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Director: Babak Anvari.
Starring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi. Iran/Jordan/Qatar/UK 2016. 84 mins. Persian with English subtitles.
Opening during the Iran-Iraq war in the ’80s, this debut feature from Iranian writer-director Babak Anvari draws on his childhood experiences. His central characters, Shideh (a magnetic Rashidi) and her young daughter Dorsa (Manshadi), are holed up in their Tehran apartment while conscripted husband Iraj (Naderi) is away fighting. After an air raid badly damages the building, Dorsa’s once familiar playthings go missing and she begins seeing frightening images. As Anvari’s film skilfully segues into the horror genre, the implication is that malevolent spirits are creeping through cracks in the ceiling. Still hoping to return to her medical career once hostilities finally end, Shideh refuses to play the obedient housewife role despite her husband’s cautions. This masterful blend of anti-Cultural Revolution polemic, family drama and outright scariness is a great credit to all concerned.
In a post-apocalyptic Britain, most of humanity has been decimated by an infection that turns its victims into flesh-eating zombies. On a heavily guarded army base, a small group of apparently immune but ultimately doomed children are being studied by a callous biological scientist (Close). When crazed zombies eventually overrun the base, one highly gifted child (remarkable newcomer Nanua) escapes with her kindly teacher (Arterton), along with a protective soldier (Considine) and the treacherous scientist. Based on the terrific but terrifying bestselling novel by M. R. Carey, Peaky Blinders director Colm McCarthy’s big-screen breakthrough has elements of such undead epics as World War Z and 28 Days Later…, and features a uniquely nuanced narrative and winning turns from all involved.
Director: Antoine Fuqua.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke. USA 2016. 133 mins.
Saddle up for a whole bunch of rootin’, tootin’ and gun shootin’ as this action-packed Western reboot rides into cinemas. With the small town of Rose Creek under the dastardly thumb of big-boss industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), the beleaguered townsfolk – led by Emma Cullen (Haley Bennett) – seek protection by employing a ragtag gang of mercenary gunslingers. Denzel Washington rocks a magnificent moustache as the gang’s outlaw leader, Sam Chisolm, and his remaining Seven are Josh Farraday (Pratt), Goodnight Robicheaux (Hawke), Jack Horne (Vincent D'Onofrio), Billy Rocks (Byung-hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier).
Training Day director Antoine Fuqua directs this entertaining retooling of the classic 1960 Western, itself a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 masterpiece Seven Samurai. A climactic mass shoot-out is guaranteed.
Director: Gary Ross.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw. USA 2016. 140 mins.
Based on real events that occurred in Mississippi during the American Civil War, Free State Of Jones tells the fascinating story of Newt Knight (McConaughey), a poor Confederate soldier. Knight deserts after his 14-year-old nephew is killed fighting at his side, and is determined to return the boy’s body to his parents for burial. Once there he finds a starving population harried by gangs of Confederate ‘tax collectors’ whose raids have left them destitute. After facing down a group of these raiders, and pursued by the army for desertion, Knight holes up in the swampland, where he founds a ragtag guerrilla army and establishes the ‘state’ of the title, becoming an unlikely hero for the downtrodden of all races.
Ross delivers magnificently on chaotic battle sequences and stunning visuals, and McConaughey gives a simmeringly powerful performance.
Directors: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan.
Starring: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe. USA 2016. TBC mins.
Hilarious yet deeply affecting, Swiss Army Man tells the tale of Hank (Dano), who is stranded on a desert island and has given up all hope of ever making it home. But one day everything changes when a corpse named Manny (Radcliffe) washes up on shore.
The two become fast friends, and ultimately go on an adventure that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams. Bursting with limitless creativity in both form and content, Swiss Army Man creates a world like no other. Dano and Radcliffe both fully commit to the directors’ audacious vision, and their work is exceptional, finding the perfect balance of humour and heart that drives the whole film. The result is a wholly original examination of human vulnerability and connection.
Director: Babak Anvari.
Starring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi. Iran/Jordan/Qatar/UK 2016. 84 mins. Persian with English subtitles.
Opening during the Iran-Iraq war in the ’80s, this debut feature from Iranian writer-director Babak Anvari draws on his childhood experiences. His central characters, Shideh (a magnetic Rashidi) and her young daughter Dorsa (Manshadi), are holed up in their Tehran apartment while conscripted husband Iraj (Naderi) is away fighting. After an air raid badly damages the building, Dorsa’s once familiar playthings go missing and she begins seeing frightening images. As Anvari’s film skilfully segues into the horror genre, the implication is that malevolent spirits are creeping through cracks in the ceiling. Still hoping to return to her medical career once hostilities finally end, Shideh refuses to play the obedient housewife role despite her husband’s cautions. This masterful blend of anti-Cultural Revolution polemic, family drama and outright scariness is a great credit to all concerned.
Director: David Mackenzie.
Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham. USA 2016. 102 mins.
This double buddy movie is a real joy. Cool-headed Toby (Pine) and impulsive Tanner (Foster) are bank-robbing brothers, pursued across the blighted Texan badlands by soon-to-retire Texas Ranger Marcus (Bridges) and his long-suffering Native American deputy, Alberto (Birmingham). Wily, laconic Marcus realises the brothers’ low-key strategy – early mornings, small banks, small bills – will prove their undoing, and insists on playing a waiting game. Meanwhile, despite his brother’s admonishments, Tanner pushes the risk factor with random heists.
Subtexts, subplots, flashes of dark humour and surprises aplenty abound, and the wry script by Taylor Sheridan (Sicario), tautly executed by rising British director David Mackenzie (Starred Up), maintains emotional interest as well as suspense, with echoes of the Coens’ Blood Simple and True Grit.
February 9th, 1964, 8:12pm EST – after a brief commercial break, four young men from Liverpool step onto the Ed Sullivan stage, changing culture forever.
Seventy-three million people watched The Beatles perform that night, the largest audience in television history. But it is what the band did next that would introduce them to the entire world, permanently transforming the music industry and forever engraining them into the fabric of popular culture... They went on tour.
By the time the band quit touring in August of 1966, they had performed 166 concerts in 15 countries and 90 cities around the world. The cultural phenomenon their touring helped create, known as "Beatlemania," was something the world had never seen before and, arguably, hasn't since.
Stay in your seat after the film to experience 30 minutes of footage from the legendary 1965 Shea Stadium performance, presented for the first time in a digitally restored 4k transfer with remastered sound.
Director: Gary Ross.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw. USA 2016. 140 mins.
Based on real events that occurred in Mississippi during the American Civil War, Free State Of Jones tells the fascinating story of Newt Knight (McConaughey), a poor Confederate soldier. Knight deserts after his 14-year-old nephew is killed fighting at his side, and is determined to return the boy’s body to his parents for burial. Once there he finds a starving population harried by gangs of Confederate ‘tax collectors’ whose raids have left them destitute. After facing down a group of these raiders, and pursued by the army for desertion, Knight holes up in the swampland, where he founds a ragtag guerrilla army and establishes the ‘state’ of the title, becoming an unlikely hero for the downtrodden of all races.
Ross delivers magnificently on chaotic battle sequences and stunning visuals, and McConaughey gives a simmeringly powerful performance.
Directors: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan.
Starring: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe. USA 2016. TBC mins.
Hilarious yet deeply affecting, Swiss Army Man tells the tale of Hank (Dano), who is stranded on a desert island and has given up all hope of ever making it home. But one day everything changes when a corpse named Manny (Radcliffe) washes up on shore.
The two become fast friends, and ultimately go on an adventure that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams. Bursting with limitless creativity in both form and content, Swiss Army Man creates a world like no other. Dano and Radcliffe both fully commit to the directors’ audacious vision, and their work is exceptional, finding the perfect balance of humour and heart that drives the whole film. The result is a wholly original examination of human vulnerability and connection.
Director: Babak Anvari.
Starring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi. Iran/Jordan/Qatar/UK 2016. 84 mins. Persian with English subtitles.
Opening during the Iran-Iraq war in the ’80s, this debut feature from Iranian writer-director Babak Anvari draws on his childhood experiences. His central characters, Shideh (a magnetic Rashidi) and her young daughter Dorsa (Manshadi), are holed up in their Tehran apartment while conscripted husband Iraj (Naderi) is away fighting. After an air raid badly damages the building, Dorsa’s once familiar playthings go missing and she begins seeing frightening images. As Anvari’s film skilfully segues into the horror genre, the implication is that malevolent spirits are creeping through cracks in the ceiling. Still hoping to return to her medical career once hostilities finally end, Shideh refuses to play the obedient housewife role despite her husband’s cautions. This masterful blend of anti-Cultural Revolution polemic, family drama and outright scariness is a great credit to all concerned.
Director: David Mackenzie.
Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham. USA 2016. 102 mins.
This double buddy movie is a real joy. Cool-headed Toby (Pine) and impulsive Tanner (Foster) are bank-robbing brothers, pursued across the blighted Texan badlands by soon-to-retire Texas Ranger Marcus (Bridges) and his long-suffering Native American deputy, Alberto (Birmingham). Wily, laconic Marcus realises the brothers’ low-key strategy – early mornings, small banks, small bills – will prove their undoing, and insists on playing a waiting game. Meanwhile, despite his brother’s admonishments, Tanner pushes the risk factor with random heists.
Subtexts, subplots, flashes of dark humour and surprises aplenty abound, and the wry script by Taylor Sheridan (Sicario), tautly executed by rising British director David Mackenzie (Starred Up), maintains emotional interest as well as suspense, with echoes of the Coens’ Blood Simple and True Grit.
February 9th, 1964, 8:12pm EST – after a brief commercial break, four young men from Liverpool step onto the Ed Sullivan stage, changing culture forever.
Seventy-three million people watched The Beatles perform that night, the largest audience in television history. But it is what the band did next that would introduce them to the entire world, permanently transforming the music industry and forever engraining them into the fabric of popular culture... They went on tour.
By the time the band quit touring in August of 1966, they had performed 166 concerts in 15 countries and 90 cities around the world. The cultural phenomenon their touring helped create, known as "Beatlemania," was something the world had never seen before and, arguably, hasn't since.
Stay in your seat after the film to experience 30 minutes of footage from the legendary 1965 Shea Stadium performance, presented for the first time in a digitally restored 4k transfer with remastered sound.
Director: Gary Ross.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw. USA 2016. 140 mins.
Based on real events that occurred in Mississippi during the American Civil War, Free State Of Jones tells the fascinating story of Newt Knight (McConaughey), a poor Confederate soldier. Knight deserts after his 14-year-old nephew is killed fighting at his side, and is determined to return the boy’s body to his parents for burial. Once there he finds a starving population harried by gangs of Confederate ‘tax collectors’ whose raids have left them destitute. After facing down a group of these raiders, and pursued by the army for desertion, Knight holes up in the swampland, where he founds a ragtag guerrilla army and establishes the ‘state’ of the title, becoming an unlikely hero for the downtrodden of all races.
Ross delivers magnificently on chaotic battle sequences and stunning visuals, and McConaughey gives a simmeringly powerful performance.
Directors: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan.
Starring: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe. USA 2016. TBC mins.
Hilarious yet deeply affecting, Swiss Army Man tells the tale of Hank (Dano), who is stranded on a desert island and has given up all hope of ever making it home. But one day everything changes when a corpse named Manny (Radcliffe) washes up on shore.
The two become fast friends, and ultimately go on an adventure that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams. Bursting with limitless creativity in both form and content, Swiss Army Man creates a world like no other. Dano and Radcliffe both fully commit to the directors’ audacious vision, and their work is exceptional, finding the perfect balance of humour and heart that drives the whole film. The result is a wholly original examination of human vulnerability and connection.
Director: Babak Anvari.
Starring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi. Iran/Jordan/Qatar/UK 2016. 84 mins. Persian with English subtitles.
Opening during the Iran-Iraq war in the ’80s, this debut feature from Iranian writer-director Babak Anvari draws on his childhood experiences. His central characters, Shideh (a magnetic Rashidi) and her young daughter Dorsa (Manshadi), are holed up in their Tehran apartment while conscripted husband Iraj (Naderi) is away fighting. After an air raid badly damages the building, Dorsa’s once familiar playthings go missing and she begins seeing frightening images. As Anvari’s film skilfully segues into the horror genre, the implication is that malevolent spirits are creeping through cracks in the ceiling. Still hoping to return to her medical career once hostilities finally end, Shideh refuses to play the obedient housewife role despite her husband’s cautions. This masterful blend of anti-Cultural Revolution polemic, family drama and outright scariness is a great credit to all concerned.
Director: David Mackenzie.
Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham. USA 2016. 102 mins.
This double buddy movie is a real joy. Cool-headed Toby (Pine) and impulsive Tanner (Foster) are bank-robbing brothers, pursued across the blighted Texan badlands by soon-to-retire Texas Ranger Marcus (Bridges) and his long-suffering Native American deputy, Alberto (Birmingham). Wily, laconic Marcus realises the brothers’ low-key strategy – early mornings, small banks, small bills – will prove their undoing, and insists on playing a waiting game. Meanwhile, despite his brother’s admonishments, Tanner pushes the risk factor with random heists.
Subtexts, subplots, flashes of dark humour and surprises aplenty abound, and the wry script by Taylor Sheridan (Sicario), tautly executed by rising British director David Mackenzie (Starred Up), maintains emotional interest as well as suspense, with echoes of the Coens’ Blood Simple and True Grit.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring: Farley Granger, Robert Walker. USA 1951. 103 mins.
Two strangers start chatting on a train, and one of them proposes that they commit two perfect murders by killing the individuals responsible for each other’s problems.
February 9th, 1964, 8:12pm EST – after a brief commercial break, four young men from Liverpool step onto the Ed Sullivan stage, changing culture forever.
Seventy-three million people watched The Beatles perform that night, the largest audience in television history. But it is what the band did next that would introduce them to the entire world, permanently transforming the music industry and forever engraining them into the fabric of popular culture... They went on tour.
By the time the band quit touring in August of 1966, they had performed 166 concerts in 15 countries and 90 cities around the world. The cultural phenomenon their touring helped create, known as "Beatlemania," was something the world had never seen before and, arguably, hasn't since.
Stay in your seat after the film to experience 30 minutes of footage from the legendary 1965 Shea Stadium performance, presented for the first time in a digitally restored 4k transfer with remastered sound.
Two corrupt cops in New Mexico set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Things take a sinister turn, however, when they try to intimidate someone who is more dangerous than they are. Or is he?
HEY DUGGEE- a place for children (and their parents) to have fun, be energetic, and most of all to DO THINGS!
The show is based around a children’s playgroup called The Squirrel Club. Its run by a big dog called DUGGEE. The Squirrel Club is a place where kids have adventures and earn badges for their accomplishments.
There are five children who go to the Squirrel club. HAPPY, NORRIE,TAG, BETTY & ROLY. Their parents drop them off every day and they spend a couple of hours having fun and adventures with DUGGEE, in his clubhouse, and outside in his fantastical world before being picked up again at the end of the show.
Episodes in this programme: Acorn, Balloon, Hide & Seek, Sheep, and Spider.
It’s all about doing things, and DUGGEE likes to do a lot, and go to lots of places.
Director: Gary Ross.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw. USA 2016. 140 mins.
Based on real events that occurred in Mississippi during the American Civil War, Free State Of Jones tells the fascinating story of Newt Knight (McConaughey), a poor Confederate soldier. Knight deserts after his 14-year-old nephew is killed fighting at his side, and is determined to return the boy’s body to his parents for burial. Once there he finds a starving population harried by gangs of Confederate ‘tax collectors’ whose raids have left them destitute. After facing down a group of these raiders, and pursued by the army for desertion, Knight holes up in the swampland, where he founds a ragtag guerrilla army and establishes the ‘state’ of the title, becoming an unlikely hero for the downtrodden of all races.
Ross delivers magnificently on chaotic battle sequences and stunning visuals, and McConaughey gives a simmeringly powerful performance.
Directors: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan.
Starring: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe. USA 2016. TBC mins.
Hilarious yet deeply affecting, Swiss Army Man tells the tale of Hank (Dano), who is stranded on a desert island and has given up all hope of ever making it home. But one day everything changes when a corpse named Manny (Radcliffe) washes up on shore.
The two become fast friends, and ultimately go on an adventure that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams. Bursting with limitless creativity in both form and content, Swiss Army Man creates a world like no other. Dano and Radcliffe both fully commit to the directors’ audacious vision, and their work is exceptional, finding the perfect balance of humour and heart that drives the whole film. The result is a wholly original examination of human vulnerability and connection.
Director: Babak Anvari.
Starring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi. Iran/Jordan/Qatar/UK 2016. 84 mins. Persian with English subtitles.
Opening during the Iran-Iraq war in the ’80s, this debut feature from Iranian writer-director Babak Anvari draws on his childhood experiences. His central characters, Shideh (a magnetic Rashidi) and her young daughter Dorsa (Manshadi), are holed up in their Tehran apartment while conscripted husband Iraj (Naderi) is away fighting. After an air raid badly damages the building, Dorsa’s once familiar playthings go missing and she begins seeing frightening images. As Anvari’s film skilfully segues into the horror genre, the implication is that malevolent spirits are creeping through cracks in the ceiling. Still hoping to return to her medical career once hostilities finally end, Shideh refuses to play the obedient housewife role despite her husband’s cautions. This masterful blend of anti-Cultural Revolution polemic, family drama and outright scariness is a great credit to all concerned.
This new production of Norma for The Royal Opera is distinguished by a superlative cast of internationally renowned singers.
Bellini’s classic belcanto opera is full of wonderful melodies and opportunities for star singing. But it is especially known for Norma's stunning showpiece aria, ‘Casta diva’.
Àlex Ollé of innovative Catalan theatre group La Fura dels Baus directs, bringing a modern edge to this timeless tale of love, rivalry and betrayal, set against a backdrop of war driven by the extremes of a fanatically religious society.
Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts this stunning cast, including Joseph Calleja as Norma’s secret lover, Pollione and Sonia Ganassi as the priestess Adalgisa, in a striking new production, which opens the 2016/17 Season.
Director: David Mackenzie.
Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham. USA 2016. 102 mins.
This double buddy movie is a real joy. Cool-headed Toby (Pine) and impulsive Tanner (Foster) are bank-robbing brothers, pursued across the blighted Texan badlands by soon-to-retire Texas Ranger Marcus (Bridges) and his long-suffering Native American deputy, Alberto (Birmingham). Wily, laconic Marcus realises the brothers’ low-key strategy – early mornings, small banks, small bills – will prove their undoing, and insists on playing a waiting game. Meanwhile, despite his brother’s admonishments, Tanner pushes the risk factor with random heists.
Subtexts, subplots, flashes of dark humour and surprises aplenty abound, and the wry script by Taylor Sheridan (Sicario), tautly executed by rising British director David Mackenzie (Starred Up), maintains emotional interest as well as suspense, with echoes of the Coens’ Blood Simple and True Grit.
February 9th, 1964, 8:12pm EST – after a brief commercial break, four young men from Liverpool step onto the Ed Sullivan stage, changing culture forever.
Seventy-three million people watched The Beatles perform that night, the largest audience in television history. But it is what the band did next that would introduce them to the entire world, permanently transforming the music industry and forever engraining them into the fabric of popular culture... They went on tour.
By the time the band quit touring in August of 1966, they had performed 166 concerts in 15 countries and 90 cities around the world. The cultural phenomenon their touring helped create, known as "Beatlemania," was something the world had never seen before and, arguably, hasn't since.
Stay in your seat after the film to experience 30 minutes of footage from the legendary 1965 Shea Stadium performance, presented for the first time in a digitally restored 4k transfer with remastered sound.
Director: Gary Ross.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw. USA 2016. 140 mins.
Based on real events that occurred in Mississippi during the American Civil War, Free State Of Jones tells the fascinating story of Newt Knight (McConaughey), a poor Confederate soldier. Knight deserts after his 14-year-old nephew is killed fighting at his side, and is determined to return the boy’s body to his parents for burial. Once there he finds a starving population harried by gangs of Confederate ‘tax collectors’ whose raids have left them destitute. After facing down a group of these raiders, and pursued by the army for desertion, Knight holes up in the swampland, where he founds a ragtag guerrilla army and establishes the ‘state’ of the title, becoming an unlikely hero for the downtrodden of all races.
Ross delivers magnificently on chaotic battle sequences and stunning visuals, and McConaughey gives a simmeringly powerful performance.
Directors: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan.
Starring: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe. USA 2016. TBC mins.
Hilarious yet deeply affecting, Swiss Army Man tells the tale of Hank (Dano), who is stranded on a desert island and has given up all hope of ever making it home. But one day everything changes when a corpse named Manny (Radcliffe) washes up on shore.
The two become fast friends, and ultimately go on an adventure that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams. Bursting with limitless creativity in both form and content, Swiss Army Man creates a world like no other. Dano and Radcliffe both fully commit to the directors’ audacious vision, and their work is exceptional, finding the perfect balance of humour and heart that drives the whole film. The result is a wholly original examination of human vulnerability and connection.
Director: Babak Anvari.
Starring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi. Iran/Jordan/Qatar/UK 2016. 84 mins. Persian with English subtitles.
Opening during the Iran-Iraq war in the ’80s, this debut feature from Iranian writer-director Babak Anvari draws on his childhood experiences. His central characters, Shideh (a magnetic Rashidi) and her young daughter Dorsa (Manshadi), are holed up in their Tehran apartment while conscripted husband Iraj (Naderi) is away fighting. After an air raid badly damages the building, Dorsa’s once familiar playthings go missing and she begins seeing frightening images. As Anvari’s film skilfully segues into the horror genre, the implication is that malevolent spirits are creeping through cracks in the ceiling. Still hoping to return to her medical career once hostilities finally end, Shideh refuses to play the obedient housewife role despite her husband’s cautions. This masterful blend of anti-Cultural Revolution polemic, family drama and outright scariness is a great credit to all concerned.
Director: David Mackenzie.
Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham. USA 2016. 102 mins.
This double buddy movie is a real joy. Cool-headed Toby (Pine) and impulsive Tanner (Foster) are bank-robbing brothers, pursued across the blighted Texan badlands by soon-to-retire Texas Ranger Marcus (Bridges) and his long-suffering Native American deputy, Alberto (Birmingham). Wily, laconic Marcus realises the brothers’ low-key strategy – early mornings, small banks, small bills – will prove their undoing, and insists on playing a waiting game. Meanwhile, despite his brother’s admonishments, Tanner pushes the risk factor with random heists.
Subtexts, subplots, flashes of dark humour and surprises aplenty abound, and the wry script by Taylor Sheridan (Sicario), tautly executed by rising British director David Mackenzie (Starred Up), maintains emotional interest as well as suspense, with echoes of the Coens’ Blood Simple and True Grit.
Now! That's What I Call Short Film ’16: London Short Film Festival’s Greatest Hits
Directors: Various. UK 2016. 90 mins approx.
Find out what makes the London Short Film Festival great. LSFF have distilled the 2016 festival to bring you a compilation of this year’s greatest hits, featuring works from LSFF ’16 award winners as well as other favourites, including a film newly commissioned by LSFF (spoiler alert: it’s about cats). Come and watch some of the freshest talent in UK filmmaking, with an eclectic mix of drama, documentary, animation, music and experimental short films.
18.00Discover Tuesdays: Discover stunning cinema with MUBI. Whether it's a cult classic, an art-house gem or a riveting documentary, there will always be a chance to see something different and brilliant in our weekly slot.
February 9th, 1964, 8:12pm EST – after a brief commercial break, four young men from Liverpool step onto the Ed Sullivan stage, changing culture forever.
Seventy-three million people watched The Beatles perform that night, the largest audience in television history. But it is what the band did next that would introduce them to the entire world, permanently transforming the music industry and forever engraining them into the fabric of popular culture... They went on tour.
By the time the band quit touring in August of 1966, they had performed 166 concerts in 15 countries and 90 cities around the world. The cultural phenomenon their touring helped create, known as "Beatlemania," was something the world had never seen before and, arguably, hasn't since.
Stay in your seat after the film to experience 30 minutes of footage from the legendary 1965 Shea Stadium performance, presented for the first time in a digitally restored 4k transfer with remastered sound.
This shocking and irresistibly mysterious thriller is based on British author Paula Hawkins’s bestselling novel, relocating the action from London to New York.
Emily Blunt (Sicario) stars as Rachel, who daydreams about an imaginary ‘perfect couple’ living in one of the beautiful homes that she sees every day from the train. But one day, as she looks through the window, she sees something shocking in the house – and later she wakes up covered in blood and with no memory of why. When the news reports that a local woman has gone missing, Rachel becomes obsessed with finding out what has happened to her and, even more troublingly, where she herself was that night.
With a gripping central riddle, The Girl On The Train promises to be one of the year’s most talked-about movies.
Director: Gary Ross.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw. USA 2016. 140 mins.
Based on real events that occurred in Mississippi during the American Civil War, Free State Of Jones tells the fascinating story of Newt Knight (McConaughey), a poor Confederate soldier. Knight deserts after his 14-year-old nephew is killed fighting at his side, and is determined to return the boy’s body to his parents for burial. Once there he finds a starving population harried by gangs of Confederate ‘tax collectors’ whose raids have left them destitute. After facing down a group of these raiders, and pursued by the army for desertion, Knight holes up in the swampland, where he founds a ragtag guerrilla army and establishes the ‘state’ of the title, becoming an unlikely hero for the downtrodden of all races.
Ross delivers magnificently on chaotic battle sequences and stunning visuals, and McConaughey gives a simmeringly powerful performance.
Directors: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan.
Starring: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe. USA 2016. TBC mins.
Hilarious yet deeply affecting, Swiss Army Man tells the tale of Hank (Dano), who is stranded on a desert island and has given up all hope of ever making it home. But one day everything changes when a corpse named Manny (Radcliffe) washes up on shore.
The two become fast friends, and ultimately go on an adventure that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams. Bursting with limitless creativity in both form and content, Swiss Army Man creates a world like no other. Dano and Radcliffe both fully commit to the directors’ audacious vision, and their work is exceptional, finding the perfect balance of humour and heart that drives the whole film. The result is a wholly original examination of human vulnerability and connection.
Director: Babak Anvari.
Starring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi. Iran/Jordan/Qatar/UK 2016. 84 mins. Persian with English subtitles.
Opening during the Iran-Iraq war in the ’80s, this debut feature from Iranian writer-director Babak Anvari draws on his childhood experiences. His central characters, Shideh (a magnetic Rashidi) and her young daughter Dorsa (Manshadi), are holed up in their Tehran apartment while conscripted husband Iraj (Naderi) is away fighting. After an air raid badly damages the building, Dorsa’s once familiar playthings go missing and she begins seeing frightening images. As Anvari’s film skilfully segues into the horror genre, the implication is that malevolent spirits are creeping through cracks in the ceiling. Still hoping to return to her medical career once hostilities finally end, Shideh refuses to play the obedient housewife role despite her husband’s cautions. This masterful blend of anti-Cultural Revolution polemic, family drama and outright scariness is a great credit to all concerned.
Director: David Mackenzie.
Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham. USA 2016. 102 mins.
This double buddy movie is a real joy. Cool-headed Toby (Pine) and impulsive Tanner (Foster) are bank-robbing brothers, pursued across the blighted Texan badlands by soon-to-retire Texas Ranger Marcus (Bridges) and his long-suffering Native American deputy, Alberto (Birmingham). Wily, laconic Marcus realises the brothers’ low-key strategy – early mornings, small banks, small bills – will prove their undoing, and insists on playing a waiting game. Meanwhile, despite his brother’s admonishments, Tanner pushes the risk factor with random heists.
Subtexts, subplots, flashes of dark humour and surprises aplenty abound, and the wry script by Taylor Sheridan (Sicario), tautly executed by rising British director David Mackenzie (Starred Up), maintains emotional interest as well as suspense, with echoes of the Coens’ Blood Simple and True Grit.
February 9th, 1964, 8:12pm EST – after a brief commercial break, four young men from Liverpool step onto the Ed Sullivan stage, changing culture forever.
Seventy-three million people watched The Beatles perform that night, the largest audience in television history. But it is what the band did next that would introduce them to the entire world, permanently transforming the music industry and forever engraining them into the fabric of popular culture... They went on tour.
By the time the band quit touring in August of 1966, they had performed 166 concerts in 15 countries and 90 cities around the world. The cultural phenomenon their touring helped create, known as "Beatlemania," was something the world had never seen before and, arguably, hasn't since.
Stay in your seat after the film to experience 30 minutes of footage from the legendary 1965 Shea Stadium performance, presented for the first time in a digitally restored 4k transfer with remastered sound.
This shocking and irresistibly mysterious thriller is based on British author Paula Hawkins’s bestselling novel, relocating the action from London to New York.
Emily Blunt (Sicario) stars as Rachel, who daydreams about an imaginary ‘perfect couple’ living in one of the beautiful homes that she sees every day from the train. But one day, as she looks through the window, she sees something shocking in the house – and later she wakes up covered in blood and with no memory of why. When the news reports that a local woman has gone missing, Rachel becomes obsessed with finding out what has happened to her and, even more troublingly, where she herself was that night.
With a gripping central riddle, The Girl On The Train promises to be one of the year’s most talked-about movies.
Director: Gary Ross.
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw. USA 2016. 140 mins.
Based on real events that occurred in Mississippi during the American Civil War, Free State Of Jones tells the fascinating story of Newt Knight (McConaughey), a poor Confederate soldier. Knight deserts after his 14-year-old nephew is killed fighting at his side, and is determined to return the boy’s body to his parents for burial. Once there he finds a starving population harried by gangs of Confederate ‘tax collectors’ whose raids have left them destitute. After facing down a group of these raiders, and pursued by the army for desertion, Knight holes up in the swampland, where he founds a ragtag guerrilla army and establishes the ‘state’ of the title, becoming an unlikely hero for the downtrodden of all races.
Ross delivers magnificently on chaotic battle sequences and stunning visuals, and McConaughey gives a simmeringly powerful performance.
Directors: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan.
Starring: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe. USA 2016. TBC mins.
Hilarious yet deeply affecting, Swiss Army Man tells the tale of Hank (Dano), who is stranded on a desert island and has given up all hope of ever making it home. But one day everything changes when a corpse named Manny (Radcliffe) washes up on shore.
The two become fast friends, and ultimately go on an adventure that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams. Bursting with limitless creativity in both form and content, Swiss Army Man creates a world like no other. Dano and Radcliffe both fully commit to the directors’ audacious vision, and their work is exceptional, finding the perfect balance of humour and heart that drives the whole film. The result is a wholly original examination of human vulnerability and connection.
Director: Babak Anvari.
Starring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi. Iran/Jordan/Qatar/UK 2016. 84 mins. Persian with English subtitles.
Opening during the Iran-Iraq war in the ’80s, this debut feature from Iranian writer-director Babak Anvari draws on his childhood experiences. His central characters, Shideh (a magnetic Rashidi) and her young daughter Dorsa (Manshadi), are holed up in their Tehran apartment while conscripted husband Iraj (Naderi) is away fighting. After an air raid badly damages the building, Dorsa’s once familiar playthings go missing and she begins seeing frightening images. As Anvari’s film skilfully segues into the horror genre, the implication is that malevolent spirits are creeping through cracks in the ceiling. Still hoping to return to her medical career once hostilities finally end, Shideh refuses to play the obedient housewife role despite her husband’s cautions. This masterful blend of anti-Cultural Revolution polemic, family drama and outright scariness is a great credit to all concerned.
Director: David Mackenzie.
Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham. USA 2016. 102 mins.
This double buddy movie is a real joy. Cool-headed Toby (Pine) and impulsive Tanner (Foster) are bank-robbing brothers, pursued across the blighted Texan badlands by soon-to-retire Texas Ranger Marcus (Bridges) and his long-suffering Native American deputy, Alberto (Birmingham). Wily, laconic Marcus realises the brothers’ low-key strategy – early mornings, small banks, small bills – will prove their undoing, and insists on playing a waiting game. Meanwhile, despite his brother’s admonishments, Tanner pushes the risk factor with random heists.
Subtexts, subplots, flashes of dark humour and surprises aplenty abound, and the wry script by Taylor Sheridan (Sicario), tautly executed by rising British director David Mackenzie (Starred Up), maintains emotional interest as well as suspense, with echoes of the Coens’ Blood Simple and True Grit.
The Disaster Artist: A Night Inside The Room With Greg Sestero
Greg Sestero is the co-star of cult film The Room. He is also bestselling author of The Disaster Artist, a memoir of his time as an aspiring actor in Hollywood, which led to his bizarre friendship with The Room’s director, Tommy Wiseau.
The Disaster Artist garnered critical acclaim and commercial success, with the book itself being adapted into the film The Masterpiece by director James Franco. The film wrapped in February 2016, with brothers Dave and James Franco as Greg and Tommy, and a star-studded A-list ensemble cast featuring Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Bryan Cranston, Sharon Stone, Hannibal Burress, Alison Brie, Zach Braff, Melanie Griffith, Josh Hutcherson and Jacki Weaver.
This special multimedia event presents Greg's amazing experiences first hand with an exclusive behind-the-scenes Making Of The Room documentary, Disaster Artist reading, a Q&A, a chance to participate in a live reading of scenes from The Room’s original script, and more!
February 9th, 1964, 8:12pm EST – after a brief commercial break, four young men from Liverpool step onto the Ed Sullivan stage, changing culture forever.
Seventy-three million people watched The Beatles perform that night, the largest audience in television history. But it is what the band did next that would introduce them to the entire world, permanently transforming the music industry and forever engraining them into the fabric of popular culture... They went on tour.
By the time the band quit touring in August of 1966, they had performed 166 concerts in 15 countries and 90 cities around the world. The cultural phenomenon their touring helped create, known as "Beatlemania," was something the world had never seen before and, arguably, hasn't since.
Stay in your seat after the film to experience 30 minutes of footage from the legendary 1965 Shea Stadium performance, presented for the first time in a digitally restored 4k transfer with remastered sound.
This shocking and irresistibly mysterious thriller is based on British author Paula Hawkins’s bestselling novel, relocating the action from London to New York.
Emily Blunt (Sicario) stars as Rachel, who daydreams about an imaginary ‘perfect couple’ living in one of the beautiful homes that she sees every day from the train. But one day, as she looks through the window, she sees something shocking in the house – and later she wakes up covered in blood and with no memory of why. When the news reports that a local woman has gone missing, Rachel becomes obsessed with finding out what has happened to her and, even more troublingly, where she herself was that night.
With a gripping central riddle, The Girl On The Train promises to be one of the year’s most talked-about movies.
The season begins with a new production of Wagner’s Tristan Und Isolde, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle for his first Live In HD performance.
Nina Stemme stars as Isolde, a touchstone role she has sung with major opera companies around the world. Her Tristan is Australian heldentenor Stuart Skelton, who sang Siegmund in the Met’s Ring cycle in 2013. The cast also includes Ekaterina Gubanova, Evgeny Nikitin and René Pape. The staging, by Mariusz Treliński (who directed the 2015 Met double bill of Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle), is a co-production with the Festival Hall Baden-Baden, Teatr Wielki (Polish National Opera) and China’s National Centre For The Performing Arts.
This shocking and irresistibly mysterious thriller is based on British author Paula Hawkins’s bestselling novel, relocating the action from London to New York.
Emily Blunt (Sicario) stars as Rachel, who daydreams about an imaginary ‘perfect couple’ living in one of the beautiful homes that she sees every day from the train. But one day, as she looks through the window, she sees something shocking in the house – and later she wakes up covered in blood and with no memory of why. When the news reports that a local woman has gone missing, Rachel becomes obsessed with finding out what has happened to her and, even more troublingly, where she herself was that night.
With a gripping central riddle, The Girl On The Train promises to be one of the year’s most talked-about movies.
This shocking and irresistibly mysterious thriller is based on British author Paula Hawkins’s bestselling novel, relocating the action from London to New York.
Emily Blunt (Sicario) stars as Rachel, who daydreams about an imaginary ‘perfect couple’ living in one of the beautiful homes that she sees every day from the train. But one day, as she looks through the window, she sees something shocking in the house – and later she wakes up covered in blood and with no memory of why. When the news reports that a local woman has gone missing, Rachel becomes obsessed with finding out what has happened to her and, even more troublingly, where she herself was that night.
With a gripping central riddle, The Girl On The Train promises to be one of the year’s most talked-about movies.
Meet the artists who are redefining the tradition of knit and crochet, bringing yarn out of the house and into the world. Reinventing our relationship with this colorful tradition, YARN weaves together wool graffiti artists, circus performers, and structural designers into a visually-striking look at the women who are making a creative stance while building one of modern art's hottest trends.
Louis Theroux’s first theatrical feature documentary, from the Oscar TM winning producer of SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN and MAN ON WIRE, sees the renowned filmmaker delve into the world of Scientology, one of the worlds most mysterious and powerful religions, in what he regards as ‘the Holy Grail of Stories’.
With a lifetime of experience dealing with eccentric, unpalatable and unexpected human behaviour, the unassuming Theroux won’t take no for an answer when his request to enter the Church of Scientology headquarters is turned down. Inspired by the Church’s alleged techniques, and aided by former Scientology members-turned-whistleblowers, Theroux uses actors to recreate incidents people claim to have experienced as members in an attempt to better understand the way it operates. However, in a bizarre twist, it becomes clear that Louis is not the only one making a documentary… Suffused with a good dose of humour and moments worthy of a Hollywood script, MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE is as outlandish as it is revealing.
This screening will be followed by a live satellite Q&A with Louis Theroux.
This shocking and irresistibly mysterious thriller is based on British author Paula Hawkins’s bestselling novel, relocating the action from London to New York.
Emily Blunt (Sicario) stars as Rachel, who daydreams about an imaginary ‘perfect couple’ living in one of the beautiful homes that she sees every day from the train. But one day, as she looks through the window, she sees something shocking in the house – and later she wakes up covered in blood and with no memory of why. When the news reports that a local woman has gone missing, Rachel becomes obsessed with finding out what has happened to her and, even more troublingly, where she herself was that night.
With a gripping central riddle, The Girl On The Train promises to be one of the year’s most talked-about movies.
The season begins with a new production of Wagner’s Tristan Und Isolde, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle for his first Live In HD performance.
Nina Stemme stars as Isolde, a touchstone role she has sung with major opera companies around the world. Her Tristan is Australian heldentenor Stuart Skelton, who sang Siegmund in the Met’s Ring cycle in 2013. The cast also includes Ekaterina Gubanova, Evgeny Nikitin and René Pape. The staging, by Mariusz Treliński (who directed the 2015 Met double bill of Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle), is a co-production with the Festival Hall Baden-Baden, Teatr Wielki (Polish National Opera) and China’s National Centre For The Performing Arts.
Louis Theroux’s first theatrical feature documentary, from the Oscar TM winning producer of SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN and MAN ON WIRE, sees the renowned filmmaker delve into the world of Scientology, one of the worlds most mysterious and powerful religions, in what he regards as ‘the Holy Grail of Stories’.
With a lifetime of experience dealing with eccentric, unpalatable and unexpected human behaviour, the unassuming Theroux won’t take no for an answer when his request to enter the Church of Scientology headquarters is turned down. Inspired by the Church’s alleged techniques, and aided by former Scientology members-turned-whistleblowers, Theroux uses actors to recreate incidents people claim to have experienced as members in an attempt to better understand the way it operates. However, in a bizarre twist, it becomes clear that Louis is not the only one making a documentary… Suffused with a good dose of humour and moments worthy of a Hollywood script, MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE is as outlandish as it is revealing.
This screening will be followed by a recorded Q&A with Louis Theroux, which was broadcast live to cinemas on 10 October.
This shocking and irresistibly mysterious thriller is based on British author Paula Hawkins’s bestselling novel, relocating the action from London to New York.
Emily Blunt (Sicario) stars as Rachel, who daydreams about an imaginary ‘perfect couple’ living in one of the beautiful homes that she sees every day from the train. But one day, as she looks through the window, she sees something shocking in the house – and later she wakes up covered in blood and with no memory of why. When the news reports that a local woman has gone missing, Rachel becomes obsessed with finding out what has happened to her and, even more troublingly, where she herself was that night.
With a gripping central riddle, The Girl On The Train promises to be one of the year’s most talked-about movies.
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A lonely private investigator is contacted by a mysterious woman who pulls him into a mind game known as "telephone walking". Fascinated by her voice, Aloys discovers an imaginary universe that allows him to break out of his isolation.
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Subtitled: This show is in the original language and will have English subtitles
King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days without the burden of power. Misjudging his children’s loyalty and finding himself alone in the wilderness, he is left to confront the mistakes of a life that has brought him to this point.
Antony Sher returns to the RSC to play King Lear, one of the greatest parts written by Shakespeare in this, one of Shakespeare’s most epic and powerful plays.
Join us for this live cinema screening of one of Shakespeare’s most epic plays on 12 October, broadcast live from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Feel part of the action from your seat.
This shocking and irresistibly mysterious thriller is based on British author Paula Hawkins’s bestselling novel, relocating the action from London to New York.
Emily Blunt (Sicario) stars as Rachel, who daydreams about an imaginary ‘perfect couple’ living in one of the beautiful homes that she sees every day from the train. But one day, as she looks through the window, she sees something shocking in the house – and later she wakes up covered in blood and with no memory of why. When the news reports that a local woman has gone missing, Rachel becomes obsessed with finding out what has happened to her and, even more troublingly, where she herself was that night.
With a gripping central riddle, The Girl On The Train promises to be one of the year’s most talked-about movies.
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World + Satellite Q&A with Werner Herzog hosted by Richard Ayoade, live from the London Film Festival.
In a documentary on our society as it enters a new technological age, Werner Herzog explores the effect of the Internet – as well as its history and future – and the wonders of robotics. Herzog does not himself use a phone (smart or otherwise) and rarely goes online. Ironically this makes him the perfect choice to examine the impact connected technology is having on our lives. Neither celebration nor condemnation, Herzog’s exploration includes volunteering for tech pioneer Elon Musk’s mission to Mars and looking at technological developments that could lead to breakthroughs in medical research. Most affecting of all are the questions asked about the dark side of the web: can we trust those who understand this technology not to misuse it? On a planet still governed by nature’s laws, what if our online infrastructure were completely wiped out by natural disaster?
This shocking and irresistibly mysterious thriller is based on British author Paula Hawkins’s bestselling novel, relocating the action from London to New York.
Emily Blunt (Sicario) stars as Rachel, who daydreams about an imaginary ‘perfect couple’ living in one of the beautiful homes that she sees every day from the train. But one day, as she looks through the window, she sees something shocking in the house – and later she wakes up covered in blood and with no memory of why. When the news reports that a local woman has gone missing, Rachel becomes obsessed with finding out what has happened to her and, even more troublingly, where she herself was that night.
With a gripping central riddle, The Girl On The Train promises to be one of the year’s most talked-about movies.
Music: Dmitri Shostakovich
Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich
Libretto: Yuri Grigorovich and Isaak Glikman
Cast: The Bolshoi Principals, Soloists and Corps De Ballet
In a seaside town where business and the Mafia are flourishing, the Golden Age cabaret is the favourite nightly haunt of dancers, bandits and young revellers. The young fisherman Boris falls in love with Rita, a beautiful dancer, but she is also the friend of a local gangster…
A satire on Europe during the Roaring ’20s, The Golden Age makes for an original, colourful and dazzling show with its jazzy score and music-hall atmosphere. This ballet – which can only be seen at the Bolshoi – has everything: mad rhythms, vigorous chase scenes and decadent cabaret numbers. With this passionate love story featuring beautiful duets between Boris and Rita, the Bolshoi dancers plunge magnificently into every stylised step and gesture.
How much do you love your partner?
How much do you trust them? And can
they trust you? Mozart’s classic opera
Così fan tutte puts two pairs of lovers to
the test – with great music but distinctly
unexpected results.
For this new production, director
Jan Philipp Gloger creates a richly
theatrical world as the playground for
this quirky comedy, where two men try
to woo each other’s partners for a bet.
Don Alfonso – the puppet master of this
experiment in love – is here a theatre
director who uses all the sets, props and
tricks of his trade to invent new scenes to
challenge the lovers’ affections.
This lively, youthful and imaginative take
on one of the world's best-loved operas
is performed by a cast of rising stars
conducted by Semyon Bychkov.
Director: Tod Browning. Starring: Bela Lugosi. USA 1931. 74 mins.
Bela Lugosi takes his first bite out of Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror. Donning the now-iconic black cape, he laid the foundation for future generations of movie vampires, and for the genre as a whole.
21.00Culture Shock: Dedicated to bringing you the best in cult and genre films.
Universal Monsters: A special season celebrating the monstrous cinematic creations that haunt the vaults of Universal Pictures.
“TV 40 news personality Christine Chubbuck shot herself in a live broadcast this morning on a Channel 40 talk programme. She was rushed to Sarasota Memorial Hospital, where she remains in critical condition.” Shockingly, this is a real-life news bulletin from 1974. Even more shockingly, the bulletin was composed by Chubbuck herself, who left it on the studio desk before putting the gun to her head. She died some hours later. Who was Christine Chubbuck, and why did she do this horrifying thing? Director Robert Greene and actor Kate Lyn Sheil explore Chubbuck’s actions from the inside, making a boldly self-reflexive attempt to ‘perform’ her story as Sheil prepares to play Chubbuck on film. A Sundance 2016 award winner, the result is a provocative and at times even eerie meditation not just on Chubbuck’s life and death, but also on performance, voyeurism and documentary truth.
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Picturehouse Docs: Bringing you the best in new and topical documentaries covering issues around the world.
Subtitled: This show is in the original language and will have English subtitles
With a score of heartbreaking beauty and intensity, Saul takes us into a nightmare world of madness and despair. This powerful and highly acclaimed production, filmed live in Festival 2015, delves deep into Handel’s opera based on the Biblical tale.
Saul charts the first King Of Israel’s love and loathing of his eventual successor, David. We watch Saul crumble before our eyes, as dramatically as Shakespeare’s King Lear, as he watches David win everyone’s heart – including that of his son, Jonathan.
Kurt Russell starred in this faithful 1982 adaptation of a short story written 1938. A team of scientists in the Arctic are infiltrated by a shape-shifting alien which has the ability to replicate the appearance of the people it kills. This is arguably Carpenter's most effective film, creating a real sense of claustrophobic paranoia through its isolated location, Ennio Morricone's iconic score, and the distrust shown among the men as they try to work out who is still human. Shunned by the public on its initial release (soon after E.T. had made aliens cuddly), the film's success owes much to special effects wizard Rob Bottin's gruesome creations, which still stand up to scrutiny today, even on the big screen.
Simon Keenlyside makes his Met role debut as the unrepentant seducer in Tony Award winner Michael Grandage’s staging of Mozart’s masterpiece. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads a cast that includes Hibla Gerzmava, Malin Byström, Serena Malfi, Adam Plachetka, Matthew Rose, Kwangchul Youn and Rolando Villazón.
Director: James Whale. Starring: Boris Karloff. USA 1931. 70 mins.
Boris Karloff cemented his horror legacy by bringing Frankenstein’s Monster to life. The mythology of neck bolts, electricity-fuelled resurrections and brain implants gone wrong began here, not in Mary Shelley’s novel.
21.00Culture Shock: Dedicated to bringing you the best in cult and genre films.
Universal Monsters: A special season celebrating the monstrous cinematic creations that haunt the vaults of Universal Pictures.
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Simon Keenlyside makes his Met role debut as the unrepentant seducer in Tony Award winner Michael Grandage’s staging of Mozart’s masterpiece. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads a cast that includes Hibla Gerzmava, Malin Byström, Serena Malfi, Adam Plachetka, Matthew Rose, Kwangchul Youn and Rolando Villazón.
Director: Guillaume Nicloux.
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu. France/Belgium 2015. 92 mins. French with English subtitles.
A long-divorced couple of successful French actors, Isabelle (Huppert) and Gérard (Depardieu) find themselves reunited by a letter received six months after his suicide from their son, Michael. The letter invites them to a rendezvous in California’s Death Valley on a specific date – with a promise that Michael himself will somehow appear. His presence transpires to be more metaphysical than supernatural, and what ensues is a sly opportunity for writer-director Guillaume Nicloux to reflect on the celebrity culture that he explored with 2014’s faux documentary The Kidnapping Of Michel Houellebecq. Depardieu and Huppert, who last worked together 36 years ago on Maurice Pialat’s Loulou, give marvellously subtle performances as the estranged, agreeably spiky pair.
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Set against the backdrop of post-war Britain, John Osborneʼs modern classic conjures the seedy glamour of the old music halls for an explosive examination of public masks and private torment. Rob Ashford directs Kenneth Branagh as the unforgettable Archie Rice in the final production for the Plays At The Garrick season.
Director: Karl Freund. Starring: Boris Karloff. USA 1932. 73 mins.
Karloff created another iconic monster in Imhotep, a vengeful ancient Egyptian priest who seeks to be reunited with his true love after 3,000 years. Dracula cinematographer Karl Freund directed this mysterious chiller.
21.00Culture Shock: Dedicated to bringing you the best in cult and genre films.
Universal Monsters: A special season celebrating the monstrous cinematic creations that haunt the vaults of Universal Pictures.
An identity in crisis; a country in
revolution. Anastasia is a ballet about
one of the great historical mysteries of
the 20th century, only recently solved.
At the height of the Russian Revolution
the royal family were executed, but
afterwards a young woman appeared
– apparently a surviving royal princess,
the Grand Duchess Anastasia. Known as
'Anna Anderson', she couldn't remember
her past and she was presumed to be
an imposter. Many wanted to forget
the massacre and the Revolution; many
believed, or hoped, that a princess could
have survived, a remnant of the old world.
One of Kenneth MacMillan's first
creations on becoming Director of
The Royal Ballet in 1970, Anastasia is
a dramatic and haunting exploration
of Anna's nightmare of memory and
identity. To music by Tchaikovsky and
Martinů, we follow the events leading
to the murder of a family, and Anna's
confused dreams – or memories.
A powerful, psychological challenge
for the principal ballerina, this is a rare
opportunity to see a landmark ballet by
a major choreographer.
Exhibition On Screen: The Curious World Of Hieronymus Bosch
Delve into the vivid imagination of a true visionary.
Who was Hieronymus Bosch? Why do his strange and fantastical paintings resonate now more than ever? How does he bridge the medieval and Renaissance worlds? Where did his unconventional and timeless creations come from? Discover the answers to these questions and more with this remarkable new film from Exhibition On Screen.
The Curious World Of Hieronymus Bosch features the critically acclaimed exhibition Visions Of A Genius at the Noordbrabants Museum in Bosch’s home town in the southern Netherlands. The exhibition brought many of Bosch’s paintings and drawings together for the first time, and attracted almost half a million art lovers from all over the world.
With details of his fascinating life and the stories within his works revealed as never before, this cinematic exploration of a great creative genius is not to be missed.
Music: Dmitri Shostakovich
Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky
Libretto: Adrian Piotrovsky and Fyodor Lopukhov
Cast: Svetlana Lunkina (Zina), Mikhail Lobukhin (Pyotr), Maria Alexandrova (the Ballerina), Ruslan Skvortsov (the Ballet Dancer), Denis Savin (the Accordionist), Alexei Loparevich (the Old Dacha Dweller)
During harvest festival on a collective farm, a visiting dance troupe reunites a ballerina with her childhood friend, Zina. In order to teach her unfaithful husband a lesson, Zina, the ballerina and the ballerina’s husband decide to swap roles for the evening…
Alexei Ratmansky invokes the genius of Shostakovich’s score, creating a laugh-out-loud masterpiece with slapstick comedy, hilarious deceptions, false identities (including Principal Dancer Ruslan Skvortsov dressed as a sylph) and many colourful characters! The Bolshoi bursts with vivid life and bright spirits in Ratmansky’s brilliantly choreographed smash.
Director: James Whale. Starring: Claude Rains, USA 1933. 72 mins.
Claude Rains made his American film debut as Dr Griffin, H.G. Wells’s scientist turned invisible psychopath. Helped along by some impressive matte work and trick photography, Rains conjures his considerable screen presence through voice alone.
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Director: Abel Gance.
With Albert Dieudonné, Antonin Artaud, Gina Manès, Vladimir Roudenko. France 1927. 333mins (3 intervals)
Abel Gance’s heroic depiction of the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte is an undisputed cinema landmark.
Renowned for its groundbreaking technical innovations, including a stunning triptych finale, Gance’s visionary epic traverses many of the formative experiences that shaped Napoleon’s rapid advancement. Cool under pressure, Bonaparte overcomes fierce rivals, deadly seas and political machinations to seal his imperial destiny. The story’s chapters play out in exhilarating fashion, tied together by an incredible feat of editing and technical ingenuity. With an equally enthralling score composed and conducted by Carl Davis (newly recorded in 7.1), this new digital restoration presents the silent masterpiece in all of its grandiose glory, with rich velvety blacks combining with gorgeously coloured tints and tones. Truly a magnificent big-screen experience.
Director: James Whale. Starring: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester. USA 1935. 75 mins.
Love hurts for Karloff’s Monster in this sequel, as he finds himself at the mercy of enraged townsfolk and an uninterested bride – memorably realised by a shock-eyed, tower-haired Elsa Lanchester.
21.00Culture Shock: Dedicated to bringing you the best in cult and genre films.
Universal Monsters: A special season celebrating the monstrous cinematic creations that haunt the vaults of Universal Pictures.
The Royal Opera's lavish production of
Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of
Hoffmann), Offenbach's masterpiece, is
a favourite with audiences. Created by
Academy Award-winning film director
John Schlesinger, this production brings
alive a 19th-century world of romance,
comedy, mystery and menace.
At the centre of these extraordinary tales of
clockwork dolls, magical glasses, ghostly voices
and sensual courtesans is the vivid imagination
of the drunken Romantic poet Hoffmann.
Charismatic young tenor Vittorio Grigolo is
Hoffmann – compelled to tell the story of his
lovers who, he believes, have all been stolen
by a succession of arch villains. Superb baritone
Thomas Hampson performs all four villains.
The music includes the famous ‘Barcarolle’
and the stunning showpiece numbers are
perfect vehicles for the vocal virtuosity of
Sofia Fomina as the clockwork doll Olympia,
Christine Rice as the courtesan Giulietta,
and Sonya Yoncheva as Hoffmann's last
love Antonia.
This unmissable live event will take a candid look into the mind of Alan Bennett, Britain’s best-loved writer, who, at 82, shows no signs of slowing down. The event will include a screening of Alan Bennett’s Diaries, a new film about the writer, followed by an exclusive Q&A with Alan Bennett from his local library in Primrose Hill.
Inspired by his acerbic and often hilarious diaries, the film shows Alan as he’s never been seen before – following him to New York, the scene of his early triumph in Beyond The Fringe, to accept an award from the city’s Public Library; to Shepherd’s Bush to record an episode of Private Passions for Radio 3 and open up about the importance of music in his life; to his local community-run library in Primrose Hill, which, he despairs, some would rather see turned into a Pizza Hut; to the East Coast railway line, which he’d like to see renationalised, and the village in Yorkshire he calls home. Intimate encounters, filmed over the course of a year, reveal a writer who is bemused by his own popularity and is still as angry and irreverent in his 80s as he was in his 20s.
Director: David Yates.
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell. UK / USA 2016. TBC mins.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is an all-new adventure returning us to the wizarding world created by J. K. Rowling.
Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory Of Everything) stars in the central role of wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander, under the direction of David Yates, who helmed the last four Harry Potter blockbusters.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt’s fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.
Director: David Yates.
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell. UK / USA 2016. TBC mins.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is an all-new adventure returning us to the wizarding world created by J. K. Rowling.
Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory Of Everything) stars in the central role of wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander, under the direction of David Yates, who helmed the last four Harry Potter blockbusters.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt’s fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.
Director: David Yates.
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell. UK / USA 2016. TBC mins.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is an all-new adventure returning us to the wizarding world created by J. K. Rowling.
Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory Of Everything) stars in the central role of wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander, under the direction of David Yates, who helmed the last four Harry Potter blockbusters.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt’s fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.
Director: David Yates.
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell. UK / USA 2016. TBC mins.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is an all-new adventure returning us to the wizarding world created by J. K. Rowling.
Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory Of Everything) stars in the central role of wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander, under the direction of David Yates, who helmed the last four Harry Potter blockbusters.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt’s fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.
Director: George Waggner. Starring: Lon Chaney Jnr. USA 1941. 70 mins.
Lon Chaney Jnr stepped out from his father’s illustrious shadow with his most memorable role as Larry Talbot, a young man who haunts the wilds of Wales after turning into a werewolf.
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Director: David Yates.
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell. UK / USA 2016. TBC mins.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is an all-new adventure returning us to the wizarding world created by J. K. Rowling.
Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory Of Everything) stars in the central role of wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander, under the direction of David Yates, who helmed the last four Harry Potter blockbusters.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt’s fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.
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Director: David Yates.
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell. UK / USA 2016. TBC mins.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is an all-new adventure returning us to the wizarding world created by J. K. Rowling.
Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory Of Everything) stars in the central role of wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander, under the direction of David Yates, who helmed the last four Harry Potter blockbusters.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt’s fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.
Director: David Yates.
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell. UK / USA 2016. TBC mins.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is an all-new adventure returning us to the wizarding world created by J. K. Rowling.
Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory Of Everything) stars in the central role of wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander, under the direction of David Yates, who helmed the last four Harry Potter blockbusters.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt’s fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.
Mitsuha and Taki are two total strangers living completely different lives. But when Mitsuha makes a wish to leave her mountain town and for the bustling city of Tokyo, they become connected in a bizarre way. She dreams she is a boy living in Tokyo while Taki dreams he is a girl from a rural town he’s never been to.
What does their newfound connection mean? And how will it bring them together?
Director: Jack Arnold. Starring: Julie Adams, Richard Carlson. USA 1954. 79 mins.
A half-human, half-fish creature – another iconic creation from the Universal special effects team – disrupts a research party deep in the Amazon, and kidnaps a beautiful young scientist in the process.
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The Royal Ballet's glorious production of
The Nutcracker, created by Peter Wright
in 1984, is the production par excellence of
an all-time ballet favourite.
It is Christmas Eve and Drosselmeyer
the magician sweeps young Clara
away on a fantasy adventure in which
time is suspended, the family livingroom
becomes a great battlefield, and
a magical journey takes them through
the Land of Snow to the Kingdom of
Sweets. Tchaikovsky's glittering score,
the gorgeous festive stage designs and
The Royal Ballet's captivating dancing –
including an exquisite pas de deux
between the Sugar Plum Fairy and
her Prince – make this Nutcracker the
quintessential Christmas experience.
One of the most highly praised operas of recent years, Kaija Saariaho’s yearning medieval romance L’Amour De Loin (‘Love From Afar’) has its Met premiere this season. The production is by Robert Lepage, co-produced with L’Opéra De Québec in collaboration with Ex Machina. Debuting Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki leads the performance, which stars Susanna Phillips as Clémence, Eric Owens as Jaufré, and Tamara Mumford as the Pilgrim who carries messages of love between them.
Sonya Yoncheva brings her acclaimed interpretation of the doomed courtesan Violetta Valéry to Live In HD audiences for the first time, opposite rising American tenor Michael Fabiano as her lover Alfredo. Thomas Hampson sings one of his most acclaimed Met roles as Giorgio Germont, Alfredo’s disapproving father, in a revival of Willy Decker’s staging conducted by San Francisco Opera Music Director Nicola Luisotti.
Following their hit run on Broadway, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart return to the West End stage in Harold Pinter’s No Man's Land, broadcast live to cinemas from Wyndham’s Theatre, London.
One summer's evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men.
Also starring Owen Teale and Damien Molony, don’t miss this glorious revival of Pinter’s comic classic. The broadcast will be followed by an exclusive Q&A with the cast and director Sean Mathias.
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich
Libretto: Yuri Grigorovich (after E. T. A. Hoffmann and Marius Petipa)
Cast: Denis Rodkin (the Nutcracker Prince), Anna Nikulina (Marie), Andrei Merkuriev (Drosselmeyer), Vitaly Biktimirov (the Mouse King) and the Bolshoi Corps De Ballet
On Christmas Eve, Marie’s wooden nutcracker doll is transformed into a beautiful prince who takes her on a magical journey. Before they leave, they must confront the Mouse King, whose army is threatening Marie…
Christmas would not be complete without the enchanting tale of young Marie and her nutcracker prince! Danced by the Bolshoi’s principals, Russian ballet master Yuri Grigorovich’s staging of E. T. A. Hoffmann’s fairy tale will transport children and adults alike to a world of magic and wonder for the holiday season.
For the first time in HD, Met Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s early drama of Ancient Babylon, with Plácido Domingo adding a new role to his repertoire as the title character. Liudmyla Monastyrska sings the tour-de-force role of Abigaille, Nabucco’s wilful daughter, alongside Jamie Barton, Russell Thomas and Dmitri Belosselskiy.
For the first time in HD, Met Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s early drama of Ancient Babylon, with Plácido Domingo adding a new role to his repertoire as the title character. Liudmyla Monastyrska sings the tour-de-force role of Abigaille, Nabucco’s wilful daughter, alongside Jamie Barton, Russell Thomas and Dmitri Belosselskiy.
Simon Russell Beale returns to the RSC after 20 years to play Prospero in this groundbreaking production directed by Royal Shakespeare Company Artistic Director Gregory Doran.
On a distant island a man waits. He has been robbed of his position, power and wealth, and his enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no ordinary man, and this no ordinary island. Prospero is a magician, able to control the elements and bend nature to his will.
When a sail appears on the horizon, he reaches out across the ocean to the ship that carries the men who wronged him. Creating a vast storm he wrecks the ship and washes his enemies up on the shore. When they awake they find themselves lost on a fantastical island where nothing is as it seems.
In a unique partnership with Intel, the production will be using today’s most advanced technology in a bold reimagining of Shakespeare’s magical play, creating an unforgettable theatrical experience.
Following their hit run on Broadway, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart return to the West End stage in Harold Pinter’s No Man's Land, broadcast live to cinemas from Wyndham’s Theatre, London.
One summer's evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men.
Also starring Owen Teale and Damien Molony, don’t miss this glorious revival of Pinter’s comic classic. The broadcast will be followed by an exclusive Q&A with the cast and director Sean Mathias.
The electrifying team of Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau reunites for a new production of Gounod’s opera based on the Shakespeare play. Damrau makes her role debut as Juliette in Bartlett Sher’s new production, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Elliot Madore sings Mercutio, and Mikhail Petrenko sings Frère Laurent. Sher’s staging is a La Scala production.
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich
Libretto: Ivan Vsevolozhsky and Marius Petipa (after Charles Perrault)
Cast: The Bolshoi Principals, Soloists and Corps De Ballet
On her 16th birthday, a curse by the evil Carabosse causes the beautiful Princess Aurora to fall into a deep slumber for 100 years. Only the kiss of a prince can awaken her…
In this resplendent and magical classic, the Bolshoi dancers take us on a dreamlike journey through the famous fairy tale, complete with jewel fairies, a magical kingdom, a youthful princess and a handsome prince. In the purest style of classical ballet, the Bolshoi’s peerlessly sumptuous staging with luxurious sets and costumes brings Perrault’s tale to life. A must-see!
The electrifying team of Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau reunites for a new production of Gounod’s opera based on the Shakespeare play. Damrau makes her role debut as Juliette in Bartlett Sher’s new production, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Elliot Madore sings Mercutio, and Mikhail Petrenko sings Frère Laurent. Sher’s staging is a La Scala production.
International superstars Dmitri
Hvorostovsky, Anita Rachvelishvili,
Lianna Haroutounian and Gregory
Kunde lead a superb cast of world-class
singers in this Verdi classic.
Il trovatore is one of the great operas of
the Romantic period, a story of passion
and blood, love and vengeance, disaster
and murder.
New in the 2015/16 Season, this
atmospheric and poetic staging by
director David Bösch puts the story of
passion against the backdrop of war.
Fire and snow in the landscape echo the
cruelty and love of the story: soldiers and
gypsies clash, a mother reveals a terrible
secret and two men are engaged in a
deadly fight for one woman. The famous
Anvil Chorus is just one of the highlights
of Verdi’s exceptionally fine music, which
captures the shifting emotions of the
drama through impassioned love duets,
fiery solos and stirring choruses.
Lucian Msamati (Luther, Game of Thrones, NT Live: The Comedy of Errors) plays Salieri in Peter Shaffer’s iconic play, broadcast live from the National Theatre, and with live orchestral accompaniment by Southbank Sinfonia.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius, court composer Antonio Salieri has the power to promote his talent or destroy his name. Seized by obsessive jealousy he begins a war with Mozart, with music, and ultimately, with God.
After winning multiple Olivier and Tony Awards when it had its premiere at the National Theatre in 1979, Amadeus was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film.
Cast: Svetlana Zakharova (Odette/Odile), Denis Rodkin (Prince Siegfried), Artemy Belyakov (the Evil Genius), Igor Tsvirko (the Fool)
By moonlight on the shore of a mysterious lake, Prince Siegfried meets the bewitched swan-woman Odette. Completely spellbound by her beauty, he swears his love to her. However, the Prince realises too late that Fate has another plan for him….
A ballet of ultimate beauty, and a score of unparalleled perfection, born at the Bolshoi in 1877. In the dual role of the white swan Odette and her rival black swan Odile, prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova exudes both vulnerability and cunning through superb technical mastery, alongside Denis Rodkin as a powerful and emotional Siegfried. Including breathtaking scenes with the Bolshoi’s corps de ballet, this is classical ballet at its finest.
The pioneering literary work of
Virginia Woolf is the inspiration for
multi-award-winning choreographer
Wayne McGregor's brilliant triptych
for The Royal Ballet. McGregor has
long been at the cutting edge of
ballet, working with collaborators
from across the artistic world, and
in this critically acclaimed work
he combines themes from three
of Woolf's landmark novels – Mrs
Dalloway, Orlando and The Waves –
with elements of her letters, essays
and diaries. Acclaimed British
composer Max Richter (Infra,
Sum and Recomposed by Max
Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons)
creates a specially commissioned
score incorporating electronic and
live music.
Gemma Arterton is Joan of Arc, broadcast live from the Donmar Warehouse.
Bernard Shaw’s classic play follows the life and trial of a young country girl who declares a bloody mission to drive the English from France. As one of the first Protestants and nationalists, she threatens the very fabric of the feudal society and the Catholic Church across Europe.
Josie Rourke (Coriolanus, Les Liaisons Dangereuses) directs Gemma Arterton (Gemma Bovery, Nell Gwynn, Made in Dagenham) as Joan of Arc in this electrifying production.
“My head is bursting – I want to paint it all.” Award-winning director Phil Grabsky presents a fresh new look at arguably the world’s favourite artist, Claude Monet, using the painter’s own words.
Based on letters and other private writings, I, Claude Monet provides new insight into the man who not only painted the picture that gave birth to Impressionism, but who was perhaps the most influential and successful painter of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
In spite of this, and perhaps because of it, Monet’s life is a gripping tale of a man who, behind his sun-dazzled canvases, suffered from bouts of depression, loneliness and even suicidal thoughts. Then, as his art developed and his love of nature led to the glories of his garden at Giverny, his letters reveal his humour, insight and love of life.
Lucian Msamati (Luther, Game of Thrones, NT Live: The Comedy of Errors) plays Salieri in Peter Shaffer’s iconic play, broadcast live from the National Theatre, and with live orchestral accompaniment by Southbank Sinfonia.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius, court composer Antonio Salieri has the power to promote his talent or destroy his name. Seized by obsessive jealousy he begins a war with Mozart, with music, and ultimately, with God.
After winning multiple Olivier and Tony Awards when it had its premiere at the National Theatre in 1979, Amadeus was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film.
Kristine Opolais stars in a new production of the opera that first won her international acclaim, Dvořák’s fairy tale about the tragic water nymph Rusalka. Sir Mark Elder conducts Mary Zimmerman’s new staging, which also stars Brandon Jovanovich as the human prince who captures Rusalka’s heart; Katarina Dalayman as Rusalka’s rival, the Foreign Princess; Eric Owens as the Water Sprite, Rusalka’s father; and Jamie Barton as the duplicitous witch Ježibaba.
Kristine Opolais stars in a new production of the opera that first won her international acclaim, Dvořák’s fairy tale about the tragic water nymph Rusalka. Sir Mark Elder conducts Mary Zimmerman’s new staging, which also stars Brandon Jovanovich as the human prince who captures Rusalka’s heart; Katarina Dalayman as Rusalka’s rival, the Foreign Princess; Eric Owens as the Water Sprite, Rusalka’s father; and Jamie Barton as the duplicitous witch Ježibaba.
A perennial delight and a much-loved classic,
The Royal Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty
combines the best of classical ballet, with
all its charms and virtuosity, splendid music
and talented dancers.
First choreographed to Tchaikovsky's great
musical score by Marius Petipa in Russia in
1890, The Sleeping Beauty has wonderful
ensembles, solos including the Rose Adage
as Princess Aurora meets her suitors, and of
course the concluding celebratory dances
for the happy union of prince and princess.
The Royal Ballet's landmark staging was
revived for the Company's 75th anniversary
celebrations in 2006.
The designs by Oliver Messell, one of
the greatest stage designers of the 20th
century, were restored and updated for
this production by Peter Farmer. The rich
evocations of the baroque opulence of a royal
court, the panoramic journey of the prince
to the overgrown castle and the colourful
characters in this famous fairytale make this
Sleeping Beauty a spectacle like no other.
Just married. Bored already. Hedda longs to be free...
Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel.
Tony Award-winning director Ivo van Hove (A View From The Bridge at the Young Vic Theatre) returns to National Theatre Live screens with a modern production of Ibsen’s masterpiece.
Ruth Wilson (Luther, The Affair, Jane Eyre) plays the title role in a new version by Patrick Marber (Notes On A Scandal, Closer).
Sonya Yoncheva brings her acclaimed interpretation of the doomed courtesan Violetta Valéry to Live In HD audiences for the first time, opposite rising American tenor Michael Fabiano as her lover Alfredo. Thomas Hampson sings one of his most acclaimed Met roles as Giorgio Germont, Alfredo’s disapproving father, in a revival of Willy Decker’s staging conducted by San Francisco Opera Music Director Nicola Luisotti.
Music: Benjamin Britten, Max Richter, Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonid Desyatnikov
Choreography: Hans Van Manen, Sol León, Paul Lightfoot, Alexei Ratmansky
Cast: The Bolshoi Principals, Soloists and Corps De Ballet
For one evening, the Bolshoi takes on a bold new challenge in Hans Van Manen’s Frank Bridge’s Variations, Sol León and Paul Lightfoot’s Short Time Together and Alexei Ratmansky’s Russian Seasons. This encounter between some of the best dancers in the world and the masters of contemporary choreography results in an outstanding synthesis, raising Van Manen’s formal beauty, León and Lightfoot’s intensity, and Ratmansky’s witty brilliance to a new level.
Just married. Bored already. Hedda longs to be free...
Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel.
Tony Award-winning director Ivo van Hove (A View From The Bridge at the Young Vic Theatre) returns to National Theatre Live screens with a modern production of Ibsen’s masterpiece.
Ruth Wilson (Luther, The Affair, Jane Eyre) plays the title role in a new version by Patrick Marber (Notes On A Scandal, Closer).
Exhibition On Screen: The Artist's Garden - American Impressionism
Following the smash hit Painting The Modern Garden: Monet To Matisse from Season 3 of Exhibition On Screen comes a new film based on the hugely popular exhibition The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism And The Garden Movement from the Florence Griswold Museum in Connecticut, widely considered a home of American impressionism.
American impressionism took its lead from French artists such as Renoir and Monet. It then followed its own path and, over a thirty-year period, speaks as much about the American nation as it does about the artistic movement.
The story of American impressionism is closely tied to a love of gardens and a desire to preserve nature in the midst of rapid urbanisation in that country. Looking at studios, gardens and famous locations throughout the eastern United States, UK and France, this mesmerising film is a feast for the eyes.
James Levine conducts a rare Met revival of Mozart’s Idomeneo, set in the aftermath of the Trojan War. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s classic production, which has its first Met revival in over a decade this season, stars Matthew Polenzani in the title role. The cast also includes Elza van den Heever, Nadine Sierra, Alice Coote and Alan Opie.
James Levine conducts a rare Met revival of Mozart’s Idomeneo, set in the aftermath of the Trojan War. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s classic production, which has its first Met revival in over a decade this season, stars Matthew Polenzani in the title role. The cast also includes Elza van den Heever, Nadine Sierra, Alice Coote and Alan Opie.
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is one of
the most popular of all operas, with
ravishing music and a heartbreaking
story of a loving geisha deserted by
a callous American husband. Muchloved
soprano Ermonela Jaho sings
the title role for the first time at Covent
Garden, in Moshe Leiser and Patrice
Caurier's stunningly beautiful production.
The exotic imagery of the Nagasaki setting
is drawn from 19th-century Western artists'
romanticized views of Japan. Puccini's music
brings alive the birdsong of the morning,
the ritual of a wedding and the seduction
by naval officer B.F. Pinkerton (sung by
exciting young tenor Marcelo Puente)
of his young, innocent bride. Well known
moments include the impassioned aria
‘Un bel dì’ (One fine day) as the abandoned
Cio-Cio-San clings vainly to her dreams.
Royal Opera Music Director Antonio
Pappano, acclaimed for his interpretations
of Italian opera, conducts this intense and
gripping journey from light and excitement
to darkness and self-sacrifice.
Cast: The Bolshoi Principals, Soloists and Corps De Ballet
Pechorin, a young officer, embarks on a journey across the majestic mountains of the Caucasus, on a path set by his passions. Disillusioned and careless, he inflicts pain upon himself and the women around him…
“Give me everything, it is still not enough.” This story based on the larger-than-life hero Pechorin is adapted from Mikhail Lermontov’s literary masterpiece, three separate tales recounting Pechorin’s heartbreaking betrayals. Is he a real hero? Or is he just a man like any other? This brand new production by choreographer Yuri Possokhov is a tragic poetic journey that can only be seen at the Bolshoi.
George Balanchine’s evocation of
the sparkle of emeralds, rubies and
diamonds is a brilliant ballet classic.
The French Romantic music of Fauré
provides the impetus for the subtlety
and lyricism of ‘Emeralds’, while the
fire of ‘Rubies’ comes from Stravinsky
and the jazz-age energy of New York.
Grandeur and elegance complete the
ballet with the splendour of Imperial
Russia and the peerless music of
Tchaikovsky in ‘Diamonds’.
Jewels is a masterclass in the many
luminous facets of classical ballet and
indeed of The Royal Ballet itself: the
virtuoso choreography of Balanchine,
the intensity of the soloists and the
precision of the entire Company.
Anna Netrebko reprises one of her most acclaimed roles as Tatiana, the naive heroine of Tchaikovsky’s opera adapted from Pushkin’s novel. Dmitri Hvorostovsky stars as the title character, who rejects Tatiana’s love until it’s too late. Robin Ticciati, Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, conducts the revival of Deborah Warner’s staging. Alexey Dolgov sings the role of Onegin’s friend turned rival Lenski, with Elena Maximova as Tatiana’s sister Olga, and Štefan Kocán as Prince Gremin.
Anna Netrebko reprises one of her most acclaimed roles as Tatiana, the naive heroine of Tchaikovsky’s opera adapted from Pushkin’s novel. Dmitri Hvorostovsky stars as the title character, who rejects Tatiana’s love until it’s too late. Robin Ticciati, Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, conducts the revival of Deborah Warner’s staging. Alexey Dolgov sings the role of Onegin’s friend turned rival Lenski, with Elena Maximova as Tatiana’s sister Olga, and Štefan Kocán as Prince Gremin.
The race to claim the empire spirals out of control. Angus Jackson directs Shakespeare’s epic political tragedy.
All-conquering Caesar returns from war. But mutiny is rumbling through the corridors of power.
The Rome season in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre opens with the politics of spin and betrayal turning to violence. Following his sell-out productions of Tom Morton-Smith’s Oppenheimer (2014) and James Fenton’s adaptation of Don Quixote (2016), season director Angus Jackson steers the thrilling action.
The Met’s first new production since 1969 of Strauss’s rich romantic masterpiece is conducted by Music Director James Levine and directed by Robert Carsen, whose most recent Met production was the hit 2013 staging of Falstaff. Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles as the Marschallin, opposite Elīna Garanča in her first North American performances as the impulsive young title character. The cast also includes Günther Groissböck, Erin Morley, Marcus Brück and Matthew Polenzani. Der Rosenkavalier is a co-production with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Teatro Regio Di Torino.
The Met’s first new production since 1969 of Strauss’s rich romantic masterpiece is conducted by Music Director James Levine and directed by Robert Carsen, whose most recent Met production was the hit 2013 staging of Falstaff. Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles as the Marschallin, opposite Elīna Garanča in her first North American performances as the impulsive young title character. The cast also includes Günther Groissböck, Erin Morley, Marcus Brück and Matthew Polenzani. Der Rosenkavalier is a co-production with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Teatro Regio Di Torino.
Iqbal Khan (Othello, Much Ado About Nothing) returns to the RSC to direct Shakespeare’s tragedy, which follows on from Julius Caesar.
After Caesar’s assassination, Mark Antony reached the heights of power. Now he is neglecting his empire for a life of decadent seduction with his mistress, Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. As he is torn between love and duty, Antony’s military brilliance deserts him, and his passion leads the lovers to their tragic end.
This gorgeous mixed programme demonstrates the great creative vision of Frederick Ashton, Founder Choreographer of The Royal Ballet.
The Dream is Ashton's adaptation of Shakespeare's riotous comedy in which a forest sprite plays havoc, armed with a love potion. Symphonic Variations was Ashton's first work after World War II, and one of the Company's first to be performed on the huge main stage of the Royal Opera House, in 1946. With six dancers performing a series of quartets, duets, sextets and solos to Franck’s brooding Variations symphoniques, this seminal masterpiece celebrates the pure beauty of movement. Marguerite and Armand is Ashton's beautiful and emotional retelling of a well-known story, familiar to us through Verdi's opera La traviata. Ashton famously created this poignant ballet on Margot
Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev in 1963.
To coincide with a glorious new exhibition at the National Gallery of London, this film offers a full and fresh biography of Michelangelo who, with Leonardo, is considered one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance – and perhaps of all time. This film explores his relationship with his contemporaries and his immense artistic practice which included painting, sculpture and architecture. Among the works explored are the universally adored David in Florence, the Sistine Chapel in Rome and the Manchester Madonna (today in the National Gallery).
A major new film which gets to the very heart of this tempestuous, passionate giant.
World-famous tenor Jonas Kaufmann makes his role debut as Otello in Verdi's passionate retelling of Shakespeare's great tragedy of jealousy, deception and murder. Soprano Maria Agresta will be his Desdemona and baritone Ludovic Tézier his nemesis Iago in a new production by Olivier Awardwinning director Keith Warner.
A major work of the opera repertory, Verdi's Otello draws on the full forces of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, the Royal Opera Chorus and this stellar line-up of principal singers, with exquisite duets, emotionally potent solo numbers and thrilling choruses.
Particular highlights include Otello and Desdemona's rapturous love duet and Desdemona's poignant 'Willow Song'. Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano conducts this Italian masterpiece.
The decay of Rome reaches violent depths in Shakespeare’s bloodiest play. Blanche McIntyre (The Two Noble Kinsmen) returns to the RSC to direct Shakespeare’s brutal revenge tragedy.
Titus is a ruler exhausted by war and loss. He relinquishes power, but leaves Rome in disorder. Rape, cannibalism and mutilation fill the moral void at the heart of this corrupt society.
Shakespeare presents us with murder as entertainment and, as the body count rises, poses questions about sexuality, family, class and society.
