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SEASON 2018

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Chichester Cinema With the sunny weather here (or is it?), a visit to the cinema is not usually top of people’s lists to do… but we are here to tempt you!

Starting with ‘Nothing Like a Dame’ in the first week; ‘The Happy Prince’ in June; ‘Mary Shelley’ in July; and ending with ‘Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again’ in August – I’m sure we’ll be seeing plenty of all of you over the next few weeks.

We team up with Chichester Cathedral to give you a quartet of Spiritually themed films over four consecutive Mondays, as part of the Festival of Chichester. Look out for ‘Paths of Glory’ on the big screen, and ‘Hotel Rwanda’ screened from a 35mm print.

Finally, look out for our partnership with Tangmere Museum for a special screening of ‘Carve Her Name With Pride’ introduced by Dudley Hooley (Museum Director), coupled with a guided tour of Tangmere Military Aviation Museum led by David Coxon (curator).

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Summer 2018 contents All the Wild Horses 30

Hereditary 40

An American in Paris 26

Hollywood and Politics Talk 45

Anon 20

Hotel Rwanda 19

A Quiet Place 6

Billy Budd 20

An Ideal Husband 11

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story 12

In the Fade 34

Racer and the Jailbird 43

Joyeux Noel 18

Romeo and Juliet 44

Le Corsaire 27

Saul (Glyndebourne) 38

The Boy Downstairs 30

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 37

Sherlock Gnomes 36

The Breadwinner 22

Lewis Gilbert Talk 46

The Bromley Boys 34

Lohengrin 15

The Butterfly Tree 41

Madama Butterfly (Glyndebourne) 16

Book Club 13 The Bookshop 29

Carve Her Name with Pride (Plus Tangmere Tour) 39

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again 43

The Ciambra 31

Mary Shelley 33

Classic Gangster Movies 45

McQueen 31

Performance (Coming Soon) 47 Pin Cushion 44

Sicario 2: Soldado 35 Simon Rattle Berlin Phil Farewell Concert 15 Solo: A Star Wars Story 26 Spiritual Cinema 18 Swan Lake 10

Modern Life is Rubbish 10

Studio 54 32

Coppélia 9 Cyrano de Bergerac 11

My Friend Dahmer 27

Swimming with Men 37

Darkest Hour 11

My Generation 12

The Double Lover 22

Nothing Like a Dame 7

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 28

Ocean’s 8 38 The Opera House 28

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 12

Giselle 32

Paths of Glory 18

Western 13

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society 35

Paths of the Soul 19

The Wild Boys 21

Patrick 36

The Young Karl Marx 16

The Happy Prince 17

Performance 8

Zama 7

Sweet Country 21

Tag 40

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again

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Film Listings Fri 8 Jun

Thu 14 Jun

Wed 20 Jun

13:15 Darkest Hour (PG) 125m 13:30 Gangster Films Talk (wk3) With Charles Rollings 16:00 Modern Life is Rubbish (15) 105m 18:30 Zama (15) 115m 21:00 A Quiet Place (15) 90m

13:30 My Generation 15:45 A Quiet Place 18:00 Darkest Hour 20:30 Modern Life is Rubbish

13:15 Book Club 15:45 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 18:30 Simon Rattle Farewell Concert (Berlin Phil Live) 120m No Interval 20:45 Book Club

Sat 9 Jun 12:15 Modern Life is Rubbish 14:30 Cyrano de Bergerac (Comédie Française) 185m inc Interval 18:00 Nothing Like a Dame (12A) 100m 20:30 Zama

Sun 10 Jun 13:30 Nothing Like a Dame 16:00 Coppélia (Live Bolshoi) 165m inc Interval 19:00 My Generation (PG) 85m 20:45 A Quiet Place

Mon 11 Jun 13:00 Zama 15:30 My Generation 17:30 An Ideal Husband (Oscar Wilde Encore) 180m inc interval 20:45 Darkest Hour

Tue 12 Jun 12:00 Darkest Hour 14:30 Zama 17:00 Nothing Like a Dame 19:15 Swan Lake (Live ROH Ballet) 155m including 2 intervals

Wed 13 Jun 12:00 Zama 14:30 Nothing Like a Dame 16:30 Darkest Hour

Fri 15 Jun 13:15 Book Club (15) 104m 15:45 Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (PG) 90m 18:00 Book Club 20:30 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (15) 115m

Sat 16 Jun 10:00 Hollywood and Politics (Studio Talk) 13:00 Book Club 15:30 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 18:00 Book Club 20:30 Western (12A) 121m

Sun 17 Jun 13:00 Lohengrin (Semperoper Dresden) 250m inc 2 intervals 17:30 Book Club 20:00 Book Club

Mon 18 Jun 12:30 Book Club 15:00 Paths of Glory (PG) 88m + Intro (Spiritual Cinema with Canon Dr Anthony Cane) 17:30 Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story 20:00 Book Club

Tue 19 Jun 13:00 Western 15:45 Book Club 18:15 Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story 20:30 Book Club

Thu 21 Jun 13:15 Book Club 16:00 Book Club 18:30 Madama Butterfly (Glyndebourne Live) 210m inc interval

Fri 22 Jun 13:00 The Happy Prince (15) 105m 15:30 Sweet Country (15) 110m 18:00 The Happy Prince 20:30 The Young Karl Marx (15) 118m

Sat 23 Jun 13:15 The Happy Prince 15:45 Anon (15) 100m 18:00 The Wild Boys (15) 110m 20:30 The Happy Prince

Sun 24 Jun 12:15 The Happy Prince 14:30 Billy Budd (Rome) 150m Inc. Interval 17:45 The Happy Prince 20:15 Anon

Mon 25 Jun 12:30 The Happy Prince 15:00 Joyeux Noel (12A) 116m + Intro (Spiritual Cinema with Canon Dr Anthony Cane) 17:45 The Happy Prince 20:15 The Wild Boys

Tue 26 Jun 13:15 The Wild Boys 15:30 The Happy Prince 18:00 Sweet Country 20:30 The Happy Prince

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Wed 27 Jun

Fri 6 Jul

Sun 15 Jul

13:15 The Happy Prince 15:45 The Young Karl Marx 18:15 The Happy Prince 20:45 Anon

13:15 The Bookshop (PG) 113m 15:45 The Boy Downstairs (12A) 91m 18:00 The Bookshop 20:30 The Ciambra (15) 118m

12:30 Mary Shelley 15:00 Giselle (English National Ballet) 130m inc interval 17:45 The Bookshop 20:15 Mary Shelley

Thu 28 Jun 13:00 The Happy Prince 15:30 The Young Karl Marx 18:15 The Happy Prince 20:45 The Happy Prince

Fri 29 Jun 13:15 The Happy Prince (15) 105m 13:30 A Tribute to Lewis Gilbert (Studio Talk) 120m 15:45 The Double Lover (15) 107m 18:15 The Happy Prince 20:45 My Friend Dahmer (15) 107m

Sat 30 Jun 13:00 The Happy Prince 15:30 The Breadwinner (12A) 94m 17:45 The Happy Prince 20:15 Solo (12A) 135m

Sun 1 Jul 12:15 The Happy Prince 14:30 Le Corsaire (Scala Ballet Milan) 139m Inc. Interval 17:15 Solo 20:15 My Friend Dahmer

Mon 2 Jul 12:30 The Happy Prince 15:00 Hotel Rwanda (12A) 121m + Intro (Spiritual Cinema with Canon Dr Anthony Cane) 18:15 The Opera House (PG) 110m 20:45 The Double Lover

Tue 3 Jul 13:15 My Friend Dahmer 15:45 The Happy Prince 18:15 The Breadwinner 20:30 The Happy Prince

Wed 4 Jul 12:45 Solo 15:45 The Happy Prince 18:15 The Double Lover 20:45 The Happy Prince

Thu 5 Jul 12:15 The Happy Prince 14:45 The Double Lover 17:00 The Breadwinner 19:30 Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Live) (12A) 165m Inc. Interval

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Sat 7 Jul 13:15 The Bookshop 15:45 All the Wild Horses (15) 90m 18:00 The Bookshop 20:45 McQueen (15) 101m

Sun 8 Jul 13:00 The Bookshop 15:30 The Ciambra 18:15 The Bookshop 20:45 The Boy Downstairs

Mon 9 Jul 12:30 The Bookshop 15:00 Paths of the Soul (PG) 115m + Intro (Spiritual Cinema with Canon Dr Anthony Cane) 17:45 The Bookshop 20:15 The Boy Downstairs

Tue 10 Jul 12:30 The Bookshop 15:00 All the Wild Horses 17:15 The Bookshop 19:45 An American in Paris (Dominion Theatre) 150m inc interval

Wed 11 Jul 13:15 The Bookshop 15:45 McQueen 18:00 The Ciambra 20:30 The Bookshop

Thu 12 Jul 13:00 The Ciambra 15:45 The Bookshop 18:15 All the Wild Horses 20:30 The Bookshop

Fri 13 Jul 13:00 Mary Shelley (12A) 120m 15:45 The Bookshop (PG) 113m 18:15 Mary Shelley 20:45 Studio 54 (15) 98m

Sat 14 Jul 12:45 Mary Shelley 15:30 The Bookshop 18:00 Mary Shelley 20:45 In the Fade (18) 106m

Mon 16 Jul 12:45 Mary Shelley 15:30 In the Fade 18:00 The Bookshop 20:30 Mary Shelley

Tue 17 Jul 12:45 Mary Shelley 15:30 In the Fade 18:00 Mary Shelley 20:45 The Bookshop

Wed 18 Jul 12:45 The Bookshop 15:15 Mary Shelley 18:00 In the Fade 20:30 Mary Shelley

Thu 19 Jul 13:00 Mary Shelley 15:45 Studio 54 18:00 Mary Shelley 20:45 The Bookshop

Fri 20 Jul 12:45 Mary Shelley (12A) 120m 15:30 The Bromley Boys (PG) 102m 17:45 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (12A) 124m 20:30 Sicario 2: Soldado (15) 123m

Sat 21 Jul 12:30 The Bromley Boys 15:00 The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society (12A) 124m 17:45 Sicario 2: Soldado 20:30 Mary Shelley

Sun 22 Jul 12:15 Mary Shelley 14:45 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 17:30 The Guernsey Literary… Society 20:15 Sicario 2: Soldado

Mon 23 Jul 13:00 Sherlock Gnomes (U) 86m 15:00 The Guernsey Literary… Society 17:45 Sicario 2: Soldado 20:30 Mary Shelley

Tue 24 Jul 13:00 Sherlock Gnomes 15:00 Sicario 2: Soldado 17:45 The Guernsey Literary… Society 20:30 Mary Shelley

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Film Listings continued Wed 25 Jul

Tue 31 Jul

Sun 5 Aug

13:15 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 16:00 Sherlock Gnomes 18:00 Mary Shelley 20:30 Sicario 2: Soldado

12:45 Patrick 15:15 Tag 18:00 Swimming with Men 20:30 Ocean’s 8

Thu 26 Jul

Wed 1 Aug

12:00 Mary Shelley 14:30 The Bromley Boys 16:45 The Guernsey Literary… Society 19:15 Saul (Glyndebourne – Rec 2015) 210m inc interval

13:00 Ocean’s 8 15:30 Patrick 18:00 Tag 20:45 Swimming with Men

13:15 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 16:00 Pin Cushion 18:00 The Butterfly Tree (15) 97m 20:15 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 20:45 The Greatest Showman (PG) Priory Park Open Air Screening

Fri 27 Jul 13:00 Ocean’s 8 (12A) 110m 15:30 Hereditary (15) 126m 18:00 Swimming with Men (12A) 103m 20:30 Tag (15 tbc)

Mon 6 Aug

Thu 2 Aug

12:45 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 15:30 Racer and the Jailbird 18:15 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 20:45 The Butterfly Tree

13:00 Patrick 15:30 Swimming with Men 18:00 Ocean’s 8 20:30 Tag

Fri 3 Aug

12:45 Swimming with Men 15:15 Carve Her Name with Pride + Intro Talk 160m 18:15 Tag 20:45 Ocean’s 8

12:45 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (12A) 15:15 Racer and the Jailbird (15) 130m 18:00 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 20:45 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 20:45 Grease (12A) Priory Park Open Air Screening

Sun 29 Jul

Sat 4 Aug

12:30 Tag 15:15 Ocean’s 8 17:45 Swimming with Men 20:15 Hereditary

12:15 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 14:45 Romeo and Juliet (RSC) 210m Inc. Interval 18:30 Pin Cushion (15) 82m 20:30 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 20:45 The Incredibles 2 (PG) Priory Park Open Air Screening

Sat 28 Jul

Mon 30 Jul 13:00 Swimming with Men 15:30 Patrick (PG) 18:00 Ocean’s 8 20:30 Tag

Tue 7 Aug 13:15 Pin Cushion 15:15 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 18:00 Racer and the Jailbird 20:45 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Wed 8 Aug 13:00 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 15:45 The Butterfly Tree 18:00 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 20:30 Racer and the Jailbird

Thu 9 Aug 13:00 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 15:45 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 18:30 CHICHESTER FILM FESTIVAL OPENING GALA

Fri 8 Jun 21:00 Sun 10 Jun 20:45 Thu 14 Jun 15:45

A Quiet Place

Booking Ref

In this modern, critically acclaimed thriller (96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes), a family must navigate their lives in silence after mysterious creatures that hunt by sound threaten their survival.

Lee (John Krasinski), Evelyn (Emily Blunt) and their two children, have enclosed themselves in their isolated forest homestead. They speak almost entirely in sign language (subtitled) to preserve the silence. They walk in bare feet to dampen any noise, and even play Monopoly with felt tiles and roll the dice on the rug. One of the most inventive, beautifully crafted and acted horror films of recent times.

USA 2018 John Krasinski 90m.

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Fri 8 Jun Sat 9 Jun Mon 11 Jun Tue 12 Jun Wed 13 Jun International Panorama: Argentina

18:30 20:30 13:00 14:30 12:00

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Zama Based on the 1956 novel by Antonio di Benedetto about Don Diego de Zama, a Spanish officer of the seventeenth century settled in Asunción, who awaits his transfer to Buenos Aires.

Zama (Daniel Giménez Cacho) waits for a letter from the King granting him a transfer from the Paraguayan town in which he is stagnating, to a better place. He must ensure that nothing overshadows his transfer, so is forced to accept submissively every task entrusted to him by successive Governors who come and go as he stays behind. The years go by and the letter from the King never arrives. When Zama notices everything is lost, he joins a party of soldiers that go after a dangerous bandit. This is a strange, sensual wonder of a film, with a top-note of menace and a malarial air. (Subtitles) Argentina/Brazil 2017 Lucrecia Martel 115m.

Sat 9 Jun Sun 10 Jun Tue 12 Jun Wed 13 Jun

Nothing Like a Dame

18:00 13:30 17:00 14:30

Booking Ref

Dames Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith engage in a round-table war of theatrical anecdotes in this outrageously funny documentary.

The four dames, and true acting greats, discuss their careers and reminisce about their humble beginnings in the theatre. The chat takes place at the country home Plowright shared with her late husband, Laurence Olivier, with the obviously comfortable setting allowing the cameras to zoom in on a friendship that goes back more than half a century. Some great anecdotes (Dench’s tale about getting stung by a bee on the… ‘tail’ is hilarious) are intertwined with sensational stills and archive footage. These screenings include a special filmed introduction by Dame Joan Plowright and an exclusive interview with director Roger Michell.

UK 2018 Roger Michell 100m.

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Glyndebourne makes its welcome return this Summer with the Live transmission of Puccini’s tragic romance ‘Madama Butterfly’ in June, followed by Handel’s ‘Saul’ in July (look out for ‘Vanessa’ in August). Everybody is talking about the most exciting musical on the West End at the moment – ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’- winner of three WhatsOnStage Awards, it invokes the emotion and fun of ‘Billy Elliot’. Whilst on Musicals, don’t miss another opportunity to see ‘An American in Paris’ after its two Sold Out May screenings. Four dance events (from the Bolshoi, ROH, La Scala and ENO) are presented this season, with a highlight being Akram Khan’s ‘Giselle’ from the ENO, which received all-round 5-Star reviews.

THEATRE: Cyrano de Bergerac (La Comédie Française) �������������������������������� 11 An Ideal Husband (Oscar Wilde Encore) ���������������������������������������� 11 An American in Paris (Dominion Theatre) �������������������������������������26 Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Apollo Theatre) �������������������28 Romeo and Juliet (RSC) ������������������������������������������������������������������ 44

OPERA: Lohengrin – From Dresden – Christian Theilemann ����������������������15 Madama Butterfly (Glyndebourne – Puccini) ��������������������������������16 Billy Budd – Benjamin Britten – Opera Roma �������������������������������� 20 Saul (Glyndebourne – Handel) ���������������������������������������������������������38

DANCE: Coppélia – Bolshoi Live �������������������������������������������������������������������������9 Swan Lake – Live ROH ����������������������������������������������������������������������� 10 Le Corsaire – Scala Ballet �������������������������������������������������������������������27

CONCERTS & SPECIAL EVENTS: Simon Rattle Berlin Phil. Farewell ����������������������������������������������������15 The Opera House – Met Documentary �������������������������������������������28

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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.

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Sun 10 Jun 16:00 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)

Coppélia

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Live Bolshoi Ballet Swanhilda notices her fiancée Franz is infatuated with the beautiful Coppélia who sits reading on her balcony each day. Nearly breaking up the two sweethearts, Coppélia is not what she seems and Swanhilda decides to teach Franz a lesson.

The Bolshoi’s unique version of ‘Coppélia’ exhibits a fascinating reconstruction of the original 19th century choreography of this ebullient comedy involving a feisty heroine, a boyish fiancée with a wandering eye, and an old doll-maker. The company’s stunning corps de ballet shines in the divertissements and famous “dance of the hours,” and its principals abound in youthful energy and irresistible humour in this effervescent production. Music: Leo Delibes, Choreography: Sergei Vikharev, Libretto: Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-Leon.

165m approx including intervals.

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Fri 8 Jun 16:00 Sat 9 Jun 12:15 Thu 14 Jun 20:30

Modern Life is Rubbish

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First brought together by their shared love of music, ten years later Liam and Natalie have reached a breaking point. Opposites attract, but aren’t necessarily working long-term.

Liam (Josh Whitehouse), a struggling musician, cannot let go of his vinyl collection and refuses to adapt to a world of smartphones and instant downloads. Natalie (Freya Mavor) has abandoned her dream of designing album covers and has become a rising star at her advertising firm. As they make the difficult decision to separate, they start by splitting their prized music library, but the soundtrack that defined their relationship keeps pulling them back together.

Director Daniel Gill and writer Philip Gawthorne fashion the film as a tribute to Britpop – the excellent soundtrack includes Radiohead, Stereophonics, Spiritualized, The 1975 and more… but, oddly, as the film is named after their second album, no Blur.

UK 2018 Daniel Gill 105m.

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12 Jun 19:15

Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)

Swan Lake

Booking Ref

Live ROH Ballet The Royal Ballet creates a new production with additional choreography by Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett. A ballet in 3 Acts by Tchaikovsky.

Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans while out hunting, and when one of the swans turns into a beautiful woman, Odette, he is enraptured. But she is under a spell that holds her captive, allowing her to regain her human form only at night. Given its status today as arguably the best loved and most admired of all classical ballets, it is surprising that at its 1877 premiere ‘Swan Lake’ was poorly received. It is thanks to the 1895 production by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov that ‘Swan Lake’ has become part of not only ballet consciousness but also wider popular culture.

155m including 2 intervals.

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Cyrano de Bergerac

Sat 9 Jun

14:30

Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) Booking Ref

Comédie Française Following ‘Le Misanthrope’ we present this classic romantic comedy, captured live from the Salle Richelieu of La Comédie Française Paris.

Christian de Neuvillette falls madly in love with the beautiful Roxane, who is poised to be married off to the Viscount Valvert. In order to woo her for himself, Christian approaches fellow cadet and poet Cyrano de Bergerac. Denis Podalydes acts and directs this timeless romantic drama, which combines slapstick comedy, tragedy and symbolist poetry.

In French with English subtitles.

185m approx with interval.

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Darkest Hour

Fri 8 Jun Mon 11 Jun Tue 12 Jun Wed 13 Jun Thu 14 Jun

13:15 20:45 12:00 16:30 18:00

Booking Ref

During the early days of WWII, the fate of Western Europe hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.

With the fall of France imminent, Britain faces its darkest hour as the threat of invasion looms. As the seemingly unstoppable Nazi forces advance, and with the Allied army cornered on the beaches of Dunkirk, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the leadership of the newlyappointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Oscar & BAFTA winner – Gary Oldman).

UK 2017 Joe Wright 125m.

Oscar Wilde Live

An Ideal Husband

Tue 5 Jun Mon 11 Jun

19:15 (Live) 17:30 (Encore)

Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15) Booking Ref

Vaudeville Theatre, London This is the third new production from the Oscar Wilde Season, a year-long celebration of the brilliant Victorian playwright being staged by Classic Spring, a new theatre company led by Dominic Dromgoole, former Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe.

The brilliance of Oscar Wilde’s ‘An Ideal Husband’ is that it is a stylish critique of politicians and social morality, whilst leaving the audience convinced they have seen uplifting and lighthearted entertainment. Full cast details to be announced.

180m inc interval.

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My Generation

Sun 10 Jun 19:00 Mon 11 Jun 15:30 Thu 14 Jun 13:30 Booking Ref

A documentary that explores the cultural revolution that occurred in 1960s England, divided into three parts, roughly corresponding to the awakening, the flourishing and the decline of 1960s pop culture.

Loaded with great footage from the era and accompanied by superbly cleaned-up music tracks from the Kinks, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and many others, this love letteras-documentary offers 85 minutes of good old fun. This is Michael Caine’s narrative about the unapologetic working class taking over popular culture.

UK 2017 David Batty 85m.

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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Fri 15 Jun 15:45 Mon 18 Jun 17:30 Tue 19 Jun 18:15 Booking Ref

The world’s most beautiful woman was also the inventor of communication systems, but her arresting looks stood in the way of her being given the credit she deserved.

If this story was pitched for a fictional film, it would be laughed out of the room as being too far-fetched… but Lamarr was no ordinary screen siren.

Recognition (and compensation) proved elusive in Lamarr’s lifetime, but in this marvellous documentary, a brilliant woman finally gets her due.

USA 2017 Alexandra Dean 90m.

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Fri 15 Jun 20:30 Sat 16 Jun 15:30 Wed 20 Jun 15:45 Booking Ref

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In this darkly comic drama, a mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter’s murder.

After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand swept all the Awards with this performance) paints three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Chief Willoughby (Woody Harrelson). Brilliantly funny and deeply moving.

USA 2017 Martin McDonagh 115m.

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Book Club

13:15 & 18:00 13:00 & 18:00 17:30 & 20:00 12:30 20:00 15:45 & 20:30 13:15 & 20:45 13:15 & 16:00

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Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ in their monthly book club.

Diane (Diane Keaton) is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage. Vivian (Jane Fonda) enjoys her men with no strings attached. Sharon (Candice Bergen) is still working through a decades-old divorce. Carol’s (Mary Steenburgen) marriage is in a slump after 35 years. Four lifelong friends’ lives are turned upside down to hilarious ends when their book club tackles the infamous ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’. From discovering new romance to rekindling old flames, they inspire each other to make their next chapter the best chapter. Do not worry – you need not have read the book to get a thrill from this very enjoyable Summer film, with a top-notch female cast.

USA 2018 Bill Holderman 104m.

Sat 16 Jun 20:30 Tue 19 Jun 13:00 International Panorama: Germany

Booking Ref

Western Vestern A naturalistic, almost documentary-like feature that slowly builds into a film that is both startlingly direct and full of resonance and ambiguity.

A group of German construction workers start a tough job at a remote site in the Bulgarian countryside. The foreign land awakens the men’s sense of adventure, but they are also confronted with their own prejudice and mistrust due to the language barrier and cultural differences. The stage is quickly set for a showdown when men begin to compete for recognition and favour from the local villagers. The story is a faultlessly observed, broodingly intelligent piece of realism, a dispatch from a sun-baked frontier that could hardly feel more mundane or specific, but which director Grisebach somehow suffuses with the beauty and power of myth. A totally absorbing film.

Germany/Bulgaria 2017 Valeska Grisebach 121m.

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Berlin Philharmonic Live

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Simon Rattle Farewell Concert Sir Simon Rattle’s Farewell Concert will be broadcast live to New Park, with interviews and programme insights featured as part of this historic event. This presentation is part of the Festival of Chichester.

On 14 November 1987, a promising conductor called Simon Rattle made his Berliner Philharmoniker debut with Gustav Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. Looking back Rattle says, “I felt that I was finding my voice on that day.” Mahler’s multifaceted work is again on the programme when Sir Simon appears for the last time as chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Opening Introduction (approx. 30m); Gustav Mahler Symphony – No. 6 (approx. 90m). 120m approx No interval.

This is a rare transmission of the opera which is not being screened in most UK event cinemas.

Sun 17 Jun 13:00 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)

Lohengrin

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Semperoper Dresden Met with standing ovations from audiences, and an equally warm acclaim from critics, this opera in three acts by Richard Wagner, is presented as part of the Festival of Chichester.

Starring in their premiere Wagnerian roles, Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczała are led by the baton of Christian Thielemann. Netrebko’s finely calibrated interpretation captures the full range of Elsa’s emotional development. Georg Zeppenfeld as a convincing Heinrich der Vogler and Evelyn Herlitzius and Tomasz Konieczny as the opponents Ortrud and Friedrich von Telramund complete the cast.

In the pit is Wagner’s “Wunderharfe”, the Staatskapelle Dresden, conducted by Thielemann, doubtlessly today’s foremost conductor of this repertoire. Captured Live February 2015.

Sung in German with English subtitles. 250m inc 2 intervals.

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Fri 22 Jun 20:30 Wed 27 Jun 15:45 Thu 28 Jun 15:30 International Panorama: France

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The Young Karl Marx Le Jeune Karl Marx The early years of Philosopher and Revolutionary Socialist Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Jenny Marx, between Paris, Brussels and London (all beautifully recreated in this engaging film).

26-year-old Karl Marx (August Diehl) embarks with his wife, Jenny (Vicky Krieps), on the road to exile. In 1844 Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels (Stefan Konarske), an industrialist’s son, who investigated the sordid birth of the British working-class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx’s new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police’s repression, riots and political upheavals, they will lead the labour movement during its development into a modern era. Raoul Peck, who recently won a BAFTA for ‘I Am Not Your Negro’, delivers a film that is both intellectually serious and engagingly free-spirited.

France/Belgium /Germany 2017 Raoul Peck 118m.

Thu 21 Jun 18:30 (Live) Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)

Madama Butterfly

Booking Ref

Glyndebourne Live East meets West with devastating consequences in Puccini’s tragic romance. ‘Madama Butterfly’ makes its Glyndebourne Festival debut in Annilese Miskimmon’s thought-provoking production.

Bursting with exotic colour and memorable melodies, Puccini’s seductive score conceals a dramatic blade that cuts to the heart.

Compressing ‘great grief into small souls’, as the composer himself described it, ‘Madama Butterfly’ is a classic love story that never fails to move, a tragic romance that sweeps you along in the intensity of its action. Blending authentic Japanese music with luscious European harmonies and orchestration, the opera is an irresistible fusion of East and West. This production updates the original turnof-the-century setting to the 1950s, confronting the darker political and emotional currents of a work that acknowledges that there are some barriers too great for even love to conquer.

Sung in Italian with English subtitles. 210m approx inc interval.

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The Happy Prince

13:00 & 18:00 13:15 & 20:30 12:15 & 17:45 12:30 17:45 15:30 & 20:30 13:15 & 18:15 13:00, 18:15 & 20:45 13:15 & 18:15 13:00 & 17:45 12:15 12:30 15:45 & 20:30 15:45 & 20:45 12:15

Booking Ref

The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humour.

The film is a deeply felt, tremendously acted tribute to courage.

‘The Happy Prince’ is evidently a passion project for Rupert Everett, who writes, directs and stars. But this is not the Oscar Wilde of other biopics, basking in the fame of the London stage, a vision in velvet dispensing witticisms like papal benedictions. This is a Wilde broken by Reading Gaol, constantly begging for money but unable to hold onto it. “Like dear St Francis of Assisi,” he complains, “I am wedded to poverty. But in my case the marriage is not a happy one.” Raddled, rouged and raging against the world (but often tender, too), Everett’s Wilde is an extraordinary achievement – it is surely the best thing he has done as an actor.

Germany/Belgium/UK 2018 Rupert Everett 105m.

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SPIRITUAL CINEMA SEASON In conjunction with Chichester Cathedral, we present four films over four consecutive Mondays which are based on deep spiritual themes. We are very pleased to have Canon Dr Anthony Cane from the Cathedral to introduce each film.

Mon 18 Jun 15:00 (plus intro by Canon Dr Anthony Cane)

Paths of Glory

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Stanley Kubrick’s blistering indictment of military politics is an unforgettable movie experience and perhaps his best film.

Adapted from a 1935 Herbert Cobb novel, this is a brilliant tale of horror in the trenches. General Mireau (George Macready) orders a suicidal charge on a German stronghold, and later orders three random soldiers to be shot for cowardice. Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) is repulsed by the General’s arrogant incompetence, and decides to defend the innocent men in their court-martial.

To watch this film is to experience the birth of one of the greatest directors of the 20th Century.

USA 1957 Stanley Kubrick 88m.

Mon 25 Jun 15:00 (plus intro by Canon Dr Anthony Cane)

Joyeux Noel Merry Christmas

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Daniel Brühl, Gary Lewis and Guillaume Canet star in this lifeaffirming WW1 film which focuses on the truces between enemies on the front lines.

A fictional account based on the widespread true stories of the unofficial truces between Allied and German forces that spread along the frontlines during the festive period. Now commonly referenced as an example of the overlooked humanity of the soldiers that fought in the war, ‘Joyeux Noël’ depicts groups of German, French and Scottish soldiers getting together at Christmas to bury their dead and fraternise with one another.

France/Germany/UK 2005 Christian Carion 116m.

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Mon 2 Jul 15:00 (plus intro by Canon Dr Anthony Cane)

Hotel Rwanda

Booking Ref

A powerful film set during the Rwandan genocide, based on the true story of Paul Rusesabagina (outstandingly portrayed by Don Cheadle), a hotel manager seeking to provide sanctuary to those fleeing the violence.

1994. In Rwanda, the classification of the native population into Hutus and Tutsis, arbitrarily done by the colonial Belgians, is now ingrained within Rwandan mentality despite the Rwandan independence. Despite the Belgians having placed the Tutsis in a higher position during the Belgian rule, they have placed the majority Hutus in power after independence. Paul Rusesabagina, a Hutu married to a Tutsi, Tatiana Rusesabagina, is the House Manager of the Hotel Des Milles Collines in Kigali. After a specific incident, the relative calm between the Tutsi guerrillas and government-backed Hutu militia takes a turn. (35mm Screening) UK/South Africa 2004 Terry George 121m.

Mon 9 Jul 15:00 (plus intro by Canon Dr Anthony Cane)

Paths of the Soul

Booking Ref

Kang Rinpoche Winner of the Audience Award at the 2016 Chichester Film Festival.

This docu-drama follows the journey of a group of Tibetans on a bowing pilgrimage across the world’s highest plateau to Lasa, the holy capital of Tibet.

Road movies are a staple of cinema, but they are rarely as breathtaking, immersive and intense as this. The director ‘cast’ a group of Tibetan villagers who were planning the traditional Buddhist pilgrimage to Lhasa – a sort of once-in-a-lifetime act of devotion akin to the Islamic Hajj – and structured a loose narrative around their incredible 1,200-mile journey. This is a moving testament to a mutual devotion of spirituality, a fantastic and refreshingly benevolent look at a different culture. Blurring the confines between documentary and fiction, it takes the empathetic viewer on an incredible journey. (Subtitles) China 2015 Zhang Yang 115m.

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Sat 23 Jun 15:45 Sun 24 Jun 20:15 Wed 27 Jun 20:45

Anon

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Andrew Niccol, whose credits include ‘Gattaca’ and ‘The Truman Show’, brings us an intriguing thriller, set in a world without anonymity or crime, where a detective meets a woman who threatens their security.

Sal Frieland (Clive Owen) is a detective in a world with no privacy, ignorance, or anonymity; where everyone’s lives are transparent, traceable, and recorded by the authorities; where crime almost ceases to exist. But in trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Frieland stumbles on a young woman known only as the Girl (Amanda Seyfried). She has no identity, no history and is invisible to the police. Sal realizes this may not be the end of crime, but the beginning. Known only as ‘The Girl’, she must be found before Sal himself becomes the next victim.

Germany 2018 Andrew Niccol 100m.

Sun 24 Jun 14:30 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)

Billy Budd

Booking Ref

Teatro Costanzi, Rome A new production of an opera by Benjamin Britten in three acts, sung in English, recorded in HD from Teatro Costanzi, Roma 5 June 2018. This presentation is part of the Festival of Chichester.

This gripping drama based on the short novel by Herman Melville follows a young sailor who finds himself serving under the repressive regime of master-at-arms John Claggart in the Royal Navy. Unable to bear the goodness that Billy radiates, Claggart becomes determined to destroy him, leading Billy to take harsh actions against his superior. First performed at the Royal Opera House on 1951, this hugely acclaimed new staging is by renowned British director Deborah Warner. Conductor – James Conlon; Orchestra of the Teatro dell’Opera; Cast: Jacques Imbrailo (Billy), Toby Spence (Vere), John Relyea (Claggart), Zachary Altman (Mr. Flint).

150m approx inc interval.

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Sat 23 Jun 18:00 Mon 25 Jun 20:15 Tue 26 Jun 13:15 International Panorama: France

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The Wild Boys Les Garçons Sauvages French director Bertrand Mandico delivers his debut feature, an experimental journey to the limits of imposed gender roles, set in an undisclosed realm of wonders, shot in beautiful black and white tones.

At the beginning of the 20th century on Réunion Island, five teenage boys (Pauline Lorillard, Vimala Pons, Diane Rouxel, Anael Snoek and Mathilde Warnier), the offspring of wealthy families, commit a crime. They will be sentenced to serve the Dutchman (Sam Louwyck), a captain whose ship will become their penitentiary. After many adventures, they will reach a wild, supernatural island, where Dr Séverine (Elina Löwensohn) lives.

There, everything will change forever. Initially blending elements from ‘Lord of the Flies’ and ‘A Clockwork Orange’, ‘The Wild Boys’ evolves into a subtle example of edgy political cinema in today’s mellow dullness. By using an all-female cast in the roles of teenage boys, Mandico, who also wrote the script, immediately raises the question of the enforced limitations on genders. (Subtitles) France 2017 Bertrand Mandico 110m.

Fri 22 Jun 15:30 Tue 26 Jun 18:00 Back by Popular Demand: Australia

Booking Ref

Sweet Country An Australian western set in 1920’s Northern Territory, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defence and goes on the run.

Aboriginal Sam’s (Hamilton Morris) relationship with his cruel neighbour Harry (Ewen Leslie) quickly deteriorates, culminating in a shootout in which Sam kills Harry in self-defence. As a result, Sam becomes a wanted criminal for the murder of a white man.

A hunting party led by the local lawman Sergeant Fletcher (Bryan Brown) is formed to track Sam down. But as the true details of the killing start to surface, the community begins to question whether justice is really being served. This is a beautiful, stark movie, superbly shot. Visually arresting, well-acted and carried by a layered story with cataclysmic consequences, ‘Sweet Country’ is a great example of what Australian cinema has to offer.

Australia 2017 Warwick Thornton 110m.

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Sat 30 Jun 15:30 Tue 3 Jul 18:15 Thu 5 Jul 17:00 International Panorama: Ireland

Booking Ref

The Breadwinner A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family, in this 2018 nominee for Best Animation Oscar.

Parvana is an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy in order to support her family. Working alongside her friend Shauzia, Parvana discovers a new world of freedom and danger. With undaunted courage, Parvana draws strength from the fantastical stories she invents, as she embarks on a quest to find her father and reunite her family.

Equal parts thrilling and enchanting, ‘The Breadwinner’ is an inspiring and luminously animated tale about the power of stories to sustain hope and carry us through dark times. The animation is expressive, as lush and detailed as a middle-eastern tapestry.

Harsh landscapes shimmer with beauty, even when littered with the remnants of landmines and abandoned tanks.

Ireland/Canada 2017 Nora Twomey 94m.

Fri 29 Jun Mon 2 Jul Wed 4 Jul Thu 5 Jul International Panorama: France

15:45 20:45 18:15 14:45

Booking Ref

The Double Lover Francois Ozon’s erotic thriller, about a woman Chloé (Marion Vacth) who falls in love with Paul, her psychoanalyst (Jérémie Renier), but discovers there’s more to him than meets the eye.

Ozon’s latest foray has style, sex appeal and a delicious streak of craziness. When Chloé and Paul move into their new apartment she discovers a box containing Paul’s past, including a passport bearing a different surname. A web of secrets are about to be unleashed… Loosely based on the Joyce Carol Oates novel ‘Lives of the Twins’ and with distinct shades of Brian de Palma and Hitchcock on the side. Watch out for Jacqueline Bisset in a neat cameo part.

“Made with serious craftsmanship but never takes itself seriously.”

– The Hollywood Reporter.

France 2017 François Ozon 107m.

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Sat 30 Jun 20:15 Sun 1 Jul 17:15 Wed 4 Jul 12:45

Solo: A Star Wars Story

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Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in this all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy.

Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) meets his mighty future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover), in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes. Ron Howard directs the film (shot mainly at Pinewood Studios) which will premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. The all-star cast also includes Thandie Newton, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Paul Bettany and Warwick Davis.

USA 2018 Ron Howard 135m.

Tue 10 Jul

19:45

Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)

An American in Paris

Booking Ref

Dominion Theatre This breathtakingly beautiful Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, inspired by the Oscar winning MGM film, tells the impassioned story of discovering love in the ‘City of Light’.

Featuring the gorgeous music and lyrics of George and Ira Gershwin, stunning designs, and show-stopping choreography.

An American GI’s chance encounter with a beautiful young dancer leads Paris to become the backdrop to a sensuous, modern romance of art, friendship and love in the aftermath of war. With a record-setting 28 five-star reviews from critics, ‘An American in Paris’ is directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, the musical film stars Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope, who lead a company of more than 50 performers.

150m approx. including interval.

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Fri 29 Jun 20:45 Sun 1 Jul 20:15 Tue 3 Jul 13:15

My Friend Dahmer

Booking Ref

Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys in the Midwest United States between 1978 and 1991 before being captured and incarcerated. He would become one of America’s most infamous serial killers. This is the story before that story.

Dahmer (Ross Lynch) is an awkward teenager struggling to make it through high school with a family life in ruins. He collects roadkill, fixates on a neighbourhood jogger (Vincent Kartheiser), and copes with his unstable mother (Anne Heche) and well-intentioned father (Dallas Roberts). He begins to act out at school, and his goofball antics win over a group of band-nerds who form The Dahmer Fan Club, headed by Derf Backderf (Alex Wolff). But this camaraderie can’t mask his growing depravity. Approaching graduation, Jeff spirals further out of control, inching ever closer to madness.

USA 2017 Marc Meyers 107m.

Sun 1 Jul

14:30

Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)

Le Corsaire

Booking Ref

La Scala Milan This ballet in three acts, is loosely based on the poem ‘The Corsair’

by Lord Byron, set to the music of Adolphe Adam. Captured live from Teatro alla Scala, Milan 16 May 2018. This presentation is part of the Festival of Chichester.

‘Le Corsaire’ follows the swashbuckling adventures of a dashing pirate who journeys across the high seas to save his beloved from the Pasha’s harem with danger looming at every turn. With lavish sets and costumes, the choreography mirrors Russian ballet master Maris Petipa’s revival from 19th century St. Petersburg.

Full of action, passion and a romantic twist form the heart of this unmissable ballet. Following our sell-out live production from the Bolshoi last October, it will be fascinating to see how La Scala’s new production compares. Conductor – Patrick Fournillier; Choreographer – Anna-Marie Holmes.

139m approx. inc interval.

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Mon 2 Jul

18:15

Tickets £10 (Friends/Students £9) Special Screening

Booking Ref

The Opera House This new film by award-winning documentary filmmaker Susan Froemke, surveys a remarkable period of the Metropolitan Opera’s rich history and a time of great change for New York.

Featuring rarely seen archival footage, stills, recent interviews, and a soundtrack of extraordinary Met performances, the film chronicles the creation of the Met’s storied home of the last 50 years, against the backdrop of the artists, architects, and politicians who shaped the cultural life of New York City in the ’50s and ’60s. Among the notable figures in the film are famed soprano Leontyne Price, who opened the new Met in 1966 in Samuel Barber’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’; Rudolf Bing, the Met’s imperious General Manager, who engineered the move from the old house to the new one; Robert Moses, the unstoppable city planner who bulldozed an entire neighbourhood to make room for Lincoln Centre; and Wallace Harrison, whose quest for architectural glory was never fully realized.

USA 2018 Susan Froemke 110m.

Thu 5 Jul

19:30 (Live)

Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

Booking Ref

Live from the West End Inspired by a true story, this is the new award-winning five-star hit musical for today, broadcast live from London’s Apollo Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue.

Jamie New is sixteen and lives on a council estate in Sheffield.

Jamie doesn’t quite fit in. He is terrified about the future. He is going to be a sensation. Supported by his brilliant loving mum and surrounded by his friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness, into the spotlight. John McCrea, Josie Walker, Tamsin Carroll, Lucie Shorthouse and Phil Nichol lead a twenty-four strong company and an eight-piece band that will “sweep you away on a tide of mischief, warmth and exuberance” (Financial Times). Winner of 3 WhatsOnStage Awards including Best New Musical and nominated for 5 Olivier Awards, ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ is directed by Jonathan Butterell with design by Anne Fleischle and choreography by Kate Prince.

160m inc interval.

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The Bookshop

13:15 & 18:00 13:15 & 18:00 13:00 & 18:15 12:30 17:45 12:30 & 17:15 13:15 & 20:30 15:45 & 20:30 15:45 15:30 17:45 18:00 20:45 12:45 20:45

Booking Ref

This is a sumptuous cinematic adaptation of Penelope Fitzgerald’s celebrated 1978 novel, which tells the story of Florence Green’s ultimately doomed attempt to re-energise an out-of-touch rural townsfolk through the dissemination of some of the most stirring literature of the day.

Florence (Emily Mortimer) decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield. Leaving grief and a dead husband in the past, she takes life into her own hands by opening a bookshop in Hardborough, a quiet Anglian town, and one sheltered from the social and sexual revolutions taking place in the far away urban centres. Through works of fiction such as Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’ and Ray Bradbury’s ‘Fahrenheit 451’, she stirs long-buried feelings in the townsfolk and in particular in the reclusive Mr Brundish (Bill Nighy) with whom she subsequently strikes up a deep bond. But her actions bring the wrath of the controlling, vengeful Violet Gamart (Patricia Clarkson), a local social doyenne who is jealously affronted by the changes our heroine has affected.

Spain/UK 2018 Isabel Coixet 113m.

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Fri 6 Jul Sun 8 Jul Mon 9 Jul

The Boy Downstairs

15:45 20:45 20:15

Booking Ref

In this US Indie ‘dramedy’, a young woman is forced to reflect on her first relationship when she inadvertently moves into her ex-boyfriend’s apartment building.

Diana (Zosia Mamet) moves back to New York City after a few years abroad and finds the perfect Brooklyn apartment for a fresh start. Yet on the first night in her new home, she discovers that her ex-boyfriend Ben (Matthew Shear) lives in the apartment below hers. After an awkward reunion, Diana proclaims her intentions for a genuine friendship. But as old wounds are opened, both Diana and Ben are forced to confront the true nature of their feelings. Casting aside stereotypes in favour of everyday neuroses, she defies the contemporary film-school orthodoxy that nice people can’t be compelling characters.

USA 2017 Sophie Brooks 91m.

Sat 7 Jul Tue 10 Jul Thu 12 Jul

All the Wild Horses

15:45 15:00 18:15

Booking Ref

An engrossing documentary following the Mongol Derby horse race – the longest and toughest horse race in the world, as it leads through 650 miles of Mongolian steppe, desert and mountain ranges.

In this grueling race, the riders are on their own, navigating from horse station to horse station where they change horses every 30 miles. They deal with dehydration, hypothermia, exhaustion, extreme weather, swollen rivers and roaming wolves. The riders stay the nights out in the wild or with nomad families. Filmmaker Ivo Marloh rides the mammoth race twice to embed himself in the individual stories and document exactly what compels riders from all around the world to risk life-threatening injuries on an experience that will change their lives forever. (Some subtitles) Mongolia/ S. Africa/ UK 2017 Ivo Marloh 90m.

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20:30 15:30 18:00 13:00

Booking Ref

The Ciambra A Ciambra This neorealist film captures a boy’s life in a changing Italy. Winner of the Europa Cinemas Label prize at Cannes 2017, at which our own Roger Gibson was on the Jury.

In A Ciambra, a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the region’s factions – the local Italians, the African refugees and his fellow Romani. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere, learning the necessary skills for life on the streets of their hometown. When Cosimo disappears and things start to go wrong, Pio sets out to prove he’s ready to step into his big brother’s shoes but soon finds himself faced with an impossible decision that will show if he is truly ready to become a man. (Subtitles) Italy 2017 Jonas Carpignano 118m.

Sat 7 Jul Wed 11 Jul

McQueen

20:45 15:45

Booking Ref

A personal look at the extraordinary life, career and artistry of Alexander McQueen.

This appropriately flamboyant film explores McQueen’s humble beginnings, his inspirations, his tight-knit band of collaborators, his creative process and the violent brilliance of his work. Like McQueen’s designs, it is thrilling, troubling and tinged with tragedy.

Through exclusive interviews with his closest friends and family, recovered archives, exquisite visuals and music, ‘McQueen’ is an authentic celebration and thrilling portrait of an inspired yet tortured fashion visionary.

UK 2018 Ian Bonhôte & Peter Ettedgui 101m.

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Sun 15 Jul

15:00

Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)

Giselle

Booking Ref

English National Ballet Hailed as ‘a masterpiece of 21st century dance’ from English National Ballet, Akram Khan’s ‘Giselle’ comes to cinemas for the first time in 2018, giving ballet fans the opportunity to see this awardwinning production in glorious high definition on the big screen.

One of the greatest romantic ballets, ‘Giselle’ has been re-imagined by celebrated choreographer Akram Khan with Artistic Director and Lead Principal of English National Ballet, Tamara Rojo, dancing the role of Giselle, one of a community of migrant workers cast out of their jobs in a condemned garment factory. With staging and costumes by Academy Award-winning Tim Yip (‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’), the ballet has won an Olivier Award and the South Bank Sky Arts Award for English National Ballet, received rapturous 5-star reviews and was sold out when performed at London’s Sadler’s Wells. Captured live at the Liverpool Empire in October 2017.

130m inc interval.

Fri 13 Jul Thu 19 Jul

Studio 54

20:45 15:45

Booking Ref

Premiered at Sundance 2018, this is a thoroughly enjoyable ride that captures both the excitement of the party and the shameful details of its aftermath.

Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonism – a place that not only redefined the nightclub, but also came to symbolize an entire era. Its co-owners, Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, two friends from Brooklyn, seemed to come out of nowhere to suddenly preside over a new kind of New York society. Now, 39 years after the velvet rope was first slung across the club’s hallowed threshold, a feature documentary tells the real story behind the greatest club of all time.

For those of us who never went (and probably couldn’t have gotten in if we tried) to the infamous club, this documentary lets us taste a bit of the ecstasy.

USA 2018 Matt Tyrnauer 98m.

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Mary Shelley

13:00 & 18:15 12:45 & 18:00 12:30 & 20:15 12:45 20:30 12:45 & 18:00 15:15 & 20:30 13:00 & 18:00 12:45 20:30 12:15 20:30 20:30 18:00 12:00

Booking Ref

This is the love affair between poet Percy Shelley and 18-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, which resulted in Mary Shelley writing ‘Frankenstein’.

The pair are two outsiders constrained by polite society but bound together by a natural chemistry and progressive ideas that are beyond the boundaries of their age and time. Mary (Elle Fanning) and Percy (Douglas Booth) declare their love for each other and much to her family’s horror they run away together, joined by Mary’s half-sister Claire (Bel Powley.) In the midst of growing tension within their relationship during their stay at Lord Byron’s (Tom Sturridge) house at Lake Geneva, the idea of Frankenstein is conceived when a challenge is put to all houseguests to write a ghost story. An incredible character is created, which will loom large in popular culture for centuries to come, but society at the time puts little value in female authors. At the tender age of 18, Mary is forced to challenge these preconceptions, to protect her work and to forge her own identity. This is a luscious-looking spectacle, drenched in the colours and visceral sensations of nature, the sensuality of young lovers, and the passionate disappointment of loss and betrayal.

UK 2018 Haifaa Al-Mansour 120m.

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Sat 14 Jul Mon 16 Jul Tue 17 Jul Wed 18 Jul International Panorama: Germany

20:45 15:30 15:30 18:00

Booking Ref

In the Fade Aus dem Nichts Diane Kruger is once again outstanding (she won Best Actress at Cannes 2017 for this role), in this unsettling film which earned director Fatih Akin a Palme D’Or nomination.

Out of nowhere, Katja’s (Kruger) life falls apart when her husband Nuri (Numan Acar) and little son Rocco are killed in a bomb attack. The mind-numbing search for the perpetrators and reasons behind the senseless killing complicate Katja’s painful mourning, opening wounds and doubts. Danilo (Denis Moschitto), a lawyer and Nuri’s best friend, represents Katja in the eventual trial against the two suspects, but the ordeal pushes Katja to the edge – she wants justice. ‘Queens of the Stone Age’ frontman Josh Homme composed the film’s score, whose discordant sounds add an appropriate edginess. (Subtitles) Germany 2017 Fatih Akin 106m.

Fri 20 Jul 15:30 Sat 21 Jul 12:30 Thu 26 Jul 14:30

The Bromley Boys

Booking Ref

A boy, a girl, and the worst football team in Britain. You can’t choose who you’re going to fall in love with.

In 1969, with England preparing for the defence of their World Cup crown and George Best delighting crowds with his virtuoso skills at Old Trafford, 15-year-old David Roberts (Brenock O’Connor) fell head over heels in love… with his local non-league club, Bromley FC. He stumbles upon a club secret, and what follows is a catalogue of hilarious attempts by David and his new friends to find out what’s going on at their beloved and astoundingly awful club. This is a very funny coming of age football memoir played out to the sights and sounds of late 60’s Britain, based on the hilarious novel by Dave Roberts, and co-starring Alan Davies and Martine McCutcheon.

UK 2018 Steve Kelly 102m.

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Sicario 2: Soldado

20:30 17:45 20:15 17:45 15:00 20:30

Booking Ref

Following on from 2015’s magnificent ‘Sicario’, writer Taylor Sheridan returns, alongside new director Stefano Sollima (Gomorrah), with this edge-of-your-seat United States/Mexico border thriller.

In the drug war, there are no rules – and as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border, federal agent Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) calls on the mysterious Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro), whose family was murdered by a cartel kingpin, to escalate the war in nefarious ways. Alejandro kidnaps the kingpin’s daughter to inflame the conflict – but when the girl is seen as collateral damage, her fate will come between the two men as they question everything they are fighting for. Stefano Sollima, whose credits include the Italian crime sagas ‘Gomorrah’ and ‘Suburra’ has been brought on to direct and add his uniquely realistic tones to the film.

The cast also includes Catherine Keener and Matthew Modine.

USA 2018 Stefano Sollima 123m.

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15:00 17:30 15:00 17:45 16:45

Booking Ref

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society A writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II. A correspondence begins between free-spirited journalist Juliet Ashton (Lily James) and members of The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, with them sharing their experiences of Nazi-occupied Guernsey. When an idea for a book catches Juliet she goes to visit the island, making lifelong friends and taking life changing steps along the way. This book is told by way of letters and as the reader, you become enchanted by the writers of them and the love Juliet comes to feel for each of the Islanders (Michael Duisman, Penelope Wilton, Katherine Parkinson, Tom Courtenay and Jessica Brown Findlay). A beautiful story of love, friendship and the sadness of friends lost.

UK 2018 Mike Newell 124m.

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Mon 23 Jul 13:00 Tue 24 Jul 13:00 Wed 25 Jul 16:00

Sherlock Gnomes

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When Gnomeo and Juliet return home to find that everyone in their garden is missing there’s only one gnome to call, Sherlock Gnomes.

The famous detective and sworn protector of London’s garden gnomes arrives with his sidekick Watson to investigate the case.

The mystery will lead our gnomes on a rollicking adventure where they will meet all new ornaments and explore an undiscovered side of the city. The incredible voice cast includes Johnny Depp as Sherlock, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Watson, James McAvoy as Gnomeo, Emily Blunt as Juliet, plus Mary J. Blige, Julie Walters, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Matt Lucas, Ashley Jensen, Dexter Fletcher and even Ozzy Osbourne.

UK/USA 2018 John Stevenson 86m.

Mon 30 Jul Tue 31 Jul Wed 1 Aug Thu 2 Aug

Patrick

15:30 12:45 15:30 13:00

Booking Ref

A new family comedy by Disney UK, called Patrick who just happens to be an adorable, mischievous pug.

Sarah Francis (Beattie Edmondson) is a young woman whose life is a bit of a mess. The last thing she needs is someone else to look after, let alone someone who dribbles, snores and eats from the kitchen trash. Yet, like it or not, her grandmother has left Sarah her prized possession, a very spoilt pug named Patrick. Surely she must have had her reasons?! Apparently not, as this four-legged friend proceeds to cause chaos in all aspects of Sarah’s life. But then something remarkable happens as Patrick, with all his stubby, stumpy attitude, begins to turn her life around. Cherie Lunghi, Peter Davidson, Ed Skrein and Meera Syal co-star.

UK 2018 Mandie Fletcher.

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Swimming with Men

18:00 12:45 17:45 13:00 18:00 20:45 15:30

Booking Ref

A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.

When accountant Eric (Rob Brydon) seeks to win back his wife, he stumbles upon a surprising solution in the form of a male synchronised swimming team: Men Who Swim. Eric believes he can win back his wife Heather (Jane Horrocks) by diving into the world of male synchronised swimming. Joining his local team, Eric finds a surprising brotherhood in this motley crew as they train for the world championships in Milan. Can their coach Susan (Charlotte Riley) whip them into shape? Will they master ‘the flower’, ‘the pyramid’ and ‘the spinning circle’ in time? More importantly, can Eric win Heather back with the help of his newfound confidence?

Also stars Jim Carter (Downton Abbey) and Thomas Turgoose (This is England). ‘The Full Monty’ in Speedos!

UK 2018 Oliver Parker. 103m

Fri 20 Jul 17:45 Sun 22 Jul 14:45 Wed 25 Jul 13:15

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Booking Ref

When the ‘Jurassic World’ dormant volcano begins roaring to life, two scientists mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.

It’s been four years since theme park and luxury resort Jurassic World was destroyed by dinosaurs out of containment. Isla Nublar now sits abandoned by humans while the surviving dinosaurs fend for themselves in the jungles. When the island’s dormant volcano comes to life, Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) lead the rescue of the dinosaurs that would otherwise be sure to perish. Arriving on the unstable island as lava begins raining down, their expedition uncovers a conspiracy that could return our entire planet to a perilous order not seen since prehistoric times.

USA 2018 J.A. Bayona 124m.

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Fri 27 Jul Sat 28 Jul Sun 29 Jul Mon 30 Jul Tue 31 Jul Wed 1 Aug Thu 2 Aug

Ocean’s 8

12:45 20:45 15:00 18:00 20:30 12:45 18:00

Booking Ref

In this latest instalment of the Ocean’s franchise, Danny Ocean’s estranged sister gathers a crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City’s yearly Met Gala.

Debbie Ocean attempts to pull off the heist of the century at New York City’s star-studded annual Met Gala. Their target – a necklace that’s worth more than $150 million. Her first stop however, is to assemble the perfect crew – and what a star-studded crew it is!

Lou (Cate Blanchett), Rose (Helena Bonham Carter), Daphne Kluger (Anne Hathaway), Nine Ball (Rihanna), Tammy (Sarah Paulson), Amita (Mindy Kaling), and Constance (Awkwafina). As has become customary with the ‘Ocean’ films, they are a non-stop ride of drywit comedic action… pure entertainment!

USA 2018 Gary Ross. 110m

Thu 26 Jul 19:15 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)

Saul

Booking Ref

Glyndebourne / Handel Barrie Kosky’s sensational staging of Handel’s oratorio marries spectacle and psychology.

Handel’s vision of a Lear-like king is astonishing in its psychological complexity, offering a musical portrait of mental collapse few have since matched. Combined with thrilling choruses that exploit the virtuosic potential of their singers, exquisite arias and bold orchestration filled with unusual instruments, it creates a Biblical drama of truly Shakespearean scope. Fresh from its triumph at the 2015 Glyndebourne Festival, Kosky’s blazingly original and visually spectacular staging of Handel’s oratorio returns for a first revival, pairing baroque music with contemporary choreography and lavish designs to create an enthralling theatrical fusion of old and new. Handel expert Laurence Cummings conducts an all-star cast, including Festival favourites Iestyn Davies and Allan Clayton.

Sung in English with English subtitles. 210m approx inc interval.

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You are invited for a guided tour of Tangmere Military Aviation Museum with David Coxon (Curator), which will include the Summer Exhibition on Tangmere and the SOE. Please arrive at Tangmere between 11:00 to 13:30.

Sat 28 Jul Tour from 11:00

15:15 Film (including 30min illustrated talk prior to the film)

Film + Exhibition £12 (Friends £10) Film Only (Normal Film Prices) Special Film & Tour Event

Booking Ref

Carve Her Name with Pride A unique opportunity to see the definitive SOE film on its 60th anniversary, and to visit an exhibition on the SOE at Tangmere.

‘Carve Her Name with Pride’ is about Violette Szabo GC, a famous Special Operations Executive agent, who was parachuted into France in 1944 and then brought back to England in an RAF Lysander flown from RAF Tangmere by Flight Lieutenant, Bob Large. She later was parachuted again into France for a second mission and was subsequently captured and executed as a spy.

Before the showing of this 1958 film, starring Virginia McKenna and Paul Scofield and directed by Lewis Gilbert, a short talk will be given by Dudley Hooley, the Director of Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, on RAF Tangmere’s role in the transportation of SOE agents to and from France.

UK 1958 Lewis Gilbert 119m. (Film & Intro 150m approx.)

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Fri 27 Jul 15:30 Sun 29 Jul 20:15

Hereditary

Booking Ref

A film with deliberate pacing, commitment to atmosphere over cheap scares, and with a stellar cast (led by a staggering performance from Toni Collette), make this work an early contender for one of the best horror films of the year.

When Ellen (Collette), the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited. Making his feature debut, writer-director Ari Aster unleashes a nightmare vision of a domestic breakdown that exhibits the craft and precision of a nascent auteur.

Currently 100% rating on the ‘Rotten Tomatoes’ website, meaning every film critic is raving about it.

USA 2018 Ari Aster 126m.

Fri 27 Jul Sat 28 Jul Sun 29 Jul Mon 30 Jul Tue 31 Jul Wed 1 Aug Thu 2 Aug

Tag

20:30 18:15 12:15 20:30 15:15 18:00 20:30

Booking Ref

A small group of former classmates organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires some to travel all over the country.

For one month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running in a no-holds-barred game of tag they’ve been playing since the first grade – risking their necks, their jobs and their relationships to take each other down with the battle cry “You’re It!” This year, the game coincides with the wedding of their only undefeated player, which should finally make him an easy target. But he knows they’re coming... and he’s ready. The comedy is based on a 2013 Wall Street Journal article about a real-life group of friends who have been playing a cutthroat version of the children’s game for the last 30 years. Cast includes Jeremy Renner, Annabelle Wallis, Ed Helms, Jon Hamm and Isla Fisher.

USA 2018 Jeff Tomsic.

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Sun 5 Aug 18:00 Mon 6 Aug 20:45 Wed 8 Aug 15:45

The Butterfly Tree

Booking Ref

With its use of colour and imagery, this is one of the most eyecatching and beautiful Australian films of recent years.

Evelyn (Melissa George), a burlesque queen, bewitches single dad Al (Ewen Leslie) and his teenage son, Fin (Ed Oxenbould) with her zest for life. When father and son discover they are competing for the affections of the same woman, old wounds are reopened over the death of Fin’s mother. Through the vivacious Evelyn, Fin learns the power of forgiveness and relinquishes his goddess in return for a family. It is a bold and promising work, rich in imagery and led by uniformly strong performances. The visuals are the most arresting aspect of the film, grabbing the eye with a bold use of colour and occasional sequences of magical realism.

Australia 2018 Priscilla Cameron 97m.

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Fri 3 Aug Sat 4 Aug Sun 5 Aug Mon 6 Aug Mon 6 Aug Tue 7 Aug Wed 8 Aug Thu 9 Aug

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again

12:45, 18:00 & 20:45 12:15 & 20:30 13:15 & 20:15 12:45 18:15 15:15 & 20:45 13:00 & 18:00 13:00 & 15:45

Booking Ref

Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) learns about her mother Donna’s (Meryl Streep) past, in this sequel to ‘Mamma Mia!’, that will surely be the film of the summer.

As the film goes back and forth in time through Donna’s life, experiencing the fun she had with Sophie’s three possible dads, it shows how relationships forged in the past resonate in the present.

Sophie is now pregnant, so like Donna, she will be young when she has her baby. This is where she realizes she will need to take risks, just as her mother did. Lily James will play the role of young Donna.

Julie Walters and Christine Baranski play Donna’s friends Rosie and Tanya, with Alexa Davies and Jessica Keenan Wynn playing their younger version. Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgård and Colin Firth return as Sam, Bill and Harry, with their younger selves played by Jeremy Irvine, Josh Dylan and Hugh Skinner.

USA 2018 Ol Parker.

Fri 3 Aug Mon 6 Aug Tue 7 Aug Wed 8 Aug International Panorama: Belgium

15:15 15:30 18:00 20:30

Booking Ref

Racer and the Jailbird Le Fidèle A tragic love story between high-flying gangster Gigi (Matthias Schoenaerts), and young upper-class racing driver Bibi (Adèle Exarchopoulos).

It’s love at first sight at the racing circuit when gangster Gino (‘Gigi’) meets Benedicte (‘Bibi’). Fierce and loyal, Gigi and Bibi fight for their love against fate, reason and their own weaknesses. But how far can endurance be stretched? How far can they go to try and save what may already be lost?

If you are looking for an elegant old-school heist film – the fast cars, romance, high stakes and beautiful people ensure that this is the film for you.

Belgium/France/Netherlands 2017 Michaël R. Roskam 130m.

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Sat 4 Aug 18:30 Sun 5 Aug 16:00 Tue 7 Aug 13:15

Pin Cushion

Booking Ref

A beautiful and thoroughly heartbreaking story of two people who cannot seem to escape bullying, and the terrible strain it puts on them and their relationship.

Super-close mother Lyn and daughter Iona (Joanna Scanlan and Lily Newmark) – Dafty One and Dafty Two – are excited for their new life in a new town. Determined to make a success of things after a tricky start, Iona becomes ‘best friends’ with three girls, who act more like frenemies than friends. Used to being Iona’s bestie herself, Lyn feels left out, so also makes a friend with Belinda (Chanel Cresswell), her neighbour – who won’t give Lyn her stepladders back. Lyn and Iona pretend to each other that things are going great, both retreating into fantasy and lies. You will fall in love with these endearing characters. You will laugh at their quirkiness, cheer for their triumphs, and cry for their suffering.

UK 2018 Deborah Haywood 82m.

Sat 4 Aug 14:45 Tickets £17.50 (Friends/Students £15)

Romeo and Juliet

Booking Ref

RSC What if your first true love was someone you’d been told to hate?

Ripped apart by the bitter divisions of their parents, two young people will risk everything to be together.

The most famous story of love at first sight explodes with intense passion and an irresistible desire for change. Will this spark a revolution, or will division continue to tear through generations?

The youthful energy that powers ‘Romeo and Juliet’ all too often proves elusive, the teenage heat and the rapid escalation from passion to tragedy are not easy things to pin down. Erica Whyman’s fresh, engaging production is more successful than most in this respect. It benefits from two hugely appealing performances from Karen Fishwick and Bally Gill as the star-crossed lovers.

163m inc interval.

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Film Courses at New Park

Sat 16 Jun 10:00 – 15:00 (Studio) Tickets £10 (Friends/Students £9) Booking Ref

From New Dawn to Cold War: Hollywood and Politics 1932-1948 This talk exposes the often-overlooked political programme expounded in Hollywood’s supposedly escapist cinema. With extracts from classics by Capra, Welles, Huston, Lang and others, Hollywood expert Nick Smedley will chart the close alliance between the American film industry and the four terms of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Be prepared to be enlightened, surprised and entertained!

While Hollywood seldom made overtly political films in the 1930s and 1940s, the American cinema industry embraced the liberal politics of Roosevelt’s ‘New Deal’ with unabashed enthusiasm.

Highlighting social injustices and criticising unbridled capitalism, Hollywood films developed a whole new lexicon of liberalism in the 1930s. The arrival of the ‘little man’ who stands up to the oppressive forces of big business and corruption; the rejection of success and money for the softer values of community and reputation.

But the arrival of the 1940s, the decline of FDR’s social programme and the onset of the Cold War saw a marked change in Hollywood.

As the liberal film-makers dived for cover, the forces of reaction and anti-Communism came looking for scapegoats - and found them in Hollywood. The films were now dark, pessimistic and lonely, Film Noir was born.

Nick Smedley is a distinguished freelance historian of American cinema since 1930, an entertaining speaker and film author.

Classic Gangster Movies

Fri 25 May, Fri 1 Jun & Fri 8 Jun – all at 13:30 (Studio) Tickets £6/Session Booking Ref

Charles Rollings covers almost a century of gangster movies, illustrated with movie clips, stills, posters & studio shots.

Starting with the silent era, he will take you for an actionpacked ride through the landmark biopics, heist movies, film noirs and film stars right up to today’s epics, re-makes and ‘geezer-gangster’. It will be emotional. Charles writes and lectures widely on history, literature, film, television and journalism, both in Britain and abroad.

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Fri 29 Jun 13:30pm (Studio) Tickets £6 (Friends/Students £5)

A Tribute to Lewis Gilbert

Booking Ref

Film Director Extraordinaire Lewis Gilbert, who died recently, was a master craftsman who could direct War films, Bond epics and working-class films with consistent quality and outstanding technical skills.

He started his career in wartime film units making such movies as ‘Carve Her Name with Pride’, ‘Sink the Bismarck’ and ‘Reach for the Sky’. He then took the helm in three successful Bond Movies and created what is known as the “working class trilogy” of ‘Educating Rita’, ‘Alfie’ and ‘Shirley Valentine’, with Alfie and Shirley perfecting the acting technique of speaking directly to the camera. ‘Shirley Valentine’ is the forerunner of the Golden Years films like ‘Marigold Hotel’ but with a definite edge, and one of his last films ‘Stepping Out’ with Lisa Minnelli has the same gutsy ‘never–say–die’ ethos.

The Guardian film critic, Peter Bradshaw describes Lewis Gilbert as “a powerhouse of invention and movie showmanship”. We invite you to join us in celebrating his life and achievements. This talk will be led by Rosemary Coxon, the Cinema’s Education Officer.

Carve Her Name with Pride Event

Sat 28 Jul 15:15pm Film (including illustrated talk prior to the film) See page 39 for full details Film + Exhibition £12 (Friends £10); Film Only (Normal Film Prices) Booking Ref

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A unique opportunity to see the definitive SOE film on its 60th anniversary, and to visit an exhibition on the SOE at Tangmere.

Special Operations Executive agent Violette Szabo GC, was parachuted into France in 1944 and then brought back to Tangmere in an RAF Lysander.

She later was parachuted again into France for a second mission and was subsequently captured and executed as a spy.

We present this film with an introduction by Dudley Hooley (Director of Tangmere Museum), plus an optional guided tour of the museum with David Coxon (Curator).

These are just a few of the highlights coming up in the next few months. Please check our website as some are already on sale.

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King Lear

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Ticket prices Summer 2018 Full price Senior citizens

£8.50 £8.00

Friends Full-time Students/Unemployed Children under 15 Student Gold

£7.50 £5.50 £3.50 £1.00

(For first two matinees every day)

Special Events as listed Subtitled screening for the hard of hearing Valid cards must be shown to obtain concessions.

Credit Vouchers can be issued if you cancel a minimum of 24 hours prior to the film.

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