Saturday 30 May 2015

Thursday 28 May 2015

New Programme Out Now

The final programme before our summer break is now available and tickets for all films can be booked online. Some of the highlights this season include:

  • Woman in Gold
  • Force Majeure
  • A Royal Night Out
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Rosewater
You can also download a pdf of the printed programme.

Saturday 16 May 2015

Week commencing 18 May

The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Tuesday 19 May
DIFRET (12A)

Wednesday 20 May
SPORTING STARS OF THE FUTURE - Film Archive - Free Admission

Thursday 21 May
THE DARK HORSE (15)

Friday 22 May
THE WATER DIVINER (15)

Saturday 23 May
THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA (U)

Saturday 9 May 2015

Week commencing 11 May

While We're Young
Tuesday 12 May
APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR (15)

Wednesday 13 May
EVOLVE '15 - Student Films - Free Admission

Thursday 14 May
DAISIES (15) - Věra Chytilová Season

Friday 15 and Saturday 16 May
WHILE WE'RE YOUNG (15)

Friday 8 May 2015

The films of Věra Chytilová

Over the next month the Film Theatre will be presenting a short seasons of films celebrating the work of Věra Chytilová, a pioneer of women’s cinema who denied being a feminist, whose consistent moral vision and innovation, is seen through a body of work focused on women rebelling against a male dominated order.

Thursday 14 May
Daisies
DAISIES (15)
Daisies is the most adventurous and anarchic Czech film of the 1960s, a neo-dadaist farce replete with extravagant visual effects, sensuous décor, and fascinating experiments with colour. Two teenage girls stumble through a series of happenings, exploit middle-aged men, and engage in orgies of eating, interspersed with sun bathing. Full of enthusiasm and joie de vivre, the film mixes social observation, feminist comment, and formal experiment in one exhilarating journey.

Daisies will be introduced by professor of film Peter Hames, author of The Czechoslovak New Wave and Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition and co-editor of Cinemas in Transition in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989.

Thursday 28 May
Fruit of Paradise
FRUIT OF PARADISE (18)
Fruit of Paradise is nominally based on the story of a murderer, with the characters symbolising Adam, Eve and the devil, against a background of the Garden of Eden. In a contemporary narrative, Eva seeks a comprehension of truth, an engaging undertaking that the film extends to its audience.
In Chytilová’s most experimental work, music, cinematography and design combine in a unique celebration of form.
Czechoslovakia (subtitled), 1970, 95 mins

Fruit of Paradise will be introduced by professor of film Peter Hames, author of The Czechoslovak New Wave and Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition and co-editor of Cinemas in Transition in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989.

Tuesday 2 June
Prefab Story
PREFAB STORY
Prefab Story is Chytilová’s multi-level portrayal of contemporary life, a blunt and aggressive confrontation with the ‘normalised’ society in which she lived. Set against the background of a high-rise estate, the film examines the nature of contemporary morality and materialist preoccupations. One of the few genuinely critical works of its time, Prefab Story received limited release and was denied international exposure.
Czechoslovakia (subtitled), 1979, 96 mins

Prefab Story will be introduced by professor of film Peter Hames, author of The Czechoslovak New Wave and Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition and co-editor of Cinemas in Transition in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989.

This season of films has been supported by the Czech Centre, Czech National Archive, the Film Hub NWC and the BFI

Saturday 2 May 2015

Week commencing 4 May

Wild Tales
Tuesday 5 May
X+Y (12A)

Wednesday 6 May
VE DAY STREET PARTIES SPECIAL - Free Admission

Thursday 7 and Friday 8 May
WILD TALES (15)

Saturday 9 May
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (U)
Note: Classic 1967 version