Sat 10 Feb • Matinee & Late Night Show

LONDON TO BRIGHTON (18) 2.00 & 11.15pm

(UK 2006) dir. Paul Andrew Williams 86m.
Lorraine Stanley, Georgia Groome, Sam Spruell, Nathan Constance.

A gripping and dark look at 24 hours in the life of a prostitute and a young runaway, fleeing to Brighton in a desperate attempt to save their own lives. As a first feature, made on a shoe-string budget, and cast with relative unknowns, it demonstrates just what British cinema is capable of when it refuses to play safe.

Wed 14 Feb • Valentine's Day Special

CASABLANCA (U) 7.00

(US 1946) dir. Michael Curtiz 102m.
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Dooley Wilson, Curt Bois.

Haven’t got Valentine’s day sorted out yet? Disgraceful. But don’t worry, the Rio is coming to your rescue. What better way to spend your evening than watching CASABLANCA and enjoying a glass of fizz? Voted the most romantic film of all time by a TCM poll, this is also surely one of the greatest films ever made. Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) and her husband, Czech freedom fighter Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), wander into Rick's Cafe in Casablanca. The two are on the run from the Nazis, and have come to the American-owned nightspot to lie low.  Little does Ilsa know that the cafe is run by Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), the one true love of her life. When the two see each other, sparks fly, and memories of an enchanted time in Paris come flooding back.

+ a free glass of bubbly!

£7.50/£5.50 Concs

CASABLANCA (U) 1.30

(US 1946) dir. Michael Curtiz 102m.
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Dooley Wilson, Curt Bois.

Voted the most romantic film of all time by a TCM poll, this is also surely one of the greatest films ever made. Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) and her husband, Czech freedom fighter Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), wander into Rick's Cafe in Casablanca. The two are on the run from the Nazis, and have come to the American-owned nightspot to lie low. Little does Ilsa know that the cafe is run by Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), the one true love of her life. When the two see each other, sparks fly, and memories of an enchanted time in Paris come flooding back.

£5.50/£4.50 Concs

Sat 17 Feb • Late Night Kino Polska

THE COLLECTOR (Komornik) (15) 11.15pm

(Poland 2005) dir. Feliks Falk 93m. Subtitles.
Andrzej Chyra, Kinga Preis, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Marian Opania, Jan Frycz, Slawomir Orzechowski, Marian Dziedziel.

The story of a hard-nosed junior debt collector, Lucek, who takes an arrogant pleasure in his work. He mercilessly repossesses anything from difibrillator machines from hospitals to a statue of the Virgin Mary, without remorse. But things start to unravel for Lucek after an encounter with an old flame, and he begins to see the error of his ways. With a heart-rending turning point, the film was a multi-award winner at the 2005 Gdynia Polish Film Festival.

£6

Fri 23 Feb • Late Night Shorts

Future Shorts (15) 11.15pm

Future Shorts has gone all romantic on you this February with a beautiful collection of short films about love. And sex. Check out some intriguing 'chair pornography' in ROOF SEX by cult director PES, alongside the tongue-tastic music video YOU ARE MY HIGH which surely could only have been made by the French. See trailer at: www.futureshorts.com/febtrailer07.mov < http://www.futureshorts.com/febtrailer07.mov > and www.futureshorts.com for more info.

YOU ARE MY HIGH [Demon vs Heartbreaker]
(France 2000) dir. Demon
A music video classic. The longest close-up of a French kiss, tongue and saliva included, on a deep house soundtrack by Demon.

A VITAL ACTIVITY
(South Korea 2003) dir. Joum-kyun Oh
An irrepressible need to make love sends a young couple on a quest for a suitable location.

NEVER LIKE THE FIRST TIME
(Sweden 2005) dir. Jonas Odell
This fascinating animated documentary chronicles four people's life-changing episode from hilarious to serious.

PSYCHE
(France 2005) dir. Aurelien Badin
In an old shop, an abandoned mannequin falls in love with its reflection in the window.

THE TOUGHEST GIRL IN THE WORLD
(UK 2006) dir. Nicola Mills
A summer by the seaside. A young bully struggles to accept her femininity.

A PATH OF TEARS
(South Korea 2005) dir. Sujin Jo
A beautifully sorrowful animation about a break up.

PAPILLON D'AMOUR
(Belgium 2003) dir. Nicolas Provost
A hallucinatory scene of a woman's reverse chrysalis into an imploding butterfly.

TALES OF MERE EXISTENCE
(US 2005) dir: Lev Yilmaz
Another collection of hilarious tales from Lev illuminating emotions from jealousy to horniness…

ROOF SEX
(US 2002) dir. Pes
Two armchairs consume their lust.

SHE LOVES ME, SHE LOVES ME NOT
(UK 2003) dir. Jamie Rafn
A man sits in the pub, soaked to the skin in Guinness. He reflects on the ups and downs of his relationship.

+ a free beer with ticket courtesy of Stella

Adm £5.50/£4.50 Concessions

Sat 24 Feb • Kino Polska Matinee

THE COLLECTOR (Komornik) (15) 1.30pm

(Poland 2005) dir. Feliks Falk 93m. Subtitles.
Andrzej Chyra, Kinga Preis, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Marian Opania, Jan Frycz, Slawomir Orzechowski, Marian Dziedziel.

The story of a hard-nosed junior debt collector, Lucek, who takes an arrogant pleasure in his work. He mercilessly repossesses anything from difibrillator machines from hospitals to a statue of the Virgin Mary, without remorse. But things start to unravel for Lucek after an encounter with an old flame, and he begins to see the error of his ways. With a heart-rending turning point, the film was a multi-award winner at the 2005 Gdynia Polish Film Festival.

£5.50/£4.50 Concs

Sat 24 Feb • Late Night Show

John Haines’ Birthday Special

WITHNAIL & I (15) 11.15pm

(UK 1987) dir Bruce Robinson 107m.
Richard E Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick.

This classic British comedy details the misadventures of two 'resting' actors in 1969: the flamboyant and alcoholic Withnail and 'I', his more level-headed friend and the movie's narrator. Ailing and seemingly perpetually unemployed, they decide to take a holiday in the countryside, securing a country cottage belonging to Uncle Monty… WITHNAIL & I is a cult comedy classic. Yet for all the glorious bad behaviour and gleeful antics, it's profoundly melancholic; the ending, one of the most moving ever seared into celluloid.

£6

Eve Dönüs (Back Home) (15) 8.45

(Turkey 2006) dir. Ömer Ugur 104m. Subtitles
Memet Ali Alabora, Sibel Kekilli, Altan Erkekli, Savas Dinçel, Perihan Savas.

A courageous film that explores the impact of the military coup of 12 September 1980 on the lives of ordinary people in Turkey. Married factory workers Mustafa and Esma barely see each other between their overtime shifts, a gruelling schedule necessary to pay off debts and make a home for themselves and their daughter. Mustafa has never been interested in politics and shows little concern when the military take over and root out the factory's union organisers. One night the police burst into their home and take Mustafa down to headquarters, convinced he's a communist leader codenamed Sehmuz.

+ Q&A with Ömer U?ur (tbc)

£7

Sat 3 Mar • 78'liler Ingiltere Girisimi presents

Eve Dönüs (Back Home) (15) 1.30

(Turkey 2006) dir. Ömer Ugur 104m. Subtitles
Memet Ali Alabora, Sibel Kekilli, Altan Erkekli, Savas Dinçel, Perihan Savas.

A courageous film that explores the impact of the military coup of 12 September 1980 on the lives of ordinary people in Turkey. Married factory workers Mustafa and Esma barely see each other between their overtime shifts, a gruelling schedule necessary to pay off debts and make a home for themselves and their daughter. Mustafa has never been interested in politics and shows little concern when the military take over and root out the factory's union organisers. One night the police burst into their home and take Mustafa down to headquarters, convinced he's a communist leader codenamed Sehmuz.

£7

Sat 10 Mar • 78'liler Ingiltere Girisimi presents

Eve Dönüs (Back Home) (15) 1.30

(Turkey 2006) dir. Ömer Ugur 104m. Subtitles
Memet Ali Alabora, Sibel Kekilli, Altan Erkekli, Savas Dinçel, Perihan Savas.

A courageous film that explores the impact of the military coup of 12 September 1980 on the lives of ordinary people in Turkey. Married factory workers Mustafa and Esma barely see each other between their overtime shifts, a gruelling schedule necessary to pay off debts and make a home for themselves and their daughter. Mustafa has never been interested in politics and shows little concern when the military take over and root out the factory's union organisers. One night the police burst into their home and take Mustafa down to headquarters, convinced he's a communist leader codenamed Sehmuz.

£7

Wed 14 Mar • Early Evening Special

THE QUEEN (12A) 5.30

(UK/France/Italy 2006) dir. Stephen Frears 103m.
Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Sylvia Syms.

Set nine years ago during the aftermath of the death of the Princess of Wales and the rise of Tony Blair, THE QUEEN looks at how Her Majesty dealt with the overwhelming public response to Diana's death. It's a film of delicious performances and great wit. Helen Mirren leads an impressive cast, and the relationship between the Queen and Blair is painted with wry humour.

Sat 17 Mar • 78'liler Ingiltere Girisimi presents

Eve Dönüs (Back Home) (15) 1.30

(Turkey 2006) dir. Ömer Ugur 104m. Subtitles
Memet Ali Alabora, Sibel Kekilli, Altan Erkekli, Savas Dinçel, Perihan Savas.

A courageous film that explores the impact of the military coup of 12 September 1980 on the lives of ordinary people in Turkey. Married factory workers Mustafa and Esma barely see each other between their overtime shifts, a gruelling schedule necessary to pay off debts and make a home for themselves and their daughter. Mustafa has never been interested in politics and shows little concern when the military take over and root out the factory's union organisers. One night the police burst into their home and take Mustafa down to headquarters, convinced he's a communist leader codenamed Sehmuz.

£7

Tue 20 Mar • 78'liler Ingiltere Girisimi presents

Eve Dönüs (Back Home) (15) 6.00

(Turkey 2006) dir. Ömer Ugur 104m. Subtitles
Memet Ali Alabora, Sibel Kekilli, Altan Erkekli, Savas Dinçel, Perihan Savas.

A courageous film that explores the impact of the military coup of 12 September 1980 on the lives of ordinary people in Turkey. Married factory workers Mustafa and Esma barely see each other between their overtime shifts, a gruelling schedule necessary to pay off debts and make a home for themselves and their daughter. Mustafa has never been interested in politics and shows little concern when the military take over and root out the factory's union organisers. One night the police burst into their home and take Mustafa down to headquarters, convinced he's a communist leader codenamed Sehmuz.

£7

Sat 24 Mar • 5th Polish Film Festival

We are very pleased to be one of the host venues for the first time of the Polish Film Festival now in its 5th edition. Since 2002 the Polish Film Festival has brought the best features, documentaries and animation produced in Poland in the previous year to London. This year's festival features more films and venues than ever and as always will show the best of Polish cinema. Highlights include Agnieszka Holland’s COPYING BEETHOVEN, Jan Jakub Kolski’s JASMINUM and Slawomir Fabicki’s RETRIEVAL. There will also be a retrospective of the renowned documentary film maker, Marcel Lozinski and the world-class animated films of Iza Plucinska and Ewa Ziobrowska. The main festival venue is Riverside Studios with screenings also at the Curzon Mayfair, Phoenix Cinema, Prince Charles Cinema, Spiro Ark and the Rio. We will present three programmes on Sat 24 Mar, each consisting of a feature film and a short (see over for details). The full festival programme will be available from 8 Feb.

PERFECT AFTERNOON (Doskonale popoludnie) (15) 1.15

(Poland 2005) dir. Przemyslaw Wojcieszek 90m. Subtitles.
Michal Czarnecki, Magdalena Poplawska, Jerzy Stuhr.

Mikolaj and his girlfriend Anna are struggling publishers, trying to come up with a second title after their first book barely broke even. Madly in love, they are about to get married. Mikolaj's mother and father have been separated for 12 years, but perhaps their son’s wedding will give them a chance to reunite? Czernecki’s charismatic performance as Mikolaj and the director’s attention to everyday details rarely seen in cinema make the film feel fresh and relevant.

+ BREAKFAST
(Poland 2006) dir. Izabela Plucinska 3m. Animation.
At the breakfast table a man and a woman don't have anything to say to each other… until a gust of wind sweeps into the room and turns their lives upside down.

£6

CROSSROADS CAFE (Rozdroze Cafe) (15) 3.15

(Poland 2005) dir. Leszek Wosiewicz 112m. Subtitles.
Kazik Staszewski, Robert Olech, Miroslaw Zbrojewicz.

Grzegorz lives in poverty in a small town with his mother and sister. Feeling responsibility to provide for his family, he goes in search of work to Warsaw. There he becomes friends with a group of shady characters, who draw him into crime with dramatic consequences. Musician Kazik Staszewski narrates the film, which won the Best Director Award at the Gdynia Festival 2005.

+ ALLEGRO
(Poland 2006) dir. Ewa Ziobrowska 4m. Animation.
An animated film inspired by classical music in which fragments of events and the outside world are seen through a car's windscreen.

+ Q&A with Leszek Wosiewicz, Robert Olech & Miroslaw Zbrojewicz

£6

WE ARE ALL CHRISTS (Wszyscy jestesmy Chrystusami) (15) 11.15pm

(Poland 2006) dir. Marek Koterski 107m. Subtitles.
Marek Kondrat, Andrzej Chyra, Michal Koterski.

Adam Miauczynski is an alcoholic. His beloved son, Sylwester confides to him one day that there was a point some time ago when he wished him dead, and even contemplated killing him. Sylwester explains how he came to this point, recalling memories from his life with his father. At the same time Adam's own memory rewinds like a tape: his father was also an alcoholic and he was afraid and ashamed of him. As a child Adam swore never to expose his own son to such fear and embarrassment. And yet...

+ SUBURBAN TRAIN
(Poland 2005) dir. Maciej Cuske 18m.
Moscow's famous subway train heads out of the station. Some people are dozing off, others are reading while a few are deep in their own thoughts. Some snippets of conversation can be heard and cell phones ring. Someone is selling beautifully embroidered table cloths; a kitten escaped from someone's basket. From time to time jazz plays on board or a single accordionist sings 'Spasiba, zizn'. Made as a part of Eureka Media's New Gaze 'Russia – Poland' project.

£6

Fri 30 Mar • Late Night Shorts

Future Shorts (15) 11.15pm

Highlights in this month's especially strong programme include the powerful and harrowing documentary from France, EVEN IF SHE HAD BEEN A CRIMINAL, the fantastic thriller from rising director Miranda Bowen, HONEYMOON, starring Emilia Fox, and the International Jury Award winner from the Encounters Festival, TRICKO (THE T-SHIRT), plus many more. This is different cinema - Future Shorts.
www.futureshorts.com

HONEYMOON
(UK 2006) dir. Miranda Bowen
A newly married couple, en route to their honeymoon, stop at a service station in the middle of the night. When Zoran disappears to make a phone call and fails to return, Dawn begins to wonder just how well she knows her new husband.

TRICKO (THE T-SHIRT)
(Czech Republic 2006) dir. Hossein Martin Fazeli
Mark - half-American, half-Slovak, has very strong beliefs. On a trip to Slovakia he meets Tomas, a shop assistant wearing a T-shirt that offends him. 

EVEN IF SHE HAD BEEN A CRIMINAL
(France 2006) dir. Jean-Gabriel Bowen
This highly emotional documentary uses stock footage of France in summer 1944 to illustrate the public punishment of women accused of having affairs with Germans during World War II.

THE STORY OF THE RED CERAMIC HORSE
(Germany 2003) dir. Tonia Budelmann
When Marie wakes, the sun is shining, she is however already unhappy, lonely, and at war with the world. She decides to spend the beautiful day in a haze, trudging through the streets, lost in her brooding. A film about identity, loneliness and addiction.

LAST TRAIN RIDE
(Turkey 2005) dir. Gokhan Okur
A dazzling animation set to the beautiful string music of Jigsaw Soul. Discover your own hidden meanings.
 
IN THE BAR                   
(Brazil 2002) dirs. Cleiton Stringhini & Paulo Tarso Disca  
A Brazilian federal law enforces cigarette manufacturers to print illustrated messages in all packages of cigarettes in order to discourage controversy between retailers and consumers!

THE DANCE LESSON
(France 2006) dir. Philippe Prouff
This film is dedicated to all the people who want to impress others with revolutionary dance training. You will no longer have an excuse not to move your body to the sound of digital rhythms.

+ a free beer with ticket courtesy of Stella

Adm £5.50/£4.50 Concessions