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Two Days, One Night

CINEMA MEAL DEAL

See any film at The Dukes and enjoy a two course meal at The Borough all for just £11.00

To take advantage of this great offer all you need to do is book your combined ticket at The Dukes Box Office in person or call 01524 598500.

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Index

New Releases 3 - 7

Another Chance to Catch... 8

Special Events 9 - 10

Restored Classics 10 - 1 1

Live By Satellite 12 - 14

How to Get Here 15

Calendar 16

Cinema Prices

£6.00 Full Price

£5.00 Concessions

£4.00 Under 18’s

(Concessions apply to those in full time education, senior citizens, those receiving income support, people with disabilities and Friends & Film Friends members)

A £1 per transaction fee applies to online bookings.

Box Office: 01524 598500

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Welcome to The Dukes August and September

Cinema Guide

MOVIE MORNINGS11am screenings with free tea or coffee and a pastry included with your ticket. The screenings in this brochure are Cycling with Moliere (Tuesday 5 August) and A Promise (Tuesday 16 September).

After the Movie Morning screening why not stay in the cafe-bar and get 10% off selected items with your ticket?

A Promise

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Friday 1, Wednesday 6 & Thursday 7 August

COLD IN JULY (15) Dir: Jim Mickle

2014 USA 109mins

With: Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard

While investigating noises in his house

one night, mild mannered family man

Richard Dane ends up shooting dead a

teenage burglar. His small Texas town

hails him as a hero but Dane soon

finds himself fearing for his family’s

safety after the intruder’s father arrives

hell-bent on revenge. With his life

unravelling Dane soon descends into

a dark underworld of corruption

and violence.

Monday 4 August, 6.15pm

EXHIBITION (15) Dir: Joanna Hogg

2014 UK 105mins

With: Tom Hiddleston, Viv Albertine

An artist couple find that selling their

unique home exposes the troubles

in their relationship in this coolly

observed fable. The couple prepare

to sell the modernist home that has

defined their work and relationship

for nearly twenty years. In doing so

they unearth the anxieties, dreams

and memories that have accumulated

during their two decades together.

Monday 4 to Wednesday 6 August

CYCLING WITH MOLIERE (15) Dir: Philippe Le Guay

2014 France 105mins

With: Fabrice Luchini, Maya Sansa

A charming comedy from the

director of The Women on the 6th

Floor about two French actors,

Gauthier and Fabrice who share a

love for Molière. Gauthier is the lead

on a ridiculous soap opera playing

a cosmetic surgeon, while Fabrice is

less successful and has renounced the

stage. Gauthier arrives on Serge’s turf

to try to convince his friend to return

to Paris to play opposite him in a

new production.

Tuesday 5 August, 8.30pm

THE GOLDEN DREAM (12A) (La jaula de oro) Dir: Diego Quemada-Díez

2014 Guatemala 104mins Subtitles

With: Brandon López

A piercing road movie that follows

the perilous journey made by four

Guatemalan teenagers attempting to

cross the border into America. Sara,

Juan, Samuel and Chauk leave their

homeland in the hopes of creating a

bright new life in the United States

but they are ill-prepared for life on

the road.

“A tough yet tender and beautifully

crafted human drama” – Empire

New Releases

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Friday 8 to Wednesday 13 August (Except Sunday 10 August)

BEGIN AGAIN (15) Dir: John Carney

2014 USA 104mins

With: Keira Knightly, Mark Ruffalo

John Carney, the writer-director behind

the 2006 musical Once, returns with

a similarly music focused follow-up.

Keira Knightly starts as a Greta, a Brit

in America, whose 5-year relationship

with a fellow singer-songwriter

collapses after he makes it big and

leaves her. Just as she is about to

return home to Britain, Greta’s world

takes a turn for the better when she

meets a disgraced record-label exec

who is immediately captivated by her

talent.

Monday 11 & Tuesday 12 August

THE 100-YEAR-OLD-MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED (15) Dir: Felix Herngren

2014 Sweden 114mins Subtitles

With: Robert Gustafsson

A comedy based on the best-selling

novel by Jonas Jonasson. The tale

starts on the 100th birthday of Allan

Karlsson. The staff at his nursing home

have organised a party to celebrate,

with local press and dignitaries

planning to attend. However Allan

decides to skip the party and run away

in his slippers. Beginning his last great

adventure, it becomes clear that Allan

has lived a colourful and explosive life.

Friday 15 & Monday 18 August

MR MORGAN’S LAST LOVE (12A) Dir: Sandra Nettelbeck

2014 France USA 116mins

With: Michael Caine, Clémence Poésy

Michael Caine stars as Matthew Morgan,

a retired and world-weary American

professor living in Paris. Still unable to

deal with the death of his wife, Matthew

sees no meaningful future for himself

– until he meets Pauline, a free-spirited

young dance instructor. Together they

form an unlikely friendship that spurs

Matthew on to re-evaluate his life and his

relationship with his estranged son.

Friday 22 to Wednesday 27 August (Excluding Monday 25)

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (12A) Dir: Matt Reeves

2014 USA 130mins

With: Gary Oldman, Andy Serkis

The sequel to 2011’s Rise of the Planet

of the Apes, which begins 15 years after

the events of the first film. A growing

nation of genetically evolved apes led

by Caesar is threatened by a band of

humans who have been devastated by

a virus unleashed a decade earlier. They

reach a fragile peace but it proves short-

lived as both sides are brought to the

brink of war.

New Releases

Saturday 23 August, 6.30pm

I AM DIVINE (15) Dir: Jeffrey Schwarz

2014 USA 90mins

With: Devine, John Waters

A documentary about the unlikely

career of Harris Glen Milstead and

his iconic alter-ego Divine. The film

chronicles Glen’s early days as a

misfit youth in Baltimore through

his rise to infamy as a cult superstar.

The film combines rare film clips, live

performance footage and brand new

interviews with the likes of filmmaker

John Waters.

Tuesday 26 August, 6.30pm

A NIGHT AT THE CINEMA (U) Dir: Various

1914 UK 85mins

This special compilation from the

BFI National Archive recreates the

glorious miscellany of comedies,

dramas, travelogues and newsreels

which would have constituted a typical

night out in 1914, including a comic

short about a face-pulling competition,

a sensational episode of The Perils

of Pauline, scenes of Allied troops

celebrating Christmas at the Front, and

an early sighting of one of cinema’s

greatest icons.

Friday 29 to Monday 1 August

JOE (15) Dir: David Gordon Green

2014 USA 117mins

With: Nicholas Cage, Tye Sheridan

Joe Ransom is a hot-tempered ex-

convict who is employed by a lumber

company to clear the ground for

new timber by poisoning weak trees.

He finds room in his questionable

workforce for troubled teen Gary, who

is desperate to support his family but

also to escape the attention of his

vicious alcoholic father. Recognising

Gary’s desperation, Joe becomes his

mentor and ultimately protector.

Friday 5 September, 6.15pm

DINOSAUR 13 (Cert - TBC) Dir: Todd Douglas Miller

2014 USA 105mins

A documentary following the

bittersweet story behind the discovery

of the most complete T-Rex fossil

ever found. When palaeontologist

Peter Larson and his team made

the dinosaur discovery in 1990, they

knew it was the find of a lifetime. But

during a ten-year battle with the U.S.

government, powerful museums and

competing palaeontologists, they

found themselves not only fighting to

keep their dinosaur but also for their

freedom.

New Releases

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Friday 5 & Saturday 6 September

GOD’S POCKET (15) Dir: John Slattery

2014 USA 90mins

With: Phillip Seymour Hoffman,

Christina Hendricks

When Mickey Scarpato’s crazy stepson

is killed in a construction “accident,”

Mickey quickly tries to bury the bad

news with the body. But when a local

columnist comes sniffing around for

the truth, things go from bad to worse.

Mickey finds himself stuck in a life-and-

death struggle compounded by a body

he can’t bury, a wife he can’t please,

and a debt he can’t pay.

Saturday 6 September, 6.30pm

LILTING (15) Dir: Hong Khaou

2014 UK 91mins

With: Ben Whishaw, Leila Wong

An intimate drama about Chinese-

Cambodian Junn who is left in

mourning following the untimely death

of her son Kai. Despite living in the

UK for over 20 years she speaks no

English and is left completely isolated

by Kai’s death until her son’s lover

Richard reaches out to her. Even with

the help of a translator communication

between them is difficult especially as

Richard must disguise the nature of his

relationship with Kai.

Monday 15 & Tuesday 16 September

A PROMISE (15) Dir: Patrice Leconte

2014 France Belgium 94mins

With: Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman

A romantic drama set in Germany just

before the outbreak of World War One.

A graduate of humble origins takes

up a clerical post in a steel factory.

Impressed by his work the owner takes

him on as his private secretary. He

soon catches the eye of his employer’s

younger wife. However their instant

attraction is challenged both by her

loyalty to her husband and eventually

the oncoming war.

Sunday 14 & Monday 15 September

THE ROVER (15) Dir: David Michôd

2014 Australia 102mins

With: Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson

David Michôd’s highly anticipated follow-

up to Animal Kingdom is set in a world

10 years following the collapse of society.

The film follows a ruthless ex-soldier as

he tracks down a gang of thieves who

have stolen his only valued possession.

As he travels through the lawless

Australian outback, he takes a damaged

young man as his unwitting accomplice.

New Releases

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Friday 19 & Sunday 21 to Wednesday 24 September

TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (Cert-TBC) Dir: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

2014 France Belgium 95mins Subtitles

With: Marion Cotillard

Marion Cotillard plays a mother

struggling to hold on to her job in

this latest drama from the directors

of The Kid with a Bike. Following a

bout of depression, Sandra is ousted

from her job after a vote by her fellow

employees. She and a friend persuade

their manager to hold a new secret

ballot, giving Sandra a weekend to

convince her co-workers to help her.

Friday 19 & Monday 22 September

THE CONGRESS

(15) Dir: Ari Folman

2014 Israel Germany 122mins

With: Robin Wright

Ari Folman’s follow up to his critically

acclaimed Waltz With Bashir is a

partially animated slice of science

fiction set in a dystopian Hollywood.

Based on Stanislaw Lem’s novel The

Futurological Congress, the film follows

actress Robin Wright as she faces the

harsh reality of ageing in Hollywood.

She accepts a lucrative offer allowing

a studio to preserve her digital likeness

which they can use as they wish for

20 years.

Tuesday 23 & Wednesday 24 September

NIGHT MOVES (15) Dir: Kelly Reichardt

2014 USA 112mins

With: Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning

Meek’s Cutoff director Kelly

Reichardt returns with a typically

stripped back thriller. A plot by

three environmentalists to blow up

a controversial dam unravels into

doubt, paranoia and unintended

consequences. As organic farmer

Josh, high society dropout Dena and

ex-marine Harmon plan, carry out and

then witness the fallout of an attention-

grabbing act of sabotage, they find

their own personal limits tested.

Friday 26 to Tuesday 30 September & Thursday 2 October

PRIDE (15) Dir: Matthew Warchus

2014 UK 120mins

With: George McKay, Bill Nighy, Imelda

Staunton

It is the summer of 1984, Margaret

Thatcher is in power and the National

Union of Mineworkers is on strike.

At the Gay Pride March in London,

a group of gay and lesbian activists

decides to raise money to support

the families of the striking miners.

But there is a problem. The Union

seems embarrassed to receive their

support. Undeterred they set off to

deepest Wales to make their donation

in person.

New Releases

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Friday 1, Sunday 3, Tuesday 5 & Thursday 7 August

CALVARY (15) Dir: John Michael McDonagh

2014 Ireland 101mins

With: Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd

This intelligent drama infused with

pitch black humour stars Brendan

Gleeson as a small town priest marked

for death by one of his parishioners.

During a confession, Father James

Lavelle is told he has a week left to live

before being murdered, leaving him

just days to work out which of his flock

is targeting him.

“John McDonagh’s follow-up to The

Guard is a rich, ripe and altogether

delicious whodunnit with a difference”

- The Guardian

Friday 8 & Saturday 9 August

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (15) Dir: Wes Anderson

2014 USA 100mins

With: Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton

The latest film from Wes Anderson

is full of all the wit and invention that

you would expect from the director

of Moonrise Kingdom and The Royal

Tenenbaums. Ralph Fiennes delivers

a masterful comic performance as

Gustave H – a legendary concierge

at the Grand Budapest Hotel. Along

with his new lobby boy, Gustave finds

himself on the run after a favoured

guest bequeaths him a priceless

painting, thereby arousing the

suspicions of the police.

Friday 15 & Monday 18 August (dubbed) Wednesday 20 & Thursday 21 August (subtitled)

THE WIND RISES (PG)

(Kaze tachinu) Dir: Hayao Miyazaki

2014 Japan 126mins Subtitles

With: Hideaki Anno

Spirited Away director Hayao Miyazaki

brings a close to his spectacular career

with one of his most adult films. Jiro

Horikoshi is fascinated by flight from

a young age and dedicates his life to

building flying machines. He joins a

major engineering company in 1927

and becomes one of Japan’s most

accomplished airplane designers but

as World War II looms he must face

the moral dilemma over the use of

his creations.

Wednesday 20 & Thursday 21 August

JIMMY’S HALL (12A) Dir: Ken Loach

2014 UK 120mins

With: Barry Ward, Andrew Scott

The latest film from Ken Loach tells the

true story of Irish activist Jimmy Gralton.

In 1932 Jimmy returns home to Ireland

to help his mother run the family farm.

He decides to reopen the ‘Hall’, a young

people’s centre, free and open to all to

dance, study or talk. Success comes

quickly but the growing influence of

Jimmy and his radical ideas is not to the

taste of everyone in the village.

Another chance to catch...

Monday 11 August, 2pm

CASABLANCA (U)

Dir: Michael Curtiz

1942 USA 102mins With: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman

Journey Cafe is a series of arts events

presented in association with Age UK

Lancashire for people with memory

problems and their families – though

everyone is welcome. For August we will

be screening the 1940s classic Casablanca.

Set in unoccupied Africa during the

early days of World War II, an American

expatriate meets a former lover, with

unforeseen complications.

All Tickets:

£4 includes tea or coffee and a pastry

Saturday 16 August, 6pm

GOD HELP THE GIRL AND BELLE & SEBASTIAN LIVE BY SATELLITE (15)

Dir: Stuart Murdoch

2014 UK 111mins

With: Emily Browning, Hannah Murray

The directorial debut from Belle and

Sebastian co-founder Stuart Murdoch

follows Eve, a sad-eyed young woman

who absconds from a Glasgow rehab.

Song writing becomes her way forward,

leading her to meet two musicians each

at crossroads of their own.

The film will be followed by a live by satellite set from Belle & Sebastian featuring songs from the film as well as the band’s own material.

Ticket Prices:

£8 (Full) £7 (Concessions) £6 (Friends)

Join the RSPB and The Dukes on

Saturday 30 August from 12pm for

a day of nature-themed fun. There

will be a range of free activities for all

the family which will include making

butterfly feeders and bird masks, a

workshop about attracting garden

wildlife and even owl pellet dissections.

At the heart of the event we will be

screening Project Wild Thing. RSPB staff

will be on hand to answer any questions

and to suggest ways you can get more

out of the local environment.

Saturday 30 August, 2pm

PROJECT WILD THING (PG)

Dir: David Bond

2013 UK 80min

Project Wild Thing takes a revealing

look at a complex issue, the increasing

disconnect between children and

nature. David Bond is concerned. His

children’s waking hours are dominated

by marketing and screen dependency.

In an attempt to compete with the

brands, Bond appoints himself Marketing

Director for Nature and sets about

selling nature to British families.

Special Events

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Journey Café

Wednesday 17 September, 7pm

20,000 DAYS ON EARTH AND NICK CAVE LIVE BY SATELLITE (15)

Dir: Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard

2014 UK Full event: 175mins With: Nick Cave

Drama and reality combine in a fictitious 24

hours in the life of musical icon Nick Cave.

With startlingly frank insights and an intimate

portrayal of his artistic process, the film

examines what makes us who we are, and

celebrates the power of the creative spirit.

The film will be followed by a live by satellite event featuring Nick Cave and several special guests.

Tickets:

£8 (Full) £7 (Concs) £6 (Friends)

Sunday 14 September, 8pm

FILM QUIZKnow your Truffaut from your Tarantino?

If you’re mad about film, come and test

your knowledge against our questions,

ranging from the plainly obvious to the

devilishly difficult.

Quiz entry is £1 per person with a

maximum team size of 6 people.

Monday 16 & Tuesday 17

Wednesday 13 August, 6.30pm

THE GENERAL (U) Dir: Clyde Bruckman & Buster Keaton

1926 USA 90mins

With: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack

Buster Keaton’s classic, considered

by many to be one of the great silent

comedies is back on the big screen on

a newly restored print. Set during the

American Civil War, Keaton stars as

engineer Johnnie Gray who is forced to

chase a band of soldiers who have stolen

his beloved locomotive – The General.

Friday 22 & Wednesday 27 August

SOME LIKE IT HOT (U) Dir: Billy Wilder

1959 USA - 120mins

With: Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon

Billy Wilder’s timeless comedy. Musicians

Joe and Jerry accidentally witness a

gangland killing and flee. With few other

options they transform themselves

into Josephine and Daphne and join an

all-girl band bound for Miami with the

mobsters in pursuit.

Special Events Restored Classics

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Friday 29 August, 8.30pm

THE WARRIORS (15) Dir: Walter Hill

1979 USA 92mins

With: Michael Beck

Walter Hill’s stylised cult classic

celebrates its 35th Anniversary. In a

future New York overrun by violent

street gangs, a charismatic leader

summons them for a gathering in

a bid to unite forces. However he is

assassinated and a gang from Coney

Island, The Warriors, are falsely blamed

and must fight their way home, with

their rivals’ intent on hunting them

down.

Saturday 30 August & Monday 1 September

THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (PG) Dir: Orson Welles

1947 USA 87mins

With: Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth

Orson Welles plays a wandering

Irishman named Michael O’Hara in

this stylish noir which he also wrote,

produced and directed. Against his

better judgement O’Hara accompanies

a beautiful woman and her husband on

a sea cruise and becomes entangled in

a dangerous game of blackmail, double

crossings and murder.

Tuesday 2 September, 7.30pm

THE DEER HUNTER (18) Dir: Michael Cimino

1978 USA 182mins

With: Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep

Michael Cimino’s epic Vietnam War

drama remains one of the great films

of the 1970s. Three industrial workers

from a small Pennsylvanian town enlist

to join the American army in Vietnam.

As the war rages on and the friends

find themselves prisoners in a Viet

Cong camp, they are subjected to

horrors that will go on to haunt their

lives long after the war has ended.

Sunday 21 September, 6.20pm

THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (U) Dir: Robert Wiene

1920 Germany 67mins

With: Conrad Veidt

Wiene’s expressionist gothic

masterpiece returns to cinemas on a

digitally restored new print. With its

distorted and nightmarish set design,

Dr. Caligari is one of the most iconic

films of early cinema. Hypnotist Dr.

Caligari arrives at a small town to

present somnambulist Cesare who

can purportedly predict the future

of curious fairgoers. But at night, the

doctor wakes Cesare from his sleep to

enact his evil bidding.

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Saturday 2, Thursday 14 & Sunday 17 August (Encores)

SKYLIGHT Dir: Stephen Daldry

With: Carey Mulligan, Bill Nighy

Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan star

in this production of David Hare’s

Skylight, directed by Stephen Daldry

(The Audience), which was broadcast

live from the West End by National

Theatre Live. On a bitterly cold

London evening, schoolteacher Kyra

Hollis receives an unexpected visit

from her former lover. As the evening

progresses, the two attempt to rekindle

their once passionate relationship only

to find themselves locked in a battle

of opposing ideologies and mutual

desires.

Thursday 4 September (Live)Sunday 7 & Sunday 14 September (Encores)

MEDEA Dir: Carrie Cracknell

With: Helen McCrory

The Last of the Haussmanns star

Helen McCrory returns to the National

Theatre to take the title role in Ben

Power’s new version of Euripides’

tragedy. Medea is a wife and a mother.

For the sake of her husband, Jason, she

has left her home and borne two sons

in exile. But when Jason abandons his

family for a new life, Medea seeks to

exact an appalling revenge.

Thursday 30 October, Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 November (Encores)

FRANKENSTEIN (15) Dir: Danny Boyle

130mins

With: Benedict Cumberbatch.

Jonny Lee Miller

Frankenstein enjoyed a sell-out run at

the National Theatre, and went on to win

awards including the 2012 Olivier Award

for Best Actor. Oscar-winner Danny Boyle

directs the sensational production with

the two leads in alternating roles as Victor

Frankenstein and his creation.

The Thursday 30 October & Saturday

1 November screenings will feature

Cumberbatch as The Creature. The

Saturday 2 November will feature Miller

as The Creature.

Live by SatelliteNational Theatre Live

The best of theatre, dance, opera and events broadcast live by satellite on The Dukes Cinema screen. Live by Satellite Ticket Prices:

£13 (Full)£12 (Concessions)£10 (Friends Members)

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Wednesday 3 September (Live)Thursday 25 September (Encore)

THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA Dir: Simon Godwin

With: Mark Arends

Valentine and Proteus are best friends

until they fall in love with the same

girl. Having travelled to Milan in search

of adventure, they both fall for the

Duke’s daughter Silvia. But Proteus is

already sworn to his sweetheart, Julia,

at home in Verona, and the Duke thinks

Valentine is not good enough for his

Silvia. With friendship forgotten, the

rivals’ affections quickly get out of

hand.

Sunday 10 August, 5.30pm

LA TRAVIATA Directed by: Tom Cairns

Written by: Giuseppe Verdi

With: Venera Gimadieva

Verdi’s tragic tale of a Parisian courtesan

who sacrifices all for love. At one of her

brilliant supper parties, the beautiful but

frail Violetta meets the well-born Alfredo.

They fall in love and she abandons her

life of pleasure but Alfredo’s father insists

that Violetta leave his son. Reluctantly,

and without telling Alfredo, she agrees

to do as his father demands.

Sunday 28 September, 2pm

BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL Dir: Stephen Daldry

Live from London’s West End this special

anniversary performance brings multi

award-winning Billy Elliot the Musical

to cinemas for the first time. Set in a

Northern mining town, against the

background of the 1984/’85 miners’

strike, Billy’s journey takes him out of the

boxing ring and into a ballet class where

he discovers a passion for dance.

Wednesday 1 October, 7pm

STEPHEN FRY: MORE FOOL MEStephen Fry is a British Institution

famous for his prolific television and

radio work. He is also a celebrated

actor, presenter, writer and polymath.

To celebrate the release of his latest

autobiography, the eloquent host will

be broadcast live into cinemas from

the Royal Festival Hall reading extracts

of his book and pleasing the audience

with witty anecdotes and insightful

observations.

Live by SatelliteGlyndebourneRoyal Shakespeare Company

Bolshoi Ballet

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Sunday 26 October, 3pm

THE LEGEND OF LOVELibretto by: Nazim Hikmet

Choreography by: Yuri Grigorovich

Conducted by: Arif Melikov

Yuri Grigorovich’s beautifully

choreographed tale of forbidden love

and self-sacrifice returns to the Bolshoi

stage after a ten-year absence.

A queen is offered the chance to save

her dying sister but only if she gives

away her beauty.

Tuesday 19 August, 7pm

THE TEMPEST (Recorded) Dir: Jeremy Herrin

169mins

With: Roger Allam, Colin Morgan

Imbued with a spirit of magic and

the supernatural, The Tempest is

Shakespeare’s late great masterpiece

of forgiveness, generosity and

enlightenment. Prospero, Duke of

Milan, usurped and exiled by his own

brother, holds sway over an enchanted

island. When Prospero raises a storm

to wreck his disloyal brother and his

confederates on the island, his long

contemplated revenge at last seems

within reach.

Thursday 28 August, 7pm

MACBETH (Recorded) Dir: Eve Best

155mins

With: Moyo Akandé, Geoff Aymer

When three witches tell Macbeth that

he is destined to occupy the throne

of Scotland, he and his wife choose to

become the instruments of their fate

and to kill the first man standing in

their path, the virtuous King Duncan.

But to maintain his position, Macbeth

must keep on killing anyone who

seems to threaten his tyrant’s crown.

Saturday 6 September, 2pm

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Recorded)

Dir: Dominic Dromgoole

182mins

With: Michelle Terry, Matthew Tennyson

Shakespeare put some of his most

dazzling dramatic poetry at the service

of this teasing, glittering and inventive

play. Hermia loves Lysander and Helena

loves Demetrius – but Demetrius is

supposed to be marrying Hermia…

When the Duke of Athens tries to

enforce the marriage, the lovers take

refuge in the woods and wander into

the midst of a dispute between the

king and queen of the fairies.

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– a flat evening rate applies after 6pm. Bike racks are located on Moor Lane, close

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August

Date Time Showing Cert. Pg.

Fri 1 6.20pm Calvary (15) 8Fri 1 8.30pm Cold in July (15) 3Sat 2 7.00pm NT Encore: Skylight (12A) 12Sun 3 7.30pm Calvary (15) 8Mon 4 6.15pm Exhibition (15) 3Mon 4 8.30pm Cycling with Moliere (15) 3Tue 5 11.00am Cycling with Moliere (15) 3Tue 5 6.20pm Calvary (15) 8Tue 5 8.30pm The Golden Dream (12A) 3Wed 6 6.15pm Cycling with Moliere (15) 3 Wed 6 8.30pm Cold in July (15) 3Thu 7 6.20pm Calvary (15) 8Thu 7 8.30pm Cold in July (15) 3Fri 8 6.20pm Grand Budapest Hotel (15) 8Fri 8 8.30pm Begin Again (15) 4Sat 9 6.20pm Grand Budapest Hotel (15) 8Sat 9 8.30pm Begin Again (15) 4Sun 10 5.30pm Glyndebourne: La Traviata 13Mon 11 2.00pm Casablanca (U) 9Mon 11 6.15pm Begin Again (15) 4Mon 11 8.30pm 100 Year Old Man… (15) 4Tue 12 6.00pm 100-Year Old Man… (15) 4Tue 12 8.30pm Begin Again (15) 4Wed 13 6.30pm The General (U) 10Wed 13 8.30pm Begin Again (15) 4Thu 14 7.00pm NT Encore: Skylight (12A) 12Fri 15 6.00pm Mr Morgan’s Last Love (12A) 4Fri 15 8.30pm The Wind Rises (dub) (12A) 8Sat 16 6.00pm God Help the Girl (15) 9Sun 17 7.00pm NT Encore: Skylight (12A) 12Mon 18 5.50pm The Wind Rises (dub) (12A) 8Mon 18 8.30pm Mr Morgan’s Last Love (12A) 4Tue 19 7.00pm Globe: The Tempest (12A) 14Wed 20 6.10pm Jimmy’s Hall ST (12A) 8Wed 20 8.30pm The Wind Rises (subs) (12A) 8Thu 21 6.00pm The Wind Rises (subs) (12A) 8Thu 21 8.35pm Jimmy’s Hall (12A) 8Fri 22 6.00pm Some Like it Hot (U) 10Fri 22 8.30pm Dawn of the Planet… (12A) 4Sat 23 6.30pm I Am Divine (15) 5Sat 23 8.30pm Dawn of the Planet… (12A) 4Sun 24 7.30pm Dawn of the Planet… (12A) 4Tue 26 6.30pm A Night at the Cinema (U) 5Tue 26 8.30pm Dawn of the Planet… (12A) 4Wed 27 5.50pm Dawn of the Planet… (12A) 4Wed 27 8.30pm Some Like it Hot (U) 10Thu 28 7.00pm Globe: Macbeth (12A) 14Fri 29 6.00pm Joe (15) 5Fri 29 8.30pm The Warriors (15) 11Sat 30 2.00pm Project Wild Thing (PG) 9Sat 30 6.30pm Lady from Shanghai (PG) 11Sat 30 8.30pm Joe (15) 5Sun 31 7.30pm Joe (15) 5

September

Date Time Showing Cert. Pg.

Mon 1 6.00pm Joe (15) 5Mon 1 8.30pm Lady from Shanghai (PG) 11Tue 2 7.30pm The Deer Hunter (18) 11Wed 3 7.00pm RSC Live: Two Gentlemen of Verona 14Thu 4 7.00pm NT Live: Medea 12Fri 5 6.15pm Dinosaur 13 (TBC) 5Fri 5 8.30pm God’s Pocket (15) 6Sat 6 2.00pm Globe: Midsummer Night’s Dream (12A) 14 Sat 6 6.30pm Lilting (15) 6Sat 6 8.30pm God’s Pocket (15) 6Sun 7 7.00pm NT Encore: Medea (12A) 12

Sun 14 4.00pm NT Encore: Medea (12A) 12Sun 14 7.30pm The Rover (15) 6 Sun 14 8.00pm Film Quiz in the Bar 10Mon 15 6.20pm A Promise (15) 6Mon 15 8.30pm The Rover (15) 6Tue 16 11.00am A Promise (15) 6Wed 17 7.00pm 20,000 Days on Earth (15) 10Fri 19 6.25pm Two Days, One Night (15) 7Fri 19 8.30pm The Congress (15) 7Sun 21 6.20pm The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (U) 11Sun 21 8.00pm Two Days, One Night (TBC) 7Mon 22 6.00pm The Congress (15) 7Mon 22 8.30pm Two Days, One Night (TBC) 7Tue 23 6.25pm Two Days, One Night (TBC) 7Tue 23 8.30pm Night Moves (15) 7Wed 24 6.00pm Night Moves (15) 7Wed 24 8.30pm Two Days, One Night (TBC) 7Thu 25 7.00pm RSC Encore: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (12A) 13Fri 26 6.00pm Pride (15) 7Fri 26 8.30pm Pride (15) 7Sat 27 6.00pm Pride (15) 7Sat 27 8.30pm Pride (15) 7Sun 28 2.00pm Billy Elliot the Musical: Live 13Sun 28 6.15pm Pride (15) 7Mon 29 6.00pm Pride (15) 7Mon 29 8.30pm Pride (15) 7Tue 30 6.00pm Pride ST (15) 7Tue 30 8.30pm Pride (15) 7

ST These screenings labelled will be English Language films with subtitles for anyone who has issues hearing the film dialogue.

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Film Ticket Prices

£6.00 Full Price£5.00 Concessions £4.00 Under 18’s (Unless otherwise stated)

Live By Satellite Ticket Prices

£13.00 Full Price£12.00 Concessions£10.00 Friends(Unless otherwise stated)

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