Stoke on Trent


Bringing the best in Independent and World Cinema to North Staffordshire

December

Mon 1 Dec    7.00pm

A PASSAGE TO INDIA (15)

David Lean Season - Free Admission

David Lean’s last film and a triumphant return to form as director, editor and screenwriter. Foster’s novel is given all the magic of Lean who elicits marvellous performances from Judy Davis and Peggy Ashcroft

UK1985/163mins

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Tue 2 Dec    7.45pm

RENT (12A)

RentA musical based on Puccini's La bohème; adapted from the acclaimed Broadway musical by Chris Columbus, and including most of the original cast members. Rent follows one year in the life of friends living the Bohemian life in New York's East Village, from Christmas eves 1989 to 1990.

Worlds AIDS Day presentation    Free Admission

USA, 2005,134 mins

Reviews:    :: The Guardian :: The Observer ::

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Thu 4 Dec    7.45pm

TIMES AND WINDS (15)

Times And WindsTimes And Winds unfolds in an unnamed rural Turkish village and revolves around three children, each unhappy in their family environment. Reha Erdem suspensefully weaves themes of sibling jealousy and patricide, in a languid and mesmerising drama with majestic imagery and music. 'One of the discoveries of the year, an exquisite affirmation of film as art.' (Hannah McGill, 'Sight & Sound)

Turkey (subtitled), 2006 , 111 mins

Reviews:    :: The Guardian :: The Observer :: The Times ::

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Fri 5 and Sat 6 Dec 7.45pm + Sat Matinee 3pm

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS (12A)  

The Boy In The Striped PyjamasMark Herman's child's-eye view of the Holocaust is a simple tale of unimaginable horror, centred on the friendship formed between two eight year old boys separated by an electric fence. John Boyne's novel becomes a hugely affecting film; engaging the complexity of the Holocaust in a language that can move children as profoundly as adults. 'It is one of the most moving and remarkable films about childhood I've ever seen', (James Christopher, 'The Times')

UK, 2008, 110 mins

Reviews:    :: The Guardian :: The Times ::

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Mon 8 Dec    7.45pm

WHITE CHRISTMAS (U)

Family Film Season

Michael Curtiz’ musical starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney has unforgettable Christmas song and dance numbers all the way to the final big show in a timeless Christmas classic. Curtiz follows the traditional ‘Putting on a show’ motif through the misadventures and romantic mix-ups of Broadway producers Bob Wallace and Phil Davis (Crosby and Kaye) after they receive a letter from their former mess hall sergeant asking them to audition his sisters.

USA, 1954, 115 mins

Free Admission

 

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Tue 9 and Thu 11 Dec    7.45pm

COUSCOUS (15)

CouscousWidely held to be the best French film of the year, Abdel Kechiche's drama is perfectly paced with the wit and warmth of classic cinema. Couscous follows the fate of Slimane, the head of a Tunisian immigrant family, as he battles against the odds to open a floating couscous restaurant in the French Mediteranean port of Sète.

France (subtitled), 2008, 154 mins

Reviews:    :: The Guardian :: The Observer ::

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Fri 12 and Sat 13 Dec    7.45pm

APPALOOSA (15) 

AppaloosaEd Harris' directs and stars in a refreshingly traditional western which doesn't try to re-invent the wagon wheel. Harris' Marshal Virgil Cole and Viggo Mortenson's deputy Everett Hitch have worked together so long, that they now posses a near wordless communication that keeps them alive in the small mining town of Appaloosa. Renée Zellweger's good-looking widow and Jeremy Iron's black hat complete the customary principals.

USA, 2008, 114 mins

Reviews:    :: The Guardian :: The Times ::

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Sat 13 Dec    3.00pm

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (PG)

Family Film Season

A precursor to the television cartoon series of the same name, this animated feature film is set between Star Wars II: Attack Of The Clones and Star Wars III: Revenge Of The Sith. Jedi Knights struggle to maintain order and restore peace in a fractured Republic, whilst Count Dooku plots to frame the Jedi for the disappearance on Jabba The Hutt’s son. Christopher Lee and Samuel L. Jackson provide the voices for their former roles as does the ever present Anthony Daniels and as C-3PO.

USA, 2008, 98 mins

Free Admission

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Mon 15 Dec    7.45pm

A MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (U)

Family Film Season

The gentle, joyous spirit and magical powers of Kris Kringle transform all around him when he is hired to play Santa Claus at Macy’s Department Store. The classic Christmas story, here in its original Oscar winning version, featuring an early role for Natalie Wood as the little girl who is unsure whether Santa Claus really exists.

USA, 1947, 96 mins

Free Admission

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Tue 16 and Thu 18 Dec    7.45pm

OF TIME AND THE CITY (12A)

Of Time And The CityTerence Davies' long overdue return to filmmaking is a eulogy to his birthplace. Davies' poetic, insightful and occasionally acerbic monologue, is accompanied by a soaring score; in a sentimental archive footage based documentary-essay of Liverpool's past and present. 'Moving, amusing and controversial', (Derek Malcolm, 'Evening Standard')

UK, 2008, 72 mins

Reviews:    :: The Guardian :: The Observer ::

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Fri 19 and Sat 20 Dec 7.45pm + Sat. Matinee 3pm

BRIDESHEAD REVISITED (12A)   

Brideshead RevisitedA polished and star studded new adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel, the evocative story of forbidden love, and the loss of innocence in pre-WWII England. Charting the rise and fall of Charles Ryder's infatuations with the noble Marchmain family the film reflects the decline of the decadent era between the wars.

UK, 2008, 132 mins

Reviews:    :: The Guardian :: The Observer :: The Times ::

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