Woody Allen: A Documentary - Hyde Park Picture House

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What’s On
13TH JULY - 06TH SEPTEmbER 2012
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The Hunter
Dark Horse
Happy 100th Birthday Woody Guthrie - Sat 8:30pm
Ping Pong - Wed 6:50pm
Toy Story 3
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Killer Joe
Where Do We Go Now?
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Nostalgia for the Light
Wetherby - Wed 8:30pm
Dazed and Confused
Itch of the Golden Nit & Wallace and Gromit
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Jo Nesbø’s Jackpot
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress - Sun
Roll Out The Barrel - Tue 9pm
Wall-E
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The Imposter
Koyaanisqatsi - Sun 4pm
John Carpenter's Dark Star - Thu 9:30pm
The Night of the Hunter
The Muppets
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Creatures of the Night, Saturday late night showings
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Our film programme changes every Friday, below
is a rough guide to the titles we have coming up.
Based on audience requests, popular demand and
other exciting things we often add in extra titles or
extend the screening run for certain films. If there’s a
film you’re desperate to see which we’ve missed do
let us know! Our main film times are published every
Monday for the following Friday. You can find these
by calling us, visiting us in person, visiting our website
or signing up to our free weekly listings email.
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Electrick Children
Silent Souls
Sing Your Song - Sun 3:30pm
Free Men
Future Shorts - Wed 6:30pm
FREE EVENT - CLOSE UP CLASSIFICATION:
How to rate a movie with the BBFC
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Searching for Sugar Man
Planet of Snail - Sun 6pm
Marina Abramovic’ : The Artist is Present - Tue 8:30pm
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
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Ted
Jo Nesbø’s Jackpot (TBC)
Faust - Sun
Mission To Lars - Thu 7pm
A Cat in Paris
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Samsara
Take This Waltz (TBC)
This Sporting Life - Tue 7:45pm
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Happy 100th birthday
Woody guthrie
Saturday 14th July -
8:30pm (Doors at 8pm)
Approx 120mins
Tickets for this special event
are £7/£6/£5
The 14th of July this year marks
the centenary of the birth of one
of the most important American
folk musicians of the 20th century,
Woody Guthrie. To mark the
occasion we’re holding a special
event dedicated to the man
and his music. There will be live
performances from musicians
David Broad, Michael Rossiter and
Jonny Hick, readings by actor
Kuselo Kamau, and two short films
(including a rare screening of the
landmark short documentary THE
PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS on
35mm film).
Roll Out the barrel:
The british Pub on Film
Tue 14th August
9pm (Doors at 8:30pm)
Documentary
UK, 80mins
Thanks to the splendid folk from
the BFI we’re rather excited to
have for you an intoxicating
collection of shorts devoted to
that most traditional of national
institutions: the public house.
ROLL OUT THE BARREL - THE BRITISH
PUB ON FILM is a unique and
fascinating collection of films
made between 1944 and 1979.
To make the evening a little bit
more authentic we’ll be turning
our kiosk into our own little public
house with some help from
Leeds' own beer aficionados,
Kirkstall Brewery.
Koyaanisqatsi
Sunday 26th August - 4pm
Dir: Godfrey Reggio
Documentary
US 1982, 86mins
With cinematography by Ron
Fricke - director of SAMSARA
(see page 15) KOYAANISQATSI
is a singular film: a collection
of astonishingly beautiful
shots of life on Earth set to a
haunting score by Philip Glass.
Reggio illustrates the ongoing
destruction of the planet without
any commentary or analysis,
through pure sight and sound.
A bona fide cult-classic and a truly
unique cinematic experience.
Future Shorts
Wed 25th July - 6:30pm
90mins approx
After a bit of time away from the
Picture House we’re happy to
welcome back Future Shorts with
a new programme of the best
and brightest in short films from
around the globe. These bite
sized morsels of cinematic joy
offer all the satisfaction of three
days of feature film watching in
under 90 minutes. Amazing.
“The true pioneers of
petit cinema”
The Guardian
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Ping Pong
Wed 18th July - 6:50pm
Dir: Hugh Hartford
Documentary feat: Les D’Arcy,
Terry Donlon, Lisa Modlich
UK 2012, 76mins
In 2010 pensioners from across
the world flocked to Inner
Mongolia to compete in the
over-80s World Table Tennis
Championships. Amongst
them are Australian legend
Dorothy de Low who at 99
years old creates a sensation
as the oldest competitor at the
Championships, Terry (81) who,
having been given a week to
live, not only recovers, but gets in
sight of winning gold and Inge
(89) who has used table tennis to
train her way out of dementia.
From the outset PING PONG
challenges perceptions of what
it is to grow old. With humour and
sensitivity it engages with the
issues we all face in an ageing
global population.
Dark Star
Thu 30th August - 9:30pm
Dir: John Carpenter
Starring: Dan O’Bannon,
Brian Narelle, Dre Pahich,
Cal Kuniholm
US 1974, 83mins
£7.50 adults, £6.50 concessions, £5.50
members/Beacons fest ticket holders
This Sporting Life
Tue 04th September - 7:45pm
Dir: Lindsay Anderson
Starring: Richard Harris,
Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel,
William Hartnell
UK 1963,134mins, 35mm
Tickets: £4
Screening 8pm, Introduction 7:45pm
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DARK STAR, John Carpenter’s
first feature, is widely regarded
as a cult classic and a seminal
influence on 21st century sci-fi.
Co-written by and starring ALIEN
screenwriter Dan O’Bannon,
this 1970s low budget space
comedy has found its place in
the science fiction pantheon as
the missing link between 2001: A
SPACE ODYSSEY and RED DWARF.
With a live musical score by
Sheffield based Animat
www.animat.co.uk
Screening in conjunction with
Beacons Festival
www.greetingsfrombeacons.com
THIS SPORTING LIFE follows the trials
and tribulations of Frank, a Wakefield
miner with a competitive nature
and powerful physique who reads
of the success of the local rugby
league team and decides to join
and share their glory. The screening
will be introduced by sports historian
Professor Tony Collins and writer
and journalist Anthony Clavane.
This special screening has been
programmed by the Fields of Vision
conference of the arts in sport,
which is convened by Leeds Rugby
Arts (Leeds Rugby Foundation) in
association with the Institute for Sport,
Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds
Metropolitan University.
Sponsored by the UK’s Rugby Football
League Foundation and supported by
Headingley LitFest.
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Happy
Yorkshire
Day!
Wednesday 01st August
Doors: 8pm
Film: 8:30pm
According to Wikipedia, Yorkshire
Day is celebrated on 1st August
to promote the historic English
county of Yorkshire. Whatever this
may mean we like to see it as
an opportunity to celebrate the
rich and varied film history of this
beautiful land we call home.
This year we’ve decided to go
for the 1985 Berlin International
Film Festival Golden Bear winner,
WETHERBY starring Vanessa
Redgrave, Judi Dench and
Tom Wilkinson.
Annual membership
Entitlements
• Reduced admission of
£4.50 in the stalls and balcony
• Programme mailed directly to your door
• Weekly listings email (optional)
• Invitations to meetings/free screenings
• 15% off orders over £5 at Pitza Cano,
Queens Road, Leeds.
0113 275 6256. www.pitzacano.co.uk
• Reduced rate of admission on selected film
screenings at the Howard Assembly Room
www.operanorth.co.uk/howard-assembly-room
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Post to
FHPPH, c/o Hyde Park Picture House,
Brudenell Road, Leeds, LS6 1JD.
Further information please call:
0113 275 2045 (6pm - 10pm)
or email:
info@hydeparkpicturehouse.co.uk
Please make cheques payable to ‘FHPPH’
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Wetherby
Wednesday 01st August
Dir: David Hare
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave,
Ian Holm, Judi Dench,
Joely Richardson
UK 1985, 103mins
In WETHERBY the mysterious
death of an enigmatic young
man releases the long
repressed, dark passions
of some local residents.
Members are invited to join us
from 8pm for a cup of Yorkshire
tea and some regional
cakey treats.
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Heritage Open Days
06th - 19th September
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Heritage Open Days celebrates
England’s fantastic architecture
and culture by offering free access
to properties that are usually
closed to the public or who
normally charge for admission. We
love participating in HOD because
it gives us a chance to ramble
on about this beautiful building
and show off some behind the
scenes spots customers might not
normally see.
We’re still working on our plans for
Heritage Open Days 2012 but full details
will be available from August 01st.
Dark Horse
From Friday 13th July
Dir: Todd Solondz
Starring: Christopher Walken,
Jordan Gelber, Mia Farrow,
Selma Blair
US 2012, 86mins
In his mid-30s and still living at
home, obese, toy-collecting
Abe (Gelber - BOARDWALK
EMPIRE) becomes besotted
with vulnerable, over-medicated
Miranda and, after a whirlwind
courtship, she agrees to marry
him. But, as the couple haltingly
prepare to start a new life
together, the film swerves into
Abe’s subconscious, where his
crippling self-doubt and dark
fears begin to undermine his
nearly realized dream of a
fuller life.
“Solondz’s most waywardly
endearing film, his
gentlest triumph”
Time Magazine
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The Hunter
From Friday 13th July
Dir: Daniel Nettheim
Starring: Willem Dafoe,
Sam Neil, Frances O’Connor,
Sullivan Stapleton,
Morgana Davies
AU 2012, 125mins
Based on the acclaimed novel
by Julia Leigh (the writer/
director behind 2011’s striking
and unusual SLEEPING BEAUTY),
THE HUNTER is a powerful
psychological drama that
tells the story of Martin, a
mercenary sent from Europe by
a mysterious biotech company
to the Tasmanian wilderness
on a dramatic hunt for the last
Tasmanian Tiger.
“THE HUNTER doesn’t pull
any punches”
Total Film
“Haunting, atmospheric
and full of mystery”
The Hollywood Reporter
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Electrick Children
From Friday 20th July
Dir: Rebecca Thomas
Starring: Julia Garner,
Rory Culkin, Liam Aiken
US 2012,96mins
WITNESS meets ALMOST FAMOUS
by way of early Gus Van Sant
in first-time director Rebecca
Thomas’s gleefully odd, dazzling
coming-of-age tale ELECTRICK
CHILDREN.
The film follows young Mormon
virgin Rachel, who awakens one
day to find herself inexplicably
pregnant after secretly listening
to a forbidden tape of The
Nerves’ classic hit ‘Hanging on
the Telephone’. Facing shame
in her community and a forced
marriage, Rachel flees the strict
compound where she lives
and, accompanied by her stern
cousin Mr Will she hits the road in
search of the singer on the tape.
FRIENDS OF HYDE PARK PICTURE HOUSE & HERITAgE NEW RELEASES
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Silent Souls
(Ovsyanki)
From Friday 20th July
Dir: Aleksei Fedorchenko
Starring: Yuliya Aug,
Larisa Damaskina, Olga Dobrina
RU 2010, 78mins
When Miron’s beloved wife
Tanya passes away, he asks his
best friend Aist to help him say
goodbye to her according to
the rituals of the Merja culture,
an ancient Finno-Ugric tribe from
Lake Nero, a picturesque region
in West-Central Russia. The trip
takes them across thousands of
miles of boundless lands. Along
the way, as is custom for the
Merjas, Miron shares intimate
memories of his conjugal life. But
as they reach the banks of the
sacred lake he realizes he wasn’t
the only one in love with Tanya...
“A melancholy poem to love,
loss and the tug of tradition.”
The New York Times
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12A
Free men
(Les Hommes libres)
21st & 24th July
Dir: Ismael Ferroukhi
Starring: Tahar Rahim,
Michael Lonsdale, Lubna Azabal
FR 2011, 99mins
1942, Nazi-occupied Paris. Tahar
Rahim (A PROPHET) stars as
Younes - a young Algerian living
on the wrong side of the law.
In a time of oppression and
radicalism, Younes is loyal only to
himself and his family. But his life
changes when the police raid
his apartment block, taking all
of his contraband and arresting
him. A deal is placed on the
table: become a spy at the local
Mosque, or go to prison. Younes
decides to take the deal. Once
in the Mosque he is soon drawn
into a dangerous and morally
complex situation, finding himself
forced to choose between
serving his own best interests
and saving the lives of
innocent people.
Sing Your Song
Sunday 22nd July - 3:30pm
Dir: Susanne Rostock
Documentary feat:
Harry Belafonte
US 2011, 104mins
By any measure, Harry Belafonte’s
life has been an extraordinary
one. Rostock’s celebratory film
draws on rich archival material
and intimate testimonies to
reveal the life and legacy of the
singer, actor and social activist.
What emerges is a portrait of
a man whose artistic career is
indivisible from his determined
and ongoing commitment to
fighting political and social
injustice.
Killer Joe
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27th - 30th July
Dir: William Friedkin
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Juno
Temple, Matthew McConaughey
US 2011, 102mins
It’s been 35 years since
Friedkin directed THE FRENCH
CONNECTION, but KILLER JOE
sees the edgy quality that
infused his cop thriller and his
standout horror THE EXORCIST
on full display once more.
McConaughey is toothpickchewing
charmer Joe Cooper,
law enforcer by day, ruthlessly
efficient contract killer by night.
Chris is in debt to some strongarms,
and his mother has an
attractive life insurance policy
which could solve all
his problems.
12A
Woody Allen:
A Documentary
28th - 29th July
& 02nd August
Dir: Robert Weide
Documentary feat:
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton,
Scarlett Johansson
US 2012, 113mins
There’s something for everyone
in this definitive look back at
the career of one of cinema’s
most prolific and enduring
directors. For newcomers to
Allen’s extensive oeuvre, there’s
first-hand insight into his unique
creative process from muses
such as Diane Keaton (ANNIE
HALL) and Mariel Hemingway
(MANHATTAN). For the Allen
devotees amongst you it’s the
rare opportunity to see the
76-year-old Oscar winner strolling
around his old neighbourhood,
pointing out his favourite
childhood haunts and candidly
reflecting on his career highs
and lows, delightful moments
in a fond and charming
documentary.
12A
Nostalgia for
the Light
(Nostalgia De La Luz)
30th July - 02nd August
Dir: Patricio Guzman
Documentary feat:
Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Núñez,
Luís Henríquez
CH/DE/FR 2010, 90mins
NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT was
filmed 10,000 feet above sea
level in the driest desert on
earth, the Atacama Desert. Here,
the sky is so translucent that it
allows astronomers to see the
boundaries of our universe. Yet
the climate also keeps human
remains intact: pre-Columbian
mummies, explorers and miners,
and the remains of disappeared
political prisoners. In this unique
environment women sift the
desert soil for the bones of their
loved ones, while archaeologists
uncover traces of ancient
civilizations and astronomers
examine the most distant and
oldest galaxies.
Searching for
Sugar man
From Friday 03rd August
Dir: Malik Bendjelloul
Documentary
SE/UK 2012, 86mins
15 12A
In the late ‘60s, a musician was
discovered in a Detroit bar
by two celebrated producers.
Struck by his soulful melodies
and prophetic lyrics they
recorded an album. Sadly the
album bombed and the singer
disappeared into obscurity. But
a bootleg recording found its
way into apartheid South Africa
and became a phenomenon.
When two South African fans
set out to find out what really
happened to their hero their
investigation led them to a story
more extraordinary than any of
the existing myths about the artist
known as Rodriguez. This is a film
about hope, inspiration and the
power of music.
NEW RELEASES NEW RELEASES
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Where Do We
go Now?
(Et maintenant, on va où?)
27th - 31st July
Dir: Nadine Labaki
Starring: Claude Baz
Moussawbaa, Leyla Hakim,
Nadine Labaki
FR/LB/EG/IT 2011, 102mins
In a secluded village somewhere
in the Middle East, all is not well.
A deep-seated hostility between
Muslims and Christians that has
plagued the region in the past
threatens to rear its ugly head.
With the men of both religions
rash and short-tempered, it is up
to the women of the village to
defuse the tension using their
feminine wiles.
Treading a more political path
than her debut film, CARAMEL,
Nadine Labaki nevertheless
maintains a distinct degree
of levity in her approach to a
sensitive subject matter, reminding
us of a great truth, that humour is
often the best remedy for pain.
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Planet of Snail
Sunday 05th August - 6pm
Dir: Yi Seung-jun
Documentary
FI/JP/KT 2011, 87mins
marina Abramovic’ :
The Artist Is Present
Tue 07th August - 8:30pm
Dir: Matthew Akers
Documentary feat:
Marina Abramovic’ , Ulay,
Klaus Biesenbach
US 2012, 106mins
Jo Nesbø’s Jackpot
(Arme Riddere)
From Friday 10th August
Dir: Magnus Martens
Starring: Mads Ousdal,
Kyrre Hellum, Arthur Berning,
Andreas Cappelen
NO 2011, 86mins
Ted
From Friday 17th August
Dir: Seth MacFarlane
Starring: Mark Wahlberg,
Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane
US 2012, 106mins
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Young-Chan has been deaf and
blind since childhood. Until he
met Soon-ho he had no idea
how to participate in the world.
When he married Soon-ho he
found a way to communicate
through her, using the gentle
tapping of one another’s fingers.
PLANET OF SNAIL follows the
couple through the soft turns of
everyday life.
“PLANET OF SNAIL could righlty
be called a beautiful evocation
of love; more precisely though,
it’s also a fastidious account of
the labour of togetherness.”
Sight & Sound
Seductive, fearless, and
outrageous, Marina Abramovic’
has been redefining what art is for
nearly forty years. Using her own
body as a vehicle, pushing herself
beyond her physical and mental
limits, she creates boundarycrossing
performances that
challenge, shock, and move us.
THE ARTIST IS PRESENT is a journey
inside Marina’s world, following
her as she prepares for a major
retrospective of her work at MoMA
in New York.
Not your typical ‘art film’, this is
a fascinating cinematic journey
inside the world of radical
performance, and an intimate
portrait of a magnetic, endlessly
intriguing woman who draws no
distinction between life and art.
Jo ‘HEADHUNTERS’ Nesbø’s
JACKPOT is set in the border
country between Norway and
Sweden. After leaving behind
a criminal past Oscar, Thor, Billy
and Tresko now while away
their days working in a strange
factory in the middle of nowhere
producing plastic Christmas
trees. Their favourite distraction is
gambling. Like most people they
never win, until one day they hit
the jackpot, 1.739.361 Kroner, a
number that proves impossible
to divide into four … and that’s
when the fun begins!
“Martens gleefully splatters blood
and scatters body parts at every
opportunity in this up-tempo
and darkly comic tale that
proves there’s no honour among
thieves.” Tribeca Film Festival
FAMILY GUY creator Seth
MacFarlane brings his boundarypushing
brand of humour to
the big screen for the first time
as writer, director and voice star
of TED. In this live action/CGanimated
comedy, he tells the
story of John Bennett, a grown
man who must deal with the
cherished teddy bear who came
to life as the result of a childhood
wish...and has refused to leave
his side ever since. TED isn’t
serious and you won’t learn any
great life lessons by watching it
but Macfarlane’s comic timing
is as sharp as ever so come
expecting to far surpass the six
laugh minimum and leave your
troubles at the door.
El bulli: Cooking in Progress
Sunday 12th August
Dir: Gereon Wetzel
Documentary feat: Ferran Adrià,
Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch
DE 2011, 108mins
For six months of the year,
renowned Spanish chef Ferran
Adrià closes his restaurant and
works with his culinary team to
prepare the menu for the next
season. COOKING IN PROGRESS
grants us a rare inside look
at the restaurant during this
development period and an
elegant, detailed study of food as
an avant-garde art form.
Short on interview or explanation,
Wetzel’s celebration of a cooking
master is a vicarious feast of
food fetishism and kitchen
choreography, which will leave
you with a rumbling belly and a
deep appreciation of the genius
behind El Bulli.
NEW RELEASES NEW RELEASES
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Faust
Sunday 19th August
Dir: Aleksandr Sokurov
Starring: Anton Adasinsky,
Georg Friedrich, Isolda Dychauk,
Johannes Zeiler
RU 2011, 140mins
Winner of the Golden Lion at
the Venice Film Festival 2011,
Sokurov’s FAUST is not an
adaptation in the usual sense
but rather a ‘reading of what
remains between the lines’. Faust
here is a thinker, a mouthpiece
for ideas, a transmitter of words,
a schemer, a daydreamer. An
anonymous man driven by
simple instincts: hunger, greed,
lust. Sokurov asks us to question
how this literary character informs
our understanding of those
previously studied abusers of
power and how an unhappy life
can lead some to be seduced
by monstrous ideologies.
“Awe-inspiring”
Sight & Sound
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mission to Lars
Thu 23rd August - 7pm
15 12A
Dirs: James Moore &
William Spicer
Documentary feat: Kate Spicer,
Tom Spicer, William Spicer
74mins
Lars Ulrich, Metallica’s drummer,
is a heavy metal God. Tom
Spicer has a form of autism
and lives in a care home in a
sleepy Devon seaside town.
Lars is touring the world, playing
to 30,000 howling metal fans
every night. Meanwhile Tom
has had a dream for 20 years:
to meet his hero, Lars. Tom’s
siblings, Kate and Will, feel guilty
that they don’t do enough
for their brother so they make
Tom’s dream their mission. This is
MISSION TO LARS.
“The film that reduced Lemmy
to tears will have a similar
affect on you. Just lovely.”
Empire Magazine
The Forgiveness
of blood
Coming soon - (TbC)
Dir: Joshua Marston
Starring: Tristan Halilaj,
Sindi Lacej, Refet Abazi
AL 2012, 109mins
THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD is
an absorbing and suspenseful
drama from the director of
MARIA FULL OF GRACE about
an Albanian family caught in
a blood feud. Nik is a carefree
teenager in a small town with a
crush on the school beauty. His
world is suddenly up-ended when
his father and uncle become
entangled in a land dispute that
leaves a fellow villager murdered.
According to a centuries-old
code of law, this entitles the
dead man’s family to take the
life of a male from Nik’s family as
retribution. With his uncle in jail
and his father in hiding, Nik is the
prime target.
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Take This Waltz
From Friday 31st August
Dir: Sarah Polley
Starring: Michelle Williams,
Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman
CA/JP/ES 2011, 116mins
When Margot meets Daniel
their chemistry is intense and
immediate, but Margot is happily
married to Lou, so she takes the
attraction and hides it away.
However, hidden feelings rarely
stay that way for long and when
Margot learns that Daniel lives
across the street from them
the certainty of her domestic
life shatters. Swelteringly hot,
bright and colourful, TAKE THIS
WALTZ (Polley’s follow up to her
stunning debut, AWAY FROM HER
starring Julie Christie) leads us,
laughing, through the familiar but
uncomfortable question of what
long-term relationships do to love,
sex, and our idea of ourselves.
The Imposter
From Friday 24th August
Dir: Bart Layton
Documentary feat:
Adam O’Brian, Anna Ruben,
Cathy Dresbach
UK 2012
In 1994 the disappearance of
13-year-old Nicholas Barclay
rocked his small Texan town to
its core. Without any clue to his
whereabouts, the ensuing search
looked like a lost cause. But his
family kept hoping and praying
and, over three years later, they
got their miracle. Nicholas was
found halfway around the world,
living on the streets in Spain,
leading to the most unlikely and
emotional of reunions. But, all
was not as it seemed.
With its jaw-dropping twists and
revelations more reminiscent of
film noir than documentary, THE
IMPOSTER rivals 2010’s CATFISH
for pure unscripted thrills, while
evoking classic identity thrillers
such as THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY.
Samsara
From Friday 31st August
Dir: Ron Fricke
Documentary
2011
SAMSARA is a Sanskrit word
that means “the ever turning
wheel of life” and is the point of
departure for the filmmakers Ron
Fricke and Mark Magidson (the
award-winning team behind
BARAKA and CHRONOS) as they
search for the elusive current
of interconnection that runs
through our lives. Filmed over
a period of almost five years
across twenty-five countries,
SAMSARA transports us to sacred
grounds, disaster zones, industrial
sites, and natural wonders.
By dispensing with dialogue
and descriptive text, SAMSARA
subverts our expectations of a
traditional documentary, instead
encouraging our own inner
interpretations.
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