Welcome to the July edition of the kinokulture cinema newsletter. Summer has landed and we have some wonderful films and live event broadcasts to entertain, enchant & inform you this month. July sees the launch of Kinoclub bringing together our documentary, World & British cinema into a new season of 8 films with the opportunity for season membership or individual screening tickets. The season launches on Wednesday 4th July with the documentary 'Nothing Like a Dame' so why not come along and enjoy a cup of tea with four great British actresses Dames Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith. This month also sees the the much acclaimed and multi award winning musical production 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie' come to our screen alongside the RSC's new production of 'Romeo And Juliet', a special Sunday afternoon encore screening of the absolutely brilliant West End production of 'An American In Paris' and our first ever live broadcast of 'Andre Rieu's Maastricht Concert'. Our summer holiday programme kicks off with 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' and the delightful family friendly animation 'Mary and The Witch's Flower'. Shropshire Wildlife Trust will be hosting an open day in The Willow Community Garden (next door to the cinema) on Saturday 14th July to celebrate their Flowers for the Bees project. all of our June screenings are now on sale and available to book online via our website: http://www.kinokulture.org.uk 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. | | July Film Screenings & Events at kinokulture cinema 9 Arthur Street, Oswestry, SY11 1JN | | | | Nothing Like a Dame (12A) Kinoclub season 1 Wednesday 4th July 7:30pm Season Membership (all 8 films) £32.00 Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/511328 Single screening tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/511308 Or call the box Office: 01691 238167 To launch Season 1 of Kinoclub we are pleased to present four great British actresses in 'Nothing Like a Dame' The director of Enduring Love and Notting Hill draws together four of his favourite actresses and good friends, Dames Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith to let the cameras in on a friendship that goes back more than half a century. The four acting greats discuss their careers and reminisce about their humble beginnings in the theatre. A delight for anyone that's enjoyed seeing these big and small screen greats, mastering the art of emotion is some of the standout dramas of our times. But don't expect anything soft-touch here – these Dames are razor-sharp and they're not afraid to share their honest opinions. Anticipate belly laughs. "The laughter and pure hysteria are infectious in this wildly enjoyable film. I can't for the life of me think of any other recent documentary in which I have laughed pretty much all the way through." Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian Director: Roger Michell Starring: Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright Run time: 104 mins Kinoclub is a new season of 8 films bringing you the best in British & World Independent Cinema. Other films In Kinoclub Season 1: Lean On Pete (15) Wednesday 11th July 7:30pm The Piano - 25th Anniversary (15) Thursday 12th July 7:30pm New Town Utopia (15) Thursday 19th July 7:30pm The Butterfly Tree (15) Wednesday 1st August 7:30pm The Ciambra (15) Wednesday 8th August 7:30pm Meditation Park (15) Thursday 16th August 7:30pm Jeune Femme (15) Thursday 23rd August 7:30pm | | | On Chesil Beach (15) Thursday 5th July 1:30pm Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/498313 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Ian McEwan's adaptation of his novel, directed by Dominic Cooke, is an emotionally charged exploration of love, sex and marriage, featuring superb performances by Lady Bird star Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle (Dunkirk). It is summer 1962, and England has yet to undergo the social changes that ushered in a new morality synonymous with the Swinging Sixies and Beatlemania. Florence and Edward are just married and honeymooning on the dramatic coastline of Chesil Beach in Dorset. In thier stifling hotel underlying tensions between the young couple surface, casting unexpected shadows across wedding night. "It's a lyrical and rapturous film - a repressed passion play, funny, delicate and heartbreaking." Variety "The lead actors are both marvellous... Yet the film's most impressive performance might come from director Dominic Cooke, who has delivered an assured, wistful debut." *** Globe and Mail UK 2018 Run time: 110 mins - Director: Dominic Cooke
- Cast: Anne-Marie Duff, Billy Howle, Emily Watson, Samuel West, Saoirse Ronan
| | | Everybody's Talking About Jamie (12A) Broadcast Live From the Apollo Theatre, London Thursday 5th July 7:20pm Tickets: £15.00 Adult/£10.00 under 16's Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/503117 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Inspired by a true story, Everybody's Talking About Jamie is the new award-winning five-star hit musical for today. Jamie New is sixteen and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. Jamie doesn't quite fit in. Jamie is terrified about the future. He is going to be a sensation. Supported by his brilliant loving mum and surrounded by his friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness, into the spotlight. Winner of 3 WhatsOnStage Awards including Best New Musical and nominated for 5 Olivier Awards, Everybody's Talking About Jamie will be broadcast live from the Apollo Theatre in London's Shaftesbury Avenue to cinemas nationwide. Run time: 165 mins (including a 15 minute interval) | | | BEAST (15) Friday 6th July 7:30pm Saturday 7th July 7:30pm Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/248357 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Michael Pearce's hugely impressive debut is an unsettling thriller that holds you in suspense until its final moments. Moll (Jessie Buckley) is 27 and still living at home, stifled by the small island community around her and too beholden to her family to break away. When she meets Pascal, a free-spirited stranger, a whole new world opens up to her and she begins to feel alive for the first time, falling madly in love. Finally breaking free from her family, Moll moves in with Pascal (Johnny Flynn) to start a new life. But when he is arrested as the key suspect in a series of brutal murders, she is left isolated and afraid. Choosing to stand with him against the suspicions of the community, Moll finds herself forced to make choices that will impact her life forever. Director: Michael Pearce Cast: Geraldine James, Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Olwen Fouere, Trystan Gravelle Run time: 107 mins | | | Lean On Pete (15) Kinoclub Season 1 Wednesday 11th July 7:30pm Season Membership (all 8 films) £32.00 Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/511328 Single screening tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/513594 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Proving himself to be one of the most gifted, insightful and versatile directors working today, Andrew Haigh (45 Years, Weekend) returns with Lean on Pete, a powerfully moving and deeply emotional story about a young boy's search for belonging on the fringes of contemporary American society. Fifteen-year-old Charley lives with his alcoholic father (Travis Fimmel) in a run-down house on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. In an effort to help his dad stay afloat, Charley takes a job at a local racetrack where he befriends jaded trainer Del (Steve Buscemi) and burnt-out jockey Bonnie (Chloë Sevigny) while caring for an aging horse named Lean on Pete. But as things break down at home and Del announces Pete will be sold to an uncertain fate, the burden becomes too great for Charley to bear and he heads out into the vast American wilderness with Pete in tow. Featuring an incredible breakout performance by Charlie Plummer and shot in mesmerising style, Lean on Peteis a poignant, compassionate and heart-rending portrait of love, loss and acceptance that resonates with profound humanity. Director: Andrew Haigh UK 2017 Cast: Travis Fimmel, Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny, Charlie Plummer, Steve Zahn, Thomas Mann Run time: 122 mins Kinoclub is a new season of 8 films bringing you the best in British & World Independent Cinema. Other films In Kinoclub Season 1: The Piano - 25th Anniversary (15) Thursday 12th July 7:30pm New Town Utopia (15) Thursday 19th July 7:30pm The Butterfly Tree (15) Wednesday 1st August 7:30pm The Ciambra (15) Wednesday 8th August 7:30pm Meditation Park (15) Thursday 16th August 7:30pm Jeune Femme (15) Thursday 23rd August 7:30pm | | | The Piano (15) Kinoclub Season 1 Thursday 12th July 7:30pm Season Membership (all 8 films) £32.00 Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/511328 Single screening tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/513584 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Jane Campion became the first female director to win the Palme d'Or for The Piano, her extraordinary, triumphant masterpiece about a mute woman's rebellion in a newly colonised, Victorian-era New Zealand. Soundtracked by Michael Nyman's evocative score, it won Oscars for Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin in career-defining roles and Best Screenplay for Campion's typically individualistic, female-centric script. We are delighted to be screening this digital restoration, approved by Campion, in the film's 25th anniversary year. Hunter (who has an impressive three screen credits; besides her starring role, she played all of the piano pieces and served as sign language teacher for Paquin) gives a majestic silent performance as Ada McGrath, the mute Scotswoman and talented pianist who arrives with her strong-willed young daughter Flora (Paquin) in the New Zealand wilderness. She is to marry frontiersman Alistair Stewart (Sam Neill), having been sold him by her father, but takes an immediate dislike to him after he refuses to carry her beloved piano home with them, instead selling it to his overseer George Baines (Harvey Keitel). Attracted to Ada, Baines agrees to return the piano in exchange for lessons that gradually become a series of erotically charged sexual encounters. As the story unfolds like a Greek tragedy, complete with a chorus of Maori tribes, all of the characters' long suppressed emotions come to the fore, as if elicited by the wildness of the natural world around them. Concerning itself with Campion's prevailing theme – women on the edge of societal norms (arriving after 1989's Sweetie and An Angel at My Table and before Portrait of a Lady, Holy Smoke, In the Cut, Bright Star and her acclaimed HBO/BBC TV series Top of the Lake) – it remains perhaps her most definitive work, a tale of immediate urgency and tremendous expressive power by one of the most compelling filmmakers at work today, and long overdue for revisiting in cinemas. Director: Jane Campion Australia/France/New Zealand 1993 Cast: Holly Hunter, Anna Paquin, Harvey Keitel Run time: 120 mins Kinoclub is a new season of 8 films bringing you the best in British & World Independent Cinema. Other films In Kinoclub Season 1: New Town Utopia (15) Thursday 19th July 7:30pm The Butterfly Tree (15) Wednesday 1st August 7:30pm The Ciambra (15) Wednesday 8th August 7:30pm Meditation Park (15) Thursday 16th August 7:30pm Jeune Femme (15) Thursday 23rd August 7:30pm | | | The Bookshop (PG) Friday 13th July 7:30pm Saturday 14th July 7:30pm Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/248359 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Based on Penelope Fitzgerald's novel of the same name; 'The Bookshop' is set in 1959, Florence Green (Emily Mortimer), a free spirited widow, puts grief behind her and risks everything to open up a bookshop - the first such shop in the sleepy seaside town of Hardborough, England. Fighting damp, cold and considerable local apathy she struggles to establish herself but soon her fortunes change for the better. By exposing the narrow minded local townsfolk to the best literature of the day including Nabokov's scandalizing "Lolita" and Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451", she opens their eyes thereby causing a cultural awakening in a town which has not changed for centuries. Her activities bring her a kindred spirit and ally in the figure of Mr Brundish (Bill Nighy) who is himself sick of the town's stale atmosphere. But this mini social revolution soon brings her fierce enemies: she invites the hostility of the town's less prosperous shopkeepers and also crosses Mrs. Gamart (Patricia Clarkson.. Director: Isabel Coixet Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Bill Nighy, Emily Mortimer, Frances Barber Run time: 113 mins | | | Flowers For The Bees Shropshire Wildlife Trust Open Garden Event The Willow Community Garden Saturday 14th July 2:00 - 4:00pm A celebration of our Flowers for Bees project Discover this lovely garden right in the heart of Oswestry. Volunteers from the Oswestry Branch of Shropshire Wildlife Trust have been working to make it even more bee-friendly with help from a grant from Tesco's Bags of Help scheme. Extensive planting has taken place over the last few months to encourage bees and other wildlife. Come along and see the changes and have a go at willow activities. Make petals for decorative flowers for the garden, with guidance from Cathy Preston. Meanwhile, there will be mini-beast hunts in the willow tunnel - meet some of the tiny creatures living here! SWT's John Hughes will be on hand demonstrating how to make willow whistles. We'll be drilling logs to be used as solitary bee homes and there will be a chance to make your own bird box. The Willow Garden is next to Kinokulture, opposite Oswestry Library. | | | Departures (12A) Oswestry Film Society screening Tuesday 17th July 7:30pm Please note that membership or tickets for Oswestry Film Society screeningscannot be booked through kinokulture. Please book online through the Oswestry Film Society website: https://www.oswestryfilmsociety.com/currentseason Or email: oswestryfilmsociety@gmail.com Daigo, a devoted cellist, finds himself without work when his orchestra is dissolved. Unable to find further work as a musician, he persuades his wife to move with him back to his hometown. There he replies to a vacancy advert which he thinks is for a travel agency. However it turns out to be a job in a funeral parlour preparing the bodies of the deceased for burial and entry into the next life. While others, including his wife, despise his new job – Daigo begins to take great care and pride in his new found profession. Winner of the 2008 best foreign feature Oscar. "Beautiful moments abound." Wall Street Journal. Japan/2008/ 130 mins (Japanese with English subtitles.) | | | RSC Live: Romeo & Juliet (12A) Wednesday 18th July 7:00pm Tickets: £12.00 Adult/£10.00 Under 16's Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/421112 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 (4 tickets available at the point of publication) What if your first true love was someone you'd been told you must hate? Set in a world very like our own, this Romeo and Juliet is about a generation of young people born into violence and ripped apart by the bitter divisions of their parents. The most famous story of love at first sight explodes with intense passion and an irresistible desire for change, but leads all too quickly to heartbreaking consequences. Run time: 210 mins (TBC) | | | New Town Utopia (15) Kinoclub Season 1 Thursday 19th July 7:30pm Season Membership (all 8 films) £32.00 Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/511328 Single screening tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/513598 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 >From Utopian dreams to concrete realities, 'New Town Utopia' charts the challenging, funny, and sometimes tragic story of the British new town of Basildon, Essex. Designed and built in the late 1940s, Basildon was created with the hope and aspiration for a happier, healthier post-war Britain, but 70 years on, what has become of the new town dream? Featuring Jim Broadbent as the voice of Lewis Silkin MP, and guided by the artists, musicians and poets of Basildon, 'New Town Utopia' shows the citizens of Basildon, in the face of austerity, adversity and personal battles, using their creative spirit to improve their community through art, poetry, music. . . and some rather angry puppets. ★★★★ "Consistently fascinating" - Kevin Maher, The Times ★★★★ "An absorbing and heartening documentary portrait" - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian Director: CHRISTOPHER IAN SMITH UK 2018 Run time: 81 mins Kinoclub is a new season of 8 films bringing you the best in British & World Independent Cinema. Other films In Kinoclub Season 1: The Butterfly Tree (15) Wednesday 1st August 7:30pm The Ciambra (15) Wednesday 8th August 7:30pm Meditation Park (15) Thursday 16th August 7:30pm Jeune Femme (15) Thursday 23rd August 7:30pm | | | SOLO: A Star Wars Story (12A) Friday 20th July 7:30pm Saturday 21st July 7:30pm Thursday 26th July 1:30pm Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/248269 Or call the box Office: 01691 238167 Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course for one of the Star Wars saga's most unlikely heroes. "A high-spirited adventure that reminds us why we all fell in love with Star Wars in the first place." *** The Skinny "Solo: A Star Wars Story is a crackingly enjoyable adventure which frankly deserves full episode status in the great franchise, not just one of these intermittent place-holding iterations. Ron Howard was born to direct it. Who's next for the saga? Zemeckis? Spielberg?" **** The Guardian Directors: Chris Miller, Phil Lord, Ron Howard Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Clint Howard, Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke, Paul Bettany, Thandie Newton, Warwick Davis, Woody Harrelson Run time: 135 mins | | | An American In Paris The Musical (PG) Encore Sunday 22nd July 3:00pm Tickets: £12.00 Adult/£10.00 Under 16's Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/506073 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 An American in Paris – The Musical is back on our screen because it is just so very wonderful This breathtakingly beautiful Tony® Award-winning Broadway musical, inspired by the Oscar® winning MGM film, tells the impassioned story of discovering love in the 'City of Light'. Featuring the gorgeous music and lyrics of George and Ira Gershwin (including the classic hits 'S Wonderful and I Got Rhythm), stunning designs, and show-stopping choreography. With a record-setting 28 five-star reviews from critics, An American in Paris is coming from London's West End to a cinema near you. Jerry Mulligan is an American GI striving to make it as a painter in a city suddenly bursting with hope and possibility. Following a chance encounter with a beautiful young dancer named Lise, the streets of Paris become the backdrop to a sensuous, modern romance of art, friendship and love in the aftermath of war... Experience this "truly ravishing" (The Guardian) production in the comfort of your local cinema. ★★★★★ I would beg, borrow or steal to see it all again Financial Times ★★★★★ The best-looking and best-danced musical in town is an instant classic The Stage ★★★★★ Aluxurious, sumptuous musical masterpiece Smooth Radio ★★★★★ This spectacularly ravishing show has rhythm, romance and razzle-dazzle Mail On Sunday Starring: Robert Fairchild, Leanne Cope Run time: 2 hours 30 mins including 15 minute interval | | | STEMS: Live Soundtrack To The Stars (PG) Wednesday 25th July 7:30pm Tickets: £10.00 Adult/£8.00 Under 16's Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/510521 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 We are pleased to present specially selected and edited images from our solar system and deep space, set to a dynamic and elegantly powerful live soundtrack, composed and performed by genre defying band 'Stems'. The follow up to their acclaimed BFI commissioned Georges Méliès live soundtracks. It is a gig, a film and a journey through the infinite wonders of the universe. Stems were formed in the UK in 2011 by founder member and composer John Dorr, with the idea of mixing classical composition and instruments with rock. The music is often described as 'Cinematic' and sometimes labelled Post- Rock or Neo- Classical. Since 2013 they have toured Europe several times and developed a following based on their reputation for intense and beautiful concerts, often performing with local string players to expand the sound. Performing shows with Michael Rother (Neu!), Russian Circles, Tides from Nebula, Pelican, My Baby, Lovely Eggs. In 2018 the band relocated to Nuremberg and completed their most ambitious project so far - which includes visuals from NASA and is entitled 'Soundtrack to the stars' Run time: 50 mins | | | Mary and The Witch's Flower (PG) Friday 27th July 1:30pm & 7:30pm Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/249398 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Mary and The Witch's Flower combines an exhilarating tale with the unique richness, art and animation of Studio Ghibli-style storytelling, revealing the exciting and surprising adventure of Mary, an ordinary twelve-year-old girl. Bored and lonely during a summer holiday, Mary follows an odd cat into the nearby woods where she stumbles upon a flower and then a little broomstick. Together the flower and broomstick whisk her above the clouds, far away to Endor College – a school of magic! At Endor, Mary tells a lie that leads to peril, and then a promise, while discovering that all is not as it seems at the school – there are experiments that horrify! Soon she confronts great danger, and a test of her resolve. This film adaptation of the beloved novel by Mary Stewart, 'The Little Broomstick', is a sublime blend of magic and fantasy that will sweep audiences along with its charming, heartfelt adventure. Along with the beautiful and distinctive animation style that we have come to instantly recognise and love, this film sparks the sense of wonder, and will delight the world's children and adults alike. "This first Ponoc production, an adaptation of The Little Broomstick by Mary Stewart, is a giddy delight which combines themes from Ghibli films Kiki's Delivery Service and Howl's Moving Castle with a touch of Harry Potter." **** The Guardian Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi Cast: Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Hana Sugisaki, Fumiyo Kohinata Run time: 105 mins | | | ANDRÉ RIEU'S 2018 MAASTRICHT CONCERT (U) Saturday 28th July 7:00pm Saturday 4th August 2:00pm (Encore) Tickets: £12.00 Adult/£10.00 Under 16's Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/230120 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 One of the most popular live acts in the world, the King of the Waltz André Rieu has announced that his 2018 Maastricht concerts will be screened in over 2000 cinemas worldwide across the weekend of 28th – 29th July, as he performs his hometown shows this year with a celebration of love. Please note that our screenings will take place on Saturday 28th July at 7:00pm & Saturday 4th August at 2:00pm. 'Amore, My Tribute to Love', is the renowned violinists tribute to his love for music, and his love for both of his families; his wife and children, and of course for his Johann Strauss Orchestra, who he has performed with for over 30 years. It follows on from the release of his album 'Amore' last year, which features his own versions of classic love songs, from the worlds of popular and classical music. For this very special concert, André will be offering a lucky winner the ultimate musical love dedication; all cinema-goers will be invited to dedicate one of André's waltz's to their loved ones. André will personally select a dedication and he will announce the winner during the concert on both nights. The unforgettable concerts that take place in André's hometown of Maastricht in the Netherlands are a sight to behold. Set against the incredible backdrop of the medieval town square, fans flock annually from all corners of the world to watch André perform with his 60-piece Johann Strauss Orchestra, as well as sopranos, tenors, and some very special guests. The concerts are packed full of humour, fun and emotion for all ages. This annual celebration of music that is like no other is also experienced every year in full by hundreds of thousands of fans across the world from the comfort of their local cinema, also treated to some very special behind the scenes extras. Good Morning Britain presenter Charlotte Hawkins hosts the presentation, interviewing fans and soaking up the joyous atmosphere that bursts right through the cinema screen – as well as catching an exclusive chat with André the moment he steps off Run time: 145 mins including intermission | | To entertain the little ones over the summer holidays we have Sherlock Gnomes, Incredibles 2 and family friendly drama Zoo. | | Kinoclub Season 1 continues through August with The Butterfly Tree, The Ciambra, Meditation Park and Jeune Femme. | | Our regular film programme brings some big screen entertainment with Book Club, Ocean's 8, Sicario 2: soldado and Swimming With Men. Please visit our website for more information, dates, times and booking links for our august programme: http://www.kinokulture.org.uk | | | |