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Sunday 11 May, 11.00am
CARAMEL (PG)
Director: Nadine Labaki. Starring: Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Elmasri, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisčle Aouad. France/Lebanon 2007. 96 mins. Arabic and French with English subtitles.
A charming comedy drama with echoes of Almodóvar, centred on the everyday lives of five Lebanese women as revealed in a Beirut beauty salon.
Members can see CARAMEL first and for FREE. Tickets are available by calling the Booking Line on 0871 704 2052 or visiting the cinema. Tickets are available on a first come first served basis.
Read more about CARAMEL here including an interview with director Nadine Labaki. |
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We are excited to announce that the Metropolitan Opera 2008/2009 season, live in High Definition from New York, is now on sale. Commencing on Saturday 11 October with Mikko Franck's Salome, the 08/09 season consists of ten operas running through to Saturday 9 May 2009. Click here for more information.
Owing to the sell-out success of the Met opera La Bohčme, we have scheduled a repeat broadcast on Monday 19 May at 7.00pm. Ticket prices for this screening are as follows:
Full Price Ł12, Concessions Ł11, Members Ł10.
We are also pleased to announce a Summer Season of Ballet from the Royal Opera House at The Cameo this July and August.
Experience the beauty of Sylvia, the magic of The Sleeping Beauty and the tragedy of Romeo and Juilet in High Definition on the big screen. Click here for more information. |
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CARAMEL (PG) - 16 May
A romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women living in Beirut.
HEARTBEAT DETECTOR (12A) - 16 May
A complicated philosophical thriller and meditation on modern varieties of evil.
SHOTGUN STORIES (12A) - 23 May
SHOTGUN STORIES tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half-brothers following the death of their father. Against the backdrop of the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family.
Click here for official site.
EUROVISION PARTY - 24 May
Several hours of monstrous musical mayhem beamed live via satellite with all profits going to Children in Need. |
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| Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? (12A*) |
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Director: Morgan Spurlock Origin: France Year: 2008 Duration: 90m
After revealing just what a diet of Big Macs can do to a person in SUPER SIZE ME, filmmaker Spurlock takes a tongue-in-cheek look at another threat to our collective wellbeing. When Spurlock's wife become pregnant, he feels that he wants his child to grow up in a safer world and so takes it upon himself to track down the most dangerous man on Earth, Osama bin Laden. Spurlock flies to the Middle East in search of his quarry, making stops in Egypt, Morocco, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Pakistan as he keeps an eye peeled for the head of Al Qaeda. When he isn't playing sleuth, he interviews people representing all walks of life, quizzing them about the nature of the post-9/11 conflict and the need for peace, in what proves to be a witty, inventive and illuminating documentary.
*Contains strong language
To book tickets, call 0871 704 2052 or book online
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Director: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud Origin: France Year: 2007 Duration: 96m Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Sean Penn, Chiara Mastroianni, Iggy Pop
An expressionistic animation stunningly drawn in black and white, PERSEPOLIS is a touching coming-of-age story about an intelligent, outspoken girl growing up during the Iranian revolution. Paronnaud and Satrapi's debut feature tells of how fundamentalists seized power, forced the veil on women and imprisoned thousands of dissidents. The film is based on Satrapi's series of graphic novels and her childhood experiences in Iran, where she survived traumatic encounters with schoolteachers bent on denying her expression, policemen determined to deny her freedom and Iraqi bombs intended to take her life. Dedicated to the people of Iran, PERSEPOLIS is a moving, universally appealing story of one woman's struggle against oppression that deservedly shared the jury prize at Cannes in 2007.
*Contains moderate violence, drugs and one use of strong language
To book tickets, call 0871 704 2052 or book online
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Director: Mike Leigh Origin: United Kingdom Year: 2008 Duration: 118m Starring: Eddie Marsan, Sally Hawkins
Poppy (Hawkins) is an irrepressible 30-something enjoying her life in Camden. Whether out on her bike, preparing lessons for her primary school class, or drinking with friends in the local, she keeps a smile on her face and a joke on her lips. She is happy with her life and determined to get the most out of every day. When her bicycle is stolen, she decides to invest in driving lessons, which will bring her face-to-face with a character and a world view quite unlike her own. Compared with Leigh's previous works, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY presents a calmer, more optimistic take on contemporary Britain, where individualism and the pursuit of happiness define the lives of a generation, but where old-fashioned notions of community and selflessness still exist.
To book tickets, call 0871 704 2052 or book online
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Director: Leonard Abrahamson Origin: Ireland Year: 2007 Duration: 85m Starring: Anne-Marie Duff, Pat Shortt, Conor Ryan
GARAGE weaves tragedy with comedy to present a beautifully drawn tale from the margins of contemporary rural Irish life. Regarded by his neighbours as a harmless misfit, Josie (Shortt) has spent all his adult life as the caretaker of a crumbling petrol station. One summer his world suffers a shift when a teenager, David (Ryan), comes to work with him. Initially performing their menial tasks in silence, they tentatively open up, and suddenly Josie is drinking cans by the railway tracks with the local kids. This awakens dormant needs in Josie, leading to his awkward tilt at intimacy with shop girl Carmel (Duff). Tender though never sentimental, this tautly scripted, naturalistically photographed film withstands comparison to the work of the Dardenne brothers.
To book tickets, call 0871 704 2052 or book online
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| The Spirit of the Beehive (PG) |
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Director: Victor Erice Origin: Spain Year: 1973 Duration: 98m Starring: Fernando Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Telleria
Widely regarded as a masterpiece of Spanish cinema, this allegorical tale is set in a remote village in the 1940s. The life in the village is calm and uneventful -- as is Spanish life after General Franco's victory in the Civil War. While their father (Fernando Fernán Gómez) studies bees in his beehive and their mother (Teresa Gimpera) writes letters to a non-existent correspondent, two young girls, Ana (Ana Torrent) and Isabel (Isabel Telleria), go to see James Whale's Frankenstein at a local cinema. Though they can hardly understand the concept, both girls are deeply impressed with the moment when a little girl gives a flower to the monster. Isabel, the older sister, tells Ana that the monster actually exists as a spirit that you can't see unless you know how to approach him. Ana starts wandering around the countryside in search of the kind creature. Instead, she meets an army deserter, who is hiding in a barn. The film received critical accolades for its subtle and masterful use of cinematic language and the expressive performance of the young Ana Torrent.
Note: this film is subtitled
To book tickets, call 0871 704 2052 or book online
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Director: Anne Fletcher Origin: United States Year: 2008 Duration: 111m Starring: Edward Burns, James Marsden, Malin Akerman, Katherine Heigl
Frothy and funny, 27 DRESSES is a romantic comedy that continues the rise to stardom of Katherine Heigl (KNOCKED UP). Ever since her childhood, when she started serving as surrogate mum to her younger sister following their mother's death, Jane (Heigl) has been a tireless provider of support and assistance for all in her orbit. Her chronic selflessness and attentiveness to detail have made her the perfect bridesmaid for her friends -- more than two dozen of them, actually -- and an invaluable assistant for George (Burns), who is blissfully oblivious to his employee's infatuation. When Tess (Akerman), Jane's sexy, self-absorbed sibling, attracts the attention of George, he becomes so smitten he proposes before really getting to know her. Guess whom Tess asks to be her bridesmaid?
*Contains moderate sex references and language
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