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Philomena
TBC
Wednesday 4 December 7.30pm £6, £7 Director Stephen Frears 2013 TBCmins Starring Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Simone Lahbib Based on the book by Martin Sixsmith that tells the true story of Philomena Lee; in 1952 a young and unmarried Philomena (Judi Dench) gave birth to a son at a mother-baby home run by Roman Catholic nuns at Roscrea in north Tipperary. The nuns forced Philomena to hand the baby over and decades later she joined forces with BBC Foreign Correspondent Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan) to find her son.
Watching a film at Liverpool Philharmonic is a unique experience, the antidote to the multiplex. Rising out of the stage, accompanied by resident organist Dave Nicholas, the only working Walturdaw Cinema screen in the world. Image: A Room With A View
Film with live accompaniment
The Lodger: A Story Of The London Fog
PG
About Time
12A
Wednesday 16 October 7.30pm £6, £7
Tuesday 24 September 7.30pm £6, £7
Contains infrequent strong language and moderate sex references
Contains mild threat
Director Richard Curtis 2013 TBCmins Starring Rachel McAdams, Domhnall Gleeson, Bill Nighy, Lindsay Duncan Written and directed by Richard Curtis who is the writer of TV’s Blackadder, Mr Bean and The Vicar of Dibley. His movies include Four Weddings and a Funeral; Notting Hill; Bridget Jones’s Diary; Love Actually and The Boat That Rocked, which he also directed. Most recently, he co-wrote the screenplay for War Horse. Tim Lake
discovers he can travel in time and he meets the beautiful but insecure Mary. They fall in love, but an unfortunate time-travel incident means they never met at all. As his unusual life progresses, Tim finds out that his unique gift can’t save him from the sorrows and ups and downs that affect all families, everywhere.
A Room With A View
Christmas Eve Screening
12A
Tuesday 12 November 7.30pm £6, £7 Contains infrequent moderate violence and mild sex Director Alfred Hitchcock 1927 77mins Black and White/Silent Starring Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen Hitchcock’s first big critical and commercial success Presented with a unique live organ accompaniment performed by Liverpool Philharmonic Hall’s resident Theatre Organist, Dave Nicholas. A serial killer known as the Avenger is on the loose in London, murdering blonde women. A mysterious man arrives at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting looking for a room to rent. The Bunting’s daughter is a blonde model and is seeing one of the detectives assigned to the case. The detective becomes jealous of the lodger and begins to suspect he may be the Avenger.
It’s A Wonderful Life
U
Tuesday 24 December 2.30pm £6, £7 Contains mild violence
Director James Ivory 1986 111mins Starring Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham-Carter, Denholm Elliott, Judi Dench When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy’s life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
Director Frank Capra 1946 130mins Black & White Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell Christmas isn’t Christmas without it! The restored version of the timeless festive classic. Told mostly through flashbacks, James Stewart is George Bailey, a man whose attempted suicide on Christmas Eve gains the attention of a guardian angel, Clarence Odbody who is sent to help him in his hour of need. Early booking is strongly advised.