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Director: Jay Roach.
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren. USA 2015. 124 mins.
Bryan Cranston continues his brilliant recent run, this time as a blacklisted screenwriter in Trumbo, one of Hollywood’s most intriguing untold stories. The author of Oscar-winning screenplays for The Brave One and Roman Holiday, Dalton Trumbo was one of the highest-paid screenwriters of the 1940s. But in an age of paranoia about ‘reds under the bed’, his left-wing beliefs made him a target of the American government’s anti-Communist witch-hunt, ultimately landing him in jail and destroying his career. Frozen out of Tinsel Town, Trumbo was forced to write in the shadows and watch others collect the Oscars he was due – until finally Kirk Douglas used his A-list credentials to redeem him by naming him on the script for Spartacus. This account of Trumbo’s life and times is a richly gripping drama about the dark side of Hollywood’s golden age.
Director: Tom McCarthy.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber. USA 2015. 129 mins.
The story of a group of journalists’ Pulitzer Prize-winning exposure of wrongdoing in the Catholic Church is brought to life by an ensemble of the best actors around.
The Boston Globe’s so-called Spotlight team – ‘Robby’ Robinson (Keaton), Michael Rezendes (Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (McAdams) and Matty Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) – specialises in deep investigative journalism. When they hear of allegations that Boston’s cardinal knew about, and covered up, child abuse by priests, they are incredulous at first. But their editor (Schreiber) quietly insists that they pursue it, and we see the profound effects on all concerned – at the Globe, and in the community at large – as the horrifying truth emerges.
At a time when serious journalism seems under attack from all sides, Spotlight is an important as well as a gripping film: grown-up, serious but thrillingly entertaining.
Director: Alonso Ruiz Palacios.
Starring: Sebastián Aguirre, Tenoch Huerta, Ilse Salas. Mexico 2014. 108 mins. Spanish with English subtitles.
Heaving with awards including Berlin 2014’s Best First Feature gong, writer-director Alonso Ruiz Palacios’s debut is a wry Mexican slacker movie with political knobs on, and delightfully so.
The winsome Sebastián Aguirre is Tomás, feckless adolescent son of an exasperated mother who hopes that consigning him to stay with his older student brother, Sombra (Huerta), in Mexico City will straighten him out. Trouble is, Sombra is borderline dysfunctional, squatting a grungy apartment and sitting out a lengthy university strike with bemused inertia.
The brothers eventually muster enough energy to embark on a kind of urban road trip in search of a mythical folk hero, along the way picking up a student activist (Salas) and sparking incidents both sobering and humorous. An unexpected gem.
Director: Jay Roach.
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren. USA 2015. 124 mins.
Bryan Cranston continues his brilliant recent run, this time as a blacklisted screenwriter in Trumbo, one of Hollywood’s most intriguing untold stories. The author of Oscar-winning screenplays for The Brave One and Roman Holiday, Dalton Trumbo was one of the highest-paid screenwriters of the 1940s. But in an age of paranoia about ‘reds under the bed’, his left-wing beliefs made him a target of the American government’s anti-Communist witch-hunt, ultimately landing him in jail and destroying his career. Frozen out of Tinsel Town, Trumbo was forced to write in the shadows and watch others collect the Oscars he was due – until finally Kirk Douglas used his A-list credentials to redeem him by naming him on the script for Spartacus. This account of Trumbo’s life and times is a richly gripping drama about the dark side of Hollywood’s golden age.
Director: Tom McCarthy.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber. USA 2015. 129 mins.
The story of a group of journalists’ Pulitzer Prize-winning exposure of wrongdoing in the Catholic Church is brought to life by an ensemble of the best actors around.
The Boston Globe’s so-called Spotlight team – ‘Robby’ Robinson (Keaton), Michael Rezendes (Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (McAdams) and Matty Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) – specialises in deep investigative journalism. When they hear of allegations that Boston’s cardinal knew about, and covered up, child abuse by priests, they are incredulous at first. But their editor (Schreiber) quietly insists that they pursue it, and we see the profound effects on all concerned – at the Globe, and in the community at large – as the horrifying truth emerges.
At a time when serious journalism seems under attack from all sides, Spotlight is an important as well as a gripping film: grown-up, serious but thrillingly entertaining.
Director: Alonso Ruiz Palacios.
Starring: Sebastián Aguirre, Tenoch Huerta, Ilse Salas. Mexico 2014. 108 mins. Spanish with English subtitles.
Heaving with awards including Berlin 2014’s Best First Feature gong, writer-director Alonso Ruiz Palacios’s debut is a wry Mexican slacker movie with political knobs on, and delightfully so.
The winsome Sebastián Aguirre is Tomás, feckless adolescent son of an exasperated mother who hopes that consigning him to stay with his older student brother, Sombra (Huerta), in Mexico City will straighten him out. Trouble is, Sombra is borderline dysfunctional, squatting a grungy apartment and sitting out a lengthy university strike with bemused inertia.
The brothers eventually muster enough energy to embark on a kind of urban road trip in search of a mythical folk hero, along the way picking up a student activist (Salas) and sparking incidents both sobering and humorous. An unexpected gem.
Director: Burr Steers.
Starring: Lily James, Lena Headey, Douglas Booth. USA 2016. 108 mins.
Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England is faced with a new challenge -- an army of undead zombies.
Director: Jay Roach.
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren. USA 2015. 124 mins.
Bryan Cranston continues his brilliant recent run, this time as a blacklisted screenwriter in Trumbo, one of Hollywood’s most intriguing untold stories. The author of Oscar-winning screenplays for The Brave One and Roman Holiday, Dalton Trumbo was one of the highest-paid screenwriters of the 1940s. But in an age of paranoia about ‘reds under the bed’, his left-wing beliefs made him a target of the American government’s anti-Communist witch-hunt, ultimately landing him in jail and destroying his career. Frozen out of Tinsel Town, Trumbo was forced to write in the shadows and watch others collect the Oscars he was due – until finally Kirk Douglas used his A-list credentials to redeem him by naming him on the script for Spartacus. This account of Trumbo’s life and times is a richly gripping drama about the dark side of Hollywood’s golden age.
Director: Tom McCarthy.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber. USA 2015. 129 mins.
The story of a group of journalists’ Pulitzer Prize-winning exposure of wrongdoing in the Catholic Church is brought to life by an ensemble of the best actors around.
The Boston Globe’s so-called Spotlight team – ‘Robby’ Robinson (Keaton), Michael Rezendes (Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (McAdams) and Matty Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) – specialises in deep investigative journalism. When they hear of allegations that Boston’s cardinal knew about, and covered up, child abuse by priests, they are incredulous at first. But their editor (Schreiber) quietly insists that they pursue it, and we see the profound effects on all concerned – at the Globe, and in the community at large – as the horrifying truth emerges.
At a time when serious journalism seems under attack from all sides, Spotlight is an important as well as a gripping film: grown-up, serious but thrillingly entertaining.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino.
Starring: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda. Italy/France/Switzerland 2015. 124 mins.
Maestro Sorrentino follows his Oscar-winning The Great Beauty with an equally lush meditation on life, love and loss. Youth stars Caine as Fred Ballinger, a retired composer and international conductor, whom we encounter at a tranquil Swiss spa.
There he receives a visit from a Buckingham Palace emissary with a request from the Queen to perform his most famous piece, but he refuses “for personal reasons” that only become clearer later. In the meantime, Sorrentino lets us observe this ageing curmudgeon in his natural habitat among his fellow residents. Ever the stylist, Sorrentino crafts his own visual symphony using the characters as his instruments.
Notes of surreal humour abound, and the cast all give first-rate performances. Sorrentino has yet again outdone himself with this beguiling film for both young and old.
Life on the high seas is a whirl of fun and adventure when you’re a little boat with big ideas. An eager and energetic tug in his first year of service, Toot works and plays with his ocean-going friends in the busy waters of the Harbour, a thriving coastal port which serves its local community.
Featuring:
Unexpected Ghost
Toot leads a friendly dolphin to the harbour but when the dolphin gets sad Toot learns that it needs to be with its family.
Flag Day
Toot’s so distracted by doing other things that he doesn’t get his flag ready in time for the parade.
Melt Down
When an iceberg blocks the harbour entrance Toot and Paula attempt to move it, from the inside.
On 14th June, German tenor Jonas Kaufmann walked onto the stage of La Scala Milan, the home of Italian opera, for one of the most highly anticipated performances of 2015. The concert made national news in Italy and following five encores and 40mins of applause audiences were still left wanting more. This legendary performance is now the focus of a new concert film directed by Brian Large and produced by Arts Alliance. Cinema audiences worldwide will experience this unforgettable event, and be treated to a revealing introduction to Puccini – the man, the musician, the superstar – narrated by Jonas and featuring rare archive footage.
Director: Jay Roach.
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren. USA 2015. 124 mins.
Bryan Cranston continues his brilliant recent run, this time as a blacklisted screenwriter in Trumbo, one of Hollywood’s most intriguing untold stories. The author of Oscar-winning screenplays for The Brave One and Roman Holiday, Dalton Trumbo was one of the highest-paid screenwriters of the 1940s. But in an age of paranoia about ‘reds under the bed’, his left-wing beliefs made him a target of the American government’s anti-Communist witch-hunt, ultimately landing him in jail and destroying his career. Frozen out of Tinsel Town, Trumbo was forced to write in the shadows and watch others collect the Oscars he was due – until finally Kirk Douglas used his A-list credentials to redeem him by naming him on the script for Spartacus. This account of Trumbo’s life and times is a richly gripping drama about the dark side of Hollywood’s golden age.
Director: Tom McCarthy.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber. USA 2015. 129 mins.
The story of a group of journalists’ Pulitzer Prize-winning exposure of wrongdoing in the Catholic Church is brought to life by an ensemble of the best actors around.
The Boston Globe’s so-called Spotlight team – ‘Robby’ Robinson (Keaton), Michael Rezendes (Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (McAdams) and Matty Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) – specialises in deep investigative journalism. When they hear of allegations that Boston’s cardinal knew about, and covered up, child abuse by priests, they are incredulous at first. But their editor (Schreiber) quietly insists that they pursue it, and we see the profound effects on all concerned – at the Globe, and in the community at large – as the horrifying truth emerges.
At a time when serious journalism seems under attack from all sides, Spotlight is an important as well as a gripping film: grown-up, serious but thrillingly entertaining.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino.
Starring: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda. Italy/France/Switzerland 2015. 124 mins.
Maestro Sorrentino follows his Oscar-winning The Great Beauty with an equally lush meditation on life, love and loss. Youth stars Caine as Fred Ballinger, a retired composer and international conductor, whom we encounter at a tranquil Swiss spa.
There he receives a visit from a Buckingham Palace emissary with a request from the Queen to perform his most famous piece, but he refuses “for personal reasons” that only become clearer later. In the meantime, Sorrentino lets us observe this ageing curmudgeon in his natural habitat among his fellow residents. Ever the stylist, Sorrentino crafts his own visual symphony using the characters as his instruments.
Notes of surreal humour abound, and the cast all give first-rate performances. Sorrentino has yet again outdone himself with this beguiling film for both young and old.
Director: Luca Guadagnino.
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Matthias Schoenaerts, Dakota Johnson. Italy 2015. 124 mins.
Marianne (Swinton), an ageing rock star, is enjoying an extended holiday on a Sicilian island, following career-threatening throat surgery, with filmmaker boyfriend Paul (Schoenaerts, Rust And Bone). Their peace is disrupted when Harry (Fiennes) – Marianne’s bombastic, avidly freethinking ex – and his precocious daughter, Penelope (Johnson), turn up to stay, uninvited. The ensuing friction, jealousy, passionate intrigue and fierce recriminations fuel Luca Guadagnino’s often funny, constantly edgy film inspired by Jacques Deray’s 1969 psychological drama La Piscine.
Doyenne of immersive characterisation Swinton, who also fronted Guadagnino’s sumptuous I Am Love, brilliantly navigates the extremes provoked by this emotional roller coaster, largely without actually being able to speak due to her character’s recuperation. The remaining ensemble – especially Fiennes, exuding all the energetic intensity of his role in The Grand Budapest Hotel – supports her to perfection.
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Director: Grímur Hákonarson.
Starring: Sigur∂ur Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson. Iceland/Denmark/Norway/Poland 2015. 93 mins. Icelandic with English subtitles.
Brothers Gummi (Sigurjónsson) and Kiddi (Júlíusson) are sheep farmers living on neighbouring farms in remote rural Iceland. They haven’t spoken to each other for 40 years. Following an outbreak of a potentially lethal disease among the country’s sheep, the government insist that all existing flocks must be slaughtered. The brothers – who care about their animals more than they do the few humans they come into contact with – deal with this in decidedly different, but equally dramatic ways, and must reunite to save their way of life.
Writer-director Grímur Hákonarson balances charming wry comedy with poignant realist drama. The two central performances by the raggedy, heavily
bearded actors are full of subtle warmth, conveying a deeply felt connection to the land and all who live off it – sheep included.
16.00Silver 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: Jay Roach.
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren. USA 2015. 124 mins.
Bryan Cranston continues his brilliant recent run, this time as a blacklisted screenwriter in Trumbo, one of Hollywood’s most intriguing untold stories. The author of Oscar-winning screenplays for The Brave One and Roman Holiday, Dalton Trumbo was one of the highest-paid screenwriters of the 1940s. But in an age of paranoia about ‘reds under the bed’, his left-wing beliefs made him a target of the American government’s anti-Communist witch-hunt, ultimately landing him in jail and destroying his career. Frozen out of Tinsel Town, Trumbo was forced to write in the shadows and watch others collect the Oscars he was due – until finally Kirk Douglas used his A-list credentials to redeem him by naming him on the script for Spartacus. This account of Trumbo’s life and times is a richly gripping drama about the dark side of Hollywood’s golden age.
Director: Tom McCarthy.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber. USA 2015. 129 mins.
The story of a group of journalists’ Pulitzer Prize-winning exposure of wrongdoing in the Catholic Church is brought to life by an ensemble of the best actors around.
The Boston Globe’s so-called Spotlight team – ‘Robby’ Robinson (Keaton), Michael Rezendes (Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (McAdams) and Matty Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) – specialises in deep investigative journalism. When they hear of allegations that Boston’s cardinal knew about, and covered up, child abuse by priests, they are incredulous at first. But their editor (Schreiber) quietly insists that they pursue it, and we see the profound effects on all concerned – at the Globe, and in the community at large – as the horrifying truth emerges.
At a time when serious journalism seems under attack from all sides, Spotlight is an important as well as a gripping film: grown-up, serious but thrillingly entertaining.
13.00Silver 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.
HOH Subtitled: This screening has subtitles for people with hearing loss
Director: Paolo Sorrentino.
Starring: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda. Italy/France/Switzerland 2015. 124 mins.
Maestro Sorrentino follows his Oscar-winning The Great Beauty with an equally lush meditation on life, love and loss. Youth stars Caine as Fred Ballinger, a retired composer and international conductor, whom we encounter at a tranquil Swiss spa.
There he receives a visit from a Buckingham Palace emissary with a request from the Queen to perform his most famous piece, but he refuses “for personal reasons” that only become clearer later. In the meantime, Sorrentino lets us observe this ageing curmudgeon in his natural habitat among his fellow residents. Ever the stylist, Sorrentino crafts his own visual symphony using the characters as his instruments.
Notes of surreal humour abound, and the cast all give first-rate performances. Sorrentino has yet again outdone himself with this beguiling film for both young and old.
12.15Silver 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: Luca Guadagnino.
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Matthias Schoenaerts, Dakota Johnson. Italy 2015. 124 mins.
Marianne (Swinton), an ageing rock star, is enjoying an extended holiday on a Sicilian island, following career-threatening throat surgery, with filmmaker boyfriend Paul (Schoenaerts, Rust And Bone). Their peace is disrupted when Harry (Fiennes) – Marianne’s bombastic, avidly freethinking ex – and his precocious daughter, Penelope (Johnson), turn up to stay, uninvited. The ensuing friction, jealousy, passionate intrigue and fierce recriminations fuel Luca Guadagnino’s often funny, constantly edgy film inspired by Jacques Deray’s 1969 psychological drama La Piscine.
Doyenne of immersive characterisation Swinton, who also fronted Guadagnino’s sumptuous I Am Love, brilliantly navigates the extremes provoked by this emotional roller coaster, largely without actually being able to speak due to her character’s recuperation. The remaining ensemble – especially Fiennes, exuding all the energetic intensity of his role in The Grand Budapest Hotel – supports her to perfection.
Director: Grímur Hákonarson.
Starring: Sigur∂ur Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson. Iceland/Denmark/Norway/Poland 2015. 93 mins. Icelandic with English subtitles.
Brothers Gummi (Sigurjónsson) and Kiddi (Júlíusson) are sheep farmers living on neighbouring farms in remote rural Iceland. They haven’t spoken to each other for 40 years. Following an outbreak of a potentially lethal disease among the country’s sheep, the government insist that all existing flocks must be slaughtered. The brothers – who care about their animals more than they do the few humans they come into contact with – deal with this in decidedly different, but equally dramatic ways, and must reunite to save their way of life.
Writer-director Grímur Hákonarson balances charming wry comedy with poignant realist drama. The two central performances by the raggedy, heavily
bearded actors are full of subtle warmth, conveying a deeply felt connection to the land and all who live off it – sheep included.
Director: Jay Roach.
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren. USA 2015. 124 mins.
Bryan Cranston continues his brilliant recent run, this time as a blacklisted screenwriter in Trumbo, one of Hollywood’s most intriguing untold stories. The author of Oscar-winning screenplays for The Brave One and Roman Holiday, Dalton Trumbo was one of the highest-paid screenwriters of the 1940s. But in an age of paranoia about ‘reds under the bed’, his left-wing beliefs made him a target of the American government’s anti-Communist witch-hunt, ultimately landing him in jail and destroying his career. Frozen out of Tinsel Town, Trumbo was forced to write in the shadows and watch others collect the Oscars he was due – until finally Kirk Douglas used his A-list credentials to redeem him by naming him on the script for Spartacus. This account of Trumbo’s life and times is a richly gripping drama about the dark side of Hollywood’s golden age.
Director: Tom McCarthy.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber. USA 2015. 129 mins.
The story of a group of journalists’ Pulitzer Prize-winning exposure of wrongdoing in the Catholic Church is brought to life by an ensemble of the best actors around.
The Boston Globe’s so-called Spotlight team – ‘Robby’ Robinson (Keaton), Michael Rezendes (Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (McAdams) and Matty Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) – specialises in deep investigative journalism. When they hear of allegations that Boston’s cardinal knew about, and covered up, child abuse by priests, they are incredulous at first. But their editor (Schreiber) quietly insists that they pursue it, and we see the profound effects on all concerned – at the Globe, and in the community at large – as the horrifying truth emerges.
At a time when serious journalism seems under attack from all sides, Spotlight is an important as well as a gripping film: grown-up, serious but thrillingly entertaining.
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy. USA 2015. TBC mins.
Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, Birdman) takes us into the American wilderness for a story of betrayal, survival and vengeance, inspired by real events.
In the early 19th century, fur trapper Hugh Glass (DiCaprio, giving a powerhouse performance) is attacked by a bear. The injured man is then robbed and left for dead by his companions, including his friend John Fitzgerald (Hardy), who also murders Glass’s young son. Sustained by sheer force of will, Glass battles the winter elements, the vicious wildlife and his own injuries in relentless pursuit of life and justice.
Filmed in extended takes using only natural light – and already hotly Oscar-tipped for its acting, directing and technical achievements – The Revenant delivers gritty battle scenes, stunning locations, and a compelling story of one man’s determination to take revenge on those who abandoned him.
Director: Peter Sohn.
Voices: Raymond Ochoa, Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand. USA 2015. TBC mins.
In an ancient alternative universe where the dinosaurs weren’t destroyed by an asteroid, we meet a big-hearted young Apatosaurus called Arlo (Ochoa), who has become separated from his family. He befriends Spot (Jack Bright), a lonely cave-dwelling tot. Spot moves around on all fours and communicates mainly in squeaks and grunts, whilst accident-prone Arlo is blessed with human speech. The pair encourage each other to face their fears and overcome adversity as they travel through the wild and mysterious landscape.
Noted thesps Frances McDormand and Jeffrey Wright voice other key characters. This delightful film is the directorial debut of Peter Sohn, who was an animator on The Incredibles and Ratatouille. With twice as many special effects as any previous Pixar animation, The Good Dinosaur is a visual feast and a heartwarming prehistoric adventure.
Director: Ridley Scott.
Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain. USA 2015. TBC mins.
Sci-fi genius Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Prometheus) takes us to Mars for a gripping, action-packed tale of disaster and survival. Based on the bestselling novel by Andy Weir, the story follows the Ares 3 mission, NASA’s third crewed trip to the Red Planet.
When a devastating Martian storm forces an early evacuation, astronaut Mark Watney (Damon) is presumed dead – but in fact he’s alive, injured, stranded and alone. As supplies dwindle, he has only his scientific ingenuity and optimistic spirit to keep him alive.
When his seemingly hopeless plight is discovered, his fellow astronauts, led by mission commander Melissa Lewis (Chastain), must work out whether and how they might get him home, while the world watches with bated breath. A visually stunning adventure.
Contains infrequent strong language and injury detail.
Director: Luca Guadagnino.
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Matthias Schoenaerts, Dakota Johnson. Italy 2015. 124 mins.
Marianne (Swinton), an ageing rock star, is enjoying an extended holiday on a Sicilian island, following career-threatening throat surgery, with filmmaker boyfriend Paul (Schoenaerts, Rust And Bone). Their peace is disrupted when Harry (Fiennes) – Marianne’s bombastic, avidly freethinking ex – and his precocious daughter, Penelope (Johnson), turn up to stay, uninvited. The ensuing friction, jealousy, passionate intrigue and fierce recriminations fuel Luca Guadagnino’s often funny, constantly edgy film inspired by Jacques Deray’s 1969 psychological drama La Piscine.
Doyenne of immersive characterisation Swinton, who also fronted Guadagnino’s sumptuous I Am Love, brilliantly navigates the extremes provoked by this emotional roller coaster, largely without actually being able to speak due to her character’s recuperation. The remaining ensemble – especially Fiennes, exuding all the energetic intensity of his role in The Grand Budapest Hotel – supports her to perfection.
Director: Grímur Hákonarson.
Starring: Sigur∂ur Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson. Iceland/Denmark/Norway/Poland 2015. 93 mins. Icelandic with English subtitles.
Brothers Gummi (Sigurjónsson) and Kiddi (Júlíusson) are sheep farmers living on neighbouring farms in remote rural Iceland. They haven’t spoken to each other for 40 years. Following an outbreak of a potentially lethal disease among the country’s sheep, the government insist that all existing flocks must be slaughtered. The brothers – who care about their animals more than they do the few humans they come into contact with – deal with this in decidedly different, but equally dramatic ways, and must reunite to save their way of life.
Writer-director Grímur Hákonarson balances charming wry comedy with poignant realist drama. The two central performances by the raggedy, heavily
bearded actors are full of subtle warmth, conveying a deeply felt connection to the land and all who live off it – sheep included.
Director: Tom McCarthy.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber. USA 2015. 129 mins.
The story of a group of journalists’ Pulitzer Prize-winning exposure of wrongdoing in the Catholic Church is brought to life by an ensemble of the best actors around.
The Boston Globe’s so-called Spotlight team – ‘Robby’ Robinson (Keaton), Michael Rezendes (Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (McAdams) and Matty Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) – specialises in deep investigative journalism. When they hear of allegations that Boston’s cardinal knew about, and covered up, child abuse by priests, they are incredulous at first. But their editor (Schreiber) quietly insists that they pursue it, and we see the profound effects on all concerned – at the Globe, and in the community at large – as the horrifying truth emerges.
At a time when serious journalism seems under attack from all sides, Spotlight is an important as well as a gripping film: grown-up, serious but thrillingly entertaining.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino.
Starring: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda. Italy/France/Switzerland 2015. 124 mins.
Maestro Sorrentino follows his Oscar-winning The Great Beauty with an equally lush meditation on life, love and loss. Youth stars Caine as Fred Ballinger, a retired composer and international conductor, whom we encounter at a tranquil Swiss spa.
There he receives a visit from a Buckingham Palace emissary with a request from the Queen to perform his most famous piece, but he refuses “for personal reasons” that only become clearer later. In the meantime, Sorrentino lets us observe this ageing curmudgeon in his natural habitat among his fellow residents. Ever the stylist, Sorrentino crafts his own visual symphony using the characters as his instruments.
Notes of surreal humour abound, and the cast all give first-rate performances. Sorrentino has yet again outdone himself with this beguiling film for both young and old.
This 84-minute documentary follows a diverse group of pilgrims, ages 3 to 73, from all over the world as they attempt to cross an entire country on foot with only a backpack, a pair of boots and an open mind.
Featured as Huffington Post's Top 10 Heartwarming Films of 2014 and one of four Cool Documentaries for Teens in The Washington Post Family Filmgoer's Favourite Films of 2014, 'Walking The Camino' features breathtaking vistas and engaging characters that bring the Camino to life in this inspiring look at its magnetic and miraculous power to change lives.
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Director: Luca Guadagnino.
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Matthias Schoenaerts, Dakota Johnson. Italy 2015. 124 mins.
Marianne (Swinton), an ageing rock star, is enjoying an extended holiday on a Sicilian island, following career-threatening throat surgery, with filmmaker boyfriend Paul (Schoenaerts, Rust And Bone). Their peace is disrupted when Harry (Fiennes) – Marianne’s bombastic, avidly freethinking ex – and his precocious daughter, Penelope (Johnson), turn up to stay, uninvited. The ensuing friction, jealousy, passionate intrigue and fierce recriminations fuel Luca Guadagnino’s often funny, constantly edgy film inspired by Jacques Deray’s 1969 psychological drama La Piscine.
Doyenne of immersive characterisation Swinton, who also fronted Guadagnino’s sumptuous I Am Love, brilliantly navigates the extremes provoked by this emotional roller coaster, largely without actually being able to speak due to her character’s recuperation. The remaining ensemble – especially Fiennes, exuding all the energetic intensity of his role in The Grand Budapest Hotel – supports her to perfection.
Director: Brett Haley.
Starring: Blythe Danner, Sam Elliott, June Squibb. USA 2015. 93 mins.
Widowed two decades earlier, sprightly Californian ex-teacher Carol (Danner) becomes more acutely aware of her solitary, unvaried routine when her beloved Labrador is put down. She is encouraged to seek fresh challenges by her three best friends, played with mischievous gusto by Rhea Perlman (Cheers’s acerbic Carla), June Squibb (Nebraska) and Mary Kay Place (It’s Complicated).
Carol’s exploits, including experimenting with speed dating and marijuana, are played for both laughs and poignancy in director/co-writer Brett Haley’s touching but never mushy meditation on the realities of later life for the cautiously optimistic. Carol also forges heartfelt new connections, firstly with a geeky young odd-job man (Martin Starr) and then with a handsome retired businessman (Elliott, Grandma). The subtle relish that Carol brings to all her discoveries testifies to Danner’s consummate artistry.
Contains infrequent strong language, moderate sex references and drug use.
Director: Grímur Hákonarson.
Starring: Sigur∂ur Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson. Iceland/Denmark/Norway/Poland 2015. 93 mins. Icelandic with English subtitles.
Brothers Gummi (Sigurjónsson) and Kiddi (Júlíusson) are sheep farmers living on neighbouring farms in remote rural Iceland. They haven’t spoken to each other for 40 years. Following an outbreak of a potentially lethal disease among the country’s sheep, the government insist that all existing flocks must be slaughtered. The brothers – who care about their animals more than they do the few humans they come into contact with – deal with this in decidedly different, but equally dramatic ways, and must reunite to save their way of life.
Writer-director Grímur Hákonarson balances charming wry comedy with poignant realist drama. The two central performances by the raggedy, heavily
bearded actors are full of subtle warmth, conveying a deeply felt connection to the land and all who live off it – sheep included.
Director: Jay Roach.
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren. USA 2015. 124 mins.
Bryan Cranston continues his brilliant recent run, this time as a blacklisted screenwriter in Trumbo, one of Hollywood’s most intriguing untold stories. The author of Oscar-winning screenplays for The Brave One and Roman Holiday, Dalton Trumbo was one of the highest-paid screenwriters of the 1940s. But in an age of paranoia about ‘reds under the bed’, his left-wing beliefs made him a target of the American government’s anti-Communist witch-hunt, ultimately landing him in jail and destroying his career. Frozen out of Tinsel Town, Trumbo was forced to write in the shadows and watch others collect the Oscars he was due – until finally Kirk Douglas used his A-list credentials to redeem him by naming him on the script for Spartacus. This account of Trumbo’s life and times is a richly gripping drama about the dark side of Hollywood’s golden age.
Director: Tom McCarthy.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber. USA 2015. 129 mins.
The story of a group of journalists’ Pulitzer Prize-winning exposure of wrongdoing in the Catholic Church is brought to life by an ensemble of the best actors around.
The Boston Globe’s so-called Spotlight team – ‘Robby’ Robinson (Keaton), Michael Rezendes (Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (McAdams) and Matty Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) – specialises in deep investigative journalism. When they hear of allegations that Boston’s cardinal knew about, and covered up, child abuse by priests, they are incredulous at first. But their editor (Schreiber) quietly insists that they pursue it, and we see the profound effects on all concerned – at the Globe, and in the community at large – as the horrifying truth emerges.
At a time when serious journalism seems under attack from all sides, Spotlight is an important as well as a gripping film: grown-up, serious but thrillingly entertaining.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino.
Starring: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda. Italy/France/Switzerland 2015. 124 mins.
Maestro Sorrentino follows his Oscar-winning The Great Beauty with an equally lush meditation on life, love and loss. Youth stars Caine as Fred Ballinger, a retired composer and international conductor, whom we encounter at a tranquil Swiss spa.
There he receives a visit from a Buckingham Palace emissary with a request from the Queen to perform his most famous piece, but he refuses “for personal reasons” that only become clearer later. In the meantime, Sorrentino lets us observe this ageing curmudgeon in his natural habitat among his fellow residents. Ever the stylist, Sorrentino crafts his own visual symphony using the characters as his instruments.
Notes of surreal humour abound, and the cast all give first-rate performances. Sorrentino has yet again outdone himself with this beguiling film for both young and old.
Hosted by TED curator Chris Anderson, the roughly two-hour theatrical screening of this event will present the first evening of TED 2016: Dream (held in Vancouver, Canada, on 15–22 February). World-renowned thinkers, artists and storytellers share their 'ideas worth spreading' about the greatest dreams we are capable of dreaming. What emerges is a spirit of wonder and optimism that represents the world at its best.
The confirmed speakers are Astro Teller (entrepreneur, inventor, author), Riccardo Sabatini (scientist, entrepreneur), A. R. Rahman (composer, musician), Shonda Rhimes (writer, producer), Tshering Tobgay (Prime Minister of Bhutan) and Bill T. Jones (director/choreographer, dancer) .
Director: Luca Guadagnino.
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Matthias Schoenaerts, Dakota Johnson. Italy 2015. 124 mins.
Marianne (Swinton), an ageing rock star, is enjoying an extended holiday on a Sicilian island, following career-threatening throat surgery, with filmmaker boyfriend Paul (Schoenaerts, Rust And Bone). Their peace is disrupted when Harry (Fiennes) – Marianne’s bombastic, avidly freethinking ex – and his precocious daughter, Penelope (Johnson), turn up to stay, uninvited. The ensuing friction, jealousy, passionate intrigue and fierce recriminations fuel Luca Guadagnino’s often funny, constantly edgy film inspired by Jacques Deray’s 1969 psychological drama La Piscine.
Doyenne of immersive characterisation Swinton, who also fronted Guadagnino’s sumptuous I Am Love, brilliantly navigates the extremes provoked by this emotional roller coaster, largely without actually being able to speak due to her character’s recuperation. The remaining ensemble – especially Fiennes, exuding all the energetic intensity of his role in The Grand Budapest Hotel – supports her to perfection.
Director: Brett Haley.
Starring: Blythe Danner, Sam Elliott, June Squibb. USA 2015. 93 mins.
Widowed two decades earlier, sprightly Californian ex-teacher Carol (Danner) becomes more acutely aware of her solitary, unvaried routine when her beloved Labrador is put down. She is encouraged to seek fresh challenges by her three best friends, played with mischievous gusto by Rhea Perlman (Cheers’s acerbic Carla), June Squibb (Nebraska) and Mary Kay Place (It’s Complicated).
Carol’s exploits, including experimenting with speed dating and marijuana, are played for both laughs and poignancy in director/co-writer Brett Haley’s touching but never mushy meditation on the realities of later life for the cautiously optimistic. Carol also forges heartfelt new connections, firstly with a geeky young odd-job man (Martin Starr) and then with a handsome retired businessman (Elliott, Grandma). The subtle relish that Carol brings to all her discoveries testifies to Danner’s consummate artistry.
Contains infrequent strong language, moderate sex references and drug use.
Director: Grímur Hákonarson.
Starring: Sigur∂ur Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson. Iceland/Denmark/Norway/Poland 2015. 93 mins. Icelandic with English subtitles.
Brothers Gummi (Sigurjónsson) and Kiddi (Júlíusson) are sheep farmers living on neighbouring farms in remote rural Iceland. They haven’t spoken to each other for 40 years. Following an outbreak of a potentially lethal disease among the country’s sheep, the government insist that all existing flocks must be slaughtered. The brothers – who care about their animals more than they do the few humans they come into contact with – deal with this in decidedly different, but equally dramatic ways, and must reunite to save their way of life.
Writer-director Grímur Hákonarson balances charming wry comedy with poignant realist drama. The two central performances by the raggedy, heavily
bearded actors are full of subtle warmth, conveying a deeply felt connection to the land and all who live off it – sheep included.
Director: Jay Roach.
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren. USA 2015. 124 mins.
Bryan Cranston continues his brilliant recent run, this time as a blacklisted screenwriter in Trumbo, one of Hollywood’s most intriguing untold stories. The author of Oscar-winning screenplays for The Brave One and Roman Holiday, Dalton Trumbo was one of the highest-paid screenwriters of the 1940s. But in an age of paranoia about ‘reds under the bed’, his left-wing beliefs made him a target of the American government’s anti-Communist witch-hunt, ultimately landing him in jail and destroying his career. Frozen out of Tinsel Town, Trumbo was forced to write in the shadows and watch others collect the Oscars he was due – until finally Kirk Douglas used his A-list credentials to redeem him by naming him on the script for Spartacus. This account of Trumbo’s life and times is a richly gripping drama about the dark side of Hollywood’s golden age.
Director: Tom McCarthy.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber. USA 2015. 129 mins.
The story of a group of journalists’ Pulitzer Prize-winning exposure of wrongdoing in the Catholic Church is brought to life by an ensemble of the best actors around.
The Boston Globe’s so-called Spotlight team – ‘Robby’ Robinson (Keaton), Michael Rezendes (Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (McAdams) and Matty Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) – specialises in deep investigative journalism. When they hear of allegations that Boston’s cardinal knew about, and covered up, child abuse by priests, they are incredulous at first. But their editor (Schreiber) quietly insists that they pursue it, and we see the profound effects on all concerned – at the Globe, and in the community at large – as the horrifying truth emerges.
At a time when serious journalism seems under attack from all sides, Spotlight is an important as well as a gripping film: grown-up, serious but thrillingly entertaining.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino.
Starring: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda. Italy/France/Switzerland 2015. 124 mins.
Maestro Sorrentino follows his Oscar-winning The Great Beauty with an equally lush meditation on life, love and loss. Youth stars Caine as Fred Ballinger, a retired composer and international conductor, whom we encounter at a tranquil Swiss spa.
There he receives a visit from a Buckingham Palace emissary with a request from the Queen to perform his most famous piece, but he refuses “for personal reasons” that only become clearer later. In the meantime, Sorrentino lets us observe this ageing curmudgeon in his natural habitat among his fellow residents. Ever the stylist, Sorrentino crafts his own visual symphony using the characters as his instruments.
Notes of surreal humour abound, and the cast all give first-rate performances. Sorrentino has yet again outdone himself with this beguiling film for both young and old.
Director: Luca Guadagnino.
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Matthias Schoenaerts, Dakota Johnson. Italy 2015. 124 mins.
Marianne (Swinton), an ageing rock star, is enjoying an extended holiday on a Sicilian island, following career-threatening throat surgery, with filmmaker boyfriend Paul (Schoenaerts, Rust And Bone). Their peace is disrupted when Harry (Fiennes) – Marianne’s bombastic, avidly freethinking ex – and his precocious daughter, Penelope (Johnson), turn up to stay, uninvited. The ensuing friction, jealousy, passionate intrigue and fierce recriminations fuel Luca Guadagnino’s often funny, constantly edgy film inspired by Jacques Deray’s 1969 psychological drama La Piscine.
Doyenne of immersive characterisation Swinton, who also fronted Guadagnino’s sumptuous I Am Love, brilliantly navigates the extremes provoked by this emotional roller coaster, largely without actually being able to speak due to her character’s recuperation. The remaining ensemble – especially Fiennes, exuding all the energetic intensity of his role in The Grand Budapest Hotel – supports her to perfection.
Director: Brett Haley.
Starring: Blythe Danner, Sam Elliott, June Squibb. USA 2015. 93 mins.
Widowed two decades earlier, sprightly Californian ex-teacher Carol (Danner) becomes more acutely aware of her solitary, unvaried routine when her beloved Labrador is put down. She is encouraged to seek fresh challenges by her three best friends, played with mischievous gusto by Rhea Perlman (Cheers’s acerbic Carla), June Squibb (Nebraska) and Mary Kay Place (It’s Complicated).
Carol’s exploits, including experimenting with speed dating and marijuana, are played for both laughs and poignancy in director/co-writer Brett Haley’s touching but never mushy meditation on the realities of later life for the cautiously optimistic. Carol also forges heartfelt new connections, firstly with a geeky young odd-job man (Martin Starr) and then with a handsome retired businessman (Elliott, Grandma). The subtle relish that Carol brings to all her discoveries testifies to Danner’s consummate artistry.
Contains infrequent strong language, moderate sex references and drug use.
Director: Grímur Hákonarson.
Starring: Sigur∂ur Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson. Iceland/Denmark/Norway/Poland 2015. 93 mins. Icelandic with English subtitles.
Brothers Gummi (Sigurjónsson) and Kiddi (Júlíusson) are sheep farmers living on neighbouring farms in remote rural Iceland. They haven’t spoken to each other for 40 years. Following an outbreak of a potentially lethal disease among the country’s sheep, the government insist that all existing flocks must be slaughtered. The brothers – who care about their animals more than they do the few humans they come into contact with – deal with this in decidedly different, but equally dramatic ways, and must reunite to save their way of life.
Writer-director Grímur Hákonarson balances charming wry comedy with poignant realist drama. The two central performances by the raggedy, heavily
bearded actors are full of subtle warmth, conveying a deeply felt connection to the land and all who live off it – sheep included.
Director: Jay Roach.
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren. USA 2015. 124 mins.
Bryan Cranston continues his brilliant recent run, this time as a blacklisted screenwriter in Trumbo, one of Hollywood’s most intriguing untold stories. The author of Oscar-winning screenplays for The Brave One and Roman Holiday, Dalton Trumbo was one of the highest-paid screenwriters of the 1940s. But in an age of paranoia about ‘reds under the bed’, his left-wing beliefs made him a target of the American government’s anti-Communist witch-hunt, ultimately landing him in jail and destroying his career. Frozen out of Tinsel Town, Trumbo was forced to write in the shadows and watch others collect the Oscars he was due – until finally Kirk Douglas used his A-list credentials to redeem him by naming him on the script for Spartacus. This account of Trumbo’s life and times is a richly gripping drama about the dark side of Hollywood’s golden age.
Director: Tom McCarthy.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber. USA 2015. 129 mins.
The story of a group of journalists’ Pulitzer Prize-winning exposure of wrongdoing in the Catholic Church is brought to life by an ensemble of the best actors around.
The Boston Globe’s so-called Spotlight team – ‘Robby’ Robinson (Keaton), Michael Rezendes (Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (McAdams) and Matty Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) – specialises in deep investigative journalism. When they hear of allegations that Boston’s cardinal knew about, and covered up, child abuse by priests, they are incredulous at first. But their editor (Schreiber) quietly insists that they pursue it, and we see the profound effects on all concerned – at the Globe, and in the community at large – as the horrifying truth emerges.
At a time when serious journalism seems under attack from all sides, Spotlight is an important as well as a gripping film: grown-up, serious but thrillingly entertaining.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino.
Starring: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda. Italy/France/Switzerland 2015. 124 mins.
Maestro Sorrentino follows his Oscar-winning The Great Beauty with an equally lush meditation on life, love and loss. Youth stars Caine as Fred Ballinger, a retired composer and international conductor, whom we encounter at a tranquil Swiss spa.
There he receives a visit from a Buckingham Palace emissary with a request from the Queen to perform his most famous piece, but he refuses “for personal reasons” that only become clearer later. In the meantime, Sorrentino lets us observe this ageing curmudgeon in his natural habitat among his fellow residents. Ever the stylist, Sorrentino crafts his own visual symphony using the characters as his instruments.
Notes of surreal humour abound, and the cast all give first-rate performances. Sorrentino has yet again outdone himself with this beguiling film for both young and old.
Join Buzzbee and friends in their fun-packed adventures in The Hive!
Every day brings something new for the little bee as he explores the world around him with best friends Barnabee, Debee, Jasper the wasp and his sister, Rubee.
Whether they’re on a treasure hunt or camping out under the stars, building a den or training Grandpa and Grandma Bee’s pet flea, Jump, to do tricks, there’s always something to learn and share.
And with a host of other colourful characters including Mamma and Pappa Bee, Mr Millipede, Miss Ladybird and Postman Spider, the Hive is a place you’ll want to keep coming back to visit!
Director: Luca Guadagnino.
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Matthias Schoenaerts, Dakota Johnson. Italy 2015. 124 mins.
Marianne (Swinton), an ageing rock star, is enjoying an extended holiday on a Sicilian island, following career-threatening throat surgery, with filmmaker boyfriend Paul (Schoenaerts, Rust And Bone). Their peace is disrupted when Harry (Fiennes) – Marianne’s bombastic, avidly freethinking ex – and his precocious daughter, Penelope (Johnson), turn up to stay, uninvited. The ensuing friction, jealousy, passionate intrigue and fierce recriminations fuel Luca Guadagnino’s often funny, constantly edgy film inspired by Jacques Deray’s 1969 psychological drama La Piscine.
Doyenne of immersive characterisation Swinton, who also fronted Guadagnino’s sumptuous I Am Love, brilliantly navigates the extremes provoked by this emotional roller coaster, largely without actually being able to speak due to her character’s recuperation. The remaining ensemble – especially Fiennes, exuding all the energetic intensity of his role in The Grand Budapest Hotel – supports her to perfection.
Director: Brett Haley.
Starring: Blythe Danner, Sam Elliott, June Squibb. USA 2015. 93 mins.
Widowed two decades earlier, sprightly Californian ex-teacher Carol (Danner) becomes more acutely aware of her solitary, unvaried routine when her beloved Labrador is put down. She is encouraged to seek fresh challenges by her three best friends, played with mischievous gusto by Rhea Perlman (Cheers’s acerbic Carla), June Squibb (Nebraska) and Mary Kay Place (It’s Complicated).
Carol’s exploits, including experimenting with speed dating and marijuana, are played for both laughs and poignancy in director/co-writer Brett Haley’s touching but never mushy meditation on the realities of later life for the cautiously optimistic. Carol also forges heartfelt new connections, firstly with a geeky young odd-job man (Martin Starr) and then with a handsome retired businessman (Elliott, Grandma). The subtle relish that Carol brings to all her discoveries testifies to Danner’s consummate artistry.
Contains infrequent strong language, moderate sex references and drug use.
Director: Grímur Hákonarson.
Starring: Sigur∂ur Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson. Iceland/Denmark/Norway/Poland 2015. 93 mins. Icelandic with English subtitles.
Brothers Gummi (Sigurjónsson) and Kiddi (Júlíusson) are sheep farmers living on neighbouring farms in remote rural Iceland. They haven’t spoken to each other for 40 years. Following an outbreak of a potentially lethal disease among the country’s sheep, the government insist that all existing flocks must be slaughtered. The brothers – who care about their animals more than they do the few humans they come into contact with – deal with this in decidedly different, but equally dramatic ways, and must reunite to save their way of life.
Writer-director Grímur Hákonarson balances charming wry comedy with poignant realist drama. The two central performances by the raggedy, heavily
bearded actors are full of subtle warmth, conveying a deeply felt connection to the land and all who live off it – sheep included.
Director: Jay Roach.
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren. USA 2015. 124 mins.
Bryan Cranston continues his brilliant recent run, this time as a blacklisted screenwriter in Trumbo, one of Hollywood’s most intriguing untold stories. The author of Oscar-winning screenplays for The Brave One and Roman Holiday, Dalton Trumbo was one of the highest-paid screenwriters of the 1940s. But in an age of paranoia about ‘reds under the bed’, his left-wing beliefs made him a target of the American government’s anti-Communist witch-hunt, ultimately landing him in jail and destroying his career. Frozen out of Tinsel Town, Trumbo was forced to write in the shadows and watch others collect the Oscars he was due – until finally Kirk Douglas used his A-list credentials to redeem him by naming him on the script for Spartacus. This account of Trumbo’s life and times is a richly gripping drama about the dark side of Hollywood’s golden age.
Director: Tom McCarthy.
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber. USA 2015. 129 mins.
The story of a group of journalists’ Pulitzer Prize-winning exposure of wrongdoing in the Catholic Church is brought to life by an ensemble of the best actors around.
The Boston Globe’s so-called Spotlight team – ‘Robby’ Robinson (Keaton), Michael Rezendes (Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (McAdams) and Matty Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) – specialises in deep investigative journalism. When they hear of allegations that Boston’s cardinal knew about, and covered up, child abuse by priests, they are incredulous at first. But their editor (Schreiber) quietly insists that they pursue it, and we see the profound effects on all concerned – at the Globe, and in the community at large – as the horrifying truth emerges.
At a time when serious journalism seems under attack from all sides, Spotlight is an important as well as a gripping film: grown-up, serious but thrillingly entertaining.
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy. USA 2015. TBC mins.
Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, Birdman) takes us into the American wilderness for a story of betrayal, survival and vengeance, inspired by real events.
In the early 19th century, fur trapper Hugh Glass (DiCaprio, giving a powerhouse performance) is attacked by a bear. The injured man is then robbed and left for dead by his companions, including his friend John Fitzgerald (Hardy), who also murders Glass’s young son. Sustained by sheer force of will, Glass battles the winter elements, the vicious wildlife and his own injuries in relentless pursuit of life and justice.
Filmed in extended takes using only natural light – and already hotly Oscar-tipped for its acting, directing and technical achievements – The Revenant delivers gritty battle scenes, stunning locations, and a compelling story of one man’s determination to take revenge on those who abandoned him.
Director: Lisa Immordino Vreeland. USA/Italy/UK 2015. 96 mins.
Following on from her absorbing profile of her grandmother-in-law, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel, Lisa Immordino Vreeland now paints a vibrant, spellbinding portrait of Peggy Guggenheim, the bohemian socialite who became one of America’s most influential art collectors.
Using recently rediscovered audiotapes, archive images and interviews, Vreeland depicts Guggenheim as a quixotic, ebullient character whose modernist eye helped bring the likes of Miró, Brancusi, Pollock, Rothko and Magritte to international acclaim.
She established a prominent collection in Venice, embarking on legendary affairs with her favoured artists and other edgy creative icons including Samuel Beckett and Max Ernst, whom she married in 1941. A broad spectrum of 20th-century modernism is illuminated through Vreeland’s study of the life of this fascinating cultural tastemaker.
Francisco Goya is Spain’s most celebrated artist and considered the father of modern art. Not only a brilliant observer of everyday life and Spain’s troubled past, he is a gifted portrait painter and social commentator par excellence.
Goya takes the genre of portraiture to new heights and his genius is reappraised in a landmark exhibition at The National Gallery, London. Through a great collection of unique works and Goya’s letters, we reflect upon the man himself and the world he painted. Goya is an artist whose powerful vision and technical prowess makes him one of the most admired icons of the artistic world.
On 14th June, German tenor Jonas Kaufmann walked onto the stage of La Scala Milan, the home of Italian opera, for one of the most highly anticipated performances of 2015. The concert made national news in Italy and following five encores and 40mins of applause audiences were still left wanting more. This legendary performance is now the focus of a new concert film directed by Brian Large and produced by Arts Alliance. Cinema audiences worldwide will experience this unforgettable event, and be treated to a revealing introduction to Puccini – the man, the musician, the superstar – narrated by Jonas and featuring rare archive footage.
Director: David Leon.
Starring: Stephen Graham, Michael Smiley, Rebecca Callard. UK 2015. 98 mins.
Two of Britain’s finest character actors – Stephen Graham (Snatch, This Is England) and Michael Smiley (Kill List) – star respectively as Benjamin, a down-on-his-luck bare-knuckle fighter, and Shannon, a gangster who is his shady manager, in this gritty, affecting thriller. The story follows Benjamin’s journey from his days as a schoolboy bullied for his Jewish faith. After receiving stern parental advice to fight back, he takes up boxing. He later becomes embroiled in illegal matches, and is drawn by Shannon into a life of fraud and racketeering. The film also charts Benjamin’s troubled marriage to the careworn Alice (Callard, Ordinary Lies). He is eventually determined to seek redemption, but secrets from the past threaten to obstruct his path forever. Orthodox neatly avoids crime drama clichés yet is never short of heart-stopping surprises.
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.
Shakespeare’s glorious comedy of love and change comes to the National Theatre for the first time in over 30 years, with Rosalie Craig (London Road, Macbeth at MIF) as Rosalind.
With her father the Duke banished and in exile, Rosalind and her cousin Celia leave their lives in the court behind them and journey into the Forest Of Arden.
There, released from convention, Rosalind experiences the liberating rush of transformation. Disguising herself as a boy, she embraces a different way of living and falls spectacularly in love.
Director: Ryan Coogler.
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson. USA 2015. 133 mins.
In another exciting franchise revival to follow the likes of Star Wars and Mad Max, Sylvester Stallone makes a Rocky Balboa comeback in this, his seventh outing – although this time Rocky is reluctantly training a youngster, rather than doing the biffing himself.
His pupil is the son of his erstwhile rival Apollo Creed: Adonis Johnson (played by a suitably muscular Michael B. Jordan, charismatic star of director Coogler’s Sundance-winning Fruitvale Station), whose determination to follow in his mentor’s footsteps offers obvious narrative synergy. There’s also some true romance between Adonis and aspiring actor Bianca (Thompson, Selma) – about whom Rocky has his doubts – and needless to say, much visceral title fight action when Adonis eventually squares up to a far superior British champ (Tony Bellew). A worthy addition to the canon of great boxing movies.
Contains moderate violence and infrequent strong language.
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Director: Lenny Abrahamson.
Starring: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers. Ireland/Canada 2015. 118 mins.
Based on the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel by Emma Donoghue, who also wrote the screenplay, Lenny Abrahamson’s (Frank, What Richard Did) latest tells the story of Ma (Larson) and her son Jack (Tremblay, giving an astonishing performance). They live in a single room that is their entire world – a skylight is their only contact with the outside – for a reason that is one of the film’s many surprises. Then, on Jack’s fifth birthday, Ma reveals her plan for him to get away.
Although Room’s premise is distinctly adult, this is a film that brims with innocence, using Jack’s guileless perspective and poignant optimism to steer us through the darkness. We might think Ma is protecting him, but really Jack is protecting Ma, a shining beacon of hope that gives her the strength to believe in her dreams of freedom.
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Director: Andrew Haigh.
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James. UK 2015. 95 mins.
Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay star in this powerful relationship drama as Kate and Geoff Mercer, a couple preparing to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary. Geoff is unsettled by the news that the body of Katya, a long-lost sweetheart, has been discovered frozen in a Swiss glacier. Initially sympathetic, Kate is first disturbed and then angered by Geoff’s revelation that he is Katya’s next-of-kin. Their quietly affectionate, deep-rooted marriage then has to endure unfamiliar doubts and misgivings.
The attractively washed-out Fenland setting somehow reflects the sense of empty betrayal Kate must weigh against her husband’s admirable qualities, and the sensitive yet forceful performances of the two leads are hugely rewarding.
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Director: Asif Kapadia.
Featuring: Amy Winehouse. UK 2015. 128 mins.
Multiple-award-winning documentarian Asif Kapadia has reassembled the team behind his stunning Senna to create a full-access film about Amy Winehouse, the extraordinary musician who died in 2011 at the age of 27. The documentary features interviews with some of her closest friends, family, former bandmates, management, producers and collaborators.
As with Senna, however, Kapadia eschews talking-head interviews, sticking to his preferred format of using 100% archival footage, even when presenting newly recorded audio material from the participants. The film also features unheard tracks and unseen footage, some of it sourced from Winehouse’s closest friends. Revealing a brilliant artist in all her complicated fragility, Amy will undoubtedly not only speak to her existing fan base, but also win over a whole new audience wishing to engage with an affectionate and frank portrait of a talent who died too soon.
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
There"s Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.
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Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou.
Starring: Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki. Taiwan/China 2015. 106 mins. Mandarin with English subtitles.
Abducted from her family aged ten, Nie Yinniang (Qi Shu) is trained by an imperious nun to become a ruthless killer of corrupt officials. Revered Taiwanese auteur Hsiao-Hsien Hou won the best director award at Cannes for this elegant account of Nie Yinniang’s mission to murder Lord Tian Ji’an (Chen Chang), governor of Weibo province in 9th-century China, who is also her cousin and ex-lover.
Suitably conflicted, Nie Yinniang alternately dispatches and spares those who get in her way accordingly to their loyalties. But although the fight sequences are marvellously fast and furious – and no two are the same – Hsiao-Hsien Hou chooses to concentrate on the more cerebral conflicts with intense, measured verbal exchanges. Shot on rich 35mm film, The Assassin is a beautiful piece of filmmaking on every level.
Director: Adam McKay.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell. USA 2015. 130 mins.
Sitting neatly between the claustrophobic boiler-room drama of Margin Call and The Wolf Of Wall Street’s Grand Guignol theatrics, this latest entry into the financial-disaster subgenre boasts an all-star cast. Narrated by potty-mouthed banker Jared Vennett (Gosling), the film follows various unsavoury high rollers betting against the inevitable crash of 2008 – and actually winning.
Vennett dives into the credit-default-swop swamp, along with the self-loathing Mark Baum (Carell, in fine form), the apparently deranged Michael Burry (Christian Bale) and, a little later, a dishevelled Brad Pitt as a discredited banker gone rogue.
Most of us now have a handle on what caused the global economic collapse and even on some of its tortured jargon, but writer-director Adam McKay (Anchorman) has crafted a nifty comedy drama that even the fiscally illiterate will find both hilarious and suspenseful.
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy. USA 2015. TBC mins.
Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, Birdman) takes us into the American wilderness for a story of betrayal, survival and vengeance, inspired by real events.
In the early 19th century, fur trapper Hugh Glass (DiCaprio, giving a powerhouse performance) is attacked by a bear. The injured man is then robbed and left for dead by his companions, including his friend John Fitzgerald (Hardy), who also murders Glass’s young son. Sustained by sheer force of will, Glass battles the winter elements, the vicious wildlife and his own injuries in relentless pursuit of life and justice.
Filmed in extended takes using only natural light – and already hotly Oscar-tipped for its acting, directing and technical achievements – The Revenant delivers gritty battle scenes, stunning locations, and a compelling story of one man’s determination to take revenge on those who abandoned him.
Director: Ridley Scott.
Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain. USA 2015. TBC mins.
Sci-fi genius Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Prometheus) takes us to Mars for a gripping, action-packed tale of disaster and survival. Based on the bestselling novel by Andy Weir, the story follows the Ares 3 mission, NASA’s third crewed trip to the Red Planet.
When a devastating Martian storm forces an early evacuation, astronaut Mark Watney (Damon) is presumed dead – but in fact he’s alive, injured, stranded and alone. As supplies dwindle, he has only his scientific ingenuity and optimistic spirit to keep him alive.
When his seemingly hopeless plight is discovered, his fellow astronauts, led by mission commander Melissa Lewis (Chastain), must work out whether and how they might get him home, while the world watches with bated breath. A visually stunning adventure.
Contains infrequent strong language and injury detail.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
Starring: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson. USA/UK 2016. TBC mins.
In their first flat-out comedy since 2008’s Burn After Reading, Ethan and Joel Coen depict the glamorous Hollywood fakery of the 1950s, when an uptight British film director (Ralph Fiennes) is having trouble trying to eradicate the Southern drawl of an inept young thesp (Alden Aldrich). The studio’s problems escalate wildly when the star of their unfinished swords ’n’ sandals epic, Baird Whitlock (Clooney), is kidnapped after a night of debauchery by a shadowy group calling themselves The Future.
The studio asks industry fixer Eddie Mannix (Brolin) to retrieve their valuable property. Fast-moving interwoven plot lines, the Coens’ trademark dry humour and a star-studded ensemble cast – which includes Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatutm, Tilda Swinton and Dolph Lundgren – make this a joy to behold.
Director: Adam McKay.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell. USA 2015. 130 mins.
Sitting neatly between the claustrophobic boiler-room drama of Margin Call and The Wolf Of Wall Street’s Grand Guignol theatrics, this latest entry into the financial-disaster subgenre boasts an all-star cast. Narrated by potty-mouthed banker Jared Vennett (Gosling), the film follows various unsavoury high rollers betting against the inevitable crash of 2008 – and actually winning.
Vennett dives into the credit-default-swop swamp, along with the self-loathing Mark Baum (Carell, in fine form), the apparently deranged Michael Burry (Christian Bale) and, a little later, a dishevelled Brad Pitt as a discredited banker gone rogue.
Most of us now have a handle on what caused the global economic collapse and even on some of its tortured jargon, but writer-director Adam McKay (Anchorman) has crafted a nifty comedy drama that even the fiscally illiterate will find both hilarious and suspenseful.
Director: Tobias Lindholm.
Starring: Pilou Asbæk, Dar Salim, Tuva Novotny. Denmark 2015. 115 mins. Danish with English subtitles.
Following his much admired The Hunt and A Hijacking, Danish writer-director Tobias Lindholm tackles the moral conflicts of the war in Afghanistan. Several familiar Scandinavian-noir faces provide convincing dramatic muscle.
Pilou Asbæk (Borgen, A Hijacking) is company commander Claus Pederson. When his soldiers are caught in lethal crossfire, he is forced to make a split-second decision which has serious consequences and could end his career. Pedersen must defend his actions in court with the assistance of his jaundiced military counsel (Søren Malling, Borgen), and the wavering support of best pal Najib (Salim, The Bridge). He also has to reconcile himself to the anguish of his wife (Novotny) and young family back home.
Lindholm’s thriller has an understated, almost documentary-like feel, and is riven with both tension and emotional weight.
In atmospheric 1950s New York, the titular Carol (Blanchett) is marooned in an unhappy marriage to rich businessman Harge Aird (Kyle Chandler, Zero Dark Thirty) when a chance meeting with dreamy shop assistant Therese (Mara, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) sparks a slow-burning romance between the two women.
This prompts much soul-searching and subterfuge on their part, and a bitter custody battle with Harge over Carol’s only child, Rindy (winning newcomer K. K. Heim).
Paired again with Todd Haynes, the maverick director of I’m Not There, Blanchett gives a devastating performance that should be an Oscar shoo-in, with Mara not far behind; their on-screen chemistry fully exploits Phyllis Nagy’s emotionally muscular, pitch-perfect adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s landmark novel.
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
Director: Denis Villeneuve.
Starring: Josh Brolin, Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro. USA 2015. 121 mins.
Fast-rising Canadian indie director Denis Villeneuve assuredly enters Hollywood’s mainstream with this terrific take on the ambiguities of the war on drugs.
After raiding a Mexican cartel’s safe house, FBI agent Kate Macy (an intriguingly well-cast Blunt, Looper, Into The Woods) joins a secretive team tasked with eliminating the cartel’s bosses. Along with the cynically maverick Matt (Brolin, No Country For Old Men) and world-weary Alejandro (Del Toro), she realises that she’s involved in a very dirty crusade, the goal of which might not merely be to stem the flow of drugs into the USA.
Villeneuve, who threw some masterful twists at gasping audiences with his vigilante movie Prisoners, pulls more dazzling tricks here, abetted by several violent, stunningly orchestrated set pieces that underline the traffickers’ apparent invincibility.
Director: Andrew Haigh.
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James. UK 2015. 95 mins.
Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay star in this powerful relationship drama as Kate and Geoff Mercer, a couple preparing to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary. Geoff is unsettled by the news that the body of Katya, a long-lost sweetheart, has been discovered frozen in a Swiss glacier. Initially sympathetic, Kate is first disturbed and then angered by Geoff’s revelation that he is Katya’s next-of-kin. Their quietly affectionate, deep-rooted marriage then has to endure unfamiliar doubts and misgivings.
The attractively washed-out Fenland setting somehow reflects the sense of empty betrayal Kate must weigh against her husband’s admirable qualities, and the sensitive yet forceful performances of the two leads are hugely rewarding.
Director: Ryan Coogler.
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson. USA 2015. 133 mins.
In another exciting franchise revival to follow the likes of Star Wars and Mad Max, Sylvester Stallone makes a Rocky Balboa comeback in this, his seventh outing – although this time Rocky is reluctantly training a youngster, rather than doing the biffing himself.
His pupil is the son of his erstwhile rival Apollo Creed: Adonis Johnson (played by a suitably muscular Michael B. Jordan, charismatic star of director Coogler’s Sundance-winning Fruitvale Station), whose determination to follow in his mentor’s footsteps offers obvious narrative synergy. There’s also some true romance between Adonis and aspiring actor Bianca (Thompson, Selma) – about whom Rocky has his doubts – and needless to say, much visceral title fight action when Adonis eventually squares up to a far superior British champ (Tony Bellew). A worthy addition to the canon of great boxing movies.
Contains moderate violence and infrequent strong language.
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Director: Lenny Abrahamson.
Starring: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers. Ireland/Canada 2015. 118 mins.
Based on the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel by Emma Donoghue, who also wrote the screenplay, Lenny Abrahamson’s (Frank, What Richard Did) latest tells the story of Ma (Larson) and her son Jack (Tremblay, giving an astonishing performance). They live in a single room that is their entire world – a skylight is their only contact with the outside – for a reason that is one of the film’s many surprises. Then, on Jack’s fifth birthday, Ma reveals her plan for him to get away.
Although Room’s premise is distinctly adult, this is a film that brims with innocence, using Jack’s guileless perspective and poignant optimism to steer us through the darkness. We might think Ma is protecting him, but really Jack is protecting Ma, a shining beacon of hope that gives her the strength to believe in her dreams of freedom.
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy. USA 2015. TBC mins.
Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, Birdman) takes us into the American wilderness for a story of betrayal, survival and vengeance, inspired by real events.
In the early 19th century, fur trapper Hugh Glass (DiCaprio, giving a powerhouse performance) is attacked by a bear. The injured man is then robbed and left for dead by his companions, including his friend John Fitzgerald (Hardy), who also murders Glass’s young son. Sustained by sheer force of will, Glass battles the winter elements, the vicious wildlife and his own injuries in relentless pursuit of life and justice.
Filmed in extended takes using only natural light – and already hotly Oscar-tipped for its acting, directing and technical achievements – The Revenant delivers gritty battle scenes, stunning locations, and a compelling story of one man’s determination to take revenge on those who abandoned him.
In atmospheric 1950s New York, the titular Carol (Blanchett) is marooned in an unhappy marriage to rich businessman Harge Aird (Kyle Chandler, Zero Dark Thirty) when a chance meeting with dreamy shop assistant Therese (Mara, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) sparks a slow-burning romance between the two women.
This prompts much soul-searching and subterfuge on their part, and a bitter custody battle with Harge over Carol’s only child, Rindy (winning newcomer K. K. Heim).
Paired again with Todd Haynes, the maverick director of I’m Not There, Blanchett gives a devastating performance that should be an Oscar shoo-in, with Mara not far behind; their on-screen chemistry fully exploits Phyllis Nagy’s emotionally muscular, pitch-perfect adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s landmark novel.
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Director: Amy Berg.
Featuring: Janis Joplin. USA 2015. 104 mins.
Following 2015’s hit Amy Winehouse film Amy, Oscar-nominated documentarian Amy Berg (West Of Memphis) delivers an equally heart-rending account of the original bad-girl rock singer, Janis Joplin. Like Winehouse (and Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison), Joplin died aged 27 – of a heroin overdose, before she could fully realise her wonderful potential.
Although a seasoned performer with Texas bar bands, Joplin became a star fronting San Francisco’s powerful Big Brother And The Holding Company. Berg has resuscitated rare footage of Joplin’s early days as a feisty child, her self-discovery as a folk/blues singer and her increasingly pressurised stardom. Along the way Joplin made many romantic mistakes before finally descending into hard drugs. Poignant interviews and stunning performances, including her knockout rendition of Ball And Chain at 1967’s Monterey Pop Festival, affirm her legendary status.
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Following the hugely successful broadcasts of Coriolanus and King Lear, National Theatre Live brings the Donmar Warehouse’s highly anticipated new production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses to cinemas - broadcast live from the Donmar’s London home.
Directed by Josie Rourke (Coriolanus), the cast includes Elaine Cassidy (Harper's Island), Janet McTeer (The White Queen) and Dominic West (The Wire).
In 1782, Choderlos de Laclos’ novel of sex, intrigue and betrayal in pre-revolutionary France scandalised the world. Two hundred years later, Christopher Hampton's irresistible adaptation swept the board, winning the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Play. Josie Rourke’s revival now marks the play’s thirty year anniversary.
Former lovers, the Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont now compete in games of seduction and revenge. Merteuil incites Valmont to corrupt the innocent Cecile de Volanges before her wedding night but Valmont has targeted the peerlessly virtuous and beautiful Madame de Tourvel. While these merciless aristocrats toy with others’ hearts and reputations, their own may prove more fragile than they supposed.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson.
Starring: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers. Ireland/Canada 2015. 118 mins.
Based on the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel by Emma Donoghue, who also wrote the screenplay, Lenny Abrahamson’s (Frank, What Richard Did) latest tells the story of Ma (Larson) and her son Jack (Tremblay, giving an astonishing performance). They live in a single room that is their entire world – a skylight is their only contact with the outside – for a reason that is one of the film’s many surprises. Then, on Jack’s fifth birthday, Ma reveals her plan for him to get away.
Although Room’s premise is distinctly adult, this is a film that brims with innocence, using Jack’s guileless perspective and poignant optimism to steer us through the darkness. We might think Ma is protecting him, but really Jack is protecting Ma, a shining beacon of hope that gives her the strength to believe in her dreams of freedom.
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy. USA 2015. TBC mins.
Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, Birdman) takes us into the American wilderness for a story of betrayal, survival and vengeance, inspired by real events.
In the early 19th century, fur trapper Hugh Glass (DiCaprio, giving a powerhouse performance) is attacked by a bear. The injured man is then robbed and left for dead by his companions, including his friend John Fitzgerald (Hardy), who also murders Glass’s young son. Sustained by sheer force of will, Glass battles the winter elements, the vicious wildlife and his own injuries in relentless pursuit of life and justice.
Filmed in extended takes using only natural light – and already hotly Oscar-tipped for its acting, directing and technical achievements – The Revenant delivers gritty battle scenes, stunning locations, and a compelling story of one man’s determination to take revenge on those who abandoned him.
Director: Asif Kapadia.
Featuring: Amy Winehouse. UK 2015. 128 mins.
Multiple-award-winning documentarian Asif Kapadia has reassembled the team behind his stunning Senna to create a full-access film about Amy Winehouse, the extraordinary musician who died in 2011 at the age of 27. The documentary features interviews with some of her closest friends, family, former bandmates, management, producers and collaborators.
As with Senna, however, Kapadia eschews talking-head interviews, sticking to his preferred format of using 100% archival footage, even when presenting newly recorded audio material from the participants. The film also features unheard tracks and unseen footage, some of it sourced from Winehouse’s closest friends. Revealing a brilliant artist in all her complicated fragility, Amy will undoubtedly not only speak to her existing fan base, but also win over a whole new audience wishing to engage with an affectionate and frank portrait of a talent who died too soon.
Director: Adam McKay.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell. USA 2015. 130 mins.
Sitting neatly between the claustrophobic boiler-room drama of Margin Call and The Wolf Of Wall Street’s Grand Guignol theatrics, this latest entry into the financial-disaster subgenre boasts an all-star cast. Narrated by potty-mouthed banker Jared Vennett (Gosling), the film follows various unsavoury high rollers betting against the inevitable crash of 2008 – and actually winning.
Vennett dives into the credit-default-swop swamp, along with the self-loathing Mark Baum (Carell, in fine form), the apparently deranged Michael Burry (Christian Bale) and, a little later, a dishevelled Brad Pitt as a discredited banker gone rogue.
Most of us now have a handle on what caused the global economic collapse and even on some of its tortured jargon, but writer-director Adam McKay (Anchorman) has crafted a nifty comedy drama that even the fiscally illiterate will find both hilarious and suspenseful.
Director: Ryan Coogler.
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson. USA 2015. 133 mins.
In another exciting franchise revival to follow the likes of Star Wars and Mad Max, Sylvester Stallone makes a Rocky Balboa comeback in this, his seventh outing – although this time Rocky is reluctantly training a youngster, rather than doing the biffing himself.
His pupil is the son of his erstwhile rival Apollo Creed: Adonis Johnson (played by a suitably muscular Michael B. Jordan, charismatic star of director Coogler’s Sundance-winning Fruitvale Station), whose determination to follow in his mentor’s footsteps offers obvious narrative synergy. There’s also some true romance between Adonis and aspiring actor Bianca (Thompson, Selma) – about whom Rocky has his doubts – and needless to say, much visceral title fight action when Adonis eventually squares up to a far superior British champ (Tony Bellew). A worthy addition to the canon of great boxing movies.
Contains moderate violence and infrequent strong language.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson.
Starring: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers. Ireland/Canada 2015. 118 mins.
Based on the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel by Emma Donoghue, who also wrote the screenplay, Lenny Abrahamson’s (Frank, What Richard Did) latest tells the story of Ma (Larson) and her son Jack (Tremblay, giving an astonishing performance). They live in a single room that is their entire world – a skylight is their only contact with the outside – for a reason that is one of the film’s many surprises. Then, on Jack’s fifth birthday, Ma reveals her plan for him to get away.
Although Room’s premise is distinctly adult, this is a film that brims with innocence, using Jack’s guileless perspective and poignant optimism to steer us through the darkness. We might think Ma is protecting him, but really Jack is protecting Ma, a shining beacon of hope that gives her the strength to believe in her dreams of freedom.
Director: Tobias Lindholm.
Starring: Pilou Asbæk, Dar Salim, Tuva Novotny. Denmark 2015. 115 mins. Danish with English subtitles.
Following his much admired The Hunt and A Hijacking, Danish writer-director Tobias Lindholm tackles the moral conflicts of the war in Afghanistan. Several familiar Scandinavian-noir faces provide convincing dramatic muscle.
Pilou Asbæk (Borgen, A Hijacking) is company commander Claus Pederson. When his soldiers are caught in lethal crossfire, he is forced to make a split-second decision which has serious consequences and could end his career. Pedersen must defend his actions in court with the assistance of his jaundiced military counsel (Søren Malling, Borgen), and the wavering support of best pal Najib (Salim, The Bridge). He also has to reconcile himself to the anguish of his wife (Novotny) and young family back home.
Lindholm’s thriller has an understated, almost documentary-like feel, and is riven with both tension and emotional weight.
Following a sell-out run at London’s Royal Court Theatre, Olivier and Academy Award® winner Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, The Cripple of Inishmaan, In Bruges) returns to the West End with Matthew Dunster’s award-winning production of his deeply funny new play Hangmen, broadcast live to cinemas by National Theatre Live.
In his small pub in the northern English town of Oldham, Harry (David Morrissey – The Walking Dead, State of Play) is something of a local celebrity. But what's the second-best hangman in England to do on the day they've abolished hanging?
Amongst the cub reporters and pub regulars dying to hear Harry’s reaction to the news, his old assistant Syd (Andy Nyman – Peaky Blinders, Death at a Funeral) and the peculiar Mooney (Johnny Flynn – Clouds of Sils Maria) lurk with very different motives for their visit.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson.
Starring: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers. Ireland/Canada 2015. 118 mins.
Based on the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel by Emma Donoghue, who also wrote the screenplay, Lenny Abrahamson’s (Frank, What Richard Did) latest tells the story of Ma (Larson) and her son Jack (Tremblay, giving an astonishing performance). They live in a single room that is their entire world – a skylight is their only contact with the outside – for a reason that is one of the film’s many surprises. Then, on Jack’s fifth birthday, Ma reveals her plan for him to get away.
Although Room’s premise is distinctly adult, this is a film that brims with innocence, using Jack’s guileless perspective and poignant optimism to steer us through the darkness. We might think Ma is protecting him, but really Jack is protecting Ma, a shining beacon of hope that gives her the strength to believe in her dreams of freedom.
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy. USA 2015. TBC mins.
Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, Birdman) takes us into the American wilderness for a story of betrayal, survival and vengeance, inspired by real events.
In the early 19th century, fur trapper Hugh Glass (DiCaprio, giving a powerhouse performance) is attacked by a bear. The injured man is then robbed and left for dead by his companions, including his friend John Fitzgerald (Hardy), who also murders Glass’s young son. Sustained by sheer force of will, Glass battles the winter elements, the vicious wildlife and his own injuries in relentless pursuit of life and justice.
Filmed in extended takes using only natural light – and already hotly Oscar-tipped for its acting, directing and technical achievements – The Revenant delivers gritty battle scenes, stunning locations, and a compelling story of one man’s determination to take revenge on those who abandoned him.
Director: Denis Villeneuve.
Starring: Josh Brolin, Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro. USA 2015. 121 mins.
Fast-rising Canadian indie director Denis Villeneuve assuredly enters Hollywood’s mainstream with this terrific take on the ambiguities of the war on drugs.
After raiding a Mexican cartel’s safe house, FBI agent Kate Macy (an intriguingly well-cast Blunt, Looper, Into The Woods) joins a secretive team tasked with eliminating the cartel’s bosses. Along with the cynically maverick Matt (Brolin, No Country For Old Men) and world-weary Alejandro (Del Toro), she realises that she’s involved in a very dirty crusade, the goal of which might not merely be to stem the flow of drugs into the USA.
Villeneuve, who threw some masterful twists at gasping audiences with his vigilante movie Prisoners, pulls more dazzling tricks here, abetted by several violent, stunningly orchestrated set pieces that underline the traffickers’ apparent invincibility.
Director: Asif Kapadia.
Featuring: Amy Winehouse. UK 2015. 128 mins.
Multiple-award-winning documentarian Asif Kapadia has reassembled the team behind his stunning Senna to create a full-access film about Amy Winehouse, the extraordinary musician who died in 2011 at the age of 27. The documentary features interviews with some of her closest friends, family, former bandmates, management, producers and collaborators.
As with Senna, however, Kapadia eschews talking-head interviews, sticking to his preferred format of using 100% archival footage, even when presenting newly recorded audio material from the participants. The film also features unheard tracks and unseen footage, some of it sourced from Winehouse’s closest friends. Revealing a brilliant artist in all her complicated fragility, Amy will undoubtedly not only speak to her existing fan base, but also win over a whole new audience wishing to engage with an affectionate and frank portrait of a talent who died too soon.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
Starring: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson. USA/UK 2016. TBC mins.
In their first flat-out comedy since 2008’s Burn After Reading, Ethan and Joel Coen depict the glamorous Hollywood fakery of the 1950s, when an uptight British film director (Ralph Fiennes) is having trouble trying to eradicate the Southern drawl of an inept young thesp (Alden Aldrich). The studio’s problems escalate wildly when the star of their unfinished swords ’n’ sandals epic, Baird Whitlock (Clooney), is kidnapped after a night of debauchery by a shadowy group calling themselves The Future.
The studio asks industry fixer Eddie Mannix (Brolin) to retrieve their valuable property. Fast-moving interwoven plot lines, the Coens’ trademark dry humour and a star-studded ensemble cast – which includes Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatutm, Tilda Swinton and Dolph Lundgren – make this a joy to behold.
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Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
Starring: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson. USA/UK 2016. TBC mins.
In their first flat-out comedy since 2008’s Burn After Reading, Ethan and Joel Coen depict the glamorous Hollywood fakery of the 1950s, when an uptight British film director (Ralph Fiennes) is having trouble trying to eradicate the Southern drawl of an inept young thesp (Alden Aldrich). The studio’s problems escalate wildly when the star of their unfinished swords ’n’ sandals epic, Baird Whitlock (Clooney), is kidnapped after a night of debauchery by a shadowy group calling themselves The Future.
The studio asks industry fixer Eddie Mannix (Brolin) to retrieve their valuable property. Fast-moving interwoven plot lines, the Coens’ trademark dry humour and a star-studded ensemble cast – which includes Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatutm, Tilda Swinton and Dolph Lundgren – make this a joy to behold.
The Met stage ignites when soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Roberto Alagna join forces in Puccini’s obsessive love story. Opolais sings the title role of the country girl who transforms herself into a Parisian temptress, while Alagna is the dashing student who desperately woos her. Director Richard Eyre places the action in occupied France in a film noir setting. “Desperate passion” is the phrase Puccini himself used to describe the opera that confirmed his position as the preeminent Italian opera composer of his day. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads the stirring score.
Director: Ryan Coogler.
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson. USA 2015. 133 mins.
In another exciting franchise revival to follow the likes of Star Wars and Mad Max, Sylvester Stallone makes a Rocky Balboa comeback in this, his seventh outing – although this time Rocky is reluctantly training a youngster, rather than doing the biffing himself.
His pupil is the son of his erstwhile rival Apollo Creed: Adonis Johnson (played by a suitably muscular Michael B. Jordan, charismatic star of director Coogler’s Sundance-winning Fruitvale Station), whose determination to follow in his mentor’s footsteps offers obvious narrative synergy. There’s also some true romance between Adonis and aspiring actor Bianca (Thompson, Selma) – about whom Rocky has his doubts – and needless to say, much visceral title fight action when Adonis eventually squares up to a far superior British champ (Tony Bellew). A worthy addition to the canon of great boxing movies.
Contains moderate violence and infrequent strong language.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
Starring: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson. USA/UK 2016. TBC mins.
In their first flat-out comedy since 2008’s Burn After Reading, Ethan and Joel Coen depict the glamorous Hollywood fakery of the 1950s, when an uptight British film director (Ralph Fiennes) is having trouble trying to eradicate the Southern drawl of an inept young thesp (Alden Aldrich). The studio’s problems escalate wildly when the star of their unfinished swords ’n’ sandals epic, Baird Whitlock (Clooney), is kidnapped after a night of debauchery by a shadowy group calling themselves The Future.
The studio asks industry fixer Eddie Mannix (Brolin) to retrieve their valuable property. Fast-moving interwoven plot lines, the Coens’ trademark dry humour and a star-studded ensemble cast – which includes Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatutm, Tilda Swinton and Dolph Lundgren – make this a joy to behold.
A welcome re-release of perhaps the most influential of all horror films. Alfred Hitchcock's stunningly realised tale of gruesome murders and sly verbal sparring at the Bates Motel. Bernard Herrman's famed all-strings score enriches the film considerably and provides some of the most famous music in cinema history, with the innovative, nerve-jangling, violent 'screams' which accompany the stabbing of Janet Leigh in the shower.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
Starring: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson. USA/UK 2016. TBC mins.
In their first flat-out comedy since 2008’s Burn After Reading, Ethan and Joel Coen depict the glamorous Hollywood fakery of the 1950s, when an uptight British film director (Ralph Fiennes) is having trouble trying to eradicate the Southern drawl of an inept young thesp (Alden Aldrich). The studio’s problems escalate wildly when the star of their unfinished swords ’n’ sandals epic, Baird Whitlock (Clooney), is kidnapped after a night of debauchery by a shadowy group calling themselves The Future.
The studio asks industry fixer Eddie Mannix (Brolin) to retrieve their valuable property. Fast-moving interwoven plot lines, the Coens’ trademark dry humour and a star-studded ensemble cast – which includes Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatutm, Tilda Swinton and Dolph Lundgren – make this a joy to behold.
16.00Silver 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.
The Met stage ignites when soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Roberto Alagna join forces in Puccini’s obsessive love story. Opolais sings the title role of the country girl who transforms herself into a Parisian temptress, while Alagna is the dashing student who desperately woos her. Director Richard Eyre places the action in occupied France in a film noir setting. “Desperate passion” is the phrase Puccini himself used to describe the opera that confirmed his position as the preeminent Italian opera composer of his day. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads the stirring score.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
Starring: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson. USA/UK 2016. TBC mins.
In their first flat-out comedy since 2008’s Burn After Reading, Ethan and Joel Coen depict the glamorous Hollywood fakery of the 1950s, when an uptight British film director (Ralph Fiennes) is having trouble trying to eradicate the Southern drawl of an inept young thesp (Alden Aldrich). The studio’s problems escalate wildly when the star of their unfinished swords ’n’ sandals epic, Baird Whitlock (Clooney), is kidnapped after a night of debauchery by a shadowy group calling themselves The Future.
The studio asks industry fixer Eddie Mannix (Brolin) to retrieve their valuable property. Fast-moving interwoven plot lines, the Coens’ trademark dry humour and a star-studded ensemble cast – which includes Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatutm, Tilda Swinton and Dolph Lundgren – make this a joy to behold.
Directors: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson.
Starring: Roy Dupuis, Louis Negin, Clara Furey. Canada 2015. 119 mins.
Venerated Canadian art-house director Guy Maddin (The Saddest Music In The World, My Winnipeg) takes further his stylistic affinity for the look and feel of silent and early-sound-era films with this wonderfully absurd, phantasmagoric and enthralling homage to one of the golden ages of cinema.
A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way towards progressive ideas on life and love. Some of the stories are linked, others not, some shot in black and white, others in early two-strip Technicolor.
This surreal assemblage manages to be funny, silly and awesome in equal measure, gamely abetted by a cast that includes Charlotte Rampling, Mathieu Amalric and Udo Kier.
Contains moderate violence, injury detail, sex references and nudity.
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Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
Starring: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson. USA/UK 2016. TBC mins.
In their first flat-out comedy since 2008’s Burn After Reading, Ethan and Joel Coen depict the glamorous Hollywood fakery of the 1950s, when an uptight British film director (Ralph Fiennes) is having trouble trying to eradicate the Southern drawl of an inept young thesp (Alden Aldrich). The studio’s problems escalate wildly when the star of their unfinished swords ’n’ sandals epic, Baird Whitlock (Clooney), is kidnapped after a night of debauchery by a shadowy group calling themselves The Future.
The studio asks industry fixer Eddie Mannix (Brolin) to retrieve their valuable property. Fast-moving interwoven plot lines, the Coens’ trademark dry humour and a star-studded ensemble cast – which includes Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatutm, Tilda Swinton and Dolph Lundgren – make this a joy to behold.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
Starring: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson. USA/UK 2016. TBC mins.
In their first flat-out comedy since 2008’s Burn After Reading, Ethan and Joel Coen depict the glamorous Hollywood fakery of the 1950s, when an uptight British film director (Ralph Fiennes) is having trouble trying to eradicate the Southern drawl of an inept young thesp (Alden Aldrich). The studio’s problems escalate wildly when the star of their unfinished swords ’n’ sandals epic, Baird Whitlock (Clooney), is kidnapped after a night of debauchery by a shadowy group calling themselves The Future.
The studio asks industry fixer Eddie Mannix (Brolin) to retrieve their valuable property. Fast-moving interwoven plot lines, the Coens’ trademark dry humour and a star-studded ensemble cast – which includes Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatutm, Tilda Swinton and Dolph Lundgren – make this a joy to behold.
Shakespeare’s glorious comedy of love and change comes to the National Theatre for the first time in over 30 years, with Rosalie Craig (London Road, Macbeth at MIF) as Rosalind.
With her father the Duke banished and in exile, Rosalind and her cousin Celia leave their lives in the court behind them and journey into the Forest Of Arden.
There, released from convention, Rosalind experiences the liberating rush of transformation. Disguising herself as a boy, she embraces a different way of living and falls spectacularly in love.
Michael Stone, husband, father and respected author of "How May I Help You Help Them?" is a man crippled by the mundanity of his life. On a business trip to Cincinnati, where he"s scheduled to speak at a convention of customer service professionals, he checks into the Fregoli Hotel. There, he is amazed to discover a possible escape from his desperation in the form of an unassuming Akron baked goods sales rep, Lisa, who may or may not be the love of his life. A beautifully tender and absurdly humorous dreamscape, from the brilliant minds of Charlie Kaufman (SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK) and Duke Johnson ("Community" episode, Abed"s Uncontrollable Christmas), this stop-motion animation wonder features the vocal cast of Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan and David Thewlis and a stirring strings-based score by Carter Burwell.
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Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
Starring: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson. USA/UK 2016. TBC mins.
In their first flat-out comedy since 2008’s Burn After Reading, Ethan and Joel Coen depict the glamorous Hollywood fakery of the 1950s, when an uptight British film director (Ralph Fiennes) is having trouble trying to eradicate the Southern drawl of an inept young thesp (Alden Aldrich). The studio’s problems escalate wildly when the star of their unfinished swords ’n’ sandals epic, Baird Whitlock (Clooney), is kidnapped after a night of debauchery by a shadowy group calling themselves The Future.
The studio asks industry fixer Eddie Mannix (Brolin) to retrieve their valuable property. Fast-moving interwoven plot lines, the Coens’ trademark dry humour and a star-studded ensemble cast – which includes Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatutm, Tilda Swinton and Dolph Lundgren – make this a joy to behold.
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Michael Stone, husband, father and respected author of "How May I Help You Help Them?" is a man crippled by the mundanity of his life. On a business trip to Cincinnati, where he"s scheduled to speak at a convention of customer service professionals, he checks into the Fregoli Hotel. There, he is amazed to discover a possible escape from his desperation in the form of an unassuming Akron baked goods sales rep, Lisa, who may or may not be the love of his life. A beautifully tender and absurdly humorous dreamscape, from the brilliant minds of Charlie Kaufman (SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK) and Duke Johnson ("Community" episode, Abed"s Uncontrollable Christmas), this stop-motion animation wonder features the vocal cast of Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan and David Thewlis and a stirring strings-based score by Carter Burwell.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
Starring: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson. USA/UK 2016. TBC mins.
In their first flat-out comedy since 2008’s Burn After Reading, Ethan and Joel Coen depict the glamorous Hollywood fakery of the 1950s, when an uptight British film director (Ralph Fiennes) is having trouble trying to eradicate the Southern drawl of an inept young thesp (Alden Aldrich). The studio’s problems escalate wildly when the star of their unfinished swords ’n’ sandals epic, Baird Whitlock (Clooney), is kidnapped after a night of debauchery by a shadowy group calling themselves The Future.
The studio asks industry fixer Eddie Mannix (Brolin) to retrieve their valuable property. Fast-moving interwoven plot lines, the Coens’ trademark dry humour and a star-studded ensemble cast – which includes Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatutm, Tilda Swinton and Dolph Lundgren – make this a joy to behold.
In ancient Rome, Spartacus, a Thracian soldier, is captured by Crassus with his wife Phrygia. Forced to fight as a gladiator and kill one of his friends, Spartacus plots an unprecedented uprising.
Grigorovich’s Spartacus was created at the Bolshoi in 1968, and has since remained the Russian company’s signature ballet. This most spectacular production is an epic tour de force, giving full expression to the strength for which the Bolshoi’s male dancers are renowned. Principal dancer Mikhail Lobukhin is stunning in the role of the legendary gladiator, alongside Svetlana Zakharova as Aegina.
Michael Stone, husband, father and respected author of "How May I Help You Help Them?" is a man crippled by the mundanity of his life. On a business trip to Cincinnati, where he"s scheduled to speak at a convention of customer service professionals, he checks into the Fregoli Hotel. There, he is amazed to discover a possible escape from his desperation in the form of an unassuming Akron baked goods sales rep, Lisa, who may or may not be the love of his life. A beautifully tender and absurdly humorous dreamscape, from the brilliant minds of Charlie Kaufman (SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK) and Duke Johnson ("Community" episode, Abed"s Uncontrollable Christmas), this stop-motion animation wonder features the vocal cast of Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan and David Thewlis and a stirring strings-based score by Carter Burwell.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
Starring: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson. USA/UK 2016. TBC mins.
In their first flat-out comedy since 2008’s Burn After Reading, Ethan and Joel Coen depict the glamorous Hollywood fakery of the 1950s, when an uptight British film director (Ralph Fiennes) is having trouble trying to eradicate the Southern drawl of an inept young thesp (Alden Aldrich). The studio’s problems escalate wildly when the star of their unfinished swords ’n’ sandals epic, Baird Whitlock (Clooney), is kidnapped after a night of debauchery by a shadowy group calling themselves The Future.
The studio asks industry fixer Eddie Mannix (Brolin) to retrieve their valuable property. Fast-moving interwoven plot lines, the Coens’ trademark dry humour and a star-studded ensemble cast – which includes Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatutm, Tilda Swinton and Dolph Lundgren – make this a joy to behold.
Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Marie Dubois. France 1961. 105 mins. Subtitles.
At its premiere in 1962 JULES ET JIM received a 15 minute standing ovation; its theme song ‘Le Tourbillon’ became a hit around the world and and its costumes initiated a minor revolution in fashion. In terms of inspiration to future film-makers and public affection, Truffaut’s third feature might be considered as the high-point of the entire nouvelle vague, fleshing its story of a menage a trois in Paris and Germany around the time of the First World War with a dazzling weave of filmic allusion, virtuosity and bitter sweet celebration of life. A recent release confirms that JULES ET JIM remains undimmed in critical and popular appeal.
He is one of the most fiercely debated artists and yet one of the most influential. Picasso collected more Renoirs than any other artist. Matisse revered him. Monet too. He was an artist that was instrumental in creating the Impressionist movement and then totally rejected it and went in a completely new direction - with extraordinary results.
The Barnes Collection in Philadelphia has more Renoirs than any other gallery in the world and it's there that the search begins to tell the remarkable story of this remarkable artist.
Michael Stone, husband, father and respected author of "How May I Help You Help Them?" is a man crippled by the mundanity of his life. On a business trip to Cincinnati, where he"s scheduled to speak at a convention of customer service professionals, he checks into the Fregoli Hotel. There, he is amazed to discover a possible escape from his desperation in the form of an unassuming Akron baked goods sales rep, Lisa, who may or may not be the love of his life. A beautifully tender and absurdly humorous dreamscape, from the brilliant minds of Charlie Kaufman (SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK) and Duke Johnson ("Community" episode, Abed"s Uncontrollable Christmas), this stop-motion animation wonder features the vocal cast of Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan and David Thewlis and a stirring strings-based score by Carter Burwell.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
Starring: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson. USA/UK 2016. TBC mins.
In their first flat-out comedy since 2008’s Burn After Reading, Ethan and Joel Coen depict the glamorous Hollywood fakery of the 1950s, when an uptight British film director (Ralph Fiennes) is having trouble trying to eradicate the Southern drawl of an inept young thesp (Alden Aldrich). The studio’s problems escalate wildly when the star of their unfinished swords ’n’ sandals epic, Baird Whitlock (Clooney), is kidnapped after a night of debauchery by a shadowy group calling themselves The Future.
The studio asks industry fixer Eddie Mannix (Brolin) to retrieve their valuable property. Fast-moving interwoven plot lines, the Coens’ trademark dry humour and a star-studded ensemble cast – which includes Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatutm, Tilda Swinton and Dolph Lundgren – make this a joy to behold.
Following a sell-out run at London’s Royal Court Theatre, Olivier and Academy Award® winner Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, The Cripple of Inishmaan, In Bruges) returns to the West End with Matthew Dunster’s award-winning production of his deeply funny new play Hangmen, broadcast live to cinemas by National Theatre Live.
In his small pub in the northern English town of Oldham, Harry (David Morrissey – The Walking Dead, State of Play) is something of a local celebrity. But what's the second-best hangman in England to do on the day they've abolished hanging?
Amongst the cub reporters and pub regulars dying to hear Harry’s reaction to the news, his old assistant Syd (Andy Nyman – Peaky Blinders, Death at a Funeral) and the peculiar Mooney (Johnny Flynn – Clouds of Sils Maria) lurk with very different motives for their visit.
Director: Grímur Hákonarson.
Starring: Sigur∂ur Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson. Iceland/Denmark/Norway/Poland 2015. 93 mins. Icelandic with English subtitles.
Brothers Gummi (Sigurjónsson) and Kiddi (Júlíusson) are sheep farmers living on neighbouring farms in remote rural Iceland. They haven’t spoken to each other for 40 years. Following an outbreak of a potentially lethal disease among the country’s sheep, the government insist that all existing flocks must be slaughtered. The brothers – who care about their animals more than they do the few humans they come into contact with – deal with this in decidedly different, but equally dramatic ways, and must reunite to save their way of life.
Writer-director Grímur Hákonarson balances charming wry comedy with poignant realist drama. The two central performances by the raggedy, heavily
bearded actors are full of subtle warmth, conveying a deeply felt connection to the land and all who live off it – sheep included.
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Michael Stone, husband, father and respected author of "How May I Help You Help Them?" is a man crippled by the mundanity of his life. On a business trip to Cincinnati, where he"s scheduled to speak at a convention of customer service professionals, he checks into the Fregoli Hotel. There, he is amazed to discover a possible escape from his desperation in the form of an unassuming Akron baked goods sales rep, Lisa, who may or may not be the love of his life. A beautifully tender and absurdly humorous dreamscape, from the brilliant minds of Charlie Kaufman (SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK) and Duke Johnson ("Community" episode, Abed"s Uncontrollable Christmas), this stop-motion animation wonder features the vocal cast of Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan and David Thewlis and a stirring strings-based score by Carter Burwell.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
Starring: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson. USA/UK 2016. TBC mins.
In their first flat-out comedy since 2008’s Burn After Reading, Ethan and Joel Coen depict the glamorous Hollywood fakery of the 1950s, when an uptight British film director (Ralph Fiennes) is having trouble trying to eradicate the Southern drawl of an inept young thesp (Alden Aldrich). The studio’s problems escalate wildly when the star of their unfinished swords ’n’ sandals epic, Baird Whitlock (Clooney), is kidnapped after a night of debauchery by a shadowy group calling themselves The Future.
The studio asks industry fixer Eddie Mannix (Brolin) to retrieve their valuable property. Fast-moving interwoven plot lines, the Coens’ trademark dry humour and a star-studded ensemble cast – which includes Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatutm, Tilda Swinton and Dolph Lundgren – make this a joy to behold.
Michael Stone, husband, father and respected author of "How May I Help You Help Them?" is a man crippled by the mundanity of his life. On a business trip to Cincinnati, where he"s scheduled to speak at a convention of customer service professionals, he checks into the Fregoli Hotel. There, he is amazed to discover a possible escape from his desperation in the form of an unassuming Akron baked goods sales rep, Lisa, who may or may not be the love of his life. A beautifully tender and absurdly humorous dreamscape, from the brilliant minds of Charlie Kaufman (SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK) and Duke Johnson ("Community" episode, Abed"s Uncontrollable Christmas), this stop-motion animation wonder features the vocal cast of Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan and David Thewlis and a stirring strings-based score by Carter Burwell.
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
Starring: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson. USA/UK 2016. TBC mins.
In their first flat-out comedy since 2008’s Burn After Reading, Ethan and Joel Coen depict the glamorous Hollywood fakery of the 1950s, when an uptight British film director (Ralph Fiennes) is having trouble trying to eradicate the Southern drawl of an inept young thesp (Alden Aldrich). The studio’s problems escalate wildly when the star of their unfinished swords ’n’ sandals epic, Baird Whitlock (Clooney), is kidnapped after a night of debauchery by a shadowy group calling themselves The Future.
The studio asks industry fixer Eddie Mannix (Brolin) to retrieve their valuable property. Fast-moving interwoven plot lines, the Coens’ trademark dry humour and a star-studded ensemble cast – which includes Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatutm, Tilda Swinton and Dolph Lundgren – make this a joy to behold.
Director: Alfred Hitchock.
Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr. USA 1954. 112 mins.
When James Stewart’s photojournalist is confined to his apartment with a broken leg in a sweltering summer in New York, he begins to observe constantly the lives of those around him. Passive activity evolves into voyeuristic obsession, until he thinks he has witnessed a murder… One of Hitchcock’s most celebrated and morally complex films, with the camera restrained as tightly as the incapacitated protagonist and aligned to his privileged and restricted point of view. Mordant wit, nail-biting suspense and a gallery of superb performances, not least from Raymond Burr as the victimised murderer across the way.
Richard Jones and Antonio Pappano renew their creative collaboration with this new production of Musorgsky’s historical masterpiece, here seen in its compact 1869 first version in seven scenes. The originality of the composer’s vision of Pushkin’s play about Tsar Boris Godunov – who reigned over Russia between 1598 and 1605 – was too much for the management of the Imperial Theatres, who demanded changes that were incorporated in the second version of the opera, in which Boris finally had its premiere in 1874. Many commentators, nevertheless, prefer the integrity of the original, which makes few concessions to operatic conventions. Keenly awaited will be Bryn Terfel’s assumption of the title role – one of the most complex characters in opera – while John Graham-Hall appears as the crafty Prince Shuisky and John Tomlinson as the vagabond monk Varlaam.
Attacking the Devil: Harry Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime.
Directors: Jacqui Morris and David Morris. UK, 2015, 99min.
Few documentaries amaze, enrage and sadden simultaneously, but Attacking The Devil by siblings Jacqui and David Morris (McCullin) does just that. Initially charting the career of legendary newspaper editor Harold Evans – which included outing Kim Philby as a Russian spy – it soon becomes a gripping account of how, under Evans’s tenacious leadership, The Sunday Times fought to secure proper compensation for hundreds of children disabled by their mothers’ use of Thalidomide during pregnancy. This involved extended battles with the drug’s manufacturers, uncaring politicians and the judiciary, in the course of which shocking revelations emerged about Thalidomide’s origins. As Jacqui Morris explains: “We're living in a transitional time and the press are really under fire [but] I think this showed the importance of investigative journalism.”
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Richard Jones and Antonio Pappano renew their creative collaboration with this new production of Musorgsky’s historical masterpiece, here seen in its compact 1869 first version in seven scenes. The originality of the composer’s vision of Pushkin’s play about Tsar Boris Godunov – who reigned over Russia between 1598 and 1605 – was too much for the management of the Imperial Theatres, who demanded changes that were incorporated in the second version of the opera, in which Boris finally had its premiere in 1874. Many commentators, nevertheless, prefer the integrity of the original, which makes few concessions to operatic conventions. Keenly awaited will be Bryn Terfel’s assumption of the title role – one of the most complex characters in opera – while John Graham-Hall appears as the crafty Prince Shuisky and John Tomlinson as the vagabond monk Varlaam.
Truffaut’s enjoyable comedy about the everday crises - emotional and practical - as director, cast and crew set about the filming of a soapy love story in the Victorine Studios in Nice. Rampant and unstable egos, unco-operative animals and an early appearance by Nathalie Baye in a homage to cinema and all its works that leans more to Hollywood than the methods or spirit of the nouvelle vague.
E. Nesbit’s The Railway Children follows the story of Roberta (Bobbie), Phyllis and Peter, three sheltered siblings who suffer a huge upheaval when their father, who works for the Foreign Office, is taken away from their London home and falsely imprisoned. The children and their mother, now penniless, are forced to move from London to rural Yorkshire near a railway line. The story deals with themes of justice, the importance of family and the kindness of strangers.
York Theatre Royal’s Olivier Award-winning production of Mike Kenny and Damian Cruden’s imaginative stage adaptation is directed for the screen by International Emmy Award winner Ross MacGibbon (The Importance Of Being Earnest with David Suchet, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake). The filmed event from the National Railway Museum in Yorkshire features the original locomotive from the much-loved 1970 film.
“Spectacular” ★★★★★ – The Guardian “Unique and delightful” ★★★★★ – What’s On Stage
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Anthony Minghella’s breathtaking production has thrilled audiences ever since its premiere in 2006. Two of the world’s foremost Butterflys, sopranos Kristine Opolais and Patricia Racette, share the title role. Tenors Massimo Giordano and Roberto Alagna sing Pinkerton, the naval officer who breaks Butterfly’s heart. Karel Mark Chichon conducts.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock.
Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore. USA 1958. 128 mins.
Recently voted the greatest film of all time by Sight and Sound, Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Vertigo is typically idiosyncratic take on film noir (it takes place almost entirely in bright, Technicolor daylight). The film skilfully manipulates us into seeing the world through the eyes of reliable ex-cop Scottie (Stewart) as he pursues the apparently possessed Madeleine (Novak), then steadily unravels everything we thought we knew.
Part thriller, part ghost story, part Freudian nightmare – Vertigo is a multi-layered portrait of obsession and a haunting visual treat.
Anthony Minghella’s breathtaking production has thrilled audiences ever since its premiere in 2006. Two of the world’s foremost Butterflys, sopranos Kristine Opolais and Patricia Racette, share the title role. Tenors Massimo Giordano and Roberto Alagna sing Pinkerton, the naval officer who breaks Butterfly’s heart. Karel Mark Chichon conducts.
The SPEED SISTERS are the first all-women race car driving team in the Middle East. They"re bold. They"re fearless. And they"re tearing up tracks all over Palestine.
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Giselle is the quintessential Romantic classic, a love affair that begins in the real world and continues beyond the grave. The ballet’s title role also offers one of the great challenges of the ballet repertory, as Giselle transforms from an innocent peasant girl, duped into love, to a forgiving spirit who saves her lover from death. For the ballerina this is a role of two contrasting halves: in Act I she must appear naïve and artless, her dancing alive with an earthy enthusiasm; in Act II she transforms into light and air, her dancing so ethereal as to seem weightless. In Peter Wright’s production, the dual aspect of the ballet is perfectly achieved: the first act dramatized in rich, naturalistic detail and the second with a spectral, moonlit beauty.
Cervantes’ eccentric hero Don Quixote sets off with his loyal squire Sancho Panza on journey full of adventures in search of his perfect woman. Along the way he meets Kitri, the dazzling daughter of an innkeeper, who he thinks might be his ideal love.
The Bolshoi’s panache and excellence are combined in Fadeyechev’s critically acclaimed staging of this exhilarating performance with Leon Minkus’ famous score. Featuring brand new sets and costumes to accompany this colourful and technically challenging production, Don Quixote is quintessential Bolshoi, abounding with life and not to be missed!
Director: François Truffaut.
Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Guy Decomble, Georges Flamant. France 1959. 99 mins. French with English subtitles.
Truffaut's first feature, about a 13 year old's bleak odyssey through family life and reform school, ending in an escape whose precarious permanence is questioned by the final frozen image of the boy's face as he reaches the sea. The central character of Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Leaud) would reappear in many of Truffaut’s later films and would come to define Leaud’s onscreen persona. Of huge influence upon later films from many parts of the world, THE 400 BLOWS remains a fresh and vivid evocation of childhood as well as a love letter from the director to the world of movies. Much admired by established and new directors alike, the film retains its seminal importance in the history of cinema.
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Giselle is the quintessential Romantic classic, a love affair that begins in the real world and continues beyond the grave. The ballet’s title role also offers one of the great challenges of the ballet repertory, as Giselle transforms from an innocent peasant girl, duped into love, to a forgiving spirit who saves her lover from death. For the ballerina this is a role of two contrasting halves: in Act I she must appear naïve and artless, her dancing alive with an earthy enthusiasm; in Act II she transforms into light and air, her dancing so ethereal as to seem weightless. In Peter Wright’s production, the dual aspect of the ballet is perfectly achieved: the first act dramatized in rich, naturalistic detail and the second with a spectral, moonlit beauty.
Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky takes on the extraordinary challenge of singing all three of Donizetti’s Tudor queens in the course of a single season, a rare feat made famous by Beverly Sills—and not attempted on a New York stage since. In this climactic opera of the trilogy, she plays Queen Elizabeth I, forced to sign the death warrant of the nobleman she loves, Roberto Devereux. Tenor Matthew Polenzani is Devereux, and mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien complete the principal quartet in the bel canto masterpiece, conducted by Donizetti specialist Maurizio Benini. As with the earlier Anna Bolena and Maria Stuarda, the production is by Sir David McVicar, who with this staging completes an enormously ambitious directorial accomplishment.
From the Royal Academy of Arts, London & the Cleveland Museum of Art
Monet was an avid horticulturist and arguably the most important painter of gardens in the history of art but he was not alone. Artists like Van Gogh, Bonnard, Pissarro and Matisse all saw the garden as a powerful subject for their art. These great artists, along with many other famous names, feature in an innovative exhibition from The Cleveland Museum of Art and The Royal Academy, London.
From the exhibition walls to the beauty of artist gardens like Monet’s Giverny, we take a magical journey to discover how artists used the modern garden to explore radical and wonderful new ideas.
Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky takes on the extraordinary challenge of singing all three of Donizetti’s Tudor queens in the course of a single season, a rare feat made famous by Beverly Sills—and not attempted on a New York stage since. In this climactic opera of the trilogy, she plays Queen Elizabeth I, forced to sign the death warrant of the nobleman she loves, Roberto Devereux. Tenor Matthew Polenzani is Devereux, and mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien complete the principal quartet in the bel canto masterpiece, conducted by Donizetti specialist Maurizio Benini. As with the earlier Anna Bolena and Maria Stuarda, the production is by Sir David McVicar, who with this staging completes an enormously ambitious directorial accomplishment.
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Lucia di Lammermoor tells the story of an ongoing feud between two families in 17thcentury Scotland that has terrible consequences for two young lovers.. It contains what is undoubtedly one of opera’s most poignant and gripping mad scenes, and is regarded as one of Donizetti’s finest works. The opera has not been seen at the Royal Opera House in more than a decade, so this new production by Katie Mitchell will be a particularly important and exciting event. The title role will be sung by Diana Damrau,, an expert in the coloratura repertory, while American tenor Charles Castronovo takes on that of her secret lover, the reckless and passionate Edgardo.
The genius director Patrice Chéreau (From The House Of The Dead) didn’t live to see his great Elektra production, previously presented in Aix and Milan, make it to the stage of the Met. But his overpowering vision lives on with soprano Nina Stemme – unmatched today in the heroic female roles of Strauss and Wagner – who portrays Elektra’s primal quest for vengeance for the murder of her father, Agamemnon. Legendary mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier is chilling as Elektra’s fearsome mother, Klytämnestra. Soprano Adrianne Pieczonka and bass-baritone Eric Owens are Elektra’s troubled siblings. Chéreau’s musical collaborator Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Strauss’s mighty take on Greek myth.
Lucia di Lammermoor tells the story of an ongoing feud between two families in 17thcentury Scotland that has terrible consequences for two young lovers.. It contains what is undoubtedly one of opera’s most poignant and gripping mad scenes, and is regarded as one of Donizetti’s finest works. The opera has not been seen at the Royal Opera House in more than a decade, so this new production by Katie Mitchell will be a particularly important and exciting event. The title role will be sung by Diana Damrau,, an expert in the coloratura repertory, while American tenor Charles Castronovo takes on that of her secret lover, the reckless and passionate Edgardo.
The genius director Patrice Chéreau (From The House Of The Dead) didn’t live to see his great Elektra production, previously presented in Aix and Milan, make it to the stage of the Met. But his overpowering vision lives on with soprano Nina Stemme – unmatched today in the heroic female roles of Strauss and Wagner – who portrays Elektra’s primal quest for vengeance for the murder of her father, Agamemnon. Legendary mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier is chilling as Elektra’s fearsome mother, Klytämnestra. Soprano Adrianne Pieczonka and bass-baritone Eric Owens are Elektra’s troubled siblings. Chéreau’s musical collaborator Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Strauss’s mighty take on Greek myth.
A sensational new dance event for cinemas from the internationally acclaimed choreographer Matthew Bourne and his Dance Company New Adventures, The Car Man is loosely based on Bizet"s popular opera Carmen and has one of the most thrilling and instantly recognisable scores in classical music, brilliantly arranged by Terry Davies.
The familiar 19th Century Spanish cigarette factory becomes a greasy garage-diner in 1960’s America where the dreams and passions of a small-town are shattered by the arrival of a handsome stranger. Fuelled by heat and desire, the inhabitants are driven into an unstoppable spiral of greed, lust, betrayal and revenge. Lez Brotherston’s epic design, Chris Davey’s evocative lighting and Matthew Bourne’s vivid storytelling take in a wealth of cinematic references, creating a powerful and uncompromising vision of small-town America.
Royal Ballet Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett has chosen Mary Shelley’s gothic classic Frankenstein as the basis for his first full-length narrative ballet for the Covent Garden Main Stage. A story of betrayal, curiosity, life, death and, above all, love, it inspires Scarlett to explore the very depths of human nature and our need to find acceptance and a place in the world. For this exciting new ballet Scarlett returns to the music of Lowell Liebermann, from whom he has commissioned a brand new score.
This is your chance to witness an iconic masterpiece of American dance, Alvin Ailey"s Revelations, described by The New York Times as "one of the great works of the human spirit." This stunning, soulful tour de force draws on African-American spirituals,
Royal Ballet Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett has chosen Mary Shelley’s gothic classic Frankenstein as the basis for his first full-length narrative ballet for the Covent Garden Main Stage. A story of betrayal, curiosity, life, death and, above all, love, it inspires Scarlett to explore the very depths of human nature and our need to find acceptance and a place in the world. For this exciting new ballet Scarlett returns to the music of Lowell Liebermann, from whom he has commissioned a brand new score.
Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead.
Returning home he finds his world is utterly changed, his certainties smashed and his home a foreign land. Struggling to understand his place in a new world order he faces a stark choice. Submit, or rage against the injustice of his new reality.
Simon Godwin (The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2014) directs Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet in Shakespeare’s searing tragedy. As relevant today as when it was written, Hamlet confronts each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world.
Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead.
Returning home he finds his world is utterly changed, his certainties smashed and his home a foreign land. Struggling to understand his place in a new world order he faces a stark choice. Submit, or rage against the injustice of his new reality.
Simon Godwin (The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2014) directs Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet in Shakespeare’s searing tragedy. As relevant today as when it was written, Hamlet confronts each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world.
Ballet Hispanico will "whisk us away to contemporary dance"s hottest spot" (Washington Post) in this imaginative and theatrical showcase of Latin-inspired dancing at its best. In Club Havana, the intoxicating rhythms of the conga, rumba, mambo, and cha cha are brought to life by choreographer Pedro Ruiz, himself a native of Cuba. Hailed as a "masterpiece" by the Chicago Sun-Times, Gustavo RamArez Sansano"s CARMEN.maquia is a Picasso-inspired, contemporary take on Bizet"s classic opera about a passionate gypsy. Riveting from start to finish, the physically charged and sensual choreography fuses contemporary dance with nods to the Spanish paso doble and flamenco. Lincoln Center at the Movies brings exceptional artistic performances to local movie theaters, with its first series, Great American Dance, offering a larger-than-life experience with some of America"s most inspiring dance companies.
Based on Goethe’s novel The Sorrows of Young Werther,, Massenet’s opera tells the story of the poet Werther’s hopeless love for Charlotte, who is committed to another man.. The music is full of lyrical beauty, passion and emotional fervour, – small wonder that Werther is often considered to be the composer’s finest work. The Royal Opera’s Music Director Antonio Pappano returns to conduct film, theatre and opera director Benoît Jacquot’s classic production. Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo stars as Werther, alongside Joyce DiDonato, who sings her first Charlotte (one of the great French mezzo roles) in this staging.
Based on Goethe’s novel The Sorrows of Young Werther,, Massenet’s opera tells the story of the poet Werther’s hopeless love for Charlotte, who is committed to another man.. The music is full of lyrical beauty, passion and emotional fervour, – small wonder that Werther is often considered to be the composer’s finest work. The Royal Opera’s Music Director Antonio Pappano returns to conduct film, theatre and opera director Benoît Jacquot’s classic production. Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo stars as Werther, alongside Joyce DiDonato, who sings her first Charlotte (one of the great French mezzo roles) in this staging.
The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company Live cinema season continues with a new vision of Shakespeare’s heartbreaking tale of forbidden love. Branagh and his creative team present a modern passionate version of the classic tragedy.
A longstanding feud between Verona’s Montague and Capulet families brings about devastating consequences for two young lovers caught in the conflict.
Reuniting the stars of his celebrated film of Cinderella, Kenneth Branagh directs Richard Madden and Lily James as Romeo and Juliet and Sir Derek Jacobi as Mercutio.
The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company Live cinema season continues with a new vision of Shakespeare’s heartbreaking tale of forbidden love. Branagh and his creative team present a modern passionate version of the classic tragedy.
A longstanding feud between Verona’s Montague and Capulet families brings about devastating consequences for two young lovers caught in the conflict.
Reuniting the stars of his celebrated film of Cinderella, Kenneth Branagh directs Richard Madden and Lily James as Romeo and Juliet and Sir Derek Jacobi as Mercutio.
Cymbeline is a ruler of a divided Britain. When Innogen, the only living heir, marries her sweetheart in secret, an enraged Cymbeline banishes him. But a powerful figure behind the throne is plotting to seize power and murder them both. Innogen embarks on a dangerous journey that will reunite Cymbeline with a lost heir and reconcile the young lovers. Melly Still directs Shakespeare’s rarely performed romance.
Join us for this live cinema screening on the 28 September, broadcast live from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Feel part of the action from your seat.
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.