Riverside Studios

RIVERSIDESTUDIOSCINEMA
CINEMA –
SEPTEMBER
2007
SATURDAY 1 SEPTEMBER
Afternoon and Evening Double Bill
NEIL YOUNG:
HEART OF GOLD PG
2.25PM AND 6.55PM
(Jonathan Demme, USA, 2006)
103m documentary
Proving that it’s neither better to
burn out nor fade away, ‘Neil Young:
Heart of Gold’ works both as a great
concert film and a meditation on
mortality. Made as he was
diagnosed with a brain tumour and
after successful surgery in 2005.
PLUS
SHUT UP AND SING PG
4.30PM AND 9.00PM
(Cecilia Peck, USA, 2006) 99m
documentary. With Natalie Maines,
Emily Robinson, Martie Maguire
While performing in 2003 singer
Natalie Maines, from the Dixie
Chicks, ignited a maelstrom of
controversy and outrage when she
declared from a London stage that
she was ashamed that President
George W. Bush was from her home
state of Texas. The remark was to
have a profound impact on the
future of the band.
SUNDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
Afternoon – Powell and Pressburger
Double Bill
A MATTER OF LIFE
AND DEATH U 1.00PM
(Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger,
UK, 1946) 104m. With David Niven, Kim
Hunter, Roger Livesey
An RAF pilot bales out of his blazing
plane without a parachute. He
should have died, but didn‘t –
heaven investigates. The
cinematography is sublime,
as is the imagination.
PLUS
THE LIFE AND
DEATH OF COLONEL
BLIMP U 3.05PM
(Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger,
UK, 1943) 163m. With Roger Livesey,
Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook
Drama about the life of an English
soldier who served in three wars
and had relationships with three
women along the way. A warmhearted
man who is open-minded
about the enemy, the Germans.
SUNDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
Evening -Guillermo del Toro
Double Bill
THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE
15 6.30PM
(El Espinazo del Diablo)
(Guillermo del Toro, Spain/Mexico,
2001) 106m subtitles
At the end of the civil war in Spain
a young boy is taken to live in a
remote orphanage where, within
this walled haven, the young
children have their own battles to
fight. Suspense, drama, humour –
what more could you want?
PLUS
PAN’S
LABYRINTH 15 8.35PM
(Guillermo del Toro, Spain, 2006)
118m subtitles. With Mirabel Verdu,
Sergi Lopez, Ivana Baguero
“A fanciful and chilling story set
against the backdrop of a Fascist
regime in 1944 rural Spain. In her
loneliness Ofelia creates a world
filled with fantastical creatures and
secret destinies.”
OPTIMUM RELEASING
MONDAY 3 SEPTEMBER
Single Bill
INLAND
EMPIRE 15 7.30PM
(David Lynch, USA/France/Poland,
2006) 180m. With Laura Dern, Justin
Theroux, Jeremy Irons
After taking the lead in a new movie
Hollywood star Nikki Grace (Dern)
learns the script is based on an old
Polish film which was abandoned
after the two lead actors were
murdered. David Lynch in his
strangest, most controversial film
yet continues his exploration of the
dark side of Hollywood.
TUESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER
Double Bill
AN INCONVENIENT
TRUTH U 7.00PM
(David Guggenheim, USA, 2006) 100m
documentary
A documentary on Al Gore’s
campaign to make the issue of
global warming a recognised
problem worldwide where the
director eloquently weaves the
science of global warming with Mr.
Gore’s personal history and lifelong
commitment to the cause.
PLUS
BLACK GOLD U 9.00PM
(Marc Francis/Nick Francis, UK/USA,
2007) 78m documentary. With
Tadasse Meshere
An eye-opening account of the
winners and losers in the global
coffee trade.
WEDNESDAY 5 SEPTEMBER
DocHouse Presents Double Bill
Special Preview - Crossing the Line:
Between Fact and Fiction,
21-23 September.
www.crossingtheline2007.co.uk
To launch this unique festival
DocHouse presents a special
preview screening of two
groundbreaking and controversial
drama-documentaries.
Ian Christie, Professor of Film
and Media History at Birkbeck,
will introduce this screening.
FIRES WERE
STARTED 15 7.00PM
(Humphrey Jennings, UK, 1943) 74m
Twenty-four hours in London during
the Blitz. On the same day that a
new recruit joins the Fire Service,
warning comes in that a heavy
attack is expected. A re-enactment
of 'real' events using actual AFS
servicemen and women. “No other
British film made during the war,
documentary or feature, achieved
such a continuous or poignant
truthfulness.” – LINDSAY
ANDERSON.
PLUS
PUNISHMENT
PARK 15 8.45PM
(Peter Watkins, USA, 1971) 88m
Set in a futuristic detention camp in
America, a group of students and
minor dissidents have opted to
spend three days in ‘Bear Mountain
Punishment Park’ rather than
accept lengthy jail sentences for
their ‘crimes’. Controversial and
relentless in its depiction of
suppression and brutality, the film
was heavily attacked by the
mainstream press and permitted
only the barest of releases in 1971.
THURSDAY 6 SEPTEMBER
Double Bill
THIS IS
ENGLAND 18 6.45PM
(Shane Meadows, UK, 2007) 102m.
With Joseph Gilgun, Stephen Graham,
Kieran Hardcastle
It’s 1983 and Shaun is a bit of a
loner. After being tormented all day
for wearing flares a group of
skinheads unexpectedly takes him
under their wing. For a while Shaun
revels in his new found culture but
finds himself in too deep.
PLUS
HALF NELSON 15 8.50PM
(Ryan Fleck, USA, 2007) 106m.
With Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps,
Anthony Mackie
Dan Dunne (Gosling) is a young
school teacher whose brilliance in
the classroom conflicts with a
serious drug habit outside of it. He
has successfully kept his lives
separated until he is caught getting
high by one of his students.
FRIDAY 7 SEPTEMBER
Double Bill
IL POSTINO PG 6.30PM
(Michael Radford, Italy, 1994) 108m
subtitles. With Massimo Troisi, Maria
Grazia Cucinotta, Phillipe Noriet
An enduring romantic tale about an
Italian postman who learns to love
poetry while delivering mail to a
famous poet. He uses this newfound
interest to woo local beauty
Beatrice.
PLUS
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