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Coming Up This Week & Next Over the next couple of weeks we have a varied selection of great films coming to our screen from tense Egyptian spy thriller 'Cairo Conspiracy' to the crazy British Asian martial arts action comedy 'Polite Society'. We also bring you an NT Live encore screening  of James Graham's multiple award-winning new drama 'Best Of Enemies' set In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, Our screening of 'Vermeer The Greatest Exhibition' is sold out and we only have a few tickets left for our screenings of 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry'. We round the month off with a sweeping and profoundly moving portrait of friendship set against the backdrop of the Italian Alps in 'The Eight Mountains' . Come along and join us for a deep dive into the wonderful world of cinema! And look out for our June Newsletter coming soon ... 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 Our doors and cafe/licensed bar selling a range of hot & cold drinks and pre packaged snacks open 30 minutes before the screening time. Please scroll down to find out more about our up & coming films & for our latest news updates & new ticket pricing policy at the bottom of this newsletter.  We look forward to seeing you this month  Thank you! May Film Screenings At kinokulture cinema 9 Arthur Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1JN

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry (PG) Sunday 21st May  2:00pm (Subtitled for the Hard Of Hearing)  - 10 Tickets Available At Time Of Publication   Tuesday 23rd May 7:30pm - 2 Tickets Available At Time Of Publication   Based on the best selling novel by Rachel Joyce and starring Academy Award® Winner Jim Broadbent as Harold and Penelope Wilton as his wife Maureen, THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY tells the story of a man who leaves his seaside town in South Devon to deliver a message to an old friend. Harold Fry was never meant to be a hero. He's an unremarkable man who has failed at all the important things: being a husband, a father and a friend. Now, well into his 60s, he is content to fade quietly into the background of life. But when Harold learns his friend Queenie is dying, he is moved to act. He leaves home, walking to the post box to send her a letter, until he realises a letter is not enough. In that moment Harold decides to keep walking, all the way to her hospice, some 500 miles away in Berwick-upon-Tweed: as long as he walks, Queenie must live. Surprising himself as much as his wife Maureen, Harold embarks on a walk of hope, determined to travel the length of England to save his friend. Director: Hettie Macdonald Written: Rachel Joyce Cast: Jim Broadbent,  Penelope Wilton, Maanuv Thiara, Monika Gossmann UK 2023 Run Time 1 hour 47 mins BOOK TICKETS FOR TUESDAY HERE BOOK TICKETS FOR SUNDAY HERE Cairo Conspiracy (15)   Wednesday 24th May  7:30pm The gripping and critically acclaimed new thriller from Tarik Saleh (The Nile Hilton Incident, The Contractor), follows Adam, a young man who is offered the ultimate privilege: to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo. Shortly after his arrival in the city, the university's highest-ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt's religious and political elite. As he struggles to balance a range of competing interests that favour different leaders, he soon finds that he must fight for his very survival as the succession intensifies. "A taut, textured political thriller" **** Xan Brooks - The Guardian "The film's biggest coup is the common thread it finds in both worlds: military back rooms and holy offices alike filled with the ambitious jostling for position." **** Financial Times Director: Tarik Saleh Writter: Tarik Saleh Cast: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fare, Mohammed Bakri, Makram J. Khoury, Sherwan Haji, Mehdi Dehbi SWEDEN/FRANCE/FINLAND/DENMARK 2023 Arabic with English subtitles Run time:2 hours 6 minutes BOOK TICKETS HERE NT Live: Best Of Enemies (15) Encore Screening Thursday 25th May 7:00pm   David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham's (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama. In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation. As beliefs are challenged and slurs slung, a new frontier in American politics is opening and television news is about to be transformed forever. Jeremy Herrin (All My Sons) directs this blistering political thriller, filmed live in London's West End. 'A scintillating, perfectly-timed play' ***** - Financial Times 'Dynamic and intoxicatingly thoughtful' ***** - Evening Standard 'A compelling, human drama' ***** - The Times 'Stupendous. An absolute must-see' **** - Guardian Run time: 3 hours  BOOK TICKETS HERE Polite Society (12A) Friday 26th & Saturday 27th May  7:30pm   Polite Society is a London-set anarchic action comedy that follows Ria Khan, a bolshy school girl and martial artist-in-training who dreams of becoming a world renowned stunt woman. When Ria witnesses her big sister Lena give up on her dreams by dropping out of art school and getting engaged, Ria's world is shaken. She believes she must save her sister from the shackles of marriage in the only way she knows how, by enlisting the help of her friends and attempting to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of freedom and sisterhood. Polite Society is a merry mash up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold and bloody action. "... The film gets right to the emotional heart of a youngster's quotidian struggles by blasting them through the wildest genre kaleidoscope to hand. In Polite Society's case, that's martial arts." **** Daily Telegraph "The repartee is peppy and clever, and the scheming, fighting and colourful design delightful." Financial Times Director: Nida Manzoor Cast: Priya Kansara, Nimra Bucha, Shobu Kapoor, Ella Bruccoleri, Seraphina Beh, Shona Babayemi, Jeff Mirza, Akshay Khanna, Ritu Arya UK 2023 Run time: 1 hour 43 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE Exhibition On Screen: Vermeer The Greatest Exhibition (PG) Sunday 28th May  2:00pm (SOLD OUT)   In the spring of 2023, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam opened its doors to the largest Vermeer exhibition in history. The show sold out within days of going on sale. This film offers you the chance to experience the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition on the big screen… With loans from across the world, this major retrospective will bring together Vermeer's most famous masterpieces including Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Geographer, The Milkmaid, The Little Street, Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid, and Woman Holding a Balance. In all, 28 of his surviving 35 works. This Exhibition on Screen film invites audiences to a privileged view of the exhibition, accompanied by the director of the Rijksmuseum and the curators of the show. A truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Just who was this master of paint, living in Delft in the Netherlands between 1632 and 1675?  The answer lies in the paintings and never before has there been a film that shows them in this much detail and with this much context.  The Times called the film "thrilling" and "your ticket to the show of the century". "This is more than an exhibition. It's a miracle." ***** The Guardian "We would not have thought it possible that so many museums are willing to lend their masterpieces. With this exhibition we can introduce a new generation to Vermeer's paintings…" Taco Dibbits, Director of the Rijksmuseum "Even Vermeer probably never saw this many of his paintings together" Pieter Roelofs, head of paintings and sculpture for Rijksmuseum "There will never be another Vermeer show as great as this one"  Washington Post Director: David Bickerstaff Run time: 1 hour 30 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE The Eight Mountains (12A)  Tuesday 30th & Wednesday 31st May  7:30pm In a secluded village in the Italian Alps, an unlikely brotherhood forms between two young boys: Pietro, a boy from the city, and Bruno, who has only ever known life in the mountains. Over the years Bruno remains faithful to his home while Pietro aspires to greater heights, but as decades pass and lives unfold, their paths ultimately lead them back to where they first met – and back to each other. Set against a truly magnificent Italian landscape, THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS is a profoundly moving portrait of a lifelong friendship. "A meditation on our capacity for love shapes this sweeping story of two friends, torn apart by family and life's journeys but bound by something deeper" ***** Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian "This combined restraint builds to a devastating torrent of feeling, like tears held back and back and back and then no more; an ode to loves taken for granted in life, it makes a case for renewing and reviving our oldest alliances." Guy Lodge - Film Of The Week Directors: Felix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch Cast: Luca Marinelli, Alessandro Borghi Language: Italian with English subtitles Run time: 2 hours 27 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE JUNE HIGHLIGHTS Coming up in June we have another great selection of new releases including 'Are You There God? It's Me Margaret' an adaptation of Judy Blume's beloved and best-selling classic novel starring Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, and Abby Ryder Fortson as Margaret, the pacy, thrillingly inventive found-footage mockumentary 'LOLA', the beautiful Tunisian drama 'Under the Fig Trees' an understated and intimate story of sisterhood, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen & Mary Steenburgen return for a another adventure in 'Book Club The Next Chapter' and our next Africa In Focus film 'The Blue Caftan' a big hit with audiences at Borderlines Film Festival this year. All of our June films are now on sale and please do keep checking our website for new events coming up in July and beyond. VISIT OUR WEBSITE HERE OTHER NEWS  Journeyman - the Art of Steve Dilworth  A book by Georgina Coburn For those of you who came along to our premiere screening of 'Stuff The World Is Made Of' the beautiful documentary about Harris based sculptor/maker Steve Dilworth we have some exciting news to share. After 5 years of research, Georgina Coburn's book 'Journeyman – The Life and Art of Steve Dilworth' is ready for publication. The plan is to release the book in time for Dilworth's autumn exhibition at the Pangolin Gallery in London.  "When I began my research in 2014, I wanted to answer the question of what makes a Dilworth? His work is powerful and its effect on many people, lasting and profound. In Dilworth's objects, as so often in life, what is most valuable is hidden inside. His art holds nature close, in ways our global consumer culture has too long discarded. I think what Dilworth's art connects us to has increasing urgency. The intention behind it and the way that his work is integrated into peoples' lives is unlike anything else in contemporary art. Dilworth's work is a living example of why art matters and acknowledgement of his importance in the history of Art is long overdue. My intention is to shine a light on his uncompromising, visionary work, opening up a wider conversation about the value of art outside the art world." Georgina Coburn. The book can be pre ordered for £35.00 (including P&P). PRE ORDER THE BOOK HERE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEW Ticket Pricing Policy To support our sustainability we have taken the difficult decision to increase our ticket prices from April onwards. We have tried to keep the increase as low as possible as we know that the cost of living crisis is impacting on us all and hope that you still feel that we offer great value and will continue to visit us. Regular Screenings Ticket Prices From April Sofa (seating two people): £22.00 Adult: £9.00 16-30/jobseekers/student/NHS: £7.00 Under 16: £5.00 Event Cinema Ticket Prices Sofa (seating two people): £30.00 Adult: £14.00 Under 16's/16-30/jobseekers/student/NHS: £12.00 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