CINEMA INFORMATION
ADMISSION AND FILM TIMES
Unless stated otherwise, our doors open 15 minutes prior to the advertised start time.
Sadly, we have no internal waiting area within the Picture House.
Film start times may vary, particularly with special screenings, which may not be
preceded by adverts or trailers. Please arrive on time.
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All show times are correct at the time of going to press, however the management
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REFRESHMENTS
While the cinema does not have a bar, we do have a kiosk serving hot and cold
drinks and a selection of snacks including Fairtrade products.
ACCESS
Access to the stalls is available via the Brudenell Road fire exit (full assistance provided).
Our toilets are sadly inaccessible by wheelchair. Audio Description and subtitles are
available for certain films. Check our website for the most up to date film info.
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WB16SEPTEMBER
The Skin I Live In
Page
WB23SEPTEMBER
Page
14
TrollHunter
15
Kill List
14
Tomboy
15
Attenberg
14
Apocalypse Now (Sunday 25th)
08
Fictions of Every Kind: Empire of the Sun
(Tuesday 20th)
09
The Jarman Awards - (Wed 28th & Thurs 29th)
05
Azur and Asmar:
The Princes’ Quest
10
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (Thursday 29th)
10
Mars Needs Moms
10
Akira
12
WB30SEPTEMBER
Page
Happy Birthday Bill Murray Presents:The Royal Tenenbaums 12
WB07OCTOBER
Page
Tinker,Tailor, Soldier, Spy
15
Tinker,Tailor, Soldier, Spy
15
Bridesmaids
16
Drive
16
Sheffield Doc/Fest on Tour
06-07
The Ballad of Mott the Hoople
17
Mark Kermode (Monday 03rd)
08
08
George Harrison: Living In The Material World
16
Just Do It: A Tale of Modern Day Outlaws
(Tuesday 11th)
Bedtime Stories
10
Water Horse
10
The Terminator
12
Taxi Driver
12
Bridesmaids
10
WB14OCTOBER
Page
WB21OCTOBER
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Tyrannosaur
17
We Need to Talk About Kevin
18
One Day
17
Jane Eyre
18
Self Made (Tuesday 18th)
05
Sheffield Doc/Fest on Tour
06-07
Creatures Of The Moon
12
The Room
12
One Day
10
Jane Eyre
10
WB28OCTOBER
Page
We Need to Talk About Kevin
18
Melancholia
18
Candystrips (Friday 28th)
09
Newsreel 1 (Tuesday 01st)
05
Mausam (Thursday 03rd)
10
Suspiria
12
03 – 20
NOVEMBER
Leeds International
Film Festival
www.leedsfilm.com
Family friendly films every Saturday at 12:00 noon
Creatures of the Night, Saturday late night showings
Parent/carer and baby screenings
Non continuous run
CALENDAR
03
HOWDY
FOLKS!
Welcome to our new programme. Whether this is the first time
our fair publication has found its way into your hands or it’s as
familiar to you as a pair of well worn leather gloves I’m pleased
it’s with you now.
This time of year is always crazy.The films are plentiful; the nights
are beginning to draw in and the thrill that is Leeds International
Film Festival sits on the horizon like Christmas come early for film
lovers great and small.
This guide is a fair description of what we have coming up but
please use our website to discover the unpredictable things.
The things we, as we go to print, have no concept of yet.The
repeat titles we will squeeze back in due to popular demand,
the amazing little gem that no-one saw coming, accessible
screenings, Q&A’s, and much much more.
Our exact weekly listings are published online and in house
every Monday for the following Friday.To make sure you don’t
miss a thing sign up for our free weekly listings email.
The Jarman Awards
Wednesday 28th September –
Compilation 1&2
Thursday 29th September –
The Empty Plan
filmlondon.org.uk/jarmanaward
For the second year running
the prestigious Jarman Awards
are going on the road and
bringing a programme of work
by its short listed artists to our
fair city. Launched in 2008, the
Film London Jarman Awards
give recognition and support
to artists working with the
moving image and whose work
resists conventional definition,
encompassing innovation and
excellence.
This year’s shortlisted artists are:
Ed Atkins, Claire Hooper, Anja
Kirschner & David Panos, Torsten
Lauschmann, Elizabeth Price,
Laure Prouvost, Hilary KoobSassen, Clio Barnard, Corin
Sworn and Imogen Stidworthy.
04 INTRODUCTION
Pick up a leaflet in house or visit
our website for further details.
Self Made
Tuesday 18th October
15
Newsreel 1 - Plus Q&A
Tuesday 01st November
Dir: Gillian Wearing
Starring: Sam Rumbelow,
Asheq Akhtar, Lesley Robinson
UK 2011, 88mins
Dir: Alex Reuben
Documentary
UK 2011, 100mins approx.
SELF MADE is the debut
documentary feature from
Turner Prize winning artist Gillian
Wearing. Filmed on location in
Newcastle it followed adverts
asking the public: “If you were to
play a part in a film, would you be
yourself or a fictional character?”
Successful applicants were cast,
undertaking a method workshop
and subsequently featured in
the final film. Wearing makes
the provocation that in a world
where CCTV, reality television
and “fictionalised” documentary
make us all into performers, reality
and fiction are interchangeable
commodities. Are we all
playing a role, consciously or
unconsciously?
Following on from his acclaimed
ROUTES: DANCING TO NEW
ORLEANS (2008), Alex Reuben’s
NEWSREEL 1 is the first in a new
series of NEWSREELS for cinemas.
NEWSREEL 1 is London turned
inside out. A treasure hunt
navigated by dance, sound, rivers
and improvisation. Produced with
the tight turnaround that digital
production allows, the film is
created right up to the moment
of projection. Cultural, social and
political events are filmed by
Reuben – the motion of marching
bodies, improvised music, dance
and live art - to create vibrant, lifeaffirming cinema.
SPECIAL EVENTS 05
WE ARE POETS
Sunday 02nd October
Dirs: Alex Ramseyer-Bache &
Daniel Lucchesi
Documentary
UK 2011, 80mins
06 SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST ON TOUR
It may be the age of Facebook
and Twitter but a group of Leeds
teenagers have chosen to define
themselves through one of the
most ancient forms of culture
out there: the spoken poem.The
poems in question aren’t any old
poems, they are anguished, witty,
full-throated diatribes, voicing the
concerns of a generation of multiethnic British teenagers. Brave
New Voices, the most prestigious
poetry slam competition in
America, has chosen Leeds
Young Authors to represent
the UK at their upcoming
competition in Washington DC.
Sheffield-based filmmakers Alex
Ramseyer-Bache and Daniel
Lucchesi follow the group as they
prepare for a transformational
journey of a lifetime. With a
mix of cinematically crafted
lyrical sequences and raw,
intimate actuality, WE ARE POETS
challenges our understanding of
youth by giving them the stage,
allowing them the chance to
speak for themselves. Anyone
tempted to dismiss today’s
teenagers as politically apathetic
layabout’s better pay heed: this
is electrifying evidence to the
contrary.
To be followed by a Q&A by the
film’s directors.
The Interrupters
Wednesday 05th Oct
15
Dirs: Steve James &
Alex Kotlowitz
Documentary
US 2011, 128mins
Shot over the course of one year,
The Interrupters are: Ameena,
Cobe and Eddie, each has their
own story featuring a history of
violence and gang activity.These
“violence interrupters” (their job
title) use their own personal
experiences and street credibility
to work in the communities,
interjecting where violence is
prone to erupting and working
with families to stop the infection
and spread.Their work and their
insights are informed by their own
journeys, which, as each of them
points out, defy characterisation.
“THE INTERRUPTERS is a
heavyweight film about a
heavyweight subject of clear
interest well beyond the United
States.” Sight and Sound
You’ve Been Trumped
Tuesday 25th October
Dir: Anthony Baxter
Documentary
UK 2011, 95mins
His terrible toupee might be a
joke, but to residents of the Menie
estate on the northeast coast
of Scotland, Donald Trump is no
laughing matter.The flamboyant
billionaire businessmen is
determined to build the world’s
greatest golf coast on their land,
complete with a massive luxury
hotel.The proposal should be
preposterous – this is one of
Britain’s very last stretches of
wilderness, and a protected
conservation area. But the
Scottish government, desperate
to bring jobs to the region, have
overturned its own environmental
laws to give Trump the green light.
Now Trump is running roughshod
over anyone left in his path.
Give Up Tomorrow
Saturday 10th Dec –
International Human
Rights Day (Date TBC)
Dir: Michael Collins
Documentary
US/UK 2011, 95mins
When the Chiong sisters were
raped and murdered on an island
in the Philippines in 1997, the
police were under pressure to act
fast. Soon they had arrested and
charged seven young men with
the horrendous crime. Amongst
them was Paco Larranaga, a
Filipino-Spanish student training to
be a chef. In fact, he sat his exams
on the very day the girls were
abducted, 350 miles away. Despite
42 witnesses signing affidavits as
to his whereabouts, the police
interviewed none of them and
Paco was sentenced to death.
Director Michael Collins skilfully
captures the many twists and
turns of Paco’s story, in the process
exposing the farcical sham that
constitutes the Filipino justice
system.
SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST ON TOUR 07
Apocalypse Now
Saturday 24th September
15
Dir: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Marlon Brando,
Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen,
Dennis Hopper
US 1979, 147mins
“No deleted scenes or unseen
Sheen, just a straight remaster
and reissue for the relatively
lean, unrelentingly mean
original cut of Coppola’s
massive man-on-a-mission
masterpiece.” Time Out
A heady mix of ‘60s counterculture and the Vietnam
War meshes together with
hallucinatory visuals and a
magnificent score. Martin Sheen
stars as the Special Forces
captain dispatched on a secret
river-borne mission to Cambodia
with a brief to ‘terminate with
extreme prejudice’ a demented
colonel (Brando) waging a
private war in the hills.
08 SPECIAL EVENTS
Mark Kermode: The Good,
the Bad and the Multiplex
Monday 03rd October
Reading, Q&A and book signing
featuring Mark Kermode
150mins approx.
Tickets: £12 - £15
If blockbusters make money
no matter how bad they are,
why not make a good one for
a change? How can 3-D be the
future of cinema when it’s been
giving audiences a headache
for over a hundred years? Why
pay to watch films in cinemas
which don’t have a projectionist
but do have a fast-food stand?
All pretty terrific questions and if
any of them sound familiar to you
then this is the event for you. We’re
pretty incredibly excited to be
welcoming Mark Kermode back
to the Picture House for what
promises to be a fearless ride into
the belly of the beast with the
sole purpose of asking this one
question: ‘What’s wrong with the
modern movie business – and
how can we make it right?’
Just Do It: A Tale of
Modern Day Outlaws
Tuesday 11th Oct - 6:30pm
12A
Dir: Emily James
Documentary Feat:
James Leadbitter (narrator)
UK 2011, 90mins
The world of environmental direct
action has been a secretive one,
until now. With unprecedented
access, Emily James spent over a
year embedded in activist groups
such as Climate Camp and
Plane Stupid and documented
their clandestine activities.
Torpedoing the tired clichés of
the environmental movement,
JUST DO IT introduces you to a
powerful cast of mischievous and
inspiring characters who put their
bodies in the way.They super-glue
themselves to bank trading floors,
blockade factories and attack
coal power stations en-masse,
all despite the very real threat
of arrest.Their adventures will
entertain, illuminate and inspire.
Followed by a Q&A with the
film’s director.
Fictions Of Every Kind
Tuesday 20th September
fictionsofeverykind.posterous.com
Adam Buxton presents
BUG: The Evolution of
Music Video
Monday 17th Oct - 9pm
Featuring: Adam Buxton
Tickets: £15/£12.50
90mins approx. bugvideos.co.uk
Fictions of Every Kind is Leeds’
own DIY writers’ social night. It is
run by writers, for writers, and is
non-profit. Our aim is to give all
writers - whether established or
newbie - support, encouragement,
and food for thought.
September’s event, in
collaboration with the Hyde
Park Picture House, presents an
adaptation of the work of one
of the great writers of the 20th
Century, JG Ballard. Ballard’s work
presents to the reader dystopian
futures, challenging us to think
about consumerist society, war,
and environmental destruction. An
adaptation of his breakthrough
novel, EMPIRE OF THE SUN, in part
a memoir of a childhood spent in
Shanghai, will be shown as part of
this programme.
Come feast your eyes – and, of
course, your ears - on an evening
of awe-inspiring music videos,
astounding online nuggets and
a unique brand of sit down
comedy with Adam Buxton comedian, writer, broadcaster,
video director, general music
video enthusiast and YouTube
comment wrangler. Following
a sell-out run at the Edinburgh
Fringe, Adam presents a selection
of his favourite music videos from
the BUG shows at London’s BFI
Southbank over the past year,
along with some delightfully
unbalanced commentary from
the YouTube community, all
interspersed with some gems of
his own making.
SPECIAL EVENTS 09
Bring Your
Own Baby
Saturday
Matinees
Parent/carer and baby friendly
screenings at the Picture House.
Every Saturday at 12pm
£4 for adults and £1 for kids!
£4 for adults (inc. a free hot
drink!) and baby goes free!
Azur & Asmar:
The Princes’ Quest
2008, 99mins, U
Saturday 17th September
FRIENDS
OF HYDE
PARK
For details on further matinee
performances or for lots more
synopsis info for our titles please
visit hydeparkpicturehouse.co.uk
or call us on 0113 275 2045
Mars Needs Moms (2D)
2011, 88mins, PG
Saturday 24th September
Bedtime Stories
2008, 99mins, PG
Saturday 01st October
Bridesmaids
2011, 125mins, 15A
Wednesday 05th October - 11am
One Day
2011, 108mins, 12A
Thursday 20th October - 2pm
Jane Eyre
2011, 120mins, PG
Wednesday 26th October - 11am
The Water Horse
2007, 111mins, PG
Saturday 08th October
Membership Entitlements
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• Programme mailed directly to your door
• Weekly listings email (optional)
• Invitations to meetings/free screenings
• 15% off orders over £5 at Pitza Cano,
Queens Road, Leeds.
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screenings at the Howard Assembly Room
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National
Schools
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Week
Bollywood
Showings
National Schools Film Week provides teachers and their
students the opportunity to see a wide range of films at
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Engage, Empower, Explore
17th - 21st October 2011
The Festival’s goal is to support classroom teaching by
providing schools with a powerful experience for their
students that links directly to elements of the curriculum,
supported by an on-line library of resources related to
individual films and more generic topics, essentially an
extension of the classroom.
To make a booking or find out more please visit:
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Bollywood at the Hyde Park
Picture House
Doors will open at 11am with
the actual film starting between
11:15am and 11:30am.Tickets are
£3 for adults and £2 for children.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2011, 153mins, PG
Thursday 29th October
Mausam
2011, (Details TBC)
Thursday 03rd November
10 FAMILIES AT HYDE PARK
FRIENDS OF HYDE PARK PICTURE HOUSE 11
Saturday Nights at 11:00pm
15
Akira
Saturday 17th September
Taxi Driver - 35th Anniversary
Saturday 08th October
Dir: Katsuhiro Ohtomo
Starring: Mitsuo Iwata,
Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama,
Tessho Genda
JP 1988, 125mins
Based on his own epic
apocalyptic sci-fi comic strip,
Katsuhiro Otomo’s AKIRA is one
of the pillars of contemporary
anime and, 23 years on it’s as
electrifying as ever.
Dir: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro,
Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd
US 1976, 114mins
Travis Bickle, an alienated, battlescarred loner embarks on a mission
of misguided revenge in the seedy
underbelly of night-time Manhattan.
Happy Birthday
Bill Murray Presents:
The Royal Tenenbaums
Saturday 24th September
15
Dir: Wes Anderson
Starring: Bill Murray,
Gene Hackman,
Angelica Huston
US 2001, 110mins
On the 21st September Bill Murray
turns 61 and, like a fine wine, he
just keeps on getting better.
The Terminator
Saturday 01st October
15
Dir: John Cameron
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton
US 1985, 107mins
A cyborg (who’ll later become
Governor of California) is sent
from the future to assassinate a
young woman who’s destined
to give birth to a son who will
become the key to saving
humanity.
18
Creatures Of The Moon
Saturday 15th October
Since 1981 NASA space shuttles
have been rocketing from the
Florida coast into Earth’s orbit.That’s
five shuttles, 130 flights, over 350
people AND more than half a billion
miles. 2011 saw their retirement.
To mark the occasion join us for a
special double bill, MOON (2009)
and GALAXY QUEST(1999), plus
supporting programme.
The Room
Saturday 22nd October
18
Dir: Tommy Wiseau
Starring: Tommy Wiseau,
Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero
US 2003, 90mins
The best of the worst is back and
if you haven’t yet experienced THE
ROOM then what the heck have
you been doing with yourself?!
Suspiria
18
Saturday 29th October
Dir: Dario Argento
Starring: Jessica Harper,
Stefania Casini, Udo Kier
IT 1977, 95mins
For Halloween weekend this year
we’re kickin’ it old school. Aronofsky
be damned, Argento’s vision of ballet
madness in the black forest is one of
the greatest horror films of all time.
In association with
The Skin I Live In
(La Piel Que Habito)
15
From Friday 09th Sept
Dir: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Antonio Banderas,
Elena Anaya, Marísa Paredes
ES 2011, 120mins
Kill List
From Friday 16th Sept
18
Dir: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Neil Maskell,
MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson,
Michael Smiley
UK 2011, 96mins
Eight months after a disastrous
There are people who have
job in Kiev has left him physically
no qualms about using their
and mentally scarred, ex-soldier
immense power; there are
turned contract killer, Jay, is
others whose only power is their
pressured by his partner, Gal,
extraordinary capacity to survive.
into taking a new assignment. As
Almodóvar’s latest tells the story
they descend into the dark and
of two such people, the powerful
who abuse and the survivors who disturbing world of the contract,
Jay begins to unravel once
resist. Ever since his wife burnt to
again, his fear and paranoia
death in a car crash, eminent
sending him deep into the heart
plastic surgeon, Dr Robert
of darkness.
Ledgard, has been preoccupied
with creating a new skin with
“A dark, funny, disturbing picture...
which he could have saved her.
With this, Wheatley elevates
After 12 years, he finally finds
success. Now he needs a human himself from kill list to A list.
Right now, he’s among the most
guinea pig, an accomplice and
promising filmmakers in Britain.”
no scruples.
Empire
“An evolutionary leap from a true
master of his craft.” Little White Lies
14
NEW RELEASES
Attenberg
17th,18th & 21st Sept
18
Dir: Athina Rachel Tsangari
Starring: Ariane Labed,
Giorgos Lanthimos,
Vangelis Mourikis
GR 2011, 97mins
Marina, 23, is growing up with
her architect father (played
by Giorgio Lanthimos, director
of DOGTOOTH) in a prototype
factory town by the sea. Finding
the human species strange and
repellent, she keeps her distance.
Instead she chooses to observe
it through the songs of ‘Suicide’,
the mammal documentaries
of Sir David Attenborough, and
the sexual-education lessons
she receives from her only friend,
Bella. When a stranger comes to
town Marina find herself caught
between the two men and her
collaborator, Bella.
TrollHunter
(Trolljegeren)
15
From Friday 23rd Sept
Dir: Andre Øvredal
Starring: Otto Jespersen,
Robert Stoltenberg, Knut Naerum
NO 2011, 104mins
Tomboy
From Friday 23rd Sept
U
Dir: Céline Sciamma
Starring: Zoé Héran,
Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson,
Sophie Cattani
FR 2011, 82mins
Bounding into view like an
Ten year old Laure isn’t like
ungodly clash between THE BLAIR most girls. She prefers football to
WITCH PROJECT and last year’s
dolls and sweaters to dresses.
Finnish chiller RARE EXPORTS,
When Laure, her parents and
TROLLHUNTER is a Scandinavian
little sister Jeanne move to a
screamer set in western Norway’s
new neighbourhood, family life
vast unchartered forests. A group
remains much the same.That
of students embark on a trip into
is, until local girl Lisa mistakes
this dark terrain with the hope
Laure for a boy. Indulging in
of capturing a reported bear
this exciting new identity, Laure
poacher on tape for a college
becomes Michael, and so
documentary assignment.
begins a summer of long sunny
Unfortunately their exposé mission afternoons, playground games
turns into a living nightmare
and first kisses.Yet with the school
when local hunter Hans reveals
term fast approaching, and
the truth behind the mysterious
with suspicions arising amongst
incidents. It’s not bears that are
friends and family, Laure must
on the hit list; it’s trolls. With top
face up to an uncertain future.
CGI and some treacle black
humour, Øvredal’s feral fantasy is “One of the great films made by
adults for adults about children”
sure to be a monster hit.
Little White Lies
Tinker,Tailor,
Soldier, Spy
From Friday 30th Sept
15
Dir: Tomas Alfredson
Starring: Tom Hardy,
Gary Oldman, Benedict
Cumberbatch, Colin Firth
UK/FR 2011, 127mins
For his follow up to the brilliant
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Alfredson
yet again turns to a novel as his
source material, but, this time
we’re dealing with spies not
vampires in this new imagining
of John Le Carré’s brilliant Cold
War thriller,TINKER,TAILOR, SOLDIER,
SPY . Set in the 1970s George
Smiley, a recently retired MI6
agent, is doing his best to adjust
to a life outside the secret service.
However, when a disgraced
agent reappears with information
concerning a mole at the heart
of the Circus, Smiley is drawn
back into the murky field of
espionage.
2011 Venice Film Festival,
Golden Lion – Nominated
NEW RELEASES 15
Bridesmaids
Sunday 02nd October
15
Dir: Paul Feig
Starring: Kristen Wiig,
Rose Byrne, Jon Hamm
US 2011, 125mins
Billed as ‘the female HANGOVER’,
BRIDESMAIDS is a sharply funny
anti-romcom from director Feig
(30 ROCK) and producer Judd
Apatow (KNOCKED UP). When
Lillian sets a date for her Big
Day best friend, Annie, is Maid
of Honour and suddenly finds
the shortfalls in her personal
life brought into sharp focus.
Nevertheless she must plaster on
a fake smile and bring together a
rag tag groups of revellers to send
Lillian off in style.This isn’t a title
we’d normally pick up. Please take
the fact we’ve shoehorned it in as
proof its mainstream comedy at its
best with a brilliant female leading
cast, which is something we simply
don’t see enough.
16 NEW RELEASES
George Harrison 12A
Living in a Material World
Tuesday 04th October
Dir: Martin Scorsese
Documentary feat:
George Harrison (archive
footage), Ringo Starr,
Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton
US 2011, 208mins
Martin Scorsese’s latest rock
doc closely follows the spiritual
path taken by one of the world’s
greatest guitarists, former Beatle
George Harrison. With neverseen-before footage, letters and
interviews with some of his closest
friends and past collaborators,
LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
is an unmissable insight into the
life of a true musical icon, from his
childhood in Liverpool to Beatlemania and his life-changing
travels to India.
Drive
From Friday 07th October
18
Dir: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Ryan Gosling,
Carey Mulligan, Christina
Hendricks, Ron Perlman
US 2011, 100mins
DRIVE is the story of a Hollywood
stunt driver by day, a loner by
nature, who moonlights as a
top-notch getaway driver-for-hire
in the criminal underworld. He
finds himself a target for some of
LA’s most dangerous men after
agreeing to aid the husband of
his beautiful neighbour, Irene.
When the job goes dangerously
awry, the only way he can keep
Irene and her son alive is to do
what he does best - Drive.
“Buckle up; it’s quite a ride.”
The Guardian
The Ballad Of Mott
The Hoople
Sunday 09th October
Dirs: Mike Kerry & Chris Hall
Documentary feat: Ian Hunter,
Verden Allen, Dale Griffin
UK 2010, 105mins
THE BALLAD OF MOTT THE
HOOPLE is a polished piece
of rockumentary filmmaking
exploring the tale behind of
one England’s most cherished
rock bands, Mott the Hoople.
Brought to life through a stunning
combination of rare and unseen
archive footage, the band’s
magnificent music and the
testimony of band members Ian
Hunter, Mick Ralphs, Verden Allen,
Dale ‘Buffin’ Griffin, Ariel Bender
and Morgan Fisher, plus Mick
Jones of The Clash and Queen’s
Roger Taylor.The film culminates
with the bands sell-out reunion
shows at the Hammersmith
Apollo in October 2009.
Tyrannosaur
From Friday 14th October
18
Dir: Paddy Considine
Starring: Peter Mullan,
Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan,
Paul Popplewell
UK 2011, 92mins
TYRANNOSAUR is the debut
feature film from award winning
actor Paddy Considine (DEAD
MAN’S SHOES). Joseph is
plagued by violence and
rage and it’s driving him to selfdestruction. When he meets
Hannah, a Christian charity shop
worker, a chance of redemption
is presented to him. As their
relationship develops it becomes
clear that Hannah is hiding a
secret of her own, a secret with
devastating consequences for
both of them.
2011 Sundance Film FestivalDirecting Award (Winner) &
Special Jury Prize (Winner)
One Day
15th, 16th & 19th Oct
12A
Dir: Lone Scherfig
Starring: Anne Hathaway,
Jim Sturgess, Patricia Clarkson
US 2011, 108mins
Lone Scherfig’s (AN EDUCATION)
ONE DAY is a faithful adaptation
of David Nicholls’ bestselling
novel which follows the lives of
two people who meet up on the
anniversary of their first meeting
every year for 20 years.
July 15, 1988. Emma Morley
and Dexter Mayhew have just
graduated from the University
of Edinburgh.They’re young,
ambitious and hungry for a taste
of the real world. Over the next
two decades their paths will cross
every July 15, as key junctures in
their relationship come and go,
and the realisation sinks in that
what they’re looking for has been
in front of them all along.
NEW RELEASES 17
We Need To Talk
About Kevin
From Friday 21st October
15
Jane Eyre
22nd, 23rd & 26th Oct
PG
Dir: Lynne Ramsay
Starring: Tilda Swinton, John C.
Reilly, Ezra Miller, Siobhan Fallon
UK/US 2011, 112mins
Dir: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Starring: Mia Wasikowska,
Michael Fassbender,
Jamie Bell, Judy Dench
UK/US 2011, 120mins
When Eva puts her career
ambitions aside to give birth to
Kevin so begins their strained
relationship. At 15 years old, Kevin
escalates the stakes when he
commits a horrifying act, leaving
Eva to grapple with her feelings
of grief and responsibility, as well
as the ire of the community-atlarge. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT
KEVIN (based on Lionel Shriver’s
Winner of the 2005 Orange Prize
for Fiction) explores nature vs.
nurture on a whole new level as
Eva’s own culpability is measured
against Kevin’s innate evilness.
Ramsay’s masterful storytelling
simultaneously combines a
provocative moral ambiguity
with a satisfying and compelling
narrative, which builds to a
chilling, unforgettable climax.
In a bold new feature version
of JANE EYRE, Fukunaga
(SIN NOMBRE) has infused a
contemporary immediacy into
Charlotte Brontë’s timeless tale.
The story begins with Jane Eyre
fleeing Thornfield House and her
role as governess for wealthy
Edward Rochester. As she reflects
upon the people and emotions
that have defined her, it is clear
that the isolated and imposing
residence – and Mr. Rochester’s
coldness – have sorely tested
the young woman’s resilience,
forged years earlier when she
was orphaned. She must now
act decisively to secure her own
future and come to terms with
the past that haunts her and the
terrible secret that Mr. Rochester
is hiding.
18 NEW RELEASES
Melancholia
From Friday 28th October
15
Dir: Lars Von Trier
Starring: Kirsten Dunst,
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt
DK/SE/FR/DE 2011,134mins
Palme d’Or winning (and
painfully controversial) director,
Lars von Trier, has assembled
a glittering Hollywood cast
for his latest feature, the most
beautifully shot apocalyptic
disaster movie you will ever see.
As Justine arrives at her sister’s
mansion home for her wedding
reception she finds that her big
day resurrects a battle against
her own inner demons. At the
same time Earth is threatened by
an imminent collision with Planet
Melancholia – whose presence
becomes increasingly ominous
as the film moves towards its truly
spectacular finale.
2011 Cannes Film Festival, Best
Actress - Winner (Kirsten Dunst)