Programme - 2016/2017 Season
Date | Title | Description |
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2016 Mon 19 Sept Tues 20 Sept |
Far from the Madding Crowd | With an outstanding performance by Carey Mulligan, this moving and intelligent version of Hardy's novel gives the story and characters a subtly modern inflection, creating a relevant and thoroughly engaging drama. Dir: Thomas Vinterberg /2015/USA,UK/Cert 12A 119min |
2016 Mon 26 Sept Tues 27 Sept |
All is Lost | Deep into a voyage in the Indian Ocean, his craft damaged by a collision, his navigation equipment and radio disabled, a lone yachtsman (Robert Redford) fights for survival against insurmountable odds. Dir: J. C. Chandor/2013/USA/Cert 12A 106min |
2016 Mon 17 Oct Tues 18 Oct |
The Dressmaker | Kate Winslet stars in this bittersweet comedy as a dressmaker who returns to her outback home town and, armed only with her sewing machine and incredible sense of style, takes revenge on those who wronged her. Dir: Jocelyn Moorhouse /2015/Australia/Cert 12A 118min |
2016 Mon 31 Oct Tues 1 Nov |
The Kid with a Bike | This compelling, insightful film follows the fragile, constantly-tested relationship between troubled 11-year-old Cyril, abandoned in a children's home by his father, and Samantha who fosters him at weekends. subtitles. Dirs: J-P & L Dardenne /2011/Belgium,France/Cert 12A 87min |
2016 Mon 7 Nov Tues 8 Nov |
Brooklyn | The moving story of a young immigrant in 1950s New York who has to choose between her Irish homeland and the new promise of America; between the certainty of one suitor and the infectious dreams of another. Dir: John Crowley /2015/Ireland,UK,Canada/Cert 12A 112min |
2016 Mon 28 Nov Tues 29 Nov |
Mr Holmes | In 1947 a long-retired, bee-keeping Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) finds himself grappling with a 30-year-old unsolved case, using what remains of his detective skills to piece together his forgotten past. Dir: Bill Condon /2015/UK,USA/Cert PG 104min |
2016 Mon 5 Dec Tues 6 Dec |
Mustang | In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters are confined at home while they're prepared for arranged marriages, but their spirit can’t be broken as they chase a future where they can determine their own lives. Subtitles. Dir: Deniz Gamze Erguven /2015/Turkey,France/Cert 15 97min |
2016 Mon 12 Dec |
Eddie the Eagle | This film will be preceded by a short AGM and seasonal mulled wine with mince pies. The story of Michael Edwards, the British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself and won the hearts of sports fans around the world with his improbable showing at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Dir: Dexter Fletcher/2016/ UK,USA/Cert PG 106min |
2017 Mon 16 Jan Tues 17 Jan |
Hail, Caesar! | A colourful recreation of 1950s Hollywood by the Coen brothers and an all-star cast. A studio fixer has to pull out all the stops to keep several films in production and their stars free from controversy. Dirs: Joel & Ethan Coen /2016/USA,UK/Cert 12A 106min |
2017 Mon 30 Jan Tues 31 Jan |
Like Father, Like Son | A poignant, perceptive tale of the ebb and flow of paternal love, concerning two very different families who learn that their 6-year-old boys were inadvertently swapped at birth and agree to swap them back. Subtitles. Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda /2013/Japan/Cert PG 121min |
2017 Mon 13 Feb Tues 14 Feb |
Suite Francaise | Her husband a prisoner of war, a lonely Frenchwoman (Michelle Williams) begins a tentative romance with the refined German officer who has taken up residence in the house of her mother-in-law (Kristen Scott Thomas). Dir: Saul Dibb /2014/UK,France/Cert 15 107min |
2017 Mon 27 Feb Tues 28 Feb |
The New Girlfriend | An audacious, elegant and witty melodrama. Claire has promised to watch over her deceased best friend's husband, but she's startled to discover how David is coping with his grief. Subtitles. Dir: Francois Ozon /2014/France/Cert 15 108min |
2017 Mon 6 Mar Tues 7 Mar |
Trumbo | A thoroughly entertaining biopic of Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, one of the 'Hollywood Ten' blacklisted in 1947 for their political beliefs. Brian Cranston plays Trumbo, and Helen Mirren columnist Hedda Hopper. Dir: Jay Roach /2015/USA/Cert 15 124min |
2017 Mon 20 Mar Tues 21 Mar |
The Daughter | In this high-tension drama, a man returns to his home town for his father's wedding. Reconnecting with childhood friends and family, he unearths long-buried secrets that threaten to shatter lives. Dir: Simon Stone/2015/Australia/Cert 15 95min |
2017 Mon 3 Apr Tues 4 Apr |
Love & Friendship | A deliciously sharp period comedy drama, based on Jane Austen's novella 'Lady Susan' - a tale of matchmaking and heartbreaking centred around a beautiful young widow. Dir: Whit Stillman/2016/USA/Cert U 93min |
2017 Mon 24 Apr Tues 25 Apr |
Bridge of Spies | During the Cold War, an American lawyer (Tom Hanks) is recruited to defend a Soviet spy (Mark Rylance) in court, then to negotiate his exchange for the captured U2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers. Dir: Steven Spielberg /2015/USA/Cert 12A 141min |