March/April 2010 - Riverside Studios

CINEMA
Cinema
March
Monday 1 March Double Bill
The 400 Blows (15) 7.00pm
(Le Quatre Cents Coups)
Francois Truffaut, France, 1959, 94m subtitles
Jean-Pierre Leaud, Albert Remy, Claire Maurier
Truffaut’s first feature was based on his
own deprived childhood. A twelve year
old boy, neglected by his mother and
stepfather, plays truant and takes to
crime. The film was awarded the Best
Director prize at Cannes in 1959 and
helped launch the “nouvelle vague”.
Treeless Mountain (PG) 8.55pm
So Yong Kim, USA/Korea, 89m subtitles
Kim Hee-yeon, Kim Song-hee, Chae Gil Byung
When their mother needs to leave in
order to find their estranged father,
seven-year-old Jin and her younger
sister, Bin, are left to live with their
callous aunt for the summer with only
a small piggybank and their mother’s
promise to return when it is full. The
two girls are forced to adapt.
Treeless Mountain
Tuesday 2 March
Meryl Streep Single Bill
Julie & Julia (12A) 6.30pm
Nora Ephron, USA, 2009, 123m
Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci
Based on two true stories the film
focuses on the lives of two women.
Celebrated chef Julia Child’s (Streep)
story of her start in the cooking
profession is intertwined with blogger,
Julie Powell’s (Adams) 2002 challenge to
cook all the recipes in Child’s first book.
Nominated for 2010 BAFTA.
Winner of Golden Globe for
Best Actress.
Tuesday 2 March
Meryl Streep Single Bill
It’s Complicated (15) 8.55pm
Nancy Meyers, USA, 2007, 120m
Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin
Jane (Streep) owns a thriving bakery/
restaurant and has three kids. As a
long time divorcee she has an amicable
relationship with her ex-husband
(Baldwin). Things get complicated
when they both find themselves out of
town for their son’s college graduation.
One film: £7.50 (£6.50 concs.)
Two films: £12 (£10 concs.)
It’s Complicated
Wednesday 3 March Double Bill
The Last King of Scotland (15) 6.30pm
Kevin Macdonald, UK, 2006, 123m
Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington
In an incredible twist of fate a young
Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan
(McAvoy), on a Ugandan medical
mission becomes irreversibly entangled
with one of the world’s most barbaric
figures and becomes his closest advisor.
Mugabe and the White African
(TBC) 8.55pm
Lucy Bailey/Andrew Thompson, UK, 2009, 90m
documentary
“A very local and often suffocating portrait of
a disappearing way of life in Zimbabwe filmed
in secret and under the threat of violence. The
filmmakers spent time with the Campbells
who are fighting to keep their property in the
face of the Zanu PF Government’s decision to
redistribute land.” Time Out
Thursday 4 March Kinoteka 8th
Polish Film Festiwal Double Bill
Kinematograph (15) 7.00pm
Tomasz Baginski, Poland, 2009, 12m subtitles
Francis is an inventor. He hopes his new
invention will change the world, but he
has forgotten about one thing: dreams
always cost too much. He has focused only
on himself and his work and realizes the
gravity of the situation when it is too late.
Reverse (15) 7.15pm
Borys Lankosz, Poland, 2009, 101m subtitles
Agata Buzek, Marcin Dorocinski, Krystyna Janda
A darkly comic story of three
generations of Polish women and the
mysterious young man whose presence
sparks a series of surprising events that
change all of their lives.
Followed by a Q & A with director
Borys Lankosz and producer Jerzy
Kapuscinski.
Reverse
Mugabe and the
White African
Friday 5 March Kinoteka 8th Polish
Film Festiwal Double Bill
Hanoi-Warsaw (15) 6.15pm
Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, Poland, 2009, 30m subtitles
A young Vietnamese woman, Mai Anh,
illegally enters Poland through the
border with Ukraine. Now she has to
reach Warsaw, where she is to join her
boyfriend and start her dream life.
My Flesh, My Blood (18) 6.45pm
Marcin Wrona, Poland, 2009 91m subtitles
Eryk Lubosz, Luu De Ly
Igor is a boxer who has quit the ring
because of serious brain damage from
repeated blows to the head. Yien Ha
is a Vietnamese immigrant who works
in a small ethnic restaurant. He wants
to have a child so that he can leave
something of himself behind; she needs
a work permit to stay in Poland. They
come to an understanding.