AFERIM!
14 March
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CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
18
Director: Radu Jude
Romania
2015
108 mins (subtitles, black & white)
Starring: Teodor Corban, Mihai Comanoiu, Toma Cuzin
Set in Romania in 1835, Aferim! (bravo in Turkish) depicts the
life of the region and notably Gypsy slavery. Constantin and
his inept son are hired by a nobleman to hunt down an escaped
Roma slave. The film reflects the prevailing attitudes of the
time: Constantin treats priests and nobles with great respect but
peasants and Roma with indifferent cruelty; sometimes he shows a
conscience but at others he is shockingly ruthless; some scenes are
compelling, humorous and ironic while others are harrowing and
violent. This is the first portrayal of Romanian slavery, which was
not abolished until 1856 - groundbreaking and controversial. CHINESE PUZZLE
21st March
28th March
15
Director: Matt Ross
USA
2016
118 mins
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, George McKay, Samantha Isler
This official Sundance and Festival De Cannes selection is a
quirky magical film about an unconventional modern family.
Viggo Mortensen is simply amazing in this patriarch role as
a devoted father in which the whole family is forced into an
unspeakable predicament. The family have to leave the Pacific
Northwest and their off-the-grid lifestyle and go on an existential
journey into the real world. Going along on this dramatic ride is
the marvellous Samantha Isler and Frank Langella. Along with the
ensemble five star cast, Mortensen makes this one of the best films
for 2016. A must see for this season. Simon Goodman
Ailsa Cuttell
JULIETA
15
Director: Cédric Klapisch
France
2013
117 mins (subtitles)
Starring: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile De France
Writer Xavier can't bear the idea of his two children growing up in
Chinatown, New York, to where his ex-wife has moved, so he too
moves there. Battling with the American Green Card system is far
from his only problem as also there are his divorced ex-girlfriend
with her two children and also his lesbian best friend and her
half-Chinese partner (who wish him to be the biological father of
a baby). Director Klapisch is well supported by a brilliant cast and
expertly weaves together all the story strands for a superb finale.
The film is warm, funny and an imaginative delight. Charles Slater
4th April
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15
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Spain
2016
99 mins (subtitles)
Starring: Emma Suárez, Adriana Ugarte, Daniel Grao
Pedro Almodóvar is arguably one of the most internationally
acclaimed Spanish filmmakers since Luis Buñuel and his 2016 film
Julieta is outstanding. Staring Emma Suárez and Adriana Ugarte,
mother and daughter both live together in Madrid and both share
the loss of Xoan, Antia’s father and Julieta’s husband. This is a
story of intrigue, loss and romance. Their lives must go on and
Almodóvar’s storytelling style and technique is supremely excellent.
A superb film based on the stories by Nobel Prize winner Alice
Munro. Julieta gets the big thumbs up from the Devizes Film Club. Simon Goodman
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HUNT FOR THE WILDER PEOPLE
10 January
th
12A
BEATLES: 8 DAYS A WEEK
24 January
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Director: Ron Howard
UK
2016
137 mins
Starring: The Beatles
Director: Taika Waititi
New Zealand
2016
101 mins
Starring: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata
Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with
his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush.
A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside
their differences and work together to survive. Filmed in the
majestic New Zealand countryside, this is one of the funniest
and most delightfully oddball films of the year. Hunt for the
Wilderpeople is a pleasure from beginning to end. A big-hearted
picture full of small, understated moments of magic, an
off-kilter charmer. 17th January
Is there really anything more to say about the Beatles?
Yes, there is, in a film that includes interviews with McCartney and
Starr, archive material with Harrison and Lennon, and intriguing
conversations with present-day fans such as Elvis Costello
and Whoopi Goldberg. You will be treated to a giant public
spectacle, the theatre of arriving at airports, hotels, posing for
photographs, and best of all, talking to journalists. There is a lot of
simple, moment-by-moment pleasure to be had. The scream was
an important part of it; be prepared to go back in time to why they
became such a legend. Margaret Bryant
HELL OR HIGH WATER
15
Director: Ken Loach
UK
2016
100 mins
Starring: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Dylan McKiernan
Winner of the Palm d'Or, described by the Telegraph as a quietly
fearsome piece of drama. Half a century on from Cathy Come
Home, Loach has made what is arguably his finest film since then.
Showing how Daniel living in Newcastle-on-Tyne struggles with the
almost Kafkaesque bureaucracy of modern Britain's Department
for Work and Pensions, the film focuses on his determined, even
obstinate, attempts to avoid poverty and potential homelessness
whilst retaining his humanity intact, namely self-respect, dignity
and kindness to others. A very moving and important film showing
what life is like for many in 21st century Britain. Roger Day
7th February
GIRLHOOD
21st February
15
Matinee at 2.30 p.m.
John Ingledew
I DANIEL BLAKE
12A
Director: Céline Sciamma
France
2014
113 mins (subtitles)
Starring: Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh
Oppressed by her family setting and dead-end school prospects in
the housing projects of Paris, Marieme changes her life after joining
a gang of free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code,
and quits school and gains a sense of self confidence in the process
but she soon finds that this new life does not necessarily make her
any happier. While the movie has a lot to say about the general
condition of being a girl, in the Paris banlieues and elsewhere, it
never loses sight of the specific girl at its heart. The result is honest,
empowering and electrifying. Sue Weber
SWEET BEAN
15
7th March
Director: David Mackenzie
USA
2016
102 mins
Starring: Ben Foster, Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges
PG
Director: Naomi Kawase
Japan
2015
113 mins (subtitles)
Starring: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagasi
Hell or High Water is a heist thriller with a satirical edge about a
divorced father and his volatile and trigger happy brother. They
come together after years apart to rob branches of the bank
threatening to foreclose on their family's ranch. For them, the holdups are just part of a last-ditch scheme, until they find themselves
pursued by the Texas Ranger and his half-Comanche partner. This
is a deceptively simple tale of Texan cops and robbers where
the humour is as dry as the landscapes and all the characters
appearing strangely fatalistic. Clive Dorling
Winner of five international awards, this film was chosen to
open Un Certain Regard at Cannes, in 2015. It is a charming
and masterfully told story of a bakery proprietor who reluctantly
accepts an old lady's offer to help make the bean paste for his
traditional pancakes. She makes the paste by hand despite her
crippled fingers and sales improve dramatically. However they
both have hidden problems which they have to work out together.
This is a delicately handled and moving story that is touching, but
not sentimental, under Director Kawase's skilful use of pace and
cinematic detail. Charles Slater