Gardner Arts Centre - What's On at the cinema

Cinema

New releases, old favourites, arthouse and classics on a BIG screen. Tickets are £4.50 (£3 concessions) and can be bought in advance from the Box Office.

Films start at the published time.

Tue 25 Jan 8pm

HERO [12A]

Dir: Zhang Yimou (2002) HK/CHINA 99 mins subtitles

‘Hero is one of the best looking films ever made’ The Guardian. Stunning landscapes, graceful duels and rigorous compositions.

Fri 28 Jan 8pm

THE LIFE & DEATH OF PETER SELLERS [15]

Dir: Stephen Hopkins (2004) USA/UK 127 mins

Tracing the turbulent rise of Peter Sellers, from popular BBC radio performer to one of the world's most gifted comedic actors.

Sat 29 Jan 8pm

MY SUMMER OF LOVE [15]

Dir: Pawel Pawlikowski (2004) UK 89 mins

A tender love affair between a bright, naïve poor girl and a rich one in her rebel phase. From the Director of Last Resort.

Sun 30 Jan 6pm

THE STORY OF

THE WEEPING CAMEL [U]

Dir: Byambasuren Davaa & Luigi Falomi (2003)

Mongolia/Germany 90 mins subtitles

A family of camel herders in the Gobi Desert become concerned about the

welfare of a camel that has been abandoned by its mother.

Sun 30 Jan 8pm

SPIDER-MAN 2 [PG]

Dir: Sam Raimi (2004) USA 127 mins

Peter Palmer is at college at New York City's Empire State University where he is thrown into conflict with egghead scientist Dr Otto Octavius.

Tue 1 Feb 8pm

SUPERSIZE ME [12A]

Dir: Morgan Spurlock (2004) USA 100 mins

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock undergoes an experiment: for 30 days he will only eat and drink items from the McDonald's menu.

Fri 4 Feb 8pm

SHAOLIN SOCCER [12A]

Dir: Stephen Chow (2001) HONG KONG / CHINA /

US 87 mins subtitles

His own career ended by a horrific injury, Golden Leg Fung sees a chance for

vicarious glory in the astonishing soccer skills of Sing.

Sat 5 Feb 8pm

SAW [18]

Dir: James Wan (2004) USA 100 mins

There's something impressively horrible and extravagantly twisted about this serial-killer horror-thriller from first-timer James Wan.

Sun 6 Feb 6pm

SHARKTALE [U]

Dir: Bibo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson, Robert Letterman

(2004) USA 90 mins

An ambitious, fast-talking fish and a sensitive, vegetarian shark, are brought

together by a fatal accident and a tall tale.

Sun 6 Feb 8pm

OLDBOY [18]

Dir: Chan-Wook Park (2003) KOREA 120 mins subtitles

After 15 years imprisonment Dae-Su Oh is released and encouraged to seek

retribution. Cinema that holds an edge of cold steel to your throat. Winner of the

Grand Prix du Jury Cannes 2004.

Sat 12 Feb 8pm

FINDING NEVERLAND [PG]

Dir: Marc Forster (2004) UK/USA 101 mins

The story of 'Peter Pan' author J.M. Barrie. Starring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet.

Sun 13 Feb 8pm

ALFIE [15]

Dir: Lewis Gilbert (1966) UK 114 mins

Starring Michael Caine, The original classic. Alfie is the ultimate Ladykiller.

Sun 13 Feb 6pm

BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON [15]

Dir: Beeban Kidron (2004) UK 108 mins

The story picks up four weeks after the first film, already Bridget Jones is

becoming uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark Darcy...

Sun 20 Feb 6pm

HUKKLE [12A]

Dir: György Pálfi (2002) HUNGARY 77 mins subtitles

A small rural community in Hungary – an old man with hiccups, a shepherdess and her sheep, an old woman who may or may not be up to no good.

Sun 20 Feb 8pm

NOBODY KNOWS [12A]

Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda (2004) JAPAN 141 mins subtitles

Four children are forced to rely on one another after they are abandoned by their

mother.

Sat 26 Feb 8pm

AMARCORD [15]

Dir: Federico Fellini (1973) ITALY-FRANCE 123 mins subtitles

Ideal as an introduction to Fellini's work. Fellini portrays his home town of Rimini as he remembered it in the '30s, during his young days...  Won Oscar for Best Foreign Film and Best Director 1974

Sun 27 Feb 6pm

RED LIGHTS [15]

Dir: Cedric Kahn (2004) FRANCE 106 mins subtitles

From the director of Roberto Succo, Red Lights is a sophisticated real-world thriller. A couple drive to South France and have to face great danger.

Sun 27 Feb 8pm

THE CORPORATION [PG]

Dir: Mark Achbar (2003) CANADA 145 mins

A polemical documentary based on the book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. If big business was a person it would be regarded as

'pathological'.

Sun 6 Mar 8pm

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE [PG]

Dir: John Frankenheimer (1962) US 127 mins

After Raymond returns from Korea as a hero, other members of his platoon don’t

know what he did to win his medal. What dark and sinister secrets are being withheld by the Government and the Army ? Starring Frank Sinatra.

Sun 6 Mar 6pm

I ♥ HUCKABEES [15]

Dir: David O Russell (2004) USA 107 mins

Environmental activist Albert is so perplexed by a coincidence that he hires an

'existential detective' team. A fresh and funny romp exploring big issues starring

Jude Law & Dustin Hoffman.

Sun 20 Mar 6pm

UNCOVERED:

THE WAR ON IRAQ [PG]

Dir: Robert Greenwald (2004) US 83 mins

The point of view in Greenwalds' documentary bears stating, especially when our pro-war liberal classes seem so unmoved by the great political scandal of the age.

Sun 20 Mar 8pm

ENDURING LOVE [15]

Dir: Roger Michell (2004) UK 100 mins

From the directors of Notting Hill and Changing Lanes. A deadly obsession takes

hold. Adapted from Ian McEwan's novel.

Tue 29 Mar 8pm

THE INCREDIBLES [PG]

Dir: Brad Bird (2004) USA 97 mins

A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world

Sat 2 Apr 8pm

LOOK AT ME (COMME UNE IMAGE) [12A]

Dir: Agnès Jaoui (2004) FRANCE 111 mins subtitles

A superb comedy, exploring the French middle-classes. Frumpy Lolita, the

daughter of a famous novelist is being given singing lessons.

Sun 3 Apr 6pm

VANITY FAIR [15]

Dir: Mira Nair (2004) UK-USA 104 mins

Monsoon Wedding director turns her attention to the stratifications and snobbery

of the English class system in her distinctive take on Thackeray's novel. Starring Reese Witherspoon and James Purefoy

Sun 3 Apr 8pm

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? [12A]

Dir: Robert Aldrich (1962) USA 128 mins

Baby Jane was a child star. When she grows up she is forgotten by the public.

Instead her sister Blanche gets famous as a Hollywood actress - stars Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono.

Sun 10 Apr 6pm

TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE [15]

Dir: Try Parker (2003) USA 107 mins

Inspired by Thunderbirds – power hungry dictator Kim Jong Il is out to destroy the world, a Broadway star is recruited to go undercover. Will Team America be able to save the world?

Sun 10 Apr 8pm

NAPOLEON DYNAMITE [PG]

Dir: Jared Hess (2004) USA 86 mins

High school life is a daily misery for Napoleon Dynamite, a gawky white boy with a red afro, thick specs and an ill advised wardrobe. His family are even weirder. If you like a bit of cruelty with your humour - this is for you.

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Revised: 01 February 2005