Gulbenkian cinema programme April 2012

Gulbenkian Film

Apr-May

2012

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Welcome We’ve brought back the Oscar winners (just in case you didn’t see them first time round) including The Iron Lady, The Artist and Hugo in 3D this season and many exciting new films including Bel Ami, Trishna, and In Darkness.

Also, look out for our great selection of family friendly films on a Saturday afternoon including the Oscar nominated A Cat In Paris and The Lion King in 3D.

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Tickets Full £7 / Concessions £6 / GulbCard £5 / Students £4 GulbCard Student £3.50

Sun 1 Apr – 6pm

Red Dog (PG) Kriv Stenders | Australia | 2011 | 92mins | Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Noah Taylor

Recently voted one of Australia’s top ten films of all time about the real-life travels of a much-loved Kelpie dog through a mining region in Western Australia in the 1970s.

Sun 1 – 8pm, Mon 2 – 6.20pm & Tue 3 Apr – 6.40pm

The Woman In Black (12A) James Watkins | Canada, UK | 2012 | 95mins | Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciaran Hinds

Daniel Radcliffe graduates to his post-Harry Potter career in some style with this superb adaptation of Susan Hill’s famously terrifying ghost story.

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Tue 3 Apr 6.40pm Deaf and hearing impaired subtitles.

Gulbenkian Film / 3 Mon 2 Apr – 9pm

Man On A Ledge (12A) AD

Asger Leth | 2012 | USA | 102mins | Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell

Early one morning in New York, former cop and wrongly convicted felon Nick Cassidy steps out from his hotel room to the window ledge, 25 floors up.

Wed 4 & Thu 5 Apr – 6.30pm

House Of Tolerance (18) (Souvenirs de la maison close) Bertrand Bonello | 2011 | France | 126mins | Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette, Jasmine Trinca

This languid, stylised film from director Bertrand Bonello is set in a sumptuous Parisian brothel at the very end of the Belle Époque.

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French with English Subtitles

Tue 10 to Thu 12 Apr – 6.30pm

Young Adult (15) Jason Reitman | USA | 2011 | 94mins | Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt

Oscar winner Charlize Theron revels in a new type of role, as the memorably described “psychotic prom-queen bitch” Mavis Gary.

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Tue 10 Apr 6.30pm – Deaf and hearing impaired subtitles.

Fri 13 – 6.30pm, Sat 14 – 8.20pm, Sun 15 – 6pm & Mon 16 Apr – 6.30pm

The Descendants (15) Alexander Payne | 2011 | USA | 115mins | George Clooney, Judy Greer, Beau Bridges

With an Oscar-winning screenplay, this film stars George Clooney as Matt King, a Hawaiian lawyer effectively rendered sole parent to two wayward daughters when his wife suffers a tragic accident.

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Mon 16 Apr 6.30pm – Deaf and hearing impaired subtitles.

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (12A) AD

Stephen Daldry | 2011 | USA | 129mins | Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock

Adapted from the post-9/11 novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, the film follows Oskar, an unusually earnest young boy who loses his father in the terrorist attacks. Grieving alongside his mother, he struggles to make sense of his father’s death and journeys across New York to try and find a lock-box to which his father left him the key.

Sun 15 Apr – 3pm

The Iron Lady (12A) AD

Phylidda Lloyd | 2011 | UK | 105mins | Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant

Oscar winner Meryl Streep is glorious as the loved or loathed ‘Iron Lady’ of British politics, Margaret Thatcher.

Wed 18 & Thu 19 Apr – 6.30pm

J Edgar (15) Clint Eastwood | USA | 2011 | 137mins | Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench AD

Clint Eastwood’s absorbing biopic details the controversial, utterly fascinating life of the first head of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover.

Fri 20 – 6.30pm, Sat 21 – 8.20pm & Sun 22 Apr – 6pm

The Woman In The Fifth (15) Pawel Pawlikowski | 2011 | France, Poland, UK | 84mins | Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott-Thomas

Ethan Hawke as Tom Ricks, an American writer in Paris to win back his estranged wife and daughter but then Margit walks into his life...

Gulbenkian Film / 5 Fri 20 – 8.20pm, Sat 21 – 5.30pm, Sun 22 – 8.20pm, Mon 23 to Thu 26 Apr – 6.30pm

Bel Ami (15) Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod | 2012 | UK, France, Italy | 103mins | Uma Thurman, Robert Pattinson, Christina Ricci

Reminiscent of Dangerous Liaisons, the film follows the ascent of ambitious but penniless ex-soldier Georges Duroy.

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Tue 24 Apr 6.30pm – Deaf and hearing impaired subtitles.

Join us for a post-show discussion after Wednesday’s screening with Dr Larry Duffy and Professor Robert Shaughnessy.

Sun 22 Apr – 3pm

The Help (12A) Tate Taylor | 2011 | USA, India, United Arab Emirates | 146mins | Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer AD

A white female journalist in 1950s Mississippi dares to write about her peers' treatment of black maids.

Mon 23 Apr – 9pm

Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance 3D (12A) Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor | 2012 | USA | 95mins | Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds, Idris Elba

Still struggling under his curse as the devil’s bounty hunter, Johnny Blaze is back to save a young boy from the devil.

Fri 27 – 6.30pm, Sat 28 & Sun 29 – 8.30pm, Mon 30 Apr to Thu 3 May – 6.30pm

Trishna (15) Michael Winterbottom | 2011 | UK | 117mins | Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed, Kalki Koechlin

The prolific Michael Winterbottom’s adaptation of Tess of the D’Urbervilles brilliantly transposes the action from 19th century Dorset to contemporary India.

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Fri 27 – 8.50pm, Sat 28 & Sun 29 Apr – 5.30pm

In Darkness (15) Agnieszka Holland | 2011 | Canada, Poland, Germany, France | 144mins | Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska

Based on the true story of a group of Polish Jews in Lvov, a Nazi-occupied city, who paid sewer worker and petty thief Leopold Socha to hide them in the town’s sewers beneath the horror of the streets above.

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Mon 30 Apr – 9pm

Contraband (15) Baltasar Kormákur | 2012 | USA, UK | 110mins | Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Giovanni Ribisi AD

Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale star in this pacy, New Orleans-set thriller from Jar City director Baltasar Kormákur exploring the cut-throat world of international smuggling.

Polish with English Subtitles

Sun 29 Apr – 3pm

The Artist (PG) Michel Hazanavicius | France | 2011 | 101mins | Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman

Set against a Hollywood in transition from silent film to the talkies, a whimsical love story emerges between an aspiring starlet the world’s biggest movie star as her star soars, and his begins to fade. Winner of 5 Oscars including Best Directing and Picture, this film is a treat!

Fri 4 – 6.30pm, Sat 5 & Sun 6 May – 8.30pm

The Kid With A Bike (12A) (Le gamin au vélo) Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne | 2011 | Belgium, France, Italy | 87mins | Thomas Doret, Cécile De France, Jérémie Renier

Cyril is a troubled boy in foster care who rebels against becoming the ward of a kind hairdresser who refuses to give up on him.

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French with English subtitles.

Gulbenkian Film / 7 Fri 4 – 8.30pm, Sat 5 – 5.30pm, Sun 6 – 6pm, Tue 8 to Thu 10 May – 6.30pm

Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (12A) Lasse Hallström | 2011 | UK | 106mins | Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Amr Waked, Kristin Scott-Thomas

A Scottish fisheries scientist finds himself reluctantly involved in a very dubious project: to bring salmon fishing to Yemen.

Sun 6 May – 3pm

War Horse (12A) AD

Steven Spielberg | USA | 2011 | 147mins | Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis

Steven Spielberg’s film retains the moving simplicity and charm of the phenomenally successful play based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo.

Fri 11 – 6.30pm, Sat 12 – 8.20pm & Sun 13 May – 6pm

Le Havre (PG) Aki Kaurismäki | 2011 | Finland, France, Germany | 93mins | André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Blondin Miguel

Shoeshiner Marcel is unable to help his beloved wife when she falls ill so he directs his attentions to help Idrissa, an African immigrant, find a new life.

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French with English Subtitles

Fri 11 – 8.30pm, Sat 12 – 5.30pm, Sun 13 – 8.20pm & Mon 14 May – 6.30pm

This Must Be The Place (15) Paolo Sorrentino | 2011 | Italy, France, Ireland | 118mins | Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch

Penn is incendiary as a vulnerable ageing former rock star, Cheyenne, who goes on a quest to find his father’s tormentor, a Nazi war criminal living as a refugee in the US.

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Hugo 3D (U) Martin Scorsese | 2011 | USA | 126mins | Asa Butterfield, Chloe Moretz, Jude Law

Director Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning foray into 3D is a triumphant fantasy adventure set in 1930s Paris.

Mon 14 May – 9pm

The Hunger Games (12A) Gary Ross | 2012 | USA | 142mins | Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth

Set in a dystopian future, Katniss Everdene is selected to take part in a stunningly cruel televised event in which candidates must compete with each other to the death.

Tue 15 & Thu 17 May – 6.30pm

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia (15) (Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da) Nuri Bilge Ceylan | 2011 | Turkey, Bosnia & Herzegovina | 158mins | Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel

Winner of the Cannes Grand Prix, it follows one night and day in a murder investigation as police grimly disinter a buried body from the Anatolian steppes.

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Fri 18 – 6.30pm, Sat 19 – 8pm & Sun 20 May – 6pm

Headhunters (15) (Hodejegerne) Morten Tyldum | 2011 | Norway | 98mins | Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

A searingly enjoyable thriller about an elite art dealer who funds his lavish lifestyle by stealing from his own clients.

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Fri 18 – 8.40pm, Sat 15 – 5.30pm, Sun 20 – 8.20pm, Mon 21 May – 6.30pm

Jeff Who Lives At Home (15) Jay & Mark Duplass | 2011 | USA | 90mins | Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon

What starts out as Jeff, a 30 something stoner, taking a simple trip to the hardware store on his mother’s birthday turns into a voyage of discovery.

Sun 20 May – 3pm

Midnight In Paris (12A) AD

Woody Allen | 2011 | Spain, USA | 94mins | Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen

A glimpse at the cultural hedonism of Paris past as a young couple are forced to confront their differences.

Mon 21 May – 9pm

John Carter 3D (12A) Andrew Stanton | 2012 | USA | 132mins | Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe

Adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom books, this 3D sci-fi adventure sees a former American Civil War hero – John Carter – be mysteriously transported to warring planet Barsoom.

Tue 22 to Thu 24 May – 6.30pm

Into The Abyss: A Tale Of Death, A Tale Of Life (12A) Werner Herzog | 2011 | Canada, Germany | 107mins | Documentary

The ever-inquisitive Werner Herzog’s haunting and profound documentary examines US capital punishment.

Join us for a post-show discussion after Thursday’s screening with Professor Murray Smith and Dr Mattias Frey.

10 / Gulbenkian Film Fri 25 – 6.30pm, Sat 26 – 8.30pm & Sun 27 May – 6pm

Delicacy (12A) (La delicatesse) David & Stéphane Foenkinos | 2012 | France | 109mins | Audrey Tautou, Francois Damiens, Bruno Todeschini

Audrey Tautou stars as Nathalie, a young widow and workaholic who unexpectedly opens up to her seemingly unexceptional colleague Markus.

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Fri 25 – 8.50pm, Sat 26 – 5.30pm, Sun 27 – 8.30pm & Mon 28 May – 6.30pm

Marley (15) Kevin Macdonald | 2012 | USA, UK | 144mins | Documentary

Oscar-winning documentarian Kevin Macdonald takes on the life and career of pioneering reggae superstar Bob Marley.

Sun 27 May – 3pm

My Week With Marilyn (15) Simon Curtis | 2011 | UK | 98mins | Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench

Oscar-nominated Michelle Williams is a revelation as seductive, mercurial screen goddess Marilyn Monroe in this oblique and fascinating film.

Mon 28 May – 9.20pm

Trainspotting (18) Danny Boyle | 1995 | UK | 93mins | Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller

One of the best-loved British films of all time is this spirited adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel about a group of heroin addicts in late 80s Edinburgh.

Gulbenkian Film / 11 Tue 29 to Thu 31 May – 6.30pm

Tiny Furniture (15) Lena Dunham | 2010 | USA | 98mins | Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Grace Dunham

This wryly humorous indie is about a very modern malaise. You’ve a passion for thearts, so you take an arts degree. But: what do you do then?

Tue 17 Apr – 7.15pm

Rigoletto – Live Opera LIVE broadcast from The Royal Opera House on Tuesday 17 April 2012 7.30pm BST Opera in three acts. Sung in Italian with subtitles Total running time 168 minutes including 1 x 30’ interval Tickets £15

Wed 16 May – 7.15pm

La Fille Mal Gardee – Live Ballet LIVE broadcast from the Royal Opera House, London Total running time 130 minutes including 1 x 25’ interval Tickets £15

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Family Matinee

Sat 14 Apr – 1.30pm

Sat 28 Apr – 1.30pm

Cars 2 3D

The Muppets

(U) | 112mins

(U) | 110mins

Pixar’s sequel to the Oscarnominated Cars, this zippy, ebullient animation reunites us with race car Lightning McQueen and tow truck Mater as they head to Japan and Europe to compete in the World Grand Prix but get side-tracked by international espionage...

Gary and his diminutive Muppet brother Walter go on a trip to LA with Gary’s girlfriend Mary to visit the Muppet Theatre and find that, to Walter’s horror, it’s about to be torn down. Determined to save it, he appeals to Kermit the Frog.

Sat 21 Apr – 1.30pm

Sat 5 May – 1.30pm

Big Miracle

We Bought A Zoo

(PG) | 107mins

(PG) | 124mins

Based on a true story to save three grey whales trapped in Arctic ice in 1988 and starring Drew Barrymore as Rachel, an outspoken environmentalist and John Krasinski, a local news reporter who’s shocked when the world starts chasing a story on his doorstep.

Based on a true story, Matt Damon plays a beleaguered single father who buys a house with a zoo in the backyard after realising his family needs a fresh start. Reluctantly involved at first, his daughter’s enthusiasm spurs him on, and soon he’s working to renovate the place.

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Family Matinee screening tickets £4/ 3D £5

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Sat 12 May – 1.30pm

Sat 26 May – 1.30pm

The Lion King 3D

The Pirates!

In An Adventure With Scientists 3D

(U) | 89mins Disney’s much-loved classic is given a fantastic 3D makeover in this welcome re-release. With Oscar-winning music and superbly drawn animation the appeal of this wonderful film never fades.

(U) | 88mins Created by Aardman Animations – it’s the first 3D stop-motion clay animated film – and adapted from Gideon Defoe’s book series; this is a rollicking adventure film with buckets of humour and verve.

Family Shows in the Theatre: Sat 14 May 2pm

Sat 19 May – 1.30pm

A Cat In Paris (PGTBC) | 70mins | Dino leads a double life – by day, he’s the treasured pet of Zoe, a little mute girl whose mother Jeanne is a Paris detective. By night though, he sneaks out to work with Nico, a slinky cat burglar, leaping across rooftops across the Parisian skyline – but his two worlds collide when Zoe decides to follow him on his nocturnal adventures and falls into the hands of a gangster…

Big Wooden Horse in association with Theatre Royal Winchester

The Way Back Home Oliver Jeffers, award-winning author returns with an intergalactic tale about a little boy seeking adventure.

Sun 17 Jun 2pm

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. I don't know why but the People's Theatre Company do!

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Booking Information Gulbenkian, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NB Tel: 01227 769075 Free Online Booking www.thegulbenkian.co.uk

Booking Office opening Monday to Saturday 10am Sunday 5.30pm (2pm if there is a matinee) The booking office closes at 7pm (later on show nights).

Tickets Full £7 / Concessions £6 / GulbCard £5 / Students £4 GulbCard Student £3.50

Special offers and discounts Groups Bringing a group? Call our booking office for more information.

Concessions Apply to children under 16, full time students, registered unemployed, senior citizens, disabled person and a companion. Proof of status may be required.

Family films The Gulbenkian welcomes children with a valid ticket and accompanied by an adult at all times. If a child’s behaviour starts to disrupt audience enjoyment we do ask that you take the child out of the theatre until he or she is calmer.

Disabled access To ensure the best use of our facilities please notify the Booking Office of your requirements when booking.

4 wheelchair spaces available – advance booking essential.

Dedicated parking spaces.

Level access through automatic doors to the foyer and bar.

Access to the cinema is temporarily redirected through the rear entrance to the cinema due to construction works. Please notify a member of the Gulbenkian Team on arrival who will be happy to assist you in entering the cinema.

Disabled accessible toilet.

Assistance dogs welcome.

Infrared audio system for hard of hearing people. Headsets available from the booking office.

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Subtitled Screening – film screened with English Subtitles.

Audio description headsets available for the blind and visually impaired.

The Gulbenkian is committed to offering Hard of Hearing subtitles on a Tuesday evening screening where available. If Tuesday is unavailable we will endeavour to screen another film that week with subtitles. Please check our website for more up to date information or with our Box office at time of booking.

If you would like a text copy of this brochure in large type please phone 01227 769075 or email gulbenkian@kent.ac.uk

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Pay and Display – recommended parking Mon to Fri (8am – 5pm) Free after 5pm and all day at weekends

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How to find us Parking The Gulbenkian car park is closed entirely for construction works until September 2012 for a brand new music building. The two accessible bays in Library road will remain available.

Free parking is available to Gulbenkian customers after 5pm on weekdays and all day at weekends in any University car park. On Mondays to Fridays between 8am – 5pm visitors should use the Visitor Pay and Display car parks in Giles Lane and behind the Sports Hall (£3 for 4 Hours). to Canterbury

Bus Service A regular bus service operates from Canterbury City centre to the University. Please see www.stagecoachbus.com.

MINI Mondays Broad Oak MINI is proudly supporting the Gulbenkian, with limited MINI Monday tickets. Start your MINI Adventure today by enquiring about purchasing a MINI on 01227 828899.

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