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)
A 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 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) 
Mark 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)
Widely 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)
Ed 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.
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)
Terence 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)
A 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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