 | Ice And The Sky with Q&A (U)
Monday 4th January 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/219418
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167
We are very pleased to present a one off special screening of this stunning and timely new documentary followed by an after screening Q&A with John Vidal (Environment Editor for The Guardian) and Jonathan Abbatt who both attended the recent climate change conference in Paris. Oscar-winning filmmaker Luc Jacquet (March of the Penguins) tells the inspiring story of Claude Lorius, an 82-year-old glaciologist who has dedicated his life to studying the icescapes of Antarctica.His groundbreaking discoveries would sound the alarm for the global warming crisis and expose humankind's devastating impact on the Earth's climate. In Ice and the Sky, Jacquet joins Lorius as he journeys to Antarctica one final time, 60 years after first setting foot on the continent. Accompanied by breathtaking landscape photography and a fascinating array of archival footage from his many expeditions, Lorius reflects on his life's work - the great successes and the punishing hardships suffered during his decades on the ice. Both a powerful call-to-action on climate change and a forceful rebuke to those in denial, Ice and the Sky is an essential and profoundly human portrait of one man's dedication to uncovering the secrets of the planet at the heart of a frozen world. Director: Luc Jacquet Run time: 89 mins | |  | '71 (15)
Oswestry Film Society Screening
Tuesday 5th January 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/oswestryfilmsociety
Or buy tickets on the door (doors open 7:00pm)
Winner of Best Director at the 2014 British Independent Film Awards, this is the story of a British soldier who becomes separated from his unit during a riot in Belfast at the height of the troubles.
L.A. Times Critic Kenneth Turan called '71 "a tense thriller from Britain that so adroitly joins physical intensity, emotional authenticity and political acuity that you may find yourself forgetting to take a breath".
Do not expect resuscitation from Oswestry Film Society members. That's not part of our remit. Please don't forget to breath!
Run time: 1 hour 40 mins
*** Please note this screening is organised by Oswestry Film Society
For more information and contact details please visit their website: http://www.oswestryfilmsociety.org.uk/home/4589660643 | |  | BROOKLYN (12A)
Friday 8th January 7:30pm
Saturday 9th January 7:30pm
Wednesday 13th January 1:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/113254
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Saoirse Ronan stars as an Irish girl who must decide between two men in this epic romance. In 1950s Ireland, Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) wants a better life for herself. There's little work in County Wexford, so the enterprising Eilis makes a decision to emigrate to America. Leaving the comfort of her mother's (Fiona Glascott) home, she sets sail for New York City where she falls in love with the brash Italian-American, Tony (Emory Cohen). But after a while in NYC, she returns to her home country, and meets Jim (Domnhall Gleeson) - now Eilis must choose between two countries... and two men. Celebrated author Nick Hornby (About a Boy, Fever Pitch) adapts this movie based on the much-loved book by Colm Toibin. Fans of epic romances will love this sumptuous and heart-wrenching tale of love and the choices we are forced to make in life. "Saoirse Ronan blossoms on a fantastic journey" ***** Independent Director: John Crowley Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Julie Walters, Michael Zegen, Emory Cohen, Domnhall Gleeson, Mary O'Driscoll Run time: 112 mins | |  | The Lobster (15)
Tuesday 12th January 7:30pm
Wednesday 13th January 7:30pm
Thursday 14th January 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/111057
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 In a near-future dystopia, singledom is outlawed. Anyone not successfully paired up must report to The Hotel, where they have forty-five days to find a mate; otherwise they're transformed into an animal of their choosing. In desperation, paunchy divorcee David (Colin Farrell) Рwho selects the eponymous crustacean for its lengthy lifespan and fertility Рflees, prepared to take his chances with The Loners, forest-dwelling fugitives with their own strict individualistic creed. His international breakthroughs Dogtooth and Alps displayed Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos's brilliantly inventive dissections of conditioned identity and social oppression, delivered with a distinctive, absurdist comic sensibility. This all-star follow-up (with superb, atypical turns by Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Ben Whishaw, L̩a Seydoux and John C Reilly) widens the scope while keeping Lanthimos's ruthless clarity and daring tonal blend of deadpan, surreal humour and quiet horror. Amid dead-on production design and verdant Irish locations, The Lobster is both a bleakly hilarious skewering of fundamentalist diktats and rituals, and a tender plea for genuine intimacy amid society's self-imposed absurdities. In short, beneath its tough carapace lies the pulsing, tender heart of a fiercely modern love story. Albeit with claws. Leigh Singer "The Lobster is a European arthouse film par excellence - precisely the kind of project you can't imagine ever being made in Hollywood." **** The Independent Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman, John C Reilly, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw
UK-Ireland-Greece 2015
Run time: 118 mins | |  | CAROL (15)
Friday 15th January 7:30pm
Wednesday 20th January 1:30pm
Thursday 21st January 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/113193
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Cinema at its most intoxicating and immaculate, Todd Haynes' Carol is a deeply romantic, emotionally honest love story about two women who courageously defy the suffocating conformities of mid-century America. Therese (Rooney Mara) is an aspiring photographer, working in a Manhattan department store where she first encounters Carol (Cate Blanchett), an alluring older woman whose marriage is breaking down. Ambushed by their sudden attraction, the two women gravitate toward each other despite the threat their connection poses to both Therese's relationship with her steady beau and Carol's custody of her beloved young daughter. Blanchett is magnificent as Carol, whose elegant poise thinly veils her crumbling interior world, whilst Mara is mesmerising as the ing̩nue whose capacity for love awakens a newfound fearlessness. Phyllis Nagy's (Mrs. Harris) adaptation deftly retains the rich interiors and exquisite tension of Patricia Highsmith's groundbreaking novel The Price of Salt, written and published in 1952 at a time when its subject was considered scandalous. Haynes has created a shimmering companion work to both his lush Technicolor melodrama Far From Heaven and the shadowy domestic noir Mildred Pierce, adopting a starkly different, more naturalistic prism through which to examine the contradictory optimism and paranoia of post-war America and its oppressive social mores. Whilst never abandoning its characters and their story, the film also consistently reveals the power of the image itself РTherese's interest in photography, a glimpse of Sunset Boulevard, and Haynes' brilliant use of the gaze in the film's final moments. It also knowingly plays with the image of perfect femininity Рthe dolls at the counter where Therese works, the Christmas department store trappings reminiscent of Sirk's Imitation of Life. Haynes' filmmaking eloquence is sublimely enhanced by the cinematography of frequent collaborator Ed Lachman (who filmed with Super 16mm to produce the muted hues of glamour magazines of the era), the precision of Judy Becker's production design and the expressive palette of Sandy Powell's gorgeous costumes. Clare Stewart- BFI Director: Todd Haynes Starring: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy, Sarah Poulson Run time: 118 mins | |  | Arts Alive: Box Tale Soup
Present
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (Ages 4 +)
Saturday 16th January 4:30pm
Tickets: £8.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/206793
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Carroll's Wonderland floods onto the stage in a whirl of handmade puppets and extraordinary characters. Follow Alice on her remarkable journey, from her fleeting encounters with the White Rabbit to her eventual showdown with the crazed Queen of Hearts. A confrontational Caterpillar, Ukelele twanging Tweedle twins and an array of others pop up along the way, before Alice comes face to face with her own
imagination and perhaps the author of her dreams.
Featuring a dozen colourful handmade puppets, a beautiful set that unfolds from a vintage trunk and magical original music, this is a constantly inventive
and refreshing take on Carroll's classic. Young and old alike will find magic in Wonderland and come safely home. The only danger is you may not want to leave! Suitable for families age 4 + Run time: 55 mins Winner 'Best Family Show' Buxton Fringe 2014 Nominated for 'Best Children's Event' Brighton Fringe 2014 **** "...wonderful as any wonderland could be." Fringe Guru **** "...masterful puppetry...endlessly enjoyable..." A Younger Theatre This event is brought to us through Arts Alive. | |  | Kinetics: Man Of Aran and Las Hurdes
with Q&A by Michael Stewart (U)
Wednesday 20th January 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/219432
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 In this third & final screening of our current Kinetics season we are pleased to present a wonderful double bill of ethnofictions from the 1930's. Man Of Aran Nonfiction filmmaking pioneer Robert Flaherty's first sound feature elaborates on themes presented in his two previous major works, Nanook of the North and Moana. In all four of his major features, including Louisiana Story, Flaherty explored the relationship of man to his natural environment. This film was shot between 1931 and 1933 on the Aran Islands, west of Ireland's Galway Bay. Flaherty's screen "family" was actually composed of three unrelated islanders chosen for their photogenic appeal: Colman "Tiger" King is the title character, a no-nonsense fisherman, Maggie Dirrane plays his wife, and Michael Dillane his young son. Flaherty is more interested in recording the natural beauty of the islands, which are largely rock, and the surrounding sea than in presenting any formal information on the lives of the islanders. Life here is as elemental as it was for the Eskimos in Nanook and the South Seas islanders in Moana. Though the film came under fire from some critics at the time of its release for not presenting the social conditions that hampered the lives of the islanders -- many of them renting from absentee landlords indifferent to their economic well-being -- it has come to be accepted as work of film poetry rather than a social document. Run time: 2 hours 12 mins Las Hurdes Luis Buñuel's portrait of poor villagers in Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan (Land Without Bread) stage manages reality even more flagrantly. Together these films ask important questions about the boundaries of the documentary and ultimately truth itself. Run time: 30 mins The screenings will be followed by a Q&A session hosted by Michael Stewart, founding director of London's Open City Documentary Festival and Professor of Social Anthropology at UCL. Kinetics is a two year partnership project with the Independent Cinema Office supported by Arts Council England. | |  | RADIATOR (15)
Friday 22nd January 7:30pm
Saturday 23rd January 7:30pm
Wednesday 27th January 1:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book Online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/114900
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Retired couple Leonard (Richard Johnson) and Maria (Gemma Jones) still live in the rambling Cumbrian cottage where they've spent much of their 40-year marriage. But this family home has turned into a mausoleum to their loving but eccentric relationship, crammed full of junk and overrun with mice. Confined to the living-room couch, Leonard is growing irascible, while the long-suffering Maria struggles with his increasingly wayward demands. Their middle-aged son Daniel (Daniel Cerqueira) arrives from London determined to take charge, but the old family patterns are soon reasserting themselves as Leonard and Marie resist his efforts to help. Shot on a low budget in his own parents' home, Radiator is the movingly personal debut from Tom Browne (whose short Spunkbubble premiered at the London film Festival 2010). Flecked with moments of black humour and pitch-perfect performances, it is a poignant portrait of family love, in all its complicated, consoling, heart-breaking and life-affirming incarnations. Edward Lawrenson BFI "An excellent debut from British writer/director Tom Brown" **** The Guardian "A delicately crafted and moving family drama" **** The Independent Director: Tom Browne Cast: Richard Johnson, Gemma Jones, Daniel Cerqueira Run time: 93 mins | |  | My Nazi Legacy (PG)
Wednesday 27th January 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/219380
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 What if your father was a Nazi? This is the harrowing question raised in David Evans' thought-provoking documentary. While researching the origin of international laws, human rights lawyer Phillipe Sands encountered two men whose fathers were high-ranking Nazi officers during the Second World War: Niklas Frank, whose father was executed after being found guilty of war crimes by the Nuremberg tribunal, and Horst von Wächter, whose father operated in occupied Poland. The men have strikingly opposite views on their relationship with their fathers. While Frank condemns his father's actions, von Wächter can't bring himself to think of him as a murderer. From these extraordinary encounters, a gripping conversation emerges, resulting in the men journeying to Poland where members of Sands' family were executed during the war. At a time when extremism and anti-Semitism are on the rise, this fascinating and personal encounter is a devastating and timely meditation on remembrance and moral responsibility. Laure Bonville BFI Director: David Evans
Screenwriter: Philippe Sands
With Philippe Sands, Niklas Frank, Horst von Wächter
UK 2015
Run time: 92 mins International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is observed on January 27, 2016, is an international memorial day for the victims of the Holocaust. Holocaust is the genocide that resulted in the annihilation of six million European Jews as well as millions of others by the Nazi regime. The day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution on November 1, 2005. | |  | NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (15)
Thursday 28th January 7:00pm
Tickets: £12.00 Adult/£10.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/204537
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 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 Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), 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. Run time: 210 mins | |  | Steve Jobs (15)
Friday 29th January 7:30pm
Saturday 30th January 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/113659
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Discover the man behind the image in this candid biopic about computer genius Steve Jobs. From the pen of Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, A Few Good Men, The Social Network) comes this riveting and revealing movie about one of the late 20th century's most towering figures - Apple supremo Steve Jobs. Taking place at three key stages of Jobs' life, from the unveiling of the first Mac in 1984, through his split from Apple in 1988 to his return in 1998 and the release of the revolutionary iMac, the film provides an intimate study of a man whose private life was often as turbulent as his professional life. Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Days of Future Past) takes on the lead role as Steve Jobs, heading up a starry cast that includes Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen and Jeff Daniels. And in the director's chair is Slumdog Millionaire Oscar winner Danny Boyle. "Danny Boyle's biopic of the late co-founder of Apple Inc is stunningly scripted by Aaron Sorkin and features a microscopically calibrated lead performance from Michael Fassbender" **** - The Telegraph Cast: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels Director: Danny Boyle Run time: 122 mins | | | Up & Coming Highlights in February | | |  | Hector (15) With director's Q&A
Saturday 6th February 7:30pm
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/221669 This candid and moving depiction of homelessness in Britain is a very understated yet powerful film and is the directorial debut of Jake Gavin, who leads the charge with skill and precision. Featuring a host of British talent, including Peter Mullan (War Horse), Keith Allen (The Good Night), Gina McKee (In the Loop) and Stephen Tompkinson (A Dark Reflection), Hector is a quietly emotive masterpiece, telling the story of people living on the outside. | |  | Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening With Puccini (PG)
Thursday 11th February 7:00pm
Saturday 13th February 2:00pm
Book on.ine: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/112933 Operatic superstar Jonas Kaufmann is no stranger to the big screen, and in 2016 he makes his highly anticipated solo cinematic debut with this concert film and documentary. Shot on location in Italy, the film features Jonas' critically acclaimed Puccini concert from La Scala, Milan and includes all of Puccini's most loved tenor arias including 'Nessun dorma'. The cameras also go behind the scenes and follow Jonas around Milan as he talks about what it takes to be the world's greatest tenor and why Puccini's music is so special to him. Run time: 130 mins | |  | | STAR WARS
THE FORCE AWAKENS
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