Jun - Aug 2012 - Brewery Arts Centre

Jun - Aug 2012
The Queen
Africa United
The Damned United
The Help
My Week with Marilyn
Tyrannosaur
Looking for Eric
The Tempest
The Lady
Munich
People’s Choice: 80s 90, 00s!
Bridesmaids
Moulin Rouge!
Jack Goes Boating
Cinema Paradiso
Brewery Bunkasai Festival
Another Earth
The Dark Knight
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Guard
The Flying Scotsman
Bobby Fischer Against the World
The Wrestler
Senna
Big Wednesday
Raging Bull
Moneyball
Warrior
The Kid with a Bike
No Country for Old Men
The Tree of Life
Drive
Immerse yourself in our superb summer season of
movies in the Warehouse Cinema. Our fantastic
selection of screenings includes a season of Sport
on Film, celebrating Euro 2012 and the Olympic
Games. And our celebrations continue throughout
the summer months with the People’s Choice
screenings for the Brewery’s 40th Birthday!
Sunday 3rd June 7.45pm
The Queen
(2006) (12A) 103mins Biography | Drama
Cast: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Sylvia Syms
Director: Stephen Frears
To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, we present The Queen, featuring an awardwinning performance from Dame Helen Mirren. September, 1997. In the wake of the
death of the Princess Of Wales in a Paris car crash, public opinion turns against the royal
family. Fascinating, funny, wicked and to the point, this is an excellent film about a week
every Briton over the age of 15 will remember vividly.
Tuesday 5th June 7.45pm
Africa United
(2010) (12A) 88mins Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Cast: Eriya Ndayambaje, Roger Nsengiyumva, Sanyu Joanita Kintu
Director: Debs Gardner-Paterson
After a mishap involving bus tickets, Rwandan football prodigy Fabrice, his makeshift
manager Dudu, and Dudu’s sister Beatrice find themselves in the Congo rather than the
trials for the World Cup opening ceremony. Abandoning good sense, they elect to walk to
the World Cup, crossing half of Africa, picking up friends and enemies along the way.
Thursday 7th June 7.45pm
The Damned United
(2009) (15) 98mins Biography | Comedy | Drama
Cast: Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Jim Broadbent
Director: Tom Hooper
Having taken lowly Derby County to the league championship, the brilliant but mercurial
Brian Clough is offered the chance to manage glorious Leeds United — the club he
despised. But then, he was never one to make the wise choice…
Sunday 10th June 7.45pm
The Help
(2011) (12A) 146mins Drama
Cast: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain
Director: Tate Taylor
Mississippi, the 1960s. Would-be journalist Skeeter decides to write a book about “The Help”,
the black maids who work for the white families in the area. Interviewing local maid Aibileen in
secret, Skeeter reveals what really goes on between these women and their employers.
Win a DVD of ‘The Help’ on the night - purchase a ticket to automatically enter our prize-draw.
Tuesday 12th June 7.45pm
My Week with Marilyn
(2011) (15) 99mins Biography | Drama | History
Cast: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench
Director: Simon Curtis
In 1956, Marilyn Monroe arrives in England to star with Sir Laurence Olivier in The Prince
And The Showgirl. Well-connected 23-year-old Colin Clark gets a job as a production
assistant, witnesses the clash of titanic egos and forms a brief intimacy with the emotionally
fragile screen goddess.
Thursday 14th June 7.45pm
Tyrannosaur
(2011) (18) 92mins Drama
Cast: Olivia Colman, Peter Mullan, Eddie Marsan
Director: Paddy Considine
Widower Joseph is given to fits of uncontrollable rage. Ducking into a charity shop, he
meets Hannah, who offers to pray for him. Though hostile, Joseph comes to see that
Hannah has her own problems. Fleeing her abusive husband, Hannah takes refuge with
Joseph but the consequences of violence linger.
Father’s Day Sunday 17th June 7.45pm Subtitles: French
Looking for Eric
(2009) (15) 116mins Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Cast: Steve Evets, Stephanie Bishop, Gerard Kearns, Eric Cantona
Director: Ken Loach
Postman Eric Bishop unravels when circumstances force him to make contact with the wife
he left 30 years before. He takes solace in the unexpected form of legendary footballer
Eric Cantona, who mysteriously appears to offer advice...
Tuesday 19th June 7.45pm
The Tempest
(2010) (PG) 110mins Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Cast: Alfred Molina, Ben Whishaw, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, Russell Brand
Director: Julie Taymor
Prospera, an exiled noblewoman with magical powers, conjures a storm to lure a ship
onto her remote island home, hoping to find a suitor for her daughter. By chance, among
the shipwrecked crewmen is her brother Antonio, the architect of her downfall, offering
Prospera an irresistible opportunity for revenge.
Thursday 21st June 7.45pm Subtitles: Burmese
The Lady
(2011) (12A) 132mins Biography | Drama
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett
Director: Luc Besson
Rangoon, 1990. Burmese democrat Aung San Suu Kyi is encouraged to stand in the
country’s free elections. Despite winning a popular mandate she’s placed under indefinite
house arrest by the repressive regime. Meanwhile, in Oxford, her supportive husband and
two sons wait for word of when they might see her again...
Sunday 24th June 7.45pm Subtitles: Fra/Ger
Munich
(2005) (15) 164mins Drama | History | Thriller
Cast: Eric Bana, Geoffrey Rush, Daniel Craig, Ciaran Hinds
Director: Steven Spielberg
After eleven Israeli athletes are murdered by a Palestinian terror group at the 1972 Munich
Olympics, a hit squad is instigated by Israel’s secret service agency to track down those
thought to have organised the atrocity. But alongside their achievements, the team will
come to question the morality and effectiveness of their fateful mission.
Order a delicious Brewery Pizza from the Warehouse bar before 7.15pm
and we’ll deliver it ‘take-away’ style to your seat in time for the film!
Why not try our new Beer Dough Pizza bases made with the Brewery’s own ‘Ale & Arty’ Beer!
Tuesday 26th June 7.45pm
‘The Brewery’s 40th Birthday People’s Choice’
To celebrate the Brewery’s 40th birthday throughout the summer, each
month we’re giving you the choice of five films from each of the last four
decades to see at the Warehouse Cinema. The films have been chosen to
represent the highest grossing, most award-winning and most popular films
of the 70s, 80s, 90s & 00s*. Your choice of films 1982 - 1992 are:
Gandhi, Amadeus, The Terminator, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Ghostbusters.
To vote - email your choice to [email protected] by
Thursday 14th June and keep an eye on the Brewery’s Facebook page and
website for voting opportunities and updates. *Subject to availability
Thursday 28th June 7.45pm
Bridesmaids
(2011) (15) 125mins Comedy | Romance
Cast: Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Chris O’Dowd, Matt Lucas, John Hamm
Director: Paul Feig
Single girl Annie is asked to be Maid Of Honour for best friend Lillian, but soon finds a rival
in Helen, the ice-bitch wife of Lillian’s fiancé’s boss. While Helen attempts to take over the
bridal party plans, Annie struggles to retain control of both her brood of bridesmaids and
her friendship with Lillian.
Sunday 1st July 7.45pm Subtitles: French/Spanish
Moulin Rouge!
(2001) (12) 127mins Drama | Musical | Romance
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent.
Director: Baz Luhrmann.
Paris, 1899, and romantic poet Christian starts hanging out at the notorious Moulin Rouge. On
first glimpsing the club’s star, Satine, he falls madly in love, and she returns his feelings. But
with her health deteriorating and a jealous Duke set on separating them, things start spiralling
out of control in this stylish musical, with music drawn from familiar 20th century sources.
Tuesday 3rd July 7.45pm
Jack goes Boating
(2010) (15) 91mins Comedy | Drama | Romance
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz, Daphne Rubin-Vega
Director: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Chauffeur to Manhattan’s well-heeled by day, Jack’s shyness means he’s left sharing his
spare time with neighbours Clyde and Lucy, and his beloved reggae records. But when Lucy
introduces him to her equally introverted colleague Connie, his luck in love starts to change.
Thursday 5th July 7.45pm Subtitled: Italian
Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso)
(1988) (PG) 155mins Drama
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
A famous filmmaker returns to the Sicilian village where he grew up. He reminisces about the
projectionist at the local cinema, his best friend as a child, who taught him to love cinema…
Sun 8th - Sun 15th July
Brewery Bunkasai
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Tuesday 17th July 7.45pm
Another Earth
(2011) (12A) 92mins Drama | Sci-Fi
Cast: William Mapother, Matthew-Lee Erlbach
Director: Mike Cahill
On the night news breaks of the discovery of a duplicate Earth, MIT student Rhoda crashes
her car, killing a family save music professor John Burroughs. On her release from prison
four years later, Rhoda bluffs her way into Burroughs’ life as a competition is launched to
find the first visitor to Earth 2.
Thursday 19th July 7.45pm
The Dark Knight
(2008) (12A) 152mins Action | Crime | Drama
Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart
Director: Christopher Nolan
Batman hopes to hang up his cape and hand over crime-fighting duties to District Attorney
Harvey Dent. But the arrival of clown-faced master criminal The Joker forces the masked
vigilante to question everything he stands for.
The Dark Knight Rises: See it at the Brewery Cinema from Friday 20th July
Sunday 22nd July 7.45pm
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
(2011) (18) 158mins Crime | Drama | Mystery
Cast: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgard
Director: David Fincher
After losing a ruinous libel case to a famous businessman, disgraced Swedish political
journalist Mikael Blomkvist is contacted by a rich industrialist, Henrik Vanger, who needs
help with his memoirs. However, Blomkvist soon finds that Vanger is more concerned
with finding the murderer of his favourite great-niece, who disappeared from their family’s
island home in 1966.
Tuesday 24th July 7.45pm
The Guard
(2011) (15) 96mins Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Mark Strong, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham
Director: John Michael McDonagh
Gerry Boyle, an unconventional policeman in the west of Ireland, investigates a seemingly
random murder. FBI agent Wendell Everett (Cheadle) arrives in Galway to mount a largescale operation against a well-organised drug-smuggling ring. At first irritated by Gerry’s
manner, Everett is surprised by the garda’s canniness as he connects the murder to the
drug case.
Thursday 26th July 7.45pm
The Flying Scotsman
(2006) (15) 96mins Drama | Sport
Cast: Jonny Lee Miller, Brian Cox, Laura Fraser, Billy Boyd
Director: Douglas Mackinnon
True story of Graeme Obree the troubled Scotsman who broke the world one-hour
cycling record on a bike constructed from washing machine parts.
Sport on Film Season
Sunday 29th July 7.45pm
‘The Brewery’s 40th Birthday People’s Choice’
To celebrate the Brewery’s 40th birthday throughout the summer, each
month we’re giving you the choice of five films from each of the last four
decades to see at the Warehouse Cinema. The films have been chosen
to represent the highest grossing, most award-winning and most popular
films of the 70s, 80s, 90s & 00s*. Your choice of films 1992 - 2002 are:
Memento, Shawshank Redemption, Leon, Trainspotting, Pulp Fiction.
To vote - email your choice to [email protected] by
Friday 20th July and keep an eye on the Brewery’s Facebook page and
website for voting opportunities and updates. *Subject to availability
Tuesday 31st July 7.45pm Subtitles: Russian
Bobby Fischer Against the World
(2011) (12A) 93mins Documentary | Biography | History
Cast: Bobby Fischer, Anthony Saidy, Larry Benson
Director: Liz Garbus
Documentary feature exploring the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby
Fischer. The drama of Bobby’s career was undeniable, from his troubled childhood, to his
rock star status as World Champion and Cold War icon, to his life as a fugitive on the run.
This film explores one of the most infamous and mysterious characters of the 20th century.
Sport on Film Season
Thursday 2nd August 7.45pm
The Wrestler
(2008) (15) 109mins Drama | Romance | Sport
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Randy ‘The Ram’ Robinson is a professional wrestler whose glory days are long gone. Still
working small-time, his body says: enough. He retires, finding love and making peace with
his alienated daughter (Wood). But is it all too late?
Sport on Film Season
Sunday 5th August 7.45pm Subtitles: Portuguese
Senna
(2010) (12A) 106mins Documentary | Biography | Sport
Cast: Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Jean-Marie Balestre, Nigel Mansell
Director: Asif Kapadia
Documentary charting the astonishing Formula 1 career of the charismatic and controversial
Brazilian racer, Ayrton Senna — also, tragically, the final decade of his life.
Sport on Film Season
Tuesday 7th August 7.45pm
Big Wednesday
(1978) (PG) 120mins Comedy | Drama | Sport
Cast: William Katt, Gary Busey, Jan-Michael Vincent, Patti D’Arbanville
Director: John Milius
Three young California surfers in the 1960s, revel in the carefree life of beaches, girls and
waves, until they eventually must face the fact that the world is changing, becoming more
complex, less answerable by simple solutions. Ultimately the Vietnam War interrupts their
idyll, leaving them to wonder if they will survive until “Big Wednesday”, the mythical day
when the greatest, cleanest, most transcendent wave of all will come.
Sport on Film Season
Thursday 9th August 7.45pm
Raging Bull
(1980) (18) 129mins Biography | Drama | Sport
Cast: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci
Director: Martin Scorsese
When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he’s a prizefighter.
But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he’s a ticking time bomb, ready to
go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family’s love, something always seems to
come between them. Perhaps it’s his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of
rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone.
Sport on Film Season
Sunday 12th August 7.45pm
Moneyball
(2011) (12A) 133mins Biography | Drama | Sport
Cast: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Chris Pratt
Director: Bennett Miller
Based on the true story of Billy Beane, the general manager of a failing, cash-strapped
baseball team. In order to make a winning team with no money, he’s going to have to
change the sport. So, with the help of a smart young analyst, he attempts to use a new
formula to re-write the rules of the game.
Sport on Film Season
Tuesday 14th August 7.45pm
Warrior
(2011) (12A) 140mins Action | Drama | Sport
Cast: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Morrison, Kevin Dunn
Director: Gavin O’Connor
After 14 years, ex-Marine Tommy Conlon returns to Pittsburgh to prepare for the world’s
biggest mixed martial arts tournament, reconnecting with his father, Paddy, who will train
him. Meanwhile, his estranged brother, Brendan, realises he has to return to his old fighting
ways if he has any hope of saving his family from insolvency.
Sport on Film Season
Thursday 16th August 7.45pm Subtitled: French
The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au Vélo)
(2011) (12A) 87mins Drama
Cast: Thomas Doret, Cécile De France, Jérémie Reiner
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne
Eleven-year-old Cyril tries to find his father, who has abandoned him to a care home, and
retrieve his precious bicycle. During the search he clings to hairdresser Samantha who
agrees to foster him at weekends. Yet Cyril won’t give up on his father. Or trouble.
Sunday 19th August 7.45pm Subtitles: Spanish
No Country for Old Men
(2007) (15) 122mins Crime | Drama | Thriller
Cast: Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Woody Harrelson
Directors: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Texas, 1980. Hunting in the desert, Llewellyn Moss comes across the wreckage of a drug
deal gone wrong and takes the cash — without counting on the man sent after him, an
implacable killer intent on recovering the loot at any cost.
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Tuesday 21st August 7.45pm
The Tree of Life
(2011) (12A) 139mins Drama
Cast: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken
Director: Terrence Malick
On the anniversary of his brother’s death, troubled architect Jack O’Brien ponders his
place in the universe, leading inevitably to powerful memories of his turbulent ‘50s
childhood in Waco, Texas - in particular, his formative relationship with his ethereal mother
and disciplinarian father.
Thursday 23rd August 7.45pm
‘The Brewery’s 40th Birthday People’s Choice’
To celebrate the Brewery’s 40th birthday throughout the summer, each
month we’re giving you the choice of five films from each of the last four
decades to see at the Warehouse Cinema. The films have been chosen
to represent the highest grossing, most award-winning and most popular
films of the 70s, 80s, 90s & 00s*. Your choice of films 2002 - 2012 are:
City of God, Slumdog Millionaire, The Departed, Atonement, Pan’s Labyrinth.
To vote - email your choice to [email protected] by
Monday 13th August and keep an eye on the Brewery’s Facebook page
and website for voting opportunities and updates. *Subject to availability
Sunday 26th August 7.45pm
Drive
(2011) (18) 100mins Crime | Drama | Thriller
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
By day, ‘Driver’ is a Hollywood stunt man, but by night he makes his real money in the
criminal underworld as a top-flight getaway driver. When pretty but very married nextdoor neighbour Irene is menaced by hoods, he steps in to protect her and her little boy,
only to find himself in an escalating conflict between the local thugs and the Mafia.
Warehouse Film - 2012 Autumn season highlights
Mintfest films, Take Shelter, Mozart’s Sister, A Cat in Paris, Albert Nobbs,
Le Havre, This is Not a Film and many more cult, classic & alternative titles...
The Warehouse Café and Cinema is the most original venue
in town. Shabby chic meets art house meets cool comfort
– a unique venue for artists, audiences and anyone who
wants somewhere to feel at home and watch the best in art
house, indie and classic movies with friends and colleagues.
The Warehouse Café features all-digital screenings in a
relaxed and informal setting. Doors & bar open 30 minutes
prior to start of each screening. All tickets £5 (unless stated).
To book your tickets - go online: breweryarts.co.uk
by phone - Box Office: 01539 725133 or in person
The Brewery Arts Centre 122a Highgate Kendal LA9 4HE