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Welcome To Our December Newsletter! Following on from our recent newsletter about the cinema closing down at the end of March we would like to thank everyone for their kind messages and also want to reassure you that we are working very hard to ensure that we can create a legacy project and hopefully enable cinema to continue for our Oswestry audiences. A small group of our wonderful volunteers are coming together to take over the helm of Oswestry Film Society which has been brilliantly overseen by Tom, Michael. Maggie, Fran and other members since it's inception but who will be stepping back after their 'Surprise Xmas Film' in December. We thank them all for their hard work and commitment in developing the Film Society and wish the new group the very best .... we will continue to support and work alongside them as they find their feet and hope that you you will too! But for now our Christmas tree is up and we are looking forward to welcoming you into the cinema for some festive cheer over the next few weeks! If you are looking for the perfect Christmas gift for the film lover in your life why not give the gift of cinema with a Kinokulture Gift Voucher ... email us to find out more. Our screenings of 'The Banshees Of Inisherin' and 'Living' have all sold out and unfortunately we do not have the space to fit in any more screenings of these films but there is still plenty to see this month! For art lovers we have 'Hilma' the new drama about the life and loves of abstract artist Hilma af Klint, the French Film Festival UK continues with the brilliant thriller 'Full Time' and the offbeat Sci-Fi comedy 'Incredible But True', we are very excited to bring you new films from two of the best international directors of the moment 'Decision To Leave' by Park Chan Wook and 'No Bears' by Jafar Panahi, our final film in this year's Africa In Focus Season 'Nanny' and dancing and stomping their way onto our screen for the Christmas Holidays come Miss Trunchball and Matilda Wormwood in 'Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical' On our website you can view trailers and information on each film by clicking on the image or film title.  If you already know which film & date you want to book just click on the Book Now button. View Our Website Here Please scroll down to find out more about our December film programme & highlights for January.  we look forward to seeing you this month  Thank you! December Film Screenings At kinokulture cinema 9 Arthur Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1JN   HILMA (12A) Thursday 1st December  7:30pm Hallström, known for the classic films The Cider House Rules, My Life As A Dog, What's Eating Gilbert Grape? and Chocolat returns to the big screen with this affecting drama, based on the life of the abstract artist Hilma af Klint (1862-1944). The film explores the enigmatic life - and loves - of af Klint (1862-1944), whose unconventional and highly spiritual art remained relatively unknown for decades.  It tells the story of an unwavering search for the truth about humanity and the universe through art, at a time when men made all the rules. Today af Klint is recognised as one of the Western world's first abstract artists, an achievement made even more impressive by the male-dominated artistic scene that surrounded her. Director: Lasse Hallstro¨m Cast: Tora Hallstro¨m, Lena Olin, Tom Wlaschiha, Lily Cole, Rebecca Calder, Maeve Derody, Catherine, Chalk, Jazzy De Lisser, Anna Bjo¨rk. English language Run time: 1 hour 59 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE After Love (12A) Oswestry Film Society Screening Tuesday 6th December  7:30pm  Please be aware that Oswestry Film Society Screenings have no trailers the film will start promptly at 7:30pm   The great Joanna Scanlan (where do we start, Gentleman Jack, The Larkins, Getting On, Bridget Jones, No Offence, The Thick of It, the list goes on!) gets a well-deserved lead role as Mary, a widow who discovers her husband had a secret family overseas.  Mary travels to France to meet her husband's other wife, Genevieve, and gets mistaken by her for her new cleaner.  Moving into Genevieve's home without disclosing her true identity , Mary gets to know her husband's other wife and child.  A lovely film about secrets, forgiveness, grief and togetherness. "It's a beautifully restrained yet devastating exploration of love, loss, grief and identity wrapped up in a story that's not just gripping but also -- prepare yourself for a shock: ready? -- wholly original." The Spectator "If you missed this when we screened it on it's UK release in 2020 we urge you to go and see it or even to watch again!" ***** - Ruth & Ian kinokulture cinema Run time 1 hour 29 mins ? FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OSWESTRY FILM SOCIETY & BOOK TICKETS HERE

French Film Festival UK: Full Time (15) Thursday 8th December 7:30pm The César Award-winning star of Call My Agent! and My Donkey, My Lover & I, Laure Calamy demonstrates the phenomenal range of her talents in this unique thriller about a single mother who lands an interview for a job that might offer a better life for herself and her two children. Julie must employ her considerable resourcefulness to get across town during a transport strike, risking her current job as a hotel cleaner for the promise of something better. The film won Best Actress and Best Director awards at last year's Venice Film Festival. "Calamy delivers a sympathetic, nerve-flaying, terrific performance." Screen International Director: Éric Gravel Cast: Laure Calamy, Anne Suarez, Genèvieve Mnich, Nolan Arizmendi, Sasha Lemaitre Cremaschi, Cyril Gueï, Lucie Gallo, Agathe Dronne 2021 France French with English subtitles Run time: 1 hour 28 mins  BOOK TICKETS HERE   French Film Festival UK: Incredible But True (15) Tuesday 13th December  7:30pm   In this uproarious sci-fi comedy from director Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Mandibles), the lives of an ordinary couple, Alain (Alain Chabat) and Marie (Léa Drucker), are turned upside down when they discover that their new suburban home contains a built-in supernatural feature. "Absurdist comedy featuring a basement time-portal and a man with a three-speed robot penis." Sight and Sound Director: Quentin Dupieux Cast: Roxane Arnal, Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker 2022 France French with English subtitles Run time: 1 hour 14 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE Decision To Leave (15) Wednesday 14th & Thursday 15th December 7:30pm What happens when an object of suspicion becomes a case of obsession? Winner of Best Director at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, TheHandmaiden) returns with a seductive romantic thriller that takes his renowned stylistic flair to dizzying new heights. >From a mountain peak in South Korea, a businessman plummets to his death. Did he jump,or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon (Park Hae-il, The Host) arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man's wife Seo-rae (Tang Wei, Lust, Caution) may know more than she initially lets on. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, Hae-joon finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire, proving that the darkest mysteries lurk inside the human heart. With nods toward classic Hollywood and Hitchcok's Vertigo, Decision to Leave is an essential masterwork from the legendary Park Chan-wook, infused with elegance, ingenuity and a knife-edge precision that truly cannot be matched. "A spry police procedural fused with an achingly intense romance, Decision To Leave keeps you off-kilter throughout, in the best possible way. Make a decision to see it." **** Empire Online Director: Park Chan-wook Cast: Tang Wei Park Hae-il Go Kyung-Pyo Korean/Chinese with English subtitles Run time: 2 hours 18 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE   Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical (PG) Friday 16th & Saturday 17th December  7:30pm Sunday 18th December. 2:00pm Tuesday 20th, Wednesday 21st, Thursday 22nd & Thursday 29th December. 1:30pm Friday 23rd & Wednesday 28th December. 3:00pm Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical is an inspirational musical tale of an extraordinary girl who discovers her superpower and summons the remarkable courage, against all odds, to help others change their stories, whilst also taking charge of her own destiny. Standing up for what's right, she's met with miraculous results. Matilda Wormwood (Alisha Weir) is a little girl with big curiosity, a sharp mind and a vivid imagination — and the worst parents in the world. While her parents (Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough) content themselves with trashy TV and dodgy money-making schemes, she loves to lose herself in the pages of her beloved books. Where they are loud, selfish and unkind she is a quiet observer, thinking up small and cheeky acts of rebellion and revenge. On meeting her inspirational teacher, Miss Honey (Lashana Lynch), Matilda is encouraged and begins conjuring her own fantastical tales. Excited to attend Crunchem Hall, Matilda is surprised to find the school is an ominous and oppressive place led by the huge and villainous Miss Trunchbull (Emma Thompson). As well as kind Miss Honey, the bright lights among the meanness are story-loving librarian, Mrs. Phelps (Sindhu Vee), and Matilda's newfound school friends. Filled with an overwhelming sense of justice, Matilda dares to take a stand for what is right and teach Trunchbull a lesson she won't forget. "Please note that Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical contains a sequences which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy." Please note that this film will not be streamed on Netflix in the UK until summer 2023 so book now to catch it first on the big screen!   DIRECTOR: Matthew Warchus CAST: Emma Thompson, Alisha Weir, Lashana Lynch Run time: 1 hour 57 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE Surprise Xmas Film (PG) Oswestry Film Society Screening Tuesday 20th December 7:30pm   Please be aware that Oswestry Film Society Screenings have no trailers the film will start promptly at 7:30pm Finally we get to screen 'Die Hard'......... no we don't!!  As always our surprise Christmas Film will only be announced just before the metaphorical curtain goes up, it could be a recent film or a golden oldie, something famous or something unknown.  As usual the ticket price includes mulled wine, hot drinks and something festive to nibble on.   One of our most popular screenings of the year, come along and enjoy the surprise. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OSWESTRY FILM SOCIETY & BOOK TICKETS HERE ? No Bears (15) Wednesday 21st December 7:30pm For the last decade, Jafar Panahi has made a series of boldly inventive statements defying the Iranian government's ban on his being an active filmmaker. As he faces six years imprisonment, his latest film is testimony to how artistry and protest can find inspiration in the very restrictions that he and other creative voices face. Panahi plays himself, a filmmaker trying to direct a cast and crew in Turkey, who is forced to remain in an Iranian village close to the border. As his actors perform their own story of attempted escape to Europe, Panahi finds himself coming up against suspicion and local traditions. Arguably the filmmaker's richest and most complex work to date, No Bears is a witty, serio-comic self-portrait, and a resounding act of artistic and political expression. "... Its very existence is an act of defiance, a metafictional portrait of a dissident artist still at work. It also has a flavour all its own: a complex layer cake of guilt and suspicion, where even a great shot by a master director is a suspect device." ***** Danny Leigh - Financial Times UK Director: Jafar Panahi Cast: Jafar Panahi, Naser Hashemi,  Vahid Mobaseri Iran 2022 Persian/Azerbaijani with English subtitles Run Time: 1 hour 47 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE Africa In focus: Nanny (15) Thursday 22nd December 7:30pm   The final film in our Africa In Focus Season for this year but watch out for some more great films from our guest curator Tatenda Jamera in 2023. In this psychological horror fable of displacement, Aisha (Anna Diop), a woman who recently emigrated from Senegal, is hired to care for the daughter of an affluent couple (Michelle Monaghan and Morgan Spector) living in New York City. Haunted by the absence of the young son she left behind, Aisha hopes her new job will afford her the chance to bring him to the U.S., but becomes increasingly unsettled by the family's volatile home life. As his arrival approaches, a violent presence begins to invade both her dreams and her reality, threatening the American dream she is painstakingly piecing together. Directed and written by Nikyatu Jusu Starring: Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector, Rose Decker Run Time 1 hour 38 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE January Highlights Looking forward to the New Year we have some lovely films coming up in January including 'A Love Song' a very low-key treasure of a movie that has as much to say in its long silences as it does in authentic-sounding dialogue between two would-be lovers who reunite after not seeing each other for decades. starring veteran actors Dale Dickey and Wes Studi this looks set for picking up some major award nominations. We also see Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong in 'Armageddon Time' a deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream from acclaimed director James Gray and the award winning debut feature from Scottish filmmaker Charlotte Wells 'Aftersun' a stylistically daring, emotionally piercing and beautifully understated tale of love and loss. Also coming up in January is the gorgeous, eye catching and tragic epic "Corsage' Starring Vicky Krieps as Empress Elizabeth of Austria and the latest film from Luca Guadagnino 'Bones and All' with Timothy Chalomet & Taylor Russell. " Luca Guadagnino has surpassed himself with this poetic horror balancing threat, humour and emotional weight" ***** - Wendy Ide The Guardian For those of you missed out on our French Film Festival UK Preview screening of 'Peter Von Kant' (cancelled due to a collapse of our screen) we are have rescheduled this for 1st February and tickets are on sale. Our January films will be on sale soon so Please keep checking our website for updates. VISIT OUR WEBSITE HERE  Please help us to continue offering a diverse choice of films by taking this short survey We are thrilled to be supported by Film Hub Midlands through the BFI Film Audience Network with funds from The National Lottery. The aim of this support is to give everyone in the UK the opportunity to enjoy a diverse range of British & international independent films and without this support we would not be able to offer such a wide range of independent & world cinema. From time to time the BFI ask us to survey a sample of our audience so that they can continue to improve their offer and support for independent cinemas and their audiences. If you have visited kinokulture over the past few months we hope you will spare a few minutes to take this short online survey and help us to continue bringing a diverse film programme to Oswestry audiences.   TAKE THE SURVEY HERE  With Grateful Thanks! Important COVID-19 Safety Update Keeping Our Customers & Staff Safe Keeping our customers & staff safe is an ongoing priority The Government have now relaxed all Covid-19 safety rules in England but as we all know the virus has not gone away. For the ongoing safety of our staff, visitors & customers we will keep in place the majority of our Covid-19 safety measures which include: a one way system, hand sanitising stations and increased ventilation, cleaning and fogging after each screening. Out of courtesy for others we strongly encourage our customers to continue to wear face coverings when entering and moving around the building.  These measures will be under constant review. We ask everyone visiting or working in kinokulture to be aware of the latest advice from the UK Government on COVID-19, and to follow that advice to minimise the risk of the virus spreading.   If you or anyone you live with has symptoms of Covid-19 please stay home and arrange for a PCR test. Visit The Govt Website for updated news on Coronavirus Here Thank you for helping us all to keep safe.   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION We have  reduced the regular concession ticket price for 16-30's, students, jobseekers & NHS workers to £6.00 and the under 16 ticket price to £4.00. (this does not apply to Event Cinema as these prices are set by the distributors). Although we encourage online booking where possible there may be tickets available on the door (doors open 30 minutes before the screening time). Gift Vouchers & CEA Cards To order Gift Vouchers for your cinema loving family & friends please email or call us to place an order. The CEA Card is a national card scheme developed for UK cinemas by the UK Cinema Association (UKCA). The Card enables a disabled cinema guest to receive a complimentary ticket for someone to go with them when they visit a participating cinema. If you have a CEA card and require a complimentary ticket for your carer or if you have been given a kinokulture Gift Voucher please contact us on 01691 238167 to reserve your tickets or email us:  info@kinokulture.org.uk   We would like to say a huge thank you to the BFI and DCMS for their support through the Cultural Recovery Fund, to BFI Film Hub Midlands & Film Hub Wales for their continuing support through the FAN Film Audience Network: Cinema & Exhibition funds and to everyone for all the wonderful kind words of support and donations. Ruth & Ian and the kinokulture team Please visit our website for up to date Information & bookings