Errol Flynn Filmhouse December 2016

“IT TRULY IS A STUNNING LITTLE GEM IN THE HEART OF NORTHAMPTON” The Guardian Our 88-seat cinema promises the discerning movie‑goer an unrivalled experience, hosting the very best in world, independent, British and mainstream films.

SEASON’S GREETINGS!

DECEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

See back page for Christmas gift ideas

A UNITED KINGDOM (12A)

David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike star in this romantic drama from Amma Asante (Belle), telling the true story of Prince Seretse Khama, later to become the first president of Botswana, who caused a diplomatic stir when he married a London office worker in the 1940s. HHHHH “OYELOWO IS SUPERB” The Times

NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (15)

THE INNOCENTS (15)

SULLY (12A)

THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (U)

In this haunting romantic thriller, Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal play a divorced couple discovering dark truths. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Venice International Film Festival.

HHHHH “DELICIOUSLY TOXIC” The Guardian

Tom Hanks stars in this thrilling drama from Clint Eastwood, based on the true story of Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who safely crash‑landed a plane on the Hudson River in 2009.

“A REMARKABLE TRUE STORY” Variety @ErrolFlynnFilm ErrolFlynnFilmhouse

In French with English subtitles This historical drama is based on real events, in which a French medic in Poland in 1945 discovers a number of pregnant nuns in a convent.

HHHH “QUIETLY MOVING” Total Film

Michael Caine stars in the beloved 1992 adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic festive tale.

HHHHH “ONE OF THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS FILMS – AND LITERARY ADAPTATIONS – OF ALL TIME” Daily Telegraph

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UNDER THE RADAR

SEASONAL SCREENINGS

Taika Wahiti’s (What We Do In The Shadows) delightful comedy follows a defiant city kid and his new foster father Sam Neill, who spark a national manhunt and are branded outlaws when they accidentally go missing in the New Zealand bush.

HHHHH “AN ODDBALL TREAT” Empire

Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney star in the classic 1954 musical. The soundtrack includes Sisters, Blue Skies, and the beloved holiday song, White Christmas.

HHHH “A NOSTALGIC FESTIVE TREAT” Daily Telegraph

HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE (12A)

WHITE CHRISTMAS (U)

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (U)

THEO AND HUGO (18)

It just wouldn’t be Christmas without Frank Capra’s beloved classic, starring James Stewart in one of his finest, most affecting performances. When a businessman contemplates suicide on Christmas Eve, a bumbling angel is sent to help him.

HHHHH “[A] FESTIVE STAPLE AND UNDENIABLE, BONA FIDE CLASSIC” Empire

In French with English subtitles Unfolding in real time, this drama follows two men who meet in a Paris sex club, only to have an unexpected event cause them to question their ideas about love. In association with Q-Film.

HHHH “RICH WITH FEELING” The Guardian

PATERSON (15)

Adam Driver stars in the new Palme d’Ornominated film from Jim Jarmusch - a funny, moving and philosophical story about a bus driver who writes poetic observations about his daily life.

HHHHH “WILL BE TREASURED FOR YEARS” Daily Telegraph

LIFE, ANIMATED (PG)

This documentary tells the inspirational story of a young man with autism, who was unable to speak as a child until he and his family discovered a unique way to communicate by immersing themselves in the world of classic Disney animated films.

HHHHH “A MUST-SEE” The Guardian

BOLSHOI BALLET: THE NUTCRACKER

You’re never too young or too old to be swept away by this enchanting ballet, featuring Tchaikovsky’s iconic score. This version was created for the Bolshoi and recorded live in Moscow in 2014.

BERLIN PHILHARMONIC NEW YEAR’S EVE GALA CONCERT

The Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle close 2016 with their annual concert with acclaimed pianist Daniil Trifonov performing Rachmaninoff, alongside performances of Dvořák’s virtuoso Slavonic Dances and orchestral pieces from William Walton’s Façade.

EVENT CINEMA

MET OPERA LIVE: L’AMOUR DE LOIN

THE EAGLE HUNTRESS (U)

Commissioned by the Salzburg Festival, where it was first seen in 2000, Kaija Saariaho’s breakthrough opera finally has its Metropolitan Opera premiere in a dazzling new production by Robert Lepage. Broadcast live from New York.

Daisy Ridley narrates this gripping documentary about a 13-year-old Mongolian girl, training to become the first female in 12 generations of her family to become a champion eagle hunter.

HHHH “PLEASANTLY FEELGOOD” The Guardian

MY FERAL HEART (12A)

In this British drama, a sudden bereavement throws a fiercely independent young man with Down’s syndrome into a daunting new environment where he finds unexpected support from his feisty, streetwise carer.

HHHH “BEAUTIFULLY ACTED” The Guardian

NT LIVE: NO MAN’S LAND (15)

Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart return to the West End in Harold Pinter’s comic classic. This live broadcast from Wyndham’s Theatre has sold out – there is an encore screening in January.

HHHHH “UNMISSABLE” Daily Telegraph

BLACK STAR

Continuing our series of films as part of the BFI’s Black Star season, a nationwide celebration of the range, versatility and power of black actors on film.

PURPLE RAIN (15)

This 1984 cult classic stars the late legend Prince as a young singer on the rise to stardom, featuring hits When Doves Cry, Let’s Go Crazy and the title song Purple Rain.

CHI-RAQ (15)

Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson and John Cusack feature in the acclaimed new comedy drama from Spike Lee, about a group of women who trigger a peace movement when they pledge to withhold sexual contact from their partners, in protest against violence.

HHHHH “TERRIFIC” The Guardian

MOANA (PG) THE WIZ (PG)

Michael Jackson, Diana Ross and Richard Pryor star in this 1978 urban reimagining of The Wizard Of Oz, following a New York schoolteacher who is swept off to Oz during a snowstorm.

NEW SEASON

Disney’s new animated adventure follows a spirited Polynesian teenager who sails out on a daring mission to prove herself a master wayfinder, and fulfil her ancestors’ unfinished quest. With the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Jermaine Clement, Rachel House and Nicole Scherzinger.

AMERICAN HONEY (15)

After running away with a travelling sales crew, a young girl finds her feet in a gang of teenagers, (including Shia LaBeouf), and soon gets into the group’s lifestyle of hard-partying nights, law‑bending days, and young love.

HHHH “DAZZLING” The Guardian

INDIGNATION (15)

Based on Philip Roth’s novel, this emotive drama takes place in 1951. A brilliant working class Jewish boy from New Jersey heads to a small, conservative college in Ohio to avoid being drafted into the Korean War. “[A] SMART, MELANCHOLIC DRAMA” Variety

ALLIED (TBC)

In this romantic thriller based on a true story, Brad Pitt plays an intelligence officer who in 1942 encounters French Resistance fighter (Marion Cotillard) on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.

Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressures of the war.

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (12A) Eddie Redmayne stars in J. K. Rowling’s fantasy adventure set in 1920s New York, in which a wizard becomes involved in a battle against dark forces that threaten the city.

HHHHH “A WONDERFULLY ENJOYABLE ADVENTURE” The Guardian

DOCTOR STRANGE (12A)

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in Marvel’s latest superhero action film. With Tilda Swinton, Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelsen and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

HHHH “ENDLESSLY FASCINATING” The Observer

ARRIVAL (12A)

In this sci-fi thriller from Denis Villeneuve (Sicario), Amy Adams plays an expert linguist leading a team of investigators in a race against time to find a way to communicate with extra-terrestrial visitors. With Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker.

HHHHH “A BEAUTIFULLY POLISHED PUZZLE BOX OF A STORY” Empire

SECOND CHANCE

THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (15) BRIDGET JONES’S BABY (15) I, DANIEL BLAKE (15) A STREET CAT NAMED BOB (12A)

FILM SCHEDULE Fri 2 December Private Hire The Girl On The Train Sat 3 December Private Hire The Girl On The Train Nocturnal Animals Bridget Jones's Baby Sun 4 December Private Hire Black Star: Purple Rain American Honey Mon 5 December I, Daniel Blake Indignation Tue 6 December Bridget Jones's Baby Nocturnal Animals Wed 7 December Indignation (SS) American Honey I, Daniel Blake Thu 8 December The Girl On The Train Hunt For The Wilderpeople Fri 9 December A United Kingdom Doctor Strange 3D Sat 10 December A United Kingdom Met Opera Live: L'Amour de Loin (LB) Doctor Strange 2D Sun 11 December Black Star: The Wiz A United Kingdom Mon 12 December Private Hire Theo And Hugo A United Kingdom Tue 13 December A United Kingdom Nocturnal Animals

7pm 8.45pm 10am 2.30pm 6pm 8.45pm 10am 2pm 4.30pm 6.15pm 8.30pm 6.15pm 8.45pm 2.30pm 6.15pm 9.30pm 6.15pm 8.45pm 6.15pm 8.45pm 2.30pm 5.55pm 9.30pm 2pm 5pm 3pm 6.15pm 8.30pm 6.15pm 8.45pm

Wed 14 December A United Kingdom (PB) 11.30am A United Kingdom (SS) 2.30pm The Innocents 6.15pm A United Kingdom 8.30pm Thu 15 December NT Live: No Man's Land (LB) 7pm (Sold Out) Fri 16 December Sully 6.15pm Arrival 8.30pm Sat 17 December Sully 2.30pm Chi-Raq 6pm Sully 8.45pm Sun 18 December Bolshoi Ballet: The 3pm Nutcracker (NLP) White Christmas 6pm Mon 19 December Arrival 6.15pm Sully 9pm Tue 20 December Sully 6.15pm Chi-Raq 8.30pm Wed 21 December Sully (SS) 2.30pm Private Hire 6.15pm Sully 8.30pm Thu 22 December The Muppets Christmas 6.15pm Carol Sully 8.30pm Fri 23 December Moana 2.30pm It's A Wonderful Life 6.15pm Paterson 9pm Christmas Eve It's A Wonderful Life 11.30am Bolshoi Ballet: The 2.15pm Nutcracker It's A Wonderful Life 5.15pm Christmas Day CLOSED - MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Boxing Day Moana A Street Cat Named Bob Tue 27 December Moana Allied Life, Animated Wed 28 December Moana Allied (SS) Life, Animated A Street Cat Named Bob Thu 29 December Moana Paterson Allied Fri 30 December The Eagle Huntress Fantastic Beasts…

Sully New Year's Eve Fantastic Beasts…

Berlin Philharmonic NYE Gala (NLP) New Year's Day Sully Fantastic Beasts…

Mon 2 January Fantastic Beasts…

My Feral Heart Fantastic Beasts… 3D Tue 3 January Fantastic Beasts…

Sully My Feral Heart Wed 4 January Fantastic Beasts…(SS) The Eagle Huntress Fantastic Beasts…

Thu 5 January Sully Fantastic Beasts… 3D

2.30pm 5.15pm 2.30pm 6.15pm 9pm 11.30am 2.30pm 6.15pm 8.30pm 2.30pm 6.15pm 8.45pm 2.30pm 5pm 8pm 1pm 4pm 2.30pm 5pm 11.30pm 2.30pm 4.30pm 2.30pm 6.15pm 8.30pm 2.30pm 6.15pm 8.30pm 6.15pm 8.45pm

Visit www.errolflynnfilmhouse.com for exciting live broadcast events coming soon.

THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT

If you are looking to treat a friend or family member this Christmas, an Errol Flynn Filmhouse membership is the ideal gift for any film lover. A year’s membership offers fantastic savings and includes three free tickets per year (excluding Live Broadcast and Non‑Live Premium screenings), further ticket discounts and great savings on food and drink. A single membership costs £25 for a year and a joint membership is just £40. We also have a selection of gift vouchers available to purchase that can be used towards any of our film screenings – including Live Broadcast and Non-Live Premium screenings. To purchase a gift membership or gift voucher call Box Office on 01604 624811, visit www.errolflynnfilmhouse.com or visit us in person.

We are also offering the opportunity to name a seat in our second screen - packages start from £500 – for more information please call 01604 655735.

TICKET INFORMATION

Adults: £8.50 Concessions: £7.50 (students, senior 60+, jobseekers and disabled) Child: £6 (14 and under) Peak Screenings (Fri & Sat eve from 6pm): £9.50, £8.50 concessions, £7 child (14 and under) Live Broadcast screenings (LB): £15, £13 concessions, £11 child. Please note prices may vary.

Non-Live Premium screenings (NLP): £13, £11 concessions, £9 child

Silver Screen matinees (SS): £6 Screenings aimed at audiences aged 50 and above Audio Description is available on many titles - please ask our staff for a headset or induction loop. More information about accessibility can be found on our website.

Parent & Baby Screenings (PB): £7.50 Exclusive screenings for parents/carers of babies under one.

Tickets cannot be booked online; please call 01604 624811 or visit Box Office to book. This month you can enjoy A United Kingdom on Wed 14 December Christmas Family Ticket Offer: One adult and one child for £12 on all screenings of Moana and The Muppets Christmas Carol.