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My Dog Tulip 12A

Fri 1 – Sun 3 Jul Dir: Paul Fierlinger and Sandra Fierlinger US 2009 82mins Cast: Voices – Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave, Isabella Rossellini

Beautifully animated and featuring an all-star cast voiced by Christopher Plummer, the late Lynn Redgrave (in her last film to be released) and Isabella Rossellini, My Dog Tulip is a touching, bittersweet adaptation of the late British author, J.R. Ackerley’s enduring memoir exploring the 16-year relationship with his adopted Alsatian bitch, Tulip.

Written, directed and animated by award-winning filmmakers Paul and Sandra Fierlinger, it is the first animated feature to be entirely hand drawn and painted utilising paperless computer technology.

“Is My Dog Tulip the best film ever about a dog? Is it Citizen Canine? My answer, yes…”HHHHH Financial Times

“…endearingly eccentric yet universally accessible… truly bounds and wags its tail. A treat that’s not just for dog-lovers.”HHHH Metro

The programme for this summer seems to look back to the 60s and 70s, more by luck than design, with portraits of real life icons of the time, such as Vidal Sassoon, Ayrton Senna and Glenn Gould; screen icons, like Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver; writers like J.R. Ackerley, whose writings are the foundation for My Dog Tulip, a delightful and truthful love story for anyone who has ever owned a dog; and see Catherine Deneuve discover feminism in the delirious Potiche!

Indeed, women are to the fore, be it as historic figures, such as The Princess of Montpensier or Margaret Humphreys, campaigning to reunite families split by forced emigration in Oranges and Sunshine or cultural figures like Pina Bausch, who features in Wim Wenders’ Pina and again in the documentary Dancing Dreams, working with and inspiring a group of young and aspiring dancers. In contrast there are women behaving badly as in the outrageous but thought provoking Bridesmaids.

For sheer uplifting perseverance, celebrate the resilience of the human spirit in The First Grader, a tale of a freedom fighter who struggles in later life to gain an education, a scenario echoed rather curiously by Larry Crowne in Tom Hanks’ latest comedy.

Standout film of the season is The Guard, with Brendan Gleeson as an unconventional Irish policeman harnessed with FBI agent, Don Cheadle, in a dark, dark comedy drama which recalls the spirit of In Bruges and Perrier’s Bounty and which opened the Edinburgh International Film Festival this June.

Have fun.

John Gore. Film Programmer

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Incendies 15

Mon 4 & Tue 5 JulDir: Denis VilleneuveCanada / France 2010 130mins subtitledCast: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Rémy Girard

Canadian twins Jeanne and Simon are left two envelopes in their mother’s will asking them to find a brother and father they never knew they had. Journeying from Canada to Lebanon the twists and turns of their mother’s mysterious past reveal an emotionally charged and gut wrenching truth that is deeply rooted in the country’s tumultuous history.

An adaptation of Wajdi Mouawad’s hit play, Incendies, is a deeply moving story that brings the extremism and violence of today’s world to a starkly personal level, delivering a powerful and poetic testament to the uncanny power of the will to survive.

Oscar Nominee, Best Foreign Language Film 2010

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Fri 1 – Thu 7 JulDir: François OzonFrance 2010 103mins subtitledCast: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini

It’s 1977 and women’s liberation is in the air but Suzanne (Deneuve) is still the self-effacing, elegant housewife of wealthy industrialist Robert Pujol (Luchini). Pujol oversees his umbrella factory with an iron fist and is equally tyrannical with his children and ‘trophy housewife’. When the workers go on strike and take Robert hostage, Suzanne steps in to manage the factory. To everyone’s surprise she proves herself a competent and assertive woman of action. Her new role throws her back in touch with union leader Gerard Depardieu, a romantic fling from the past that still has sparks. When Robert returns from a restful cruise looking to reassert himself things get complicated.

“With a frothy, sophisticated, quick-witted script, Mr. Ozon’s film follows in the tradition of the American screwball comedies of the 1940s. And the transformation of Suzanne… is a joy to behold in one of the most finely tuned, raciest and most gripping performances of Ms. Deneuve’s career.” The New York Times

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Pina UWed 6 & Thu 7 JulDir: Wim WendersGermany 2011 106mins subtitledCast: Regina Advento, Malou Airaudo, Ruth Amarante

Dancer Pina Bausch is legendary. Designed to ignite emotion in the viewer, Pina’s multi-media creations offered a visual experience like no other. This feature-length dance film, with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal, showcases the unique and inspiring art of the great German choreographer, who died in the summer of 2009.

Director Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club, Wings of Desire) takes the audience straight onto the stage with the legendary ensemble and follows the dancers into the city and the surrounding area of Wuppertal. This visually stunning journey of discovery is the film that has had everyone talking this year.

“Wim Wenders and Pina Bausch… a perfect match.” Hollywood Reporter

“A thrilling piece of cinema.” HHHHH The Times

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Cria Cuervos 12ARaise Ravens

Mon 11 & Tue 12 JulDir: Carlos SauraSpain 1976 110mins subtitledCast: Geraldine Chaplin, Ana Torrent, Conchi Perez

Shot in the summer of 1975 as General Franco lay dying, Saura’s masterpiece takes its title from a sinister Spanish proverb: ‘raise ravens and they’ll pluck out your eyes’. Cria Cuervos centres on an eight-year-old orphan (the spellbinding Ana Torrent) who believes herself to have poisoned her cold, authoritarian father, a high-ranking military man whom she blames for the death of her adored mother.

Looking forward to Pan’s Labyrinth, Cria Cuervos is one of cinema’s most hauntingly vivid depictions of a child’s fantasy-imbued reality. Darkly unsettling, deeply touching and comic by turns, this landmark of Spanish cinema exposes a stifling world in which talk of sex or the Civil War is still largely taboo.

The First Grader 12A

Fri 8 – Thu 14 JulDir: Justin ChadwickUK / US / Kenya 2010 103minsCast: Naomie Harries, Oliver Litondo

When the Kenyan government promises free education for all, 84 year-old Maruge makes his way to a remote primary school to get himself an education. An old Mau Mau warrior, he once fought for the liberation of his country, now he must fight for his right to learn.

Full of vitality and humour, the film explores the remarkable relationships Maruge builds with his classmates, some eighty years his junior.

Directed by Justin Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl/Bleak House) this is a heart warming and inspiring true story of one man’s fight for what he believes is his right in order to overcome the burdens of his past. It is a triumphant testimony to the transforming force of education.

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Fri 8 – Sun 10 JulDir: Gregg ArakiUS / France 2010 86minsCast: Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett, Chris Zylka

Smith’s everyday life in the dorms – hanging out with his arty, sarcastic best friend Stella, hooking up with a beautiful free spirit named London, lusting for his gorgeous but dim surfer roommate Thor – all gets turned upside-down after one fateful, terrifying night…

Tripping on some hallucinogenic cookies he ate at a party, Smith is convinced he’s witnessed the gruesome murder of an enigmatic red-haired girl who has been haunting his dreams. What he discovers as he tries to find out the truth leads him deeper and deeper into a mystery that will forever change the course not only of his young life, but the entire world.

“A romp, pure and simple.” HHHH

Time Out

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CreditOutside The Law 15Hors La Loi

Wed 13 & Thu 14 JulDir: Rachid BoucharebFrance / Algeria / Belgium / Tunisia / Italy 2010 133mins subtitledCast: Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila

From acclaimed director Rachid Bouchareb (Days of Glory, London River) comes the Oscar nominated drama Outside The Law.

After losing their family home in Algeria, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France; and Said moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle. Gradually, their interconnecting destinies reunite them in the French capital, where freedom is a battle to be fought and won.

The Conspirator 12A

Fri 15 – Thu 21 JulDir: Robert RedfordUS 2010 123minsCast: James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Evan Rachel Wood

Robert Redford directs this riveting thriller, the powerful story of a woman who would do anything to protect her family, and the man who risked everything to save her.

In the wake of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, Vice President and Secretary of State. The lone woman charged, Mary Surratt, owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and others met and planned the simultaneous attacks.

Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer, Frederick Aiken (McAvoy), a 28-year-old Union war-hero, reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal. Aiken realises his client may be innocent and that she is being used as bait in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt, her own son, John. As the nation turns against her, Surratt is forced to rely on Aiken to uncover the truth and save her.

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Vidal Sassoon PG

Sat 16 & Sun 17 JulDir: Craig TeperUS 2010 94minsCast: Vidal Sassoon, Mary Quant, Ronnie Sassoon

Vidal Sassoon is more than just a hairdresser – he’s a rock star, an artist, a craftsman who ‘changed the world with a pair of scissors’. With the geometric Bauhaus-inspired hair styles he pioneered in the 1960s and his ‘wash and wear’ philosophy, Sassoon revolutionised the art of hairstyling, leaving an indelible mark on popular culture.

Spanning 80 years of revolution in culture, Vidal Sassoon takes a deeply intimate look into the life of this extraordinary man, whose influence far outreaches the industry he changed forever.

A true rags to riches tale, the film traces Sassoon’s path from a London orphanage to international success and celebrity. This film shows Sassoon to be not only one of the great innovators of our time, but a cultural life force as relevant today as ever.

“This is one hair appointment you won’t want to miss.” HHHH Empire

Last Night 12A

Fri 15 – Tue 19 JulDir: Massy TadjedinUS / France 2010 93minsCast: Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Eva Mendes, Guillame Canet

New York City is a stunning backdrop for this story of a successful, gorgeous and outwardly perfect married couple confronting the turbulence of temptation.

Joanna and Michael Reed (Knightley and Worthington) are seven years into a loyal and healthy marriage, both balancing challenging but rewarding careers, and enjoying what the city has to offer. One night when the Reeds attend a company party, Joanna witnesses an exchange of glances between her husband and a sexy colleague (Mendes), whom Michael never mentioned before.

As Joanna begins to doubt Michael’s intentions, she finds herself facing her own temptation when ex-lover Alex (Canet) resurfaces.

This finely woven tale gently exposes the tangled web of emotions surrounding doubt and jealousy that subtly tug at the seams of a modern relationship.

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The Princess of Montpensier

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La Princesse De Montpensier

Fri 22 – Tue 26 JulDir: Bertrand TavernierFrance / Germany 2010 140mins subtitledCast: Melanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet

Acclaimed filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier directs a spectacular cast in The Princess of Montpensier, a dramatic tale of passion, intrigue and duty.

Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier. Being the dutiful daughter Marie consents to marry the prince and put aside her childish fantasy for the roguish Henri. However, wherever Marie goes attention follows, and soon enough her path crosses with Henri once more.

“A sweeping and romantic historical epic.” The Chicago Sun-Times

Dancing Dreams tbcWed 20 & Thu 21 JulDir: Rainer Hoffmann, Anne LinselGermany 2010 92 mins subtitledCast: Pina Bausch, Bénédicte Billet, Josephine Ann Endicott

A ballet film that captures the hearts of the dancers themselves, Dancing Dreams celebrates the work of world-famous, visionary choreographer Pina Bausch. Bausch selected 40 teenagers to be part of her dance piece Contact Zone. Dancing Dreams follows them through ten months of challenging rehearsals, from their first attempts at expressing themselves in movement through to the Opening Night.

Pina Bausch died shortly after the film was completed, making it a testament to the genius of one of ballet’s greats.

Senna

Senna 12A

Wed 27 & Thu 28 JulDir: Asif KapadiaUK / France / US 2010 106minsCast: Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Frank Williams

Senna’s remarkable story, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the focus of Senna, a documentary that spans the racing legend’s years as an F1 driver. Far more than a film for F1 fans, Senna eschews many standard documentary techniques in favour of a more cinematic approach that makes full use of astounding footage, much of which is drawn from F1 archives and is previously unseen.

“Shattering in the gentlest way, edited with rare care, it’s an affirmation of all the bonds Senna forged in his life – with his family, colleagues, the people of Brazil. To emerge unmoved is just about inconceivable.” HHHHH The Telegraph

Winner of the World Cinema Audience Award for Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival 2011

Larry Crowne

Larry Crowne 12A

Fri 22 – Thu 28 JulDir: Tom HanksUS 2011 99minsCast: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Bryan Cranston

Oscar winners Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts reunite for this dramatic comedy about how the hard knocks from today’s recession inspire one everyday guy to undergo a personal reinvention.

Until he was downsized, affable, amiable, Larry Crowne (Hanks) was a superstar team leader at the big-box company where he’s worked since his time in the Navy. Unclear on what to do with his suddenly free days, Larry heads to his local college to start over. There he becomes part of a colourful community all trying to find a better future for themselves…

In his public-speaking class, Larry develops an unexpected crush on his teacher Mercedes Tainot (Roberts), who has lost as much passion for teaching as she has for her husband.

The simple guy who has every reason to think his life has stalled will come to learn an unexpected lesson: when you think everything worth having has passed you by, you might just discover your reason to live.

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The Way 12A

Fri 29 Jul – Tue 2 AugDir: Emilio EstevezUS 2010 129minsCast: Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, James Nesbitt

Martin Sheen plays Tom, an American doctor who comes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France to collect the remains of his adult son, killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking The Camino de Santiago. Driven by his profound sadness and desire to understand his son better, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage, leaving his ‘California bubble life’ behind.

Tom meets other pilgrims from around the world, all broken and looking for greater meaning in their lives. From the hardship experienced along The Way, this unlikely group create an everlasting bond and Tom discovers the difference between “The life we live and the life we choose”.

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Trust 15

Fri 29 Jul – Thu 4 AugDir: David SchwimmerUS 2010 106minsCast: Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato, Chris Henry Coffey

Annie meets a boy on the internet. He’s cute, he’s her age and he really seems to like her. Her parents have no idea. But then the boy confesses that he’s actually a little older than Annie. Still, her parents are in the dark. By the time this ‘boy’ lures Annie to meet him she is so smitten with the idea of him that his true identity barely matters. What happens in the next twenty-four hours is every parent’s nightmare.

The devastating revelation reverberates through her entire family, setting in motion a chain of events that forever changes their lives in ways that no one could have ever predicted.

Director, David Schwimmer (he of Friends fame and director of Run Fat Boy Run), resists predictability to balance nail-biting suspense with heartrending drama, with tour-de-force performances from Liana Liberato and Chris Henry Coffey.

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

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Sat 30 & Sun 31 JulDir: Michèle Hozer, Peter RaymontCanada 2009 112minsCast: Glenn GouldEnigmatic musical poet and world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate twenty-seven years after his untimely death.

His inimitable music and writing reveal an insightful world-view that we are still unravelling. Though there have been many documentaries about Gould, most are distracted by his eccentricities while missing the man and message behind the music. Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould pierces through the myths, revealing the man beneath the icon.

The film weaves together an unprecedented array of never before seen footage of Gould, photographs and excerpts from his private recordings and diaries plus personal interviews with Gould’s most intimate friends and lovers, to reconstruct his thoughts on music, art, society, love and life.

“The most comprehensive and touching film portrait of the great Canadian pianist in all his glories and miseries.” The New Yorker

“Completely engrossing… as iconic as Jim Morrison or James Dean.” The Los Angeles Times

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Wed 3 & Thu 4 AugDir: Martin ScorseseUS 1976 114minsCast: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks

An alienated, battle-scarred loner embarks on a mission of misguided revenge in the seedy underbelly of night-time Manhattan.

See this newly restored version of the cult classic, directed by Martin Scorsese, as it celebrates its 35th anniversary.

“A film that stays in the bloodstream.” HHHHH The Guardian

“De Niro’s finest performance.” HHHHH The Independent

Bridesmaids 15

Fri 5 – Tue 9 AugDir: Paul FeigUS 2011 125minsCast: Kristen Wiig, Terry Crews, Jessica St. ClairBridesmaids sees Saturday Night Live regulars Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph teaming up on the big screen, directed by Paul Feig (Nurse Jackie).

Annie (Wiig) is the maid of honour whose life unravels as she leads her best friend, Lillian (Rudolph), and a group of colourful bridesmaids on a wild ride down the road to matrimony.

Annie’s life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian’s maid of honour. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love.

“…director Paul Feig (The Office, Nurse Jackie), who has the gift of letting scenes play out just long enough to be both hilarious and heartfelt.” Rolling Stone

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The Round Up tbcLa Rafle

Tue 9 – Thu 11 AugDir: Rose BoschFrance / Germany / Hungary 2010 115mins subtitledCast: Jean Reno, Mélanie Laurent

1942. Joseph is eleven. And this June morning, he must go to school, a yellow star sewn on his chest. Between kindness and contempt, Jo, his Jewish friends and their families learn of life in an occupied Paris on the Butte Montmartre where they’ve taken shelter.

At least that’s what they think, until that morning on July 16th 1942 when their fragile happiness is toppled over. From the Vélodrome D’Hiver, where 13,000 Jews are crammed, to the camp of Beaune-La-Rolande, from Vichy to the terrace of the Berghof, The Round Up follows the real destinies of the victims and the executioners. Of those who orchestrated it all. Of those who trusted them. Of those who fled. Of those who oppose them.

JIG PG

Sat 6 & Sun 7 AugDir: Sue BourneUK 2011 98minsCast: Brogan McCay, Julia O’Rourke, Joe Bitter

JIG is the remarkable story of the 40th Irish Dancing World Championships, held in March 2010 in Glasgow. Thousands of dancers, their families and teachers from around the globe descend upon Glasgow for one drama filled week. Clad in wigs, make-up, fake tan, diamantes and dresses costing thousands of pounds, they compete for the coveted world titles.

For the first time, the controlling body of competitive Irish dance allowed an outsider to film this fiercely competitive world. Sue Bourne discovers wonderfully diverse characters of all ages from the United States, Holland, England, Ireland, Scotland and Russia performing in what is a hot bed of dedication, hard work, obsession and passion. When it comes to the final competition, the rivalry between the contestants escalates as the film reaches its nail-biting climax.

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Holy Rollers 15

Fri 5 – Mon 8 AugDir: Kevin AschUS 2010 89minsCast: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Bartha, Danny A. Abeckaser

Holy Rollers is inspired by actual events in the late nineties when Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States.

Sam Gold (Eisenberg), a young Hasid from an Orthodox Brooklyn community reluctantly follows the path his family has chosen for him, awaiting a pending arranged marriage and studying to become a Rabbi. That is, until a charming neighbour, Yosef, senses Sam’s resistance and propositions him to transport ‘medicine’ for Jackie, an Israeli dealer, and his girlfriend, Rachel.

Sam embarks on a double life that begins to rip his family apart until he slowly comes to realise the façade behind the easy money and parties. Caught between life as a smuggler and the path back to God, Sam goes on the run, forced to make a fatal decision that could bring the entire operation crashing down.

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Fri 12 – Sun 14 AugDir: Eric LartigauFrance 2010 114mins subtitledCast: Romain Duris, Marina Foïs, Niels Arestrup

Adapting Douglas Kennedy’s acclaimed novel – and retaining all its insight and tantalising suspense – Eric Lartigau guides French star Roman Duris (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) to one of his best-ever performances. At once a portrait of a conflicted man and a sleek European thriller, The Big Picture is an escapist delight with substance.

Paul (Duris) works in investment banking and has a magazine-perfect lifestyle. But he laments not having pursued his real passion of photography. He is also tormented by a new and insidious jealousy; his wife has fallen under the spell of a rival and former friend.

Ultimately, The Big Picture is the portrait of an artist on the run, escaping the shackles of conformity and embracing liberated selfhood. Paul emerges as a man coming into his own as a creator in this thrillingly intense film.

The Tree of Life 12A

Fri 12 – Wed 17 AugDir: Terrence MalickUS 2011 138minsCast: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain

From Terrence Malick, the acclaimed director of such classics as Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Pitt).

Jack (played as an adult by Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Through Malick’s signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life.

The Great White Silence U

Wed 10 & Thu 11 AugDir: Herbert G. PontingUK 1924 108minsCast: Robert Falcon Scott, Herbert G. Ponting

The official record of Captain Scott’s legendary expedition to the South Pole.

A hundred years ago, the British Antarctic Expedition, led by Captain Scott set out on its ill-fated race to the South Pole. Joining Scott on board the Terra Nova was official photographer and cinematographer Herbert Ponting. He filmed almost every aspect of the expedition: the scientific work, life in camp and the local wildlife. Most importantly, Ponting recorded the preparations for the assault on the Pole – from the trials of the caterpillar-track sledges to clothing and cooking equipment – giving us a real sense of the challenges faced by the expedition.

The BFI National Archive has restored this extraordinary documentary using the latest photochemical and digital techniques and reintroduced the film’s sophisticated use of colour.

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Akira 15

Thu 18 & Fri 19 AugDir: Katsuhiro OtomoJapan 1988 124mins subtitledCast: voices – Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama

Akira has been re-mastered and re-released 20 years after its original release.

Neo-Tokyo, 2019. The city is well on the way to rebuilding after World War III. The central characters, Kaneda and Tetsuo, two high school drop-outs, are members of a joy-riding motorcycle gang. In the opening scene, Kaneda and Tetsuo stumble upon a secret government project to develop telekinetic humans, apparently for use as weapons. Tetsuo learns of the existence of his ‘peer’ Akira, the project’s most powerful subject, and determines to challenge him…

The Light Thief tbcSvet-Ake

Tue 16 – Thu 18 AugDir: Aktan AbdykalykovFrance / Kyrgyzstan / Germany / Netherlands 2010 80mins subtitledCast: Aktan Abdykalykov, Taalaikan Abazova

In a remote region in the south of the Kyrgyz Republic, a popular, open-hearted electrician known as Mister Light is kind to the old folks, rescues young boys from trees and tampers with meters so that the impoverished rural community who can’t afford electricity have access to it. This sort of activity does not make him popular with the authorities, particularly when opportunistic politician Bezkat eyes a chance to sell the land from underneath the villagers to the Chinese. Mister Light makes it his mission to illuminate the corruption he witnesses.

This is a visually ravishing political allegory about the economic situation in Kyrgyzstan since the collapse of the USSR in a film that manages to be warm, witty and utterly charming.

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Oranges and Sunshine 12A

Sat 13 – Mon 15 AugDir: Jim LoachUK 2011 105minsCast: Hugo Weaving, Emily Watson, David Wenham

Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys (Watson), a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals in recent times: the organised deportation of children in care from the United Kingdom to Australia.

Almost single-handedly, against overwhelming odds and with little regard for her own well-being, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.

“Terrific. Emily Watson is on staggering form… a powerful real-life story told with sensitivity and grace.” HHHH Time Out

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The Tree tbc

Sat 20 – Tue 23 AugDir: Julie BertuccelliFrance / Australia / Germany Italy 2010 100minsCast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Morgana Davies, Marton Csokas

This lyrical and mystical Australian-French co-production is a story of inspirational hope that’s set in the very real landscape of rural Queensland.

8 year old Simone’s world is violently rocked by the sudden death of her father. Her mother, the ever captivating Charlotte Gainsbourg, is unable to cope and the children don’t seem to be able to get through to her. Left to her own devices Simone believes her father’s spirit lives on in the beautiful bay fig tree that towers over their house and threatens to demolish it. Reason dictates that the tree should be felled but at the risk of breaking Simone’s heart.

“I shall never see a film as lovely as The Tree – comes close to perfection.” HHHH The Australian

Whiskey Galore PG

Sat 20 & Sun 21 AugDir: Alexander MackendrickUK 1949 82minsCast: Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, Bruce Seton

When a ship carrying 50,000 cases of whiskey runs aground on a Hebridean island, the locals are determined to bypass bureaucracy and keep it for themselves – by any means necessary!

Alexander Mackendrick’s 1949 Ealing comedy (adapted from Compton Mackenzie’s novel, which in turn was inspired by a real incident) is an absolute joy – warm and wise and drolly hilarious, with wonderful performances and beautiful locations on the island of Barra.

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Fri 19 – Tue 23 AugDir: Mike MillsUS 2010 105minsCast: Ewan McGregor, Mélanie Laurent, Christopher Plummer

Beginners imaginatively explores the hilarity, confusion and surprises of love through the evolving consciousness of Oliver (McGregor). Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father has passed away.

This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father who, following the death of his wife of 45 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energised and wonderfully tumultuous gay life. The upheavals of his new honesty, by turns funny and moving, brought father and son closer than they’d ever been able to be. Now Oliver endeavours to love Anna with all the bravery, humour and hope that his father taught him.

“A captivating, emotionally sophisticated beauty!” Entertainment Weekly

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Arriety U

Fri 26 – Mon 29 AugDir: Hiromasa YonebayashiJapan 2010 94mins dubbedCast: voices – Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Shinobu Otak

Studio Ghilbi’s reworking of an English classic.

The Borrowers are a tiny group of people, only 10cm tall, who live under the floorboards of typical human households. On a mission to get some sugar, Borrowers Arriety and her father Pod are noticed by Sho, a boy just moved in with his great aunt Sadako. Keen to befriend, Sho tells them not to be afraid and a bond between Arriety and Sho is born but, troubled by the threat of Borrower extinction by humans and Sho’s heart condition, the two friends struggle to stay together.

Directed by veteran Studio Ghilbi animator Hiromasa Yonebayashi, this new adaptation of the classic children’s novel The Borrowers is exquisitely detailed and utterly enchanting.

Poetry tbc

Wed 24 & Thu 25 AugDir: Chang-dong LeeSouth Korea 2010 139mins subtitledCast: Jeong-hie Yun, Naw-sang Ahn, Hira Kim

An elderly lady in her 60s, Yang Mija, works as a carer for a disabled man and also raises her grandson alone. She has to endure the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and also learns that her grandson was one of the attackers of a high school girl who committed suicide.

Through all of this and to fulfil her lifelong dream of becoming a poet the elderly woman starts to take a poetry class and starts writing…

Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Lee Chang-dong’s follow-up to his acclaimed Secret Sunshine is a masterful study of the subtle empowerment – and moral compass – of an older woman who refuses to give up on life.

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The Referees 12A

Wed 24 & Thu 25 AugDir: Yves Hinant, Eric Cardot, Lehericey DelphineBelgium 2009 77mins subtitledCast: Howard Webb, Manuel Mejuto González, Robert Rosetti

How can a few seconds of a football match put a family in upheaval? How do these “men in black” put up with insults and threats from fans? In The Referees, director Yves Hinant reveals the hidden lives of these men behind the scenes of a major football tournament.

Featuring infamous referees Pierluigi Collina and Howard Webb, who provoked the controversy after his performance at the 2010 World Cup Final, The Referees exposes fans to a new dimension of the beautiful game.

Revealing the conversations between referees, players and their assistants, this film delves into the referees’ world as they face abuse from managers, death threats from fans and their every decision to be scrutinised around the world.

Kind Hearts and Coronets U Tue 30 Aug – Thu 1 SepDir: Robert HamerUK 1949 106minsCast: Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness

A coolly elegant, critically acclaimed comic masterpiece, Kind Hearts and Coronets is a classic black comedy from Ealing Studios.

Louis Mazzini’s mother belongs to the aristocratic family D’Ascoyne, but she ran away with an opera singer. Therefore, the D’Ascoynes rejected her and Louis. Once an adult, Louis decides to avenge his mother and himself by becoming the next Duke of the family. Murdering every potential successor – all famously played by Alec Guinness – is clearly the safest way to achieve his goal. Louis employs a variety of imaginative murder techniques in order to achieve his aim, and gradually his goal seems to be moving towards his grasp.

Regarded by many as Ealing’s greatest film, Kind Hearts and Coronets was voted the 7th best British film ever made by Total Film magazine.

Give your opinion or pose questions for further debate on the film you have just seen in this series of post-screening discussions led by Julia Condon-Jones.

Julia is a Film Studies teacher who has been leading the post-screening discussions (in the frame) at Warwick Arts Centre for some time and invites you to come and have a chat about the film you have just watched.

Everyone is welcome to talk about whatever issues the film has raised…

The First Grader 12A Fri 8 JulThe Conspirator 12AFri 15 JulDancing Dreams tbcThu 21 JulThe Princess of Montpensier 15La Princesse de Montpensier Tue 26 JulThe Round Up tbcLa Rafle Wed 10 AugThe Tree of Life 12AWed 17 Aug The Light Thief tbcThu 18 Aug

in the frame

The Guard Kind Hearts and Coronets

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The Guard 15

Fri 26 Aug – Thu 1 SepDir: John Michael McDonaghIreland 2011 96minsCast: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham

This comedy thriller, set on the west coast of Ireland, stars Brendan Gleeson as Sergeant Gerry Boyle, a small town cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humour, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett to his door.

However, despite the fact that Boyle seems more interested in mocking and undermining Everett than in actively working to solve the case, Boyle finds that circumstances keep pulling him back into the thick of it. These events unwittingly offend Boyle’s murky moral code. He realises that he needs to take matters into his own hands and the only person he can trust is Everett. And so the scene is set for an explosive finale.

West Midlands Film HubWarwick Arts Centre and Screen WM have joined forces to create a Film Hub for the West Midlands. Come along to experience, understand, enjoy and even make movies.

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JulyFri 1 My Dog Tulip 6.30pm

Potiche 8.30pmSat 2 Potiche 4pm

Potiche 6.30pm

My Dog Tulip 8.45pmSun 3 My Dog Tulip 4pm

Potiche 7.30pmMon 4 Potiche 6.30pm

Incendies 8.45pmTue 5 Incendies 6.15pm

Potiche 9pmWed 6 Potiche 6.30pm

Pina 8.45pmThu 7 Pina 6.30pm

Potiche 8.50pmFri 8 The First Grader PSD 6.30pm

Kaboom 8.45pmSat 9 The First Grader 4pm

The First Grader 6.30pmKaboom 8.45pm

Sun 10 The First Grader 4pmKaboom 7.30pm

Mon 11 Cria Cuervos 6.30pmThe First Grader 8.50pm

Tue 12 The First Grader 6.30pmCria Cuervos 8.45pm

Wed 13 The First Grader 6.30pmOutside The Law 8.45pm

Thu 14 The First Grader 6.30pmOutside The Law 8.45pm

Fri 15 The Conspirator PSD 6.30pmLast Night 9pm

Sat 16 Vidal Sassoon 4pmLast Night 6.30pmThe Conspirator 8.30pm

Sun 17 Vidal Sassoon 4pmThe Conspirator 7.30pm

Mon 18 The Conspirator 6.30pmLast Night 9pm

Tue 19 Last Night 6.30pmThe Conspirator 8.45pm

Wed 20 The Conspirator 6.30pmDancing Dreams 9pm

Thu 21 Dancing Dreams PSD 6.30pmThe Conspirator 8.45pm

Fri 22 The Princess of Montpensier 6pmLarry Crowne 9pm

Sat 23 The Princess of Montpensier 3.15pmLarry Crowne 6.15pmThe Princess of Montpensier 8.30pm

Sun 24 The Princess of Montpensier 4pmLarry Crowne 7.30pm

quick guide

Films A-ZAkira p14

Arriety p16

Beginners p15

Big Picture (The) p13

Bridesmaids p11

Conspirator (The) p06

Cria Cuervos p05

Dancing Dreams p08

First Grader (The) p05

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould

p11

Great White Silence (The) p13

Guard (The) p17

Holy Rollers p12

Incendies p03

JIG p12

Kaboom p05

Kind Hearts and Coronets p17

Larry Crowne p09

Last Night p07

Light Thief (The) p14

My Dog Tulip p02

Oranges and Sunshine p14

Outside The Law p06

Pina p04

Poetry p16

Potiche p03

Princess of Montpensier (The) p08

Referees (The) p16

Round Up (The) p12

Senna p09

Taxi Driver p11

Tree (The) p15

Tree of Life (The) p13

Trust p10

Vidal Sassoon p07

Way (The) p10

Whiskey Galore p15

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Mon 25 Larry Crowne 6.15pmThe Princess of Montpensier 8.30pm

Tue 26 The Princess of Montpensier 6pmLarry Crowne 9pm

Wed 27 Larry Crowne 6.30pmSenna 8.45pm

Thu 28 Senna 6.30pmLarry Crowne 8.50pm

Fri 29 The Way 6.15pmTrust 9pm

Sat 30 Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould 4pmTrust 6.30pmThe Way 8.45pm

Sun 31 Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould 4pmTrust 7.30pm

AugustMon 1 Trust 6.30pm

The Way 8.45pmTue 2 The Way 6.15pm

Trust 9pmWed 3 Trust 6.30pm

Taxi Driver 8.45pmThu 4 Taxi Driver 6.30pm

Trust 9pmFri 5 Bridesmaids 6.15pm

Holy Rollers 8.50pmSat 6 JIG 4pm

Holy Rollers 6.30pmBridesmaids 8.30pm

Sun 7 JIG 4pmHoly Rollers 7.30pm

Mon 8 Bridesmaids 6.15pmHoly Rollers 8.50pm

Tue 9 Bridesmaids 6.15pmThe Round Up 8.50pm

Wed 10 The Round Up PSD 6.30pmThe Great White Silence 9pm

Thu 11 The Great White Silence 6.30pmThe Round Up 8.50pm

Fri 12 The Tree of Life 6pmThe Big Picture 8.50pm

Sat 13 Oranges and Sunshine 4pmThe Big Picture 6.15pmThe Tree of Life 8.50pm

Sun 14 The Big Picture 4pmThe Tree of Life 7.30pm

Mon 15 The Tree of Life 6pmOranges and Sunshine 8.50pm

Tue 16 The Light Thief 6.30pmThe Tree of Life 8.30pm

Wed 17 The Tree of Life PSD 6pmThe Light Thief 8.50pm

Thu 18 The Light Thief PSD 6.30pmAkira 8.30pm

Fri 19 Akira 6.15pmBeginners 8.50pm

Sat 20 Whiskey Galore 4pmThe Tree 6.30pmBeginners 8.50pm

Sun 21 Whiskey Galore 4pmBeginners 7.30pm

Mon 22 Beginners 6.30pmThe Tree 8.50pm

Tue 23 The Tree 6.30pmBeginners 8.45pm

Wed 24 The Referees 6.30pmPoetry 8.30pm

Thu 25 The Referees 6.30pmPoetry 8.30pm

Fri 26 Arriety 6.30pmThe Guard 8.45pm

Sat 27 Arriety 5pmThe Guard 7.30pm

Sun 28 Arriety 4pmThe Guard 7.30pm

Mon 29 Arriety 5pmThe Guard 7.30pm

Tue 30 The Guard 6.30pmKind Hearts and Coronets 8.45pm

Wed 31 Kind Hearts and Coronets 6.30pmThe Guard 8.50pm

SeptemberThu 1 Kind Hearts and Coronets 6.30pm

The Guard 8.50pm

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Handspring Puppet Company’s

Woyzeck on the HighveldTue 11 – Sat 15 Oct 7.30pm

An adaptation of Georg Buchner’s famous play from the internationally renowned Handspring Puppet Company, whose magnificent life-size puppet horses star in the critically acclaimed hit War Horse.

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