November/December 2009 - Riverside Studios

More documents

Recommendations

Info

CINEMA Citizen Kane (PG) 8.50pm Orson Welles, USA, 119m black and white Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Camingore A meditation on power. Welles’ groundbreaking studio film is a recreation of the activities of a press baron and a search for the clues to his life and actions. Fresher than ever on the big screen. Revived in a new print. Thursday 10 December Che Double Bill Che: Part 1 (15) 6.15pm Steven Soderbergh, France/Spain/USA, 126m some subtitles Benico Del Toro, Édgar Ramírez, Julia Ormond A chronicle of the successful uprising in Cuba tracking Che’s rise from doctor to commander to revolutionary hero. It follows Fidel Castro, Che and their comrades during the years 1956 to 1959. Che: Part 2 (15) 8.40pm Steven Soderbergh, Spain/France/USA, 2008, 131m some subtitles Benicio Del Toro, Franka Potente, Carlos Bardem Ernesto “Che” Guevara (Del Toro) has abandoned his post as a bureaucrat in Cuba in order to start an even more daunting revolution in the Bolivian jungle. This time around, however, the odds are stacked much higher against him. Friday 11 December Terry Gilliam Double Bill Brazil (15) 6.00pm Terry Gilliam, UK, 1984, 142m Bob Hoskins, Robert De Niro, Jonathan Pryce Gilliam’s version of the bureaucratic future. Comic and nasty by turns, it’s an extraordinary vision of a world overcome by paper, ducts and plumbing. Bob Hoskins and Robert De Niro steal the film as two versions of the plumbing trade – one state and the other freelance. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (12A) 8.45pm Terry Gilliam, UK/France/Canada, 2009, 122m Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Lily Cole A fantastical morality tale set in the present day which tells the story of Dr. Parnassus and his travelling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy, or darkness and gloom. Saturday 12 December Terry Gilliam Double Bill Brazil (15) 12 noon The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (12A) 2.45pm Brazil (15) 6.00pm The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (12A) 8.45pm Please see Friday 11 December for details. Sunday 13 December Riverside Classic Triple Bill The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (PG) 12.30pm Peter Jackson, USA/New Zealand, 2001, 178m Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler “The first instalment of the film based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth trilogy. A young hobbit, Frodo Baggins, comes into possession of the ring of power.” Time Out Film Guide The Two Towers (12A) 4.00pm Peter Jackson, USA, 2002, 179m Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood Picking up where “The Fellowship of the Ring” ended, Frodo and his companion Sam continue their quest in this, the centrepiece of the Tolkien trilogy. Return of the King (12A) 7.30pm Peter Jackson, USA/New Zealand, 2003, 200m Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen With this final instalment of the fantasy trilogy ends one of the cinematic achievements of movie history. Monday 14 December Riverside Classic Double Bill Before Sunrise (15) 6.45pm Richard Linklater, USA, 1995, 101m Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Andrea Eckert A French graduate student, Celine (Delpy), meets a young American, Jesse (Hawke) on the Budapest-Vienna train. The two seize the moment and spend the next fourteen hours together in Vienna where they discover a powerful meeting of hearts and minds. Before Sunset (15) 8.45pm Richard Linklater, USA, 2004, 81m Julie Delpy.Ethan Hawke, Vernon Dobtcheff The two meet again in Paris nine years later. They only have a few hours together to re-evaluate longing and lost time. “A romantic gem.” Time Out Tuesday 15 December Double Bill Goodbye Lenin! (15) 6.15pm Wolfgang Becker, Germany, 2003, 121m subtitles Daniel Bruhl, Katrin Sass, Maria Simon A communist mother goes into a coma days before the Berlin Wall comes down. When she awakens eight months later the world has changed beyond recognition and her son tries to convince her communist Germany is still alive. Tales from the Golden Age (12A) 8.35pm Christian Mungiu/Hanno Höfer/Razvan Marculescu, Romania, 2009, 158m subtitles Tania Popa, Lilianne Mocanu, Alexandru Potocean “A fine example of the recent trend for East European directors to re-explore the Communist histories of their countries. It is made by five Romanian directors. Each segment is based around an urban legend. Funny, sharp-eyed and hugely revealing.” Daily Telegraph Wednesday 16 December Penélope Cruz Double Bill Volver (15) 6.30pm Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 2006, 120m subtitles Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas After her death a mother (Maura) returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn’t resolve during her life. Of her family left in the town, her ghost slowly becomes a comfort to her daughters (Cruz, Duenas). Broken Embraces (15) 8.50pm (Los abrazos rotos) Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 2009, 127m subtitles Penélope Cruz, Lluis Homar, Blanca Portillo A man (Homar) with dual identities tries to compartmentalise his life after he loses his love (Cruz) and his sight in a car crash. “I defy anybody to watch it without a tingle of pure movie-going pleasure.” The Guardian Broken Embraces Thursday 17 December Double Bill March of the Penguins (U) 7.00pm Luc Jacquet, France/USA, 2005, 80m documentary Voiceover: Morgan Freeman The worldwide hit following the remarkable journey of a group of emperor penguins as they travel 100 miles from home to breed. Part survival story, part love story, this is an epic tale of triumph against the odds.
The Cove (12A) 8.40pm Louie Psihoyos, USA, 2002, 90m Louie Psihoyos, Hayden Panettiere, Joe Chisholm A group of activists, led by the respected dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taiji, Japan to expose a shocking instance of animal abuse. Compelling and convincing viewing. Friday 18 December Lone Scherfig Double Bill Italian for Beginners (18) 7.00pm (Italienski for begyndere) Lone Scherfig, Denmark, 2001, 99m subtitles Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen Small-town Denmark. The story of a group of lonely students who meet for Italian lessons trying to master this warm language in order to thaw their love lives. An Education (12A) 9.00pm Lone Scherfig, UK, 2009, 99m Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina Based on writer Lynn Barber’s memoirs and a screenplay by Nick Hornby the film is a coming-of-age story about a teenage academic girl in the 60s whose life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age. An Education This month Riverside Classic Triple Bill: The Lord of the Rings 13 December Middle Earth at Riverside Studios as we screen the three 3-hour epics in one day. If you want to spend the entire day in Frodoland with Aragorn, Gandalf, Arwen Evenstar and the rest, the restaurant will serve up Hobbit potatoes and drinks between the screenings. Tickets: £15 (£12 concs.) Hobbit Ticket (inc. snacks & drinks); £10 (£8 concs.) films only. Riverside Christmas Films 6, 7, 21, 22, 23 December As always, we’re screening old time favourites to conjure up festive vibes in the run up to Christmas. We hope you’ll come and enjoy the classic double bills “Meet Me in St. Louis” and “It’s A Wonderful Life” (6 & 7 Dec) “White Christmas”, and “The Bishop’s Wife” (21 Dec). For the children of West London, we’ve got “Fantastic Mr. Fox” coming to the big screen on 22 and 23 December. It’s A Wonderful Life Saturday 19 December Lone Scherfig Double Bill Italian for Beginners (18) 2.00pm An Education (12A) 4.00pm Italian for Beginners (18) 7.00pm An Education (12A) 9.00pm Please see Friday 18 December for details. The Bishop's Wife Sunday 20 December War and Peace Double Bill War and Peace: Parts 1 and 2 (12) 1.45pm and 4.30pm (Voina I Mir) Sergei Bondarchuk, USSR, 1967, 146m and 99m subtitles Lyudmila Savelyeva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Gennadi Ivanov War and Peace: Parts 3 and 4 (12) 7.10pm and 8.55pm (Voina I Mir) Sergei Bondarchuk, USSR, 1967, 84m and 100m subtitles A unique cinematic experience which is based on Leo Tolstoy’s famous novel. Originally filmed in 70mm and made in four parts, the film cost $100 million and received the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1968. The story centres around the lives of two families and the effect on their lives of Napoleon’s 1812 invasion of Russia. The spectacle is breathtaking, particularly in the battle sequences, and uses overhead tracking shots, split screen and subjective camera to bring this epic love story to life. White Christmas Monday 21 December Single Bill White Christmas (U) 6.30pm Michael Curtiz, USA, 1954, 120m Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera Ellen The film houses a treasury of Irving Berlin classics, among them “Count Your Blessings” and “Blue Skies”. Two talented song-and-dance men team up with a sister-act and trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. Things don’t go according to plan. Monday 21 December Single Bill The Bishop’s Wife (U) 8.50pm Henry Koster, USA, 1947, 108m Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven A Christmas fantasy about a debonair angel who comes to earth to help a bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for a new church.
Page 1 and 2: November/December 2009 Box Office 0
Page 3 and 4: PERFORMANCE Tête à Tête presents
Page 5 and 6: THEATRE The Outside Edge presents T
Page 7 and 8: EXHIBITIONS Illustration by Peter S
Page 9 and 10: Dilettante (15) 2.20pm Kris Nikliso
Page 11 and 12: Friday 13 November Velvet ®Evoluti
Page 13 and 14: Death and the Devil: Live Performan
Page 15: Wednesday 2 December Shane Meadows
Page 19 and 20: This brochure is available in large

November/December 2009 - Riverside Studios

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?