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| Sat
22 Jan • Matinee
NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (PG) 1.00
(US 2004) dir.Jared Hess 90m.
Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Tina Majorino, Aaron Ruell.
“Napoleon is a teenage boy so unattractive, so awkward,
so out-of-sync, so damn wrong that he ultimately endears himself
as an outlaw and fully-fledged hero. Napoleon does himself no favours.
He wears moon boots and bad T-shirts; he likes to sketch unicorns
and ‘ligers’ (an imagined hybrid of a lion and a tiger);
and he doesn’t know the first thing about friendship or romance.
His dysfunctional family is equally bad. It’s a cast of brilliant
caricatures. Admittedly, much of the humour is supremely silly.
But there’s a serious side too. The embarrassments of school
and teenage life are up there to squirm at in both shame and horror.”
(Dave Calhoun, Time Out) |
| Sun
23 Jan • Double bill
I HEART HUCKABEES (15) 1.30
(US 2004) dir.David O. Russell 107m.
Jason Schwartzman, Isabelle Huppert, Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin,
Jude Law, Mark Wahlberg, Naomi Watts.
“Environmental activist Albert is so perplexed by a coincidence
that he hires an ‘existential detective’ team to discover
its underlying meaning. However, the intrusive ’tecs are more
interested in exploring Albert’s relationship with his nemesis
Brad, a PR man for retail chain Huckabees…”
(Empire)
+ NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (PG) 3.40
(US 2004) dir.Jared Hess 90m.
Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Tina Majorino, Aaron Ruell.
Napoleon is a teenage boy so unattractive, so awkward, so out-of-sync,
so damn wrong that he ultimately endears himself as an outlaw and
fully-fledged hero. Napoleon does himself no favours. He wears moon
boots and bad T-shirts; he likes to sketch unicorns and ‘ligers’
(an imagined hybrid of a lion and a tiger); and he doesn’t
know the first thing about friendship or romance. His dysfunctional
family is equally bad. It’s a cast of brilliant caricatures.
Admittedly, much of the humour is supremely silly. But there’s
a serious side too. The embarrassments of school and teenage life
are up there to squirm at in both shame and horror.”
(Dave Calhoun, Time Out) |
Tue
25 Jan • Parents & Babies Club
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (15) 12.30
((France 2004) dir.Jean-Pierre Jeunet. 133m. Subtitles.
Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jean-Pierre Becker, André
Dussollier, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth.
“Told that her sweetheart and fiancé (Gaspard Ulliel)
has been court-martialled and sent, with four others, to the certain
death of no-man's-land, orphaned dreamer Mathilde (Audrey Tautou)
refuses to give up hope he will return. So begins her odyssey through
the vile memories of World War I and across the pastures of rural
France, to discover the truth of his crime and punishment, driven
only by the power of her devotion. Jean-Pierre Jeunet courageously
rubs his light romance up against unflinching warfare — and
the jarring cuts from windswept pastoral visions, as gilded as a
Monet, to the deranged clutter of a killing field strike straight
at the heart. Inventive and lyrical, A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT is a
joyous contradiction in terms: a war-torn romantic comedy.”
(Ian Nathan, Empire)
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| Thur
27 Jan • Parents & Babies Club
NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (PG) 12.45
(US 2004) dir.Jared Hess 90m.
Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Tina Majorino, Aaron Ruell.
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Sat
29 Jan • Matinee
BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON (15) 1.00
(Br 2004) dir.Beeban Kidron 108m.
Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant.
“Once again, Zellweger is the titular Jones, a kvetching,
bumbling, weight-obsessed TV journalist; Firth is again Mark Darcy
and now also Jones’ handsome but rigid lawyer boyfriend; and
Grant is Daniel Cleaver, Jones’ smooth-talking colleague and
Firth’s more dapper, less scrupulous love rival. Whereas previously
Jones was eternally single, a boyfriend has now endowed the awkward
32-year-old with a different set of concerns. Not least, keeping
her man...”
(Dave Calhoun, Time Out)
£5/£4 Concs |
| Sun
30 Jan • Park Chan-wook double bill double bill
SYMPATHY FOR MR VENGEANCE (18) 1.00
(S Korea 2002) dir.Park Chan-wook 121m. Subtitles.
Kang-ho Song, Ha-kyun Shin, Du-na Bae, Ji-Eun Lim, Bo-bae Han.
“Ryu, a deaf and dumb steelworker, kidnaps his boss's daughter
in order to pay for a kidney operation for his beloved sister. Nothing
goes according to plan, and what ought to have been easy money soon
turns into blood money. That's just the start of this supremely
gritty hardboiled thriller set in Asia's underground world of illegal
organ transplants. Brutally nihilistic, this is one of the best
Korean films to have hit these shores in a very long time.”
(Jamie Russell, BBCi Films)
+
OLDBOY (18) 3.20
(S Korea 2003) dir.Park Chan-wook 120m. Subtitles.
Choi Min-sik, Yu Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Ji Dae-han.
“When he first meets business man Oh Dae-Sun, he’s
a drunken boor, though he’d doubtless sober up if he knew
what’s coming. Abducted by persons unknown, he’s held
prisoner for fifteen years, until he’s just as unexpectedly
released. Still none the wiser, he falls into a relationship with
a sushi-bar hostess, whereupon his captor contacts him by mobile
and offers a deal: if he can work out why he was kidnapped in the
first place, the villain will offer up his life -if not, the girl
cops it. Choi Min-sik is in the Pacino or De Niro class, running
the gamut from terrifying rage to abject degradation.”
(Trevor Johnston, Time Out) |
Tue
1 Feb • Parents & Babies Club
BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON (15) 12.45
(Br 2004) dir.Beeban Kidron 108m.
Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant.
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| Thur
3 Feb • Parents & Babies Club
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (15) 12.00
((France 2004) dir.Jean-Pierre Jeunet. 133m. Subtitles.
Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jean-Pierre Becker, André
Dussollier, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth.
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Sat 5 Feb • Matinee
Hackney
Palestine Solidarity Campaign presents
WALL (Mur) (12A) 3.30
(France/Israel 2004) dir.Simone Bitton 99m. Documentary. Subtitles
“This stark, stunned documentary seeks out voices on both
sides of the under-construction Israeli security wall, a gerrymandering
hybrid of concrete, electronic fence and barbed wire - though only
old Sharon crony Amos Yaron waxes positive about it. Using long,
patient takes, Bitton is especially committed to recording the project’s
wanton degradation of the environement: droning, groaning bulldozers
gobble and vomit piles of earth, while cranes arrange concrete slabs
that block out the horizon, as well as glimmer of hope and reason.”
(Jessica Winter, Time Out)
+ discussion
£5/£3 Concs |
| Sun
6 Feb • Double bill
Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (18) 1.30
(Mexico/US 2001) dir.Alfonso Cuarón. 106m. Subtitles.
Ana López Mercado, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal,
Nathan Grinberg, Verónica Langer.
“Witty, vibrant, and intelligent, it's not hard to see why
audiences have loved the film. Combining elements of a road movie,
love triangle, and coming of age tale, the film follows Tenoch and
Julio, two teenage best friends from Mexico City whose girlfriends
have just gone travelling. Left at the peril of their hormones,
the boys lure beautiful Luisa, the discontented wife of Tenoch's
cousin, away on a trip to an imaginary beach. In the process they
discover things about themselves and each other that they least
expected.”
(Laura Bushell, BBCi Films)
+
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (15) 3.40
(US/Argentina/Chile/Peru 2004) dir.Walter Salles 126m. Subtitles.
Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mia Maestro, Gustavo
Bueno, Jorge Chiarella.
“Forget everything you thought you knew about the Ché
Guevara. Instead, this is the story of the two young Argentinian
students who spent seven months in 1952 travelling the length of
their continent as close friends and curious witnesses to chronic
inequality and artificial borders. This is a film about integrity,
honesty, friendship, citizenship, political awakening and how an
exceptional road journey sowed the seeds of the future experiences
of 23-year-old Ernesto ‘Ché‘ Guevara and 29-year-old
Alberto Granado. Salle’s camera is that of a documentary-maker;
it subtly captures the real people and places that the two encountered
along the way, while also presenting an intelligent witty and human
script.”
(Dave Calhoun, Time Out)  |
Tue
8 Feb • Parents & Babies Club
CLOSER (15) 1.00
(US 2004) dir.Mike Nichols 104m.
Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen.
"Sparky young Alice (Natalie Portman) meets the bookish journalist
Dan (Jude Law) when she's hit by a car on the streets of London.
Romance ensues, Dan blossoms into a confident and sexy author, and
he falls for the photographer Anna (Julia Roberts). She's just come
out of a bad marriage, and is just about to fall in love with a
doctor, Larry (Clive Owen). These four people crisscross each others'
lives, manipulating and being manipulated, loving and being loved.
Mike Nichols orchestrates it beautifully, shooting and editing impeccably,
demonstrating his expertise without resorting to showy filmmaking.
And he's also got Patrick Marber's almost too-clever words and a
terrific four-person cast."
(Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall)
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| Wed
9 FEB • Classic Matinee
LADIES IN LAVENDER (12A)
(Br 2004) dir.Charles Dance 103m.
Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Daniel Brühl, Natasha McEhlone.
“When Andrea, a handsome young Polish-Jewish violinist,
is washed ashore in a close-knit Cornish community in 1936, spinster
sisters Ursula and Janet Widdington (Judi Dench and Maggie Smith)
take him under their wing and the stage is set for jealous rivalries,
dark political paranoia and ultimately crushing heartbreak. There
is nothing like a Dame? Try two of them — acting each other
off the screen in Charles Dance's phenomenally acted, exquisitely
scored, and ultimately moving LADIES IN LAVENDER. Based on a short
story by William J Lock, the film conjures up a by-gone age and
its residents so perfectly you find yourself rooting for the most
unlikely of characters, their relationships and their all-too-human
foibles throughout. It’s an unusual kind of love story, and
one that acknowledges love is as cruel and horribly unfair as it
is kind and selfless. As the lovesick Ursula, Dench is a marvel
as the living embodiment of the Yeats' line, 'tread softly, because
you tread on her dreams'. Smith meanwhile — as laconic and
bitter-sweet as ever — provides her perfect foil, as their
protégé (Brühl) slips further away. The closing
shot is actually worth the admission price alone. LADIES IN LAVENDER
holds you in a gentle but compelling grip till the finish.”
(Ali Catterall, BBCi Films)
NB. With a 15 minute interval
£5/£4 Concessions/free admission for Over 60’s
(courtesy of funding support from the London Borough of Hackney's
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund and Cultural Forum)
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| Thur
10 Feb • Parents & Babies Club
2046 (12A) 1230
(Hong-Kong/China/Fr/It 2004) dir.Wong Kar Wai 129m. Subtitles.
Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Gong Li, Takuya Kimura, Faye Wong, Zhang Ziyi,
Carina Lau, Chang Chen.
“Wong Kar Wai’s long awaited, sumptuous follow-up
to IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE makes for a rapturous cinematic experience.
It’s not just the stunning production design, exquisite camera-work
and superbly used music, which together give the film the febrile
intensity of a nineteenth-century opera. It’s also the subtlety
and complexity that distinguish Wong’s charting of the emotional
odyssey undergone by Chow Mo Wan (Tony Leung) as he goes through
a series of relationships with different but likewise lovely women:
a prostitute (Ziyi Zhang), a gambler (Gong Li), a cabaret singer
(Carina Lau), and his landlord’s daughter (Faye Wong). Wong
builds layer upon bittersweet layer of meaning in a work as cerebrally
rewarding as it is sensually seductive.”
(Geoff Andrew, Time Out)
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| Sat 12 Feb • Matinee
A WAY OF LIFE (15) 1.15
(Br 2004) dir.Amma Asante 91m.
Stephanie James, Nathan Jones, Dean Wong, Brenda Blethyn, Gary Sheppeard.
“Struggling to bring up a sickly baby alone, Leigh-Anne
is growing increasingly fractious, hateful and paranoid as the snipings
of her neighbours and mother-in-law, in addition to the intrusions
of a health visitor, make her fear that her baby may be taken into
care. A thoroughly modern understanding of the mechanisms and effects
of poverty, prejudice, hopelessness and racism on young (and other)
lives.”
(Wally Hammond, Time Out)
£5/£4 Concs |
Sun 13 Feb • Double bill
LA HAINE (18) 1.45
(Fr 1995) dir.Mathieu Kassowitz 98m. Subtitles.
Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Karim
Belkhadra.
“An Arab boy is critically wounded in hospital, gutshot,
and a police revolver has found its way in the hands of a young
Jewish skinhead, Vinz, who vows to even the score if his pal dies.
Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, razz each other about films, cartoons,
nothing in particular, but always the gun hovers them like a death
sentence. A vital, scalding piece of work.”
(Tom Charity, Time Out)
+ A WAY OF LIFE (15) 3.45
(Br 2004) dir.Amma Asante 91m.
Stephanie James, Nathan Jones, Dean Wong, Brenda Blethyn, Gary Sheppeard.
“Struggling to bring up a sickly baby alone, Leigh-Anne
is growing increasingly fractious, hateful and paranoid as the snipings
of her neighbours and mother-in-law, in addition to the intrusions
of a health visitor, make her fear that her baby may be taken into
care. A thoroughly modern understanding of the mechanisms and effects
of poverty, prejudice, hopelessness and racism on young (and other)
lives.”
(Wally Hammond, Time Out) |
| Thur
17 Feb • Parents & Babies Club
THE SEA INSIDE (PG) 10.15am
(Spain 2004) dir.Alejandro Amenábar 126m. Subtitles.
Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Celso Bugallo,
Clara Segura, Mabel Rivera.
“Amenabar shifts gears drastically for this intensely moving
drama about a difficult subject: assisted suicide. Ramon Sampedro
(Javier Bardem) has spent the past 26 years as a quadriplegic. His
life isn't bad — he's cared for by his loving brother, sister-in-law,
nephew and father, plus a curious neighbour (Lola Dueñas).
But he's had enough of life, so he contacts the Die With Dignity
foundation, and a volunteer there (Clara Segura) takes his case.
His lawyer Julia (Belén Rueda) also suffers from a disability,
and the two develop a close bond as they challenge the court for
his right to choose death. What sounds rather gloomy is actually
a life-celebrating movie, focussing closely on the characters rather
than bogging down in the political or moral issue at hand. Ultimately
this is both delicately tender and overwhelmingly powerful.“ (Rich
Kline, Shadows on the Wall)
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Sun 20 Feb • Fellini double bill
LA STRADA (PG) 1.45
(Italy 1954) dir.Federico Fellini 106m. Subtitles.
Giuletta Masina, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovena.
“Circus strongman Zampano buys Gelsomina from her starving
family to act as his assistant. Moving away from the neo-realist
tradition that had originally inspired him, Fellini turns LA STRADA
into a magical story of life among the peasant circus performances
and gypsies of postwar Italy. Touching, funny, and completely enchanting.”
(Jamie
Russell, BBCi Films)
+ I VITELLONI (PG) 3.45
(Italy 1953) dir.Federico Fellini 107m. Re-release. Subtitles.
Franco Interlenghi, Alberto sordi, Franco Fabrizi.
“In a provincial seaside resort, a group of twentysomething
bourgeois slackers are putting off the day when they might have
to leave home. Fellini’s somehow inside and outside these
characters at the same time, touchingly accepting their human failings,
yet unflinchingly adamant they’re only fooling themselves.
Arguably Fellini’s greatest.”
(Trevor Johnston, Time
Out) |
Tue 22 Feb • Parents & Babies Club
THE SEA INSIDE (PG) 12.15
(Spain 2004) dir.Alejandro Amenábar 126m. Subtitles.
Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Celso Bugallo, Clara
Segura, Mabel Rivera.
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Thur 24 Feb • Parents & Babies Club
THE SEA INSIDE (PG) 12.15
(Spain 2004) dir.Alejandro Amenábar 126m. Subtitles.
Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Celso Bugallo, Clara
Segura, Mabel Rivera.
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Sat 26 Feb • Matinee
GARDEN STATE (15) 1.15
(US 2003) dir.Zach Braff 102m.
Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm, Peter Sarsgaard.
“As well as making an assured directorial debut, Zach Braff
wrote and stars in this tale of a jobbing Hollywood actor rudely
awakened from a lithium haze to attend his mother's funeral in
New Jersey. While it may sound like a depressing anti-drugs video,
in Braff's hands it's a witty, wacky, and wonderful trip through
the minefield of being twenty-something.”
(Stella Papamichael,
BBCi Films)
£5/£4 Concs |
Sun 27Feb • Double bill
ENDURING LOVE (15) 1.45
(Br 2004) dir.Roger Mitchell 100m.
Daniel Craig, Rhys Ifans, Samantha Morton, Alexandra Aitken.
“On a summer’s day, Joe and Claire are sitting in
a field, a marriage proposal on the tip of Joe’s tongue.
Then, from the heavens, there glides a struggling hot air balloon
that will disrupt their easy lives for months to come. It’s
superbly well-crafted, and the script, especially, is a joy.
(Dave
Calhoun, Time Out)
+ GARDEN STATE (15) 3.45
(US 2003) dir.Zach Braff 102m.
Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm, Peter Sarsgaard.
“As well as making an assured directorial debut, Zach Braff
wrote and stars in this tale of a jobbing Hollywood actor rudely
awakened from a lithium haze to attend his mother's funeral in
New Jersey. While it may sound like a depressing anti-drugs video,
in Braff's hands it's a witty, wacky, and wonderful trip through
the minefield of being twenty-something.”
(Stella Papamichael,
BBCi Films) |
Tue 1 Mar • Parents & Babies Club
ENDURING LOVE (15) 1.00
(Br 2004) dir.Roger Mitchell 100m.
Daniel Craig, Rhys Ifans, Samantha Morton, Alexandra Aitken.
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Thur 3 Mar • Parents & Babies Club
GARDEN STATE (15) 12.45
(US 2003) dir.Zach Braff 102m.
Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm, Peter Sarsgaard.
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Sat 5 Mar • Matinee
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (U) 1.15
(USA 1954) dir.Stanley Donen 102 m.
Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn.
The great backwoods 'n' gingham musical was 30-year-old Donen's
seventh film as director. Features unsurpassed choreography by
Michael Kidd and a perfect marriage of music and lyrics by Johnny
Mercer and Gene de Paul - 'Lonesome Polecat' must rate as Hollywood's
funniest ever sob-song. "The fresh high-spirited humour of
the plotting is irresistible; each and every tune is a charmer;
and the dancing - particularly the barn-raising sequence — still
stands beyond compare." Judith Crist
£5/£4 Concs & Under 15’s |
Sun 6 Mar • Fellini double bill
THE NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (Le Notte di Cabiria) (PG) 1.15
(It/Fr 1957) dir.Federico Fellini 118m. Subtitles.
Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Amedeo Nazzari, Aldo Silvani,
Franca Marzi.
“Fellini's masterpiece is an energetic, deeply moving examination
of the need for love and acceptance. And it features quite possibly
the greatest performance ever from the greatest actor ever: Giulietta
Masina. She stars as Cabiria, a prostitute in Rome who doesn't
let the realities of life interfere with her optimism. Astounding
and essential.”
(Rich Kline, Shadows on the Wall)
+ AMARCORD (15) 3.30
(It/Fr 1973) dir.Federico Fellini 123m. Re-release. Subtitles.
Puppella Maggio, Magail Noel, Armanda Brancia.
“A whimsical 1973 reanimation of Fellini’s home-town
during the fascist 30s. The film revolves around an awkward adolescent
boy variously ensnared and confused by his fractious family life,
his Catholic prangs, and, of course, his gnawing appetite for flesh-rich
women.”
(Jessica Winter, Time Out) |
Tue 8 Mar • Parents & Babies Club
KINSEY (15) 12.45
(US 2004) dir.Bill Condon 118m.
Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton.
“A deftly handled mixture of personal drama and social history,
Kinsey sculpts a compelling film from the life of the pioneering
scientist who devoted himself to the study of human sexuality.
Beautifully judged and paced, it is both intellectually stimulating
and emotionally satisfying.”
(Allan Hunter, Screen International)
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Wed 9 Mar • Classic Matinee
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (U) 2.30
(USA 1954) dir.Stanley Donen 102 m.
Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn.
The great backwoods 'n' gingham musical was 30-year-old Donen's
seventh film as director. Features unsurpassed choreography by
Michael Kidd and a perfect marriage of music and lyrics by Johnny
Mercer and Gene de Paul - 'Lonesome Polecat' must rate as Hollywood's
funniest ever sob-song. "The fresh high-spirited humour of
the plotting is irresistible; each and every tune is a charmer;
and the dancing - particularly the barn-raising sequence — still
stands beyond compare." Judith Crist
NB. With a 15 minute interval
£5/£4 Concessions/free admission for Over 60’s
(courtesy of funding support from the London Borough of Hackney's
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund and Cultural Forum) |
Thur 10 Mar • Parents & Babies Club
KINSEY (15) 12.45
(US 2004) dir.Bill Condon 118m.
Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton.
“A deftly handled mixture of personal drama and social history,
Kinsey sculpts a compelling film from the life of the pioneering
scientist who devoted himself to the study of human sexuality.
Beautifully judged and paced, it is both intellectually stimulating
and emotionally satisfying.” (Allan Hunter, Screen International)
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Sat 12 Mar • Matinee
The Centre of Attention presents
Artists’ Film & Video (15) 1.15
Since 1999, the Centre of Attention gallery has been showing in
a variety of spaces throughout London, Europe and the U.S. This
unique gallery is returning to its roots in East London for this
one-off screening of artists’ films and videos. Curated by
Gary O'Dwyer and Pierre Coinde from an open submission, the selection
will give you the chance to familiarise yourself with the best
in contemporary artistic practice. Both local and global, these
works challenge aesthetic complacency whilst also delineating humanity's
flight from reality. To submit work or for more details go to www.thecentreofattention.org
To predict the future you must change the past.’
(C of A)
Adm £1 |
Sun 13 Mar • Double bill
HUKKLE (12A) 2.15
(Hungary 2002) dir.György Pálfi 78m. Subtitles.
Ferenc Bandi, Józsefné Rácz, József Farkas, Ferenc
Nagy.
“Using images and sound effects rather than conventional
dialogue, this Hungarian outing takes us on an oddball journey
through the life of a rural village and the investigations of a
local cop. HUKKLE builds into a curious blend of pastoral nature
movie and murder mystery in which everything exists to be eaten.
Comic and surreal.
(Jamie Russell, BBCi Films)
+ AALTRA (15) 3.50
(Belgium 2004) dirs.Gustave Kervern & Benoît Délépine
93m. Subtitles.
Gustave Kervern, Benoît Délépine, Benoît Poelvoorde,
Jan Bucquoy.
“Kervern and Délépine’s deadpan chronicle
of this largely wordless wheelchair odyssey is essentially a string
of priceless sight-gags hung on to the sturdy premise of the steel-jawed
protagonists’ entirely undisguised dislike of each other
and, probably, the rest of the world. Lovely.”
(Geoff Andrew,
Time Out)
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Tue
15 Mar • Parents & Babies Club
THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (15)
(US 2004) dir.Wes Anderson 119m.
Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston,
Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Bud Cort,
Noah Taylor, Seu Jorge, Robyn Cohen, Seymour Cassel.
"Only The Beatles' YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968) equals THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH
STEVE ZISSOU for brilliant, psychedelic surrealism. Bill Murray lends a sobering
edge to Wes Anderson's vividly imagined tale of a washed-up oceanographer hunting
a mythical shark while struggling to make a human connection with his long-lost
son Ned (Owen Wilson). It's impossible to avoid getting swept up in the romance
and sheer whimsy of it all."
(Stella Papamichael , BBCi Films)
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Thur 17 Mar • Parents & Babies Club
THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (15)
(US 2004) dir.Wes Anderson 119m.
Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston,
Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Bud Cort,
Noah Taylor, Seu Jorge, Robyn Cohen, Seymour Cassel.
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Sat 19 Mar • Double bill
5th Constellation Change Screen Dance Festival presents
DANCE, CAMERA, ACTION 1 (PG) 2.30
An exciting programme of emerging new talent and award winning
shorts including:
Distemper (Can) 5m.
For a Tango (Br) 5m.
Silent Collisions (Den) 25m.
Tongue Bully (Can) 6m.
Case Studies from the Groat Center for Sleep
Disorders (US) 7m.
B-Girl (US) 15m.
+ THE FRESHEST KIDS – A HISTORY OF THE B-BOY (12A)
4.15
(US 2002) dir.Israel 97m. Crazy Legs, Ken Swift, New York City
Breakers, Rock Steady Crew, Fab 5 Freddy, KRS-One, Afrika Bambatta,
Q-Tip, DMC, and Rakim.
UK premiere of the first documentary to explore the mostly unknown
history of hip hop’s first dance and its early pioneers.
Known by many names; Breaking, Rocking, Burning, Going Off, B-Boying & Break
Dancing, the style was born at DJ Kool Herc's South Bronx house
parties in the early 70s, catapulted to worldwide fame in the 80s,
and evolved through the 90s into its latest gravity-defying incarnation
as a thriving underground movement. For the first time ever, legendary
B-Boy pioneers such as Crazy Legs and Ken Swift bring their stories
to you. From how the dance originated to how it has evolved through
its 25+ year history, The Freshest Kids will leave you entertained,
educated, and inspired.
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Sun 20 Mar • Double bill
AFTERLIFE (PG) 1.30
(Japan 1998) dir.Hirokazu Kore-Eda 118m. Subtitles.
Arata, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Naitô.
“Kore-Eda’s second feature is set in a limbo that
looks like a slightly shabby school, where counsellors help new
arrivals choose their most precious memory which is then recreated
onto a film to accompany them to eternity. The movie is about how
we look back and make sense of our lives.”
(Geoff Andrew,
Time Out)
+ NOBODY KNOWS (12A) 3.50
(Japan 2004) dir.Hirokazu Kore-Eda 141m. Subtitles.
Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu, Hanae Kan, You.
“When Keiko checks into a new Tokyo apartment, she introduces
the landlord to 12-year-old Akira. If he knew she had three more
kids hidden away in her luggage he’d never have let the place
to her. One day, soon after telling Akira she’s fallen in
love, she’s gone. But for how long?”
(Geoff Andrew,
Time Out) |
Tue 22 Mar • Parents & Babies Club
5x2 (Cinq fois Deux) (15) 1.00
(France 2004) dir.François Ozon 91m. Subtitles.
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Françoise Fabian, Michael
Lonsdale, Géraldine Pailhas.
“The film gives us five glimpses of two people — married
couple Marion and Gilles, first seen uneasily sitting down for
divorce proceedings. We see the couple's story backwards — from
its unhappy ending, through an uneasy dinner party, childbirth
and their wedding, to the moment the couple meet. Rather than being
playful or perplexing, the reverse structure works to subtly devastating
effect, unfolding the couple's dissatisfactions and tensions, then
taking us back to discover their sources in rifts or in seemingly
innocent moments that seed the eventual separation. Intellectually
trenchant and emotionally brutal, the film is also a feast of outstanding
acting. A film guaranteed to leave couples thinking 'There but
for the grace of God.'” (Jonathan Romney, London Film Festival
programme)
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Thur 24 Mar • Parents & Babies Club
5x2 (Cinq fois Deux) (15) 2.00
(France 2004) dir.François Ozon 91m. Subtitles.
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Françoise
Fabian, Michael Lonsdale, Géraldine Pailhas.
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