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Cinema October – November 2015 hello There might be only one name on everyone's lips at the moment (Bond, James Bond), but at DCA we’re equally excited about another cinematic return – Discovery Film Festival! Scotland's International Film Festival for Young Audiences is back and has more than its own share of gadgets, exciting chase sequences and superheroes. We search all year long for the best films made around the world for this audience in order to bring them to you each autumn. From India to Australia and from tiny tots to teens, there is literally something for everyone as well as workshops and an astonishing new exhibition in our galleries. We expect to welcome thousands of school children over the two weeks but have a packed programme of family screenings each weekend too so please, come and join us! In addition to the aforementioned Bond, we will be showing quite a few of the films already being spoken about as award contenders in this guide. Long overdue is Suffragette, which tells the story of the courageous women who fought for rights that we so easily take for granted today. There is also a new film version of Macbeth (shot on location on the Isle of Skye) which is a brutal and atmospheric version of the Scottish play, complete with Scottish accents. And last but not least, we think you will fall in love with the gentle and moving adaptation of Colm Tóibín's novel about immigration Brooklyn as much as we did. Alice Black Head of Cinema Additional contributors: Mike Tait, Brian Hoyle, Christopher O’Neill, Adam Smart Contents New Films Life 4 The Martian 4 Macbeth 5 99 Homes 6 The Walk 6 Suffragette 7 Sicario 8 Red Army 8 The Program 9 Crimson Peak 10 The Lobster 10 Spectre 11 Brooklyn 12 Documentary The Closer We Get Palio 13 13 Film events Monty Python Singalong Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ DCA Film Quiz 14 14 14 DUNDEAD Halloween 15 Ciné Sundays 19 Ballet and Opera Live from the Met: Otello Live from the Met: Tannhäuser ENO: The Barber of Seville Bolshoi: Giselle Bolshoi: Jewels (encore) 20 20 20 20 20 Theatre NT Live: Hamlet (encore) NT Live: Of Mice and Men Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter’s Tale 21 21 21 French Film Festival 2015 Un homme ideal Mon Roi The Big Blue Le dernier diamond La silence de la mer Vie sauvage L’Ombre des Femmes La tete haute La pere Noël Mon amie Victoria Asphalte 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 24 24 24 24 Chaplin The Kid The Gold Rush City Lights Modern Times 25 25 25 25 Discovery Family Film Club Zarafa Paper Planes 26 26 Discovery Film Festival 27 3 New Films The Martian Fri 9 – Thu 22 October Essentially Cast Away in outer space, The Martian is a tense, entertaining and epic tale of survival where a NASA astronaut must use all his ingenuity and courage to stay alive on Mars while awaiting rescue from colleagues back on Earth. Life Fri 9 – Thu 15 October Director Anton Corbijn, who made the Ian Curtis film Control, turns his photographer's gaze onto a slice of American history and the moment an icon was born. Life paints a portrait of the friendship between Magnum photographer Dennis Stock and up-and-coming actor James Dean. Their time together resulted in a famous Life magazine photo of Dean standing in middle of Times Square, his collar turned up against the rain, which help shaped Dean’s image and his career. When they meet, both young men are at the beginning of their professional lives: Stock (Robert Pattinson) desperate to be taken seriously for his photography, but eking out a living in film publicity, and Dean (Dane DeHaan), working on Rebel Without a Cause and poised for super-stardom. Both recognise something of themselves in the other – insecurity, creativity, a troubled soul – and soon become friends. Stock follows Dean back to New York, into the Actor's Studio, then to Indiana to meet his uncle and aunt who raised him, all the while trying to convince the reluctant actor that the exposure will make him a star. With beautiful wide-screen photography, meticulous production detail, and a lush Owen Pallet jazz soundtrack, Life is a fascinating study of a time when the old-guard stiff suit studio system was being challenged by the energy and willfulness of the Beat generation. Dir: Anton Corbijn Canada / Germany / Australia 2015 / 1h50m /15 Ciné Sundays Sun 11 October, 10:30 4 www.dca.org.uk Adapted from the novel by Andy Weir, The Martian opens with an unexpected storm interrupting the routine tasks being performed by a group of scientists. As they rush back to their spacecraft, Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is separated and the group takes off for safety, assuming their fellow astronaut is dead. When he regains consciousness and realises he is alone, Watney must figure out how to let the office know he’s still alive, and how to survive until they can work out a way to save him. Cutting back and forth between his small triumphs and failures on the barren planet and the team of people back home who have to make some difficult decisions about his rescue, this is nail-biting stuff. Damon (like Tom Hanks before him) is perfectly cast and brings a jovial charm to the role – spending two hours in his company is an easy task. For any scientists out there, the film might stretch credibility a bit far, but that's half the fun of a space movie. Leave your logic at the door and simply enjoy the ride! Dir: Ridley Scott USA 2015 / 2h10m / 12A Bring a Baby Thu 15 October, 10:30 Macbeth Fri 9 – Thu 22 October With Australian director Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) at the helm, you can rest assured that this adaptation of the Scottish play is not going to shy away from the violence at its core. Kurzel manages to make the bloody and muddy material his own, and this Macbeth is a triumph, not least because of the tour-de-force performances by the cast and the atmospheric setting of Skye. Living in the wilds of Scotland, Macbeth (Michael Fassbender), his Lady (Marion Cotillard) and men have sworn allegiance to Duncan, the King of Scotland (David Thewlis). The appearance of four witches signals that unrest is afoot and it isn't long before ambition has taken hold in their camp, with some dire consequences. With all loyalties broken, blood, brutality and madness swiftly follow. “This Macbeth is a triumph, not least because of the tour-de-force performances by the cast and the atmospheric setting of Skye.” Purists might well balk at some of the changes Kurzel and the writers (Jacob Koskoff, Todd Louiso and Michael Lesslie) have made, but to be fair, they acknowledge in the opening credit that the film is “based on” Shakespeare’s play. What they bring to the table is something primal – be it misty exteriors, murky interiors, passable Scottish accents or an organic sense of location. For the Game of Thrones generation this might be a revelation, and for others, it’s a new take on an old tale. And a brutal one at that. Dir: Justin Kurzel UK / Australia / 2015 / 1h53m / 15 Senior Citizen Kane Club Thu 15 October, 10:30 Ciné Sundays Sun 18 October, 10:30 Tickets 01382 909 900 5 The Walk Fri 23 – Thu 29 October Immortalised in James Marsh's documentary Man on Wire, the story of Philippe Petit's audacious tight-rope walk between the two World Trade Center towers in the early 1970s gets the dramatic 3D treatment in The Walk. 99 Homes Fri 16 – Thu 22 October From American indie director Ramin Bahrani, 99 Homes takes a look at the financial crisis in the United States and its impact on ordinary people. The business of home repossession, fraught with emotion, is dramatic and very personal, with some lives destroyed and others made as a result of those unfortunate souls unable to pay their rent. Rick Carver (the magnetic Michael Shannon) is a ruthless and very successful real-estate broker. He makes his money evicting tenants and then purchasing foreclosed homes. When he knocks on the door of Dennis Nash (Andrew Garfield), a hard-working construction worker living with his mother (Laura Dern) and young son (Noah Lomax), their lives are turned upside down. Humiliated but desperate for work, Nash starts working for Carver and as he gets a taste for success, the lies he tells himself and his family begin to grow, and he finds himself becoming part of the machine that took away everything he originally had. While Shannon is great as the ruthless boss who entices a desperate man into this Faustian pact, Garfield more than holds his own. He brings a vulnerability to his performance which works equally well in the early scenes, where his desperation is palpable, as it does in the final ones, when he realises what kind of man he has become. Dir: Ramin Bahrani USA 2014 / 1h52m / 15 6 www.dca.org.uk Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man – Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – has ever, or will ever, walked in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Petit and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan. For almost seven years, Petit and his team of collaborators patiently prepared and planned their mission. Several times the project was aborted but even at the lowest ebb, vacillating between inspired and possibly insane, he was a man obsessed. Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future) again uses advanced technology in the service of an emotional, character-driven story. Full of innovative photorealistic techniques and IMAX 3D wizardry, The Walk is true big-screen cinema, a chance for moviegoers to viscerally experience the feeling of reaching the clouds. The film is a love letter to Paris and New York City in the 1970s, but most of all, to the towers of the World Trade Center. Dir: Robert Zemeckis USA 2015 / 2h04m / PG Suffragette Fri 16 October – Thu 5 November Suffragette blends fact and fiction to bring the story of the women who bravely fought for their rights as equal citizens to the big screen, directed by Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane) from a script written by Abi Morgan. The misogyny and mistrust of the establishment and the ordeals the suffragettes endured for their cause will shock many who aren't familiar with this time in our recent history. The scene is London, 1912, where young wife and mother Maud (Carey Mulligan) works as a laundry worker, exploited and abused in the factory. When she recognises a co-worker, Violet (Anne-Marie Duff), at a suffragette protest, she becomes interested in their cause and the prospect of change. Belittled by the police who try to turn her into an informer, Maud's resolve is not weakened, and she becomes even more willing to give up everything – family, freedom, and possibly her life – for the cause. “An intimate portrait of the sacrifice and struggle that ordinary women went through to change society.” By choosing to focus on one woman's story, Suffragette is not a detailed history, although Meryl Streep's brief appearance as Emmeline Pankhurst is electrifying. Rather, it is an intimate portrait of the sacrifice and struggle that ordinary women went through to change society. Beautifully shot by Eduard Grau (who was responsible for the stylish A Single Man), this film rests on the shoulders of its terrific cast, which interestingly includes Helena Bonham Carter, the great-granddaughter of Lord Asquith, who was prime minister at the time. Dir: Sarah Gavron UK 2015 / 1h46m / 12A Senior Citizen Kane Club Thu 22 October, 10:30 Tickets 01382 909 900 7 Red Army Fri 23 – Thu 29 October A festival hit everywhere it’s been, this entertaining and oddly moving doc is about so much more than just men on skates with a puck. Telling the story of the Moscow 'Red Army' ice hockey team, who had great success in the 1980s, filmmaker Gabe Polsky mixes cold war politics with human drama off the ice, to great effect. Sicario Fri 23 – Thu 29 October With Prisoners, Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve proved that he is certainly more than capable of creating a film with nail-biting tension and elegant storytelling. Sicario rises to this challenge again, throwing in plenty of twists and turns, right up to the final coda. Young FBI agent Kate Macy (Emily Blunt) is the head of a response team that makes a horrific discovery – 42 bodies bricked into the foundations of a building by a Mexican drug cartel – when raiding a house. Her work on the case leads her to Matt Graver (Josh Brolin), who summons her to enlists for a new taskforce aimed at bringing down the notorious Sonoral gang. Reluctant at first, Macy finds herself drawn into the shadowy mission, which seems to be operating on both sides of the law, not least because of the involvement of Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro), a former prosecutor from Colombia drafted in to help. Villeneuve is a dab hand at set-pieces and some of the raids – shot by the steady hand of veteran cinematographer Roger Deakins – will literally have you on the edge of your seat. But equally as interesting in Sicario (the word used by the drug trade for henchman), is the moral maze that the film puts you through – you’ll never know exactly who is good or bad, or which side you should be rooting for. At the heart of the story is former Red Army team defender and national hero Viachaslay 'Slava' Fetisoy. A reluctant interviewee at times, he has a short fuse and no time for silly questions, but reveals the deep passion, pain and sacrifice that came from being a top athlete within the Soviet system. From the team's first coach, the visionary Anatoli Tarasov to the more rigid Viktor Tikhonov, Red Army tracks the evolution of Russian hockey as a style of play and a way of life. The archival footage is fascinating, as are all the other people interviewed, which combine to create a compelling portrait of life before and after Perestroika. Polsky has a real gift for storytelling and uses his probing questions, knowledge about the sport and clear rapport with his subjects to great effect. He is also a man with a sense of humour and the film is laced with great moments including our favourite: a former KGB agent talking to the camera when his interview is hilariously derailed by the bold little granddaughter he’s supposed to be minding. Dir: Gabe Polsky USA / Russia 2014 / 1h24m / 15 The Program Fri 30 October – Thu 5 November Does the world really need another film about disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong? With Stephen Frears (The Queen, Philomena) at the helm, a script by John Hodge (Trainspotting) and Ben Foster in the lead role, we think it definitely does. Few can forget when the wunderkind of racing, cancersurvivor, and all round American hero Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France. He wore the yellow jersey proudly and was the toast of the cycling world. But his meteoric rise to the top was questioned by Irish journalist David Walsh (Chris O'Dowd), who felt the transformation of sportsman into superman was not physically possible. His accusations met with hostility, bullying and even threats of violence before the truth finally came out and the sport of cycling was changed forever. “A fascinating portrait of the ambition and relentless drive needed to compete and win at the top level.” Frears' film is a fascinating portrait of the ambition and relentless drive needed to compete and win at the top level. It also exposes the motivation of the doctors, colleagues and advisors who risked everything to take Armstrong further. What The Program ultimately reveals is a sport culture founded on the deadly combination of secrecy and success, which makes for fascinating viewing. Dir: Stephen Frears UK 2015 / 1h43m / 15 Dir: Denis Villeneuve USA 2015 / 2h1m / 15 8 www.dca.org.uk Tickets 01382 909 900 9 The Lobster Fri 30 October – Thu 5 November We’re delighted that Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth) has retained his black, surreal sense of humour for his first English-language film, The Lobster. With a cast who are as game as he is, an absurdist premise and deadpan tone, this is one of the strangest and funniest films of the year. Crimson Peak Fri 30 October – Thu 5 November Mexican maestro of the macabre Guillermo del Toro is a filmmaker who will be remembered for his work in fantasy-horror. Having worked with makeup and effects legend Dick Smith (The Exorcist) early in his career, del Toro’s movies (Cronos, Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth to name a few) have always featured otherworldly characters and imagery. His latest offering to the genre, Crimson Peak, is a good old-fashioned haunted house story which showcases the director’s unique visual flair. Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) is an aspiring author in 19th century England. Looking to escape the memories of a childhood trauma, she finds comfort and romance in the form of dashing country gentleman Sir Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston). They marry and move to Sharpe’s mansion in remote Cumbria, with his sister Lucille (Jessica Chastain) acting as caretaker, but Edith soon realises that her husband and his house are not all that they appear to be. Del Toro lavishes Crimson Peak with colourfully fantastical, nightmarish imagery that is reminiscent of Coppola’s Dracula; blood red contrasted against virginal white, framed by shadows thick with menace. Wasikowska holds her own as the poor soul tortured by her past, while Hiddleston and Chastain waltz through their roles with such natural ease that it’s easy to see why they are regarded as such excellent actors. Dir: Guillermo del Toro USA 2015 / duration tbc / cert tbc “A good old-fashioned haunted house story which showcases the director’s unique visual flair.” 10 www.dca.org.uk The film opens as David (Colin Farrell) checks into a hotel resort. He has just 45 days to find a partner or he’ll be turned into an animal of his choosing. The dog he has brought with him is his brother, Bob, who didn't make it. The rules are explained to him by a stern matron (Olivia Colman) before he sets out to find himself a mate. Between meals and stilted chitchat, the newcomers are also forced to go on hunting trips to shoot the "loners" who have escaped into the woods. David eventually escapes to join the renegades living in the forest, where he finds himself attracted to another inmate (Rachel Weisz), the woman chosen to play his 'wife' on trips into the city where successful partners live. Spectre The Lobster is a fascinating take on contemporary courting, where matches are made based on algorithms and self-confessed characteristics, and has a lot to say about love, relationships and loneliness. While its theatrical nature will challenge some, stick with it – this quirky film has a lot to offer. Not least seeing Colin Farrell like you never have before, all paunch and moustache: for a superstar he has no vanity, and that is a very refreshing thing indeed. James Bond, the suave super spy with a penchant for vodka martinis, has graced the screen for over 50 years, oozing charisma and menace in equal measure. Some actors in the role have lacked the right combination of machismo and humour, while some films have been big on action but devoid of the substance required to create a good movie. Daniel Craig is not one of those actors and Spectre is not one of those films. After the success of Skyfall, we think it is a very wise choice that Sam Mendes return to the director’s chair. Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos Ireland / UK / France / Greece / Netherlands 2015 1h58m / 15 Shortly after the events of Skyfall, a cryptic message from Bond’s past sets the agent on the trail of a sinister organisation known as SPECTRE. From Mexico City to Austria to Rome, he recruits new allies and encounters old nemeses in a bid to strike at the heart of SPECTRE and bring down criminal mastermind Franz Oberhauser (Christoph Waltz). Fri 6 – Thu 19 November The modern Bond movies are excellent additions to the legacy and Spectre adds yet another best to Craig’s incarnation. Mendes’ direction allows the film to keep good pace, balancing epic action sequences with plot developments expertly. The supporting cast including Waltz, Ralph Fiennes and Monica Bellucci are all excellent in the fray. If this is Craig’s last outing as 007, he will do what no other actor has done and leave the franchise in a better condition than when he entered. Dir: Sam Mendes UK 2015 / Duration tbc / Cert tbc Senior Citizen Kane Club Thu 12 November, 10:30 Bring a Baby Thu 19 November, 10:30 Tickets 01382 909 900 11 Documentary Palio Fri 30 October – Sun 1 November Every year, in the central square of Siena, the Palio takes place. An infamous 90-second bareback horse race, the spectacle pits neighbourhood versus neighbourhood against a backdrop of bribes, machismo and sportsmanship. At the heart of this film are two characters: Gigi Bruschelli, the hometown favourite who has won the race 13 times in 16 years (although technically for one of those he was thrown to the ground and the horse finished without him) and the young Gioavanni Atzeni, a Sardinian who looks set to take Gigi’s crown. Dressed splendidly in the silk pastel colours of the area of the city they represent, a jockey's life is a precarious and dangerous one, given that if they lose, they must be put under protection. The Closer We Get Sat 17 October, 15:15 Brooklyn Fri 6 – Thu 19 November A coming-of-age story about the heartache at the core of any new beginning, Brooklyn was adapted for the screen by Nick Hornby, from Colm Tóibín's novel. Beautifully observed, this is classic storytelling at its very best which will touch the heart of anyone who’s ever had to painfully say goodbye to an old life in order to forge a new one. “Exquisitely captures the conflict of drifting away from a life you’ve always known to embrace a new one you are just discovering.” Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) is bound for America. With no work at home and few prospects, she is going to Brooklyn where a job and the kindly Father Flood (Jim Broadbent) are waiting for her. On arrival she settles into a boarding house run by the strict but well-meaning Ma Kehoe (Julie Walters). Terribly homesick, she fills her spare time with night classes until at a local dance she meets Tony (Emory Cohen), a young Italian-American boy. Smitten, the two embark on a tentative courtship and Eilis begins to feel hopeful about her new life. When tragic news calls her back to Ireland, she’s drawn in by familiar surroundings, a duty to her mother, and a potential new suitor (Domhnall Gleeson). Faced with a difficult decision, Eilis must chose to either pick up where she left off in Ireland, or return to her new life in America. Ronan (on screen in almost every scene) brings a pure emotion to the role that is utterly captivating. Rarely has the story of immigration been told from a woman's point of view and Brooklyn exquisitely captures the conflict of drifting away from a life you've always known to embrace a new one you are just discovering. Dir: John Crowley UK / Ireland / Canada 2014 / 1h51m / 12A Bring a Baby Thu 12 November, 10:30 Ciné Sundays Sun 15 November, 10:30 Senior Citizen Kane Club Thu 19 November, 10:30 12 www.dca.org.uk This is a powerful and bittersweet portrait of loyalty, broken dreams and redemption told by its director, the reluctantly dutiful daughter Karen Guthrie, who takes you under the skin of the household as she returns for a long goodbye. Filmmaker Cosimo Spender's beautiful documentary is a fascinating study of a cultural tradition that seems to come out of the middle ages, yet remains very much a part of Italian life today. Dir: Cosima Spender UK / Italy 2015 / 1h32m / 12A Karen’s mother Ann suffers a devastating stroke that brings her daughter back home. But Karen isn’t the only one who comes back to help in the crisis: her prodigal father – the endearing yet unfathomable Ian, who’s been separated from Ann for years – also reappears. Reunited so unexpectedly, and armed with her camera, Karen seizes this last chance to go under the skin of her family’s story, before it’s too late. We see a family coming to terms with a secret her father had tried – and failed – to keep from them all, and find that Ann’s stroke has in fact thrown them all a life raft. With candour, warmth and much unexpected humour, Karen’s role as family confidante, busybody, therapist and spy brings to life both an extraordinary story and a profound portrait of family survival. Dir: Karen Guthrie UK 2015 / 1h27m / 12A Join us for this special one-off screening plus a Q&A with the film’s director, Karen Guthrie. Tickets 01382 909 900 13 Film Events Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Singalong Wed 14 October, 20:30 To celebrate the re-release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, we bring you a brand new sing-along version of the film for a special one-off event. See it on the big screen, sing-along and also enjoy a specially filmed, exclusive introduction from Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and John Cleese. Fancy dress is optional and definitely encouraged – bring your 'knights who say ni' and your best singing voices and make a night of it! Dirs: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones UK 1975 / 1h31m / 15 Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ Sun 25 October, 20:30 Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ is the second film personally supervised by the series creator himself, Akira Toriyama. The new movie showcases the return of Frieza – one of the most iconic villains of all time. Even the complete obliteration of his physical form can't stop the galaxy's most evil overlord. After years in spiritual purgatory, Frieza has been resurrected and plans to take his revenge on the Z-Fighters of Earth. Facing off against Frieza's powerful new form, and his army of 1,000 soldiers, Goku and Vegeta must reach new levels of strength in order to protect Earth from their vengeful nemesis. Dir: Tadayoshi Yamamuro Japan 2015 / 1h30m / 12A Japanese with English subtitles DCA Film Quiz Thu 5 November, 19:00 Tom Hanks as Sherman McCoy (1990). Attack The Block (2011). Katy Perry on the Rust and Bone soundtrack (2012). Clive Ashborn in V For Vendetta (2005). Can you see the connection? Remember, remember to join us for another sparkling evening of film trivia. Can you tell your Roman candle from your Roman Holiday? Your flash powder from your Flash Gordon? Your screech rocket from your Bottle Rocket? Your thunder flash from your Thunderpants? Come along and find out – test the range of your cinema knowledge against other teams of film fans from across the city. Entry is just £2 per person, for teams of up to five. 14 www.dca.org.uk Tickets 01382 909 900 15 Key Bring a Baby Senior Citizen Kane Club Performance Screening Discovery Family Film Club Subtitled Ciné Sunday Day / Film Fri 9 October Macbeth Life The Martian Times 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30 13:00/18:15 15:30 3D/20:30 2D Sat 10 October Macbeth Chaplin: The Kid The Martian Life 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30 13:00 15:30 3D/ 20:30 2D 18:00 Sun 11 October Life Macbeth Chaplin: The Gold Rush The Martian Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle 10:30/18:00 13:00/19:00/21:15 13:00 15:30 3D/20:30 2D 16:00 Mon 12 October Macbeth Chaplin: City Lights The Martian Life 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30 13:00 15:30 2D/20:30 3D 18:00 Tue 13 October Macbeth Chaplin: Modern Times The Martian Life Wed 14 October Macbeth Life The Martian Monty Python sing-along Thu 15 October The Martian Macbeth Life NT Live: Hamlet Fri 16 October Zarafa Suffragette The Martian 99 Homes Macbeth 16 www.dca.org.uk 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30 13:00 15:30 2D/20:30 3D 18:00 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30 13:00 15:30 3D/18:00 2D 20:30 10:30 2D/15:30 3D/20:30 2D 10:30/13:00/15:30/18:00 13:00 19:00 12:00 13:00/18:00 13:45 3D/21:00 2D 15:30/20:30 16:15/18:45 Day / Film Times Sat 17 October Zarafa Suffregette Macbeth The Closer We Get Live from the Met The Martian 13:00 13:00/18:00 15:00/21:45 15:15 17:55 20:30 2D Sun 18 October Macbeth Zarafa Suffragette The Martian 99 Homes 10:30/16:15/18:45 12:00 13:00/18:00 13:45 3D/21:00 2D 15:30/20:30 Mon 19 October Zarafa Suffragette The Martian 99 Homes Macbeth ENO: Barber of Seville 12:00 12:45/18:45 13:45 3D/21:00 2D 15:00 16:15/17:15 19:30 Tue 20 October Zarafa Suffragette 99 Homes The Martian Macbeth 12:00 13:00/18:00 15:30/20:30 13:45 3D/21:00 2D 16:15/18:45 Wed 21 October Zarafa Suffragette 99 Homes The Martian Macbeth 12:00 13:00/18:00 15:30/20:30 13:45 3D/21:00 2D 16:15/18:45 Thu 22 October Suffragette Zarafa 99 Homes The Martian Macbeth 10:30/13:00/18:00 12:00 15:30/20:30 13:45 3D/21:00 2D 16:15/18:45 Fri 23 October Suffragette Paper Planes The Walk Sicario Red Army 13:15/18:00 13:00 15:30/20:30 15:30/20:00 18:00 Day / Film Times Day / Film Times Sat 31 October Shorts for Wee ones Crow's Egg Landfill Harmonic Suffragette Palio Paper Planes Live from The Met: Tannhäuser The Program The Lobster Crimson Peak 10:15 11:00 11:30 13:15 13:15 15:30 16:00 18:00 20:30 21:00 Sun 1 November Shorts for Wee ones Windstorm 2 Being 14 Suffragette The Program Paper Planes Crimson Peak Palio The Lobster 10:15 11:00 11:30 13:15 14:00/18:30 15:30 16:15/20:45 18:00 20:30 Mon 2 November The Program Crimson Peak Suffragette The Lobster 14:00/18:30/20:30 16:15/20:45 13:00 15:30/18:00 Tue 3 November Suffragette The Program Crimson Peak The Lobster 13:30 14:00/16:00/18:30 16:15/20:45 18:15/20:45 14:00/18:45 15:30/20:00 16:15/21:00 18:00 Thu 29 October Paper Planes Suffragette Sicario The Walk Red Army Wed 4 November The Program Suffragette The Lobster Crimson Peak 15:00/18:00 15:30 18:00/20:30 20:30 13:45 14:30/19:15 16:00/20:30 16:45/21:30 18:30 Fri 30 October Suffragette The Program Palio Crimson Peak The Lobster DUNDEAD: Halloween Thu 5 November The Program Suffragette Crimson Peak The Lobster DCA Film Quiz 14:00/18:30 14:15 16:15/20:45 16:30/19:00/21:30 19:00 13:30 14:00/18:30 16:00 16:15/20:45 18:00 20:30 Fri 6 November Spectre Brooklyn A Perfect Man 14:00/18:00/20:30 14:00/18:00 20:30 Sat 24 October NT Live: Hamlet (encore) Suffragette Discovery Film Festival Gala Opening: Paper Planes The Walk Red Army Sicario 15:00 15:30/20:30 18:00 20:00 Sun 25 October Shorts for Wee ones The Case of Hana and Alice Shorts for Middle Ones Paper Planes Suffragette The Walk Red Army Sicario Dragon Ball Z 10:15 11:00 11:30 13:00 13:15/18:00 15:30/20:30 15:30 18:00 20:30 Mon 26 October Paper Planes Suffragette The Walk Sicario Red Army 13:00 13:15/18:00 15:30/20:30 15:30/20:00 18:00 Tue 27 October Paper Planes The Walk Sicario Red Army Suffragette 13:00 15:30/20:30 15:30/20:00 18:00 18:00 Wed 28 October Suffragette Sicario The Walk Red Army 10:30 13:00/18:00 Tickets 01382 909 900 17 Day / Film Times Sat 7 November Antboy – Revenge of the Red Fury Shorts for Wee Ones Prins Shorts for Middle Ones Brooklyn Spectre French Film Festival: Mon Roi 10:15 10:15 11:20 11:55 13:00/15:30/18:00 13:15/15:45/18:15/21:00 20:30 Sun 8 November Dessau Dancers Operation Arctic Spectre Brooklyn Labyrinthus Bolshoi Ballet: Jewels 10:30 11:00 12:30/17:00/18:00/20:45 12:45/20:00 15:00 15:00 Mon 9 November Spectre Brooklyn 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:45 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30 Tue 10 November Spectre Brooklyn Wed 11 November Spectre Brooklyn Thu 12 November Spectre Brooklyn French Film Festival: The Big Blue 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:45 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:45 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30 Day / Film Times Fri 13 November Spectre Brooklyn French Film Festival: The Last Diamond 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:45 13:00/15:30/18:00 Sat 14 November Spectre Brooklyn French Film Festival: Silence of the Sea French Film Festival: Wild Life 20:30 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:45 13:00/18:00 15:30 20:30 Sun 15 November Spectre Brooklyn French Film Festival: In the Shadow of Women 20:30 Mon 16 November Spectre Brooklyn 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:45 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30 Tue 17 November Spectre Brooklyn 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:45 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30 Wed 18 November Spectre Brooklyn 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:45 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30 10:30/13:00/15:30 Thu 19 November 18:00/20:45 10:30/13:00/15:30/18:00 Spectre Brooklyn 20:30 NT Live: Of Mice and Men 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:45 10:30/13:00/15:30/18:00 10:30/13:00/15:30/20:30 10:30/13:00/15:30/18:00 19:00 Accessible Screenings Audio description is available for all screenings of The Program, The Martian, The Walk, Sicario, Suffragette and Crimson Peak. The following screenings will also have subtitles: The Martian Wed 14 October, 18:00 Suffragette Mon 26 October, 18:00 Sicario Tue 27 October, 15:30 18 www.dca.org.uk Tickets 01382 909 900 19 Bolshoi Ballet Theatre Ballet and Opera Live from the Met: ENO: The Barber of Seville Otello Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle Sat 17 October, 17:55 Mon 19 October, 19:30 Sun 11 October, 16:00 October brings two masterpieces live from the Met. The Barber of Seville will have you smiling from the moment it begins. Filled with fun and farce, English National Opera’s classic staging of this sunny adventure follows the escapades of the barber Figaro as he assists Count Almaviva to prise the beautiful Rosina away from her lecherous guardian Dr Bartolo. Giselle is a romantic ballet gem and one of the oldest and greatest in the classical repertoire, touching upon the great romantic themes. The Bolshoi is renowned for its intimate and emotionally intense interpretation of this beloved drama, which sees a girl die when she learns the man she loves has betrayed her. Joining a group of vengeful sprits, the adulterer is condemned to dance to his death. Verdi’s masterful Otello matches Shakespeare’s play in tragic intensity. Director Bartlett Sher probes the Moor’s dramatic downfall with an outstanding cast. Otello is an outsider and great hero who can’t control his jealousy, and this new production sees the story take place in a shape-shifting glass palace. Tannhäuser Sat 31 October, 16:00 James Levine conducts Wagner’s early masterpiece, Tannhäuser, in its first return to the Met stage in more than a decade. The opera sees a young knight caught between true love and passion and takes place in and around a German castle. Tickets £20 (£10 under 21s and students) Set in an elegant vision of 18th-century Seville, Jonathan Miller’s much-loved production remains as side-splittingly funny as ever. For this revival, the talented Christopher Allen will conduct Rossini’s sparkling score, packed full of wit and playful tunes. The wonderful Andrew Shore takes the role of Dr Bartolo, alongside Kathryn Rudge as Rosina and rising star Morgan Pearse as Figaro. The Barber of Seville is sung in English with subtitles. Tickets £15 (£10 under 21s) Jewels (encore) Sun 8 November, 15:00 This opulent triptych was inspired by choreographer Balanchine’s visit to a famous jeweller on New York’s Fifth Avenue. Celebrating the cities and dance schools of Paris, New York and St Petersburg, each is represented by a contrasting jewel – emerald, ruby and diamond. Join us for this unique opportunity to enjoy Balanchine’s visually captivating work. Tickets £15 (£12 under 21s) 20 www.dca.org.uk Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter’s Tale NT Live: Hamlet (encore) NT Live: Of Mice and Men Sat 24 October, 10:30 Thu 19 November, 19:00 As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state. Academy Award nominee James Franco and Tony Award nominee Chris O’Dowd star in a highlyanticipated screening of the ‘riveting, powerful production’ (Independent) of Nobel Prize-winner John Steinbeck's play. King Leontes appears to have everything: power, wealth, a loving family and friends. But sexual jealousy sets in motion a chain of events with tragic consequences... Academy Award nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, NT Live: Frankenstein) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, we bring you a special encore screening of this Barbican production, brought to cinemas by National Theatre Live. Set in California during the Great Depression, Of Mice and Men follows two migrant workers: George, a sharp but uneducated, short-tempered man, and simpleminded Lennie. Together they hope to one day acquire their own piece of land, but when Lennie stirs up trouble on the job, George must choose between protecting his friend or staying the course towards his version of the American dream. The first season of Branagh Theatre Company Live begins with The Winter’s Tale, Shakespeare's timeless tragicomedy of obsession and redemption, reimagined in a new production. Co-directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh, it stars a remarkable group of actors, featuring Judi Dench as Paulina, alongside Tom Bateman (Florizel), Jessie Buckley (Perdita), Hadley Fraser (Polixenes), Miranda Raison (Hermione) and Kenneth Branagh as Leontes. Tickets £15 (£13 under 21s and students) Tickets £17.50 (£15 under 21s and students) Thu 26 November, 19:15 Tickets £17.50 (£15 under 21s and students) Of Mice and Men, photo by Richard Phibbs French Film Festival Journey to France with us and take in the best new and classic French cinema with this fine selection from the 2015 French Film Festival. Make sure to catch a few by snapping up three films for £15 with our French Film Festival Pass. Un homme ideal Fri 6 November, 20:30 Mathieu Vasseur (Pierre Niney, star of last year’s Yves Saint Laurent) is a struggling young writer making a living at his uncle’s moving company. The chance discovery of a dead man’s diary in a skip changes his life forever. Submitting the work to a publisher as his own, Mathieu is hailed as the ‘next big thing’ and his life becomes a whirlwind of fame and adoration. But success comes at a price – how can he follow up with a second novel, and will a mysterious stranger who seems to know his secret reveal that he is nothing but an imposter? Dir: Yann Gozlan / France 2015 / 1h37m / 15 French with English subtitles Mon Roi Le dernier diamant Le silence de la mer Fri 13 November, 20:30 Sat 14 November, 15:30 Simon (Yvan Attal) is a thief on parole hired to carry out the biggest job of his career: to steal the famous Florentine diamond. Julia (Bérénice Béjo) is a diamond expert with a personal interest in making sure the jewel is successfully auctioned. With the two characters drawn inextricably towards this glittering object, and to each other, there are plenty of complications and double-crosses standing in their way. Fast-paced, full of plot twists and with an unexpected jewel of a love story, this is an exciting thriller that is as seductive and brilliant as the diamond itself. Jean-Pierre Melville began his superb feature filmmaking career with this powerful adaptation of an influential underground novel written during the Nazi occupation of France. A cultured, naively idealistic German officer is billeted in the home of a middle-aged man and his grown niece; their response to his presence – their only form of resistance – is complete silence. Constructed with elegant minimalism and shot with hushed eloquence by the legendary Henri Decaë, Le silence de la mer points the way toward Melville’s later films about resistance and the occupation ( Lé́on Morin, Priest; Army of Shadows) while remaining a singularly eerie masterwork in its own right. Dir: Eric Barbier / France / Belgium / Luxembourg 2014 / 1h48m / 15 French with English subtitles Dir: Jean-Pierre Melville / France 1949 / 1h27m / U French with English subtitles Sat 7 November, 20:30 After her astonishing drama about a child-protection unit (Polisse), Maïwenn Besco returns to our screens with this uncompromising film about a relationship in meltdown. Emmanuelle Bercot and Vincent Cassel star as a tempestuous couple locked in a cycle of violence and love. When Tony (Bercot) is admitted into a rehabilitation centre after a serious skiing accident, she is forced to take a harsh look at her life with the volatile Georgio (Cassel). A difficult process of healing lies in front of her which may finally be the only thing that sets her free. Dir: Maïwenn Besco / France 2015 / 2h8m / 18 French with English subtitles The Big Blue Thu 12 November, 20:30 The Big Blue is a visionary epic of obsession and beauty about Jacques Mayol (Jean Marc Barr), a handsome diver who is so at home in the water that he seems only half-human. Jacques' best friends are a family of playful porpoises and Enzo Molinari, his swaggering Italian diving rival. Jacques and Enzo grew up together in the Mediterranean, and remain lifelong friends despite a fierce battle for the top prize in the world free diving championships. When the dreamer Jacques falls in love with the beautiful Johanna, he finds himself torn between the damsel and the deep blue. Dir: Luc Besson / France / USA / Italy / 1988 / 2h18m / 15 French, Italian and English with English subtitles 22 www.dca.org.uk Vie sauvage L’Ombre des Femmes Sat 14 November, 20:30 Sun 15 November, 20:30 Carole and Philippe (Céline Sallette and Mathieu Kassovitz), tired of propriety and consumerism, opt to renounce civilisation and live off the land. Calling themselves Nora and Paco, they lead a nomadic life in their caravan, gradually adding children to the mix. When Nora tires of their itinerant lifestyle and gains custody of their sons, Philippe refuses to allow his children to be raised according to the societal codes he abhors. What follows is the riveting true story of a father’s reckless but all-consuming love, directed by Cédric Kahn (Red Lights). Iconoclast of French cinema Philippe Garrel creates a beautifully modulated film about the ups and downs of bohemian life shot in lustrous black and white. Pierre (Stanislas Merhar) is a filmmaker shooting a documentary on an elderly French Resistance veteran, and Manon (Clotilde Courau), his loyal professional and domestic partner. In their marginal existence they stay one step ahead of their landlord, until one day, the feckless Pierre meets a young intern at the film archive where he does his research. He and Elisabeth (Léna Paugam) are soon entangled, and for Pierre, this amorous relationship becomes as much of a constraint as the one from which he is attempting to escape. Dir: Cedric Kahn / France 2014 / 1h42m / 15 French with English subtitles Dir: Philippe Garrel / France 2015 / 1h18m / 18 French with English subtitles Tickets 01382 909 900 23 French Film Festival Chaplin In his heyday, Charlie Chaplin was the most recognised and photographed man in the world. His great creation, The Tramp, made both the common man and intellectuals laugh and cry. Chaplin was one of cinema’s great humanists and his films run the full gamut of emotions. Don’t miss four of his greatest films in stunning digital restorations. Tickets are £5 for under 21s/£5.70 for adults, or a family ticket for four costs £16. La tete haute Le pere Noël Fri 20 November, 18:00 Sat 21 November, 13:00 Directed by actress Emmanuelle Bercot (who appears in Mon Roi), La tete haute (Standing Tall) opened this year’s Cannes Film Festival to great acclaim. At the heart of this story is a teenage delinquent (electric newcomer Rod Paradot) whose police record reads longer than the complete works of Marcel Proust, and the patient judge (Catherine Deneuve) who tries to help him. This is a gritty and compassionate look at an adolescence riddled by violence and punishment and the idea that rehabilitation is a long way off, but not entirely out of the question. On Christmas Eve, six-year-old Antoine has only one idea on his mind: to meet Father Christmas and go on a trip to the stars in his sleigh. When Father Christmas (Tahar Rahim) does magically fall onto his balcony, Antoine is too dazzled to see that he is in fact a thief in disguise, stealing jewels from apartments in chic neighbourhoods. Despite all his efforts to get rid of the very determined boy, Father Christmas and Antoine form an improbable duo, traversing Paris from roof to roof, each of them looking for their own dream. Dir: Emmanuelle Bercot / France 2015 / 1h58m / 15 French with English subtitles Dir: Alexandre Coffre / France 2014 / 1h20m / 12A French with English subtitles Mon amie Victoria Asphalte Sat 21 November, 18:00 Sun 22 November, 20:30 Based on the story Victoria and the Staveneys by Doris Lessing, Mon amie Victoria is the story of an eight yearold orphan, Victoria (Keylia Achie Beguie). Taken into the home of a white bourgeois family for a single night, the evening fuels her dreams of comfort and privilege for the rest of her life. As an adult (now beautifully played by Guslagie Malanda), she reconnects with the youngest son of her host family, bearing his child after a brief affair. All the while she drifts from job to job, independent and lacking focus, all except for that one night from her childhood and its revelations. A quirky and endearing urban dramedy set within a run-down French apartment house, Asphalte marks a strong fifth feature from writer-director-actor Samuel Benchetrit (I Always Wanted to be a Gangster). Like a light-hearted Short Cuts transplanted to the grim Paris banlieue, this series of cleverly conceived vignettes is both amusing and tender, focusing on several downtrodden characters scraping by in a forgotten industrial wasteland. The film’s terrific ensemble cast includes Isabelle Huppert, Gustave Kervern, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi and Michael Pitt. Dir: Jean-Paul Civeyrac / France 2014 / 1h35m / 15 French with English subtitles Dir: Samuel Benchetrit / France 2015 / 1h40m / 15 French with English subtitles 24 www.dca.org.uk The Kid The Gold Rush Sat 10 October, 13:00 Sun 11 October, 13:00 The Kid marked Chaplin’s shift from comedy shorts to feature films and set the tone for what was to come. Slapstick comedy, gut-wrenching pathos, genuinely squalid realism and surreal flights of fancy may sound like awkward bedfellows, but in Chaplin’s hands the combination is nothing short of sublime. Seeing The Gold Rush makes it easy to understand why Chaplin became a rallying point for the world’s poor. The Tramp might suffer every privation while prospecting in the Yukon, but Chaplin’s imagination turns suffering into comic gold, not least in the scene where he makes a thanksgiving dinner out of an old pair of boots. Dir: Charlie Chaplin USA 1921 / 59m / U Dir: Charlie Chaplin USA 1925 / 1h18m / U The Kid Workshop: Sat 10 October, 12:00 Design a striking black and white silhouette portrait to take home. Free with your cinema ticket, please book in advance. City Lights Modern Times Mon 12 October, 13:00 Tue 13 October, 13:00 City Lights, in which the Tramp falls for a blind girl and tries to find the money to pay for an eye operation, is in many ways Chaplin’s most extraordinary film, and his most emotionally devastating. A favourite film of Fellini, Welles, Tarkovsky, Kubrick and Woody Allen – enough said. Modern Times was Chaplin’s farewell to both the Tramp and silent film. It also marked his transition from entertainer to committed political artist. However, his rage against the machinery of the modern world is tempered by a great deal of warmth and expertly timed slapstick. Unquestionably a masterpiece. Dir: Charlie Chaplin USA 1931 / 1h24m / U Dir: Charlie Chaplin USA 1936 / 1h23m / U Tickets 01382 909 900 25 DISCOVERY FAMILY FILM CLUB Tickets are £5 for under 21s / £5.70 for adults, or a family ticket for four costs £16. Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Don’t miss our Charlie Chaplin season (p25) during the October holidays including The Kid (Sat 10 October) which includes a free Discovery workshop. Paper Planes Fri 23 October – Sun 1 November 11 year-old Dylan is coming to terms with the recent death of his mother, and has to look after himself whilst his father is overcome with grief. At school one day he’s introduced to the art of creating paper planes and surprises everyone with his first record-busting attempt. Taking part in the national finals, he qualifies for the World Paper Plane Championships in Tokyo. Trying to raise the funds necessary for this once-in-a-lifetime experience, Dylan is helped by his school friends, the neighbours and his charmingly unconventional grandfather. But will Dylan’s success help rebuild his relationship with his father, and can his small-town creations really lift a world title? Dir: Robert Connolly Australia 2014 / 1h37m / U Zarafa Fri 16 – Thu 22 October Ten year-old Maki escapes from a cruel slave trader in Sudan and meets a friendly giraffe, Zarafa. When Zarafa’s sent to Paris as a gift for the French King, Maki sets out to rescue her and along the way meets Bedouin princes, feisty Mediterranean pirates, a pair of very resourceful cows and a hippopotamus with a problem. Thia is a beautifully crafted hand-drawn animation that takes the spirit of classic Disney and adds a splash of humour and social comment. Occasionally sad, often hilarious, this exciting adventure is sure to prove a favourite with Dundee audiences. Dir: Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie France / Belgium 2012 / 1h18m / PG French with English subtitles Workshop: Sat 17 October, 12:00 Create a sweet giraffe with the simplest of materials. 26 www.dca.org.uk Discovery Film Festival Workshop: Sun 1 November, 14:15 (£1 with your cinema ticket) Use magic paper to create a plane or flying machine to take home. Tickets 01382 909 900 27 28 www.dca.org.uk Tickets 01382 909 900 29 Access DCA welcomes everyone and we are committed to making our programme and facilities accessible. We accept the CEA card. Application forms and further details are available from Box Office as well as large print copies of DCA print material. Guide Dogs are welcome in our cinemas. Details of audio-described and subtitled screenings are listed in our print and online at our website. For further information on access please contact us on 01382 909 900. DCA Cinema is supported by: DCA follows BBFC recommendations. For further details about film classification or for extended film information, please refer to www.bbfc.co.uk 30 www.dca.org.uk 01382 909 900 www.dca.org.uk DCA Box Office is open daily from 10:00 until 15 minutes after the start of the final film. All week £6.20 before 17:00 £7.20 from 17:00* £1.50 additional fee for all 3D films* Special Prices** Seniors Mon £5 all day Tue – Fri £5 before 17:00 Students Sun £5 all day Mon – Fri £5 before 17:00 Un-waged Mon £5 all day Tue – Fri £5 before 17:00 Under 15s Sun £5 all day Mon – Fri £5 before 17:00 Disability Free carer’s ticket on production of valid CEA card * There are some pricing exceptions, please see film information for further information. **Please bring proof of your status to DCA when purchasing or picking up reduced tickets. Special Screenings: Senior Citizen Kane Club Over 60? Join us for a film with tea/coffee and biscuit – £5 Bring a Baby Screenings For those with babies under 12 months old, includes tea/coffee and biscuit – £5 Discovery Family Film Club £5 under 21s £5.70 over 21s Family ticket for four people £16 Ciné Sundays Film, breakfast roll and tea/coffee – £6 Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase except in the case of a cancelled performance. Ticket offers are subject to availability and may not be used in conjunction with any other offer. All tickets must be paid for at point of booking. Whilst every effort is taken to ensure the accuracy of information within this guide, mistakes do happen. DCA reserves the right to make changes to the programme as necessary. DCA reserves the right to refuse admission. DCA asks all customers to refrain from using mobile phones in the cinema. Customers are welcome to take their drinks into our Cinemas, but are asked to refrain from going back to the bar during the screening. 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