September
Mon 17 Sep 7.45pm
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS (A)
Charles
Laughton Season
After burning Rome, Emperor Nero is in need of a scapegoat, and issues an edict that all Christians are to be caught and sent to the arena for the crime. Amid the commotion, the heart of the Roman Prefect Marcus Superbus is captured by the beautiful Christian Mercia. Epic drama from Cecil B. DeMille, featuring extraordinary performances from Charles Laughton and Claudette Colbert.
USA, 1932, 117 mins, Curtains close at approximately 10:10pm
Free Admission
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Tue 18 Sep 7.45pm
A ROYAL AFFAIR (15)
A
Royal Affair is a much admired, engrossing and sumptuously staged historical
drama, that is remarkably based on real events in Denmark's 18th Century
Enlightenment and he role that Queen Caroline played in it. Upon arriving in
Denmark from England, idealistic young Caroline discovers that her new husband
King Christian VII is juvenile, impulsive and psychologically unstable. When
Johann Structure is appointed as Christian's personal physician, Caroline is
drawn to his progressive philosophy, forming a fateful allegiance.
Denmark (subtitled), 2012, 137 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Independent ::
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Thu 20 Sep 7.45pm
KOSMOS (U)
A
cheerful, young man with uncanny powers arrives in a remote town, saving a young
child and performing other ‘miracles’; is he a prophet, a psychopath or even
a god? Kosmos is a confident, beautifully framed allegory with mysterious side
plots, from little known, but respected Turkish filmmaker Reha Erdem.
Turkey (subtitled), 2011, 122 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Independent ::
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Fri 21 and Sat 22 Sep 7.45pm
THE ANGEL'S SHARE (15)
Barely
avoiding prison new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf in a good-natured if
bittersweet, Glasgow set comedy from Ken Loach. Inspired by a trip to a whisky
distillery, Robbie and his fellow community service workers turn to drink, with
a money-making scheme which will hopefully offer them an unlikely chance at
redemption. A social-realist caper free of cynicism and irony, evoking Local
Hero and Whisky Galore.
UK, 2011, 101 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Independent ::
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Mon 24 Sep 7.45pm
RUGGLES OF RED GAP (U)
Charles
Laughton Season
Ruggles is the epitome of an English valet; immaculate, understated and unperturbed. When his services are staked and transferred in a card game he finds himself attending upon Egbert and Effie Floud, brash Americans who believe that his presence will bring culture and sophistication to the American West. In a rare comedy role, and one of his favourite parts, Charles Laughton plays Ruggles.
USA, 1935, 91 mins, Curtains close at approximately 9.40pm
Free Admission
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Tue 25 Sep 7.45pm
SWANDOWN (12A)
A
delightfully eccentric odyssey, Swandown is a poetic film diary about encounter,
myth and culture. Not quite Fitzcaraldo - but epic nonetheless, director Andrew
Kotting and writer Iain Sinclair document their journey from the Hastings
seaside to Hackney in London, providing the motive power for their swan-shaped
pedalo themselves. Along the way they are joined on the English inland waterways
by invited guests including comedian Stewart Lee, writer Alan Moore and actor
Dudley Sutton.
UK, 2012, 98 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian ::
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Thu 27 Sep 7.45pm
WHERE DO WE GO NOW? (12A)
The
latest film from Nadine Labaki, the Lebanese director of Caramel, Where Do We Go
Now? is a feminist tale complete with musical sequences. The women of an
isolated village are determined to keep their hotheaded men out of a
neighbouring religious war. What can they do to prevent unrest and bloodshed?
Are Ukrainian exotic dancers the answer to their problem? A bittersweet blend of
wry satire with broad comedy.
Lebanon/France (subtitled), 2011, 101 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Independent ::
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Fri 28 and Sat 29 Sep 7.45pm
THE HUNTER (15)
A
tense psychological drama blended with a haunting ecological story starring
Willem Dafoe as a ruthless mercenary, dispatched to the Tasmanian wilderness to
track down the long thought extinct Tasmanian Tiger. Finding a personal
connection with the community and the wilderness around him, leads him to
reappraise his work and personal morality, with dramatic consequences.
Australia, 2011, 101 mins
Reviews: :: The Observer :: The Guardian :: The Independent ::
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