6 Mar 15 2 Apr 15 See pages 17 to 19 for screening times 49 Belmont Street Aberdeen AB10 1JS www.belmontfilmhouse.com Box Office 01224 343 500 WILD TALES Relatos salvajes 3 Cinemas Cafe Bar 2 Information/Index of Films and Events INFORMATION The Belmont Filmhouse, 49 Belmont Street, Aberdeen AB10 1JS www.belmontfilmhouse.com Box Office 01224 343 500 (from 11am Mon-Sat, 12.30pm on Sun) Follow us on Twitter: @BelmontFh and Facebook: /BelmontFilmhouse Join our weekly email list at www.belmontfilmhouse.com/news Email: [email protected] Cinemas We have three screens, seating 272, 146 and 65 people. All areas of the building are accessible to customers with limited mobility, including wheelchair users. There is a lift in the main foyer that serves all floors and the basement bar and cafe. Booking is advised for wheelchair spaces. If you require any extra assistance during your visit please let us know. Cafe Bar Situated in the basement of the building, the Cafe Bar is a stylish, relaxed location to have a bite to eat during the day, or enjoy a great range of wines, beers and speciality coffees before or after the film. Hires Our screens and cafe bar are available for private hire. We also offer a range of conferencing facilities. For details or to book call 01224 343 512 or email [email protected] Belmont Filmhouse Limited is a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland No. SC468620. Scottish Charity No. SC044786. VAT Reg. No. 181 279689. Registered office, 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9BZ. It is a subsidiary of the Centre for the Moving Image with Scottish Charity No. SC006793. INDEXOFFILMSANDEVENTS SCREENING DATES AND TIMES TICKET PRICES & INFORMATION 17-19 19 Amour fou Arts on Screen BAFTA Shorts 2015 Belmont Explorer Big Hero 6 The Boxtrolls Cafe Bar & Film Quiz Charlotte’s Web Chasing Ice Climate Week Come and See... Coming Soon Consuming Spirits The Duke of Burgundy Far from the Madding Crowd Filmhouse Junior For Crying Out Loud In Motion Animation Festival The Island President 6 14-15 8 4 12 13 5 12 16 16 11 11 13 8 9 12-13 19 13 16 Kingsman: The Secret Service Maxine Peake as Hamlet Membership My Name Is Salt NT Live: A View from the Bridge NT Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers NT Live: Everyman NT Live: Man and Superman NT Live: The Hard Problem Pelo Malo ROH Live: Swan Lake The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel A Second Chance The Secret of Kells Shaun the Sheep: The Movie Still Alice Suite Française The Tales of Hoffmann That Sinking Feeling White God Wild Tales X+Y 6 14 20 9 14 14 15 15 15 6 14 5 10 13 12 10 7 9 11 5 10 9 Introduction STILL ALICE WILD TALES SUITE FRANCAISE Heading into March we’ve a spring in our step as everyone continues to check in for a stay at The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Guests might be interested in checking out Kingsman: The Secret Service, which stars perennial favourite Colin Firth, albeit as they have never seen him before. They could also consider a stay in Suite Française, or hang around the foyer and café bar for a glimpse of The Duke of Burgundy. We’ve got the ‘Best of the Fest’, with several films fresh from screening at the Glasgow Film Festival, including Still Alice, featuring an Oscar-winning performance by Julianne Moore (prediction based on writing this before the actual ceremony); the extraordinary White God, which has been described as ‘Spartacus with dogs’; British crowd-pleaser X+Y; the wickedly humorous Wild Tales; and gritty Danish drama A Second Chance. This April 1st it will be anything but April Fools Day, as it’s the first anniversary of the Belmont Filmhouse. We would like to thank everyone for their support so far, and look forward to celebrating our birthday with you. Finally, we are delighted to announce an exciting media partnership with the Evening Express. There will be a number of promotions and competitions running throughout the year, and make sure to pick up your copy every Thursday to read our exclusive weekly column in the Nightlife supplement. Dallas King, Marketing and Events Manager Check out Dallas King’s column every Thursday in the Evening Express, our Press Media Partner. 3 4 Belmont Explorer SUITE FRANCAISE PELO MALO MY NAME IS SALT Belmont Explorer We’re really keen to encourage your deeper engagement with the great cinema we screen. We know going to the cinema a lot can be quite expensive, so we’ve devised a ticket deal to make it cheaper to see films beyond the big new releases. Here’s how it works: buy a ticket for a film in the left hand column below, and you will receive a voucher that will entitle you, on handing it in at the Box Office, to 50% off a full price ticket to any film (or any film in any season) listed in the right hand column. We’ve marked the films and seasons involved with wee logos to make them easier to spot (orange for left hand column films, green for right), and you can also find them on our website at www.belmontfilmhouse.com/tickets Happy Exploring! BUY A TICKET FOR... GET A HALF PRICE TICKET TO ONE OF THESE The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (page 5) Kingsman: The Secret Service (page 6) Suite Française (page 7) X+Y (page 9) Still Alice (page 10) White God (page 5) Pelo Malo (page 6) My Name Is Salt (page 9) The Tales of Hoffmann (page 9) Wild Tales (page 10) All tickets subject to availability. The half price voucher only applies to full price tickets, and is not valid for Elevenses screenings. The Belmont Explorer ticket deal cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. New Releases and Restored Classics THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL WHITE GOD The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel White God Fehér Isten Showing from Fri 27 Feb Kornél Mundruczó • Hungary/Germany/Sweden 2014 2h1m • Digital • Hungarian and English with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong language, bloody injury detail Cast: Zsófia Psotta, Sándor Zsótér, Lili Horváth, Szabolcs Thuróczy, Lili Monori. John Madden • USA/UK 2015 • 2h2m • DCP PG – Contains mild bad language, sex references Cast: Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Richard Gere, Dev Patel. Sonny (Dev Patel) has his eye on a second promising property now that his first venture, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful, has only a single remaining vacancy – posing a rooming predicament for fresh arrivals Guy (Richard Gere) and Lavinia (Tamsin Greig). Evelyn and Douglas (Judi Dench and Bill Nighy) have now joined the Jaipur workforce, and are wondering where their regular dates for Chilla pancakes will lead, while newly installed co-manager of the hotel, Muriel (Maggie Smith), is the keeper of everyone’s secrets... Showing from Fri 6 Mar Not for the faint-hearted, this extraordinary morality tale features the most stunning performances by dogs you will ever see. Teenage Lili is sent to stay with her estranged father who is none too pleased about also inheriting Hagen, her dog, and eventually abandons him on the street. We follow Hagen as he tries to find his way home, making friends with fellow strays and evading the relentless dog-patrol and pound, only to be captured by worse – a proprietor of dog fights. Hagen is put through the torture of being trained as a fighting dog, which drives him to lead his fellow dogs in a revolt against their oppressors. BELMONT FILMHOUSE CAFE BAR Situated in the basement of the building, the cafe bar is a stylish, relaxed location to have a bite to eat during the day, or enjoy a great range of wines, beers and speciality coffees before or after the film. Food is served from 12 - 8pm Monday to Saturday and from 1 - 8pm on Sunday. Our new menu includes a wide range of delicious, freshly-prepared snacks and meals, including soup, sandwiches, paninis, nachos, chilli, baked potatoes, salads, kids’ options and our famous chickpea curry! Vegetarian and vegan options are always available, and Filmhouse Members get 10% discount on all food, snacks and drinks! Food For A Fiver – Get any dish priced over £5.00 for just a fiver between 2.00 and 5.00pm. Not valid with any other offer. FILM QUIZ Sun 29 Mar The Belmont Filmhouse Film Quiz, hosted by Dallas King, takes place on the last Sunday of every month in the café bar. Start time is 8.00pm, free entry with maximum of four per team. 5 6 New Releases and Restored Classics KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE PELO MALO AMOUR FOU Kingsman: The Secret Service Amour fou Showing from Fri 6 Mar Matthew Vaughn • UK 2014 • 2h9m • Digital 15 – Contains strong bloody violence, strong language Cast: Taron Egerton, Samuel L Jackson, Colin Firth, Mark Hamill, Mark Strong, Michael Caine. Jessica Hausner • Austria/Luxembourg/Germany 2014 1h34m • Digital • German with English subtitles 12A – Contains suicide theme Cast: Christian Friedel, Birte Schnoeink, Stephan Grossmann, Katharina Schüttler. Based on the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organisation that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive training programme, just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. The fourth feature from acclaimed Austrian auteur Jessica Hausner (Lovely Rita, Lourdes) is a disarmingly humorous and romantic rendition of the events preceding the double suicide of nineteenth-century German poet Heinrich von Kleist (Christian Friedel) and his platonic devotee Henriette Vogel (Birte Schnoeink). “Perhaps the riskiest mainstream movie in years... ultraviolent, envelope-pushing... Bond with the stabilisers taken off.” - Empire Ready to embrace the end, but only if he has a companion on his journey to the great beyond, the po-faced young poet scours Berlin’s high-society soirees in search of a woman who shares his death wish. We gradually become more and more sympathetic to Heinrich’s endeavour, despite its grim nature, as the film reveals the depth of his twin desires for love and oblivion. Pelo Malo Bad Hair Sun 8 & Mon 9 Mar Mariana Rondón • Venezuela/Peru/Argentina/Germany 2013 1h33m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong sex, strong language Cast: Samuel Lange Zambrano, Samantha Castillo, Beto Benites, Nelly Ramos, María Emilia Sulbarán. A touching and humorous drama from Venezuela, Pelo Malo chronicles the life of nine-year-old Junior, living in a bustling Caracas tenement with his widowed mother. Junior fears he has pelo malo – bad hair. For his school photo, he wants to iron his stubbornly curly mane straight to resemble one of his pop star idols. His mother, unemployed and frazzled from the pressures of raising two children in an unforgiving city, has serious misgivings; she suspects her son is gay. Grandma is more accepting, teaching Junior to dance to one of her favourite ‘60s rock ‘n’ roll tunes. Tue 10 & Wed 11 Mar 7 Suite Française Showing from Fri 13 Mar Saul Dibb • UK/France/Canada • 1h47m Digital • English and German with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong language, strong violence Cast: Michelle Williams, Matthias Schoenaerts, Kristin Scott Thomas, Margot Robbie, Sam Riley. Based on the best-selling novel by Irène Némirovsky and set during the German occupation of France during the Second World War, Suite Française tells the story of Lucile Angellier (Michelle Williams), who is leading a stifled existence with her domineering mother-in-law (Kristin Scott Thomas) as she awaits news of her husband, a prisoner of war. When Parisian refugees pour into their village, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who board in the residents’ homes, Lucile’s life is turned upside down – and is further complicated by the arrival of refined German officer, Bruno (Matthias Schoenaerts). 8 New Releases and Restored Classics THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY BAFTA SHORTS 2015 - EMOTIONAL FUSEBOX X+Y The Duke of Burgundy BAFTA Shorts 2015 Fri 13 to Mon 16 Mar Wed 18 & Thu 19 Mar Peter Strickland • UK 2014 • 1h44m Digital • 18 – Contains sexual fetish theme Cast: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna, Eugenia Caruso, Monica Swinn, Fatma Mohamed. UK • 1h57m • Digital • cert tbc Taking its title from a rare species of butterfly, The Duke of Burgundy chronicles the increasingly intimate relationship between wealthy amateur lepidopterist Cynthia (Borgen’s Sidse Babett Knudsen) and her newly hired housekeeper, Evelyn (Chiara D’Anna). As Cynthia’s demands begin to betray a sadomasochistic streak, Evelyn becomes less a domestic servant than an outright sex slave, submitting to her progressively extreme humiliations with a surprising relish. The Bigger Picture Daisy Jacobs, UK 2014, 8 min “You want to put her in a home, you tell her, tell her now!” hisses one brother to the other. In another director’s hands, this material might easily have tipped into the schlocky or the severe. Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio, Katalin Varga), however, once again demonstrates a marvellous gift for modulating tone, pitching the tenor of his film in a strange, beguiling register somewhere between Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour and Joseph Losey’s The Servant. “Visually ravishing, emotionally wise, and kinky as a coiled rope, writer-director Peter Strickland’s third feature is a delight.” - Hollywood Reporter A feature-length selection of short live action and animated films from the EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA). Monkey Love Experiments Ainsley Henderson & Will Anderson, UK 2014, 9 min Inspired by love, a misguided monkey believes he is destined for the moon. My Dad Marcus Armitage, UK 2014, 6 min A short film depicting a dad’s influence on a young boy’s life. Boogaloo and Graham Michael Lennox, UK 2014, 14 min James and Malachy are over the moon when their softhearted dad presents them with two baby chicks to care for. Emotional Fusebox Rachel Tunnard, UK 2014, 14 min Anna lives in her mum’s garden shed. Her mum wants her to come out but Anna doesn’t want to. The Kármán Line Oscar Sharp, UK 2014, 24 min A mother is hit by a rare condition that sees her lift off the ground at a slow but ever increasing rate. Slap Nick Rowland, UK 2014, 25 min A young boxer named Connor secretly likes to cross-dress. Three Brothers Aleem Khan, UK 2014, 17 min Hamid struggles to care for his younger brothers when their father abandons them for Pakistan. New Releases and Restored Classics MY NAME IS SALT THE TALES OF HOFFMANN X+Y The Tales of Hoffmann Morgan Matthews • UK 2014 • 1h51m • Digital • cert tbc Cast: Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Jo Yang. Fri 20 to Mon 23 Mar Teenage maths prodigy Nathan (Asa Butterfield, star of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Hugo) struggles when it comes to building relationships with other people, not least with his mother, Julie (Sally Hawkins). In a world difficult to comprehend, he finds comfort in numbers. Mentored by unconventional and anarchic teacher Mr Humphreys (Rafe Spall), Nathan’s talents win him a place at the International Mathematics Olympiad. This thoughtful and affecting drama tracks Nathan’s journey, from suburban England to bustling Taipei and back again, as he is confronted by the irrational nature of love. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD RESTORED CLASSIC Showing from Fri 20 Mar Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger • UK 1951 • 2h18m Digital • U – Contains mild violence Cast: Moira Shearer, Ludmilla Tchérina, Ann Ayars, Pamela Brown, Léonide Massine, Robert Helpmann, Robert Rounseville. Revealed afresh in this remarkable Technicolor restoration, Powell and Pressburger’s 1951 musical phantasmagoria is the stuff of beautiful nightmares. Moira Shearer plays three very different women: a dancer who discovers that she is actually a marionette; a courtesan in Venice; and an opera singer dying of consumption. This stunning new restoration (containing previously unseen footage) from the original 3-strip Technicolor negative unleashes a cacophony of clashing yellows and purples as disturbing as they are enchanting. My Name Is Salt Fri 20 to Mon 23 Mar RESTORED CLASSIC Farida Pacha • Switzerland 2013 • 1h32m Digital • Gujarati with English subtitles U – Contains infrequent very mild bad language • Documentary Far from the Madding Crowd A strikingly beautiful portrayal of an extraordinary world. Every year, just after the monsoon season has finished, thousands of families travel to a bleak desert in Gujarat, India, where they will stay for the next eight months and extract salt from the earth, using the same painstaking, manual techniques as generations before them. Director Farida Pacha and cinematographer Lutz Konermann spent a season with one of these families, observing the very particular rhythms of their lives and crafting an exquisite, lyrical film in the process. 9 Tue 24 & Wed 25 Mar John Schlesinger • UK 1967 • 2h47m • Digital U – Contains very mild violence, nudity and language Cast: Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates. 1967 saw Julie Christie and Terence Stamp immortalised by The Kinks in ‘Waterloo Sunset’, and cast as lovers in Thomas Hardy’s epic love story. Headstrong and independent Bathsheba Everdene unexpectedly inherits a large farm in rural Dorset. Struggling to manage the farm herself, she captivates the hearts and minds of three very different men: an honest and hardworking sheep farmer, a wealthy but tortured landowner, and a reckless and violent swordsman. But as emotions become entangled, free spirited and innocent folly soon leads to devastating tragedy. 10 New Releases and Restored Classics WILD TALES STILL ALICE A SECOND CHANCE Wild Tales Relatos salvajes Still Alice Showing from Fri 27 Mar Showing from Fri 27 Mar Damián Szifrón • Argentina/Spain 2014 • 2h2m Digital • Spanish with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong bloody violence, sex, strong language Cast: Ricardo Darín, Oscar Martínez, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Erica Rivas, Rita Cortese. Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland • USA/France 2014 1h41m • Digital • 12A – Contains infrequent strong language, moderate sex references Cast: Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, Hunter Parrish. Wild Tales lives up to its name and then some, packing six absurdly taut, funny and emotionally charged short films into its running time. The common theme is revenge, and it’s delivered with a wicked sense of humour. Alice Howland (Julianne Moore), happily married with three grown children, is a respected linguistics professor who finds herself forgetting words. When she receives a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease, Alice and her family find their bonds thoroughly tested. A waitress in a late-night diner realises the boorish customer she’s serving is the man who ruined her life; a bride discovers her new husband has been unfaithful and improvises payback in the midst of an unforgettable wedding party; on an empty stretch of desert highway a yuppie and a trucker engage in increasingly furious and extreme road games… Argentine director Damián Szifrón draws blistering performances from a great cast – including the great Ricardo Darín as an executive pushed too far by the municipal parking authorities – and brings it all together with a fresh and inventive visual style. “Julianne Moore guides us through the tragic arc of how it must feel to disappear before one’s own eyes, accomplishing one of her most powerful performances.” - Variety A Second Chance En chance til Showing from Fri 27 Mar Susanne Bier • Denmark 2014 • 1h45m • Digital Danish and Swedish with English subtitles • cert tbc Cast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Peter Haber, Maria Bonnevie. Veteran police officer Andreas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones) is happily married to the beautiful Anne (Maria Bonnevie), who has just given birth to their first child. The only cloud on Andreas’s otherwise untroubled horizon is his partner, Simon (Ulrich Thomsen), who is having enormous trouble adjusting to his divorce, and whose drinking binges are becoming alarmingly frequent. Andreas’s comfortable life is then thrown into sharp relief when a domestic disturbance brings him back in contact with an abusive junkie, whose girlfriend has also just given birth. Coming Soon/Come and See WOMAN IN GOLD COMING SOON Blade Runner: The Final Cut A stunning new restoration of Ridley Scott’s spectacular, hugely influential sci-fi noir, starring Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer. An absolute must-see on the big screen! Woman in Gold Sixty years after she fled Vienna during the Second World War, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren), begins a legal battle to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis. Force Majeure A critical favorite at last year’s Cannes Festival, this wickedly funny and precisely observed psychodrama tells the story of a model husband and father who behaves unexpectedly when his family is in danger during a skiing holiday. The Dark Horse An emotionally-charged, provocative drama from New Zealand, based on the life of a charismatic, brilliant but little-known chess champion, Genesis Potini, aka Gen. While We’re Young The new comedy from Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha, The Squid and the Whale) stars Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts as a married couple in their mid-forties who befriend a young hipster couple (Amanda Seyfried and Adam Driver) who may not be what they seem. THAT SINKING FEELING Come and See... Monthly one-off screenings of great films we simply thought you might like to see on the big screen! That Sinking Feeling Tue 24 Mar at 8.45pm Bill Forsyth • UK 1979 • 1h30m • Digital 12A – Contains strong language, sexualised nudity, suicide references Cast: Robert Buchanan, John Hughes, Billy Greenlees, Douglas Sannachan. Bill Forsyth’s debut feature, a hilarious and inventive zerobudget depiction of 1970s Glasgow youth, screening in a new restoration. Unemployed teenager Ronnie (Robert Buchanan, Gregory’s Girl) and his hapless pals spend their time hanging around the rainy parks and dingy cafes of Glasgow, but their world changes when Ronnie hatches a plan to make them all rich by sealing a job-lot of stainless steel sinks. “Forsyth successfully captured the subversively ironic optimism of the Glasgow streets and somehow managed to combine it with the good-humoured charm of the best Ealing comedies.” - Time Out 11 12 Filmhouse Junior CHARLOTTE’S WEB SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE MOVIE Filmhouse junior Films for a younger audience, weekly on Saturdays at 11am. Tickets cost £3.50 per person, big or small! For these shows we choose to screen dubbed versions where these are available, but some films will be in their original language with subtitles – these are marked on individual film descriptions. Please note: although we don’t normally approve of people talking during screenings, these shows are primarily for kids, so grownups should expect some noise! Charlotte’s Web BIG HERO 6 Shaun the Sheep: The Movie Sat 14 Mar at 11am Mark Burton & Richard Starzack • UK/France 2015 1h25m • DCP • U – Contains mild slapstick, threat, rude humour When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix-up with the farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the big city, and it’s up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home. Big Hero 6 Sat 21 Mar at 11am Don Hall & Chris Williams • USA 2014 • 1h48m DCP • PG – Contains mild threat, scary scenes With the voices of Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, Daniel Henney, TJ Miller. An entertaining animated adventure based on a Marvel Comics series. In the futuristic city of San Fransokyo, 14-year-old genius Hiro looks up to his older brother Tadashi. Tadashi is a student at the Institute of Technology, where he has developed an inflatable robot named Baymax, with whom Hiro forms a special bond. Sat 7 Mar at 11am Gary Winick • USA 2006 • 1h37m DCP • U – Contains very mild language Cast: Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts (voice), Steve Buscemi (voice), John Cleese (voice), Oprah Winfrey (voice). Plucky farm girl Fern rescues Wilbur the pig from her father’s axe. But as Wilbur grows up and faces his likely fate of becoming Sunday dinner, another friend steps in to save the day – the spider Charlotte, who spins fancy, slogan-filled webs above Wilbur’s pen to convince his guardians that he is indeed a special pig and worth saving. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! See page 19 for details of our screenings for carers and their babies, on Mondays at 11am. Filmhouse Junior/In Motion Animation Festival THE SECRET OF KELLS THE BOXTROLLS The Secret of Kells Sat 28 Mar at 11am Tomm Moore • France/Belgium/Ireland 2009 • 1h19m DCP • PG – Contains some scary scenes With the voices of Venise du Bois du Roy, Brendan Gleeson, Liam Hourican, Mick Lally, Michael McGrath. In a remote medieval outpost of Ireland, young Brendan embarks on a new life of adventure when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying a book brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide. Here he meets the fairy Aisling, who helps him along the way. The Secret of Kells is also screening on 14 March as part of the In Motion Animation Festival – see right. CONSUMING SPIRITS In Motion Animation Festival This second, much anticipated, edition of In Motion Animation Festival focuses on the work of Dutch artist Hisko Hulsing, creator of the multi-award winning short film Junkyard. There will be an exhibition of his development sketches, storyboards, paintings, musical scores, sculptures and films at Peacock Visual Arts, while at Belmont Filmhouse there will be an international season of short and feature length animation, including Junkyard. Consuming Spirits The Boxtrolls Sat 7 Mar at 3.00pm Sat 4 Apr at 11am Chris Sullivan • USA 2012 • 2h16m • Format TBC • 18 Graham Annable & Anthony Stacchi • USA 2014 • 1h37m DCP • PG – Contains mild violence, threat With the voices of Elle Fanning, Simon Pegg, Toni Collette, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Ben Kingsley. Gentian Violet, Victor Blue and Earl Gray seem to be mere acquaintances, but one dark night cracks appear in the memory vaults of this strange trio, and the truth seeps out. A community of quirky, mischievous creatures, the Boxtrolls, have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy called Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they’ve built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town’s villain comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, the boy decides to venture above ground, where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnifred. Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs’ family. The Secret of Kells N.B. This replaces the previously advertised screening of Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder, which will now show at a later date. Sat 14 Mar at 4.00pm Tomm Moore • France/Belgium/Ireland 2009 • 1h19m Format TBC • PG – Contains some scary scenes With the voices of Venise du Bois du Roy, Brendan Gleeson, Liam Hourican, Mick Lally, Michael McGrath. Young Brendan must fight bloodthirsty Vikings and a cunning serpent god to find a precious crystal so that he can complete the mystical and legendary Book of Kells. The Secret of Kells also screens on 28 March – see left. 13 14 Arts on Screen BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS SWAN LAKE Arts on Screen World-class performing arts productions on the big screen. NT Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers Thu 12 Mar at 7.00pm • £17.50/£14 3h • Satellite • 15 Meera Syal (The Kumars, Goodness Gracious Me) returns to the National Theatre, directed by Rufus Norris (Broken, London Road). Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo spent three years in Annawadi recording the lives of its residents. From her uncompromising book, David Hare has fashioned a tumultuous play on an epic scale. India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and one slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood. ROH Live: Swan Lake Tue 17 Mar at 7.15pm • £17.50/£14 3h • Satellite • cert tbc Anthony Dowell’s production of the greatest romantic ballet draws upon the opulence of 1890s Russia. Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans while out hunting. When one of the swans turns into a beautiful woman, Odette, he is instantly captivated and determines to break the spell that holds her captive. MAXINE PEAKE AS HAMLET Maxine Peake as Hamlet Mon 23 Mar at 7.30pm • £17.50/£14 3h15m • DCP • cert tbc From its sell-out run at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre comes this unique and critically acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s tragic Hamlet. In this strippedback, fresh and fast-paced version, BAFTA nominee Maxine Peake creates a Hamlet for now, giving a performance hailed as “delicately ferocious” by The Guardian. Hamlet’s father is dead and Denmark has crowned a new king. Consumed by grief, he struggles to exact revenge, with devastating consequences. NT Live: A View from the Bridge Thu 26 Mar at 7.00pm • £17.50/£14 2h30m • Satellite • 12A Don’t miss a stellar cast led by Mark Strong (The Imitation Game, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) in the Young Vic’s “magnetic, electrifying, astonishingly bold" production of A View from the Bridge – the Evening Standard, Guardian and Independent’s top theatre pick of 2014. In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price. The visionary Ivo van Hove directs this stunning production of Miller’s tragic masterpiece, broadcast from London’s West End by National Theatre Live. Arts on Screen MAN AND SUPERMAN EVERYMAN NT Live: The Hard Problem NT Live: Everyman Thu 16 Apr at 7.00pm • £17.50/£14 Thu 16 Jul at 7.00pm • £17.50/£14 2h • Satellite • 12A 1h30m • Satellite • 12A Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello; Hamlet; One Man, Two Guvnors). BAFTA winner and Academy Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) takes the title role in this dynamic new production of one of English drama’s oldest plays, directed by the National Theatre’s new Director Rufus Norris. Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brain science institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is ‘the hard problem’ which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues. Is the day coming when the computer and the MRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Everyman is successful, popular and riding high when Death comes calling. He is forced to abandon the life he has built and embark on a last, frantic search to recruit a friend, anyone, to speak in his defence. But Death is close behind, and time is running out. NT Live: Man and Superman One of the great primal, spiritual myths, Everyman asks whether it is only in death that we can understand our lives. A cornerstone of English drama since the 15th century, it now explodes onto the stage in a startling production with words by Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate, and movement by Javier De Frutos. Thu 14 May at 7.00pm • £17.50/£14 4h • Satellite • 12A Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Schindler’s List, Oedipus at the National Theatre) plays Jack Tanner in this exhilarating reinvention of Shaw’s witty, provocative classic. A romantic comedy, an epic fairytale, a fiery philosophical debate – Man and Superman asks fundamental questions about how we live. Jack Tanner, celebrated radical thinker and rich bachelor, seems an unlikely choice as guardian to alluring heiress Ann. But she takes it in her assured stride and, despite the love of a poet, she decides to marry and tame this dazzling revolutionary. For details of more upcoming Arts on Screen performances go to www.belmontfilmhouse.com/ seasons/arts-on-screen 15 16 Climate Week CHASING ICE THE ISLAND PRESIDENT Climate Week Two outstanding documentaries screening as part of Climate Week 2015, in association with Aberdeen Climate Action, an organisation committed to increasing awareness of climate change and the urgency of the required response. The screenings will be introduced and there will be an opportunity afterwards to ask questions and discuss what may be achievable. For more information about Aberdeen Climate Action and other Climate Week events, go to www.aberdeenclimateaction.org Chasing Ice The Island President Fri 6 Mar at 6.05pm Sat 7 Mar at 5.55pm Jeff Orlowski • USA 2012 • 1h20m • Digital 12A – Contains one use of strong language • Documentary Jon Shenk • USA 2011 • 1h41m • Format TBC PG – Contains brief visual and verbal references to violence and torture • Documentary Since An Inconvenient Truth brought the science of Earth’s shifting climate to the screen, the divisive topic has been at the forefront of international debate. With the reasoning behind the global rise in temperatures continuing to polarise, National Geographic photographer James Balog set out to capture incontrovertible evidence of climate warming’s impact via an ambitious, multi-continent time-lapse photo project visually documenting the increased speed of glacial melting over a matter of years. A cynic himself before his Arctic journey, the charismatic, committed Balog was forever altered by his experience. Through a breathtaking collage of time-lapse footage, as well as glimpses behind the scenes, filmmaker Jeff Orlowski shares the evidence Balog uncovered in this profoundly cinematic experience. Nearly 2,000 Maldive islands are being engulfed by rising sea levels and changing weather patterns caused by climate change. This visually stunning and politically potent film pits the US, China and India against one man – former President Nasheed of the Maldives – as he single-handedly challenges the international community’s muddled response to reducing global carbon emissions. Accompanied by a wonderful soundtrack by Radiohead and Stars of the Lid, we follow Nasheed (who increasingly starts to resemble a kind of James Bond hero in an all-tooreal thriller) as he moves from playful underwater publicity stunts to an extraordinary behind-the-scenes climax at the contentious 2009 UN climate conference in Copenhagen. 6 March - 2 April 2015 Box Office 01224 343 500 www.belmontfilmhouse.com DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE SCREENING TIMES DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE SCREENING TIMES Fri 1 The Second Best Exotic... 6 1 The Second Best Exotic... Mar 2 White God 2 Kingsman: The Secret Service 3 White God 3 Chasing Ice (CW) * Plus films and times TBC (see below) 11.00am/2.00/ 6.00/8.35 11.10am/5.50 1.40/8.30 3.30 6.05 Tue 1 The Second Best Exotic... 10 1 The Second Best Exotic... Mar 2 White God 2 Kingsman: The Secret Service 3 Amour fou * Plus films and times TBC (see left) 11.00am/2.00/ 6.00/8.35 11.15am/5.55 2.15/8.30 1.30/6.10 Sat 1 The Second Best Exotic... 7 1 The Second Best Exotic... Mar 2 Charlotte’s Web (FJ) 2 White God 2 Kingsman: The Secret Service 3 Consuming Spirits (IM) 3 The Island President (CW) * Plus films and times TBC (see below) 11.00am/2.00/ 6.00/8.35 11.00am 2.15/5.50 8.30 3.00 5.55 Wed 1 The Second Best Exotic... 11 1 The Second Best Exotic... Mar 2 White God 2 Kingsman: The Secret Service 3 Amour fou * Plus films and times TBC (see left) 11.00am/2.00/ 6.00/8.35 2.15/5.55 8.30 11.10am/8.45 Sun 1 The Second Best Exotic... 8 2 Kingsman: The Secret Service Mar 2 White God 3 Pelo Malo * Plus films and times TBC (see below) 2.00/6.00/8.35 2.15/5.55 8.40 8.45 Mon 1 The Second Best Exotic... 9 1 The Second Best Exotic... Mar 2 The Second Best Exotic... (B) 2 White God 2 Kingsman: The Secret Service 3 Pelo Malo * Plus films and times TBC (see below) 11.15am/2.00/ 6.00/8.35 11am (babies + carers) 2.15/8.40 5.55 11.10am/6.10 * The majority of our screenings are scheduled well in advance, and times published in this monthly brochure and on our website. We leave some spaces in the schedule in order to allow us to keep on films that are doing well for a little longer; each week these latescheduled screenings will be added to our website from midday at the latest on the preceding Tuesday, and listed in our weekly screenings email – sign up at www.belmontfilmhouse.com/news Thu 1 The Second Best Exotic... 11.00am/2.00 12 1 NT Live: Behind the Beautiful... (A) 7.00 (£17.50/£14) Mar 2 Kingsman: The Secret Service 11.15am/2.15 2 The Second Best Exotic... 6.00/8.35 3 White God 8.40 * Plus films and times TBC (see left) Fri 1 The Second Best Exotic... 13 2 Suite Française Mar 2 Suite Française 3 The Duke of Burgundy * Plus films and times TBC (see left) 11.00am/2.00/5.45 11.10am/1.30/3.50/ 6.10/8.30 3.40/8.45 Sat 1 The Second Best Exotic... 11.00am/2.00/5.45 14 2 Shaun the Sheep: The Movie (FJ) 11.00am Mar 2 Suite Française 1.30/6.10/8.30 2 The Secret of Kells (IM) 4.00 3 The Duke of Burgundy 8.45 * Plus films and times TBC (see left) Sun 1 The Second Best Exotic... 15 2 Suite Française Mar 3 The Duke of Burgundy * Plus films and times TBC (see left) 2.00/5.45 1.30/3.50/6.10/8.30 3.40/8.45 Mon 1 The Second Best Exotic... 16 2 Suite Française Mar 2 Suite Française 3 The Second Best Exotic... (B) 3 The Duke of Burgundy * Plus films and times TBC (see left) 11.15am/2.00/5.45 11.10am/1.30/3.50/ 6.10/8.30 11am (babies + carers) 3.40/8.45 SCHEDULE CONTINUES OVERLEAF 17 18 Belmont Filmhouse Programme 6 March - 2 April 2015 Box Office 01224 343 500 DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE SCREENING TIMES DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE SCREENING TIMES Tue 1 The Second Best Exotic... 17 1 ROH Live: Swan Lake (A) Mar 2 Suite Française 2 Suite Française 3 The Second Best Exotic... * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) 11.00am/2.00 7.15 (£17.50/£14) 11.10am/1.30/3.50/ 6.10/8.30 5.45 Sun 1 Suite Française 22 2 The Tales of Hoffmann Mar 2 My Name Is Salt 3 X+Y * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) 1.25/3.45/6.15/8.40 1.15/8.20 4.05/6.10 3.30/8.35 Mon 1 Suite Française 23 1 Maxine Peake as Hamlet (A) Mar 2 The Tales of Hoffmann 2 My Name Is Salt 2 Suite Française 3 The Tales of Hoffmann (B) 3 X+Y * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) 11.05am/1.25/3.45 7.30 (£17.50/£14) 11.10am 2.00 6.15/8.40 11am (babies + carers) 3.30/6.00 Tue 1 Far from the Madding Crowd 24 1 Suite Française Mar 2 That Sinking Feeling (CS) 3 X+Y 3 Far from the Madding Crowd * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) 11.00am 2.30/6.15/8.40 8.45 11.10am/8.50 5.30 Wed 1 Suite Française 25 1 Far from the Madding Crowd Mar 3 X+Y 3 Far from the Madding Crowd * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) 11.00am/6.15/8.40 2.00 11.10am/5.30 7.55 Thu 1 Suite Française 26 1 NT Live: A View from the... (A) Mar 2 Suite Française 3 X+Y * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) 1.40/4.00 7.00 (£17.50/£14) 6.15/8.40 11.10am/6.00 Fri 2 Wild Tales 27 2 Wild Tales Mar 3 A Second Chance 3 Still Alice * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) 11.00am/2.00/ 6.00/8.35 11.10am/3.45/6.10 1.30/8.30 Sat 2 The Secret of Kells (FJ) 28 2 Wild Tales Mar 3 Still Alice 3 A Second Chance * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) 11.00am 2.00/6.00/8.35 11.10am/8.30 1.30/3.45/6.10 Wed 1 The Second Best Exotic... 11.00am/2.00/8.35 18 2 Suite Française 1.30/3.50/6.10/8.30 Mar 3 BAFTA Shorts 2015 1.20/6.00 * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) Thu 1 The Second Best Exotic... 19 2 Suite Française Mar 2 Suite Française 3 BAFTA Shorts 2015 * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) 11.00am/2.00/5.45 11.10am/1.30/3.50/ 6.10/8.30 1.20/8.35 Fri 1 Suite Française 20 1 Suite Française Mar 2 The Tales of Hoffmann 2 My Name Is Salt 3 X+Y * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) 11.00am/1.25/3.45/ 6.15/8.40 1.15/8.20 4.05/6.10 3.30/8.35 Sat 1 Suite Française 21 1 Suite Française Mar 2 Big Hero 6 (FJ) 2 The Tales of Hoffmann 2 My Name Is Salt 3 X+Y * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) 11.00am/1.25/3.45/ 6.15/8.40 11.00am 1.15/8.20 4.05/6.10 3.30/8.35 KEY: (B) – For Crying Out Loud carer and baby screening (see right) (A) – Arts on Screen (pages 14-15) (CS) – Come and See... (page 11) (CW) – Climate Week (page 16) (FJ) – Filmhouse Junior (pages 12-13) (IM) – In Motion Animation Festival (page 13) Full index of films and events on page 2 www.belmontfilmhouse.com DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE 6 March - 2 April 2015 SCREENING TIMES Sun 2 Wild Tales 1.00/3.35/6.10/8.45 29 3 Still Alice 1.30/6.10 Mar 3 A Second Chance 3.45/8.30 * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) Mon 2 Wild Tales 30 3 Still Alice (B) Mar 3 A Second Chance 3 Still Alice * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) 11.10am/6.00/8.35 11am (babies + carers) 1.30/3.45/8.30 6.10 Tue 2 Wild Tales 31 2 Wild Tales Mar 3 A Second Chance 3 Still Alice * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) 11.00am/2.00/ 6.00/8.35 11.10am/3.45 1.30/9.00 Wed 2 Wild Tales 1 2 Wild Tales Apr 3 A Second Chance 3 Still Alice * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) 11.00am/2.00/ 6.00/8.35 11.10am/8.30 1.30/3.45/6.10 Thu 2 Wild Tales 2 2 Wild Tales Apr 3 Still Alice 3 A Second Chance * Plus films and times TBC (see page 17) 11.00am/2.00/ 6.00/8.35 11.10am/6.10 1.30/3.45/8.30 FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! Screenings for carers and their babies, on Mondays at 11am. Tickets £4.50/£3.50 concessions per adult. Screenings are limited to babies under 12 months accompanied by no more than two adults. Babychanging and buggy parking facilities are available. Mon 9 Mar – The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Mon 16 Mar – The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Mon 23 Mar – The Tales of Hoffmann Mon 30 Mar – Still Alice See pages 12-13 for Filmhouse Junior, our new family film slot. Screenings every Saturday at 11am, all tickets £3.50! Belmont Filmhouse Programme TICKET PRICES AND INFORMATION ELEVENSES (Mon-Fri between 11am and noon) All tickets £4.50, plus tea/coffee just £1 before noon MATINEES (shows starting before 5pm) Mon - Fri: £7.50 full price, £5.50 concessions Sat - Sun: £9.00 full price, £6.00 concessions EVENING SCREENINGS (shows starting after 5pm) £9.00 full price, £6.00 concessions Filmhouse Members get £1.50 off every ticket! All tickets to Filmhouse Junior screenings (marked FJ on the grid) are £3.50. Tickets for children under 15 are £3.50 for any screening. Some special events will have different ticket prices which will be indicated on the relevant film information page and on this grid. There are usually ticket deals available on film seasons – details on the relevant page. Concessions available for: students (with valid matriculation card); school pupils (15-18 years); Young Scot cardholders; senior citizens; people with disability or invalidity status (carers go free); claimants (Jobseekers Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Housing Benefit); NHS employees (with proof of employment). All performances are bookable in advance, in person, online at www.belmontfilmhouse.com or by phone on 01224 343 500. We do not charge a fee for bookings made by telephone or on the website. Tickets may also be reserved without payment, in which case they must be collected no later than 30 minutes before the performance starts. Tickets cannot be exchanged nor money refunded except in the event of a cancellation of a performance. Screenings are subject to change, but only in extraordinary circumstances. All seats are unreserved. If you require seats together please arrive in plenty of time. Cinemas will be open 15 minutes before the start of each screening. The management reserves the right of admission and will not admit latecomers. Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult. There are induction loop facilities in the box office and infra-red facilities in all three screens. A small deposit will be required to borrow the headsets, which are available from the box office. 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