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your 10th Birthday! www.hartsdirect.co.uk BOOK NOW AT THE CINEMA BOX OFFICE, TIC OR ONLINE TO AdvERTIsE HERE (CIRC. 24,000) CONTACT: [email protected] www.saffronscreen.com CineMA inForMATion TiCKeTs For ALL FiLMs Are noW on sALe DAYTIME Full £6.70; 65 & over £5.80; other adult concessions £5.10; 18 & under £4.30 EVENINGS (films at or after 5pm) Full £7.70; 65 & over £6.90; other adult concessions £5.90; 18 & under £5.50 (£4.10 on Monday nights) sTAFF CINEMA for TINIES Adults £3.90; Children £2.90; under 2s free piCK SPECIAL EVENTS Please see ticket price information for each event. eYe in The sKY pAddinGTon son oF sAUL See our website for information about eligibility for concession price tickets. Group bookings 11 cinema tickets for the price of 10 (not available online). Tickets are available: WeLCoMe ● online at www.saffronscreen.com (booking fee applies) ● in person from the Box office (opens 30 mins before each screening) In May 2006 we launched Saffron Screen with a flurry of ● in person from the Tourist Information Centre, Saffron Walden (booking fee applies) (telephone: 01799 524002, enquiries only). optimism and a flutter of nervousness – and an opening weekend of Chicken Little, The White Countess and reCeive The LATesT inForMATion viA eMAiL A Matter of Life and Death with a Q&A with Oscar- For weekly film updates, Monday night film notes, or information about winning cinematographer (and former Saffron Walden foreign language films, Cinema for Tinies screenings, audio-described films, resident) Jack Cardiff. Ten years, several awards, a superb films with subtitles, or Special Events, email with the relevant heading to: cast of staff and volunteers, numerous stellar Q&As and over th [email protected] 340,000 visitors later, we are excited to celebrate our 10 birthday with you, our wonderful audience. See the next FoLLoW Us page for some of our achievements from the last 10 years. facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & Instagram We are thrilled to bring you a preview screening of Whit Stillman’s highly entertaining Jane Austen adaptation Find Us Love & Friendship for our gala birthday celebration; join us on Saffron Walden County High School, Audley End road, Saturday 21st May (a week before the film comes out) for fizz, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 4UH cake and a witty and elegant film. We want to celebrate with Doors open 30 minutes before screenings. our younger audience too, so we have planned a Teddy Bears’ Please use the main school entrance and car parks (not the sports hall Picnic with a screening of Paddington for earlier in the day. car park). See our website for detailed information. Our staff and volunteers have selected some of their favourite films from our last ten years – and those which definitely deserve ACCessiBiLiTY to be seen again on the big screen – which will be shown across The cinema is wheelchair friendly and has induction loop facilities. With the programme at the prices we charged in 2006: £5 for some films, we are able to offer audio description and subtitles. A large print adults, £3.50 for youngsters. Look out for the Staff Pick version of this programme can be supplied on request. Please contact the icon and join us for a celebration of the last ten years. office for further details. We are thrilled to be working with the Town Team ConTACT Us and Saffron Walden Town Council for Cinema in the Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01799 500238 th Square on Saturday 28 May – a FREE screening 10 Postal address: c/o Saffron Walden Tourist Information Centre, of John Waters‘ Hairspray in Saffron Walden’s YeArs 1 Market Place, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1HR Charity no 1113259 Market Square, followed by music and dancing. www.saffronscreen.com We will be announcing further celebrations of our 10th birthday across the summer – see our website or social media for further announcements. Happy birthday Saffron Screen! Printed on certified and sustainable paper Design: www.design-mill.co.uk Subtitled (hard of hearing) Recommended film Cinema for Tinies Allocated seating Print: Harts Design & Print The LAsT 10 YeArs... TO MARCH 2016 KeY dATes 2006 Top 10 FiLMs shoWn 1,740 2006 1 Mamma Mia! (2,835 + different fi lms and ● Launch Saffron Screen on the Green) 2016 special events shown ● Winner: Market Town 2 The King’s Speech 2010: Mark. Awards East of England 3 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Kermode. 2007 4 Frozen 3,746 screenings ● First silent movie 5 Atonement with live piano 6 The Second Best Exotic accompaniment Marigold Hotel 2008 7 Skyfall 3 41,047 ● Online booking 8 Spectre total audience launched 9 The Queen 10 The Theory of Everything 10 2013: Nick Frost. 2012: YeArs 2009 Saffron Screen. CoMMiTTed To on the Green. ● Young People’s ● Low ticket prices Film Festival ● Low refreshment prices ● Accessibility 2010 ● Varied programming ● Winner: Projection ● Team of the Year Supporting local businesses 10 ● Protecting the environment 2015 43,534 2011 AUdienCe FiGUres2014 39,222 ● Digital projector installed 2012 36,618 ● 2013:. First live event screened Aardman.workshop. 2011 34,648 2006 15,983 2014: Vicky McClure & Jo Hartley. 2012 ● Saffron Screen on the Green ● Film Festival The FUTUre 2013 As our audience numbers increase ● Shortlisted for Cinema sTAFFinG we are looking at options to of the Year award grow and develop the cinema 2013:. to better serve our 90 Frozen. wonderful community. 2014 volunteers ● Launch of Pop-up Watch this space! Saffron Screen 2010: Award-winning projectionists.

2015 17 10 ● Shortlisted for Cinema part-time staff speCiAL ThAnKs To ALL oUr sTAFF, of the Year award voLUnTeers, Friends, pArTners, sponsors, ● Polish Film Festival AdverTisers & MosT oF ALL – YoU 2016 , ThAnK YoU For sUpporTinG YoUr th 4 500 ● 10 anniversary! volunteer hours a year noT-For-proFiT CoMMUniTY CineMA MAY 2016 MAY 2016 10 BATMAn v sUperMAn

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The diverGenT series: ALLeGiAnT (12A) sun 1st 2pm BLACK MoUnTAin poeTs (15) sat 7th & sun 8th 8pm direCTor Robert Schwentke direCTor Jamie Adams CAsT Shailene Woodley, Zoë Kravitz, Theo James, Miles Teller CAsT Alice Lowe, Dolly Wells, Tom Cullen, Rosa Robson sCreen TesT The next chapter in this YA franchise finds Tris (Woodley) and Four sCreen TesT A terrific British comedy. Two sisters escape from a bungled lorry theft and (James) going beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. Seeking a peaceful solution for their city, wind up pretending to be ‘beat poets’ at a camping retreat in the Black Mountains of Wales. they must make choices about courage, loyalty, sacrifice and love. (2016 USA 121 mins) Here they make a mess of putting up tents, hear lots of bad poetry and fall for the charms of the same man. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face. (2015 UK 85 mins) eddie The eAGLe (pG) sun 1st 5pm & 8pm The LAdY in The vAn (12A) sun 8th 5pm direCTor Dexter Fletcher CAsT Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, , Jo Hartley direCTor Nicholas Hytner sCreen TesT The joyous story of Michael Edwards, an unlikely but courageous CAsT Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, James Corden, ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself. Encouraged by his rebellious and sCreen TesT Enjoy Maggie Smith’s outstanding performance as Margaret Shepherd, the crotchety homeless woman who parked her van in the drive of Alan Bennett’s Camden charismatic coach (Jackman), he took on the establishment and won the hearts of sports town house and stayed for 15 years. (2015 UK 104 mins) fans when he competed at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. A very British film, full of warmth and wit, about the ultimate underdog. (2016 UK/USA/Ger 106 mins) AnoMALisA (15) Mon 9th 8pm 5pm screening followed by a Q&A with actor Jo Hartley. direCTor Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman voiCes David Thewlis, , Tom Noonan nd The peArL BUTTon (el botón de nácar) (12A) Mon 2 8pm sCreen TesT From the mind of Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Eternal direCTor Patricio Guzmán Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) comes this tender, touching black comedy, filmed entirely sCreen TesT This lyrical documentary offers a rich reflection on landscape, history in breathtaking stop-motion animation. A self-obsessed motivational speaker finds escape and culture in Chile. Guzmán takes us on a journey into the waters of Southern Chile, from the mundanity of his life through a chance meeting with the unassuming Lisa. A considering the fate of the Patagonian indigenous people, the first English sailors and more gorgeously odd film about love, pain, solitude and humanity. (2015 USA 90 mins) recent political prisoners and the ‘disappeared’. Poetic and haunting. hiGh-rise (15) Fri 13th & sat 14th 8pm Introduced by Paul Merchant, University of Cambridge Centre of direCTor Ben Wheatley Latin American Studies. (2015 Fr/Sp/Chile/Switz 82 mins Subtitled) CAsT Tom Hiddleston, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Elisabeth Moss th sCreen TesT Wheatley’s adaptation of JG Ballard’s 1975 dystopian satire is a heady The WiTCh (15) Fri 6 8pm cocktail of shmoozing, sex and excess set against a backdrop of class warfare. Dr Robert direCTor Robert Eggers Laing (Hiddleston) moves into a brutalist high-rise tower of luxury apartments, a building CAsT Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw that operates as a microcosm of the society outside its walls and which slowly unravels into sCreen TesT New England, 1630. Banished by the church, a Puritan English family savage chaos. Boldly funny and true to Ballard’s anarchic vision. (2015 UK 119 mins) moves to an isolated plot by an ominous forest. Strange and unsettling things happen: BATMAn v sUperMAn: dAWn oF JUsTiCe (12A) the animals turn malevolent, the crops fail and the baby disappears. A disturbing and sat 14th & sun 15th 3pm atmospheric examination of the age-old concepts of witchcraft, black magic and possession, stunningly written, acted and directed. Beautiful, bleak and deeply unnerving. direCTor Zack Snyder (2015 USA/UK/Can/Brazil 93 mins) CAsT Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot sCreen TesT Following his titanic struggle against General Zod, Superman is seen as a ZooTropoLis (pG) sat 7th 3pm sun 8th 2pm Fri 3rd June 4pm threat to humanity and Bruce Wayne dons his mask and cape to challenge the Man of Steel. In direCTors Byron Howard, Rich Moore classic comic book fashion the two giants clash on an epic scale until a greater danger threatens voiCes Ginnifer Goodwin, , JK Simmons, Octavia Spencer Metropolis, demanding their combined efforts. Dark and dramatic, see this as much for Wonder sCreen TesT Rookie cop bunny Judy Hopps, determined to prove herself in the police Woman’s silver screen debut as for the superhero showdown. (2016 USA 151 mins) force, teams up with a wily fox to solve a missing otter case. This delightful animation th The LAdY in The vAn (12A) sat 14 7.45pm creates an intelligent and fascinatingly detailed animal-run world and its joyous energy Hempstead Village Hall – see our website for details. and adult allusions make it a sparky delight for all ages. (2016 USA 108 mins) Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com Full-size screen with the latest digital technology MAY 2016 10 MAY 2016

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sTAFF th hoW To TrAin YoUr drAGon (pG) piCK sun 22nd 3pm BridGe oF spies (12A) sun 15 8pm direCTor Steven Spielberg direCTors Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders CAsT , , Amy Ryan, Alan Alda voiCes Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrara sCreen TesT Spielberg’s superb Cold War spy drama spins a complex story of political sCreen TesT We love this animated fi lm about the bond that grows between intrigue and patriotism into timeless Hollywood entertainment. Rylance thoroughly deserved a Viking boy, Hiccup, and the dragon that has terrifi ed his community, based on the his Best Supporting Actor Oscar. (2015 USA/Ger/India 138 mins) beloved Cressida Cowell stories. A delightful fi lm with humour, affection and glorious action sequences. (2010 USA 94 mins) th disorder (15) Mon 16 8pm Join us before the fi lm to make a dragon mask. direCTor Alice Winocour sTAFF CAsT Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy, Zaïd Errougui-Demonsant sLUMdoG MiLLionAire (15) piCK sun 22nd 8pm sCreen TesT An ex-soldier suffering from PTSD, hired to protect a wealthy businessman direCTors Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan and his family, sees threats everywhere. Is he becoming increasingly paranoid or is CAsT , Anil Kapoor, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan the danger real? An effective and gripping combination of slow-building thriller and sCreen TesT One of the most celebrated fi lms of our fi rst ten years and the top pick psychological drama with a charismatic performance from Schoenaerts as the tough but for screening from our staff and volunteers follows a young man from the slums of Mumbai vulnerable bodyguard. (2015 Fr/Belg 98 mins Subtitled) whose success on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? arouses suspicion. An exhilarating and The MAn Who KneW inFiniTY (12A) Fri 20th 8pm heart-warming fi lm which doesn’t shrink from the dark side of life in contemporary India. (2008 UK/USA 117 mins Part subtitled) direCTor Matt Brown CAsT Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Toby Jones, Jeremy Northam speed sisTers (pG) Mon 23rd 8pm sCreen TesT A true story of friendship and mathematics, set and fi lmed in Cambridge. direCTor Amber Fares In 1913 Srinavasa Ramanujan, a self-taught Indian mathematics genius, travelled to Trinity sCreen TesT This uplifting documentary about fi ve young Palestinian women who College where he forged a bond with the eccentric professor GH Hardy. An inspiring fi lm formed the fi rst all-female Middle Eastern race car driving team is a celebration of the featuring engaging performances. (2015 UK 109 mins Part subtitled) camaraderie and exhilaration behind their achievements. The on- and off-track dramas play sTAFF pAddinGTon (pG) piCK sat 21st 3pm out against the backdrop of the daily challenges of life under occupation as well as gender direCTor Paul King and societal pressures. Both political and joyously playful. CAsT Ben Whishaw (voice), Hugh Bonneville, , Peter Capaldi (2015 Pal/USA/Qat/UK/Den/Can 78 mins Subtitled) sCreen TesT This adaptation from Michael Bond’s popular children’s books is one of th th th eYe in The sKY (15) Fri 27 , sat 28 & sun 29 8pm our favourite family fi lms from the past decade. With a fabulous cast, the story of a bear direCTor Gavin Hood who leaves Darkest Peru and is taken in by the Brown family in London is enormously CAsT , , Barkhad Abdi, Aaron Paul funny in an unmistakably British way. (2014 UK/Fr 95 mins) th sCreen TesT This riveting thriller focuses on the intricate morality of drone warfare, Celebrate our 10 birthday with a teddy bears’ picnic before the fi lm. taking us through one long, stressful day for two senior offi cers (Rickman and Mirren) who st order a missile strike against a group of terrorists in Kenya. As the mission escalates, a Love & Friendship (U) 10 sat 21 8pm young girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute over the implications of direCTor Whit Stillman modern warfare. A polished and nail-biting drama. (2015 UK 102 mins) CAsT Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Morfydd Clark, Xavier Samuel sCreen TesT We are thrilled to bring you a preview of Whit Stillman’s adaptation The JUnGLe BooK (pG) sat 28th & sun 29th 3pm of the Jane Austen novella, Lady Susan, for our 10th birthday gala screening. Set in the Weds 1st & Thurs 2nd June 4pm opulent drawing rooms of 18th-century English society, this deliciously sharp comedy direCTor Jon Favreau follows the matchmaking pursuits of beautiful young widow Lady Susan Vernon CAsT/voiCes Scarlett Johansson, Idris Elba, Bill Murray, Lupita Nyong’o (Beckinsale). Stillman proves himself a natural fi t for Austen in this gloriously witty and sCreen TesT A stunning live-action and CGI reimagining of the classic Rudyard Kipling acerbic fi lm. (2016 Ire/Neth/Fr/USA 93 mins) tale and the much-loved Disney cartoon about an orphan boy raised in the jungle with A gala preview screening to celebrate our 10th birthday. Tickets £12 the help of a pack of wolves, a bear and a black panther. An immersively beautiful family to include a glass of fi zz and nibbles. Doors open 7pm, fi lm 8pm. adventure with a tremendous voice cast. (2016 USA 106 mins) Free parking ● Wide choice of refreshments Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com sAFFron sCreen diArY MAY 2016 JUne 2016 10 Sun 1 2.00pm The Divergent Series: Allegiant (12A) Wed 1 4.00pm The Jungle Book (PG) Sun 1 5.00pm Eddie the Eagle (PG) Wed 1 8.00pm (12A) Sun 1 8.00pm Eddie the Eagle (PG) Thu 2 4.00pm The Jungle Book (PG) Mon 2 8.00pm The Pearl Button (12A) Fri 3 4.00pm Zootropolis (PG) Fri 6 8.00pm The Witch (15) Fri 3 8.00pm Sing Street (12A) Sat 7 3.00pm Zootropolis (PG) Sat 4 3.00pm Ratchet and Clank (U) Sat 7 8.00pm Black Mountain Poets (15) Sat 4 8.00pm Sing Street (12A) Sun 8 2.00pm Zootropolis (PG) Sun 5 3.00pm Ratchet and Clank (U) Sun 8 5.00pm The Lady in the Van (12A) Sun 5 8.00pm Miles Ahead (15) Sun 8 8.00pm Black Mountain Poets (15) Mon 6 8.00pm Dheepan (15) Mon 9 8.00pm Anomalisa (15) Fri 10 8.00pm Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (15) Fri 13 8.00pm High-Rise (15) Sat 11 3.00pm Robinson Crusoe (PG) Sat 14 3.00pm Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (12A) Sat 11 7.30pm A Royal Night Out (12A) Sat 14 7.45pm The Lady in the Van (12A) Sat 11 8.00pm Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (15) Sat 14 8.00pm High-Rise (15) Sun 12 3.00pm Robinson Crusoe (PG) Sun 15 3.00pm Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (12A) Sun 12 6.50pm Hamlet – RSC Sun 15 8.00pm Bridge of Spies (12A) Mon 13 8.00pm (15) Mon 16 8.00pm Disorder (15) Fri 17 8.00pm Florence Foster Jenkins (PG) Fri 20 8.00pm The Man Who Knew Infinity (12A) Sat 18 3.00pm The Angry Birds Movie (U tbc) sTAFF

Sat 21 3.00pm Paddington (PG) piCK Sat 18 8.00pm Florence Foster Jenkins (PG) Sat 21 8.00pm Love & Friendship (U) Sun 19 2.00pm The Angry Birds Movie (U tbc) sTAFF Sun 22 3.00pm How to Train Your Dragon (PG) piCK Sun 19 5.00pm Florence Foster Jenkins (PG) sTAFF sTAFF Sun 22 8.00pm Slumdog Millionaire (15) piCK Sun 19 8.00pm The Grand Budapest Hotel (15) piCK Mon 23 8.00pm Speed Sisters (PG) Mon 20 8.00pm Our Little Sister (PG)

Fri 27 8.00pm Eye in the Sky (15) Fri 24 8.00pm I Saw the Light (15) Sat 28 3.00pm The Jungle Book (PG) Sat 25 3.00pm Captain America: Civil War (12A tbc) sTAFF Sat 28 7.30pm Cinema in the Square – Hairspray (PG) Sat 25 8.00pm Atonement (15) piCK sTAFF Sat 28 8.00pm Eye in the Sky (15) Sun 26 11.00am Up (U) piCK Sun 29 3.00pm The Jungle Book (PG) Sun 26 3.00pm Captain America: Civil War (12A tbc) Sun 29 8.00pm Eye in the Sky (15) Sun 26 8.00pm Son of Saul (15) Mon 30 4.00pm The Huntsman: Winter’s War (12A) Mon 27 8.00pm Son of Saul (15) Mon 30 8.00pm Victoria (15) Tue 31 4.00pm The Huntsman: Winter’s War (12A) Tue 31 8.00pm Midnight Special (12A)

Subtitled (hard of hearing) Recommended film Cinema for Tinies Allocated seating www.saffronscreen.com MAY 2016 10 JUne 2016

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CineMA in The CineMA in The sQUAre The JUnGLe BooK (pG) Weds 1st & Thurs 2nd 4pm sQUAre 10 th hAirsprAY (pG) sat 28 7.30pm See May for details. direCTor John Waters st CAsT Ricki Lake, Divine, Sonny Bono, Debbie Harry despiTe The FALLinG snoW (12A) Weds 1 8pm sCreen TesT Join us in Saffron Walden’s Market Square for an outdoor screening of direCTor Shamim Sarif John Waters’ original version of the musical comedy set in 1960s Baltimore. ‘Pleasantly CAsT , , , Antje Traue plump’ Tracy Turnblad fulfils her wildest dreams when she becomes the newest star on a sCreen TesT The enigmatic Katya is an undercover American spy in 1950s Moscow. television dance programme. She faces dirty tricks from her main rival and antagonism When she is assigned to report on Alexander, an idealistic Communist politician, the last when the TV show won’t allow her black friends to dance. Dressing up, singing, dancing thing she expects is to fall for him. Faced with an impossible choice between love and duty, and beehives are actively encouraged! (1988 USA 88 mins) she makes the ultimate sacrifice – a decision that Alexander only uncovers many years later. Saffron Screen, Saffron Walden Town Council and Saffron Walden Town A beautifully shot combination of classic love story and thrilling espionage drama. Team present a frEE outdoor screening in Saffron Walden’s (2016 UK/Can 91 mins) Market Square, followed by 1960s music and dancing. ZooTropoLis (pG) Fri 3rd 4pm Generously sponsored by Angela reed furniture & fine Things. See May for details. th st The hUnTsMAn: WinTer’s WAr (12A) Mon 30 & Tues 31 4pm sinG sTreeT (12A) Fri 3rd & sat 4th 8pm direCTor Cedric Nicolas-Troyan direCTor John Carney CAsT Chris Hemsworth, , Jessica Chastain, Emily Blunt CAsT Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Aiden Gillen sCreen TesT Evil Queen Ravenna (Theron) was believed to have been killed by Snow sCreen TesT A joyously entertaining musical crowd-pleaser set in 1980s Dublin. White’s blade. Her sister, ice queen Freya (Blunt), sends her huntsmen to retrieve the Teenager Conor finds life difficult both at his grim inner-city school and at home with his Magic Mirror. When Freya discovers she can bring Ravenna back to life, the wicked sisters bickering parents. After meeting the cool Raphina, who claims to be a model, he decides to threaten the enchanted land. Only banished huntsman Eric (Hemsworth) and warrior Sara form a rock band in order to impress her. This delightful and funny coming-of-age story from (Chastain), united in their love, can defeat this darkness. An action-packed love story with the director of Once features endearing characters and fabulously nostalgic music. an enjoyable dash of humour. (2016 USA 117 mins) (2016 Ire/UK/USA 106 mins) viCToriA (15) Mon 30th 8pm rATCheT And CLAnK (U) sat 4th & sun 5th 3pm direCTor Sebastian Schipper direCTors Kevin Munroe, Jericca Cleland CAsT Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit voiCes James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye, Sylvester Stallone, Rosario Dawson sCreen TesT One of the most talked about films of the year, Schipper’s extraordinary sCreen TesT Based on the best-selling video game series, this entertaing animation romance / heist thriller is – incredibly, audaciously – shot in one continuous take. A young tells the story of two lovable rapscallions as they attempt to stop evil Chairman Drek from Spanish woman, new to Berlin, meets four locals outside a nightclub; they hang out, get destroying every planet in the Solana Galaxy. Joining forces with the colourful Galactic high and a romance begins. But when they are drawn into assisting with a crime, things Rangers they embark on their mission to thwart Drek, learning about heroism, friendship spiral out of control. A heart-stopping thrill-ride through late-night Berlin. and the importance of discovering one’s own identity along the way. Humorous, action- (2015 Ger 138 mins Subtitled) packed and tons of fun. (2016 USA 94 mins) MidniGhT speCiAL (12A) Tues 31st 8pm MiLes AheAd (15) sun 5th 8pm direCTor Jeff Nichols direCTor CAsT Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, , Adam Driver CAsT Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michael Stuhlbarg sCreen TesT Roy (Shannon) is a father desperate to protect his uniquely gifted eight- sCreen TesT This free-form biopic of Miles Davis shows the jazz great in the 1970s as year-old son in this gripping take on the sci-fi movie, which proves once again that director he attempts to recover his new session tape from music producers. Cheadle gives a brilliant Jeff Nichols is one of the most compelling storytellers of our time. As father and son go performance, full of attitude, as he explores both the man and the myth, facing his heroin on the run, an intense chase ensues as they are hunted down by a mysterious cult and a addiction and violence against women as well as his pioneering brilliance. Using flashbacks clandestine government agency – the outcome of which could bring about a world-changing and a loose, improvisatory style (akin to jazz itself), the film effortlessly evokes the period as event. A genre-defying thriller redolent of early Spielberg. (2016 USA 112 mins) well as Davis’ proud swagger and turbulent life. (2015 USA 100 mins) Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com Full-size screen with the latest digital technology JUne 2016 10 JUne 2016

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dheepAn (15) Mon 6th 8pm FLorenCe FosTer JenKins (pG) Fri 17th & sat 18th 8pm th direCTor Jacques Audiard sun 19 5pm CAsT Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby direCTor Stephen Frears sCreen TesT The Palme d’Or winner from the director of The Prophet and Rust and Bone CAsT , Rebecca Ferguson, , Simon Helberg follows a former Tamil Tiger fighter who links up with two strangers to start a new life of sCreen TesT The latest film from Frears (Philomena, The Queen) is the true story of asylum in a tough, drug-infested housing estate on the edge of Paris. The daily violence he a New York heiress (Streep) who dreams of becoming an opera singer, blissfully unaware confronts reopens old wounds and Dheepan reconnects with his warrior instincts to protect that she is tone deaf. Laughs come thick and fast as she fulfills her dream of playing the people he hopes will become his true family. (2015 Fr 115 mins Subtitled) Carnegie Hall, thus becoming the worst opera singer of all time. But behind the comedy is WhisKeY TAnGo FoXTroT (15) Fri 10th & sat 11th 8pm a touching story as those who love her protect her from painful reality and the power of her dream shines through. (2016 UK 110 mins) direCTors Glenn Ficarra, John Requa CAsT Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina The AnGrY Birds Movie (U tbc) sat 18th 3pm sun 19th 2pm sCreen TesT Fey stars as US TV correspondent Kim Barker, who in 2002 volunteered to cover the war in Afghanistan for her network. Completely inexperienced and unprepared, she direCTors Clay Kaytis, Fergal Reilly was dropped in the middle of a war zone and yet quickly grew to love the adrenaline-paced voiCes Kate McKinnon, Peter Dinklage, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph work. Based on the real Barker’s memoirs, this is an enjoyable blend of comedy and drama sCreen TesT The video game phenomenon hits the big screen with this hilarious spin- with Fey comfortably demonstrating her comic timing but also deftly handling the more off and we finally find out why the birds are so angry! Bird Island is a paradise populated by serious aspects of the story. (2016 USA 112 mins) happy, flightless birds until a boatload of mysterious green piggy interlopers arrives. It’s up th th to three unlikely outcasts – bad-tempered Red, speedy Chuck and volatile Bomb – to figure roBinson CrUsoe (pG) sat 11 & sun 12 3pm out what the pigs are up to. Terrific animation and ludicrously funny. direCTors Vincent Kesteloot, Ben Stassen (2016 Finland/USA length tbc) voiCes David Howard, Yuri Lowenthal, Laila Berzins, Sandy Fox sTAFF th sCreen TesT On a tiny South Pacific island, a talkative parrot and his quirky animal The GrAnd BUdApesT hoTeL (15) piCK sun 19 8pm friends live the perfect life. But one day, after a violent storm, they wake to find a strange direCTor Wes Anderson creature on the beach: Robinson Crusoe. The animals and strange human find a way to CAsT , Tony Revolori, Tilda Swinton, Saoirse Ronan live together happily until their comfortable life is overturned by two savage cats who wish sCreen TesT We love Anderson’s quirky, gorgeously designed madcap adventure to take control of the island. Then Crusoe and the animals must discover the true power of about Monsieur Gustave (Fiennes), concierge at a pastel-pink wedding cake of a friendship against the odds. (2016 Belg/Fr 90 mins) Mitteleuropean hotel between the wars, and the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted th A roYAL niGhT oUT (12A) sat 11 7.30pm friend. The pair engage on a madcap adventure across the Continent. Enjoy another chance St John the Evangelist Church, Langley Upper Green – see our website. to see this beguiling and highly enjoyable blend of style, substance and unforgettable characters on the big screen. (2014 USA/Ger/UK 97 mins) hAMLeT (12A As Live) sun 12th 6.50pm oUr LiTTLe sisTer (Umimachi diary) (pG) Mon 20th 8pm Play from the rSC – see Special Events pages for details. direCTor Hirokazu Kore-eda The BrAnd neW TesTAMenT (Le tout nouveau testament) (15) CAsT Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Suzu Hirose, Ryô Kase Mon 13th 8pm sCreen TesT Kore-eda (Like Father, Like Son, Still Walking) confirms his place as the direCTor master of exquisitely nuanced family dramas with this tenderly crafted story of three twenty- CAsT Pili Groyne, Benoît Poelvoorde, , Yolande Moreau something sisters who take in their teenage half-sister after their father’s death. The film sCreen TesT This inventive, fantastical black comedy situates God in a drab flat in follows the quartet’s lives over the course of changing seasons and draws a subtle portrait of modern-day Brussels. Petty and vindictive, he giggles as he thinks up new ways to irritate a family learning to cope with the past by creating their own future. An exquisite film, full of mankind. His daughter Ea has had enough and devises a plan to escape, acquire six new quiet joys and simple pleasures. (2015 Jap 127 mins Subtitled) disciples and create a brand new testament. Flamboyant and defiantly outré, this is a vastly entertaining religious satire, but one with room for humanity and optimism. (2015 Belg/Fr/Lux 112 mins Subtitled) Free parking ● Wide choice of refreshments Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com JUne 2016 10 JUne 2016 unbridlXxx E your EnTHuSiaSm Come and experience Victorian life as i sAW The LiGhT CApTAin AMeriCA Up it really was, Xxxupstairs and downstairs.Xxx

i sAW The LiGhT (15) Fri 24th 8pm direCTors Marc Abraham CAsT Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, David Krumholtz, Bradley Whitford sCreen TesT Hiddleston excels as renowned country singer Hank Williams who, in his brief life, created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. Chronicling the period from his marriage in 1944 to his untimely death in 1953, the film follows the singer’s rise from local radio performer to best-selling country superstar and its tragic effect on his health and personal life. A fitting tribute to a prolific artist. (2015 USA 124 mins) CApTAin AMeriCA: CiviL WAr (12A tbc) sat 25th & sun 26th 3pm direCTors Anthony Russo, Joe Russo CAsT Chris Evans, Tom Holland, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr sCreen TesT Divided they fall. With politicians pushing for superheroes to be held accountable for the collateral damage they cause, disagreements mount between members of the Avengers team, causing a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man. Tensions grow as friends are pitted against each other. (2016 USA 146 mins)

sTAFF AToneMenT (15) piCK sat 25th 8pm direCTor Joe Wright CAsT Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan sCreen TesT Another chance to see Wright’s adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel to celebrate our 10th birthday. In the summer of 1935, Briony Tallis childishly misconstrues a flirtation between the housekeeper’s son Robbie and her older sister Cecilia. A terrible crime follows, with consequences that continue through World War II. A stellar cast and a heartbreaking story make this essential viewing. (2007 UK/Fr/USA 123 mins) sTAFF Up (U) piCK sun 26th 11am A gloriously breathtaking animation about an old man who takes a young stowaway on the adventure of a lifetime. Enjoy the cinema without worrying about noise or wriggling. Generously sponsored by Croucher Needham. (2009 USA 97 mins) Cinema for Tinies – Adults £3.80, children £2.80, under 2s free.

th th Saffron Walden, Essex,CB11 4JF son oF sAUL (saul fia) (15) sun 26 & Mon 27 8pm direCTor László Nemes CAsT Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Jerzy Walczak sCreen TesT This outstanding and heart-wrenching film is set in Auschwitz in 1944 where Saul, a Hungarian Jew, is a Sonderkommando – a prisoner forced to dispose of corpses. When he discovers a body he believes is his young son, he is determined to give the boy a proper burial. A devastating look at the horrors of the Holocaust and the strength of the human spirit. Winner of this year’s Best Foreign Language Oscar, this is an astonishingly impressive and emotionally shattering film. (2015 Hung 107 mins Subtitled)

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