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FAMILY FRIENDLY FOR HALF TERM INDEPENDENT CINEMA RELEASES EVENT CINEMA Welcome To Our February Newsletter Our Lives, Our World, Our Cinema Hot on the heels of our special news update comes our February newsletter, bursting at the seams with full listings for our February film programme and Borderlines Film Festival screenings!   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 February programme & Borderlines Film Festival screenings. Our ticket pricing policy is at the bottom of this newsletter.    We hope you will Come along and join us for a deep dive into the wonderful world of cinema!   COMING TO OUR SCREEN IN FEBRUARY kinokulture cinema 9 Arthur Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 1JN   Past Lives (12A) Wednesday 31st January & Thursday 1st February  7:30pm  Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance. "Plaudits to the principal cast, who do a miraculous job of portraying inner conflict and ecstasy with the merest tilt of a head, or subtle shift of a shoulder." **** Mark Kermode - The Observer "It's barely believable that this is Song's very first feature. Her film is simply sublime from start to finish." ***** The Jewish Chronicle Director: Celine Song Cast: Greta Lee. Teo Yoo Korean with English subtitles Run time: 1 hour 46 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE American Hustle (15)  Oswestry Film Society Screening Tuesday 6th February 7:30pm?  Please note the film starts at 7:00pm there are no trailers at OFS screenings   The acting stars align in this multi Oscar-nominated black comedy crime caper highly rated by critics and audiences. In a fictionalization of a true story, an American con man (Christian Bale) and his English lover (Amy Adams) are entrapped by an eccentric FBI agent (Bradley Cooper) and forced to set up an elaborate sting operation on corrupt politicians Their initial target is a mayor who is trying to revitalize Atlantic City as a gambling mecca, which requires an influx of investments in the millions. But in getting these offshore investments (which in reality don't exist), the bigger fish include congressmen and senators, who may be taking bribes in this revitalization, as well as a rather nasty mobster. It's a brazen, nerve-jangling, cleverly funny, irresistibly watchable movie. Run Time: 2 hours 18 mins FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OSWESTRY FILM SOCIETY & BOOK TICKETS HERE

Femme (18) Wednesday 7th February  7:30pm Femme: a modern erotic thriller with looks to kill A drag performer seeks revenge in the aftermath of a homophobic attack in Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping's unpredictable, genre-shifting thriller. Jules (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) applies talcum powder to his legs, shimmying them into a pair of vinyl boots. When he strides on stage as drag queen Aphrodite, he's met with thunderous applause; later, buying cigarettes at an off-licence, he's greeted with violence. His assailant, Preston (George MacKay), decorated with a scowl and a threatening neck tattoo, had been checking him out earlier that night. In the weeks after the attack, a shaken Jules spots Preston out cruising in a gay sauna, internalised homophobia practically leaching out of his pores. Jules follows him into the locker room and makes a decision to pursue him, galvanised by a slippery mix of desire and vengeance. But the closeted Preston's response is surprising. "Revenge is rarely a tidy business. But Femme, a savagely sexy queer erotic thriller, explores just how messily complex retribution can be." **** Wendy Ide - The Guardian "George MacKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett utterly thrill in this sexually charged, suspense-filled watch. Don't let this one pass you by." Empire Magazine Directors: Sam H. Freeman & Ng Choon Ping Cast: George MacKay, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Nima Taleghani UK 2023   Run time: 1 hour 39 mins ? BOOK TICKETS HERE   TARRAC (15)   Thursday 8th February  7:30pm Aoife Ni Bhraoin (Kelly Gough) returns home to help her father Brendan 'The Bear' O'Briain (Lorcan Cranitch) in his recovery from a heart attack.  During this time, Aoife faces the grief of her mother that she hasn't dealt with until now.  A lot has been left unsaid between her and her father.  Aoife reacquaints with a group of rowers and this all-female team, against the odds, take on a high stakes Naomhóg rowing competition.   TARRAC is a drama set at the edge of the world, the coastlines and sea of the Dingle peninsula. A place of wild geography, where the weather and the people have a mind of their own.  TARRAC has warmth and a sense of place. An intimate character study of a woman who through a sporting passion finally manages acceptance and love. Laced with humour, heart break and exciting action set against the stunning landscapes and seas of the Kerry Gaeltacht, TARRAC is about daring to care again and learning the power of forgiveness. Director: Declan Recks Cast: Kelly Gough, Lorcan Cranitch, Kate Nic Chonaonaigh, Kate Finegan, Rachel Feeney, Cillian Ó Gairbhí 2023 Eire Gaeilge with English subtitles Run time: 1 hour 34 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE   The Inseparables (U)   Tuesday 13th & Wednesday 14th February  2:00pm Don is a marionette puppet with big dreams who is constantly told he is unable to play the hero in his puppet theatre troupe's productions of famous plays. When he runs away and heads out into the wider world of Central Park in New York, he runs into an abandoned stuffed toy named DJ Doggy Dog and despite their differences, they set out on an extraordinary adventure together, one that becomes more complicated when Don's friends are stolen by a group of inept criminals who have a plan to sell them on eBay. This tale of newfound friendship and what it takes to be a hero is a delightful, animated story from the writers of Toy Story.  Run time: 1 hour 28 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE Fallen Leaves (15)  Tuesday 13th February  7:30pm Finland's widely acclaimed Oscar entry is set In modern-day Helsinki where two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a local karaoke bar. However, the pair's path to happiness is beset by numerous obstacles -- from lost numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog. "Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen make a charming couple at the centre of the latest beautiful offering from Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki" **** The Telegraph "Finnish film-maker's sweet-natured odd-couple romance fills you with a feelgood glow and laughs in the face of Putin's threat to the country" **** Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian  "Gorgeous… A heartfelt cinephile ode to the possibility of love" — LITTLE WHITE LIES  ????? Director: Aki Kaurismaki Finnish with English subtitles Run time: 1 hour 21 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE I Know Where I'm Going (PG) + pre recorded intro by Martin Scorsese  Wednesday 14th February 7:30pm Join us on Valentine's Day for this special screening as part of the BFI's Unbound Season exploring the work of Powell and Pressburger Powell and Pressburger are best known for their exquisite and stunning romantic pieces that are bolstered by sumptuous visuals and stunning scripts. Movies such as The Red Shoes (1948), Black Narcisuss (1947), and A Matter Of Life And Death (1946) are indelible, and it's no wonder that they're often listed among the best films of all time. However, there's one film that is often erroneously missed. A film so striking and so wickedly smart that it's impossible not to fall in love with. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) is possibly one of the most captivating romantic comedies of its era, and deserves to be celebrated more widely. Starring Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey, its story revolves around Joan, a young woman sent to the Scottish Hebrides to marry a wealthy industrialist. Left stuck by the bad weather, and charmed by the local islanders, she finds herself attracted to a mysterious naval officer. Headstrong Joan Webster (a wondrous Wendy Hiller) sets off, wedding dress in tow, to marry a rich older man on a remote Hebridean island. Stranded on Mull thanks to the weather, Joan finds herself struggling to cope with the unplanned turn of events. Powell and Pressburger weave their course of true love through flashes of surrealism, a life-threatening whirlpool and an ancient curse, disarming and enchanting in equal measure. But this is a film where small moments count the most – a cigarette passed between two windows or a slip on a ladder – as they build by stealth into something overwhelming. By the end we are left breathless and desperate to book the next night train and ferry to Mull. Powell and Pressburger's heady romantic masterpiece has never looked or sounded finer than in this revelatory restoration from the BFI National Archive. Valentine's Day Prize Draw: All tickets bought online will be entered into our Special Valentine's Day Prize Draw to win a beautifully romantic mini hamper. Directors: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger Cast: Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown UK 1945 (4K digital Restoration 2023) Run Time 1 hour 33 mins + 3 minute intro BOOK TICKETS HERE One Life (12A)   Thursday 15th February 2:00pm An additional matinee screening due to popular demand Anthony Hopkins leads an all-star cast in this inspirational true story of courage and the strength of community in the darkest days of the 20th century. ONE LIFE tells the true story of Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker played by Johnny Flynn, who, along with Trevor Chadwick (played by Alex Sharp) and Doreen Warinner (played by Romola Garai) of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia, rescued 669 children from the Nazis in the months leading up to World War II,. Nicky visited Prague in December 1938 and found families who had fled the rise of the Nazis in Germany and Austria, living in desperate conditions with little or no shelter and food, and under threat of Nazi invasion. He immediately realised it was a race against time. How many children could he and the team rescue before the borders closed? Fifty years later, it's 1988 and Nicky (played by Anthony Hopkins) lives haunted by the fate of the children he wasn't able to bring to safety in England; always blaming himself for not doing more. It's not until a live BBC television show, 'That's Life!', surprises him by introducing him to some surviving children – now adults – that he finally begins to come to terms with the guilt and grief he had carried for five decades. "Anthony Hopkins is stirring as the 'British Schindler' who saved 600 Jewish children"    **** Daily Telegraph Director: James Hawes Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Helena Bonham Carter UK 2023. Run time: 1 hour 49 minutes BOOK TICKETS HERE A Stitch In Time (U) Thursday 15th February  7:30pm It was Mahatma Gandhi who said: "To find yourself, you must lose yourself in the service of others." Sasha Hadden's A Stitch in Time shows us how that can be done. The touching drama is a story about an elderly dressmaker who, after befriending a young Chinese fashion designer is inspired to pursue her passion. According to Hadden, the film is about more than appreciating creativity, whether it be our own or others'; it's about seeing each other as an addition rather than a burden. Liebe's dedication to dressmaking is what grounds the narrative and urges audiences to cheer her on. But the 5am rumbling of her sewing machine is not appreciated, to say the least, by anyone living under the same roof. With the support and generosity of friends, Liebe changes her life for the better. And so, at the heart of the film, Hadden hopes we find "community and compassion", without which Liebe would have struggled to find her voice, secure her freedom and reach her goals. Weaving together themes of friendship, resilience and drive, writer-director Sasha Hadden has created an inspiring film that will rip you up and sew you back together, one stitch at a time. "A Stitch in Time, the first feature by Australian writer-director Sasha Hadden, is a genuine charmer about an elderly woman who, late in life, decides to make a radical change." **** The Australian Run time: 1 hour 38 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE The Holdovers (15)  Friday 16th & Saturday 17th February  7:30pm Sunday 18th February  2:00pm (Subtitled for the Hard Of Hearing) THE HOLDOVERS reunites Sideways alums Paul Giamatti and director Alexander Payne in a Christmas story of three lonely, shipwrecked people at a New England boarding school over a very snowy holiday break in 1970. The comedy stars Giamatti as Paul Hunham, an odiferous, optically-challenged adjunct professor of ancient history who is universally disliked by students and faculty; Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb, the head cook of the school whose only child Curtis was killed in Vietnam, and Dominic Sessa, in his film debut, as Angus Tully, a student at the school - a smart, damaged, troublemaker but a good kid underneath who's just trying to make his way. Left to their own devices in the empty school, there are adventures, a little calamity and finally, a semblance of family. Nominated for 5 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor & Best Supporting Actress "The Holdovers emerges as a testament to Payne's unique storytelling ability, offering a grownup drama for intelligent audiences, inviting a nuanced exploration of the complexities of human relationships against the backdrop of cruel classist rigidity." ***** Hey U Guys "It is the genius of Paul Giamatti to make us, over the course of this great movie, not just re-evaluate and learn to respect this mess of a man but actually... to love him." New Statesman Director: Alexander Payne Cast: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa Run time: 2 hours 13 mins BOOK TICKETS FOR FRIDAY & SATURDAY HERE BOOK TICKETS FOR SUNDAY HERE Hope And Glory (15)  Oswestry Film Society Screening Tuesday 20th February 7:30pm?  Please note the film starts at 7:00pm there are no trailers at OFS screenings   Seen through the eyes of a young boy living on the outskirts of London during the Blitz, this is a wonderful coming-of-age comedy-drama about his many adventures, while his wider family copes with the devastation of war. Heart-warming and heart-tugging, also taut and funny, Billy Rohan learns about death, love, hypocrisy and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses and experiences family life in pressurised times. Described as "a joy throughout" by Time Out, it was a critical and commercial success – voted 'best film' of 1987 at the Golden Globes, and multi-nominated at the Oscars. It's well worth having the dust shaken off it for this big-screen showing by the Oswestry Film Society. Run Time: 1 hour 51 mins FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OSWESTRY FILM SOCIETY & BOOK TICKETS HERE Tish (15) Wednesday 21st February  7:30pm As a working class photographer from the North East, Tish felt an obligation to the people and problems within her local environment, and used documentary photography to highlight and challenge the social disadvantages she herself suffered. Unlike many social documentary photographers, Tish was from the same streets as the people she photographed, lending a poignant intimacy to her stark yet tender black and white images. However, despite early acclaim for her work, she was unable to make a living from photography and was unable to escape the poverty she documented. She died aged 56, her work relatively unknown. Tish's brilliant eye, her unswerving ethics and constant empathy are present in her images, yet little is known of the artist herself. In this feature documentary we follow Tish's daughter, Ella, as she opens up her mother's archive for the first time on screen to reveal a treasure trove of unseen images, artefacts, letters and diaries. Ella takes to the road to meet people who knew Tish and ask why she did not receive more recognition in her lifetime. In digging into the past, Ella comes to terms with her own grief at her mother's passing and reconnects with family members not seen in years. By shining a light on a working class artist who went largely unrecognised in her lifetime, the documentary questions the value placed on working class people both in the past and present day. Tish Murtha, who lived a life as tough as those she shot in different eras of deprivation and marginalisation, receives a wholehearted and riveting tribute" The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw "Details leap out from the photographs, not just the faces of those she captured, but the twist of cigarette smoke, metal ashtrays recalling the tang of wet ash, plasters on scrubbed knees" Eye for Film "An authentic insight into the devastating impact of unemployment and poverty" Screen International "Paul Sng's intimate documentary resurrects a fleeting art radical, honouring her incisive political views as well as her photographs"  Sight and Sound Director: Paul Sng Starring Tish Murtha, Ella Murtha Narrated by Maxine Peake UK 2023 Run time: 1 hour 30 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE NT Live: Vanya (15) Thursday 22nd February 7:00pm Adapted by Simon Stephens, after Anton Chekhov directed by Sam Yates designed by Rosanna Vize Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens' (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions. Filmed live during its sold-out run in London's West End, Vanya will be playing exclusively in cinemas in 2024. 'An acting masterclass from Andrew ????? Evening Standard Run time: 1 hour 50 mins (No interval) BOOK TICKETS HERE   Priscilla (15)  Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th February  7:30pm Sunday 25th February  2:00pm (Subtitled for the Hard Of Hearing) When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a gentle best friend. Through Priscilla's eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla's long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland, in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy, and fame. "The real beauty of Priscilla is its delicate portrayal of the all-consuming fire and flood of first love, and what happens when you grow up, and begin to realise the fairytale doesn't always have a happy ending."  Little White Lies "This film says a great deal about Elvis and the dysfunctional business he was in and Priscilla's modest integrity and courage."  **** Guardian "Priscilla is another Coppola masterwork, a study of a woman in a gilded cage with two performances that are some of the best in Coppola's filmography" **** Screen Rant .Director: Sofia Coppola Writer: Sofia Coppola Cast: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Dagmara Dominczyk US 2023 Run time: 1 hour 53 mins BOOK TICKETS FOR FRIDAY & SATURDAY HERE BOOK TICKETS FOR SUNDAY HERE All Of Us Strangers (15)  Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th February  7:30pm One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before. "Andrew Haigh has firm control of this artful story, spinning a tale of grief and love and building to a spellbinding, life-affirming, poetically transfixing, tear-inducing climax" **** Flickering Myth "You emerge from it reminded how fleeting life is, but also how some moments, like some movies, can stay with you forever. The Best film Of the Year" Los Angeles Times Paul Mescal won Joint Best Supporting Performance at the British Independent Film Awards 2023 Shortlisted for Best Director & Best Film at the BAFTA's  Please note: This film contains flashing images that may be unsuitable for viewers with photosensitive epilepsy Director: Andrew Haigh Starring: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, Claire Foy UK 2023 Run time: 1 hour 45 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE   BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 1st -17th MARCH Cinema from all over the world awaits you at Borderlines 2024 Screening at 23 venues throughout Herefordshire, Shropshire, Malvern and the Marches  For Borderlines 2024 we are very excited to bring you 13 films including a selection of BAFTA & Oscar nominated films and 6 preview screenings, giving you the opportunity to see these titles ahead of their UK release dates! We criss cross the globe with documentaries, dramas, animation and comedy discovering new stories from Mongolia, Japan, Italy, France, Denmark, Madagascar, the United States and the UK. Please scroll down to find our full festival programme. For information on what's screening at other venues please visit the Borderlines Website. BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL WEBSITE   The Zone Of Interest (15)  Friday 1st March  7:30pm Our opening film for this year's festival In his chilling, oblique study of evil, British director Jonathan Glazer (Under the Skin) situates the viewer at the centre of frighteningly familiar banality. The film focuses on the domestic life of Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) and Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), beneficiaries of lebensraum, whose family home — nestled between train tracks and gas chambers — is spitting distance from Auschwitz, the infamous German concentration camp located in occupied Poland, where Rudolf serves as commandant.Their domestic life is idyllic. Yet over the wall next to their home, we can see smokestacks, and at night we hear screams and occasional gunshots. Loosely inspired by the 2014 novel of the same name by Martin Amis, Glazer has created a singular, unsettlingly timeless representation of inhumanity and our capacity for indifference in the face of atrocity. Filmed and edited with aptly cold precision and punctuated with an ominous score by Mica Levi. Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival 2023 Nominated for 9 BAFTA Awards The UK entry for Best Foreign Language at the Oscars Director: Jonathan Glazer Cast: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller German with English subtitles  Run time: 1 hour 46 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE Monster (12A) Preview Screening Saturday 2nd March  7:30pm Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters, Broker) returns with an exquisitely layered conundrum that is a both coming-of-age film and thriller– who or what is the monster of the title? Saori becomes aware her eleven-year-old son Minato is behaving strangely and goes to his school to confront the alleged cause, a bullying teacher. But nothing is straightforward. Different viewpoints intervene to tell the story anew. Homophobia, intolerance, family dysfunction, rumour-mongering are all factors, but are not the kernel of the truth. That lies elsewhere and is revealed only gradually, with humanity and hope. This is the last film to be scored by the late composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. "Japanese director Kore-eda offers a deliberately dense but ultimately hopeful examination of how to negotiate family dysfunction with intelligence and humanity" **** Peter Bradshaw – The Guardian Awarded Best screenplot at Cannes Film Festival Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda Cast: Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi Japan 2023 Japanes with English subtitles Preview courtesy of Picturehouse Entertainment Run time: 2 hours 6 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE Robot Dreams (PG) Preview Screening Sunday 3rd March  2:00pm   Based on the popular graphic novel by Sara Varon, this Spanish animation is a dialogue-free, family-friendly love story about friendship. Dog lives in Manhattan. Fed up with being alone, he builds himself a companion, Robot. Their friendship blossoms, and they become inseparable, exploring the sights and sounds of 1980s New York together. But one summer night, Dog, with great sadness, is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again? The first animation from Berger (Blancanieves) captures perfectly, and with sharp humour, that special zing of symbiosis – and its fragility. Earth, Wind & Fire's dance-floor filler 'September' lights up the soundtrack and, full of nods to silent cinema classics, the film will delight audiences young and old alike. "Bolstered by the resilient spirit of New York City, this is one of the loveliest movies that you will see this year, animated or otherwise."The wrap "The Spanish director has dug into Charlie Chaplin's box of tricks to forge a gorgeous animation about friendship and connection – entirely without dialogue." **** Time Out Director: Pablo Berger Spain/France 2023 No dialogue Preview courtesy of Curzon Film Run time: 1 hour 42 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE Red Island (12A) Preview Screening Wednesday 6th March  7:30pm   A wonderfully inventive childhood film, set in 1970s Madagascar, a decade or so after the former French colony gained its independence. Eight-year-old Thomas lives on a French military base with his family. Always watching his parents and their circle of expatriate friends, he gleans information about the adult world, both sexual and territorial, that he cannot fully comprehend. The rest of the time he lives in a fantasy world dominated by his alter- ego, junior comic book hero Fantômette. Autobiographically inspired, Campillo's (120 BPM) film resonates with vivid personal memory and Thomas's childlike perception is brought into relief as the Malagasy people face the dying throes of colonialism. "This visually exquisite, tender film about a boy growing up in a military air base on an former colony is a wonderful watch" ***** Peter Bradshaw  – The Guardian Director: Robin Campillo Cast: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Quim Gutiérrez, and Charlie Vauselle Belgium/France/Madagascar 2023 French with English subtitles Preview courtesy of Curzon Film Run time: 1 hour 56 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE La Chimera (15) Preview Screening Thursday 7th March  7:30pm   From Alice Rohrwacher (Happy as Lazzaro), a tale of lost love and an ethereal spiritual journey.  Arriving in Riparbella, Tuscany, in the early '80s, Arthur, a melancholic British archaeologist in a grimy linen suit, is fresh out of prison. Yearning for his dead lover, the daughter of a local aristocrat, he falls back in with a group of tombaroli (tomb robbers), a rowdy, Fellini-esque crew of twenty somethings who pilfer the area's ancient burial sites for Etruscan treasures to sell on the black market. Continuing Rohrwacher's projectof mining and mythologising her country's past, La Chimera creates its own wild, improbable fictional space, halfway between the dead and the living, and draws you into its spell. "A joyous, masterful work of folk magic" Jessica Kiang – Sight & Sound Director: Alice Rohrwacher Cast: Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato, Alba Rohrwacher and Isabella Rossellini Italy/France/Switzerland 2023 Italian/English with English subtitles Preview courtesy of Curzon Film Run time: 2 hours 13 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE American Fiction (15) Subtitled for the Hard Of Hearing Friday 8th March  7:30pm   A scathingly hilarious satire about an African American writer facing an industry that reduces Black storytelling to trauma and poverty narratives. Jeffery Wright plays Thelonious "Monk" Ellison (Wright) who is constantly being told by his agent that his intellectual novels just don't sell. Cynically, under a pseudonym, he puts together a parody of "ghetto" fiction, teeming with clichés about gangbangers, drug dealers and pimps. To his consternation, it's a huge success. Adapted from the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, and balancing Monk's personal life against the gags, this is an assured debut feature by TV writer Jefferson (Succession, Master of None) with a pitch-perfect cast led by Wright. "Wright, so often a strong supporting player... is magnetic in the lead role: commanding, flawed, vulnerable, relatable. American Fiction is his movie, and will likely (and deservedly) land him his first Oscar nomination." Detroit Newsletter "Jeffrey Wright leads a note-perfect cast as an author pandering to a white appetite for Black trauma in an impressive debut from Cord Jefferson" **** The Guardian People's Choice Award, Toronto International Film Festival 2023 Director: Cord Jefferson Cast: Jeffrey White, Sterling K Brown, Tracee Ellis Ross US 2023 Run time: 1 hour 57 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE If Only I Could Hibernate (12A) Preview Screening Saturday 9th March  7:30pm Ulzii, a gifted teenager from a poor neighbourhood in Ulaanbaatar, is determined to get a scholarship by winning a physics competition. His illiterate mother finds a job in the countryside, leaving him and his younger brother and sister in the middle of winter.Ulzii needs to find ways to keep their yurt warm in sub-zero temperatures and look after his siblings while preparing for the national competition. Zoljargal Purevdash's absorbing first feature intimately conveys the harsh living conditions and pollution in the Ger (a tented house similar to a Yurt) district of Mongolia's capital, contrasting intricate domestic interiors with the snow- covered backdrop of the landscape beyond. Director: Zoljargal Purevdash Cast: Battsooj Uurtsaikh, Nominjiguur Tsend, Tuguldur Batsaikhan Mongolia/France/Switzerland/Qatar 2023 Mongolian with English subtitles Preview courtesy of Conic Run time: 1 hour 38 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE Oska Bright - The Best Of The Festival (PG) Relaxed Screening & Pay As You Feel Sunday 10th March  2:00pm A pick'n'mix of highlights from Oska Bright 2022, the world's leading festival for films made by or featuring people with learning disabilities or autism.  Watch out for killer mattresses, unexplained sinkholes, and a grumpy old man. With less than 5% of disabled people working in the UK film industry, Oska Bright Film Festival is driven to make change happen. Working internationally with industry partners and funded by the BFI, their team produces the BAFTA and BIFA qualifying Oska Bright Film Festival, that puts people with learning disabilities or autism where they should be, on the big screen. This is a Relaxed Screening with a less formal cinema environment, raised lighting, lowered volume and audiences able to move around. A Pay As You Feel Screening: We don't want price to be a barrier and so this screening is offering a range of ticket prices according to your circumstances from £0.00 upwards. When selecting how many tickets you want Just change the value in the box on the right hand side of the screen.  UK 2023 Run time: 1 hour BOOK TICKETS HERE Scala!! (18) Wednesday 13th March  7:30pm Or the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world's wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits.  >From 1978-1993, London's legendary Scala was a haven of transgressive and permissive cinema during the politically turbulent, post- punk Thatcher years. The Kings Cross building rumbled from trains underneath while all- nighters, trash/horror/kung fu double bills, and screenings of battered arthouse prints played in the cavernous auditorium above. Featuring archive footage, eye-popping clips and testimonies from regulars who went on to become famous, this energising documentary explores the power of cinemas to inspire and forge community between outsiders. "This richly enjoyable documentary charts the rise and fall of a unique alt-cinephile repertory house which inspired generations of film-makers, artists and musicians" **** Peter Bradshaw – The Guardian "If you've never known about the Scala... it will make you interested, because it's a story about something... a kind of weird artistic eruption that just happened almost spontaneously." Mark Kermode Directors: Ali Catterall & Jane Giles UK 2023 Run time: 1 hour 36 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE   Rosalie (15) Preview Screening Thursday 14th March  7:30pm Based loosely on a true story, this offbeat period drama champions a woman who challenges body expectations and community prejudices. Set in 1870s provincial France, Rosalie marries café-owner Abel who is desperate for her dowry to save his business. What he doesn't know is that she shaves her face daily to conceal her hairiness, which extends across her whole body. Her new husband is initially repulsed but as Rosalie relinquishes her embarrassment and lets her beard grow, the novelty begins to attract customers to their struggling café. Pertinent to present day preconceptions about what makes women "desirable" – or not – the trajectory of the story is optimistic and resilient. Director: Stéphanie di Giusto Cast: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Benoit Magimel, Benjamin Biolay France 2024 French with English subtitles Preview courtesy of Picturehouse Entertainment Run time: 1 hour 55 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE   Evil Does Not Exist (12A) Friday 15th March  7:30pm Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a glamping site near Takumi's house; offering city residents a comfortable 'escape' to nature. When two company representatives from Tokyo arrive in the village to hold a meeting, it becomes clear that the project will have a negative impact on the local water supply, causing unrest. The agency's mismatched intentions endanger both the ecological balance of the nature plateau and their way of life, with an aftermath that affects Takumi's life deeply. From the director of Oscar® and BAFTA winner Drive My Car. Winner of Best Film at The London Film Festival Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi Cast: Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani, Hazuki Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Miura COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Japan Japanese with English subtitles Run time: 1 hour 46 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE   The Promised Land (15) Saturday 16th March  7:30pm 18th-century Danish western set on Jutland Heath with the equally "hard…rugged and forbiddingly beautiful" (Variety) Mads Mikkelsen in the good guy saddle. Decommissioned and impoversihed war hero Capt. Ludvig Kahlen sets out to make a livelihood by farming on the vast, uninhabitable tract of land on which seemingly nothing can grow. The drawback is that the area lies under the rule of Frederik De Schinkel, a merciless nobleman who sees Kahlen as a threat to his power. Bloodthirsty conflict breaks out between the factions led by these two men and Arcel's artistry for epic-scale period filmmaking makes for rip-roaring adventure. "Mikkelsen maintains a captivating presence....And few can say as much through an ice cold, granite-hard stare. Arcel knows what he has in his star and uses him as an anchor for what is one of the year's best films." **** Keith & The Movies "The Promised Landis a terrific story driven by skillful writing and strong performances. There's an art to bringing vitality and modernity to historical drama, and Arcel shows a firm grasp of it." The Hollywood Reporter Shortlisted for International Feature Film Oscar Director: Nikolaj Arcel Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Simon Bennebjerg, Amanda Collin, Kristine Kujath Thorp Denmark/Germany/Sweden 2023 Danish with English subtitles Run time: 2 hours 7 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE   That They May Face The Rising Sun (12A) Preview Screening Sunday 17th March  2:00pm Our closing film for this year's festival Based on Irish author John McGahern's award winning novel of the same name, this quiet portrait of a rural Irish community in the 1980s is beautifully told. Joe, a writer, and Kate Ruttledge, an artist and photographer, have returned to Ireland after many years in London, to live and work in the lakeside hamlet close to where Joe grew up. As the year unfolds, their lives become deeply embedded within the rural landscape, the rituals of work and play that fluctuate with the seasons, and their interactions, sometimes affectionate, sometimes prickly, with the characters who live alongside them. "The sense of tranquility is palpable, …the film almost seems designed to lower your blood pressure." Allan Hunter - Screen Daily "That They May Face The Rising Sun is a lyrical, loving celebration of the everyday." Screen International "THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN is a lyrically potent, life-affirming gem. It transports us to the stunning beauty of rural Ireland and invites us to ponder life's many meanings as we unwind. Jerry Whyte is grateful to Irish maestro Pat Collins for providing us with sustaining food for thought and a much-needed breath of fresh air." Jerry Whyte – Cine Outsider Director: Pat Collins Cast: Barry Ward, Anna Bederke, Ruth McCabe Ireland/UK 2023 Preview courtesy of Conic Run time: 1 hour 47 mins BOOK TICKETS HERE   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.  If you have visited kinokulture over the past few months please help us by filling in the BFI Survey. TAKE THE SURVEY HERE  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Ticket Pricing Policy To support our sustainability we have taken the difficult decision to increase our ticket prices from April 2023 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 2023 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 Please note that Borderlines Film Festival tickets have a 60p subsidy to help support the festival Please do carefully check your dates before booking as we cannot offer refunds 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. Accessibility The auditorium is situated on the first floor but sadly due to the building being Grade II listed we have no disabled lift accessibility. There are 20 low rise stairs to the auditorium and wheelchairs/prams can be left downstairs. Mens, Ladies & a Disabled Wash Room are all located on the ground floor. We have a loop system and Senheisser Connect system installed and our Sunday matinees have Audio Described subtitles for the Hard Of Hearing.  If you want to discuss your accessibility needs or 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