Welcome to the November issue of the kinokulture cinema newsletter.
We are very excited to have been short listed in the Community Award category at the 2016 Cinema For All Film Society Of The Year Awards, which take place on Saturday 5th November and would like to thank our all wonderful volunteers and audiences for helping to create such a warm and friendly cinema space within Oswestry.
We have a wonderful programme of films and events this month and are very pleased to be participating in the BFI Black Star Season celebrating the range, versatility and power of black actors in some of the finest performances ever committed to film with six Black Star screenings over November and December. Read more at : http://www.bfi.org.uk/black-star Alongside our regular film programme other highlights this month include a magical night of live music, dance and storytelling with Adverse Camber's 'The Shanameh: The Epic Book Of Kings' exploring the legendary history of Iran, 'Alan Bennett's diaries', a new film about the writer, followed by an exclusive Q&A with Alan with from his local library in Primrose Hill, 'The Sacrifice' the final screening in our Andrei Tarkovsky Season, Ken Loach's award winning 'I, Daniel Blake' and the premiere of the much anticipated 'Oswestry Heritage Bake Off Film' filmed during National Heritage Open Days in September. This month also sees the return of the annual Into Film Festival offering free film screenings to schools. All our film screenings and events going through to the end of the Christmas holidays are now on sale with full information and booking links here: http://www.kinokulture.org.uk Ticket prices for regular screenings are £6.00 Adult & £4.00 Under 16's
Prices for Event Cinema & Live broadcasts vary depending on the distributor.
Please scroll down to see full information & booking links for this month's films & for highlights coming in December.
Doors open 30 minutes before the screening time and parking is available in The Horse Market car park just a short walk from the cinema.
Our cafe/bar space sells a range of light refreshments and is licensed in the evenings and on Saturdays.
We look forward to seeing you this month. | | | | | November Film screenings & Events
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kinokulture cinema, 9 Arthur Street, Oswestry, SY11 1JN | | |  | Some Like It Hot (12A) Oswestry Film Society Screening
Tuesday 1st November 7:30pm Membership or single screening Tickets for Oswestry Film Society screenings can bought from their website or on the door.
Membership costs £24.00 for all 8 films in the season
Single screening tickets cost £6.00 Adults/£4.00 Under 16's
Oswestry Film Society website: http://www.oswestryfilmsociety.org.uk/season-3/4592780329 Please note that kinokulture do not handle bookings for film society screenings. USA / 1959 / 120mins / Cert 12A It doesn't get much starrier than this; director Billy Wilder's classic comedy starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. Lemmon and Curtis play two hapless musicians who witness a mob hit and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women. Here the trouble really starts, as one of them falls for band member Sugar (Monroe) but can't reveal his identity, whilst the other has to avoid the advances of a rich suitor! "(over) Fifty-five years old and still a comedy masterpiece." Empire Magazine. | |  | Julieta (15) Wednesday 2nd November 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/296199
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 A compelling female-centred drama of tragedy and guilt from the great Spanish director Pedro Almodovar. Middle-aged Julieta (Emma Suarez) is about to move from Madrid to Portugal with her partner when a chance meeting re-ignites long-suppressed feelings about her estranged daughter. Back in the 1980s, the young punky blonde Julieta (Adriana Ugarte) meets handsome fisherman Xoan (Daniel Grao) during a fateful train journey. They go on to marry and have a child together. Based on a trio of linked short stories by the award-winning Canadian writer Alice Munro, Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar's beautifully crafted 20th film skilfully intertwines the stories of the older and younger Julieta as it explores the riddle of her life. Exquisitely staged with a superb jazz score by Alberto Iglesias, this intriguing, involving and visually stunning melodrama sees Almodovar returning to the themes of his most acclaimed films, such as 'Talk to Her' and 'Volver'. "Told in flashback over 30 years of guilt and grief, this tender melodrama based on three Alice Munro short stories is Pedro Almodóvar's best film in a decade." ***** The Guardian Director: Pedro Almodovar Cast: Emma Suarez, Adriana Ugarte, Rossy De Palma, Daniel Grao, Inma Cuesta, Michelle Jenner Spanish with English subtitles Run time: 99 mins | |  | Arts Alive Present: The Shahnameh - The Epic Book Of Kings (12+)
Thursday 3rd November 7:30pm
Tickets: £10.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 18's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/273094
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Be transported to the passion-filled world of heroic adventure and romance within a masterpiece of world literature with Xanthe Gresham Knight, dazzling performance storyteller, accompanied by the remarkable Kurdish Iranian musician, Arash Moradi. Dive into the majestic mythology of Persia – where supersized heroes and magical horses challenge the selfish demands of kings; where fathers and sons meet as strangers on the battlefield and, condemned by a femme fatale queen, a lion-hearted young man journeys through fire. Experience the energy and humour of this sweeping legendary history of Iran from tales of the deeply loved, yet reluctant hero, Rustam, to fantastical creatures like the mighty Simorgh and its miraculous feathers. "Magical." The Independent Company: Adverse Camber Run time: 105 mins (including 15 minute interval) | |  | Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children (12A)
Friday 4th November 7:30pm
Tuesday 8th November 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/153665
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 A boy must save the residents of a mysterious island orphanage in Tim Burton's imaginative fantasy.
Sixteen-year-old Jacob Portman (Asa Butterfield) has grown up listening to his grandfather's bizarre stories of the residents of a strange and mysterious island orphanage known as Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiars. When the old man dies in mysterious circumstances, he leaves young Jacob clues that set him on an extraordinary quest. What he finds is a magical place, spanning different worlds and times, whose residents possess astonishing abilities. But they are also under threat from sinister monsters. Now it's up to Jacob to use his own 'peculiarity' to save them.
Adapted from Ransom Riggs's creepy young adult book by Jane Goldman, of X-Men: First Class and Kick-Ass fame, this latest dark fantasy from the fertile mind of Tim Burton boasts a superlative cast that includes Eva Green, Judi Dench and Samuel L. Jackson. Director: Tim Burton Cast:Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Allison Janney, Judi Dench, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris O'Dowd, Terence Stamp, Ella Purnell, Rupert Everett Run time: 127 mins screening in 2D | |  | The Orchard + Directors Q&A (15)
Monday 7th November 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/296507
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 We are very pleased to present this latest award winning feature film from Hereford based film makers Eclectic Films. Six actors are brought together in a country house to put on an improvised version of The Cherry Orchard. As the old friends joyfully reunite all bodes well. But as they cast themselves in the play cracks begin to appear. They discuss the themes of the play which gradually begin to take over both the actors and their characters. What starts as an amusing weekend turns into a self-doubting and destructive scenario. Will they ever be able to be friends again? The Orchard takes its narrative form from the four-act structure of Anton Chekhov's 'The Cherry Orchard'. Its underlying dramatic driver is Pirandello's 'Six Characters in Search of an Author'. The Orchard uses the collision of these two great plays to draw out and exploit the emotions, symbolisms and resonances that take the actors on a journey from friendship to derision and contempt. From Chekhov it takes its emotive themes and from Pirandello its playful deconstruction. Filmed in real time over one weekend, starring Lucy Black, Paul Currier, Daisy Douglas, Dorothea Myer-Bennett, Richard Neale and Dan Winter. An original musical score by Towering Inferno's composer Andy Saunders is used to further emphasise the actors' moments of deep introspection. Winner of the Van Gogh Award for Best Feature Film,- Amsterdam Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Winner of The Yosemite International Film Festival Award for Best Foreign Feature
An Award Winning Film of the Indie Film Festival, Hudson, Ohio
Trenton Film Festival, New Jersey, USA, official selection
Cambridge Film Festival UK, official selelction
UnderCannes, Cannes Underground Film Festival, official selection
Mongolia International Film Festival, official selection
Cutting Edge Film festival, official selection UK 2014 Directors: Clive Myer, Lynda Myer-Bennett Advisory note - occasional use of bad language Run time: 104 mins + Q&A | |  | In Focus: Notes On Blindness (U)
Wednesday 9th November 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/281462
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 After losing sight, John Hull knew that if he did not try to understand blindness it would destroy him. In 1983 he began keeping an audio diary. Over three years John recorded over sixteen hours of material, a unique testimony of loss, rebirth and renewal, excavating the interior world of blindness. Published in 1990, the diaries were described by author and neurologist Oliver Sacks as, 'A masterpiece… The most precise, deep and beautiful account of blindness I have ever read.' Following the Emmy Award-winning short film of the same name, the feature version of Notes on Blindnesstakes a creative approach to the documentary form. Actors lip-synch to the voices of the family, embedding John's original audio recordings within compelling cinematography and textured sound design. The result is a poetic and intimate story of loss, rebirth and transformation, documenting John's extraordinary journey into 'a world beyond sight'. The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival as well as winning the Special Jury Prize at the 59th San Francisco Film Festival and the Wellcome Trust Innovation and Storytelling Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest. ★★★★★ "The genius of the film is in allowing us to understand and visualise the world of blindness… A beautiful, accessible and thoughtful work of art." THE GUARDIAN, Charlie Phillips ★★★★★ "A visionary, lyrical film" THE TIMES, Kate Muir ★★★★★ "Articulate, eloquent and soul-searching" OBSERVER, Mark Kermode ★★★★★ "Remarkable… a haunting, throat-catching documentary that shares some of the lyrical power of Clio Barnard's The Arbor or Carol Morley's Dreams of a Life." THE LIST, Allan Hunter GB 2016 Directors: Pete Middleton, James Spinney Cast: Dan Renton Skinner, Simone Kirby, John M. Hull Run time: 90 mins "This project is supported by Film Hub North West Central, proud to be a member of the BFI Film Audience Network" | |  | BFI Black Star Season: Car Wash (PG) + Dj Set by The Vinylistas
Thursday 10th November 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/303106
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 BFI Black Star is the UK's biggest ever season of film dedicated to celebrating the range, versatility and power of black actors in some of the finest performances ever committed to film. Turn the volume up and get the soap suds flying: we're about to have a block party! Car Wash is the classic, zany comedy about the staff and patrons of De Luxe Car Wash. As Roger Ebert describes it, the film is 'a dizzying, nonstop kaleidoscope of cars, soul music, characters, crises, crazy kids on skateboards, hookers, television preachers and lots of suds and hot wax.' Featuring a classic disco soundtrack (including the ever-funky title track by Rose Royce), the film is a hilarious snapshot of the care-free seventies. Yet there's social commentary aplenty, from Abdullah (Bill Duke), the Muslim revolutionary to Lindy, praised by queer cinema historian Vito Russo for its progressive depiction of a black gay man. Including a knock out cameo from comedy legend Richard Pryor (as a televangelist, ably backed by soul superstars The Pointer Sisters), this is one drive-through you won't want to miss! Director: Michael Schultz USA 1976 Run time: 97 mins Car Wash is part of the BFI's BLACK STAR season, taking place UK-wide, supported by the Independent Cinema Office and Film Hub North West Central, part of the Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery. The BFI Black Star Season is Supported by:
BFI Film Audience Network
The National Lottery
#BFIBLACKSTAR | |  | The Magnificent Seven (12A) Friday 11th November 7:30pm
Saturday 12th November 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/153851
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Training Day and The Equalizer director Antoine Fuqua re-imagines the classic 1960 Western with a whole host of Hollywood stars all saddling up to tackle injustice. The American frontier town of Rose Krick is under siege from ruthless villain Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Saarsgard), and in their desperation the residents turn to a misfit group of gun-slingers to save the day. These include bounty hunter Sam Chisholm (Denzel Washington), explosives expert Josh Farraday (Chris Pratt), sharpshooter Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke) and tracker Jack Horne (Vincent D'Onofrio). Today's crop of A-listers don the spurs and step into the iconic boot prints left by movie legends Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and Robert Vaughn in this gritty, action-packed reworking of a landmark movie classic. Reuniting Training Day stars Washington and Hawke with Guardians of the Galaxy's Pratt and Daredevil's D'Onofrio, this promises to unleash seven barrels of mayhem. "The sheer brilliance of these latter scenes justify this new version of an old favourite and shows us just why Westerns are still worth making." *** The Independent Director: Antoine Fuqua Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Byung-Hun Lee, Peter Sarsgaard, Haley Bennett, Matt Bomer, Luke Grimes, Sean Bridgers, Billy Slaughter, Cam Gigandet, Vinnie Jones Run time: 133 mins | |  | Desert Dancer (15) Oswestry Film Society Screening
Tuesday 15th November
Membership or single screening Tickets for Oswestry Film Society screenings can bought from their website or on the door.
Membership costs £24.00 for all 8 films in the season
Single screening tickets cost £6.00 Adults/£4.00 Under 16's
Oswestry Film Society website: http://www.oswestryfilmsociety.org.uk/season-3/4592780329
Please note that kinokulture do not handle bookings for film society screenings. UK/United Arab Emirates and others / 2016 / 104mins / Cert 15 Another of this season's films based on a true events, this is the story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian and a group of brave young people who risked their lives to pursue their passion for dance in a country where the art form is forbidden. They learnt their dance skills by hacking into YouTube clips and then resolved to put on a performance deep in the desert, away from the prying eyes of the authorities. "Desert Dancer is blessed by a powerful sincerity." The Dissolve | |  | Alan Bennett's Diaries + Live Satellite Q&A (12A) Wednesday 16th November 8:00pm
tickets: £12.00 Adult/£10.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/293730
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 An unmissable live event that will take a candid look into the mind of Alan Bennett, Britain's best-loved writer, who, at 82, shows no signs of slowing down. The event will include a screening of 'Alan Bennet's Diaries', a new film about the writer, followed by an exclusive Q&A with Alan with from his local library in Primrose Hill. Inspired by his acerbic and often hilarious diaries, the film shows Bennett as he's never been seen before - following him to New York, the scene of his early triumph in Beyond the Fringe to the village in Yorkshire he calls home. Intimate encounters, filmed over the course of a year, reveal a writer who is bemused by his own popularity and is still as angry and irreverent in his 80s as he was in his 20s. Cast: Alan Bennett Run time: 120 mins | |  | Little Men (PG) Thursday 17th November 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/304005
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Set in New York, this charming coming-of-ager is a tender tale of teenage friendship. Brooklyn boys Jake and Tony (impressive newcomers Taplitz and Barbieri) become best pals when Jake's parents, Brian (Greg Kinnear) and Kathy (Jennifer Ehle), move into the apartment above the shop run by Tony's mother, Leonor (Paulina García, Gloria).
Director Sachs (Love Is Strange) beautifully observes the boys' time together, allowing their friendship to flourish organically. But inevitably, trouble arises. The shop was leased from Brian's late father, and when Brian discovers that Leonor is paying far below the market rent, he sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to rip the boys apart.
This nostalgic but never sentimental look at childhood is also a story about how innocence is often punctured by the complexities of grown-up life. Subtle and telling, the result is a gem. "Following up Love Is Strange with another slice of urban bohemia, Sachs' latest is another gem that's full of heart and warmth." **** Empire Magazine "Little Men is composed with scrupulous observational intelligence and care. It is really engaging."
***** The Guardian Director: Ira Sachs USA/Greece 2016 Starring: Theo Taplitz, Michael Barbieri, Gre Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle Run time: 85 mins | |  | The Girl On The Train (15)
Friday 18th November 7:30pm
Saturday 19th November 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/154780
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Sicario star Emily Blunt plays a woman drawn into a terrifying mystery in this gripping thriller based on the best-selling book.
Rachel Watson (Emily Blunt) is a divorcee reeling from the recent split with her husband. Travelling on the train every morning during her commute, she finds herself consumed with a seemingly perfect couple whom she passes on a daily basis. However, when she unwittingly becomes witness to something truly shocking as part of her journey, Rachel is drawn into a mystery that will see her life spiral even further out of control.
Dynamic and versatile British star Emily Blunt, who excelled in recent drugs cartel thriller Sicario, here delivers another emotionally fraught, engrossing performance in this adaption of Paula Hawkins' sensational novel. Directed by Tate Taylor, the man behind The Help and Get On Up, and with a cast that also includes Luke Evans and Rebecca Ferguson, it promises to be twisty and compulsive viewing. Director: Tate Taylor
Cast: Emily Blunt, Luke Evans, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Haley Bennett, Allison Janney, Edgar Ramírez Run time: 112 mins | |  | The Sacrifice (12A)
Sculpting Time: Andrei Tarkovsky Season
Tuesday 22nd November 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/304878
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 One of world's most visionary, celebrated and influential filmmakers, Andrei Tarkovsky made just seven features before his tragically early death at the age of 54. Characterised by metaphysical and spiritual explorations of the human condition, each film is an artistic masterpiece of extraordinary visual beauty and stand as enduring classics of world cinema. Screening from pristine new digital prints, the Russian auteur's seven features will be showing at selected cinemas across the UK and Ireland. To celebrate our final film in the Sculpting Time - Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective there will be a free glass of vodka on arrival and the bar will be open after the screening for an informal chat on this season of films from one of the world's master film makers. Andrei Tarkovsky's visionary final film unfolds in the hours before a nuclear holocaust. Erland Josephson, in an award-winning role, plays retired actor Alexander who is celebrating his birthday with family and friends when a crackly TV announcement warns of an imminent nuclear catastrophe. Alexander makes a promise to God that he will sacrifice all he holds dear, if the disaster can be averted. The next day dawns and, as if in a dream, everything is restored to normality. But Alexander must keep his vow. Among many other awards, The Sacrifice won the Cannes Grand Prix in 1986, the same year that Tarkovsky died of cancer in Paris at the age of 54. Winner of the 1988 Best Foreign Language Film BAFTA Winner of the 1986 Cannes FIPRESCI Prize
Winner of the 1986 Cannes Grand Prize of the Jury
Winner of the 1986 Cannes Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Winner of the 1986 Cannes Best Artistic Contribution award - cinematography (Sven Nykvist) " It is brilliant and audacious with one of the most extraordinary final film sequences in modern cinema" ***** Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian "Tarkovsky's finest work, a culmination of all that has preoccupied him throughout his films" Los Angeles Times "Profoundly satisfying ... A rewarding display of filmmaking mastery that forms a mystical and enigmatic coda to a legendary career" ***** Jonathan Trout - BBC Director: Andrei Tarkovsky France/Sweden 1986 Languages: English, French Swedish Run time: 149 mins This season of films is courtesy of Curzon/Artifial Eye "This project is supported by Film Hub North West Central, proud to be a member of the BFI Film Audience Network" | |  | BFI Black Star Season: In The Heat Of The Night (12A)
+ DJ Set by The Vinylistas Wednesday 23rd November 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/153124
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 BFI Black Star is the UK's biggest ever season of film dedicated to celebrating the range, versatility and power of black actors in some of the finest performances ever committed to film. They call him MR Tibbs! Sidney Poitier excels as a detective who faces racism while working on a murder case. Jewison's hard-hitting murder mystery is entertaining, atmospheric and insightful. In the Heat of the Night won five Oscars® in 1968, including Best Picture, Best Actor (for Rod Steiger), Best Screenplay and Best Editing. But one of the key reasons for the film's success was Sidney Poitier, who is devastatingly cool and charismatic as Philadelphia homicide detective Virgil Tibbs. Tibbs arrives in a small Southern backwater to visit his mother but becomes embroiled in a murder investigation when he's picked up by the local police simply for the 'crime' of being black. When Tibbs' profession is confirmed, he's teamed with a racist redneck sheriff (Steiger) to help with the investigation – a riveting partnership that reflects the era's desperately strained race relations. Ashley Clark, BFI Black Star programmer Director: Dir Norman Jewison USA 1967
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant
Run time: 110min Full digital restoration courtesy of Park Circus In The Heat Of The Night is part of the BFI's BLACK STAR season, taking place UK-wide, supported by the Independent Cinema Office and Film Hub North West Central, part of the Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery. The BFI Black Star Season is Supported by:
BFI Film Audience Network
The National Lottery
#BFIBLACKSTAR | |  | Afternoon Classics: Sunset Boulevard (PG)
Thursday 24th November 1:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/145504
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Our final screening in this 'Noir' Mini season of Afternoon Classics is 'Sunset Boulevard'. The story, set in '50s Hollywood, focuses on Norma Desmond, a silent-screen goddess whose pathetic belief in her own indestructibility has turned her into a demented recluse. The crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion where she lives with only her butler, Max who was once her director and husband has become her self-contained world. Norma dreams of a comeback to pictures and she begins a relationship with Joe Gillis, a small-time writer who becomes her lover, that will soon end with murder and total madness. "Norma Desmond, a fictional former queen of the silent era is at the heart of Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, and she is played with mesmerising intensity by Gloria Swanson, near perfect" ***** The Telegraph We offer Free Tea/coffee & Cake with every ticket at our Afternoon Classic screenings. Director: Billy Wilder Cast: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olsen USA 1950 Run time: 110 mins "This project is supported by Film Hub North West Central, proud to be a member of the BFI Film Audience Network" | |  | SONITA (PG)
Thursday 24th November 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/304657
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Meet the headstrong teenage Afghan artist whose talent is as big as her dreams. Young Sonita Alizadeh works as a cleaner at a school for refugees in Tehran, one of many undocumented Afghan immigrants keeping under the radar of Iranian authorities. Except Sonita has no intention of keeping her head down: in a country where women are not allowed to sing solo, she wants to live on her own terms and succeed as a famous rapper, musician and artist. Soon, Sonita's mother makes a surprise visit: she is to be sold as bride (price tag: $9,000) to enable the family to buy her brother a wife. Defiant, Sonita pleads with the film's director to intervene, turning her story – and the documentary – around. The film, which has deservedly been gathering awards worldwide, movingly captures Sonita's journey to empowerment and womanhood, as she finds her voice as an artist and a campaigner. Moved by her story, female director Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami filmed a poignant documentary, SONITA which will go on limited release from Friday 21 October
Find out more about SONITA at The Time Is Now website highlighting women's rights & fights in film: https://ttin.uk/sonitarelease The film has been awarded at SUNDANCE Grand Jury Prize WINNER and SUNDANCE Audience Award WINNER and most recently WINNER at Sheffield Doc Festival, Youth Jury Award ★★★★★ "Triumphant...endlessly surprising" - Nigel M. Smith, The Guardian "Inspiring...a certified crowd-pleaser" - Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter "Puts a defiant face and expressive voice to a resistance that needs to be as loud as possible." - RogerEbert.com "Everyone falls in love with Sonita in this film…" - Fionnuala Halligan, Screen Daily Director: Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami Iran, Germany, Switzerland 2015 Run time: 90 mins This screening is supported by the BFI New Release Strategy | |  | I, Daniel Blake (15)
Friday 25th November 7:30pm
Saturday 26th November 7:30pm
Wednesday 30th November 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/146209
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 The triumphant winner of this year's Cannes Palme d'Or, Ken Loach's fierce, emphatic drama I, Daniel Blake is purportedly his last film. It's pure Loach, with a script by his regular screenwriter Paul Laverty, and follows the Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) of the title, a fifty-something carpenter living in Newcastle who, after suffering a heart attack, seeks to claim state benefits. Told by his NHS consultant that he's unfit for work, he applies for disability benefit. However, after a 'healthcare professional' appointed by the Department for Work and Pensions interviews him over the phone for just ten minutes, it's decided that he's ineligible. Humiliatingly labelled a scrounger when he is anything but, Daniel is forced to apply instead for jobseeker's allowance and comes up against further absurdities of the welfare state. Meanwhile, he befriends Katie (Hayley Squires) - a single mother to two children, and new to Newcastle - who's also suffering on the breadline. Overwhelmingly moving, I, Daniel Blake is a stark reminder of the profound injustices of life in contemporary Britain and the brutal inhumanity of the system, making it painfully clear that issues so often invoked theoretically in the media in fact result in real human suffering, which exists in plain sight. "A spare film, muted in colour - and all the more powerful and urgent for it." **** Time Out "I, Daniel Blake" is one of Loach's finest films, a drama of tender devastation that tells its story with an unblinking neorealist simplicity that goes right back to the plain spoken purity of Vittorio De Sica." Variety Director: Ken Loach UK 2016 Run time: 100 mins | |  | Kubo And The Two Strings (PG)
Saturday 26th November 1:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/306335
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 A boy battles gods and monsters in this epic animated family action-adventure from the creators of The Boxtrolls. Young Kubo (Art Parkinson) leads a simple life as a storyteller in a small seaside town. But his life changes abruptly when he accidentally summons a spirit from the past that's bent on pursuing an ancient vendetta. Now this unlikely hero must embark on an amazing quest to save his family and solve the mystery of his father, the world's greatest samurai warrior. Along the way to fulfilling his destiny, Kubo joins forces with Monkey (Charlize Theron) and Beetle (Matthew McConaughey) and uses his shamisen - a magical musical instrument - to take on such formidable foes as the vengeful Moon King (Ralph Fiennes) and the evil twin Sisters (Rooney Mara). This compelling story is told in a breathtaking blend of CGI and puppet animation from Laika, the innovative studio that gave us Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls. "A beautiful animation that succeeds on every level" ***** The Observer Director: Travis Knight Cast: Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Fiennes, Rooney Mara, George Takei Run time: 102 mins 2D screening | |  | Oswestry Heritage Bake Off: The Film + Q&A (PG)
Tuesday 29th November 7:30pm
Tickets: £3.00
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/306539
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 They baked, they iced, they captured 3,000 years of history in a perfectly risen sponge. Now you can see how a madcap 24 hours of filming unfolded as kinokulture hosts the premiere of the much anticipated 'Oswestry Heritage Bake-Off: The Film'. Enjoy all the thrills and spills of the contest as our three plucky finalists – Alex, Louise and Pip – emerge from a cloud of icing sugar with their yummy tributes to Oswestry borderland heritage. Against all the odds, including over-sized aprons and unfamiliar ovens, our bold baker-teers lock whisks in the kitchens of North Shropshire College in a battle of literally monumental proportions. In the heat of the bake-off, there is sweat, there are tears (of laughter), but not one hint of a soggy bottom. Still plenty of time for that when the finalists face the tension of the judging tent against the magnificent backdrop of Oswestry Castle. Move over Mr Kipling and Dr Oetker; these showstoppers are crafted with an extra special message – love for local heritage. And move over Great British Bake Off's Mary, Paul, Mel and Sue; Oswestry has its own bake-off stars in the shape of Margaret Edwards, Yossi Gliksman, Terry Cripps and Dru Cripps. This is the Christmas 'feel good' film to put you in the mood for the festive season - or at least a stroll around an historical relic followed by cake in a local tea room. A celebration of the area's rich history, The Oswestry Heritage Bake-Off was produced and filmed by the HOOOH Community Group and Filmage as part of Oswestry Heritage Open Days 2016. The project has been generously supported by its official partners: kinokulture cinema, North Shropshire College, Oswestry Country Market, and Oswestry & Border History & Archaeology Group. Cast: Contestants: Alex Jamieson, Louise Taylor-Kennett, Pip Davies. Judges: Margaret Edwards, Yossi Gliksman Presenters: Terry Cripps, Dru Cripps Filmed/directed by Joe Edwards/Filmage with Bethan Jones, Neil Phillips and Barry Edwards Set dressing: Giuliana Becciu Oswestry Town Council Deputy Mayor: Vince Hunt (playing himself) with his daughter Amber. Produced by: HOOOH Community Group Run time: Approx 1 ½ hours including a Q&A with the film makers | |  | The Into Film Festival 2016 This year we are offering four FREE Film screenings to schools as part of the annual Into Film Festival, the world's largest free film and education event for young people.
Our festival screenings this year are:
Pete's Dragon Thursday 17th November 10:00am
Swallows and Amazons Friday 18th November 10:00am
Kubo and The Two Strings Thursday 23rd November 10:00am
Doctor Strange Friday 24th November 10:00am
Schools can find out more, register, book online and download educational resources on the Into Film Festival website: https://www.intofilm.org/events/festival | |  | One More time With Feeling (15)
Thursday 1st December 7:30pm Andrew Dominik's, "One More Time with Feeling" is a remarkable 3-D black-and-white documentary about the creation of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds album "Skeleton Tree". Originally a performance based concept, the film evolved into something much more significant as Dominik delved into the tragic backdrop of the writing and recording of the album. Interwoven throughout the Bad Seeds' filmed performance of the new album are interviews and footage shot by Dominik. The result is stark, fragile and raw, and a true testament to an artist trying to find his way through the darkness. Already seen by more than 125,000 people on one day - many at sold out screenings - the phenomenal response globally sees One More Time with Feeling return to cinemas for one more run on December 1 A Masterpiece NME ***** The Independent & Time Out **** The Guardian & Evening Standard | |  | | All' Opera: Giacomo Puccini's Madam Butterfly - Live from Teatro Alla Scala (12A) Wednesday 7th December 5:00pm
Launching a new season of operas broadcast live from La Scala Milan Riccardo Chailly will conduct the original version of Madame Butterfly, making this the first time the performance has returned to La Scala since it's debut. | |  | | Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Encore Performance (15)
Tuesday 27th December 7:00pm
The legendary 'Miss Saigon', returns to cinemas for a one night only encore in this spectacular, sell-out 25th Anniversary Gala Performance of the global stage sensation. | |  | | Afternoon Classic: Doctor Zhivago (PG)
Thursday 29th December 1:30pm
Our December Afternoon Classic is Doctor Zhivago Winner of five Academy Awards, and the eighth most successful film ever at the US box office, Doctor Zhivago returns to cinemas in a beautiful new 4K digital restoration.
Join us for a celebratory Free glass of mulled wine & Christmas Cake at this festive Afternoon Classic screening. | | |
