Love and Mercy
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Wednesday 7 October 7.30pm £7, £8 – Director Bill Pohlad 2015 Starring Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti John Cussack 1 hr 59 min – Based on the life of musician and troubled-genius Brian Wilson, the film focuses on two key periods in his life, during the 1960s and 1980s. His
The Choir
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Thursday 15 October 11am £16 inc. Brunch or 2 course Lunch. £7, £8 film only. – Director François Girard 2014 Starring Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Debra Winger 1hr 43 min – From acclaimed director Girard comes the inspirational story of a rebellious young boy with a remarkable singing voice. After being sent to a prestigious music school, he is challenged by a demanding teacher. A stellar ensemble cast star as the teachers and young singers to take their choir to new competitive heights. Featuring a stunning soundtrack of choral music by Handel, Britten, Tallis and Mendelssohn, The Choir is an uplifting story of talent, adolescence and mentorship that proves what can be achieved when you dare to dream.
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Asian Dub Foundation Live score of George Lucas’s film THX1138
importance to the development of pop music is celebrated as we see the reclusive Beach Boys songwriter from his successes with highly-influential orchestral pop albums to his nervous breakdown and subsequent encounter with controversial therapist Dr. Eugene Landy.
Tuesday 20 October 8pm £18.50, £24.50 – See page 7 for details.
‘…Those superb, tear-jerking studio scenes will linger in my head for years.’ The Guardian
Legend
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Wednesday 21 October 7.30pm £7, £8 – Director Brian Helgeland 2015 Starring Tom Hardy, Emily Browning Running time tbc – From Academy Award winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) comes the true story of the rise and fall of London’s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ron Kray, both portrayed by Tom Hardy in an amazing double performance. Legend is a classic crime thriller taking us into the secret history of the 1960s and the extraordinary events that secured the infamy of the Kray twins.
Psycho 15 Film with Live Orchestra
performance of Bernard Herrmann’s most famous spine-tingling score. The score, and in particular the chilling slasher motif, is critical to the film’s power. Hitchcock himself remarked that ‘33% of the effect of Psycho was due to the music’. One of the greatest thrillers of all time as you’ve never seen and heard it before, on the eve of Halloween.
Friday 30 October 7.30pm £14, £20, £26, £31, £40 – Anthony Gabriele conductor Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Don’t miss the chance to see director Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Psycho with a live orchestra. Fifty years on from its release, this cinematic masterpiece comes alive in a big-screen presentation accompanied by a live
Piccadilly
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Thursday 12 November 11am £16 inc. Brunch or 2 course Lunch. £7, £8 film only. – Director E.A. Dupont 1929 Starring Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Gilda Gray 1hr 49 min
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‘The music throughout the evening was one of doom, buildup, and terror to come, and it never diminished in power or intensity.’ Examiner
The Piccadilly nightclub is in danger of decline when manager Valentine sacks his star attraction. But his discovery of talented Chinese dancer Shosho begins a chain of events leading to tragedy. A film noir before the term was in use, Piccadilly is one of the true greats of British silent films, on a par with the best
work of Anthony Asquith or Alfred Hitchcock in the period. ‘…dismissed as vacuous by generations of critics who never had the privilege of seeing it. Now it is recognised as a masterpiece whose power is derived, in part, from Wong’s skilful manipulation of familiar oriental cliches.’ The Guardian
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