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February 2010

www..org Tour/David Mackintosh: HIGHLIGHTS ART The Edge of Things Sun 21 Feb In Feb David Mackintosh: 16:00 The Edge of Things FREE, Booking required This month step into the Join artist Andrew Bracey for wonderful world of animation, a chance to delve deeper into the dark and unsettling world as we host the British Animation of David Mackintosh’s drawing, Awards public choice programme. animation and sculptural works. We then go from animation to This tour will be BSL interpreted anime, with Hayao Miyazaki’s Until Sun 28 Mar by Siobhan Rocks. enchanting and warm treat Ponyo. We also get a dose of Galleries 2 & 3 magical realism in Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs and Free Podcast/ Lucrecia Martel adds a touch Listen to artist David Mackintosh of elegance in his rain-soaked talk about the inspiration behind his current exhibition fi lm, The Headless Woman. The Edge of Things. Get doughy eyed in our Presenting the largest display www.cornerhouse.org/ Breakfast Club Valentine’s special, of work in the Northwest to davidmackintosh or try our late night Burlesque date by leading - alternative. Later on in the based artist David Mackintosh, The Edge of Things reveals his month get a fresh slice of Jewish recent explorations into the fi lmmaking with a cherry-picked relationship between drawing, selection of highlights from this animation and sculpture. year’s UK Jewish . Featured in this solo show is Drawing frame thing, a sculptural tree scaffold housing a new body of drawings on paper that together hint at several possible stories, CONTENTS unveiling his growing concern with narrative. In Gallery 2, a series of Listings information his distinctive gouache drawings are brought to life with surreal yet seductive effect in stop-frame Art/Exhibition 02 animation The edge of things. Elsewhere, a new large-scale Film/New Releases 06 wall painting The woods in Gallery 3 will leave you standing Film/Events 09 at the edge of and peering into Film/Seasons 10 dark enchanted woodland. Expanding drawing beyond Books 13 the page, Mackintosh presents Information 14 a very unique and at times unsettling view of the world, Food/Drink 15 imbued with dark humour that is simply beautiful. Exhibition supported by the Jack Goldberg Trust. Image: David Mackintosh, Red monk thing, 2004 Cover Image: Micmacs All information correct at time of press. 03 Gallery 1 presents stunning new ARTfi lm installation Cairo, by artist ART duo Jacob Cartwright and Nick Jordan, which draws upon the Jacob Cartwright writings of 19th Century artist Cornerhouse and ornithologist John James & Nick Jordan: Audubon. Filmed in the depths Projects Cairo – The breaking of winter during the artist’s expeditions to the American up of the ice Midwest, Cairo contrasts Audubon’s vivid tale of the time he spent stranded at the frozen joining points of the Ohio and Rebecca Key Until Sun 28 Feb Mississippi rivers, with its present day location – the desolate town Until Thu 25 Feb Gallery 1 of Cairo. FREE, Café & Bar Alongside this fi lm, Cartwright Rebecca Key presents the and Jordan will present a series of outcome of a month-long Free drawings, found objects and other residency at apexart in New , ephemera relating to Audubon which discourages production and Cairo. and encourages resident artists to meet people living and working in This exhibition is accompanied the city. Rebecca decided to take by a new publication The Audubon a photograph using her camera- Trilogy: Delineations of American phone each time she needed to Scenery & Manners. use her mobile. On show are a series of illusive photo-documents alongside text, which indicate her schedule, as well as her encounters along the way. Screening/ Workshop/ Talk/ The Audubon Trilogy: Drawing Exploration Cairo: The Breaking Cairo – New Madrid – Tue 16 Feb Up of the Past West Point (CTBA) 17:30 – 20:30 Thu 25 Feb £12 full/£9 concs 18:00 Wed 10 Feb 12 places available 18:30 £3 full/£2.50 concs Coming Soon £5 full/£3.50 concs Led by artist Daksha Patel, this In Cairo, Cartwright and Jordan workshop will use Cartwright and contrast the Southern Illinois This special screening presents Jordan’s current show Cairo – artist duo Cartwright and town’s once prosperous past to The breaking up of the ice, as a its largely abandoned and derelict Jordan’s three short fi lms, starting point to explore the art which make up The Audubon present – referencing themes of drawing. Inspired by themes of human exploration, species Trilogy. Each fi lm draws upon of ecology, exploration and the the writings of 19th Century artist, extinction, and economic rise Carlos Amorales natural world, participants will and fall. In this talk, Devin Zuber, ornithologist and frontiersman apply their own interpretations and Sat 6 – Sat 27 March John James Audubon. Assistant Professor at the Institute experiences to a practical activity. for English and American Studies Gallery 1 Director post-screening Q&A Don’t forget to bring a sketchbook! at the University of Osnabrück, FREE with Cartwright and Jordan. Open to all, this workshop refl ects on how the artists’ To coincide with the 16th will include a guided tour trilogy engages with aspects installment of the popular ¡Viva! of the exhibition by Cartwright of American social, cultural, Spanish and Latin American and Jordan. economic and political history. Film Festival (5 – 27 March), Cornerhouse presents a solo show by Mexico’s leading contemporary artist Carlos Amorales.

Image credits: Jacob Cartwright & Book online for these events at Nick Jordan, Cairo, 2009 www.cornerhouse.org/art 05 Precious (15) FILM/ Continuing Dir Lee Daniels/US 2009/109 mins New Releases Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, lm times. lm Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey Both heartbreaking yet inspiring Precious continues this month, following a pregnant teenager from Harlem, who is no stranger to hard knocks, as she takes a chance at a new future when she changes schools. Introduced by Esther Lisk-Carew, fi ce for the latest Freelance Film Educator on Tue 2 Feb at 18:10.

Breathless (18) (Ddongpari) Brothers (15) Ponyo (U) From Fri 5 Feb From Fri 12 Feb From Fri 12 Feb Dir Yang Ik-Joon/KR 2009/ Dir Jim Sheridan/US 2009/ Dir Hayao Miyazaki/JP 2008/ 130 mins/Korean wEng ST 105 mins 103 mins/Japanese wEng ST Yang Ik-Joon, Kim Kot-bi, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Liam Neeson, , ulletin and Box Offi Box and ulletin Jeong Man-shik Tobey Maguire, Sam Shepard Noah Cyrus, Matt Damon Gangster and goon for hire A hard-hitting fi lm which explores The Little Mermaid is reworked Soon-Hong fi nds possible the relationship between two in Studio Ghibli’s distinctive

0161 200 1500 0161 salvation in his relationship brothers: Sam a soldier and family manga style as an animated / with schoolgirl Han Yeon-Heui. man and his free-spirited younger adventure centred on a 5-year-old With a powerful lead performance brother Tommy. When Sam is lost boy and his relationship with a from the director himself this in action in Afghanistan, Tommy’s goldfi sh princess who longs gritty and violent gangster fi lm relationship with his brother’s to become human. is surprisingly moving. wife strengthens. Brothers explores love and loyalty with A Single Man (12A) compelling passion. From Fri 12 Feb Dir Tom Ford/US 2009/100 mins Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Image credits: Nicholas Hoult lm programme is now published a week in advance. a week in published now is programme lm This page: Top left: Precious. A professor living in Los Angeles Top right: Ponyo. Bottom: A Single comes to terms with life as a Man. Opposite page: A Prophet. single man following the loss Our fi Check website, Weekly E-b our www.cornerhouse.com of his long-term partner, through A Prophet (18) a day in which he is consoled (Un prophète) by his friend and pursued by Continuing one of his students. Dir Jacques Audiard/FR 2009/ Sex & Drugs 150 mins/French wEng ST & Rock & Roll (15) Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, From Fri 12 Feb Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb Dir Mat Whitecross/GB 2010/ The Grand Prix winner at this 115 mins Andy Serkis, Ray Winstone, year’s , Olivia Williams A Prophet follows Malik, an A piece of British music history illiterate yet smart young man comes to the big screen in Mat Whitecross’s outstanding as he struggles to adapt to the biopic of punk and New Wave harsh realities of prison life. icon Ian Dury. 07 Micmacs (12A) Late Night Event/ Regular events FILM/ (Micmacs à tire-larigot) FILM/ Burlesque New Releases From Fri 26 Feb Events Undressed (15) Dir Jean-Pierre Jeunet/FR 2009/ Sat 20 Feb 102 mins/French wEng ST 22:30 Nicolas Marie, Andre Dussollier, Dir Alison Grist/GB 2009/89 mins Film Quiz in association Dany Boon, Jean-Pierre Marielle Don’t miss this special late night with Fopp From the director of Amélie comes screening to celebrate the glitz Tue 9 Feb, 20:00 another distinctive cinematic and spectacle of burlesque. satire. Bazil plans to destroy A lavish and dazzling journey Ground Floor Bar, £12 per team two big weapon manufacturers, right into the heart of burlesque, of four with the help of his friends. featuring a compelling mix of live Come along and test your fi lm performance, interviews from knowledge and expect to win burlesque stars past and present, fantastic prizes from DVDs, captivating music and all-round books, CDs, fi lm memorabilia show-stopping entertainment. and much much more! Tickets are limited so please book early.

The Reel Deal Every Mon & Tue Course Screening/ The Last Station (15) Chinese New Year/ Evening Children of Men (15) From Fri 19 Feb If You Are The One (CTBA) Watch a fi lm, enjoy a pizza and a glass of wine or pint of Becks Thu 18 Feb Dir Michael Hoffman/ Thu 4 Feb Vier for just £12. 18:25 DE RU 2009/110 mins 18:30 Dir Alfonso Cuarón/GB 2006/ , Paul Giamatti, Dir Feng Xiaogang/CN 2008/ Limited Availability, early booking 109 mins James MacAvoy, Capitalism: 130 mins/Mandarin wEng ST recommended Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Christopher Plummer, Ge You, Shu Qi, Alex Fong A Love Story (12A) Michael Caine Filled with passion, drama, Celebrate Chinese New Year in Monday Night Quiz It is the year 2027, the world’s intrigue and confl ict, Hoffman’s From Fri 26 Feb style with this special screening youngest citizen has just died at The Last Station brings together to launch the Chinese Film Forum Every Monday, 20:30 an excellent cast to recount the Dir Michael Moore/US 2009/ 18, and humankind is facing the 127 mins UK. This smart romantic comedy FREE, Ground Floor Bar likelihood of its own extinction. fi nal year in the life of Russian fi nds middle-aged multi millionaire Debate/ On the 20-year anniversary of Test your knowledge of random writer Tolstoy. inventor Qin looking to end his In association with Science the groundbreaking Roger & Me, And the winner is… bobbins with Chris at the weekly bachelor life with online dating. on Screen course. Michael Moore returns to his Sun 28 Feb quiz. Every team wins a prize. Following some failed matches he personal bête noir: the disastrous 15:00 eventually meets the heartbroken The Headless impact of corporate dominance FREE, Booking required on our everyday lives, exploring Smiley. They decide to take a Woman (CTBA) the price that the world pays for trip to Hokkaido and soon fi nd Join our panel of regular Cornerhouse contributors and America’s love of capitalism. themselves falling for one another. (La mujer sin cabeza) staff including, Marshall Trower, For details on the Chinese From Fri 19 Feb Front of House Manager and Podcast/ Film Forum UK visit Dir Lucrecia Martel/AR FR IT ES Andy Willis, University of Salford Listen to Kirsty Fairclough, www.cornerhouse.org/ Image: Film Quiz 2008/87 mins/Spanish wEng ST for an informal discussion of the Lecturer in Media and chinesefi lmforumuk María Onetto, Inés Efron, highs and lows of the awards Performance at the University Claudia Cantero, César Bordón Presented by the Chinese Film season, our predictions on the of Salford, provide an insightful Verónica is a well-to-do, Forum UK with support from winners and losers, and fi lms introduction to Michael Moore’s middle-aged dentist whose life Confucius Institute at The that missed out on that lucrative new feature. becomes plagued with doubt University of Manchester. Oscars nod. following her involvement in a www.cornerhouse.org/ possible hit-and-run accident. capitalismfi lm Image credits: Top: The Last Station. Image credits: For the latest film dates and times check Middle: Capitalism: A Love Story. Top: If You Are The One. Bottom: The Headless Woman. Bottom: Burlesque Undressed. www.cornerhouse.org or call 0161 200 1500 09 FILM Eli and Ben (CTBA) Amos Oz: The Nature Bollywood and Beyond / Thu 25 Feb of Dreams (CTBA) 18:30 Sun 28 Feb This month we are pleased to Seasons Dir Ori Ravid/IS 2009/ 16:00 present a double bill of Bollywood 89 mins/Hebrew wEng ST tinged fi lms in association with our Dirs Yonathan & Masha Zur/ course The Indian Film Family. Lior Ashkenazi, Yuval Shevah IS 2009/86 mins/ Eli is a mischievous 12 year Hebrew and English wEng ST old with the usual youthful This eloquent documentary Khosla Ka Ghosla! (12A) preoccupations until his beloved evaluates Israel’s history and Wed 3 Feb father, Ben, is arrested on politics as assessed by writer and 13:40 suspicion of accepting bribes journalist Amos Oz, an advocate Dir /IN 2006/ and he becomes determined for a two-state solution to the to prove his father’s innocence. 129 mins/ wEngST Israeli Palestinian confl ict. , , Parvin Dabas, Tara Sharma Plus Short Film/ Khosla has been swindled out I Am Ruthie Segal, of the building plot he bought Hear Me Roar (CTBA) for his dream retirement . It’s time for his family to support Dir Minkie Spiro/GB 2009/11 mins him in getting it back. Hannah Sherrard, Debbie Chazen, Karl Theobold, Joe Wilson A short comedy celebrating Kannathil Ruthie Segal’s big batmitzvah. Muttamittal (PG) UK Jewish Film Footsteps (CTBA) The Girl on Produced by the Knish Wed 17 Feb 13:40 Festival on Tour (Comme ton Père) The Train (CTBA) Collective in association with Third Man Films and winner Dir Mani Ratnam/IN 2002/ Sun 21 – Sun 28 Feb Sun 21 Feb (La Fille du RER) of The Pears Foundation 136 mins/Tamil wEng ST A selection of the highlights from 15:50 Tue 23 Feb UKJFF Short Film Fund. Madhavan, Simran, Nandita Das, this year’s UK Jewish Film Festival. Dir Marco Carmel/FR 2007/ 20:20 Plus Short Film/ J.D. Chakravarthi, Prakash Raj www.ukjewishfi lmfestival.org.uk 95 mins/French wEng ST Amudha was born in a refugee Dir Andre Téchiné/FR 2009/ Schlimazeltov! (CTBA) Gad Elmaleh, Yael Abecassis 105 mins/French wEng ST camp in India. Aged 9 she learns Arriving in Paris’ burgeoning , Ronit Dir Christopher Thomas Allen/ she is adopted and her birth Belleville district in 1968, Elkabetz, Émilie Dequenne, GB 2009/11 mins mother is in Sri Lanka. Will her This documentary explores good-hearted Felix reluctantly Michel Blanc Image credits: adoptive parents help fi nd her? how the invisible hand of mazel struggles to provide for his family, Featuring a fi rst-rate cast, This page: Top: Ruthie Segal. has touched us all, from global until he meets Sephardi gangster this provocative fi lm takes Bottom: Schlimazeltov. economics to the timeless Serge who has big plans for his its lead from a real-life media Opposite page: Top: Amos Oz: searching for love. criminal career. storm in which a young woman The Nature of Dreams. Bottom left: fabricates a tale that she is the Footsteps. Bottom right: The Girl Winner of The Pears Foundation victim of an anti-Semitic attack, on the Train. UKJFF Short Film Fund 2009. Image: Kannathil Muttamittal with extreme personal and political ramifi cations.

Po-lin (CTBA) Wed 24 Feb 18:30 Dir Jolanta Dylewska/PL DE 2008/ 82 mins/Polish wEng ST Set to a haunting klezmer-infl ected score, this archive footage shows Poland in 1939 evoking a memorable record of a world that would be utterly destroyed in the Holocaust.

Book online for screenings and events at www.cornerhouse.org 11 FILM Mahler On Film Books Art/ Film/ / A series of fi lms celebrating the Jacob Cartwright Kitano Takeshi: BFI life and work of Gustav Mahler, Recommended this month & Nick Jordan World Directors series Seasons programmed in association with Manchester’s orchestras and The Audubon Trilogy: by Aaron Gerow The Bridgewater Hall. Delineations of £14.99 (BFI/Palgrave-Macmillan) Look out for Mahler On Film American Scenery Delving into the cinematic world continuing in May 2010. of the mercurial Beat Takeshi, & Manners as he’s better known, this book £12.99 (Dedecus/Cornerhouse) charts the directors diverse career Death in Venice (12A) Drawing on the writings of the and fi lms, while examining issues (Morte a Venezia) 19th Century artist, ornithologist of auteurship, Japanese national Sun 7 Feb and frontiersman John James identity and globalism. Audubon, this pocket-sized 13:45 Available in the Bookshop booklet and DVD publication Dir Luchino Visconti/IT 1971/ accompanies Jacob Cartwright 130 mins and Nick Jordan’s current Dirk Bogarde, Marisa Berensen, exhibition in Gallery 1. Featuring Björn Andresen, Silvana Mangano a trilogy of short fi lms by the Bogarde plays a man on holiday artist duo, plus drawings, maps, who becomes obsessed with stills and an essay by Professor a blond youth, leading him to Devin Zuber. outstay his welcome in the plague- ridden city of Venice. Beautifully Available in the Bookshop (special shot, with a Mahler soundtrack, exhibition price £8.99) and online Death in Venice enjoyed huge at www.cornerhouse.org/books success upon its original release and remains one of Bogarde’s most memorable roles. Introduced by Peter Davison from The Bridgewater Hall. Breakfast CLUB

The perfect way to spend Valentine’s Special/ Tokyo Story (U) British Animation Programme 2 (CTBA) your lazy Sunday morning Awards 2010: Wed 10 Feb catching a classic fi lm for Breakfast at (Tôkyô monogatari) Public Choice 20:20 just £5 full/£3.50 concs. Tiffany’s (PG) Sun 28 Feb 10 – 15 Feb Programme 3 (CTBA) Why not come early and treat Sun 14 Feb Dir Yasujiro Ozu/JP 1953/ yourself to a full breakfast in our 136 mins/Japanese wEng ST Your chance to vote for the Thu 11 Feb Dir Blake Edwards/US 1961/ Café before the fi lm, available 115 mins Chishu Ryu, Chiyeko Higashiyama, winner for the British Animation 18:10 from £4.95 with a free hot drink. So Yamamura Awards 2010! Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Programme 1 (CTBA) Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney An elderly couple decide to visit www.britishanimationawards.com Follow glamorous good-time- their children in bustling post-war Mon 15 Feb Tokyo, only to fi nd themselves Full details on voting can be found Image: Breakfast at Tiffany’s girl and free spirit Holly Golightly 18:10 confronted by indifference, at www.cornerhouse.org/baa2010 (Hepburn) and her handsome Each programme contains a neighbour Paul, a struggling writer, ingratitude and selfi shness. Awards supported by mix of short fi lms, animated as they try to live out their big An emotionally moving and Glassworks, UK Film Council commercials and music videos, dreams in the Big Apple. visually stunning story of everyday and C4 Digital Shorts. including several international life and a must see for all world festival award winners. We anticipate the Café will be very cinema fans! busy for this screening, please Image credits: arrive early to order breakfast Top: Death in Venice. Middle: and avoid disappointment. Tads Nest. Bottom: This Way Up. Café will open from 10:30.

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