and Part of the Year of Homecoming Scotland 2014 celebrations. The McLaren Centenary Film Tour is supported by the BFI, which is awarding funds from the National Lottery and Film Hub Scotland (which is part of the UK-wide BFI Film Audience Network). This project is part of McLaren 2014 Programme, produced by the Centre for the Moving Image in partnership with the National Film Board of Canada. www.mclaren2014.com
FRANK
FRI 9 – THURS 22 MAY
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NEW RELEASES
THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY
FRI 16 – THURS 29 MAY
FADING GIGOLO
FRI 23 MAY – THURS 5 JUN
(Le passé)
The past
FRI 25 – WED 30 APR
LOCKE
FRI 25 APR – THURS 1 MAY
TRACKS
FRI 2 – THURS 8 MAY
DIR: LENNY ABRAHAMSON • UK/IRELAND • 2014 • 1 HR 35 MINS • COMEDY/DRAMA • CAST: MICHAEL FASSBENDER, DOMHNALL GLEESON, MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL
Dir: Hossein Amini • UK/USA/FRANCE • 2014 • 1 Hr 36 Mins • THRILLER • Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Oscar Isaac
DIR: JOHN TURTURRO • USA • 2013 • 1 HR 30 MINS • COMEDY • CAST: JOHN TURTURRO, WOODY ALLEN, SHARON STONE
DIR: ASGHAR FARHADI • FRANCE/ITALY • 2013 • 2 HRS 10 MINS • DRAMA • CAST: Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa • SUBTITLED
Dir: Steven Knight • UK/USA • 2013 • 1 HR 25 MINS • DRAMA/THRILLER • Cast: Tom Hardy, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott
DIR: John Curran • AUSTRALIA • 2013 • 1 HR 53 MINS • ADVENTURE/ BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA • CAST: Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver, Emma Booth
Let’s get this out of the way: this is not the Frank Sidebottom story.
Taut, playful and very seductive, this latest Patricia Highsmith adaptation has echoes of Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley with its well-heeled American tourists falling prey to greed and desire under the Mediterranean sun of 1960s Greece.
Woody Allen plays a pimp and John Turturro his gigolo employee. Yes, you might want to read that sentence again. Accept the brilliantly absurd premise and you’re in for a hilarious ride.
Asghar Farhadi’s follow up to the international hit A Separation is another dramatically rich, layered and engrossing film about the ties that bind.
A lean, emotionally powerful existential one-hander shot in only eight days almost entirely inside a car, this seemingly simple film is anything but.
‘All you need for a movie is a girl and a…camel?’
Ahmed (Ali Mosaffa) arrives in suburban Paris from Tehran to finalise his divorce from Marie (Bérénice Bejo). During his brief stay, Ahmad discovers the conflicting nature of Marie’s relationship with her daughter Lucie. Ahmad’s efforts to improve this relationship soon unveil a secret from their past.
On the eve of pouring the foundations for Europe’s largest construction site, Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy), happily married and professionally at the top of his game, feels compelled to do the decent thing. Deserting both family and job, Ivan drives through the night to be present at the birth of his child, a result of his only ever one-night stand.
Acclaimed director Lenny Abrahamson follows up What Richard Did with an offbeat comedy about a young wannabe musician, Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), who finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant-garde pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank (Michael Fassbender), a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head, and his terrifying bandmate Clara (Maggie Gyllenhaal). Based on the memoir by Jon Ronson, Frank is a fictional story loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom, the persona of cult musician and comedy legend Chris Sievey, as well as other outsider musicians like Daniel Johnston and Captain Beefheart. Don’t miss the special Q&A screening with director Lenny Abrahamson on Sat 17 May at 6pm.
A wealthy handsome couple, Chester (Viggo Mortenson) and Colette (Kirsten Dunst), are approached by grifter Rydal (Oscar Isaac) who offers to act as a guide while quietly fleecing them at every opportunity. But Chester is not all that he seems, and soon Rydal finds himself out of his depth and on the run across Greece with his American friends. Themes of avarice, greed, duplicity and homoeroticism unfurl in this potent package orchestrated to controlled perfection by Drive screenwriter Hossein Amini, in his first film as director.
Working from his own screenplay, Turturro sets up the crazy idea in quick, bold strokes, then goes on to explore just what it would mean to be a middle-aged man for hire. His characters are strong and unapologetic, including Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara who turn up as eager clients. But the film’s most surprising and affecting element is the romance that develops between the gigolo and an orthodox Jewish widow (Vanessa Paradis). “Turturro has given Allen his biggest and best on-screen turn in years: the part was written for him and it’s full of scope for aimble kvetching and nimble slapstick.” The Guardian
“ Bérénice Bejo is outstanding in Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi’s rich study of people trapped in physical and emotional limbo.” The Observer
Anchored by a tremendously compelling performance by Hardy in which we never see a single other face, Locke is emotionally gripping and completely immersive. This is destined to be a low-budget landmark from the writer of Eastern Promises and Dirty Pretty Things.
Based on a true story, Tracks recounts the epic adventure of Robyn Davidson (played by Mia Wasikowska) who in 1977 undertook an extraordinary solo trek of over 2,500km on foot across the harsh Australian outback, accompanied only by her team of camels. A tribute to Davidson’s courage (and sheer doggedness) as well as to the magnificent Australian landscape, Tracks is an enthralling adventure brought to life by a remarkable performance from Wasikowska as the fiercely independent yet emotionally fragile Davidson.
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NEW RELEASES
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BLUE RUIN
FRI 2 – THURS 8 MAY
MAGIC MAGIC
FRI 25 – WED 30 APR
THE SEA
FRI 18 APR – THURS 1 MAY
THE GOOD MAN
FRI 2 – THURS 8 MAY
WE ARE THE BEST!
FRI 25 APR – THURS 1 MAY
(Avant l’hiver)
BEFORE THE WINTER CHILL
FRI 9 – THURS 15 MAY
Dir: Jeremy Saulnier • USA • 2013 • 1 HR 30 MINS • THRILLER • Cast: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves
Dir: Sebastián Silva • CHILE/USA • 2013 • 1 HR 38 MINS • THRILLER • Cast: Michael Cera, Juno Temple, Emily Browning
Dir: Stephen Brown • IRELAND/UK • 2013 • 1 Hr 26 Mins • drama • Cast: Ciarán Hinds, Natascha McElhone, Charlotte Rampling
Dir: PHIL HARRISON • UK/SOUTH AFRICA/IRELAND • 2012 • 1 Hr 10 Mins • drama • Cast: Aidan Gillen, Thabang Sidloyi, Kelly Campbell • PARTIALLY SUBTITLED
DIR: LUKAS MOODYSSON • SWEDEN • 2013 • 1 HR 42 MINS • DRAMA • CAST: MIRA BARKHAMMAR, MIRA GROSIN, LIV LEMOYNE • SUBTITLED
DIR: PHILIPPE CLAUDEL • FRANCE/LUXEMBOURG • 2013 • 1 HR 43 MINS • DRAMA • CAST: DANIEL AUTEUIL, KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS • SUBTITLED
Winner of the International Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2013
The holiday really is from hell in this disturbing psychological thriller.
Pared to the bone, this brooding thriller is reminiscent of the Coens’ Blood Simple as it follows a mysterious outsider whose quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance.
From Sebastián Silva, the director of Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus (also shown recently at QFT), Magic Magic is a chiller with a difference, centring around the mental disintegration of its lead character Alicia (Juno Temple) and creating an atmosphere of increasing dread and foreboding.
Grieving after the death of his wife and wrestling with the demons of his past, art historian Max Morden (Ciarán Hinds) returns to the sleepy seaside resort where he spent summers as a child, in John Banville’s own adaptation of his Man Booker Prize-winning novel.
The debut feature film from director Phil Harrison tells two parallel stories which intersect in unexpected ways.
A joyous tale of teenage life in early 1980’s Stockholm, as seen through the eyes of a trio of schoolgirl misfits.
Michael (Aidan Gillen) is a young Irishman whose life is looking up on all fronts. He has a family he loves, good friends and a promising career. Sifiso (Thabang Sidloyi), meanwhile, is a bright, sharp teenager living in an informal settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town - although he is hoping for a place at university and a brighter future. When their stories collide, their impact on each other’s lives is far greater than either could have imagined.
13-year-old Bobo and Klara are two best friends who decide the best way to beat bullies and boredom is to form a punk band. With no discernible musical talent between them they enlist the help of classmate, classical guitarist Hedvig. With punk helping them navigate their way through the early teenage minefield of school, boys and embarrassing parents, this is a warm and affectionate coming-of-age tale with the three young leads a delight.
Writer/director Philippe Claudel enjoyed a successful collaboration with Kristin Scott Thomas in I’ve Loved You So Long, and they re-team for this domestic drama, in which a family crisis is overtaken by more sinister elements.
Elegant in its simplicity, The Good Man is a sobering meditation on our globalised reality.
Fans of Lukas Moodysson will revel in the bright and breezy return to the highs of his earlier films such as Together and Show Me Love.
As we follow him with increasing dread, we know things are going to go terribly wrong, but never how exactly it will unfold. Beneath the skin of a revenge thriller beats the heart of a character study in machismo, immaturity, family, selfishness, religion and sadness.
Vacationing on a lushly forested Chilean island with her cousin Sarah and friends, including the bullying Brink (Michael Cera) Alicia soon starts to feel alienated from the group and begins to behave in an increasingly erratic manner, gradually becoming ever more deranged…The group finds themselves in a waking nightmare, trapped with the ever more insane Alicia, far from the safety of home.
Max’s visit triggers a series of memories about the idyllic summer in 1955 when he encountered the Grace family. Carlo (Rufus Sewell) and Connie (Natascha McElhone) were unlike any adults he had met before: nonchalant, bohemian and filled with worldly grace and candour. While Max attempts to deal with the loss of his wife Anna (Sinéad Cusack), he also confronts the disturbing tragedy from that distant summer. The Sea is a story of memory, love, loss, regret, and the persistent possibility of rebirth.
The screening on Fri 2 May will be introduced by director Phil Harrison.
In an accomplished cast of French performers, Scott Thomas plays Lucie, a bored housewife, who believes her affluent surgeon husband Paul (Daniel Auteuil) is having an affair. But the truth is darker and more complicated than that. Before the Winter Chill follows last year’s In the House as another thought-provoking French thriller revelling in darkness and despair.
April DATE
EVENT
TIME
Fri 25
We Are the Best! The Past Locke The Sea Magic Magic
5.40pm 6.30pm 7.40pm 9.10pm 9.25pm
Giant Life Feels Good We Are the Best! The Past Locke Magic Magic The Sea
2.10pm 2.25pm 4.40pm 6.00pm 6.45pm 8.35pm 8.45pm
Locke The Sea We Are the Best! The Past Magic Magic
5.40pm 6.30pm 7.25pm 8.25pm 9.25pm
DATE
EVENT
TIME
Thurs 1
The Sea NT Live: King Lear Locke We Are the Best!
5.40pm 7.00pm 7.25pm 9.10pm
Fri 2
Tracks The Good Man + intro Looking for Light: Jane Bown Blue Ruin
6.30pm 6.40pm 8.40pm 8.50pm
Tracks Looking for Light: Jane Bown The Good Man Blue Ruin Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
4.00pm / 6.30pm 4.40pm 6.40pm 8.50pm
Roman Holiday Looking for Light: Jane Bown Tracks The Good Man Bicycle Thieves Blue Ruin
3.00pm 3.40pm 5.30pm 5.40pm 7.25pm 7.50pm
Mon 5
Blue Ruin The Good Man Rome, Open City Tracks
6.30pm 6.40pm 8.25pm 8.35pm
Tues 6
Blue Ruin The Good Man L’eclisse Tracks
6.30pm 6.40pm 8.25pm 8.35pm
Wed 7
Blue Ruin The Good Man The Great Beauty Tracks
6.30pm 6.40pm 8.25pm 8.35pm
Thurs 8
Blue Ruin Tracks The Good Man Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist + Q&A
6.30pm 6.40pm 8.30pm
Frank Before the Winter Chill American Interior
6.30pm / 8.35pm 6.40pm 8.50pm
Sat 26 Sun 27
Mon 28 – Wed 30
May
Sat 3
Sun 4
Fri 9 – Sat 10
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AT A GLANCE DATE
EVENT
TIME
Sun 11
Before the Winter Chill To Kill a Mockingbird American Interior Frank Exhibition
2.10pm / 6.10pm 3.00pm 4.20pm 6.00pm / 8.05pm 8.20pm
Mon 12
Frank Before the Winter Chill Exhibition
6.30pm / 8.35pm 6.40pm 8.50pm
Tues 13
Frank Exhibition Before the Winter Chill
6.30pm / 8.35pm 6.40pm 8.55pm
Wed 14
Frank RSC Live: Henry IV Part I Before the Winter Chill
6.30pm 7.00pm 8.35pm
Thurs 15
Frank Exhibition Before the Winter Chill
6.30pm / 8.35pm 6.40pm 8.55pm
Fri 16
The Two Faces of January Frank A Touch of Sin
6.30pm/8.35pm 6.40pm 8.45pm
Sat 17
The Two Faces of January Ticket to the Moon Frank + Q&A A Touch of Sin Jameson Presents Pulp Fiction
3.30pm / 9.05pm 4.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 8.15pm (event), 9.15pm (film)
Sun 18
NT Live: King Lear The Lives of Others + intro A Touch of Sin The Two Faces of January Frank
3.00pm 3.15pm 6.10pm 6.30pm / 8.35pm 8.45pm
Mon 19 – Wed 21
The Two Faces of January Frank A Touch of Sin
6.30pm / 8.35pm 6.40pm 8.45pm
Thurs 22
Frank The Two Faces of January NT Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time A Touch of Sin
4.40pm 6.30pm
Fri 23
Fading Gigolo The Two Faces of January In Bloom
6.30pm/8.30pm 6.40pm 8.45pm
Sat 24
McLaren Workshop 1 Doctor Zhivago McLaren Short Films McLaren Workshop 2 Fading Gigolo The Two Faces of January In Bloom
12.30pm 2.00pm 2.15pm 3.30pm 6.30pm / 8.30pm 6.40pm 8.45pm
Praised for combining hilariously scruffy dialogue with a highly stylized episodic narrative, the film earned Tarantino an Oscar win for Best Screenplay at the 67th Academy Awards.
I Am Love NT Live: King Lear The Two Faces of January Fading Gigolo In Bloom
3.00pm 3.00pm 5.30pm 6.30pm / 8.30pm 7.35pm
Mon 26 – Tues 27
Advanced Style Fading Gigolo Fools on the Hill The Two Faces of January
6.00pm 6.30pm / 8.30pm 7.35pm 9.15pm
Wed 28 – Thurs 29
An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker Fading Gigolo Advanced Style The Two Faces of January
Sexy, violent and darkly funny; this drug-fuelled tale of philosophical hitmen, sadistic mobsters, love-struck criminals, and that mysterious briefcase wowed modern audiences with its classic pulp fanzine approach to storytelling.
6.00pm 6.30pm / 8.30pm 7.35pm 9.10pm
9.00pm
9.00pm
Sun 25
7.00pm 8.35pm
Jameson Presents
SAT 17 MAY, EVENT 8.15PM, FILM 9.15PM DIR: QUENTIN TARANTINO • USA • 1994 • 2 HRS 34 MINS • CRIME/THRILLER • CAST: JOHN TRAVOLTA, UMA THURMAN, SAMUEL L. JACKSON
Widely regarded as a lesson in post-modernist cinema, Jameson presents a night celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Quentin Tarantino’s highly acclaimed Pulp Fiction this May in the QFT.
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Stars John Travolta and Uma Thurman may have taken their dance cues from Fellini’s 8 ½, but the world famous Jack Rabbit Slim’s twist contest is just one of the film’s iconic scenes that turned Pulp Fiction into one of the most culturally and aesthetically important films of all time.
Tickets £10 - book online at queensfilmtheatre.com Please note this event is for over 18s only.
Don’t miss the chance to see a definitive cult classic that’s often imitated but never bettered on the big screen on Saturday 17 May. Hosted by Ralph McLean (BBC NI) with complimentary Jameson cocktails, music and prizes (including an original print by Peter Strain) this will be a night to remember!
PRESENTS PRESENTS
(Tian zhu ding)
A TOUCH OF SIN
FRI 16 – THURS 22 MAY
EXHIBITION
SUN 11 – TUES 13 & THURS 15 MAY
(Grzeli nateli dgeebi)
IN BLOOM
FRI 23 MAY – SUN 27 MAY
(Epizoda u Životu BeraCa Željeza)
LOOKING FOR LIGHT: JANE BOWN
FRI 2 – SUN 4 MAY
MON 26 – TUES 27 MAY CERT TBC
Dir: JOANNA HOGG • UK • 2013 • 1 HR 45 MINS • DRAMA • Cast: Viv Albertine, Liam Gillick, Tom Hiddleston
DIR: NANA EKVTIMISHVILI & SIMON GROSS • GEORGIA/ GERMANY/FRANCE • 2013 • 1 HR 42 MINS • DRAMA • CAST: LIKA BABLUANI, MARIAM BOKERIA, ZURAB GOGALADZE • SUBTITLED
Dir: Luke Dodd & Michael Whyte • UK • 2014 • 1 HR 30 MINS • DOCUMENTARY
Winner Best Screenplay Cannes Film Festival 2013
Joanna Hogg (Unrelated, Archipelago) continues to refine her formal style while exploring the tropes of middle class life in contemporary Britain.
A powerful story of two young girls navigating the oppressive familial and societal expectations of postSoviet Georgia.
This time her concerns lie with a pair of fifty-something artists D and H (Viv Albertine from the Slits and Turner Prize-nominated artist Liam Gillick) taking stock of their lives and deciding to sell their modernist London home in which they have shared the last twenty years.
Tbilisi, 1992: the Soviet era is over and Georgia must fend for itself though civil war is raging. For beautiful Natia and thoughtful Eka, the 14-year-old protagonists, childhood is coming to an end.
Photographer Jane Bown has worked for the Observer for an extraordinary (and unrivalled) 65 years, making unforgettable images of hundreds of subjects – from Jayne Mansfield to the Queen, from John Lennon to Orson Welles.
Immoral gangsters, unscrupulous nouveau riche entrepreneurs, desperate workers: together they provide an explosive mix in this violent four-part mosaic about the very new China. A must see. “ This ultraviolent attack on Chinese consumerism is a stunning slap in the face from previously-sedate director Jia Zhang-ke.” The Guardian
As ever with Hogg, it’s an illuminating portrait of a moneyed class which rarely appears on our screens. At once alienating and moving, Hogg confirms her position as one of the more cerebral filmmakers currently working in British cinema. Exhibition is a delicate, astutely observed and fascinating x-ray of modern life.
Eka is growing up without her father, rebelling against her anxious mother and her irritating older sister, while Natia’s short-tempered, alcoholic father terrorises her entire family. Chaos, insecurity and fear of what the future might bring also hold sway outside the home, at school, on the street and in the bread lines. Based on writer and co-director Nana Ekvtimishvili’s childhood memories, In Bloom is anchored by stunning performances and beautiful imagery of the embattled city.
AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER
FOOLS ON THE HILL
DIR: JIA ZHANGKE • CHINA • 2013 • 2 HRS 10 MINS • DRAMA /THRILLER • CAST: WU JIANG, LANSHAN LUO, LI MENG • SUBTITLED
A Touch of Sin was inspired by four shocking (and true) events that forced the world’s fastest growing economy into a period of self-examination. Written and directed by master filmmaker Jia Zhangke (The World, Still Life), this daring, poetic and grand-scale film focuses on four characters, each living in different provinces, who are driven to violent ends.
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NEW RELEASES
Using basic equipment and often relying on available light, she has honed a deceptively simple technique to produce her highly distinctive and indeed iconic photographs. This film by Luke Dodd and Michael Whyte respectfully celebrates the great artist by focusing on her personal history, which hitherto she has always kept very private. Mixing interview footage with beautifully presented examples of her work, the directors take us back to her sad and disrupted childhood, explaining – often by subtle implication – how it influenced her innovative approach to portraiture.
Dir: Jed Rigney • USA • 2012 • 1 HR 19 MINS • DOCUMENTARY
WED 28 – THURS 29 MAY CERT TBC
Life is a tale told by an idiot – full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. – William Shakespeare Jerrol LeBaron might be that idiot. A film about political ethics and legislative incompetence that follows one man’s attempts to require politicians to actually read the Bills they are passing which, strangely, is not currently required anywhere in the US. Filmmaker Jed Rigney follows Jerrol LeBaron as he sets out on a journey to make US politicians do the jobs they were hired to do. Faced with out-of-touch politicians and a broken political process, can one man really make a difference?
Dir: Danis TanoviC • BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA/FRANCE /SLOVENIA/ITLAY • 2013 • 1 HR 14 MINS • DRAMA • Cast: Nazif MujiC, Senada AlimanoviC • SUBTITLED
Acclaimed director Danis Tanovic won the Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival for this unflinching exposé of the prejudices faced by Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Roma minority, starring the real-life couple whose harrowing ordeal became a national scandal. It revisits the alarming saga of Senada Alimanovic and partner Nazif Mujic. Struggling to make ends meet as a scrap-metal forager in the remote Roma community of Poljice, Nazif’s hardscrabble routine becomes a desperate fight for survival when Senada suffers a miscarriage. Without medical insurance or means to pay for a life-saving antisepsis procedure, Senada and Nazif are denied admittance to the local hospital. So begins a hellish ten-day odyssey pitting the couple against social prejudice and a callous bureaucracy, as Nazif scrounges and Senada’s condition grows ever more critical.
NEW RELEASES / SECOND SIGHT
AMERICAN INTERIOR
12/13
SPECIAL EVENTS
ADVANCED STYLE
Second SIGHT
GIANT
CELEBRATING THE GIRO D’ITALIA 2014
In support of Giro Festival, Belfast, this season of classic films pays tribute to Italy’s own ‘eternal city’, Rome, and the inspiration it has provided for countless filmmakers.
BELLA ROMA! rome on film FRI 9 – SUN 11 MAY Dir: DYLAN GOCH • UK • 2014 • 1 HR 28 MINS • DOCUMENTARY • Cast: Gruff Rhys, Kliph Scurlock, Keith Bear
MON 26 – THURS 29 MAY CERT TBC
DIR: LINA PLIOPLYTE • USA • 2014 • 1 HR 15 MINS • DOCUMENTARY • CAST: JOYCE CARPATI, ARI COHEN, LYNN DELL
In search of a lost tribe of Welsh-speaking Native Americans, John Evans left Wales for America in 1792 with only a $1.75 in his pocket. Alone and without a horse, he walked into the wilderness of the Great Plains and reappeared 7 years later as Don Juan Evans having changed the shape of American history. Fiction, fact, fantasy, myth and music documentary collide in American Interior as Rhys uncovers Evans’ significance in American history, the true circumstances of his death, and his final resting place.
Everyone grows old, but some get there in style. Advanced Style examines the lives of seven unique New Yorkers whose eclectic personal style and vital spirit have guided their approach to ageing. Based on Ari Seth Cohen’s famous blog of the same name, this film paints intimate and colourful portraits of independent, stylish women aged 62 to 95 who are challenging conventional ideas about beauty, ageing, and Western culture’s increasing obsession with youth - all the while looking fabulous and living life to the full! “To age is a privilege.” Joyce Carpati, 79, Advanced Style
NORTHERN IRELAND PREMIERE
PANTANI: THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A CYCLIST
SAT 26 – SUN 27 APR CERT TBC
DIR: GEORGE STEVENS • USA • 1956 • 3 HRS 21 MINS • DRAMA • CAST: ELIZABETH TAYLOR, ROCK HUDSON, JAMES DEAN
THURS 8 MAY, 9PM
SUN 4 - WED 7 MAY
Welsh cult musician Gruff Rhys documents his latest musical road trip, retracing the fantastical American journey of his 18th Century relative, the explorer John Evans.
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Returning to cinemas in a stunning new restoration, Giant, starring Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean and Rock Hudson, is a sweeping saga of jealousy, racism and the clash of cultures set in the vast Texas oilfields. Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict (Hudson) and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink (Dean) both woo Leslie Lynnton (Taylor), a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the white Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Nominated for 10 Oscars, Giant remains one of the most beloved works of director George Stevens, who won the Academy Award for the film.
ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953) Sun 4 May, 3pm Funny, beautiful and charming, this timeless Rome-set romance stars the incomparable Audrey Hepburn. BICYCLE THIEVES (Ladri Di Biciclette) (1948) Sun 4 May, 7.25pm A masterpiece of Italian cinema, this story of a father and son searching for a stolen bicycle is still profoundly moving, even after more than 50 years. ROME, OPEN CITY (Roma, città aperta) (1945) Mon 5 May, 8.25pm (Roma, città aperta) (1945): A landmark of Italian neorealism often cited as one of the greatest films ever made, Roberto Rossellini’s portrait of life in Rome under the Nazi Occupation remains remarkable for its sheer immediacy, tension and power.
L’ECLISSE (The Eclipse) (1962) Tues 6 May, 8.25pm The stunning architecture of Rome is used as a backdrop for this tale of a doomed love affair, directed by the maestro of Italian cinema Michelangelo Antonioni. THE GREAT BEAUTY (La grande bellezza) (2013) Wed 7 May, 8.25pm Winner of the 2014 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, The Great Beauty is passionate, exciting, decadent and exhilarating, just like Rome itself.
DIR: James Erskine • UK • 2013 • 1 HR 32 MINS • DOCUMENTARY/BIOGRAPHY/SPORT
Presented in association with the Belfast Film Festival. In 1998 Marco Pantani won both the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia - a titanic feat of physical and mental endurance that no rider has repeated since. However, less than six years later, aged just 34, he died alone, in a cheap Italian hotel room. Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist explores the startling truth behind one man’s remarkable descent from being amongst the finest athletes on earth to his tragic end in a sport riven by intrigue.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director James Erskine.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
One City One Book 2014
THE 12TH POLI S H FILM FE STI VAL
A MESSAGE FROM DAVID PARK: “Over the years the QFT has given me a great deal of pleasure and I don’t doubt considerable stimulus to my writing imagination, so it is very pleasing to be asked to choose four films as part of The One City One Book programme.
The Poets’ Wives tells the stories of three women born in different times and places. It explores themes such as the connections between art and life, the relationship between artists and the political systems in which they find themselves and of course the joys and tribulations of marriage.
QFT in partnership with the Arts Council is proud to bring you a short season of films as part One City One Book 2014. Curated by Co. Down based author David Park, the films draw on inspirations for his writing and his latest novel, The Poets’ Wives, the focus of this year’s campaign. One City One Book celebrates contemporary writing and Northern Ireland’s rich literary heritage. Partners include: Libraries NI, Belfast City Council, Belfast Telegraph, U105, Clements, Bloomsbury and Translink. For more info visit: www.artscouncil-ni.org TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962) Sun 11 May, 3pm
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965) Sat 24 May, 2pm
THE LIVES OF OTHERS (Das Leben der Anderen) (2006) Sun 18 May, 3.15pm Introduction by David Park
I AM LOVE (Io sono l'amore) (2009) Sun 25 May, 3pm
I have chosen To Kill a Mockingbird as an example of the power of art to affect how we see the world and Doctor Zhivago’s tangled tale of politics, poetry and passion because the middle section of The Poets’ Wives is set in revolutionary Russia. The Lives of Others is one of my favourite films and depicts the capacity of the individual and the human imagination to survive even the most highly organised repression. And finally we have I Am Love with the wonderful Tilda Swinton trying to break free from the claustrophobic confines of a deeply patriarchal family in search of happiness. I hope you enjoy them.” David Park
KINOTEKA ON TOUR
KINOTEKA returns to Belfast to present the very best in new Polish cinema.
King Lear
THURS 1 MAY, 7PM (LIVE) / SUN 18 MAY, 3PM (ENCORE) / SUN 25 MAY, 3PM (ENCORE)
(Chce sie zyc)
LIFE FEELS GOOD
HENRY IV PARTS I & II
SOLD OUT
Academy Award® winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall, American Beauty) returns to the National Theatre to direct Simon Russell Beale (Timon of Athens, Collaborators) in the title role of Shakespeare’s tragedy.
SAT 26 – SUN 27 APR, 2.25PM
DIR: Maciej Pieprzyca • POLAND • 2013 • 1 HR 47 MINS • DRAMA • CAST: Dawid Ogrodnik, Katarzyna Zawadzka • SUBTITLED • RECOMMENDED 15+
An uplifting tribute to the human spirit, this truth-inspired biopic about a man with cerebral palsy struggling to communicate to those around him features an astonishing, virtuoso lead performance.
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
(Bilet na ksiezyc)
TICKET TO THE MOON SAT 17 MAY, 4PM
DIR: Jacek Bromski • POLAND • 2013 • 2 HRS • COMEDY/DRAMA/ ROMANCE • CAST: Filip Plawiak, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz • SUBTITLED • RECOMMENDED 15+
Set in 1969, the film follows a road trip taken by two brothers – Adam, getting ready to join the army, and his older brother Antoni, trying to prepare him for the rough life ahead. Kinoteka On Tour continues in June with the comedy Sophie Seeks 7.
THURS 22 MAY, 7PM (ENCORE) / SUN 1 JUN, 3PM (ENCORE)
SOLD OUT
HENRY IV PART I: WED 14 MAY, 7PM HENRY IV PART II: WED 18 JUN, 7PM
Live cinema broadcasts from the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Following his production of Richard II in October 2013, RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran continues his exploration of Shakespeare’s history plays with Henry IV Parts I and II, an epic, comic and thrilling vision of a nation in turmoil. RSC Associate Artist Antony Sher returns to the Company to play the infamous comic knight Falstaff. He is joined by Jasper Britton as Henry IV and Alex Hassell as Prince Hal.
Following its smash-hit live broadcast in 2012, the National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time returns to cinemas. Winner of 7 Olivier Awards in 2013, including Best New Play. NT LIVE TICKETS Live performances: £15 (£12.50 concessions and Film Card holders) Recorded encore performances: £12.50 (£10 concessions and Film Card holders)
RCS LIVE TICKETS £15 (£12.50 concessions / QFT Film Card holders)