Welcome to the                                                  October edition of the                                                  kinokulture cinema                                                  newsletter.                                                                                        As                                                the autumn months draw in                                                we have a wonderful                                                selection of films and                                                live event broadcasts to                                                keep you entertained.                                                                                        In                                                our World cinema programme                                                we have the award winning                                                'The Heiresses' from                                                Paraguay, Agnès                                                Varda's gorgeously                                                idiosyncratic take on her                                                own life 'The Beaches                                                of Agnès' and Polish                                                director Pawel                                                Pawlikowski, director of                                                the Oscar-winning Ida,                                                returns with the exquisite                                                'Cold War'. A tumultuous                                                love story between two                                                people of different                                                backgrounds and                                                temperaments.                                                                                          Our                                                main programme offers up                                                'BlacKkKlansman' by Spike                                                Lee, 'The Seagull'                                                starring Saoirse                                                Ronan, Emma Thompson in                                                'The Children Act' and of                                                course Winnie The Pooh and                                                friends in 'Christopher                                                Robin'.                                                                                        Live                                                event broadcasts include                                                the final play in our                                                Oscar Wilde Season 'The                                                Importance Of Being                                                Earnest', 'Mayerling' and                                                'Die Walküre'                                                from The Royal Opera                                                House.                                                                                                                                    all                                                  of our                                                  October 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.                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                                                    October Film Screenings &                                                          Events                                                           at kinokulture                                                          cinema                                                     9 Arthur Street, Oswestry, SY11 1JN                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                            Oswestry                                                  Film Society screening                                                                                              Sanctuary                                                  (15)                                                                                              Tuesday                                                  2nd October  7:30pm                                            Please                                                    note that membership                                                    or tickets for                                                    Oswestry Film Society                                                    screenings cannot be                                                    booked through                                                    kinokulture.                                                   Please                                                    book online through                                                    the Oswestry Film                                                    Society website:                                                    https://www.oswestryfilmsociety.com/current-season                                                   Or                                                    email:  oswestryfilmsociety@gmail.com                                                                                                                                          Aided                                                  by their care worker, a                                                  couple in love embark on                                                  an illegal tryst in this                                                  unsentimental and                                                  untraditional romcom                                                  played with terrific                                                  gentleness and honesty.                                                   Sophie and Larry – one                                                  has epilepsy and the                                                  other Down's syndrome -                                                  met in Sophie's care                                                  home and have fallen in                                                  love. Care worker Tom                                                  has arranged to let them                                                  have an afternoon                                                  together in a local                                                  hotel in town, sneaking                                                  them away from a group                                                  trip to the cinema, all                                                  does not go to plan.                                                                                           "The                                                  film has a tough,                                                  unsentimental ending. A                                                  valuable film with                                                  honesty and heart."                                                                                                       (2016. Ireland. Cert                                                  15. 88 minutes)                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                The                                                    Heiresses (12A)                                                                                        Wednesday                                                  3rd October 7:30pm                                                   Thursday 4th October                                                  7:30pm                                                                                                      Tickets: £7.00                                                  Adult/£5.00 Under 16's                                                   Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/264207                                                   Or call the Box Office:                                                  01691 238167                                            An                                                  immaculate, entirely                                                  female-driven drama, the                                                  debut feature of                                                  Paraguayan filmmaker                                                  Marcelo Martinessi                                                  screened in Competition                                                  for the Golden Bear at                                                  the 2018 Berlinale,                                                  where it won the Alfred                                                  Bauer Silver Bear and                                                  received unanimous                                                  acclaim.                                                                                           Chela                                                  and Chiquita, both                                                  descended from wealthy                                                  families in Asunción,                                                  Paraguay, have been                                                  together for over 30                                                  years. But recently                                                  their financial                                                  situation has worsened                                                  and they begin selling                                                  off their inherited                                                  possessions. But when                                                  their debts lead to                                                  Chiquita being                                                  imprisoned on fraud                                                  charges, Chela is forced                                                  to face a new reality.                                                                                           Driving                                                  for the first time in                                                  years, she begins to                                                  provide a local taxi                                                  service to a group of                                                  elderly wealthy ladies.                                                                                           As                                                  Chela settles into her                                                  new life, she encounters                                                  the much younger Angy,                                                  forging a fresh and                                                  invigorating new                                                  connection.                                             Chela                                                  finally begins to break                                                  out of her shell and                                                  engage with the world,                                                  embarking on her own                                                  personal, intimate                                                  revolution.                                                                                           "The                                                  Heiresses is a tickling,                                                  near-perfect tragicomedy                                                  from Paraguay. The                                                  nuances are so fine you                                                  could slip them between                                                  adjacent atoms." *****                                             Financial                                                  Times                                                                                           "Martinessi                                                  shrewdly combines                                                  subtlety, melancholy,                                                  satirical observation                                                  and candour about sex."                                                  **** The Guardian                                                                                           Director:                                                  Marcelo Martinessi                                             Paraguay/Uruguay/Germany                                                  2018                                             Cast:                                                  Ana Brun, Ana Ivanova,                                                  Margarita Irun                                             Run                                                  time: 98 mins                                             English                                                  subtitles                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                            The                                                    Seagull (12A)                                                                                            Friday                                                    5th October 7:30pm                                                     Saturday 6th October                                                    7:30pm                                                     Monday 8th October                                                     7:30pm                                                     Thursday 11th October                                                    1:30pm                                                                                                          Tickets: £7.00                                                    Adult/£5.00 under 16's                                                     Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/261277                                                     Or call the Box                                                    Office: 01691 238167                                             One                                                  summer at a lakeside                                                  Russian estate, friends                                                  and family gather for a                                                  weekend in the                                                  countryside. While                                                  everyone is caught up in                                                  passionately loving                                                  someone who loves                                                  somebody else, a                                                  tragicomedy unfolds                                                  about art, fame, human                                                  folly, and the eternal                                                  desire to live a                                                  purposeful life. Adapted                                                  by Tony-winning                                                  playwright Stephen Karam                                                  ("The Humans") from                                                  Anton Chekhov's classic                                                  play and directed by                                                  Tony-winner Michael                                                  Mayer ("Spring                                                  Awakening"), THE SEAGULL                                                  explores, with comedy                                                  and melancholy, the                                                  obsessive nature of                                                  love, the tangled                                                  relationships between                                                  parents and children,                                                  and the transcendent                                                  value and psychic toll                                                  of art.                                                                                           Director:                                                  Michael Mayer                                             Cast:  Elisabeth                                                  Moss,  Saoirse Ronan,                                                   Annette Bening,  Corey                                                  Stoll,  Brian Dennehy,                                                   Michael Zegen                                             Run                                                  time: 98 mins                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                Oscar                                                  Wilde Season Live:                                                   The Importance Of Being                                                  Earnest (12A)                                                                                              Tuesday                                                  9th October 7:15pm                                                                                                      Tickets: £15.00                                                  Adult/£10.00 Under 16's                                                   Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/461234                                                   Or call the Box Office:                                                  01691 238167                                            A                                                  new production of one of                                                  the funniest plays in                                                  English, Oscar Wilde's The                                                    Importance of Being                                                    Earnest, will be                                                  broadcast live to                                                  cinemas from the                                                  Vaudeville Theatre in                                                  London's West End.                                                                                            Wilde's                                                  much-loved masterpiece                                                  throws love, logic and                                                  language into the air to                                                  make one of theatre's                                                  most dazzling firework                                                  displays. Jack, Algy,                                                  Gwendolyn and Cecily                                                  discover how unsmooth                                                  runs the course of true                                                  love, while Lady                                                  Bracknell keeps a                                                  baleful eye on the                                                  mayhem of manners.                                                                                            This                                                  is the fourth and final                                                  play from the Oscar                                                  Wilde Season, a                                                  year-long celebration of                                                  the brilliant Victorian                                                  playwright being staged                                                  by the Classic Spring                                                  Theatre Company.                                                                                           Run                                                  time: 150 mins                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                            Lucky                                                    (15)                                            Wednesday                                                  10th October 7:30pm                                                   Thursday 11th October                                                  7:30pm                                                                                        Tickets:                                                  £7.00 Adult/£5.00 under                                                  16's                                                   Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/262507                                                   Or call the Box Office:                                                  01691 238167                                            One                                                  of America's greatest                                                  character actors gets a                                                  superb valedictory                                                  leading role in a funny                                                  and touching portrait of                                                  a 90-year-old loner                                                  staring down mortality.                                                  The titles declare,                                                  'Harry Dean Stanton IS                                                  Lucky'. And with the                                                  opening scenes, as this                                                  aged ex-cowboy                                                  determinedly goes about                                                  his daily business in a                                                  small desert town –                                                  smoking, yoga, TV game                                                  shows, more smoking –                                                  it's instantly clear how                                                  tailored the role is to                                                  Stanton's creased,                                                  fiercely unsentimental                                                  charms.                                                                                            When                                                  an unexpected fall jolts                                                  Lucky from his comfort                                                  zone,                                                  actor-turned-debut-director                                                  John Carroll Lynch                                                  (Fargo, Zodiac)                                                  stealthily widens his                                                  scope to present a                                                  gentle, wise and                                                  ultimately graceful                                                  reflection on loss and                                                  acceptance. There are                                                  wonderful supporting                                                  turns from David Lynch                                                  and Stanton's Alien                                                  cohort Tom Skerritt, but                                                  it's Harry Dean who                                                  really shines here,                                                  giving his greatest lead                                                  performance since 1984's                                                  Paris, Texas. Lucky us.                                             Leigh                                                  Singer - BFI                                                                                           "beautiful                                                    film and a                                                    wonderful final                                                    masterclass in living                                                    a character from the                                                    great Harry Dean                                                    Stanton. Also a                                                    note-perfect                                                    supporting performance                                                    from David Lynch.                                                    Anyone that loved Wim                                                    Wenders' Paris, Texas,                                                    Lynch's Straight Story                                                    or Alexander Payne's                                                    Nebraska will love                                                    Lucky. I wish you all                                                    the best with it" [Robert                                                  Mitchell, Variety]                                                                                           "Lucky                                                  packs a really                                                  sensitive, understated,                                                  emotional wallop with                                                  its own unique built-in                                                  Lifetime Achievement                                                  Award for Harry Dean                                                  Stanton." *** The                                                  Observer                                                                                           "No                                                  one who cares about                                                  movies and those rare                                                  actors who can elevate                                                  them into something                                                  unforgettable would                                                  dream of missing this                                                  scrappy, loving tribute                                                  to a virtuoso. Lucky may                                                  not believe in God. But                                                  what kind of fool                                                  doesn't believe in Harry                                                  Dean Stanton?" ****                                                  Rolling Stone                                                                                           Director:                                                  John Carroll Lynch                                             Cast:                                                  Harry Dean Stanton,                                                  David Lynch, Ron                                                  Livingston                                             Run                                                  time: 88 mins                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                The                                                  Children Act (12A)                                                                                                  Friday 12th                                                  October 7:30pm                                            Saturday                                              13th October 7:30pm                                            Tickets:                                                    £7.00 Adult/£5.00                                                    under 16's                                                     Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/264403                                                     Or call the Box                                                    Office: 01691 238167                                             Adapted                                                  by Ian McEwan from his                                                  own novel, theatre and                                                  film director Richard                                                  Eyre's (Iris, Notes on a                                                  Scandal) stately, moving                                                  drama following an                                                  eminent High Court judge                                                  for whom professional                                                  and personal crises                                                  collide as she                                                  approaches a critical                                                  ruling.                                                                                           Even                                                  as her marriage to Jack                                                  (Stanley Tucci)                                                  founders, widely admired                                                  judge Fiona Maye (Emma                                                  Thompson) has a                                                  life-changing decision                                                  to make at work, namely:                                                  should she force Adam                                                  (Fionn Whitehead), a                                                  17-year-old with                                                  leukaemia, to have the                                                  blood transfusion that                                                  will save his life                                                  against his parents',                                                  and perhaps his,                                                  beliefs? To the court's                                                  surprise, Judge Maye                                                  decides to see Adam in                                                  hospital before                                                  delivering her verdict.                                                  But this unorthodox move                                                  will have profound                                                  ramifications both                                                  professionally and                                                  personally, as her visit                                                  stirs new emotions in                                                  the boy and long-buried                                                  memories in her.                                                                                           Immaculately                                                  directed, meticulously                                                  calibrated, Eyre's                                                  restrained and nuanced                                                  drama is in many ways                                                  reminiscent of 2017's                                                  painful deliberations                                                  over the Charlie Gard                                                  case, giving it an                                                  additional contemporary                                                  relevance and weight.                                                  It's also immeasurably                                                  aided by a stylish,                                                  intelligent and                                                  emotionally literate                                                  performance from                                                  Thompson, who hasn't                                                  enjoyed a role this rich                                                  in some time and excels                                                  in her articulation of                                                  Fiona's troubled                                                  emotional world and                                                  moral disquiet.                                                                                           "A                                                  heartbreaking lament for                                                  loves lost and lives                                                  unrealised, a                                                  restrained, nuanced                                                  movie about nuance and                                                  restraint." Sight and                                                  Sound                                                                                           "The                                                  Children Act is a                                                  masterpiece from                                                  beginning to end and it                                                  should not be missed."                                                  ***** Film Threat                                                                                           Director:                                                  Richard Eyre                                             UK                                                  2017                                             Cast:                                                  Emma Thompson, Stanley                                                  Tucci, Fionn Whitehead                                             Run                                                  time: 105 mins                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Royal                                                  Opera House Live:                                                  Mayerling                                                (12A)                                                                                        Monday                                                15th October 7:15pm                                                                                        Tickets:                                                  £15.00 Adult/£10.00                                                  under 16's                                                   Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/486145                                                   Or call the Box Office:                                                  01691 238167                                            DANGEROUS                                                DESIRES, FAMILY SECRETS                                                AND POLITICAL INTRIGUES                                                TWIST THROUGH EVERY MOMENT                                                OF DARING CHOREOGRAPHY IN                                                KENNETH MACMILLAN'S BALLET                                                INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS.                                                                                            A                                                  Ballet In three acts:                                                                                           Mayerling                                                  is a classic of the                                                  Royal Ballet repertory,                                                  with its emotional                                                  depth, haunting imagery,                                                  and one of the most                                                  demanding roles ever                                                  created for a male                                                  dancer. Kenneth                                                  MacMillan choreographed                                                  a complex work around                                                  the psychologically                                                  tormented heir to the                                                  Habsburg Empire, Crown                                                  Prince Rudolf. From the                                                  ballet's start, the                                                  glamour of the                                                  Austro-Hungarian court                                                  is contrasted with                                                  undercurrents of sexual                                                  and political intrigue                                                  that drive the story to                                                  its violent climax in a                                                  double suicide.                                              The                                                  large cast allows for                                                  impressive ensembles in                                                  addition to the ballet's                                                  many solos of                                                  distinctive character                                                  and pas de deux of                                                  disturbing eroticism.                                                  This ballet, bursting                                                  with intensity, madness                                                  and passion, proves that                                                  sometimes the truth is                                                  more scandalous than                                                   fiction.                                                                                            CHOREOGRAPHY:                                                  KENNETH MACMILLAN                                              MUSIC:                                                  FRANZ LISZT                                             ARRANGED                                                  AND ORCHESTRATED BY:                                                  JOHN LANCHBERY                                                                                            Run                                                  time: Approx 3 hours 15                                                  mins (including two                                                  intervals)                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                Oswestry                                                  Film Society screening                                                                                              The                                                  Breadwinner (12A)                                                                                              Tuesday                                                  16th October  7:30pm                                            Please                                                    note that membership                                                    or tickets for                                                    Oswestry Film Society                                                    screenings cannot be                                                    booked through                                                    kinokulture.                                                   Please                                                    book online through                                                    the Oswestry Film                                                    Society website:                                                    https://www.oswestryfilmsociety.com/current-season                                                   Or                                                    email:  oswestryfilmsociety@gmail.com                                             (Parvana                                                  is an 11-year-old girl                                                  growing up under the                                                  Taliban in Afghanistan                                                  in 2001. When her father                                                  is wrongfully arrested,                                                  she cuts off her hair                                                  and dresses as a boy in                                                  order to support her                                                  family. Parvana                                                  discovers a new world of                                                  freedom-and danger,                                                  drawing strength from                                                  the fantastical stories                                                  she invents, she embarks                                                  on a quest to find her                                                  father and reunite her                                                  family.                                                                                            "The                                                  Breadwinner's stunning                                                  animated visuals are                                                  matched by a story that                                                  dares to confront                                                  sobering real-life                                                  issues with uncommon,                                                  and richly rewarding,                                                  honesty."                                             2018.                                                  Can/Ire/Lux. Cert 12.                                                  91 minutes)                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                Regeneration                                                    (15)                                                                                        Wednesday                                                  17th October 7:30pm                                                                                                      Tickets: £7.00                                                  Adult/£5.00 Under 16's                                                   Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/531973                                                   Or call the Box Office:                                                  01691 238167                                            Screening                                                  as part of Shropshire's                                                   World War One Film                                                  Festival                                                                                           During                                                  the First World War, men                                                  faced questions about                                                  themselves never asked                                                  before on such a scale                                                  when the most enormously                                                  destructive conflict the                                                  world had ever seen                                                  felled tens of thousands                                                  every week. Some men                                                  broke, and found                                                  themselves in asylums.                                                  This is a film about                                                  some of these men, and                                                  some of those who                                                  treated them. It deals                                                  with a change in the                                                  conception of the world                                                  so vast that it needed a                                                  whole new language to                                                  deal with it.                                                                                           Set                                                  in Craiglockhart Army                                                  Hospital, 1917. Soldiers                                                  returning from battle                                                  are treated by                                                  disillusioned                                                  psychiatrist Dr William                                                  Rivers, a man beset by                                                  his own ethical doubts.                                                  Two of the soldiers                                                  meeting there are                                                  Siegfried Sassoon and                                                  Wilfred Owen, two of                                                  England's most important                                                  WWI poets. This deeply                                                  moving story is based on                                                  the best-selling novel                                                  by Pat Barker.                                                                                           "Mackinnon's                                                    film is a worthy,                                                    often engrossing tale,                                                    delicately acted and                                                    beautifully shot. The                                                    sheer horror of trench                                                    warfare haven't been                                                    captured this vividly                                                    and emotionally since                                                    Kubrick's Paths Of                                                    Glory." **** Bob                                                  McCabe - Empire.                                                                                           1997                                                  Uk/Canada                                             Run                                                  time: 114 min                                             Dir:                                                  Gillies Mackonnon                                             Cast                                                  includes: Jonathan                                                  Pryce, James Wilby,                                                  Johnny Lee Miller                                                                                           For                                                  further information on                                                  the festival follow this                                                  link:                                             http://www.shropshireremembers.org.uk/shropshires-first-world-war-film-festival/                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                The Beaches                                                    of Agnes (18)                                                                                        Thursday                                                  18th October 7:30pm                                                                                                      Tickets: £7.00 Adult                                                   Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/542550                                                   Or call the box Office:                                                  01691 238167                                            The                                                  wonderful Agnès Varda                                                  returns to our screen                                                  with her own                                                  idiosyncratic take on                                                  her life in "The Beaches                                                  Of Agnes".                                                                                           On                                                  the eve of her 80th                                                  birthday, Agnès Varda                                                  takes us on a stroll to                                                  the beaches and shores                                                  that provided the                                                  settings for key moments                                                  in her life. With wit                                                  and honesty, Varda                                                  addresses her early life                                                  in Belgium, her family's                                                  exile during the Second                                                  World War, her                                                  beginnings as an artist,                                                  her relationship with                                                  Jacques Demy, her                                                  feminism and her                                                  thoughts on ageing. An                                                  authentic, tender and                                                  moving autobiography in                                                  which shines the                                                  filmmaker's refreshing                                                  and constant curiosity.                                                                                                      "It's impossible not to                                                  open your heart to this                                                  film." - Little White                                                  Lies                                                                                           Director:                                                  Agnes Varda                                             France                                                  2008                                             French                                                  with English subtitles                                             Run                                                  time: 113 mins                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                Puzzle (15)                                                                                        Friday                                                  19th October  7:30pm                                                   Monday 22nd October                                                  7:30pm                                                                                                      Tickets: £7.00                                                  Adult/£5.00 Under 16's                                                   Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/264405                                            Or                                                  call the Box Office:                                                  01691 238167                                            Puzzle,"                                                  an American drama film                                                  is a closely observed                                                  portrait of Agnes, who                                                  has reached her early                                                  40s without ever                                                  venturing far from home,                                                  family, or the                                                  tight-knit immigrant                                                  community in which she                                                  was raised by her                                                  widowed father. Life                                                  begins to change in a                                                  quietly dramatic fashion                                                  when Agnes receives a                                                  jigsaw puzzle as a                                                  birthday gift and                                                  experiences the heady                                                  thrill of not just doing                                                  something she enjoys,                                                  but being very, very,                                                  good at it.                                                                                           "It's                                                  not fair to oversell                                                  "Puzzle." It's a modest,                                                  tender movie in which                                                  not much happens, aside                                                  from a woman                                                  transforming in small                                                  but seismic ways. For                                                  fans of Macdonald who                                                  have long awaited the                                                  movie she owns from                                                  start to finish, it's                                                  nothing less than a                                                  simple, humane and                                                  tenderhearted triumph."                                                  ****                                             The                                                  Washington Post                                                                                           Director:                                                  Marc Turtletaub                                             Cast:                                                  Kelly Macdonald, David                                                  Denman, Irrfan Khan,                                                  Austin Abrams, Liv                                                  Hewson                                             Run                                                  time: 1 hour 43 mins                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        BlackKkKlansman                                                  (15)                                                                                        Saturday 20th                                                  October 7:30pm                                                 Tuesday 23rd October                                                7:30pm                                                                                                                                    Tickets:                                                  £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under                                                  16's                                                   Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/264527                                            Or                                                  call the Box Office:                                                  01691 238167                                            From                                                  visionary filmmaker                                                  Spike Lee comes the                                                  incredible true story of                                                  an American hero.                                                                                            It's                                                  the early 1970s, a time                                                  of great social upheaval                                                  as the struggle for                                                  civil rights rages on.                                                  Ron Stallworth (John                                                  David Washington)                                                  becomes the first                                                  African-American                                                  detective on the                                                  Colorado Springs Police                                                  Department, but his                                                  arrival is greeted with                                                  skepticism and open                                                  hostility by the                                                  department's rank and                                                  file. Undaunted,                                                  Stallworth resolves to                                                  make a name for himself                                                  and a difference in his                                                  community. He bravely                                                  sets out on a dangerous                                                  mission: infiltrate and                                                  expose the Ku Klux                                                  Klan.                                                                                            Posing                                                  as a racist extremist,                                                  Stallworth contacts the                                                  group and soon finds                                                  himself invited into its                                                  inner circle. He even                                                  cultivates a                                                  relationship with the                                                  Klan's Grand Wizard,                                                  David Duke (Topher                                                  Grace), who praises                                                  Ron's commitment to the                                                  advancement of White                                                  America. With the                                                  undercover investigation                                                  growing ever more                                                  complex, Stallworth's                                                  colleague, Flip                                                  Zimmerman (Adam Driver),                                                  poses as Ron in                                                  face-to-face meetings                                                  with members of the hate                                                  group, gaining insider's                                                  knowledge of a deadly                                                  plot. Together,                                                  Stallworth and Zimmerman                                                  team up to take down the                                                  organization whose real                                                  aim is to sanitize its                                                  violent rhetoric to                                                  appeal to the                                                  mainstream.                                                                                           Spike                                                  Lee's hugely enjoyable                                                  and politically timely                                                  film uses this                                                  unbelievable case to                                                  lift a lid on racism in                                                  America, both past and                                                  present. It's frequently                                                  hilarious, particularly                                                  in highlighting the                                                  idiocy of the Klan, but                                                  never misses a moment to                                                  comment on racial                                                  inequality.                                                                                           Director:                                                  Spike Lee                                             USA                                                  2017                                             Cast:                                                  John David Washington,                                                  Adam Driver, Topher                                                  Grace, Corey Hawkins,                                                  Laura Harrier, Ryan                                                  Eggold, Jaspar                                                  Pääkkönen, Ashlie                                                  Atkinson                                             Run                                                  time: 135 mins                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                Hells Angels                                                    (PG)                                                                                        Wednesday                                                  24th October 7:30pm                                                   Thursday 25th October                                                  1:30pm                                                                                                      Tickets: £7.00                                                  Adult/£5.00 Under 16's                                                   Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/261275                                            Or                                                  call the Box Office:                                                  01691 238167                                            Screening                                                  as part of Shropshire's                                                  World War One Film                                                  Festival                                                                                           Two                                                  brothers attending                                                  Oxford enlist with the                                                  RAF when World War I                                                  breaks out. Roy and                                                  Monte Rutledge have very                                                  different personalities.                                                  Monte is a freewheeling                                                  womanizer, even with his                                                  brother's girlfriend                                                  Helen. He also proves to                                                  have a yellow streak                                                  when it comes to his                                                  Night Patrol duties. Roy                                                  is made of strong moral                                                  fibre and attempts to                                                  keep his brother in                                                  line. Both volunteer for                                                  an extremely risky two                                                  man bombing mission for                                                  different reasons. Monte                                                  wants to lose his                                                  cowardly reputation and                                                  Roy seeks to protect his                                                  brother. Their                                                  assignment to knock out                                                  a strategic German                                                  munitions facility is a                                                  booming success, but                                                  with a squadron of                                                  fighters bearing down on                                                  them afterwards, escape                                                  seems unlikely.                                                                                           Controversy                                                  during the Hell's                                                    Angels production                                                  contributed to the                                                  film's notoriety,                                                  including the accidental                                                  deaths of several                                                  pilots. Hell's                                                    Angels was one of                                                  the highest-grossing                                                  films of the early sound                                                  era and was widely                                                  reported as being one of                                                  the most expensive films                                                  ever made.                                                                                            Dir:                                                  Howard Hughes, James                                                  Whale.                                             Cast:                                                  Ben Lyon, James Hall,                                                  Jean Harlow                                             USA                                                  1930                                             Run                                                  Time: 131 mins                                                                                                                                         For                                                  further information on                                                  the festival follow this                                                  link:                                             http://www.shropshireremembers.org.uk/shropshires-first-world-war-film-festival/                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                Cold War                                                    (15)                                                                                        Thursday                                                  25th October 7:30pm                                                                                                      Tickets: £7.00                                                  Adult/£5.00 Under 16's                                                   Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/550010                                            Or                                                  call the Box Office:                                                  01691 238167                                            Pawel                                                  Pawlikowski, director of                                                  the Oscar-winning Ida,                                                  returns with the                                                  exquisite Cold War. A                                                  tumultuous love story                                                  between two people of                                                  different backgrounds                                                  and temperaments – who                                                  despite their                                                  overwhelming passion for                                                  each other, are                                                  fatefully mismatched –                                                  it won him Best Director                                                  at Cannes in May and has                                                  received ecstatic                                                  reviews.                                                                                           Loosely                                                  inspired by                                                  Pawlikowski's parents                                                  (to whom the film is                                                  also dedicated) it's set                                                  against the oppressive                                                  background of the Cold                                                  War and across Poland,                                                  Berlin, Yugoslavia and                                                  Paris; following singer                                                  Zula (an effortlessly                                                  magnetic and beguiling                                                  performance by Joanna                                                  Kulig) and pianist                                                  Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) from                                                  their initial meeting at                                                  an audition over the                                                  course of the ensuing 15                                                  years.                                             Endlessly                                                  drawn to each other,                                                  they are unable to                                                  co-exist but their                                                  inability to move on                                                  from one another is                                                  cyclical, stuck on a                                                  painful and exhausting                                                  loop. The film's very                                                  structure – particularly                                                  through use of narrative                                                  ellipses – serves to                                                  compound and solidify                                                  their unbreakable bond                                                  as Zula rises to fame,                                                  as they perform across                                                  Eastern Europe (the film                                                  includes some                                                  brilliantly                                                  choreographed musical                                                  set-pieces) and realise                                                  that they must find a                                                  way to slip past the                                                  Iron Curtain, and soon.                                                                                           It's                                                  a moving, searching and                                                  highly personal film                                                  from Pawlikowski, who                                                  grew up in exile from                                                  Poland's Communist rule                                                  and lived in the UK and                                                  Paris until the period                                                  in which he made Ida,                                                  which saw him move back                                                  to Poland and change                                                  cinematic focus                                                  entirely. It feels in                                                  many ways as though he                                                  is building further upon                                                  the artistic success of                                                  that film, with silvery                                                  monochrome                                                  cinematography by Ida                                                  cinematographer Łukasz                                                  Żal, and a continued                                                  commitment to explore                                                  both the dark heart of                                                  Poland and how its 20th                                                  century political wounds                                                  and unrest echoed                                                  through the emotional                                                  lives of its subjects. A                                                  triumph.                                                                                           Director:                                                  Pawel Pawlikowski                                             UK/Poland/France                                                  2018                                             Cast:                                                  Joanna Kulig, Tomasz                                                  Kot, Agata Kulesza                                             Run                                                  time: 85 mins                                             Polish                                                  with English subtitles                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                Christopher                                                    Robin (PG)                                                                                        Friday                                                  26th October 7:30pm                                                   Monday 29th October                                                  7:30pm                                                   Wednesday 31st October                                                  1:30pm                                                                                                      Tickets: £7.00                                                  Adult/£5.00 Under 16's                                                   Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/268187                                            Or                                                  call the Box Office:                                                  01691 238167                                            A                                                  working class family                                                  man, Christopher Robin                                                  is under pressure from                                                  work to cancel his                                                  family plans, until his                                                  old friend Winnie the                                                  Pooh comes to his                                                  rescue.                                                                                            When                                                  his boss calls an                                                  emergency meeting,                                                  Christopher Robin's                                                  (Ewan McGregor) is put                                                  under pressure to cancel                                                  his family holiday with                                                  his wife, Evelyn (Hayley                                                  Atwell), and their young                                                  daughter. His boss gives                                                  him some harsh words                                                  when he tells him "I                                                  thought you'd do                                                  anything for this                                                  company."                                             Christopher                                                  must decide whether to                                                  abandon his holiday                                                  plans and risk                                                  disappointing his                                                  family, or let down his                                                  boss by skipping the                                                  meeting. He decides to                                                  go on a walk through the                                                  Hundred Acre Woods to                                                  clear his head but ends                                                  up lost after wandering                                                  much further than he                                                  normally would. At a                                                  loss at what to do,                                                  Christopher sits down on                                                  a bench to contemplate                                                  his thoughts – but not                                                  for long.                                                                                           To                                                  his relief, cuddly old                                                  friend from the past,                                                  Winnie the Pooh (Jim                                                  Cummings) turns up out                                                  of the blue to his                                                  rescue. Pooh helps him                                                  to restore balance                                                  between his working life                                                  and family by making him                                                  realise he must                                                  reconnect with childhood                                                  friends and memories to                                                  rediscover the joys of                                                  life.                                                                                           From                                                  the studio that brought                                                  us Beauty and the                                                    Beast,                                                  Christopher Robin is a                                                  modern take on the                                                  beloved childhood                                                  classic, Winnie the                                                    Pooh, and brings                                                  together a stronghold of                                                  talent including Ewan                                                  McGregor and Hayley                                                  Atwell. Talented                                                  filmmaker Marc Foster (Finding                                                    Neverland),                                                  directs this live-action                                                  Disney animation and is                                                  set to be another                                                  classic in his                                                  ever-growing repertoire.                                                                                           Run                                                  time: 104 mins                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                American                                                    Animals (15)                                                                                        Saturday                                                  27th October 7:30pm                                                   Tuesday 30th October                                                  7:30pm                                                                                                      Tickets: £7.00                                                  Adult/£5.00 Under 16's                                                   Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/268196                                            Or                                                  call the Box Office:                                                  01691 238167                                            This                                                  isn't based on a true                                                  story, this happened.                                                  Writer-director Bart                                                  Layton (The Imposter)                                                  takes the heist movie                                                  into bold new territory                                                  with this unbelievable                                                  but true story of four                                                  young men who attempt                                                  one of the most                                                  audacious art heists in                                                  US history.                                                                                           Barry                                                  Keoghan and Evan Peters                                                  play two friends from                                                  the middle-class suburbs                                                  of Lexington, Kentucky,                                                  who upon enrolling in                                                  college realise that                                                  their lives may in fact                                                  never be important or                                                  special in any way.                                                                                           Determined                                                  to live lives that are                                                  out of the ordinary,                                                  they plan the brazen                                                  theft of some of the                                                  world's most valuable                                                  books from the special                                                  collections room of the                                                  college Library.                                                  Enlisting two more                                                  friends, (Jared                                                  Abrahamson and Blake                                                  Jenner), and taking                                                  their cues from heist                                                  movies, the gang                                                  meticulously plots the                                                  theft and subsequent                                                  fence of the stolen                                                  artworks.                                                                                           Director:                                                  Bart Layton                                             Cast:                                                  Evan Peters, Blake                                                  Jenner, Ann Dowd, Barry                                                  Keoghan, Udo Kier, Jared                                                  Abrahamson                                             Run                                                  time: 117 mins                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                Royal                                                  Opera House Live: Die                                                  Walküre (15)                                                                                        Sunday                                                  28th October 5:00pm                                                                                                      Tickets: £15.00                                                  Adult/£10.00 Under 16's                                                   Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/486187                                            Or                                                  call the Box Office:                                                  01691 238167                                            ANTONIO                                                  PAPPANO CONDUCTS AN                                                  INTERNATIONAL CAST IN                                                  THE SECOND OPERA OF                                                  RICHARD WAGNER'S EPIC                                                  DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN.                                                                                           Wagner's                                                  Ring cycle is one of the                                                  greatest works of all                                                  opera. Keith Warner's                                                  production is conducted                                                  by Antonio Pappano,                                                  Music Director of The                                                  Royal Opera, and this                                                  final revival is cast                                                  with an outstanding                                                  international array of                                                  Wagnerian specialist                                                  singers.                                                                                            The                                                  full cycle's four operas                                                  journey from the                                                  beginning of a world to                                                  its destruction, with                                                  gods, heroes and                                                  monsters. This epic myth                                                  portrays every type of                                                  human emotion in music                                                  and ideas of                                                  extraordinary power.                                                                                            The                                                  Ring is always a special                                                  eventin the operatic                                                  calendar: once                                                  experienced, never                                                  forgotten.                                                                                           Die                                                  Walküre (The Valkyrie)                                                  is the second opera in                                                  the cycle, and features                                                  several of the Ring's                                                  musical highlights – the                                                  sparkling Magic Fire                                                  Music and the                                                  electrifying Ride of the                                                  Valkyries. But among the                                                  musical reworks and                                                  Norse mythology, at the                                                  centre of this opera are                                                  the unforgettable                                                  characters and the                                                  complex entanglements                                                  between them, including                                                  twins Siegmund and                                                  Sieglinde, and Wotan and                                                  his Valkyrie daughter,                                                  Brünnhilde.                                                                                            MUSIC                                                  RICHARD: WAGNER                                              DIRECTOR:                                                  KEITH WARNER                                              CONDUCTOR:                                                  ANTONIO PAPPANO                                             SIEGMUND:                                                  STUART SKELTON                                             SIEGLINDE:                                                  EMILY MAGEE                                             WOTAN:                                                  JOHN LUNDGREN                                             BRÜNNHILDE:                                                  NINA STEMME                                             FRICKA:                                                  SARAH CONNOLLY                                                                                            Run                                                  time: Approx 4 hours 50                                                  mins (with two                                                  intervals)                                             Sung                                                  in German with English                                                  subtitles                                                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                The                                                  Big Bad Fox And Other                                                  Tales (U)                                                                                        Tuesday                                                  30th October 1:30pm                                                   Thursday 1st November                                                  1:30pm                                                                                                      Tickets: £7.00                                                  Adult/£5.00 Under 16's                                                   Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/268200                                            Or                                                  call the Box Office:                                                  01691 238167                                            From                                                  the creators of the                                                  Academy                                                  Award®-nominated Ernest                                                    & Celestine comes                                                  another hilarious,                                                  heartwarming tale of                                                  animal misfits. The                                                  countryside isn't always                                                  as peaceful as it's made                                                  out to be, and the                                                  animals on this farm are                                                  particularly agitated -                                                  including a fox who                                                  mothers a family of                                                  chicks and a duck who                                                  wants to be Santa                                                  Claus... Adapted from                                                  director Renner's own                                                  acclaimed graphic novel,                                                  this is a delirious,                                                  delightful triptych of                                                  interlocking stories,                                                  with a pacing and visual                                                  spontaneity that recalls                                                  classic Looney Tunes.                                                                                           "After                                                  delighting audiences and                                                  critics alike at the                                                  2017 London Film                                                  Festival, Benjamin                                                  Renner and Patrick                                                  Imbert's brilliantly                                                  observed French                                                  animation The Big                                                    Bad Fox andOther                                                    Tales (Le grand                                                  mechant renard et autres                                                  contes) finally gets a                                                  nationwide UK release,                                                  but not before                                                  undergoing a commendably                                                  accurate dubbing in                                                  English in a version                                                  which sees Matthew                                                  Goode, Celia Imrie and                                                  Bill Bailey lend their                                                  voices to this                                                  delightfully comedic                                                  anthology." ****                                             HeyUGys                                                                                           Directors:                                                  Patrick Imbert, Benjamin                                                  Renner                                             Run                                                  time: 83 mins                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                Oswestry                                                  Film Society                                             PRIDE                                                    2018: LGBTQ+ Film                                                    Season                                                                                        Maurice                                                  (15)                                                                                              Wednesday                                                  31st October  7:30pm                                            Please                                                    note that membership                                                    or tickets for                                                    Oswestry Film Society                                                    screenings cannot be                                                    booked through                                                    kinokulture.                                                   Please                                                    book online through                                                    the Oswestry Film                                                    Society website:                                                    https://www.oswestryfilmsociety.com/pride-2018-lgbt-season                                                   Or                                                    email:  oswestryfilmsociety@gmail.com                                             Oswestry                                                  Film Society are pleased                                                  to present their annual                                                  PRIDE Season now in its                                                  second year featuring                                                  four fantastic films                                                  celebrating LGBTQ+                                                  experiences.                                            Based                                                  on E. M. Forster's                                                  novel, Maurice tells the                                                  story of Clive and                                                  Maurice, who fall in                                                  love whilst studying at                                                  Cambridge. In Edwardian                                                  times, homosexuality was                                                  illegal and the couple                                                  must hide their                                                  relationship. After a                                                  friend is arrested,                                                  Clive abandons Maurice                                                  and enters a loveless                                                  marriage. But while                                                  staying with Clive and                                                  his shallow wife, Anne,                                                  Maurice is seduced by                                                  the affectionate and                                                  yearning servant Alec,                                                  an event which brings                                                  about profound changes                                                  in Maurice's life and                                                  outlook. From the famous                                                  producer/director                                                  partnership of Ismail                                                  Merchant and James Ivory                                                  (A Room with a View,                                                  Remains of the Day), and                                                  featuring an early lead                                                  role from Hugh Grant,                                                  this is a beautiful 30th                                                  anniversary restoration                                                  of "A candid, lucid and                                                  passionate film." The                                                  Guardian                                                                                                       (1987. UK. Cert 15.                                                  140mins)                                                                                              Please                                                    click on this link for                                                    the information on the                                                    full programme for                                                    PRIDE 2018: https://www.oswestryfilmsociety.com/pride-2018-lgbt-season                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 November is                                                packed full of Live                                                theatre broadcasts                                                including Alan Bennett's                                                'Allelujah!' from The                                                National Theatre, 'RED'                                                exploring the creative                                                genius of Mark Rothko,                                                'The King And I' from                                                London's West End and                                                'Troilus and Cressida'                                                with a live music score by Virtuoso                                                percussionist Evelyn                                                Glennie from the RSC plus                                                two live performances of                                                The Forester's House for                                                The Wilfred Owen Festival                                                by The LADS.                                                                                                  Film                                                  highlights include                                                  Glenn Close in the                                                  acclaimed 'The Wife',                                                  Idris Elba's directorial                                                  debut 'Yardie' A full                                                  restoration of the                                                  British classic 'Distant                                                  Voices, Still Lives' and                                                  Ryan Gosling as Neil                                                  Armstrong in 'First                                                  Man'.                                                                                        All                                                  our November screenings                                                  are now on sale                                                                                              Find                                                  out more by visiting our                                                  website: http://www.kinokulture.org.uk                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                          |