November
Mon 2 Nov 7.45pm
Dracula 1972 (15)
Hammer
Horrors
100 years after his death, Christopher Lee's Dracula is resurrected in London circa 1972, pursued once again by Peter Cushing's descendent of the Van Helsing family; this time assisted by Stephanie Beecham as his hippy granddaughter.
UK, 1971, 92 mins
Free Admission
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Tue 3 Nov 7.45pm
MESRINE: PUBLIC ENEMY N°1 (15)
The
conclusion to Jean-François Richet's chronicle of the charismatic French
gangster sees Jacques Mesrine enjoying his notoriety, dabbling in politics and
mastering the art of disguise, while committing audacious crimes and prison
breaks. Vincent Cassel affects a remarkable physical transformation into the
older Mesrine as Richet brings the gangster's psyche to the fore.
France/Canada (subtitled), 2009, 133 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Sunday Times ::
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Thu 5 Nov 7.45pm
JULIE & JULIA (12A)
A
parallel biography of the lives of Julie Powell, a modern day New Yorker, bored
and anxious of turning 30 and the famous American chef Julia Child. Nora Ephron
directs Amy Adams and Meryl Streep as the respective chefs, recounting Julie's
year long endeavour to cook and record in her blog, every recipe in Julia's
classic cordon bleu cook book, inter-cut by Julia's bohemian life in post-war
Paris.
USA, 2009, 123 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Times ::
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Fri 6 and Sat 7 Nov 7.45pm
Dorian Gray (15)
Oliver
Parker's adaptation of Oscar Wilde's gothic novel tracing the descent into
depravity of the eponymous narcissist as he is corrupted by the Mephistophelean
Lord Henry Wooton, played by Ben Barnes and Colin Firth.
UK, 2009, 112 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian ::
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Mon 9 Nov 7.45pm
Plague of the zombies (12)
Hammer
Horrors
When the inhabitants of a remote Cornish village are being killed off by a mysterious illness, respected doctor Sir James Forbes is called to assist the local practitioner, soon discovering that the dead are returning to life.
UK, 1966, 86 mins
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Tue 10 and Thu 12 Nov 7.45pm
Creation (PG)
A
biopic released on the bi-centenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th
publishing anniversary of On The Origin Of Species; focusing on the domestic
life of Josiah Wedgewood's grandson, Charles Darwin as he tries to come to terms
with the death of his daughter Annie and reconcile his theories of Natural
Selection with his wife Emma's deeply held religious beliefs. Paul Bettany and
Jennifer Connelly lead in a handsomely realised family drama.
UK, 2009, 108 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Times ::
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Fri 13 and Sat 14 Nov 7.45pm
AWAY WE GO (15)
A
comic road movie from Revolutionary Road director Sam Mendes following a young
couple's search for the ideal home in which to raise their unborn child. Authors
Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida's debut screenplay provides the source material for
Mendes' travelogue starring John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph.
UK/USA, 2009, 97 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Times ::
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Mon 16 Nov 7.45pm
QUATERMASS AND THE PIT (12)
Hammer
Horrors
Workers at Hobbs End underground station in London uncover what is thought to be an unexploded German bomb; but when Professor Bernard Quatermass begins to investigate the object he starts to believe that it is something far more sinister and could threaten the whole of mankind.
UK, 1967, 93 mins
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Tue 17 Nov 7.45pm
IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (18)
Nagisa
Ôshima's controversial landmark reaction to tradition Japanese cinema
reinterprets Japan's most famous sex-crime, staying close to the facts while
observing lovers, Sada and Kichizo as they retreat from the world into their own
sexual fantasies. '. . . this uncompromising film has not dated one iota.'
(Peter Bradshaw, 'The Guardian')
Japan (subtitled), 1976, 101 mins
Further information regarding scenes used to determine the BBFC classification may be found here, please note that this page contains spoilers.
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Times ::
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Thu 19 Nov 7.45pm
VINYAN (18)
A
Franco-British couple whose son is presumed drowned in the 2004 Tsunami embark
on a riveting and oppressive Heart Of Darkness-style journey after glimpsing a
few video frames of a child who could be theirs. Fabrice Du Welz employs
unsettling sound design and striking cinematography, directing Emmanuelle Béart
and Rufus Sewel in a disturbing drama that includes violence and nudity.
France/UK/Belgium (subtitled), 2008, 93 mins
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Reviews: :: The Guardian ::
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Fri 20 and Sat 21 Nov 7.45pm
LE DONK & SCOR-ZAY-ZEE (15)
An
entertaining mock rockumentary by Shane Meadows, devised with and starring Paddy
Considine. Rock roadie and failed musician, Le Donk is followed by Meadows'
fly-on-the-wall film crew as he attempts to secure a support slot at an Arctic
Monkeys gig for his sidekick, the new rap prodigy Scor-zay-zee.
UK, 2009, 74 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Sunday Times ::
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Mon 23 Nov 7.45pm
TWINS OF EVIL (15)
Hammer
Horrors
When teenage twins Maria and Frieda (Madeleine and Mary Collinson) go and stay with their Uncle Gustav Weil (Peter Cushing), the leader of a cult that is trying to stamp out vampirism, they are quickly targeted by the evil Count Karnstein.
UK, 1971, 87 mins
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Tue 24 Nov 7.45pm
BEACHES OF AGNES (18)
A
life-affirming cinematic self portrait celebrating the life and work of Agnès
Varda, film-maker, photographer and installation artist. Varda uses a montage of
archive material, commentary to camera, staged tableaux and re-enactments;
looking back from the French New Wave to hippie-era Los Angeles and beyond.
'What she is engaged in here is the more strictly ludic pursuit of jigsaw
construction - a pursuit that proves as pleasurable for the viewer as it clearly
is for Varda herself.' (Jonathon Romney, 'Sight & Sound')
France (subtitled), 2009, 123 mins
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Reviews: :: The Sunday Times ::
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Thu 26 Nov 7.45pm
KATALIN VARGA (15)
The
lines between victim and aggressor become blurred when Katalin Varga is
abandoned by her husband and banished from her rural Transylvanian village,
before setting out on a quest to find the real father of her son, Orbán.
British debut director Peter Strickland's atmospheric revenge tragedy uses its
low-budget restraints to impressive effect.
Romania (subtitled), 2009, 85 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Sunday Times ::
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Fri 27 and Sat 28 Nov 7.45pm
THE IMAGINARIUM OF Dr PARNASSUS (12A)
Terry
Gilliam's trademark visual flair compliments the chaotic tale of Dr Parnassus,
the immortal proprietor of a dilapidated magic show, who in order to save his
daughter Valentina must claim five souls for the devil before her sixteenth
birthday. Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell all play Tony, a
disgraced charity boss saved after being found hanging from a bridge.
USA, 2009, 123 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Times ::
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Mon 30th November 7.45pm
FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED (15)
Hammer Horrors
Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) is conducting research into brain transplants, blackmailing Karl, a young scientist, into helping him with his pioneering surgery. The two kidnap Dr Brandt, a fellow mad-scientist who has gone insane and is being held in a mental asylum, and try to save him by removing his brain and transferring it into another body. Directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones and Veronica Carlson
UK, 1969, 97 mins
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