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Water For Elephants

8th January 2012

A glorious vision of circus life in the days of the Great Depression. Young Jacob, forced to give up his veterinary studies, finds himself looking after the animals with a travelling circus, where he catches the eye of the glamorous bare-back rider, Marlena. However, Marlena is married to the sadistic circus ring-master, August, who is [...]

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Live and Become

22nd January 2012

A stirring and uplifting tale of racial and religious assimilation. In 1980 the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews. In turn they are secretly carried to Israel escaping famine and war. The day before the transport is due to leave, the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with [...]

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Get Low

5th February 2012

A film spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930’s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party… while he was still alive. The director, Aaron Schneider, captures the period extremely well and the cinematography and musical score are wonderful. The film handles tough subjects like [...]

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Chico and Rita

19th February 2012

Set in the night clubs of Havana, New York and Las Vegas in the late 1940’s, this lush but delicate animated feature has a fantastic musical backdrop of Cuban-influenced jazz. The beautiful singer, Rita, and talented pianist, Chico, are passionately in love, but can only scrape a living in the Havana jazz clubs. When a [...]

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Beginners

4th March 2012

A life affirming film in which Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father who, following 44 years of marriage, came out of the closet to live a full, energised, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life. The upheavals [...]

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Tulpan

18th March 2012

Asa is an idealistic young man who, after finishing his naval service, returns to the vast featureless steppe of Kazakhstan to live with his sister Samal and her husband Ondas. In order to become a shepherd, Asa must first be married, but the only eligible woman within miles is the enigmatic Tulpan and she rejects [...]

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Of Gods Of Men

1st April 2012

One of the most powerful and moving films from last year’s Cannes Film Festival, Of Gods and Men is based on the real-life story of a group of French Trappist monks living in a small village in the mountains of Algeria during the civil war of the 1990’s. When a crew of foreign workers is [...]

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Made In Dagenham

15th April 2012

From the director of Calendar Girls, a thought-provoking comedy drama based on the strike by the women workers at the Dagenham Ford plant in 1968. When the women demand equal pay with their male colleagues, they spark off a furious debate about sexism within British industry, the Trades Unions and the political establishment which leads [...]

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Fried Green Tomatoes

~~18th September 2011~~

Evelyn Couch is a middle-aged emotionally repressed housewife with a habit of drowning her sorrows in candy bars. While visiting an aunt in a nursing home, she meets Ninny Threadgoode, a frail but feisty old woman, who loves to tell tales. Ninny’s story of Idgie and Ruth, two young women who worked in the local [...]

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The King’s Speech

~~2nd October 2011~~

Winner of four Oscars at the 2011 awards, the film recounts the efforts of King George VI to overcome his speech impediment so that he can inspire the nation at a time of crisis. He comes to rely on the expertise and friendship of the Australian speech therapist, Lionel Logue, to help him give a [...]

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Submarine

~~16th October 2011~~

A dark coming-of-age comedy about a lovelorn teenage boy in 1980’s Swansea. Oliver, our duffle-coated hero, has been described as a bizarre mix of Holden Caulfield, Adrian Mole and Billy Liar. His equally eccentric and resolutely unromantic girlfriend, Jordana, is more than a match for him. Some truly dark themes – depression, illness and marital [...]

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The Secret In Their Eyes

~~30th October 2011~~

Winner of the best foreign-language Oscar in 2009, this marvellous thriller is full of unexpected plot twists and fascinating details. Esposito, a retired judicial investigator, is haunted by a case early in his career, when a young woman was brutally murdered. The murderer had been protected because of links to the military dictatorship of the [...]

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Another Year

~~27th November 2011~~

After the relative cheeriness of Happy-Go-Lucky, director Leigh returns to an examination of less hopeful aspects of society. Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen play Tom and Gerri (really!), a contented middle-aged couple who have achieved a cosy tranquillity to which their careers, family life, holidays and allotment hobby all contribute. However, their very warmth and [...]

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Africa United

~~11th December 2011~~

A road movie with a difference. Five African children of very different backgrounds make the incredible 5000 km journey from Rwanda to South Africa to see the 2010 football World Cup. Their adventures along the way give us an insight into some of the problems facing the continent, including child soldiers, sex-trafficking and HIV/AIDS. The [...]

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Film Schedule 2011

~~18th September~~	Fried Green Tomatoes	12A
~~2nd October~~	The King’s Speech	15
~~16th October~~	Submarine	15
~~30th October~~	The Secret In Their Eyes	15
~~27th November~~	Another Year	15
~~11th December~~	Africa United	12

Film Schedule 2012

8th January	Water For Elephants	12
22nd January	Live and Become	15
5th February	Get Low	15
19th February	Chico and Rita	15
4th March	Beginners	15
18th March	Tulpan	12
1st April	Of Gods and Men	15
15th April	Made In Dagenham	15

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