Sun 5 Aug · No double bill

THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (PG) 2.00, 4.15, 6.45, 9.00

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (12A) 1.00

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WAITRESS (12A) 3.45

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Sun 19 Aug · Matinee

SHREK THE THIRD (U) 12.30

Sun 19 Aug· Ingmar Bergman double bill

PERSONA (15) 2.30

(Sweden 1966) dir. Ingmar Bergman 83m. Subtitles.
Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand.

Bergman's most unsettling, personal film is a mesmerizing examination of a female power struggle. Elisabeth is an actress who one night on stage just decides to stop speaking. She's assigned a nurse to care for her, and the two go to an isolated seaside summerhouse for therapy. From here it's a battle of wills, as the two characters merge and separate their identities. Bergman directs with jarring images and strange trickery, and Sven Nyqvist's black and white cinematography is absolutely stunning. Haunting and utterly unforgettable.

+ THE SEVENTH SEAL (PG) 4.15

(Sweden 1957) dir. Ingmar Bergman 92m. Subtitles. Digital.
Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe.

Sun 26 Aug · Double bill

WATER (12A) 12.00

(Canada / India 2005) Dir. Deepa Mehta 117m. Subtitles.
Sarala, Buddhi Wickrama, Rinsly Weerarathne, Iranganie Serasinghe.

Set in 1938, this controversial period drama examines the harsh treatment of widows and the growing Indian independence movement. According to traditional Indian culture, there are three options open to bereaved women: burn on their partner's funeral pyre; marry his younger brother; or live a life of self-denial in special homes, forced into begging or prostitution to survive. In a House of Widows, can Kalyani break with tradition and marry again, and is eight-year-old Chuyia really destined to live out her days in the ashram? A brave, beautiful, impassioned plea for progressive thinking that is applicable well outside the confines of India.

+ THE GOLDEN DOOR (PG) 2.15

(Italy 2006) dir. Emanuele Crialese 118m. Subtitles.
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato, Aurora Quattrocchi, Vincent Schiavelli.

Treifspotting (15) 12.00

An afternoon of subversive Jewish film and entertainment from across the globe. Four hours of documentaries and performance that will open your eyes to an alternative way of thinking Jewish. Political, controversial, fun, and forward-thinking, this is not a place for Streisands or Fiddlers on Roofs. From gay rights to comic books, from vegans to the Middle East, all issues for modern Jewry will be explored on screen. Watch, discuss and eat. For more info visit www.jewdas.org.

THE FREE VOICE OF LABOUR - THE JEWISH ANARCHISTS (PG)

(US 1980) dirs. Joel Sucher and Steven Fischler 60m.

Documentary about the Yiddish-speaking anarchists who played a key role in the unionization of the garment trades before World War I. Utilises interviews with actual participants, stills, newsreel footage, Yiddish songs and poems to document the movement's contribution to the U.S. Labour movement between 1880 and the First World War.

+ CONFESSION - A FILM ABOUT ARIEL SCHRAG (15)

(US 2004) dir. Sharon Barnes 25m.

Exploring cult 23 year-old Jewish comic-book artist Ariel Schrag's world in which she negotiates fame, obsesses about disease, and discusses the way she sees herself as a dyke comic book artist.

+ YOUNG, JEWISH AND LEFT (15)

(US 2006) dirs. Irit Reinheimer & Konnie Michael Chameides 55m.

A celebration of diversity from the USA, Young Jewish and Left weaves queer culture, Jewish Arab history, secular Yiddishkeit, anti-racist analysis, and religious/spiritual traditions into a multi-layered tapestry of Leftist politics.

+ music from Le Band Extraordinaire and comedy from Miriam Elia

£5

Sun 9 Sep · Matinee

OPENING NIGHT (15) 12.30

(US 1977) dir. John Cassavetes 144m.
Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell.

Middle-aged Broadway actress Myrtle Gordon has been cast as Virginia, the lead in a play about a woman coming to terms with getting older. As Myrtle starts to see similarities between her own life (childless, alone, and coming to the end of a career she's devoted her life to) and Virginia's, she becomes haunted by visions of Nancy - the young, obsessive fan who was accidentally kh deftly juggles such complex themes as reality vs. performance, the emotions of aging, and a woman's struggle with her inner demons.

Sun 16 Sep

TEN CANOES (15) 1.30

(Australia 2006) dir. Rolf de Heer & Peter Djigirr 92m. Digital.
Crusoe Kurddal, Jamie Gulpilil, Richard Birrinbirrin, Peter Djigirr.

An engaging story about storytelling, this Cannes Jury Prize winning picture is also the first all-aboriginal Australian film. Our narrator David Gulpilil tells a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of coveting another man's wife, spinning a myth nearly a thousand years old with sharp comedy and astute observations. Shot beautifully, the luminous colours of the swamp combining with stylish black and white sequences, this film gives us a fascinating encounter with a culture whose inner workings many of us will not have seen before. An unmissable one of a kind.

+ JINDABYNE (15) 3.20

(Australia 2006) dir. Ray Lawrence 124m.
Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Chris Haywood, Deborra-Lee Furness.

Sun 23 Sep

BLACK BOOK (15) 12.45

(Netherlands 2006) dir. Paul Verhoeven 146m. Subtitles.
Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn.

After young Jewish woman Rachel Stein's family suffer a terrible fate at the hands of the Nazis, she joins the Dutch Resistance, determined to uncover what happened. Adopting a new identity as the blonde bombshell Ellis de Vries, in no time she is using her womanly charms to infiltrate the ranks of senior German officers. But the real enemies are not necessarily the most obvious ones, as Ellis is soon to discover. Plot twists, subterfuge and deceit make for great drama, Carice van Houten gives an all-or-nothing performance in the central role and Verhoeven ratchets up the tension to make this a gripping saga, lavishly told.

+ THE LIVES OF OTHERS (15) 3.30

(Germany 2006) dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 138m. Subtitles. Digital.
Sebastian Koch, Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe.

Sun 30 Sep

NOT HERE TO BE LOVED (15) 1.45

(France 2005) dir. Stéphane Brizé 94m. Subtitles.
Patrick Chesnais, Anne Consigny, Georges Wilson, Lionel Abelanski.

51 year old divorcee Jean-Claude seems destined to spend the rest of his life alone and loveless. Yet when his doctor suggests he take some exercise, Jean-Claude starts taking tango lessons, where he meets thirty-something Françoise. With little in common besides resigned disappointment, the unlikely pair dance up a restrained sort of romance together - but Françoise is engaged. The small scale of this melancholic romantic comedy is offset by its big themes. Bleak, well observed and dryly funny.

+ PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES (12A) 3.40

(France 2006) dir. Alain Resnais 126m. Subtitles.
Sabine Azéma, Lambert Wilson, André Dussollier, Pierre Arditi, Laura Morant, Isabelle Carré.