Film GuideSept-Oct 2015
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Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Altwood Road, Maidenhead SL6 4PF
Centre for the Arts Maidenhead
Parent and Baby Screenings (P&B)
Family Viewing
Fri 11 Sept 10.30am Manglehorn
Thur 1 Oct 10.30am The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Thur 15 Oct 10.30am VacationExclusively for parents with children under 2 years. Tickets are £5.50 for adults.
Film admission includes a charitable donation of £2 per ticket, which contributesto the upkeep of Norden Farm.
Tues 27 and Wed 28 Oct 8pmDir: Brian Helgeland 2015Run time tbc, UK/FrThe true story of the rise and fall of London’s most notorious gangsters - Reggie and Ronnie Kray. This crime thriller depicts the secret history of the 1960s and the events that secured the infamy of the Kray Twins. WHY? In an extraordinary performance, Tom Hardy takes on the roles of both Reggie and Ronnie
Legend
£9.50 (or 3 films for £24) / £8.50 conc (or 3 films for £21)
£7 (£5 under 16s), Family & Friends (4 people) £20
Ticket Prices (unless otherwise stated)
Sun 18 Oct 7.30pmTues 20 Oct 8pmFri 23 Oct 2pmDir: Liv Ullmann 2014130 mins, No/UK/Ca/US/Fr/IrIn 1880s Ireland, Miss Julie flirts, dances and drinks with John, her father's valet. Their intimacy leads to desperate plans and visions of a life together. WHY? Colin Farrell and Jessica Chastain star in this adaptation of Strindberg’s play
Miss Julie
Tues 27 Oct 11amDir: Arild Frohlich 201483 mins, NoDoctor Proctor has accidentally invented the world's most powerful fart powder. When local children Lisa and Nilly unexpectedly drop by, it becomes the beginning of an unusual friendship and a riotous business project. WHY? Based on the children’s book by Jo Nesbø
Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder
Sun 11 Oct 7.30pmThur 15 Oct 10.30am (P&B)and 8pmDir: John Francis Daley 201599 mins, USRusty Griswold is determined to recreate one of the greatest trips of his childhood. What’s more fun than spending time together with plenty of stops to see family along the way? WHY? Stars Ed Helms (The Hangover, The Office), Christina Applegate (Anchorman) and Chris Hemsworth (Thor, Rush)
Vacation
Thur 15 Oct 2pmSat 17 Oct 8pmDir: Andrew Haigh 201595 mins, UKKate and Geoff Mercer have been married for over fifty years. They receive news that the body of Geoff’s first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. Drama starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay. WHY? ★★★★★ Time Out ★★★★★ The Daily Telegraph ★★★★ The Guardian
45 Years
Wed 7 Oct 2pm£15. 205 minsAn encore screening from the Royal Opera House. Based on a play that was originally banned for its political content, the characters are made even more human by Mozart’s outstanding music. WHY? Often considered a perfect opera, Le nozze di Figaro represents Mozart’s genius at its most lively and delightful
ROH: Le nozze di Figaro
Fri 16 and Tues 20 Oct 2pm£15. 240 minsAn encore screening from the Barbican. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament. WHY? Academy Award nominee Benedict Cumberbatch takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy
NT Live: Hamlet
Wed 21 Oct 7pmTues 27 Oct 4pm£15. 210 minsLive screening from the Royal Shakespeare Company (Wednesday, encore Tuesday). Henry IV is dead and Hal is King. With England in a state of unrest, he strives to gain the respect of his nobility and people. WHY? Screened in the same week as the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt
RSC Live: Henry V
Tues 27 Oct 2pmWed 28 Oct 11amDir: Ronnie Del Carmen, Pete Docter 2015, 102 mins, USJoy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness live in a control centre inside 11 year old Riley's mind. When she moves with her family to San Francisco, they struggle to adjust and turmoil ensues. WHY? ★★★★★ The Times★★★★★ Empire Magazine★★★★★ The Independent
Inside Out
TBCCERT
Wed 28 Oct 2pmDir: Gary Rydstrom 201599 mins, USPopular songs from the past six decades bring to life a colourful cast of goblins, elves, fairies and imps. Join them for a hilarious misadventure sparked by the battle over a powerful potion. WHY? A madcap fairy tale musical inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream
Strange Magic
Sat 31 Oct 11.30amand 2pmDir: Genndy Tartakovsky 201288 mins, USWelcome to the Hotel Transylvania. Dracula has invited some of the world's most famous monsters to celebrate his daughter Mavis's 118th birthday. Things go wrong when an ordinary guy stumbles upon the hotel. WHY? Animation voiced by Adam Sandler and Selena Gomez
Hotel Transylvania
Tues 22 Sept 7.15pmWed 23 and Sun 27 Sept 2pm£15. 180 minsLive screening (Tuesday, encore Wednesday and Sunday) from the Royal Opera House. Kenneth MacMillan’s famous version of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy is set to Prokofiev’s magnificent score. WHY? Rich in the swaggering colour of Verona street life and in sword fights and celebrations
ROH: Romeo and Juliet
Wed 30 Sept 2pm£15. 180 minsThe 2013 broadcast of the Donmar Warehouse’s production. When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender - Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. WHY? Featuring an award winning performance fromTom Hiddleston
NT Live: Coriolanus (encore)
Wed 30 Sept 8pm£15. 133 minsThe groundbreaking Pink Floyd concept album is brought to life by Roger Waters, co-founder and songwriter for the iconic band. This state-of-the-art show dazzles the senses and combines with Roger’s intensely personal road trip. WHY? A concert film that goes well beyond the stage
Roger Waters The Wall
Sat 3 Oct 8pmSun 4 Oct 2pmDir: Noah Baumbach 201584 mins, USTracy is at college in New York. It’s not the glamorous metropolitan lifestyle she envisioned. Her soon-to-be stepsister Brooke is an adventurous gal about town. Tracy is soon seduced by Brooke's alluringly mad schemes. WHY? ‘A pure delight’ ★★★★ The Guardian
Mistress America
Sun 4 Oct 7.30pmTues 6 Oct 2pmDir: Anne Fontaine 201499 mins, Fr/UKGemma and Charles Bovery move to a village in Normandy where a local Flaubert fan becomes besotted with Gemma. He fears she may suffer the same fate as the heroine in his favourite novel. WHY? Gemma Arterton stars in this amusing reworking of Madame Bovary
Gemma Bovery
Tues 6 Oct 8pmThur 8 Oct 2pmDir: Crystal Moselle 201590 mins, USDocumentary. Six brothers have spent their entire lives locked away from society in a Manhattan housing project. All they know of the outside is gleaned from the movies they watch - obsessively. As adolescence looms, they dream of escape. WHY? ‘Everything about The Wolfpack is extraordinary’ Time Magazine
The Wolfpack
Sun 20 Sept 7.30pmDir: Christopher McQuarrie 2015, 131 mins, USA team of highly skilled operatives are hell-bent on creating a new world order through an escalating series of terrorist attacks. Ethan Hunt joins forces with a disavowed British agent for his most impossible mission yet. WHY? Tom Cruise is back in the fifth film of the iconic Mission Impossible franchise
Mission Impossible
Sun 27 Sept 7.30pmThur 1 Oct 10.30am (P&B)and 2pm, Sat 3 Oct 2pmDir: Guy Ritchie 2015116 mins, USAt the height of the Cold War, CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin are forced to put aside longstanding hostilities. They team up on a mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organisation from releasing nuclear weapons and technology. WHY? A fresh take on the hugely popular 1960s television series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Tues 8 Sept 8pmDir: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado 2014110 mins, Fr/Br/ItFor 40 years photographer Sebastião Salgado has captured images across the world of an ever-changing humanity. His life and work are revealed in this documentary portrait. WHY? ★★★★★ Empire Magazine ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ The Times
The Salt of the Earth
Fri 11 Sept 10.30am (P&B)and 8pm, Sun 13 and Tues 15 Sept 2pmDir: David Gordon Green 201497 mins, USAJ Manglehorn (Al Pacino) is a reclusive locksmith who spends his days lamenting a long lost love. His life is transformed when he meets kind hearted Dawn (Holly Hunter). A rich and humorous tale of second chances. WHY? ‘The finest performance Pacino has delivered in years’ ★★★★ The Guardian
Manglehorn
Sun 13 Sept 7.30pmDir: Oliver Hirschbiegel 2015114 mins, GeIn 1939, Georg Elser constructs a bomb. It explodes during Hitler’s anniversary speech and kills 8 people. The Fuhrer had left the room just 13 minutes earlier. For days, Elser is interrogated by the Gestapo, will he confess? WHY? The untold story of how a carpenter nearly changed modern history
13 Minutes
Wed 9 Sept 2pm£15. 180 minsAn encore screening from the National Theatre of George Farquhar's wild comedy of love and cash. Two charming, dissolute young men set out to marry for money. WHY? ★★★★ The Times★★★★ The Observer ★★★★ Time Out ★★★★ The Guardian★★★★ Evening Standard
NT Live: The Beaux’ Stratagem
Tues 15 Sept 7pm£15. 145 minsEncore screening. Handa Opera perform Verdi’s masterpiece to the backdrop of Sydney Opera House. WHY? Amid all of the spectacle, the famous 'Triumphal March', battle scenes and ancient temples, there's an emotional heart to this epic opera
Aida on Sydney Harbour
Thur 17 Sept 8pmDir: Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville 2015, 88 mins, USDocumentary about the 1968 television debates between Gore Vidal and William F Buckley Jr. Their explosive exchanges were unlike anything broadcast before. It marked the dawn of pundit television as we know it today. WHY? Two men. Ten debates. Television would never be the same again.
Best of Enemies
Fri 18 Sept 8pmDir: Marielle Heller 2015102 mins, USMinnie Goetze begins a complex love affair with ‘the handsomest man in the world’ - her mother's boyfriend. What follows is a sharp, funny and provocative account of one girl's sexual and artistic awakening, without judgment. WHY? ★★★★ Empire Magazine★★★★ Time Out ★★★★The Guardian
Diary of a Teenage Girl
Sun 20 Sept 2pmWed 23 Sept 8pmDir: Alberto Rodríguez 2014104 mins, Sp(Spanish with English subtitles)
Spain 1980. Two teenage girls go missing in Andalusia’s wetlands. Two troubled detectives must hunt a predator who has terrorised a community for years. WHY? ‘A taut, visually sumptuous and hugely entertaining thriller’ ★★★★ Time Out
Marshland