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Sunday 11 May, 11.00am
CARAMEL (PG)
Director: Nadine Labaki. Starring: Nadine Labaki,
Yasmine Elmasri, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisčle Aouad.
France/Lebanon 2007. 96 mins. Arabic and French with English
subtitles.
A charming comedy drama with echoes of
Almodóvar, centred on the everyday lives of five Lebanese
women as revealed in a Beirut beauty salon.
Members
can see CARAMEL first and for FREE. Tickets
are available by calling the Booking Line on 0871 704 2052
or visiting the cinema. Tickets are available on a first
come first served basis.
Read more about CARAMEL here
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We are excited to announce that the Metropolitan
Opera 2008/2009 season, live in High Definition from New
York, is now on sale. Commencing on Saturday 11 October with
Mikko Franck's Salome, the 08/09 season consists of
ten operas running through to Saturday 9 May 2009. Click
here for more information.
Owing to the sell-out
success of the Met opera La Bohčme, we have scheduled
a repeat broadcast on Monday 19 May at 7.00pm. Ticket prices
for this screening are as follows:
Full Price Ł12,
Concessions Ł11, Members Ł10.
We are also pleased to
announce a Summer Season of Ballet from the Royal Opera
House at The Cameo this July and August.
Experience the beauty of Sylvia, the magic of
The Sleeping Beauty and the tragedy of Romeo and
Juilet in High Definition on the big screen. Click
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CARAMEL
(PG) - 16 May
A romantic comedy centered on the daily
lives of five Lebanese women living in Beirut.
HEARTBEAT DETECTOR (12A) - 16 May
A
complicated philosophical thriller and meditation on modern
varieties of evil.
SHOTGUN STORIES (12A) - 23
May
SHOTGUN STORIES tracks a feud that erupts between
two sets of half-brothers following the death of their
father. Against the backdrop of the cotton fields and back
roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the
lengths to which each will go to protect their family.
Click here for
official site.
EUROVISION
PARTY - 24 May
Several hours of monstrous
musical mayhem beamed live via satellite with all profits
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Director: Morgan Spurlock Origin:
France Year: 2008 Duration: 90m
After revealing just what
a diet of Big Macs can do to a person in SUPER SIZE ME,
filmmaker Spurlock takes a tongue-in-cheek look at another
threat to our collective wellbeing. When Spurlock's wife
become pregnant, he feels that he wants his child to grow up
in a safer world and so takes it upon himself to track down
the most dangerous man on Earth, Osama bin Laden. Spurlock
flies to the Middle East in search of his quarry, making
stops in Egypt, Morocco, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan
and Pakistan as he keeps an eye peeled for the head of Al
Qaeda. When he isn't playing sleuth, he interviews people
representing all walks of life, quizzing them about the
nature of the post-9/11 conflict and the need for peace, in
what proves to be a witty, inventive and illuminating
documentary.
*Contains strong language
To book tickets, call 0871 704 2052 or book
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Director: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Origin: France Year: 2007 Duration: 96m
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Sean Penn, Chiara
Mastroianni, Iggy Pop
An expressionistic
animation stunningly drawn in black and white, PERSEPOLIS is
a touching coming-of-age story about an intelligent,
outspoken girl growing up during the Iranian revolution.
Paronnaud and Satrapi's debut feature tells of how
fundamentalists seized power, forced the veil on women and
imprisoned thousands of dissidents. The film is based on
Satrapi's series of graphic novels and her childhood
experiences in Iran, where she survived traumatic encounters
with schoolteachers bent on denying her expression,
policemen determined to deny her freedom and Iraqi bombs
intended to take her life. Dedicated to the people of Iran,
PERSEPOLIS is a moving, universally appealing story of one
woman's struggle against oppression that deservedly shared
the jury prize at Cannes in 2007.
*Contains moderate violence, drugs and one use of strong
language
To book tickets, call 0871 704 2052 or book
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Director: Mike Leigh Origin: United
Kingdom Year: 2008 Duration: 118m
Starring: Eddie Marsan, Sally Hawkins
Poppy (Hawkins) is an
irrepressible 30-something enjoying her life in Camden.
Whether out on her bike, preparing lessons for her primary
school class, or drinking with friends in the local, she
keeps a smile on her face and a joke on her lips. She is
happy with her life and determined to get the most out of
every day. When her bicycle is stolen, she decides to invest
in driving lessons, which will bring her face-to-face with a
character and a world view quite unlike her own. Compared
with Leigh's previous works, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY presents a
calmer, more optimistic take on contemporary Britain, where
individualism and the pursuit of happiness define the lives
of a generation, but where old-fashioned notions of
community and selflessness still exist.
To book tickets, call 0871 704 2052 or book
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Director: Leonard Abrahamson Origin:
Ireland Year: 2007 Duration: 85m
Starring: Anne-Marie Duff, Pat Shortt, Conor
Ryan
GARAGE weaves tragedy with
comedy to present a beautifully drawn tale from the margins
of contemporary rural Irish life. Regarded by his neighbours
as a harmless misfit, Josie (Shortt) has spent all his adult
life as the caretaker of a crumbling petrol station. One
summer his world suffers a shift when a teenager, David
(Ryan), comes to work with him. Initially performing their
menial tasks in silence, they tentatively open up, and
suddenly Josie is drinking cans by the railway tracks with
the local kids. This awakens dormant needs in Josie, leading
to his awkward tilt at intimacy with shop girl Carmel
(Duff). Tender though never sentimental, this tautly
scripted, naturalistically photographed film withstands
comparison to the work of the Dardenne brothers.
To book tickets, call 0871 704 2052 or book
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Director: Victor Erice Origin: Spain
Year: 1973 Duration: 98m Starring:
Fernando Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Telleria
Widely regarded as a
masterpiece of Spanish cinema, this allegorical tale is set
in a remote village in the 1940s. The life in the village is
calm and uneventful -- as is Spanish life after General
Franco's victory in the Civil War. While their father
(Fernando Fernán Gómez) studies bees in his beehive and
their mother (Teresa Gimpera) writes letters to a
non-existent correspondent, two young girls, Ana (Ana
Torrent) and Isabel (Isabel Telleria), go to see James
Whale's Frankenstein at a local cinema. Though they can
hardly understand the concept, both girls are deeply
impressed with the moment when a little girl gives a flower
to the monster. Isabel, the older sister, tells Ana that the
monster actually exists as a spirit that you can't see
unless you know how to approach him. Ana starts wandering
around the countryside in search of the kind creature.
Instead, she meets an army deserter, who is hiding in a
barn. The film received critical accolades for its subtle
and masterful use of cinematic language and the expressive
performance of the young Ana Torrent.
Note: this film is subtitled
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