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CINEMASunday 29 MarchDocHouse Presents: Pick of the Fests12 noonFive must-see documentaries from the2008/9 world film festivals includingSundance, IDFA, HotDocs and theOscars. Screenings run from 12 noon– 10.30pm. Full programme atdochouse.org or riversidestudios.co.ukMonday 30 MarchKate Winslet Double BillEternal Sunshine of the SpotlessMind (15) 6.30pmMichel Gondry, USA, 2003, 108mJim Carrey, Kate WinsletJoel (Carrey) is undergoing a medicalprocedure to erase the memory of hisex-girlfriend Clementine (Winslet).However, while the procedure isunderway he takes a journey throughhis mind reliving moments withClementine for fear of losing her forever.Revolutionary Road (15) 8.40pmSam Mendes, UK/USA, 2008, 119mKate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kathy BatesIt’s 1955 in the Connecticut suburbs.Frank and April Wheeler are in theseventh year of their marriage andhave two children. Despite theirdomestic bliss they are not happy.April suggests they move to Parisand Frank reluctantly agrees. This,however, is to be their downfall. Basedon a novel by Richard Yates.Tuesday 31 March Double BillEternal Sunshine of the SpotlessMind (15) 6.30pmRevolutionary Road (15) 8.40pmPlease see Monday 30 March for details.Eternal Sunshine ofthe Spotless MindRevolutionary RoadAprilWednesday 1 AprilLuis Buñuel Triple BillExterminating Angel (18) 6.30pm(El ángel exterminador)Luis Buñuel, Mexico, 1962, 95m subtitlesA group of dinner guests find themselvesunable to leave the room where they aregathered. As the days pass, their socialfacades start to crumble.Simon of the Desert (12) 8.05pm(Simón del desierto)Luis Buñuel, Mexico, 1965, 45m subtitlesFor six years, six weeks and six daysSimon stands on a pillar in the Mexicandesert not to be tempted down. A wrycomment on religious piety.Viridiana (15) 9.10pmLuis Buñuel, Spain/Mexico, 1961, 91m subtitlesThe story of a young girl’s progressfrom the spirit of the flesh. Viridiana’sChristian charity transforms hertwelve adopted petty thieves intomurderers and rapists.Thursday 2 AprilTerence Davies Double BillDistant Voices Still Lives (15) 7.00pmTerence Davies, UK, 1988, 85mPete Postlethwaite, Freda Dowie, Dean WilliamsThe second part of Davies’autobiographical trilogy and his mostfamous. An impressionistic vision ofa working-class family in 1940s and50s Liverpool based on Davies’ ownfamily. A classic.Of Time and the City (12A) 8.45pmTerence Davies, UK, 2008, 72mDavies’ passionate and poetic film onhis native Liverpool is a heart–stirringmeditation on time, memory andmortality. Images of Liverpool pastand present are magically combinedwith a rich selection of music. “Filmmakingof the first order.” – The TimesFriday 3 April Double BillShadows (12A) 7.00pmJohn Cassavetes, USA, 1959, 87mLeila Goldoni, Ben Carruthers, Hugh Hurd“Cassavetes’ hugely influential‘improvisation’ centres on two brothers anda sister – black, but passing for white –leading a Bohemian life in New York. Theelectric atmosphere and edgily naturalisticperformances combine with free-focus blackand white camerawork and Charles Mingus’bluesy score to evoke the jazzy soul ofa city.” – BFIRachel Getting Married (15) 8.50pmJonathan Demme, USA, 2008, 112mAnne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Deborah WingerKym (Hathaway) is a recovering drugaddict who leaves rehab to attend hersister’s wedding, but her problemsfollow her home. Her sister, Rachel(DeWitt), cannot forgive or forgetKym’s drug-fuelled mistakes whiletheir father dotes on his youngdaughter. An engrossing tale of familyangst with an outstanding centralperformance.Rachel Getting MarriedSaturday 4 April Double BillShadows (12A) 2.00pmRachel Getting Married (15) 3.50pmShadows (12A) 7.00pmRachel Getting Married (15) 8.50pmPlease see Friday 3 April for details.Sunday 5 AprilItalian Classics Double BillIl Bidone (12) 2.00pm(The Swindlers)Federico Fellini, Italy/France, 1955, 120m subtitlesBroderick Crawford, Franco Fabrizi,Giulietta MasinaA trio of petty Roman thieves dress upas priests to con peasants out of theirtreasures. Fellini’s first flop and one ofhis greatest films.Bicycle Thieves (PG) 4.20pm(Ladri di biciclette)Vittorio de Sica, Italy, 1948, 90m subtitlesLamberto Maggioriani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella CarellOften nominated as one of the bestfilms of all time. Using non-actors thefilm movingly portrays the effects of atheft on a family.Bicycle Thieves
Sunday 5 AprilCelebrate CinematographyDoctor Zhivago (PG) 7.00pmDavid Lean, USA, 1965, 200mOmar Sharif, Julie Christie, Rod SteigerDavid Lean’s Oscar-winning film is anexploitation of the Russian Revolution asseen from the point of view of surgeonpoetYury Zhivago (Sharif). As the politicalclimate changes so do his relationships.Although married to a devoted wife hebegins an affair with the beautiful Lara(Christie). Academy Award winner 1965.Monday 6 AprilMeryl Streep Double BillMamma Mia (PG) 6.45pmPhyllida Lloyd, USA/UK, 2008, 109mMeryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin FirthTwenty-year-old Sophie is about tomarry her fiancée in Greece but shedoesn’t know which of her mother’slovers is her father, so she invites themall to the wedding. “Daft, entertaining,musical, pantomime fun.” – Time OutDoubt (15) 8.55pmJohn Patrick Shanley, USA, 2008, 104mMeryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman,Amy AdamsBased on the Pulitzer Prize winningplay the film is set at a catholic schoolin the Bronx. It centres on a nun whogrows suspicious when a priest beginstaking too much interest in the lifeof a young black student. A grippingstory about the quest to truth in theface of change and the devastatingconsequences of blind justice in anage defined by moral conviction.DoubtTuesday 7 April Meryl StreepDouble BillMamma Mia (PG) 6.45pmDoubt (15) 8.55pmPlease see Monday 6 April for details.Mama MiaThis monthItalian Film Festival UK17 – 26 AprilDedicated to new Italian cinema,this year’s Festival will include aprime selection of contemporaryItalian features, as well as animaginative programme of shorts anddocumentaries. A special focus is thework of diva Alida Valli, an enduringicon who passed away in 2006. Thisprogramme strand is made possiblethanks to the help of the AssociazioneAlida Valli, her grandson PierpaoloDe Mejo, Cinecittà, Italian CulturalInstitutes in Edinburgh and Londonand the British Film Institute.Wednesday 8 April Double BillShine A Light (12A) 6.45pmMartin Scorsese, USA, 2008, 121m documentaryMick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie WoodA career-spanning documentary onthe Rolling Stones. Martin Scorsesefilmed the band over a two-day periodat the Beacon Theatre in New Yorkin autumn 2006. “Martin Scorsese is abesotted rock ‘n’ roll fan who wholeheartedlyembraces its mythology.” – New York TimesAnvil! The Story of Anvil (15) 9.05pmSacha Gervasi, USA, 2009, 90m documentarySteve Kudlow, Robb Reiner, Glenn GyorffySchool friends Kudlow and Reinermade a pact to rock together forever.In the 1980s their band, Anvil, becamehuge influencing a musical generationincluding bands such as Metallica. Theband, however, got lost in obscurity.Here, director Gervasi presents awonderful and often hilarious account ofAnvil’s last-ditch quest to elusive fameand fortune. Warmly recommended.Thursday 9 April Double BillShine A Light (12A) 6.45pmAnvil! The Story of Anvil (15) 9.05pmPlease see Wednesday 8 April for details.Friday 10 AprilCinema ClosedSaturday 11 AprilLaurent Cantet Double BillHeading South (15) 1.00pm(Vers le sud)Laurent Cantet, France/Canada, 2005, 108m subtitlesCharlotte Rampling, Karen Young, Menothy Cesar“Cantet explores 1970s sex tourism inpost-colonial Haiti where rich touristsare oblivious to the corrupt “Baby Doc”Duvalier dictatorship. Two tourists, Ellen(Rampling) and Brenda (Young), fall forthe same young, local Adonis (Cesar).”– Time OutThe Class (15) 3.10pm(Entre les Murs)Luarent Cantet, France, 2008, 130m subtitlesFrançois Bégaudeau, Franck Keita, Nassim AmrabtAn absorbing journey into amulticultural high school in Paris overone year. The main actor, FrançoisBégaudeau, is an actual teacher andauthor. “An artful, intelligent movie aboutmodern French identity.” – New York TimesAnvil! The Story of Anvil
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