Welcome to the January edition of the kinokulture cinema newsletter. all of our January 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 and wish you all a very Happy New Year. | | | January Film Screenings & Events
at kinokulture cinema
9 Arthur Street, Oswestry, SY11 1JN | | |  | Wildlife (12A) Wednesday 9th January 7:30pm
Thursday 10th January 7:30pm
Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's
Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/276643 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Mid-century America, a small town in Montana, and it seems everything around 14-year-old Joe (Ed Oxenbould) is slowly going up in flames – literally.
A forest fire near the Canadian border has dominated news headlines, refusing to quit despite the efforts of local authorities. Closer to home, there's a different sort of heat that's making it hard to breathe.
All the signs are there – bedding left on the sofa, arguments in the kitchen, and silence that hangs in the air like smoke. Things between Joe's mother, Jeanette (Carey Mulligan), and his father, Jerry (Jake Gyllenhaal), are not okay.
Ever since Jerry lost his job, the tension in the household has been mounting. Humiliated and angry, he lashes out at his wife and son until the atmosphere becomes unbearable. Until suddenly he's bidding Joe goodbye, having taken a job up north to fight the fire.
Left alone with his mother, Joe watches as Jeanette spirals away from him in a different way, wrestling with her role as the helpless housewife. She's trying to break free from something, and when her 'friend' Bill Camp (Warren Miller) invites them both to dinner, Joe suddenly sees what it is she's struggling towards.
With both parents absent in one way or another, Joe tries to reconcile what has happened to his family. Will things will ever go back to how they were, or have they been scalded beyond recognition?
Based on Richard Ford's 1990 novel of the same name, Wildlife is the directorial debut from Paul Dano, who has starred in acclaimed films including Swiss Army Man and 12 Years A Slave. Ed Oxenbould (The Butterfly Tree) stars as the stricken teenager, alongside Oscar-nominees Carey Mulligan (Mudbound) and Jake Gyllenhaal (Nocturnal Animals). "an extremely watchable movie, beautifully and even luxuriously appointed in its austere evocation of smalltown America" **** Peter Bradshaw The Guardian " Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal are perfection in this domestic drama" ***** The Mirror Director: Paul Dano Run time: 105 mins - Cast: Bill Camp, Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal
| |  | Peterloo (12A) Friday 11th January 7:30pm
Saturday 12th January 7:30pm
Monday 14th January 7:30pm
Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 under 16's
Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/276654
Or call the Box Office: 01691 Written and directed by Mike Leigh, Peterloo is an epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter's Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reform and protest against rising levels of poverty. Many protestors were killed and hundreds more injured, sparking a nationwide outcry but also further government suppression. The Peterloo Massacre was a defining moment in British democracy. "With this richly intelligent, passionate movie Mike Leigh has fought a brilliant rearguard action on history's political battlefield." ***** Peter Bradshaw The Guardian "Peterloo requires viewers to accept the slow boil that leads to its explosive and sad end, but it is also the uncompromising work of a master." **** BBC Culture Director: Mike Leigh Cast: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell Run time: 154 mins | |  | Oswestry Film Society screening
Gifted (12A)
Tuesday 15th January 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
Chris Evans (No, not that Chris Evans) plays a very different role to Captain America in this award winning US indie from 2017. Frank (Evans) is a single man raising his spirited young niece Mary. His plans for a normal school life for her are foiled when her maths abilities come to the attention of Frank's mother (Lindsay Duncan) whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary.
"Films that are so good in so many ways do not come around very often." Little White Lies. 2017. USA. Cert 12. 101 minutes | |  | Juliet Naked (15) Wednesday 16th January 7:30pm
Thursday 17th January 7:30pm
Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's
Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/277026
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Annie (Rose Byrne) is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan (Chris O'Dowd) - an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke). When the acoustic demo of Tucker's hit record from 25 years ago surfaces, its release leads to a life-changing encounter with the elusive rocker himself. Based on the novel by Nick Hornby, Juliet, Naked is a comic account of life's second chances. "Open-hearted and sure to resonate with more than a few viewers, Juliet, Naked roms and coms in the most charmingly honest ways." *** Globe and Mail Director: Jesse Peretz Cast: Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O'Dowd Run time: 1 hour 38 mins | |  | Widows (15) Friday 18th January 7:30pm
Saturday 19th January 7:30pm
Mon 21st January 7:30pm Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 under 16's
Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/276666
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 From Academy Award-winning director Steve MCQueen ('12 Years a Slave') and co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn ('Gone Girl') comes a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption. 'Widows' is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (Oscar winner Viola Davis), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez) and Belle (Cynthia Erivo) take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. 'Widows' also stars Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Daniel Kaluuya, Lukas Haas and Brian Tyree Henry. "To watch them coalesce into a hard-nosed crew of heisters is the year's most purely pleasurable piece of transformation." ***** Time Out "Led by a magnificent Viola Davis, the cast is ridiculously stacked. The action is tremendous. And the ultimate message is devastating in its swift brutality." **** Globe and Mail Director: Steve MCQueen Cast: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Garret Dillahunt, Carrie Coon, Jacki Weaver, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo with Robert Duvall, Liam Neeson Run time: 135 mins | |  | Royal Oper House Live:
The Queen Of Spades (12A) Tuesday 22nd January Tickets: £15.00 Adult/£10.00 under 16's
Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/556580
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Opera in three acts. New production. In Tchaikovsky's intense opera of obsession and the supernatural, Gherman is caught between the woman he loves and a destructive fixation. The Queen of Spades is based on a short story by Pushkin, and comes to the Royal Opera House in a new production that has already garnered fivestar reviews in Amsterdam. The production is set in 1890, the year of the opera's premiere. In his study, Tchaikovsky imagines the opera into life as his own story, its characters giving voice to his unfulfilled desires. Aleksandrs Antonenko and Eva-Maria Westbroek head the cast and Royal Opera Chorus, conducted by Antonio Pappano, Music Director of The Royal Opera. This is an engrossing portrayal of a tortured creative artist and a gripping piece of gothic storytelling. - Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
- Directed by: Stefan Herheim
- Conductor: Antonio Pappano
- Choir: Royal Opera Chorus
- Orchestra: Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House
Approximate running time 3 hours 30 minutes, including one interval. Sung in Russian with English subtitles. Cast and running time subject to change. | |  | Suspiria (18)
Wednesday 23rd January 7:30pm
Thursday 24th January 7:30pm Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/276821
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 How do you remake Suspiria, Dario Argento's 1977 giallo classic, beloved by many a cinephile for its lurid colour palette, conspicuous dubbing and Italian prog score? The answer, in Luca Guadagnino's (Call Me By Your Name) capable hands, is that you don't; this slyly-feminist horror film is more of an homage to Argento's original.
The story opens with young American Susie Bannion (here played by Dakota Johnson), traveling to Germany in order to audition for a renowned dance academy. She attracts the attention of school director and lead choreographer Madame Blanc (a luminescent Tilda Swinton), becoming the older woman's protegee. Yet, as Susie begins her formal dance training, other students are whispering about a coven of witches who they believe control the school.
Whereas the 1977 version was drenched in vivid technicolour reds, blues and purples, Guadagnino re-enlisted the help of Call Me By Your Name cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom to give the film a distinctive look in a hushed range of earthy pastels. It's a visual representation of the overall mode of Guadagnino's vision - a subtle, disquieting, and masterful piece of cinema. "Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria has turned the horror genre on its head, with powerful women at the centre of a suspenseful, twisted story." **** Daily Mirror "A richly provocative piece of modern art." **** The List "2018's Suspiria is a straight up masterpiece. Suspiria taps into a deep well of history and human cruelty to conjure a tale of fascism and toppled regimes that somehow feels both firmly rooted in reality and as if the film itself is an act of ritual magic." A+ Collider.com Director: Luca Guadagnino Cast: Chloe Grace Moretz, Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton Run time: 152 mins | |  | The Old Man And The Gun (12A) Friday 25th January 7:30pm
Saturday 26th January 7:30pm
Monday 28th January 7:30pm
Thursday 31st January 1:30pm
Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's
Book online https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/276825
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 Adapted from David Grann's New Yorker article, The Old Man and the Gun tells the story of Forrest Tucker, the self-styled 'Houdini' whose many audacious prison breaks included an Alcatraz flight in a homemade kayak, and whose last robbery was committed when he was 79. Focussing on Tucker's crime-spree with his geriatric band of brothers (the Over-the-Hill-Gang), who long evaded both the FBI and an increasingly frustrated detective John Hunt (Casey Affleck), this is a brilliantly entertaining crime caper. Redford is at his screen-legend best as the silver fox, exuding nuclear-watt charisma (he's recently announced his retirement; as a swan song, it's a sweetly melodious one). Most delectable are the scenes in which he woos Jewel (Sissy Spacek) with a swoon-inducing chemistry as sparks crackle between the two. Infused with a passion for the classic American independent cinema of Redford and Spacek's generation, Joe Anderson's luscious 16mm photography delivers rapturous period camera flourishes, while a montage of Forrest's life-long exploits poignantly references old Redford movies. Offering bittersweet reflections on time and age (Jewel observes, 'this is the last time I'll ever have the chance to do whatever…'), The Old Man and the Gun is a testament to a free-spirit who steadfastly refused to go quietly. Tricia Tuttle - BFI Director: David Lowery Cast: Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek
USA 2018 Run time: 93 mins | |  | Woman On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown (15) Tuesday 29th January 7:30pm
Tickets: £7.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's
Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/570142
Or call the box Office: 01691 238167 Screening as part of the BFI Comedy Genius Tour "Learning mechanics is easier than learning male psychology. You can figure out a bike, but you can never figure out a man." Melding melodrama with screwball farce, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was Pedro Almodóvar's international breakthrough and secured his place at the vanguard of modern European cinema. Starring frequent Almodóvar collaborators Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas, this unimpeachable black comedy was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards and won five Goyas in Spain, including Best Film and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Maura. With Almodóvar's trademark playful exploration of the female psyche, the film tells the story of Pepa (Maura) who resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events – and many characters who are all possibly on the verge of a full emotional collapse. A tale of the volatility of sexual desire and the anxieties of romantic relationships, but also the possibilities for personal liberation, Women on the Verge of Nervous Breakdown oozes with Almodovar's unique vision, irreverent humour and vibrant visual sense. With an exceptional ensemble cast that also includes Rossy de Palma, this film is the work of an artist in total control of his craft. "With the support of the Independent Cinema Office and BFI, awarding funds from The National Lottery" Director: Pedro Almodóvar Cast: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano Run time: 89 mins Spain 1988 Spanish with English subtitles | |  | Royal Opera House Live: La Traviata (12A) Wednesday 30th January 6:45pm
Tickets: £15.00 Adult/£10.00 Under 16's
Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/556578 Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 LA TRAVIATA THE ROYAL OPERA
OPERA IN THREE ACTS
RICHARD EYRE'S BEAUTIFUL PRODUCTION PROVIDES THE PERFECT SETTING FOR VERDI'S OPERA ABOUT A COURTESAN WHO SACRIFICES ALL FOR LOVE.
>From the thrill of unexpected romance to a heartbreaking reconciliation that comes too late – Verdi's LA TRAVIATA is one of the most popular of all operas. Alfredo falls in love in with the courtesan Violetta in glamorous Paris society, but underneath the surface run darker undercurrents, leading to a tragic ending.
The opera's wealth of melodies includes the famous Brindisi and the exuberant 'Sempre libera' – both showing the lyricism of Italian opera at its most immediately appealing. Richard Eyre's production for The Royal Opera brings out all the emotional colour, from the giddy discovery of love, through painful confrontation to the inevitable conclusion. Lavish period sets and costumes enhance the reality of a moving story based on true life.
MUSIC GIUSEPPE VERDI
DIRECTOR RICHARD EYRE
CONDUCTOR ANTONELLO MANACORDA
VIOLETTA VALÉRY ERMONELA JAHO
ALFREDO GERMONT CHARLES CASTRONOVO
GIORGIO GERMONT PLÁCIDO DOMINGO
Approx. 3h 35m (inc. 2 intervals)
Sung in Italian with English subtitles | |  | National Theatre Live: I'm Not Running (12A) Thursday 31st January 7:00pm
Tickets: £12.00 Adult/£10.00 Under 16's
Book online:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/535053
Or call the Box Office: 01691 238167 I'm Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas. Pauline Gibson has spent her life as a doctor, the inspiring leader of a local health campaign. When she crosses paths with her old boyfriend, a stalwart loyalist in Labour Party politics, she's faced with an agonising decision. What's involved in sacrificing your private life and your piece of mind for something more than a single issue? Does she dare? Hare was recently described by The Washington Post as 'the premiere political dramatist writing in English'. His other work includes Pravda and Skylight, broadcast by National Theatre Live in 2014. Run time: 180 mins | | | Coming up in February and on sale now...
Shoplifters (15)
The Favourite (15)
Mary Poppins Returns (U)
Stan & Ollie (PG)
Dead In A Week (or your money back) (15) | | | | |
