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Saturday Morning Pictures - KiriKou and the Sorceress
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Sat 1 March 10:30am |
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U Michel Ocelot 1998 74mins France |
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An enchanting adventure inspired by the folk stories of Senegal and showing how a young boy, the tiny but brave Kirikou, outwits a powerful sorceress. This is really a picture book in motion, with beautiful images taken from the art and nature of West Africa. The soundtrack, featuring only traditional African instruments is by Youssou N’Dour. |
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Moliere
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Sat 1 March // Sun 2 Mar 8pm |
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12a Laurent Tirard 2007 120mins France |
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Witty and romantic French romp with a witty script, superb performances and a subtle message about the value of comedy. In 1644, Moliere briefly vanished off the historical map. Tirard speculates what the playwright/actor might have been doing during this time - hiding from creditors, teaching acting and posing as a priest in an attempt to seduce his benefactor’s wife. Boasting excellent performances, exquisite production and dialogue that effortlessly blends the language of today with the stilted inflections of 17th century high society. |
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Playing a Part
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Wed 5 Mar 8pm |
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A WEEK OF FILMS BY WOMAN DIRECTORS Launching with an evening of films exploring the hidden contributions women make to life. A short experimental film exploring this theme along with a Q&A from the makers and audience discussion. Evening presented by GXJacques |
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Playing a Part: The Story of Claude Cahun (45mins) Lizzie Thynne 2004 Photographer, writer, surrealist Claude Cahun collaborated with stepsister and lover Marcel Moore to create hundreds of portraits of themselves. Creating a subversive campaign against the Nazi occupation of Jersey until they were arrested and condemned to death. Hidden Inheritance. Short film exploring the way we inherit expression and gesture, strength and significance from older women. |
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Away From Her
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Thurs 6 Mar // Fri 7 Mar // Mon 10 Mar 8pm |
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12a Sarah Polley 2006 110mins Canada A WEEK OF FILMS BY WOMAN DIRECTORS |
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A powerful and uplifting story of love renewed amid the ravages of old age. Julie Christie has rarely been more radiant than as a 60-something woman whose memories of life with her husband are gradually being eroded by Alzheimer's. After putting the frying pan in the fridge once too often, Fiona convinces husband Grant to check her into a care home. She doesn't want to risk his resentment, but soon does exactly that, forming an attachment to a fellow patient. Polley brings hope, poetry and light to a place of apparent desolation with touches of outrageous humour. It's a cannily composed story, soulful and wonderfully acted |
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Sherrybaby
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Sat 8 Mar // Sun 9 Mar 8pm |
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15 Laurie Collyer 2006 96mins USA INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY |
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In this feature debut with an excellent cast and plenty of surprising turns, Gyllenhaal stars as Sherry Swanson, a troubled woman just released from prison. Determined to regain control of her life, she moves into a halfway house and starts looking for a job, watched by her tough parole officer. Sherry's aim is to re-establish a relationship with her young daughter who is being raised by her brother and his wife. Gyllenhaal gives a powerful performance as the embattled and desperate Sherry, who will do almost anything to regain her daughter's love. |
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Reservations
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Wed 12 Mar 8pm |
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15 Nick Pilton 2007 70mins UK Reservations was made entirely on location in Hastings & St Leonards by local director Nick Pilton. |
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Five characters arrive for the weekend at the Royal Victoria Hotel. Reservations follows the relationships that develop as these people's lives become inextricably intertwined. This sometimes dark but heartfelt drama set within the sumptuous backdrop of past grandeur really treats the viewer with an insight into the lives and minds of these seemingly pedestrian characters as their lives shift in surprising ways. |
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The Singer
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Thurs 13 Mar // Fri 14 Mar // Sat 15 Mar // Sun16 Mar 8pm |
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12 Xavier Giannoli 2006 112mins France Subtitles |
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The Singer is a film that breathes. A love story of subtle surfaces concealing a generous heart, it hits all its emotional grace-notes with spot-on pitch. As an aging dance hall singer smitten by a wary young woman, Gérard Depardieu is at his best in years, conjuring remarkable onscreen chemistry between himself and actress Cecile de France. Filled with French song classics, this is one of those films that isn't putting on a show for you: it's inviting you to come in and hang around a while. |
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Saturday Morning Pictures - Fairytale: A True Story
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Sat 15 March 10.30am |
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U Charles Sturridge 1998 99mins UK / USA |
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In 1917 two young English girls attempt to prove fairies are real by photographing them in their garden. Certified as authentic images, with no trace of trickery - Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle joined in the search for the truth. Could it be that fairies exist, or is this the most popular myth of the 20th Century? This film will give you a sense of wonderment and power of belief, no matter what your age. |
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Tess’s Surprise Film Night
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Tues 18 Mar 8pm |
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"Fasten your seatbelts, its going to be a bumpy night…" – Bette Davis in ‘All About Eve’ was first surprise film and this time we have a clue… Inspired by ‘Brief Encounter’, years later a Tony winning Broadway Musical was to revive this 5 time (nominated for 10) academy award winning film and made a hit of song "I’ll never fall in love again" … Everyone is welcome to submit their guess prior to the screening – of the correct entries we will have a draw at the end and one lucky patron will have their ticket money reimbursed! |
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Shoot the Poets
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Wed 19 Mar 8pm |
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Entering its second year, Shoot the Poets is committed to its original idea in presenting a quarterly film, poetry and performance collaboration – an eclectic and entertaining mix of experimental filmmaking, performance and music. Join us in the first of 2008 to share in this unique, unpredictable and innovative event, proven to be truly entertaining. |
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Control
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Thurs 20 Mar // Fri 21 Mar 8pm |
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15 Anton Corbijn 2007 118mins UK |
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Directed by acclaimed music photographer Anton Corbijn, this is the story of the late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis’s life, from the band’s rise to fame to his tragic suicide. Starring Samantha Morton and Alexandra Maria Lara and featuring an incredible performance from newcomer Sam Riley as Ian Curtis, Control documents the relationships with both his wife and his girlfriend, his battle with epilepsy and the road to success with Joy Division. With a score by New Order featuring original tracks from the 70s by Warsaw and Joy Division. |
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Amazing Grace
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Sat 22 Mar // Sun 23 Mar 8pm |
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PG Michael Apted 2006 117mins UK / USA |
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The inspiring story of William Wilberforce, and his passion and perseverance to pass a law ending the slave trade in the late 18th century in the British empire. He was elected to the House of Commons at 21 and took on the issue of slavery, successfully assembling a diverse coalition that went up against the most powerful men of the time. |
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Inland Empire
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Wed 26 Mar 8pm |
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15 David Lynch 2007 172mins USA |
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A delightfully weird drama that manages to be strange, terrifying, funny, thought provoking and deeply frustrating all at the same time. Lynch’s labyrinthine film sees Nikki Grace (Laura Dern) taking her biggest role in a Hollywood remake of a doomed Polish Production. But Dern’s character fragments and the narrative fractures into numerous realities. The real treat is the combination of sound and shimmering visuals that perfectly realise Lynch’s nightmarish vision. And we haven’t even mentioned the rabbits… |
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Saturday Morning Pictures - Buster Keaton’s The General
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Sat 29 March 10.30am U Buster Keaton 1927 75mins USA |
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One of the great masterpieces of cinema, Buster Keaton's "The General" combines inventive humour with terrific action, beautifully and carefully planned and photographed.Solders have stolen a Confederate train manned by Johnnie Gray (Keaton). The Union plans to use the train to supply its soldiers in a sneak attack against the Confederates. But now it's up to Gray and his love, Annabelle Lee, to reclaim The train recross enemy lines, and warn the Confederates. |
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