| January Film Screenings & Events at kinokulture cinema
9 Arthur Street, Oswestry, SY11 1JN | | |  | BFI Thriller: The Last Seduction (18)
Thursday 4th January 7:30pm
Tickets: £7.00 Adult (18 & over)
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/211310
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 'A tortuous, well-acted, crisply photographed and immensely enjoyable thriller.' Time Out John Dahl's neo-noir has one of the all time great femme fatale performances from Linda Fiorentiono as Bridget Gregory. Self-interested and willing to achieve her ends by any means, we are quickly caught in her web. Having made off with the ill-gotten gains of a drug deal, Bridget washes up in Beston, a tiny town in New York State. There she pulls Mike (Peter Berg) into her web and starts living a suburban life. Needless to say, her hardboiled past catches up with her, with her robbed husband (Bill Pullman) hot on her trail. Before long she is manipulating everyone in town to deadly effect. Originally sent straight to VHS in the United States, its success in cinemas in the UK made it a box office hit in America. This erotic thriller has all of the classic film noir tropes, and none of the tempered morality. Smouldering with vice and passion, The Last Seduction is a pretty poison that will slip down all too easily. Director: John Dahl USA 1994 Cast: Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman Run time: 110 mins The BFI Thriller season takes place in cinemas across the UK, on BFI Player and BFI DVD, on broadcast television, and with education partners INTO FILM, and is accompanied by a lavishly illustrated new BFI book. With the support of the BFI, awarding funds from The National Lottery. | |  | Suburbicon (15) Friday 5th January 7:30pm
Saturday 6th January 7:30pm
Monday 8th January 7:30pm (subtitled for The Hard Of Hearing)
Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/211320
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 'Suburbicon' is a peaceful, idyllic suburban community with affordable homes and manicured lawns… the perfect place to raise a family, and in the summer of 1959, the Lodge family is doing just that. But the tranquil surface masks a disturbing reality, as husband and father Gardner Lodge (Matt Damon) must navigate the town's dark underbelly of betrayal, deceit, and violence. Directed by George Clooney, and written by George Clooney, Grant Heslov and the Coen Brothers, Suburbicon is a much-anticipated dark comedy, with a fantastic cast also including Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac and newcomer Noah Jupe. Director: George Clooney USA 2017 Cast: Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac Run time: 104 mins | |  | Oscar Wilde Season: A Woman Of No Importance (12A) Encore Tuesday 9th January 7:15pm
Tickets: £15.00 Adult/£10.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/208800
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167
Olivier award-winner Eve Best (A Moon for the Misbegotten and Hedda Gabler) and BAFTA-nominated actress Anne Reid (Last Tango in Halifax) star in this new classically staged production of Oscar Wilde's comedy directed by Dominic Dromgoole, former Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe. The first play from the Classic Spring Theatre Company's Oscar Wilde Season, A Woman of No Importance will be broadcast live to cinemas from the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End. An earnest young American woman, a louche English lord, and an innocent young chap join a house party of fin de siècle fools and grotesques. Nearby a woman lives, cradling a long-buried secret. First performed in 1893, Oscar Wilde's marriage of glittering wit and Ibsenite drama satirised the socially conservative world of the Victorian upper-class, creating a vivid new theatrical voice which still resonates today. before the play begins, there will be a short introduction (exclusive to cinemas) from the Director Dominic Dromgoole and Oscar Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland, which will include fascinating insights about the playwright, the play and the Vaudeville Theatre. Author: Oscar Wilde Director: Dominic Dromgoole Set & Costume Designer: Jonathan Fensome CAST Mrs Arbuthnot: Eve Best Lady Hunstanton: Anne Reid Lady Caroline Pontefract: Eleanor Bron Hester Worsley: Crystal Clarke Mrs Allonby: Emma Fielding Lord Illingworth: Dominic Rowan Gerald Arbuthnot: Harry Lister Smith Reverend Daubeny: William Gaunt Run time: 150 mins (TBC) This is a recording of the live Broadcast from the Vaudeville Theatre, London on 28th November. | |  | British Museum Presents: Hokusai (PG) Wednesday 10th January 7:00pm
Tickets: £10.00 Adult/£8.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/212153
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 This fascinating cinema event, British Museum presents: Hokusai, is a groundbreaking documentary and exclusive private view of the British Museum exhibition Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave. Filmed in Japan, the US and the UK, the film focuses on Hokusai's work, life and times in the great, bustling metropolis of Edo, modern Tokyo. Introduced by arts presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon, and featuring artists David Hockney, Grayson Perry and Maggi Hambling, this is the first UK biography of Japan's greatest artist. Using extraordinary close-ups and pioneering 8K Ultra HD video technology, Hokusai's paintings and prints are examined by world experts who are at the forefront of digital art history.
Hokusai spent his life studying and celebrating our common humanity as well as deeply exploring the natural and spiritual worlds, using the famous volcano Mount Fuji as a protective presence and potential source of immortality. He knew much tragedy, was struck by lightning and lived for years in poverty, but never gave up his constant striving for perfection in his art. Hokusai is an artist who influenced Monet, Van Gogh and other Impressionists, is the father of manga and the only painter with his own emoji. Run time: 87 mins | |  | My Pure Land (15) World Cinema Season Thursday 11th January 7:30pm
Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/212161
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Set in rural Pakistan, three women must do all they can to defend their home from a group of armed men. Based on a true story, this striking drama sees a mother and her two young daughters; Nazo and Saeda, fight to protect their secluded home from an army of armed men, who want to take it forcibly from them. The intruders have been sent to the property by the girls' uncle who will go to any lengths to take ownership of the building. The neighbours have been warned off and the corrupt local police offer no help. The women are truly on their own in this fight for survival, armed with machine guns and a supply of bullets thinning fast, they still refuse to give in. An exciting yet tense first feature from British Pakistani filmmaker Sarmad Masud. My Pure Land has been selected as the UK entry for the Best Foreign Language film at the 2018 Academy Awards. "Tense... Powerful... Captivating" ★★★★ Total Film, "Taut and exciting" Wendy Ide -Screen Daily, "An extraordinary, breathtaking masterclass… will rock you to the core." ★★★★★ Oasisawais, ★★★★ The Skinny, "A formidable debut... impossible not to be affected by its candour" ★★★★★ The Upcoming, "A glorious paean to the strength of female resistance." ★★★★ One Room with a View, "exciting, tense, uplifting and tragic... grips you right up to its final moments." ★★★★ Starburst Director: Sarmad Masud. UK 2017 Run time: 92 mins | |  | Battle Of The Sexes (12A) Friday 12th January 7:30pm
Saturday 13th January 7:30pm
Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/212299
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 In the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women's movement, the 1973 tennis match between women's world champion Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-men's-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was billed as the BATTLE OF THE SEXES and became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time, reaching 90 million viewers around the world. As the rivalry between King and Riggs kicked into high gear, off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles. The fiercely private King was not only championing for equality, but also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, as her friendship with Marilyn Barnett (Andrea Riseborough) developed. And Riggs, one of the first self-made media-age celebrities, wrestled with his gambling demons, at the expense of his family and wife Priscilla (Elisabeth Shue). Together, Billie and Bobby served up a cultural spectacle that resonated far beyond the tennis court, sparking discussions in bedrooms and boardrooms that continue to reverberate today. Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris USA 2017 Cast: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming, Elisabeth Shue Run time: 100 mins | |  | My Cousin Rachel (12A) Oswestry Film Society screening
Tuesday 16th January 7:30pm
Season Membership: £21.00 for all 7 films
Single screening tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
*** Please note that Tickets for Oswestry Film Society screenings can not be booked through kinokulture.
To buy a season membership or single tickets please book through the Oswestry Film Society website: https://www.oswestryfilmsociety.com/current-season
Or email: oswestryfilmsociety@gmail.com Rachel Weisz has established herself as one of the finest British actors of her generation; one who has never shied away from challenging roles. Here she plays the titular role in writer Daphne Du Maurier's chilling period thriller. When young Englishman Philip hears of the death of his cousin Ambrose, he becomes convinced that Ambrose's wife Rachel is responsible and he plots his revenge against her. However, upon meeting her he finds himself falling irresistibly under the beautiful Rachel's beguiling spell… 'Underlying it all is a strongly feminist message about power, money and male fear of what might happen if a woman should gain possession of both - agreeably subversive stuff to find in a crowd-pleasing period drama.' Sight and Sound 2017 / UK / 100 minutes | | | |
