Welcome to the December issue of the kinokulture cinema newsletter. With the end of the year drawing closer we have a few news updates.
Over the past two years we have been tremendously grateful for the support of Film Hub North West Central via the BFI with funds through the National Lottery. This support has enabled us to extend our range of films and bring many more documentaries, Foreign Language and British Films to our audiences. In 2018 the Regional Film Hubs will be shuffling around and we will be moving over to work with Film Hub Midlands. We would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to Sally & Alison at Film Hub NWC and big hello to Eleanor, Ian & Amy at Film Hub Midlands. We would also like to congratulate Oswestry Film society on another successful year of screenings. They have now chosen their next season of films which starts on January 16th with My cousin Rachel. Programming is now underway for the Borderlines Film Festival in February & March and we are also very pleased to have been invited to be a new venue for WOW (Wales One World Film Festival) which follows on from Borderlines so do keep a look out for more news on these events. So here it is December has arrived and the Festive Season is almost upon us bringing with it a wonderful selection of cinematic treats.
All our films for December & January are now on sale and can be viewed and booked online via our website: http://www.kinokulture.org.uk Find out more about film screenings across the West Midlands in Filmwire's Bumper Festive edition produced by our friends at Flatpack: http://mailchi.mp/filmwire/filmwire-december-2017?e=269217b0f8 | Ticket prices for regular screenings are £7.00 Adult & £5.00 Under 16's
Prices for Event Cinema & Live broadcasts vary depending on the distributor.
Please scroll down to see full information & booking links for all of this month's films.
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.
The cinema has a loop system and is also installed with Mobile Connect - Sennheiser's WiFi based system that enables low-latency transmission of audio content to mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. We can now easily provide assistive listening, audio description and interpretation channels to your own mobile phone. all you need to do is download the 'Sennheiser Mobileconnect' App for free from the Android or ITunes app store and listen through headphones connected to your mobile phone. This service can be used by anyone needing hearing assistance but is also very useful for people who can not understand the indecipherable mumbling of certain actors when they are 'In character'.
We look forward to seeing you this month and wish you all a very Happy Festive Season.
If you have friends or family who love going to the cinema why not treat them to one our specially made Gift vouchers? Just call us to arrange. | | | | | December Film Screenings & Events
kinokulture cinema, 9 Arthur Street, Oswestry, SY11 1JN | | |  | Wind River (15)
Friday 1st December 7:30pm
Saturday 2nd December 7:30pm
Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/207863
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 When a teenage girl is found dead in the freezing, desolate landscape of Wind River, Wyoming, the horrific truth behind a quiet town begins to creep to the surface. "Out here, you survive or you surrender." Wind River Indian Reservation is a harsh place to live. Located in a remote corner of the USA, its residents must become hardened to the wind, snow, and freezing temperatures… or risk becoming victims to the desolation. When local trapper, Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner) stumbles upon the body of a teenage girl, it's clear that she wasn't killed by Wind River's violent weather. Sprawling barefoot upon the white, icy ground, the bloodstained snow suggests there was a brutal struggle. FBI agent Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olsen) is assigned to the case, and braces herself against the hostile environment and bitterness of the people in the town. With few police officers to support her, she has no choice but to rely on Lambert for help. As the two try to piece together what happened, they begin to uncover a dark and twisted nightmare of a horrible evil lurking in the quiet town. Director Taylor Sheridan, who starred in Sons of Anarchy, won Best Director at Cannes Film Festival for Wind River. Renner (Avengers, Arrival) stars as the sultry, tight-lipped recluse and Olsen (Avengers, Captain America: Civil War) is the tough agent who's hungry for justice. "Wind River is a smart and very satisfying movie." **** The Guardian Director: Taylor Sheridan Cast: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen Run time: 107 mins
Please remember that Friday 1st December is the night of Oswestry Christmas Live so Church Street & English Walls will be closed to traffic. | |  | The Promise (12A)
Oswestry Film Society Screening Tuesday 5th December 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
*** Please note that tickets for Oswestry Film Society screenings cannot be booked through kinokulture.
Any enquiries should be directed to oswestryfilmsociety@gmail.com Please book online through the OFS website:
https://www.oswestryfilmsociety.com/buy-tickets
Or buy tickets on the door. Director and screen writer Terry George's (In the Name of the Father, Hotel Rwanda) latest film is an epic romance set against the real life back drop of the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Oscar Isaac plays brilliant medical student Michael, who meets and falls for Ana (Charlotte Le Bon) only to spark a romantic rivalry between himself and Ana's boyfriend Chris (Christian Bale). Chris, an America photojournalist, is there to expose the truth of the political chaos around them and soon they find their passions must be set aside in order to survive the horror the country descends into.
"Extremely watchable." Sunday Independent. USA/Spain / 2017 / 133mins / Cert 12A | |  | States Of Danger and Deceit: Z (15) Wednesday 6th December 7:30pm
Tickets: £7.00 adult/£5.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/419107
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 STATES OF DANGER AND DECEIT:EUROPEAN POLITICAL THRILLERS IN THE 1970s is a touring season of films curated by Andy Willis, Reader in Film Studies at the University of Salford and Senior Visiting Curator: Film at HOME, Manchester, presented as part of BFI THRILLER with the support of the BFI, awarding funds from The National Lottery. The ideological turmoil that marked the late 1960s and led to events such as May '68 in Paris gave way in the 1970s to a more strident politics that involved stark contrasts between left and right. During this period those within the establishment and those without seemed willing to act with violence to force the changes they sought for society. In response to this political moment a number of European filmmakers turned to the format of the thriller - sometimes seriously, sometimes with humour - offering as it did the opportunity to explore conspiracies, authoritarian regimes, and political violence. Z A pulse-pounding political thriller, Greek expatriate director Costa-Gavras's Z was one of the cinematic sensations of the late sixties, and remains among the most vital dispatches from that hallowed era of filmmaking. This Academy Award winner—loosely based on the 1963 assassination of Greek left-wing activist Gregoris Lambrakis—stars Yves Montand as a prominent politician and doctor whose public murder amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials; Jean-Louis Trintignant is the tenacious magistrate who's determined not to let them get away with it. Featuring kinetic, rhythmic editing, Raoul Coutard's expressive vérité photography, and Mikis Theodorakis's unforgettable, propulsive score, Z is a technically audacious and emotionally gripping masterpiece. Director: Costa-Gravas France/Greece 1969 Cast: Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant French with English subtitles Run time: 127 mins Part of States of Danger and Deceit: European Political Thrillers in the 1970s, a touring season presented by HOME, Manchester. Programme curated by Andy Willis, Reader in Film Studies at the University of Salford and Senior Visiting Curator: Film at HOME, produced by Rachel Hayward, HOME's Film Programme Manager, and coordinated by Jessie Gibbs, HOME Film Team. Presented with the support of the BFI, awarding funds from The National Lottery. | |  | NT Live: Young Marx (12A) Thursday 7th December 7:00pm
Tickets: £12.00 Adult/£10.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/379285
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Rory Kinnear (The Threepenny Opera, Penny Dreadful, Othello) is Marx and Oliver Chris (Twelfth Night, Green Wing) is Engels, in this new comedy written by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman. Broadcast live from The Bridge Theatre, London, the production is directed by Nicholas Hytner and reunites the creative team behind Broadway and West End hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnors. 1850, and Europe's most feared terrorist is hiding in Dean Street, Soho. Broke, restless and horny, the thirty-two-year-old revolutionary is a frothing combination of intellectual brilliance, invective, satiric wit, and child-like emotional illiteracy. Creditors, spies, rival revolutionary factions and prospective seducers of his beautiful wife all circle like vultures. His writing blocked, his marriage dying, his friend Engels in despair at his wasted genius, his only hope is a job on the railway. But there's still no one in the capital who can show you a better night on the piss than Karl Heinrich Marx. Run time: 220 mins including interval (TBC) | |  | Murder On The Orient Express (12A) Friday 8th December 7:30pm SOLD OUT
Saturday 9th December 7:30pm SOLD OUT
Thursday 14th December 1:30pm
Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/208040
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 What starts out as a lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into one of the most stylish, suspenseful and thrilling mysteries ever told. From the novel by best-selling author Agatha Christie, "Murder on the Orient Express" tells the tale of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone's a suspect. One man must race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again. Kenneth Branagh directs and leads an all-star cast including Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley and Josh Gad. Director: Kenneth Brannagh 2017 Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Cruz, Josh Gad, Michael Peńa, Judi Dench, Leslie Odom Jr., Derek Jacobi Run time: 120 mins | | | |
