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CINEMA Tuesday 23 March Cormac McCarthy Double Bill No Country for Old Men (15) 6.30pm The Road (15) 8.55pm Please see Monday 22 March for details. Wednesday 24 March Clint Eastwood Double Bill Gran Torino (15) 6.00pm Clint Eastwood, USA, 2008, 116m Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney Her The film focuses on a Korean War vet’s reluctant friendship with a Hmong teenage boy and his immigrant family in contemporary Detroit. “An unpretentious, often very funny humanist drama which is a small jewel in Eastwood’s canon of work as a director and a highpoint in his career as an actor.” Screen International Invictus (12A) 8.15pm Clint Eastwood, USA, 2009, 133m Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgaroge Nelson Mandela (Freeman), in his last term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Based on a true story. “A rousing sports movie and a testament to the nobility of Nelson Mandela.” Screen International Thursday 25 March Clint Eastwood Double Bill Gran Torino (15) 6.00pm Invictus (12A) 8.15pm Please see Wednesday 24 March for details. Invictus Friday 26 March Double Bill Killer of Sheep (12A) 7.00pm Charles Burnett, USA, 2008, 83m Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy The film examines the Los Angeles ghetto of Watts in the mid-1970s through the eyes of Stan, a sensitive dreamer who is increasingly disillusioned by his work at the slaughterhouse. “A masterpiece of unforced, vernacular movie-making.” The Guardian Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (15) 8.45pm Lee Daniels, USA, 2009, 110m Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton An extraordinary cinema experience. The film tells the story of a young black teenager’s attempt to escape her abusive background. ““Precious” simply cannot be missed, for under its tough skin the film is an unabashedly inspirational anthem, it offers the rare ecstasy of human regeneration and the discovery, on Harlem’s mean streets, of a precious gem.” Time Magazine Precious Saturday 27 March Double Bill Killer of Sheep (12A) 2.00pm Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (15) 3.45pm Killer of Sheep (12A) 7.00pm Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (15) 8.45pm Please see Friday 26 March for details. Sunday 28 March Orson Welles Double Bill The Magnificent Ambersons (U) 2.30pm Orson Welles, USA, 1942, 88m Joseph Cotton, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, this is the story of the slow decline of the proud and imperious Amberson Family. Loving period reconstruction, superior performances from Welles’ repertory of actors and the fine cinematography make this a magnificent film. Touch of Evil (PG) 4.20pm Orson Welles, USA, 1958, 108m Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh Original 1958 release version of Welles’ final masterwork. A Mexican cop goes up against a corrupt detective after an incident at a border town. Sunday 28 March Rob Marshall Double Bill Chicago (12A) 6.15pm Nine (12A) 8.30pm Please see Friday 19 March for details. Monday 29 March Coen Brothers Double Bill Blood Simple (18) 7.00pm Joel Coen, USA, 1983, 99m John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya The Coen Brothers’ assured first feature tells the tale of a bar owner who hires a seedy private detective to kill his wife and her lover. When he changes the plan a chain of violent and comic misunderstandings ensue. A Serious Man (15) 9.00pm Ethan Coen/Joel Coen, USA, 2009, 105m Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Simon Helberg Larry (Stuhlbarg) is a good husband, father and a conscientious professor at a university. One day everything starts to go wrong. The film blends black humour with profoundly personal themes. “The Coen Brothers may just have made their masterpiece with this.” The Guardian Tuesday 30 March Double Bill I’m Not There (15) 6.00pm Todd Haynes, USA, 2007, 135m Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger “A dazzling, experimental take on the life of one of popular music’s greatest enigmas, Bob Dylan. Six different actors portray several incarnations of the ground-breaking troubadour.” Rotten Tomatoes Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (15) 8.35pm Mat Whitecross, UK, 2010, 115m Andy Serkis, Olivia Williams, Naomie Harris A fictionalised look at the life of Ian Drury who was stricken with polio as a child and defied expectations becoming a founder member of Britain’s punkrock scene. “Gorgeous, celebratory cinema, unfettered and courageous.” Time Out Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Wednesday 31 March Double Bill When A Woman Ascends the Stairs (PG) 6.30pm (Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki) Mikio Naruse, Japan, 1960, 111m subtitles Hideko Takamine, Tatsuya Nakadai, Masayuki Mori A stunning drama about a ginza bar hostess as she approaches thirty. “An exquisitely understated study of the plight of a young woman in an unforgiving society.” The Times
Still Walking (U) 8.40pm Hirokazu Koreeda, Japan, 2009, 114m subtitles Hiroshi Abe, Yoshio Harada, Yui Natsukawa The Yokoyama family come together to celebrate the memory of their youngest son who died while rescuing a boy from drowning some years before. Over the course of one beautiful day we follow the family as new relatives become acquainted and old stories are retold. Still Walking This month Eric Rohmer Tribute 1 & 8 April An arthouse director with a career that spans more than 50 years and a string of awards, Rohmer’s poetic films are known and loved for their fiercely honest characterisations and long, philosophical conversations. He was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2001 in recognition of his outstanding lifetime achievements and contribution to world cinema. We celebrate his oeuvre with the four films that make up his Four Seasons cycle. Tickets: One double bill £7.50 (£ 6.50 concs.) Two double bills £12 (£10 concs.) April Thursday 1 April Eric Rohmer Tribute Double Bill A Winter’s Tale (12) 6.30pm (Conte d’hiver) Eric Rohmer, France, 1992, 114m subtitles Charlotte Véry, Frédéric van den Driessche, Michel Voletti Hairdresser, Felicie, has an idyllic romance but loses the home address of the father of her child. Four years later, her love still burning, she finds herself with choices to make. A Winter’s Tale A Tale of Springtime (12) 8.45pm (Conte de printemps) Eric Rohmer, France, 1989, 112m subtitles Anne Teyssèdre, Hugues Quester, Florence Darel A young philosophy graduate attends a party, meets another young girl and is invited to move into her flat. She finds herself witnessing recriminatory scenes between various associated lovers. As ever, Rohmer’s observations of human behaviour are spot on. Double Bill: £7.50 (£6.50) All four films on 1 and 8 April: £12 (£10 concs.) A Tale of Springtime Friday 2 April Cinema Closed Saturday 3 April Helen Mirren Double Bill The Queen (12A) 2.00pm Stephen Frears, UK, 2006, 99m Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell An intimate glimpse of the interaction between HM Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle following the death of Princess Diana to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal Family and the public’s demand for an overt display of mourning. The Last Station (15) 4.00pm Michael Hoffman, UK, 2009, 112m Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, James McAvoy A film based on Jay Parini’s novel about Leo Tolstoy. Focussing on the marriage between Tolstoy (Plummer) and his wife Sofya (Mirren) it illustrates Tolstoy’s struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to his beliefs and a life devoid of material things. Helen Mirren gives a tour de force performance. The Queen (12A) 7.00pm The Last Station (15) 9.00pm Please see above for details. Sunday 4 April Helen Mirren Double Bill The Queen (12A) 2.00pm The Last Station (15) 4.00pm The Queen (12A) 7.00pm The Last Station (15) 9.00pm Please see Saturday 3 April for details. The Last Station Monday 5 April Cinema Closed Tuesday 6 April Double Bill The End of the Line (PG) 7.00pm Rupert Murray, UK, 2009, 86m documentary A thought-provoking and insightful documentary about the changes of commercial fishing which has brought about change in restaurants and supermarkets. Food Inc. (PG) 8.45pm Robert Kenner, USA, 2009, 93m documentary Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan, Gary Hirschberg Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our food industry, exposing the highly mechanised underbelly that’s been hidden from the consumer. He looks at how our food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations who put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. The film reveals surprising and often shocking truths.
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