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New releases5JACK GOES BOATINGAN AFRICAN ELECTIONWE HAVE A POPENEWRELEASEJack Goes BoatingFri 2 to Thu 8 DecPhilip Seymour Hoffman • USA 2010 • 1h31m • Digital projection15 – Contains strong language, sex references and drug useCast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz, ThomasMcCarthy, Daphne Rubin-Vega.The ever-brilliant Philip Seymour Hoffman is Jack, a NewYork limo driver who is painfully awkward around women.Jack’s co-worker (and only friend) Clyde and his wifeLucy set him up with Connie, and their first date is sweet,timid and good enough to get Jack’s hopes up. He invitesConnie over to his modest apartment for dinner, whichhe is determined will be the most perfect second datepossible. Of course, it’s anything but.Hoffman’s feature debut as director is modest andinsightful, and imbued with warmth and deep feeling forits characters.Matinee Special!If you’re a Senior Citizen you can now go to a matineescreening and get either soup of the day OR a cup oftea or coffee and a traycake for only £6!Offer runs from Mondays to Thursdays inclusive andonly applies to screenings starting before 5.00pm. Askfor the Matinee Special deal at the box office and you’llreceive a voucher which can be exchanged in the cafébar between 1.30pm and 5.00pm that day only. Offer issubject to availability and only available in person.NEWRELEASEAn African ElectionFri 2 to Sun 4 DecJarreth J Merz • Switzerland/USA/Ghana 2011 • 1h29mDigital projection • English and Akan with English subtitlesPG – Contains mild language • Documentary“My brothers and sisters, we want no violence, we want nocheating. We don’t want any bloodshed.”Fresh from success at Sundance and Berlin InternationalFilm Festival, this acclaimed documentary follows the keyplayers in the 2008 presidential elections in Ghana, WestAfrica. In a continent where elections are often tarnishedby allegations of corruption, fraud and violence, the twopolitical parties in this race will do almost anything to win.But will democracy prevail?Director Jarreth Merz spent three months gainingunprecedented access to the political, economic and socialforces at work in Ghana, capturing each unexpected twistand turn in the contest. The result is an intriguing andsuspenseful look behind the scenes at the complex, politicalmachinery of African democracy in the twenty-first century.‘One of the most gripping documentaries showcasedat this years Sundance Film Festival.’ – The HollywoodReporterPresented by takeoneaction.org.uk, Scotland’s globalaction cinema project, the screening at 8.25pm on2 December will be followed by a discussion withspecial guest speakers about the issues raised in the film.Visit www.takeoneaction.org.ukfor more details.NEWRELEASEWe Have a Pope Habemus PapamFri 16 to Thu 22 DecNanni Moretti • Italy/France 2011 • 1h44m • Digital projectionItalian, German, Latin, English, Spanish, Polish and French withEnglish subtitles • cert tbcCast: Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Stuhr, Renato Scarpa, Franco Graziosi,Camillo Milli.A new Pope is being elected in Rome and, after a fewfalse starts, the conclave of Catholic Cardinals makes itsdecision and white smoke issues, to symbolically announcethe news. The problem is that the French Pope-elect(wonderfully personified by Michel Piccoli) then suffersan immediate crisis of confidence, and the frustrated,sequestered Cardinals seek secret assistance from asceptical psychotherapist (director Nanni Moretti).So far, so funny, and, of course, We Have a Pope is shotthrough with the director’s great humour and wickedsatirical eye: witness the stir-crazy cardinals’ basketballtournament, organised by Moretti’s mischievousshrink. But this is far more than a sort of ‘Carry on upthe Vatican’; nor is We Have a Pope a crude diatribe oncontemporary Catholicism. Instead, Moretti’s first filmsince his Berlusconi-bashing The Cayman is a wry, subtleand moving story of one man’s faltering faith and fearof ultimate authority, that also reflects powerfully onthe institutional face of the Catholic religion. – AdrianWootton, LFF programme