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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: Taika Waititi.
Starring: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata. New Zealand 2016. 101 mins.
Teenager Rick (Dennison), an overweight hip-hop fan, finds himself living in the latest of several foster homes, where the kindly Bella (Wiata) and gruff backwoodsman Hector (Neill) do their best to accommodate (i.e. put up with) him. Then Bella abruptly disappears, and social services threaten to move Rick on. Having none of it, Rick runs away into the bush, followed by the somewhat reluctant Hector. Their ensuing adventures as they outwit an increasingly intense search for them prove both ingenious and hilarious.
Kiwi writer-director Taika Waititi has strong form in offbeat comedy following 2014’s vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows, and Dennison and Neill are excellent conduits for his quietly absurdist humour. The result is one of the unlikeliest buddy movies since Planes, Trains And Automobiles.
Contains moderate bad language, innuendo and infrequent bloody moments.
A sweeping, swashbuckling adventure set in a mythical ancient Japan, with an all-star voice cast. In the epic fantasy from animation studio LAIKA, scruffy, kindhearted Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson of "Game of Thrones") ekes out a humble living while devotedly caring for his mother in their sleepy shoreside village. It is a quiet existence -- until a spirit from the past catches up with him to enforce an age-old vendetta. Suddenly on the run from gods and monsters, Kubo"s chance for survival rests on finding the magical suit of armor once worn by his fallen father, the greatest samurai the world has ever known. Summoning courage, Kubo embarks on a thrilling odyssey as he faces his family"s history, navigates the elements, and bravely fights for the earth and the stars.
Director: Marcus Dillistone. Starring: The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery and Sir John Mills (voice). UK. 1999.
50 minute making-of presentation followed by the 16 minute film and a Q&A.
When director Marcus Dillistone was invited to watch a Royal Salute fired by The King’s Troop, little did anyone know that it would lead to the production of a feature-quality short film, and a Royal premiere three years later. The Troop is a spectacular evocation of horse artillery in action. Shot by Oscar nominee Alex Thomson BSC ('Excalibur’), and with a sweeping musical score performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,The Troop captures the drama and kinetic beauty of the British Army’s most senior unit - the right of the line. This is a rare chance to see The Troop film presented in widescreen 35mm CinemaScope. Preceding the film is a compelling ‘making-of’ presentation given by the film’s director, Marcus Dillistone, who explains how the film got made - from an idea on the back of an envelope, to a Royal premiere at BAFTA. It is significant testimony that following the premiere Her Majesty The Queen requested a loan copy to screen to her Christmas guests at Sandringham.
If you appreciate British traditions, Army ceremonial, equestrian skill, or merely beautiful visual narrative, then this is a must-see film.
Director: Steven Spielberg.
Starring: Mark Rylance, Rebecca Hall, Penelope Wilton. UK/Canada/USA 2016. TBC mins.
Steven Spielberg’s vision of The BFG could not have come at a more opportune time: this year we celebrate 100 years of Roald Dahl. What better way to mark the century of the adored British author than with a brand new big friendly giant?
At the centre of the tale is Sophie (Ruby Barnhill), a characterful and curious young girl living in a London orphanage. One night, Sophie is let into an amazing secret: giants exist, and they deliver dreams into children’s bedrooms.
Sophie discovers this when she is whisked off to a land of giants, where the BFG (Rylance) teaches her about dreams and protects her from his rather less friendly brothers, including the Bloodbottler (Bill Hader) and the Fleshlumpeater (Jemaine Clement).
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: Sharon Maguire.
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey. UK/Ireland/France/USA 2016. TBC mins.
Twelve years since The Edge Of Reason reprised the incredible success of Bridget Jones’s Diary, Renée Zellweger makes her third appearance as the delightfully ditzy singleton.
After recently splitting up with Mark Darcy (Firth), her enduring admirer from the first two romantic comedies, Ms Jones now maintains that she’s both happy and finally in control of her life – until, that is, a handsome American, Jack Qwant (Dempsey, long-term star of TV’s Grey’s Anatomy), sweeps her off her feet. And then, rather inconveniently, she finds herself pregnant and unsure whether Mark or Jack is the father.
It’s an uneasy dilemma for the somewhat reluctantly grown-up Bridget, who must also decide who she would want the father to be. Zellweger’s wonderfully nuanced performance will delight cinema audiences.
A new monthly Open Mic Night to showcase those with the creative buzz. For any kind of performer- poetry, comedy, musings, music, monologue and miscellaneous! Guest headliners, up-n-comers and first-timers meet in the chilled surroundings of The Basement to take the stage!
AGE 16+
Director: Mat Whitecross. Featuring: Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher. UK 2016. 122 mins.
Asif Kapadia (Amy, Senna), teams up with Mat Whitecross (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Spike Island) to tackle game-changing act Oasis. With unprecedented access to Oasis’s archive, they create a magnificent patchwork of rarities from the Oasis vault, skilfully woven together with new interviews with the band as they look back (sometimes in anger) on their experiences. The film follows the Gallaghers’ truly rags-to-riches journey from a Manchester council estate to the release of their first single, Supersonic, to selling out stadiums. Liam and Noel’s furious feuding and the mayhem and excess of the band were a magnet for the press. The brothers speak unusually candidly about their fractious relationship and extraordinary rise to fame. Supersonic tells the story behind one of the world’s greatest super-bands, and is a riveting portrayal of the Britpop phenomenon.
In UK and Irish cinemas with exclusive live stream Q&A with Liam Gallagher and Mat Whitecross on October 2.
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: Taika Waititi.
Starring: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata. New Zealand 2016. 101 mins.
Teenager Rick (Dennison), an overweight hip-hop fan, finds himself living in the latest of several foster homes, where the kindly Bella (Wiata) and gruff backwoodsman Hector (Neill) do their best to accommodate (i.e. put up with) him. Then Bella abruptly disappears, and social services threaten to move Rick on. Having none of it, Rick runs away into the bush, followed by the somewhat reluctant Hector. Their ensuing adventures as they outwit an increasingly intense search for them prove both ingenious and hilarious.
Kiwi writer-director Taika Waititi has strong form in offbeat comedy following 2014’s vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows, and Dennison and Neill are excellent conduits for his quietly absurdist humour. The result is one of the unlikeliest buddy movies since Planes, Trains And Automobiles.
Contains moderate bad language, innuendo and infrequent bloody moments.
A sweeping, swashbuckling adventure set in a mythical ancient Japan, with an all-star voice cast. In the epic fantasy from animation studio LAIKA, scruffy, kindhearted Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson of "Game of Thrones") ekes out a humble living while devotedly caring for his mother in their sleepy shoreside village. It is a quiet existence -- until a spirit from the past catches up with him to enforce an age-old vendetta. Suddenly on the run from gods and monsters, Kubo"s chance for survival rests on finding the magical suit of armor once worn by his fallen father, the greatest samurai the world has ever known. Summoning courage, Kubo embarks on a thrilling odyssey as he faces his family"s history, navigates the elements, and bravely fights for the earth and the stars.
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.
Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari.
Starring: Yiorgos Kendros, Makis Papadimitriou, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos. Greece 2015. 105 mins. Greek with English subtitles.
Six men cruise the Aegean aboard a luxury yacht variously fishing, scuba diving and vying for superiority in a series of increasingly bizarre competitive games. These include the innocuously mad against-the-clock assembly of IKEA shelves, the whole orchestrated with a quiet relish by the boat’s owner, an imperious 60-something known only as The Doctor (Kendros). At one end of the social spectrum is alpha male Yannis (Pirpassopoulos), at the other his brother, the bumbling, insecure mummy’s boy Dimitris (Papadimitriou). Much of the film’s tinder-dry humour comes from their awkward relationship.
Director/co-writer Athina Rachel Tsangari produced both Dogtooth and Alps, and Chevalier is infused with the droll influence of those films’ director, Yorgos Lanthimos.
10.45Discover 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.
Subtitled: This show is in the original language and will have English subtitles
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: Sharon Maguire.
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey. UK/Ireland/France/USA 2016. TBC mins.
Twelve years since The Edge Of Reason reprised the incredible success of Bridget Jones’s Diary, Renée Zellweger makes her third appearance as the delightfully ditzy singleton.
After recently splitting up with Mark Darcy (Firth), her enduring admirer from the first two romantic comedies, Ms Jones now maintains that she’s both happy and finally in control of her life – until, that is, a handsome American, Jack Qwant (Dempsey, long-term star of TV’s Grey’s Anatomy), sweeps her off her feet. And then, rather inconveniently, she finds herself pregnant and unsure whether Mark or Jack is the father.
It’s an uneasy dilemma for the somewhat reluctantly grown-up Bridget, who must also decide who she would want the father to be. Zellweger’s wonderfully nuanced performance will delight cinema audiences.
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?
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: Taika Waititi.
Starring: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata. New Zealand 2016. 101 mins.
Teenager Rick (Dennison), an overweight hip-hop fan, finds himself living in the latest of several foster homes, where the kindly Bella (Wiata) and gruff backwoodsman Hector (Neill) do their best to accommodate (i.e. put up with) him. Then Bella abruptly disappears, and social services threaten to move Rick on. Having none of it, Rick runs away into the bush, followed by the somewhat reluctant Hector. Their ensuing adventures as they outwit an increasingly intense search for them prove both ingenious and hilarious.
Kiwi writer-director Taika Waititi has strong form in offbeat comedy following 2014’s vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows, and Dennison and Neill are excellent conduits for his quietly absurdist humour. The result is one of the unlikeliest buddy movies since Planes, Trains And Automobiles.
Contains moderate bad language, innuendo and infrequent bloody moments.
Closet Monster tells the story of Oscar Madly (Jessup, Falling Skies), a creative and driven teenager hovering on the brink of adulthood. Affected by his dysfunctional parents, unsure of his sexuality, and haunted by horrific images he witnessed as a child, Oscar dreams of escaping the town he feels is suffocating him. He embarks on a journey of self-discovery with the beloved help of his talking pet hamster (voiced by Rossellini), his imagination, and the prospect of love that will ultimately bring him closer to confronting his inner monster.
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: Sharon Maguire.
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey. UK/Ireland/France/USA 2016. TBC mins.
Twelve years since The Edge Of Reason reprised the incredible success of Bridget Jones’s Diary, Renée Zellweger makes her third appearance as the delightfully ditzy singleton.
After recently splitting up with Mark Darcy (Firth), her enduring admirer from the first two romantic comedies, Ms Jones now maintains that she’s both happy and finally in control of her life – until, that is, a handsome American, Jack Qwant (Dempsey, long-term star of TV’s Grey’s Anatomy), sweeps her off her feet. And then, rather inconveniently, she finds herself pregnant and unsure whether Mark or Jack is the father.
It’s an uneasy dilemma for the somewhat reluctantly grown-up Bridget, who must also decide who she would want the father to be. Zellweger’s wonderfully nuanced performance will delight cinema audiences.
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.
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: Taika Waititi.
Starring: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata. New Zealand 2016. 101 mins.
Teenager Rick (Dennison), an overweight hip-hop fan, finds himself living in the latest of several foster homes, where the kindly Bella (Wiata) and gruff backwoodsman Hector (Neill) do their best to accommodate (i.e. put up with) him. Then Bella abruptly disappears, and social services threaten to move Rick on. Having none of it, Rick runs away into the bush, followed by the somewhat reluctant Hector. Their ensuing adventures as they outwit an increasingly intense search for them prove both ingenious and hilarious.
Kiwi writer-director Taika Waititi has strong form in offbeat comedy following 2014’s vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows, and Dennison and Neill are excellent conduits for his quietly absurdist humour. The result is one of the unlikeliest buddy movies since Planes, Trains And Automobiles.
Contains moderate bad language, innuendo and infrequent bloody moments.
15.35Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
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18.10HOH Subtitled: This screening has subtitles for people with hearing loss
Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
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.
18.30Discover 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.
Director: Sharon Maguire.
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey. UK/Ireland/France/USA 2016. TBC mins.
Twelve years since The Edge Of Reason reprised the incredible success of Bridget Jones’s Diary, Renée Zellweger makes her third appearance as the delightfully ditzy singleton.
After recently splitting up with Mark Darcy (Firth), her enduring admirer from the first two romantic comedies, Ms Jones now maintains that she’s both happy and finally in control of her life – until, that is, a handsome American, Jack Qwant (Dempsey, long-term star of TV’s Grey’s Anatomy), sweeps her off her feet. And then, rather inconveniently, she finds herself pregnant and unsure whether Mark or Jack is the father.
It’s an uneasy dilemma for the somewhat reluctantly grown-up Bridget, who must also decide who she would want the father to be. Zellweger’s wonderfully nuanced performance will delight cinema audiences.
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: Christian Vincent.
Starring: Fabrice Luchini, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Eva Lallier. France 2015. 98 mins. French with English subtitles.
In this double Venice Festival winner from La Seperation writer-director Christian Vincent, the ever-world-weary Fabrice Luchini (Potiche, In The House) plays Michel Racine, an uptight provincial judge. Presiding over the particularly grim trial of a man accused of brutally killing his daughter, Michel finds that one of the jurors, Ditte (Knudsen, Borgen, The Duke Of Burgundy), is a woman he long ago fell in love with. Although it’s initially unclear if she felt similarly smitten, Ditte agrees to share coffee with Michel – who abandons his nitpicking maintenance of protocols – during a courtroom break and, well, one thing leads to another. It’s an often tense but warmly humorous meditation that draws on the parallels between legal and personal trials, with Knudsen in particular demonstrating her command of emotional subtleties.
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: Taika Waititi.
Starring: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata. New Zealand 2016. 101 mins.
Teenager Rick (Dennison), an overweight hip-hop fan, finds himself living in the latest of several foster homes, where the kindly Bella (Wiata) and gruff backwoodsman Hector (Neill) do their best to accommodate (i.e. put up with) him. Then Bella abruptly disappears, and social services threaten to move Rick on. Having none of it, Rick runs away into the bush, followed by the somewhat reluctant Hector. Their ensuing adventures as they outwit an increasingly intense search for them prove both ingenious and hilarious.
Kiwi writer-director Taika Waititi has strong form in offbeat comedy following 2014’s vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows, and Dennison and Neill are excellent conduits for his quietly absurdist humour. The result is one of the unlikeliest buddy movies since Planes, Trains And Automobiles.
Contains moderate bad language, innuendo and infrequent bloody moments.
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: Sharon Maguire.
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey. UK/Ireland/France/USA 2016. TBC mins.
Twelve years since The Edge Of Reason reprised the incredible success of Bridget Jones’s Diary, Renée Zellweger makes her third appearance as the delightfully ditzy singleton.
After recently splitting up with Mark Darcy (Firth), her enduring admirer from the first two romantic comedies, Ms Jones now maintains that she’s both happy and finally in control of her life – until, that is, a handsome American, Jack Qwant (Dempsey, long-term star of TV’s Grey’s Anatomy), sweeps her off her feet. And then, rather inconveniently, she finds herself pregnant and unsure whether Mark or Jack is the father.
It’s an uneasy dilemma for the somewhat reluctantly grown-up Bridget, who must also decide who she would want the father to be. Zellweger’s wonderfully nuanced performance will delight cinema audiences.
11.00Big Scream: Exclusively for parents or carers with babies under the age of one.
Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
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15.10Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
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Café Scientifique is a place where, a cup of coffee or a glass of wine in your hand, you can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology. Meetings take place in cafes, bars, restaurants and even theatres, but always outside a traditional academic context.
AGE 14+
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.
13.10Silver Screen: Aged over 60? Join the Silver Screen Club for discounted tickets and a free tea or coffee at these shows. Usual ticket prices apply to non-Members.
Director: Christian Vincent.
Starring: Fabrice Luchini, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Eva Lallier. France 2015. 98 mins. French with English subtitles.
In this double Venice Festival winner from La Seperation writer-director Christian Vincent, the ever-world-weary Fabrice Luchini (Potiche, In The House) plays Michel Racine, an uptight provincial judge. Presiding over the particularly grim trial of a man accused of brutally killing his daughter, Michel finds that one of the jurors, Ditte (Knudsen, Borgen, The Duke Of Burgundy), is a woman he long ago fell in love with. Although it’s initially unclear if she felt similarly smitten, Ditte agrees to share coffee with Michel – who abandons his nitpicking maintenance of protocols – during a courtroom break and, well, one thing leads to another. It’s an often tense but warmly humorous meditation that draws on the parallels between legal and personal trials, with Knudsen in particular demonstrating her command of emotional subtleties.
13.20Silver Screen: Aged over 60? Join the Silver Screen Club for discounted tickets and a free tea or coffee at these shows. Usual ticket prices apply to non-Members.
Subtitled: This show is in the original language and will have English subtitles
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.
11.00Silver Screen: Aged over 60? Join the Silver Screen Club for discounted tickets and a free tea or coffee at these shows. Usual ticket prices apply to non-Members.
Director: Taika Waititi.
Starring: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata. New Zealand 2016. 101 mins.
Teenager Rick (Dennison), an overweight hip-hop fan, finds himself living in the latest of several foster homes, where the kindly Bella (Wiata) and gruff backwoodsman Hector (Neill) do their best to accommodate (i.e. put up with) him. Then Bella abruptly disappears, and social services threaten to move Rick on. Having none of it, Rick runs away into the bush, followed by the somewhat reluctant Hector. Their ensuing adventures as they outwit an increasingly intense search for them prove both ingenious and hilarious.
Kiwi writer-director Taika Waititi has strong form in offbeat comedy following 2014’s vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows, and Dennison and Neill are excellent conduits for his quietly absurdist humour. The result is one of the unlikeliest buddy movies since Planes, Trains And Automobiles.
Contains moderate bad language, innuendo and infrequent bloody moments.
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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.
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Vintage Sundays: Classic films back on the big screen where they belong.
Procter Goblins present Oh No! Not This…, a theatrical double-bill of egotistical dark comedy, from the bizarre and disturbing minds of some local folk:
THIS TIME IT LIVES! By Arthur Fisher and Harold Bremmer
Join Harold and Arthur for an unusually live edition of their morbid, monthly podcast. This time, they are discussing mysterious river deaths, with special guest David Paulides. Who will turn up. He’ll definitely turn up. There’s no way he won’t, otherwise there’d be no event.
Their uncanny ability for incompetence is only rivalled by their egocentric behaviour (mainly Arthur, but don’t tell him I said that-H). So come along if you like conspiracy theory, the horror genre, terrible poetry about birds or just want to know more about the actual podcast. Also there’s beer. But you have to pay for it. No freebies. First two rows might get wet and… damn those advert breaks.
KATH, ALICE ‘AND?’ STIBS by Mark Watson
Photocopy Theatre bring us a darkly comic look at what can happen when a narcissists self-confidence is all that is required to wrest control of others destinies from their fumbling grasp.
Why would anyone obey an idiot?
When the idiot's in charge of course!
One night at an adult education class teaches our intrepid pupils more than they ever dreamed of.
Tutor Justin will bring new meaning to their lives as he reveals amazing techniques and unconventional skills.
But is the reward of self-discovery enough to justify the method?
No.
It is not.
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.
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Director: Sharon Maguire.
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey. UK/Ireland/France/USA 2016. TBC mins.
Twelve years since The Edge Of Reason reprised the incredible success of Bridget Jones’s Diary, Renée Zellweger makes her third appearance as the delightfully ditzy singleton.
After recently splitting up with Mark Darcy (Firth), her enduring admirer from the first two romantic comedies, Ms Jones now maintains that she’s both happy and finally in control of her life – until, that is, a handsome American, Jack Qwant (Dempsey, long-term star of TV’s Grey’s Anatomy), sweeps her off her feet. And then, rather inconveniently, she finds herself pregnant and unsure whether Mark or Jack is the father.
It’s an uneasy dilemma for the somewhat reluctantly grown-up Bridget, who must also decide who she would want the father to be. Zellweger’s wonderfully nuanced performance will delight cinema audiences.
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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.
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.
Procter Goblins present Oh No! Not This…, a theatrical double-bill of egotistical dark comedy, from the bizarre and disturbing minds of some local folk:
THIS TIME IT LIVES! By Arthur Fisher and Harold Bremmer
Join Harold and Arthur for an unusually live edition of their morbid, monthly podcast. This time, they are discussing mysterious river deaths, with special guest David Paulides. Who will turn up. He’ll definitely turn up. There’s no way he won’t, otherwise there’d be no event.
Their uncanny ability for incompetence is only rivalled by their egocentric behaviour (mainly Arthur, but don’t tell him I said that-H). So come along if you like conspiracy theory, the horror genre, terrible poetry about birds or just want to know more about the actual podcast. Also there’s beer. But you have to pay for it. No freebies. First two rows might get wet and… damn those advert breaks.
KATH, ALICE ‘AND?’ STIBS by Mark Watson
Photocopy Theatre bring us a darkly comic look at what can happen when a narcissists self-confidence is all that is required to wrest control of others destinies from their fumbling grasp.
Why would anyone obey an idiot?
When the idiot's in charge of course!
One night at an adult education class teaches our intrepid pupils more than they ever dreamed of.
Tutor Justin will bring new meaning to their lives as he reveals amazing techniques and unconventional skills.
But is the reward of self-discovery enough to justify the method?
No.
It is not.
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.
Procter Goblins present Oh No! Not This…, a theatrical double-bill of egotistical dark comedy, from the bizarre and disturbing minds of some local folk:
THIS TIME IT LIVES! By Arthur Fisher and Harold Bremmer
Join Harold and Arthur for an unusually live edition of their morbid, monthly podcast. This time, they are discussing mysterious river deaths, with special guest David Paulides. Who will turn up. He’ll definitely turn up. There’s no way he won’t, otherwise there’d be no event.
Their uncanny ability for incompetence is only rivalled by their egocentric behaviour (mainly Arthur, but don’t tell him I said that-H). So come along if you like conspiracy theory, the horror genre, terrible poetry about birds or just want to know more about the actual podcast. Also there’s beer. But you have to pay for it. No freebies. First two rows might get wet and… damn those advert breaks.
KATH, ALICE ‘AND?’ STIBS by Mark Watson
Photocopy Theatre bring us a darkly comic look at what can happen when a narcissists self-confidence is all that is required to wrest control of others destinies from their fumbling grasp.
Why would anyone obey an idiot?
When the idiot's in charge of course!
One night at an adult education class teaches our intrepid pupils more than they ever dreamed of.
Tutor Justin will bring new meaning to their lives as he reveals amazing techniques and unconventional skills.
But is the reward of self-discovery enough to justify the method?
No.
It is not.
Disney's cherished animation roars back onto the big screen! After being tricked into thinking he was responsible for the death of his father by his dastardly uncle Scar, our hero Simba flees the Savannah. There he begins a new life, with a meerkat and a wart hog as his unlikely allies, until a chance encounter forces him to face his past and his true destiny.
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: Wim Wenders.
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz. West Germany/France 1977. 126 mins. German with English subtitles.
In Wenders’s breakthrough film, a German art restorer in need of cash is approached by American Tom Ripley with the offer of an assignment as killer for hire.
15.55Vintage Sundays: Classic films back on the big screen where they belong.
Subtitled: This show is in the original language and will have English subtitles
Procter Goblins present Oh No! Not This…, a theatrical double-bill of egotistical dark comedy, from the bizarre and disturbing minds of some local folk:
THIS TIME IT LIVES! By Arthur Fisher and Harold Bremmer
Join Harold and Arthur for an unusually live edition of their morbid, monthly podcast. This time, they are discussing mysterious river deaths, with special guest David Paulides. Who will turn up. He’ll definitely turn up. There’s no way he won’t, otherwise there’d be no event.
Their uncanny ability for incompetence is only rivalled by their egocentric behaviour (mainly Arthur, but don’t tell him I said that-H). So come along if you like conspiracy theory, the horror genre, terrible poetry about birds or just want to know more about the actual podcast. Also there’s beer. But you have to pay for it. No freebies. First two rows might get wet and… damn those advert breaks.
KATH, ALICE ‘AND?’ STIBS by Mark Watson
Photocopy Theatre bring us a darkly comic look at what can happen when a narcissists self-confidence is all that is required to wrest control of others destinies from their fumbling grasp.
Why would anyone obey an idiot?
When the idiot's in charge of course!
One night at an adult education class teaches our intrepid pupils more than they ever dreamed of.
Tutor Justin will bring new meaning to their lives as he reveals amazing techniques and unconventional skills.
But is the reward of self-discovery enough to justify the method?
No.
It is not.
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.
Director: Steven Spielberg.
Starring: Mark Rylance, Rebecca Hall, Penelope Wilton. UK/Canada/USA 2016. TBC mins.
Steven Spielberg’s vision of The BFG could not have come at a more opportune time: this year we celebrate 100 years of Roald Dahl. What better way to mark the century of the adored British author than with a brand new big friendly giant?
At the centre of the tale is Sophie (Ruby Barnhill), a characterful and curious young girl living in a London orphanage. One night, Sophie is let into an amazing secret: giants exist, and they deliver dreams into children’s bedrooms.
Sophie discovers this when she is whisked off to a land of giants, where the BFG (Rylance) teaches her about dreams and protects her from his rather less friendly brothers, including the Bloodbottler (Bill Hader) and the Fleshlumpeater (Jemaine Clement).
11.15Autism-Friendly: Especially for people on the autism spectrum or with other special needs and their families, friends and carers. Adults without disabilities are only admitted if they are accompanying a child or a person on the autism spectrum/with special needs.
Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
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.
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.
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.
18.30Discover 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.
Subtitled: This show is in the original language and will have English subtitles
A lot may have changed since Eddard Stark set off from Winterfell in season 1 back in 2011. This quiz will span questions from all 6 seasons of the fantasy epic Game Of Thrones. We’re going to cover everything, warts, weddings and all. Are you an Arch Maester, or to coin an old cliché, do you know nothing?
Doors 7.30, quiz starts at 8. Maximum 5 people (including aliens) per team, £1.50 per person.
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.
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Introducing Curly, Swirly's younger sister who likes to put on gigs and stuff. Curly's debut at The Basement see's three local acts from the streets of York... Reverb and heavy chorus maestros PEACH open the show and are followed up by the dreamy sounds of Wolf Solent. Headlining the show are Neuschlaufen, York's long time connoisseurs of noise drone and repetition.
The animated tale Gnomeo & Juliet knowingly follows the quintessential star-crossed lovers tragedy Romeo and Juliet, with the unexpected twist of making the characters garden gnomes that can move when human beings aren't watching. Though Gnomeo (James McAvoy) and Juliet (Emily Blunt) belong to feuding garden-gnome families, they meet and fall in love. But the clans' shared animosity is exacerbated when Tybalt (Jason Statham) dies in part because of actions taken by Gnomeo to defend a friend whom Tybalt was attacking. After getting some sage advice from a statue of William Shakespeare (Patrick Stewart), Gnomeo attempts to set things right, and win the heart of the lawn ornament he loves. The supporting cast includes the vocal talents of Michael Caine, Hulk Hogan, and Maggie Smith.
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.
Director: Anthony Minghella.
Starring: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law. USA 1999. 139 mins.
Ambitious social climber Tom Ripley is sent to Italy to bring home an errant playboy. This crisp, taut thriller twists its way through the stunning Mediterranean scenery.
The legendary Miss Saigon, in cinemas for one night only. This spectacular, sell-out 25th Anniversary Gala Performance of the global stage sensation also features appearances by the original cast including Jonathan Pryce and Lea Salonga.
This acclaimed new production was described as “the most thrilling, soaring and emotionally stirring musical with magnificent performances” by the Daily Telegraph and “the greatest musical of all time” by the Daily Mail. The epic love story tells the tragic tale of young bar girl Kim, orphaned by war, who falls in love with American GI Chris – but their lives are torn apart by the fall of Saigon.
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.
Directors: Saeed Taji Farouky, Michael McEvoy. 2015, UK/Afghanistan, 84min.
After the screening we'll be joined by director Saeed Taji Farouky for a Q&A.
Tell Spring Not to Come This Year follows one unit of the Afghan National Army (ANA) over the course of their first year of deployment in Helmand without NATO support. It is an intimate film about the human side of combat, told from a largely unheard and misrepresented perspective, that explores the deep personal motivations, desires and struggles of a band of fighting men on the front line. Without a NATO soldier in sight, and no narrative but their own, this is the war in Afghanistan, through the eyes of the Afghans who live it.
“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.
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.
Picturehouse Docs: Bringing you the best in new and topical documentaries covering issues around the world.
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.
Director: Jim Hosking.
Starring: Michael St Michaels, Sky Elobar, Elizabeth De Razzo. USA 2016. 93 mins.
Are you ready to get greasy? British director Jim Hosking (ABCs Of Death 2) has made a debut feature with shades of early John Waters that lives long in the memory – although whether as a fond reminiscence or a PTSD flashback depends on the viewer.
Big Brayden lives in LA with his dad, Big Ronnie. Brayden tries to keep Ronnie happy by taking care of him, cooking him meals that are never quite greasy enough for Ronnie’s taste. Meanwhile the night-time streets are being stalked by a naked, homicidal pervert known as the Greasy Strangler. Ronnie definitely isn’t the Greasy Strangler. Is he? If WTF storylines, prosthetic genitals, exploding eyeballs, disco memorabilia and big buckets of grease are your thing, this is for you.
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.
20.50Culture Shock: Dedicated to bringing you the best in cult and genre films.
Plus intro by Jon Towlson-: critic for Starburst Magazine and author of Subversive Horror Cinema: Countercultural Messages of Films from Frankenstein to the Present.
Universal Monsters: A special season celebrating the monstrous cinematic creations that haunt the vaults of Universal Pictures.
PPY & By Candlelight present Tom Brosseau
The Basement, York. Thursday 20th October, 8pm. £8adv/£10otd
North Dakota Impressions, Tom Brosseau’s new album, is the 3rd in an album trilogy to visit life from a local perspective. Produced by Sean Watkins in Silverlake and Highland Park, Los Angeles, North Dakota Impressions takes the listener on a journey begun with Grass Punks (2014) and Perfect Abandon (2015). A journey through a time that doesn't clip along uniformly on some common interstate but treads at its own pace on a rural route. More glances, more investigations and introspections, more light, more dark. Memories, imaginings, longings for a place, a home - a hopeful album.
'North Dakota troubadour brings stark, trembling beauty to folky acoustic pop. The world is better for it.'
MOJO Magazine
Welcome to the Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club - bringing the best live stand-up to York!
Four top professional comedians
Enjoy brilliant comedy
A great night out!
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Each show has four top professional comedians from all over the world to make you LOL!
Wherever possible we'll be bringing you comedians off the telly from such shows as BBC2's Mock The Week, Shooting Stars, Channel 4's 8 Out of 10 Cats, BBC1's Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, Have I Got News For You, QI, and Paramount's Live at The Comedy Store etc.
Previously we've booked the likes of Jason Manford, John Bishop and Sarah Millican before they hit the big time. So come and see more brilliant comedians!
There's also a full bar and two breaks for get more drinks and chatting to your friends!
'Ace night'
Julie Lovatt
'Fantastic night yet again'
Fleur Spafford
'Great night, everyone must try going, very funny'
Lee Evans (not the Lee Evans!)
There are all real reviews from real customers so get booking now if you fancy a laugh!
Please note we do not allow bookings for Hen or Stag parties of any size and such parties will be refused admission to the venue.
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.
Directors: Mike Thurmeier, Galen T. Chu.
Voices: Simon Pegg, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Wedge. USA 2016. 94 mins.
The fifth entry in the successful animated franchise remains in the eminently capable hands of series directors Mike Thurmeier and Galen T. Chu, with co-writers Michael Berg and Michael J. Wilson, and many of the familiar characters again voiced by their regular stars.
This time round Scrat’s (Wedge) quest for a mysterious acorn takes him beyond the Earth’s atmosphere, where an innocent mistake triggers various unexpected consequences that threaten the very future of our planet. To avert impending disaster, Buck (Pegg), Sid (John Leguizamo), Diego (Denis Leary), Shira (Lopez) and the rest of the quirky animal gang embark on a series of wild adventures, which inevitably involve thrills, spills, whacky stunts and much good-humoured nail-biting, as well as a bunch of new friends.
Director: Andrew Stone.
Starring: Fayard Nicholas, Harold Nicholas, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway. USA 1943. 77 mins.
Don’t miss this rarely screened entertainment extravaganza. Fred Astaire declared the Nicholas Brothers’ ‘staircase’ number the greatest musical sequence of all time.
Supported by:
BFI Film Audience Network
The National Lottery
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Brendon Burns: Black Comedian
Presented by the Burning Duck Comedy Club
"The single most jaw-dropping, awkward, yet ultimately rewarding bit
of stand up we have ever seen” ****** (An unprecedented six out of six
stars) Time Out, London
If we were to use one word to describe Brendon Burns’ career it’d be
“interesting”. This is not your everyday comic. Older, wiser, calmer (and after being
fitted with a hearing aid, infinitely quieter) Brendon’s energy is
still enticing. His turn of phrase is coarse yet oddly eloquent,
whilst remaining fully accessible and intensely loveable. Never
pompous and ever self-deprecating he just somehow seems to get away
with murder.
‘A comedians’ comedian… a perennial mischief-maker.’
★★★★ Chortle
Not so much an “edgy truth-sayer” but a traditionally harmless and
inclusive warm-hearted court jester, Brendons influence is ubiquitous
throughout the stand up world. Often replicated but never matched, his
shows aren’t just extended sets, Burns specialises in creating
experiences: forever experimenting with the form and throwing himself
new challenges.
‘His peers are not other stand ups but more from the literary World.
Burns is the William Burroughs and Charles Bukowski of stand up.’
Guardian
Age Restrictions 18+
Oscar winner Ben Affleck (Argo, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) stars in the title role of The Accountant, from director Gavin O'Connor (Miracle, Pride and Glory, Warrior). Christian Wolff (Affleck) is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King (J.K. Simmons), starting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk (Anna Kendrick) has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise.
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.
Director: Taika Waititi.
Starring: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata. New Zealand 2016. 101 mins.
Teenager Rick (Dennison), an overweight hip-hop fan, finds himself living in the latest of several foster homes, where the kindly Bella (Wiata) and gruff backwoodsman Hector (Neill) do their best to accommodate (i.e. put up with) him. Then Bella abruptly disappears, and social services threaten to move Rick on. Having none of it, Rick runs away into the bush, followed by the somewhat reluctant Hector. Their ensuing adventures as they outwit an increasingly intense search for them prove both ingenious and hilarious.
Kiwi writer-director Taika Waititi has strong form in offbeat comedy following 2014’s vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows, and Dennison and Neill are excellent conduits for his quietly absurdist humour. The result is one of the unlikeliest buddy movies since Planes, Trains And Automobiles.
Contains moderate bad language, innuendo and infrequent bloody moments.
Starring: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam. UK 2015. 104 mins.
Maggie Smith reprises the role she played in Alan Bennett’s hit stage play as the elderly Miss Shepherd, a lady who occupied a decrepit Bedford van parked in Bennett’s Camden Town driveway for some 15 years. Having directed the play, Nicholas Hytner (THE CRUCIBLE, The MADNESS OF KING GEORGE) now helms Bennett’s screen adaptation to delightful, multilayered effect.
Miss Shepherd is no slave to personal hygiene or polite diplomacy. Smith’s wonderful take on this cantankerous English eccentric is well matched by Alex Jennings, who plays Bennett as he becomes Miss Shepherd’s somewhat bemused benefactor and astringent observer. Roger Allam, Frances de la Tour and James Corden (star of Bennett’s THE HISTORY BOYS) also add considerably to this joyous, socially contemplative comedy drama, but, as ever, Smith steals the show.
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.
18.30Discover 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.
Subtitled: This show is in the original language and will have English subtitles
States Of Terror: Contemporary Horror in World Cinema.
We’re very excited to be offering a six week film course investigating the contemporary horror film. Sessions will take place on Tuesday evenings from 25 October to 29 November at 7.30.
From Hollywood to Europe to Asia, the horror film is thriving. With recent international hits like It Follows (2014), The Babadook (2014), Big Bad Wolves (2013), Painless (2012), The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears (2013) and Flu (2013) filmmakers in countries as diverse as USA, Australia, Israel, Spain, France, Japan, Hong Kong, India and South Korea are using the horror genre to address the fears and anxieties of their cultures. In this six week course we investigate contemporary horror cinema around the globe. Focusing on a different national cinema each week, we look at what terrifies the people of these nation states and ways in which horror crosses-over to international audiences. With film clips and discussion, the course will explore the genre’s unique capacity to break cultural boundaries and speak to social, political and personal anxieties in a world cinema context.
Each session includes a presentation/lecture followed by a tutorial where discussion is encouraged. Advance viewing is optional; select scenes and montages will be shown during weekly sessions.
Course tutor Jon Towlson is a film critic for Starburst Magazine and the author of Subversive Horror Cinema: Countercultural Messages of Films from Frankenstein to the Present (McFarland & Co, 2014); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Constellations) (Auteur/Columbia University Press, 2016) and The Turn to Gruesomeness in American Horror Films, 1931-1936 (McFarland & Co, 2016).
Director: Mel Brooks. Starring: Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Kenneth Mars, Gene Wilder. 1974. USA.
Mel Brooks' monstrously crazy tribute to Mary Shelley's classic pokes hilarious fun at just about every Frankenstein movie ever made. Summoned by a will to his late grandfather's castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) soon discovers the scientist's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. Assisted by the hunchback Igor (Marty Feldman) and the curvaceous Ings (Teri Garr), he creates a monster (Peter Boyle) who only wants to be loved..
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: 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.
20.50Culture Shock: Dedicated to bringing you the best in cult and genre films.
Plus intro by Jon Towlson-: critic for Starburst Magazine and author of Subversive Horror Cinema: Countercultural Messages of Films from Frankenstein to the Present.
Universal Monsters: A special season celebrating the monstrous cinematic creations that haunt the vaults of Universal Pictures.
Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of the world's most famous monsters - Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more - to celebrate his daughter Mavis' 118th birthday. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem - but his world could come crashing down when a human stumbles on the hotel for the first time and takes a shine to Mavis.
Director: Richard Donner.
Starring: Lee Remick, Gregory Peck, Billie Whitelaw. UK/USA 1976. 111 mins.
The US ambassador adopts a little boy and names him Damien. Then inexplicable, terrifying things start to happen – with implications for the whole of humanity.
Supported by:
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Halloween Bonanza: Kymberley Kennedy + Ramona Rose+ Special Guests
Blackout Recordings presents Kymberley Kennedy - The Head Games Tour. To celebrate the imminent release of her forthcoming debut album, "Head Games", Kymberley and her band, Miles Williams (guitar), David Soulsby (keys) and Sam Whiting (drums) are embarking on their first headline tour. Nominated for two awards at Yorkshire Gig Guide's Grassroots Awards (Outstanding Artist/ Band of 2016 and Outstanding Songwriter of 2016) they are performing a stripped down set on this special acoustic date of the tour at City Screen Basement Bar in York with support from Laura Kindelan and special guests.
