CINEMA George Bernard Theatre continues its monthly film club screenings, now (most of the time) occupying the a new Tuesday evening slot. These are the films you probably won’t see in the local Multiplex, and we’d love to welcome you to a screening and for a glass of wine this Summer. Prices: €7/€5.50 Tuesday 9 July 2013 at 8pm
Amour (Love) Dir: Michael Haneke Duration: 127mins, France 2012 (in French with subtitles) Director Michael Haneke explores the meaning of love in this deeply affecting character drama which deservedly won the 2012 Cannes Palme d’Or. Police break in to a central Paris apartment uncertain what awaits them, and the story behind these tragic circumstances then unfolds as Haneke takes us through the travails of elderly married couple Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva, whose lives are changed forever when she shows symptoms of failing mental health. Winner Palme D’Or, Cannes Film Festival 2012.
Tuesday 13 August 2013 at 8pm
Rust and Bone (De rouille et d'os) Dir: Jacques Audiard Duration: 120 mins, France 2012 Cert:15A One of the biggest box office hits of the year in France and a sensation at Cannes, Rust and Bone is the new film from the director of A Prophet, a powerful and emotionally raw love story starring Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) and acclaimed Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts. Broke drifter and back-street boxer Ali dreams of making it big in the martial arts while scrambling to make a living for himself and his young son. Taking work as a nightclub bouncer, he meets Stéphanie, who works as a killer-whale trainer at an amusement park, commanding the beasts with an ease absent from her relationships. After Stéphanie suffers a terrible accident, the unlikely pair fall into a tender, tentative courtship. [from Leeds International Film Festival 2012]
Saturday 31 August at 3pm
James and the Giant Peach FAMILY MATINEE Dir: Henry Selick Duration: 79 mins, UK 1996 When poor James Henry Trotter loses his parents in a horrible rhinoceros accident, he is forced to live with his two wicked aunts, Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. Then one day, a wizened old man in a dark-green suit gives James a bag of magic crystals which he spills on his aunts' withered peach tree. From the old tree a single peach grows, and grows, and grows some more, until finally James climbs inside the giant fruit and rolls away from his despicable aunts to a whole new life. With Roald Dahl's rich imagery and amusing characters, we'll just come right out and say it ... James and the Giant Peach is one of the finest children's books ever written. This animated version does absolute justice to the book, a family treat for everyone to enjoy!!
Tuesday 10 September at 8pm
Lore Dir: Cate Shortland Duration: 109 mins, Germany 2012 When their Nazi SS parents are taken into Allied custody, five siblings are left to fend for themselves. Teenage Lore (Saskia Rosendahl) takes charge, and the children set out to join their grandmother in Hamburg, some 900 km away. Along the arduous journey, the children encounter a populace suffering from post-war denial and deprivation, and for the first time are exposed to the reality and consequences of their parents’ actions. With food hard to come by, and the journey becoming ever more dangerous, the children meet Thomas (Kai-Peter Malina), a young Jewish survivor who helps them negotiate their way through tricky situations. A coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of a changing world, Lore shows new life emerging out of darkness with great intelligence and subtlety.