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FEBRUARY 2014

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Hello and Welcome to our February Listings programme. I don’t know where to start this month; it’s coming up for awards season so you can expect some fantastic content during the next few months. Coming up early February, the multi award winning and Oscar nominated American Hustle starring Christian Bale with the most elaborate comb-over seen on the big screen, also starring Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper. The Railway Man tells the extraordinary real-life story of Eric Lomax and his life both during and after his incarceration as a WW2 Japanese prisoner of war. Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep clash in August: Osage County which has an all star cast and relates the tale of an extraordinary family gathering. In The Wolf of Wall Street DiCaprio and Scorsese reunite in what must be the director’s biggest film since Casino. Don’t miss Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave with some truly remarkable performances by Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams, Michael Fassbender. Some amazing Live Content here at The Birks with War Horse already a sell out, ROH Sleeping Beauty, and a special screening only available in cinemas of Goldfrapp Live. Keep an eye out for Elton John Live at the Coliseum. Heartland Film Society has two screenings this month with The Hunt, and Moonrise Kingdom, as well as their AGM. Back this month by popular demand, The Summit; after a sold out show, we are screening this again in February for everybody unlucky enough to miss it first time around. See you in the chummies!

Contents... American Hustle............................ p4 Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.. p4 12 Years a Slave........................... p5 The Railway Man.......................... p5 Mr Peabody & Sherman 2D/3D.... p6 August: Osage County.................. p6 The Wolf of Wall Street................ p7 The Hunt........................................ p8 Moonride Kingdom........................ p8 Gravity 3D.................................... p9 Captain Philips............................... p9 Jumanji........................................... p12 Peter Pan....................................... p12

Walking with Dinorsaurs 2D.......... p12 Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.. p13 Muppets take Manhatten......... p13 Lost Illusions................................... p14 MET Rusalka................................... p14 Don Giovanni................................. p15 War Horse..................................... p15 Breakfast at Tiffany’s................... p16 Chocolat........................................ p16 The Great Beauty......................... p16 Taxi Driver.................................... p17 The Innocents................................. p17 The Summit.................................... p18 Dark Days..................................... p18

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American Hustle

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Whacky FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Cooper) blackmails virtuoso con artists Irving Rosenfeld (Bale) and Sydney Prosser (Adams) into swindling corrupt politicians in this highly entertaining 1970s-set comedy thriller. Director/co-writer Russell (SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK) keeps allegiances shifting nicely, with Irving’s young wife Rosalyn (Oscar-winning PLAYBOOK star Lawrence) ultimately proving pivotal to the scam’s success. Immense good fun, but with an icy grip. Contains strobe lighting.

Idris Elba stars as Nelson Mandela in this biopic with magnificent authority. Mandela’s sense of injustice found its voice when he was a young lawyer taking part in nonviolent protest, but his activism of course led to 27 years of imprisonment. His politicisation was partly driven by his wife, Winnie (Harris), and director Chadwick spotlights that relationship while not shying away from the controversies it generated. In fact the human frailties only serve to emphasise Mandela’s impressive transition to an icon for democracy in a troubled country and around the world. Contains moderate violence, language, sex references and distressing scenes.

FRI 31 JAN - THUR 6 FEB

Cert 15, 138m Director: David O. Russell. Starring: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence. USA 2013.

Cert 12A, 146 mins. Director: Justin Chadwick. Starring: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Riaad Moosa. UK/South Africa 2013.

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12 Years a Slave

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McQueen’s (HUNGER) highly anticipated third feature deals poetically and humanely with one of the thorniest aspects of American history. Based on Solomon Northup’s 1853 memoir of the same name, 12 YEARS A SLAVE stars Ejiofor as a well-to-do musician who is kidnapped and forced into slavery in the cotton fields of Louisiana. As the years go by, he is passed from owner to owner, arriving finally at the plantation of Edwin Epps (Fassbender). The relationship between Epps and Northup is perhaps the heart of the film: the former represents the very worst of humanity, while the latter holds on to his faith, his heart going out to persecuted slave girl Patsey (Nyong’o). The result is the first must-see movie of the Oscar season, an intimate epic about freedom and resilience.

Based on the autobiography of the same name, THE RAILWAY MAN stars Colin Firth as Eric Lomax, a British World War II veteran who meets and falls for the spirited Patti (Kidman) while indulging in his passion: trains. Wedding bells follow, but soon Eric begins behaving oddly. Sensing that his past is troubling him, Patti turns to Eric’s friend Finlay (Skarsgård) and uncovers the harrowing story of their time in a Japanese POW camp. Can she help Eric put the past to rest – and will confronting one of his captors help or hinder his emotional recovery? The film seamlessly moves from romance to drama, and has much to say about the madness of war. But it’s a positive watch full of faith in humanity, and to describe the ending as poignant is an understatement.

FRI 7 FEB - THUR 13 FEB

Cert 15, 116 mins. Director: Jonathan Teplitzky. Starring: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgård. Australia/UK 2013.

Cert 15, 134 mins. Director: Steve McQueen. Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Giamatti, Lupita Nyong’o. USA/UK 2013.

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Mr. Peabody & Sherman 2D & 3D WED 19 FEB - THUR 27 FEB

Using his most ingenious invention, the WABAC machine, Mr. Peabody and his adopted boy Sherman hurtle back in time to experience world-changing events first-hand and interact with some of the greatest characters of all time. They find themselves in a race to repair history and save the future. Cert TBC, 120m Director: Rob Minkoff Writers: Ted Key (characters), Craig Wright (screenplay)Stars: Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Stephen Colbert

August: Osage County (15) FRI 14 FEB - THUR 20 FEB

A fatal accident reunites the Weston clan in rural Oklahoma. Presided over by venom-spitting, drug-addled matriarch Violet (Streep), this is one highly dysfunctional family. Daughters Barbara (Roberts) and Karen (Lewis) match their mother for caustic barbs and self-absorption, while son Charles (Benedict Cumberbatch) is the weedy butt of Vi’s disdain. Also trading putdowns and dark revelations in this fantastically sardonic comedy drama are Ewan McGregor, Abigail Breslin (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE), Dermot Mulroney (STOKER) and Chris Cooper (THE BOURNE IDENTITY). Director Wells, shooting from Tracy Letts’ adaptation of her own Pulitzer-winning play, keeps the verbal and physical action rolling at an engrossing pace. Seemingly channelling Elizabeth Taylor in WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, Streep turns in a richly intense performance, with Roberts close behind in what is indeed a landmark for the entire ensemble. Cert 15, 121 mins. Director: John Wells. Starring: Meryl Streep, Ewan McGregor, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis. USA 2013.

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The Wolf of Wall Street

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Martin Scorsese capitalises on the mythology surrounding the financial world with this adaptation of the bestselling story of real-life rogue trader Jordan Belfort, played by his long-time collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio. Neither a celebration of greed nor a misappropriated warning – as WALL STREET became after a legion of young men took Gordon Gekko as a hero – this is a spectacular biopic of a man who epitomised an era. In the 1990s Belfort oversaw a scheme to manipulate stocks, which led to him raking in more than $200 million in personal wealth but also falling foul of the FBI. Like so many of Scorsese’s films, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET paints a picture of an outlaw life that’s appealing at first, but quickly becomes a nightmare – albeit one that features Lamborghinis, a chimpanzee on roller skates and the destruction of a 167ft yacht.

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Cert 18, 180 mins. Director: Martin Scorsese. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Rob Reiner. USA 2013.

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The Hunt

Moonride Kingdom

The rich seam of contemporary Scandinavian drama is rivetingly sustained by Vinterberg’s (FESTEN) disturbing account of a teacher falsely accused of sexual abuse by his best friend’s daughter, five-year-old Klara (the extraordinary Wedderkopp), and the mounting hysteria that ensues. Mikkelsen (CLASH OF THE TITANS) won Best Actor at Cannes 2012 for his performance as the initially incredulous but ultimately enraged Lucas, a newly divorced supply teacher who, despite Klara’s retraction, is vilified, ostracised and then arrested. The evidence against him is eventually exposed as patently phony, but that isn’t the end of his ordeal. As if in denial of their own guilt, the community continue to punish him and his loyal but conflicted son Marcus (Lasse Fogelstrøm), with violent consequences – leading to a masterful final twist.

Indie poster-boy Wes Anderson (RUSHMORE, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS) returns to live-action filmmaking three years after FANTASTIC MR FOX and brings some old friends along for the ride, starting with longtime co-writer Roman Coppola (THE DARJEELING LIMITED). Set in the 1960s, MOONRISE KINGDOM follows 12-year-olds Sam and Suzy (Gilman and Hayward), who flee their cosy New England coastal town in an impulsive gesture of pre-teen romance. Suzy’s panic-stricken mother (McDormand, BURN AFTER READING) and seemingly unflustered father (Murray) toothcomb the region for their absent offspring with help from Sam’s Scout leader (Ed Norton) and the local sheriff (Willis). Meanwhile, a ferocious storm is gathering offshore and threatening to turn this quaint island community inside out. Contains moderate sex references.

Cert 15, 115 mins. Director: Thomas Vinterberg. Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp. Denmark 2012. Danish with English subtitles.

Cert 12A, 94 mins. Director: Wes Anderson. Starring: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton. USA 2012.

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MON 24 FEB

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Gravity 3D

Captain Phillips

FRI 21 & WED 26 FEB

TUE 11 FEB & THUR 13 FEB

Although he is perhaps best known for revamping the BOURNE franchise, Paul Greengrass (UNITED 93, BLOODY SUNDAY) also specialises in adrenaline-fuelled, flyon-the-wall thrillers that depict real-life flashpoints. Shot almost entirely at sea, his new feature, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, is based on the true story of the MV Maersk Alabama, which in 2009 was hijacked by Somali pirates who took its captain hostage before making off in one of its lifeboats. Over four arduous days, the lifeboat was tracked by US navy warships, ultimately ending in a dramatic rescue attempt. Greengrass delivers his trademark unflinching, nerveshredding style, while Tom Hanks gives a truly great performance as the greying, goateed captain, facing off against the pirates and struggling to retain his essential decency in the face of his ordeal.

The fate of astronauts marooned in space might seem a familiar plotline, but as conceived by director Cuarón (CHILDREN OF MEN), it becomes a visual magnum opus as well as drama of the highest order. Clooney is wisecracking space veteran Kowalski, Bullock the rookie scientist Stone, and in a staggering 13-minute opening take we see her drifting helplessly from a wrecked space shuttle. Clooney is no stranger to the isolation of space – he starred in Soderbergh’s SOLARIS remake – but in GRAVITY his emotional reach extends even further as their battle for survival intensifies, and in her range of reactions to their worsening predicament, Bullock’s performance matches his. Above all, though, it’s the technical achievements of Cuarón and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki that will leave you reeling with amazement. Contains sustained moderate threat, disturbing images and strong language.

Cert 12A, 134 mins. Director: Paul Greengrass. Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Max Martini, Barkhad Abdi. USA 2013.

Cert 12A, 91m Director: Alfonso Cuarün Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney

What’s On Day / Film Friday 31 Jan

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American Hustle 1430 Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom 1730 American Hustle 2030

Saturday 1 Feb

Times

Peter Pan The Railway Man 12 Years A Slave The Met Opera presents: Rusalka

1100 1245 1505 1755

Sunday 9 Feb

Jumanji Little Birks 1100 American Hustle 1430 Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom 1730 American Hustle 2030

12 Years A Slave The Innocents (Re 2013) 12 Years A Slave

Sunday 2 Feb

1400 1715 1930

Monday 10 Feb

Bolshoi Ballet: Lost Illusions The Summit American Hustle

1500 1830 2030

12 Years A Slave 1750 The Hunt * 2040

Tuesday 11 Feb

Monday 3 Feb

12 Years A Slave 1500 Captain Phillips 1750 12 Years A Slave 2040

American Hustle 1430 American Hustle 1730 Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom 2030

Wednesday 12 Feb

Tuesday 4 Feb

The Railway Man 12 Years A Slave ROH presents: Don Giovanni

American Hustle 1430 Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom 1730 American Hustle 2030

Captain Phillips 1500 The Railway Man 1810 12 Years A Slave 2040

Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom 1430 American Hustle 1800 The Summit 2100

Friday 14 Feb

Thursday 6 Feb

August: Osage County Breakfast at Tiffany’s August: Osage County

American Hustle 1430 Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom 1730 American Hustle 2030

1500 1800 2040

Saturday 15 Feb

12 Years A Slave The Railway Man 12 Years A Slave

1300 1540 1845

Thursday 13 Feb

Wednesday 5 Feb

Friday 7 Feb

Day / Film Saturday 8 Feb

1500 1810 2040

Walking With Dinosaurs 2D 1100 Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1310 August: Osage County 1530 Chocolat 1810 August: Osage County 2040

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Sunday 16 Feb

Saturday 22 Feb

August: Osage County The Great Beauty August: Osage County

1345 1630 1940

The Muppets Take Manhattan Mr Peabody & Sherman 2D Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D The Wolf of Wall Street Taxi Driver (35th Anniversary)

Monday 17 Feb August: Osage County August: Osage County Dark Days (re: 2014)

1500 1750 2030

August: Osage County August: Osage County The Great Beauty

Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D 1230 English National Opera: Peter Grimes 1500 The Wolf of Wall Street 1900

1500 1750 2030

Monday 24 Feb Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D Moonrise Kingdom * The Wolf of Wall Street

Wednesday 19 Feb Mr Peabody & Sherman 2D Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D August: Osage County August: Osage County

1230 1510 1800 2040

The Innocents (Re 2013) Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D The Wolf of Wall Street

1230 1510 1800 2040

1500 1730 2000

Wednesday 26 Feb Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D Gravity 3D The Wolf of Wall Street

Mr Peabody & Sherman 2D Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D Gravity 3D The Wolf of Wall Street

1530 1800 2000

Tuesday 25 Feb

Thursday 20 Feb Mr Peabody & Sherman 2D Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D August: Osage County August: Osage County

1100 1300 1525 1750 2115

Sunday 23 Feb

Tuesday 18 Feb

Friday 21 Feb

Times

1530 1800 2000

Thursday 27 Feb

1230 1510 1750 2000

The Wolf of Wall Street 1300 Mr Peabody & Sherman 2D 1630 NT Live: War Horse 1900

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Peter Pan (1953)

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SAT 8 FEB

An adaptation of J. M. Barrie’s story about a boy who never grew up. The three children of the Darling family receive a visit from Peter Pan, who takes them to Never Land, where an ongoing war between Peter’s gang of rag-tag runaways and the evil Pirate Captain Hook is taking place. Cert U, 75m Director: Wilfred Jackson,Hamilton Luske,Clyde Geronimi Stars: Bobby Driscoll (voice), Kathryn Beaumont (voice), Hans Conried (voice)

Jumanji is a visually elaborate fantasy about an enchanted board game that opens a magical portal to a jungle universe. Two young children, Judy (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter (Bradley Pierce), discover the game in an abandoned home and suddenly are greeted by Alan (Robin Williams), an adult who has spent his life trapped inside the game since playing it at age 12. Alan’s only hope for freedom involves finishing the game, but this proves rather dangerous, as Judy, Peter, and Alan find themselvesrunning for their lives from huge rhinoceroses, evil monkeys, vicious lions, and other terrifying jungle beasts. Director Joe Johnston, whose special-effects background previously came to good use in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, used groundbreaking computer imagery to simulate the thrills.

Walking With Dinosaurs 2D SAT 15 FEB

For the first time in movie history, audiences will truly see and feel what it was like when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. “Walking with Dinosaurs” is the ultimate immersive experience, utilizing state of the art 3D to put audiences in the middle of a thrilling and epic prehistoric world, where an underdog dino triumphs to become a hero for the ages. Cert U, 87m. Director: Neil Nightingale,Barry Cook Rowe (voice), Angourie Rice (voice)

Cert PG, 100m. Director: Joe Johnston Stars: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, David Alan Grier

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Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

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The world is astounded when Willy Wonka, for years a recluse in his factory, announces that five lucky people will be given a tour of the factory, shown all the secrets of his amazing candy, and one will win a lifetime supply of Wonka chocolate. Nobody wants the prize more than young Charlie, but as his family is so poor that buying even one bar of chocolate is a treat, buying enough bars to find one of the five golden tickets is unlikely in the extreme. But in movieland, magic can happen. Charlie, along with four somewhat odious other children, get the chance of a lifetime and a tour of the factory. Along the way, mild disasters befall each of the odious children, but can Charlie beat the odds?

Jim Hensonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Muppets find themselves in Manhattan yearning to get a musical on Broadway in this charming film that also chides show business and its foibles. Kermit the Frog has just put together a successful variety show at Danhurst college (probably somewhere between Amherst and Dartmouth), and although he would like to mount it on Broadway so he would have a hit and be able to marry Miss Piggy, he cannot find backers. The Muppets are then forced to take jobs to support themselves, and it is while working as a waiter that Kermit meets the friendly Jennie (Juliana Donald). Jennie is the daughter of the owner of the restaurant and a source of great jealousy for Miss Piggy, who does not like competition. With stunning musical numbers involving a hundred or so Muppets and onscene locations in New York City, the film is impressive in its merging of technical achievements and acting.

SAT 15 FEB

SAT 22 FEB

Cert PG, 96m Director: Mel Stuart Stars: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum Birks Classic

Cert U, 90m Director: Frank Oz Stars: Jim Henson (puppeteer/voice), Frank Oz (puppeteer/voice), Dave Goelz (puppeteer/ voice)

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Lost Illusions SUN 2 FEB

With the Bolshoi Principals, Soloists and Corps de Ballet Lucien, a young provincial and budding composer, sets out to conquer the Parisian scene in search of glory. His success soon blinds him, and he betrays his friends and his love. Lost Illusions is a new ballet, created in Moscow in 2011 by Alexei Ratmansky with dramaturgical advice by French actor, writer and director Guillaume Gallienne. This stylised adaptation of Honore de Balzacís novel features thwarted love, ambition and disillusionment, with 19th century Paris as its backdrop. No Cert, 3 hrs Music: Leonid Desyatnikov. Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky. Dramaturgy consultant: Guillaume Gallienne.

MET Rusalka SAT 8 FEB

‘Met Opera - Rusalka 2014’ stars Renee Fleming, singing one of her signature roles, the lovelorn mermaid Rusalka in Dvorák’s sumptuously melodic opera. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast that also includes Piotr Beczala as the handsome Prince Rusalka yearns to love; Dolora Zajick as the cackling swamp witch Jeûibaba; Emily Magee as the Foreign Princess, Rusalka’s rival; and John Relyea as Rusalka’s father, the Water Sprite. 4hrs

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Live Events Don Giovanni WED 12 FEB

Mozartís Don Giovanni, first staged in 1787, offers boundless scope for directors. Kasper Holten offers a new interpretation that foregrounds the theme of imagination. Don Giovanni is cast as an artist who seduces an endless stream of women through his ability to create wonderful illusions. His catalogue of sexual conquests is a vain attempt to escape his own mortality and comes at a high price. Holten presents an exciting visual universe that ranges from colourful comedy to exhilarating drama. Set designs by Es Devlin ñ who was most recently at Covent Garden with Les Troyens ñ and costume designs by Anja Vang Kragh (Stella McCartney, John Galliano, Christian Dior) complete an impressive creative team. The production highlights the beauty and invention of Mozartís dazzling score, which ranges from gorgeous arias and dramatic duets to the brilliant layering of dance melodies that bring Act I to a virtuoso close. Cert TBC, 205m. Conductor: Nicola Luisotti, Director: Kasper Holten.

War Horse THU 27 FEB

National Theatre Live will broadcast War Horse live from Londonís West End to cinemas around the world on February 27, 2014. Since its first performance at the National Theatre in 2007, War Horse has become an international smash hit. Based on Michael Morpurgoís novel and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford,War Horse takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France. Filled with stirring music and songs, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are astonishing lifesized puppets by South Africaís Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage. Cert TBC 200m. Writer Michael Murpurgo

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Birks Classics Breakfast at Tiffany’s FRI 14 FEB

The charming adaptation of Truman Capote’s novel set in an idealised early-1960s New York that was nominated for several Oscars. Audrey Hepburn stars as the good-time Manhattan call girl Holly Golightly, who spends her time at exclusive parties and on high-class dates. The carefree Holly - who remains uncommitted and aloof towards the wealthy men who shower her with gifts - strikes up a fragile relationship with her neighbour, the aspiring writer Paul Varjak (Peppard). He is suffering from writers’ block while being kept by a wealthy woman (Neal). Just as Holly and Paul’s romance begins to grow, Doc (Ebsen) appears on the scene and complicates matters, revealing the truth about Holly’s past. Cert PG, 112m Director: Blake Edwards. Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Mickey Rooney, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen. USA 1961.

The Great Beauty

Chocolat

TUE 18 FEB

SAT 15 FEB When a mysterious stranger (Juliette Binoche) and her young child arrive in a tranquil French town in 1959, nobody could have imagined the impact the striking Vianne and her spirited daughter would have on this old fashioned buttoned down community. Within days Vianne opens a very unusual chocolate shop, filled with mouth-watering confections. Her uncanny, almost magical ability to perceive her customers’ private desires and satisfy them with just the right confection coaxes the villagers to abandon themselves to temptation and happiness. Director Lasse Hallstrom has assembled a stellar cast in this delightfully fantastic tale of forbidden desire, sensuality, repressed love, and above all – chocolate. Binoche radiates as Vianne, exuding warmth and vitality. The infectious sense of fun and joie de vivre abides throughout.

In this astonishing film, Sorrentino (IL DIVO) combines Rossellini’s social commentary with Fellini’s visual opulence. On the morning after his outrageously decadent 65th birthday party, has-been novelist Jep (Servillo) decides to go in search of some genuine meaning in life. His odyssey through Rome exposes him to the hypocrisy and venality of modern Italy, but also to profound spirituality and splendour. Cert 15, 141 mins. Director: Paolo Sorrentino. Italy/France 2013. Italian with English subtitles.

Cert 12, 121 minutes. Director: Lasse Hallstrom. Cast: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Alfred Molina, Judi Dench and Peter Stormare. USA 2000. English.

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Taxi Driver SAT 22 FEB

TAXI DRIVER, recently revived in an immaculate new print, grips like a vice. Nursing various resentments, probably fuelled by a fear of social and sexual failure, Travis Bickle’s (De Niro) attention turns to Iris (Foster), a 14-year-old prostitute, and he makes it his mission to save her. The film’s expressionist images eloquently mirror Bickle’s sense of the impoverished, tawdry, sometimes menacing New York of the mid70s as a hell-on-earth. Scorsese’s Palme d’Or winner remains one of the defining American movies of that decade, not only for its cinephile bravura flair but also for the way it points to the troubled urban mood of those times by locating Bickle’s psychotic rage in his ill-concealed racism, misogyny and anxieties concerning all-round impotence. Scorsese’s Palme d’Or winner remains one of the defining American movies of the 1970s, not only for its cinephile bravura flair but also for the way it points to the troubled urban mood of those times by locating Bickle’s psychotic rage in his ill-concealed racism, misogyny and anxieties concerning all-round impotence. Cert 18, 111m Director: Martin Scorsese Stars: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd Birks classic

The Innocents TUE 25 FEB

From the very opening – the sounds of first a small girl and then a nightingale in song, followed by a shot of hands in tremulous prayer – an unholy alliance is vividly evoked, of childhood play, nocturnal longing and fearful superstition. Hired with little ado by their uncaring, absent uncle, Miss Giddens (Kerr) arrives at Bly House to oversee the welfare of orphans Miles and Flora; after the housekeeper mentions her predecessor’s fate, the governess, well-meaning but hardly wellversed in the ways of the world, becomes convinced her charges may have been corrupted, even possessed... Much has been made of Freddie Francis’s lambent black and white ‘Scope images, darkly suggestive of sinister visitations and immanent horror – ‘O Rose, thou art sick’ – while Wilfrid Shingleton’s production design and Georges Auric’s music add to the febrile atmosphere. But it’s the rich ambiguity, embodied in the cadences of the acting and enhanced by the use of natural sound, that makes the film as psychologically astute as it is deliciously disturbing. – Geoff Andrew Cert 12A, 99m Director: Jack Clayton Stars: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins

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The Summit

SUN 2 & WED 5 FEB In August 2008, 18 climbers reached the summit of K2. Fortyeight hours later, 11 people were dead. What happened on that fateful day has never been fully resolved. The Summit uses found footage, realistic reenactments, and interviews with survivors, as it zigzags back and forth in time, interweaving multiple narrative threads to piece together one of the deadliest days in mountain-climbing history. Through breathtaking cinematography, director Nick Ryan creates a tension-filled experience that will have you on the edge of your seat. “It will never be completely clear what happened at the beginning of August 2008 as climbers approached the summit of K2. Through brilliant, convincing photography, the director succeeds in creating a mosaic of scenes from the stories of those who survived, but there remains an empty space for the eleven stories swallowed up by the mountain. ”- Silvo Karo Cert TBC, 95m Director: Nick Ryan Stars: Christine Barnes, Hoselito Bite, Marco Confortola

Dark Days MON 17 FEB

Marc Singer’s film shows an extraordinary world that exists below the streets of Manhattan. In the perpetual darkness of the tunnels, people make their homes. They build shacks out of cardboard and lumber, and fill them with furniture dragged down from above. Tapping into city lines, they have light and water, and many have stoves, refrigerators and TV sets. Cert 15, 80m Director: Marc Singer Stars: Marc Singer

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