XMAS MOVIES CINEMA NOTES christchurch NOV / DEC 2015 Following the 60th Cork Film Festival we bring to the city another Wed 18 Nov 6.30pm 8.30pm exceptional presentation of the finest in contemporary cinema as Red Army Love
well as screenings of some festive classics. Sun 22 Nov 1.45pm 4.15pm 6.15pm 8.45pm The Lobster He Named Me The Lobster He Named Me Malala Malala Love is the latest film from controversial filmmaker Gaspar Noé, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE G Mon 23 Nov 6.15pm 8.45pm Irish cinema is represented by The Lobster and Brooklyn, and Taxi The Lobster He Named Me Malala 132 mins - United States 1947 - Dir: Frank Capra Tehran is the new film from exiled Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi. Tues 24 Nov 6.15pm 8.45pm Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore SATANIC PANIC Red Army and He Named Me Malala are two fine documentaries, The Lobster He Named Me while Sounds and Silence and Arrows Into Infinity screen as part Malala George Bailey is a man whose attempted suicide on Christmas Eve Wed 25 Nov 1.45pm 4.15pm 6.15pm 8.30pm of the ECM weekend. There is also a selection of films from this gains the attention of a guardian angel who is sent to help him in his In the 1980s, it seemed impossible to escape Satan’s supposed The Lobster He Named Me The Lobster He Named Me year’s IFI French Film Festival, which is touring around the country Malala Malala hour of need in this beautiful Christmas film. Digitally Remastered. influence. Everywhere you turned, there were warnings about a in collaboration with access>CINEMA and the Irish Film Institute. Sat 28 Nov 12pm widespread evil conspiracy to indoctrinate the vulnerable through ECM Weekend Sounds And “A genuine American classic” The Guardian the media they consumed. This percolating cultural hysteria, now Silence Our cinema programme draws to a close this year with our annual Sun 29 Nov 12pm Thu 17 Dec Fri 18 Dec Sat 19 Dec Sun 20 Dec Mon 21 Dec Tue 22 Dec Wed 23 Dec known as the “Satanic Panic,” not only sought to convince us of ECM Weekend Arrows Into 6pm 6pm 6pm 6pm 6pm 6pm 6pm devils lurking behind the dials of our TVs and radios and the hellfire screenings of It’s A Wonderful Life and The Muppet Christmas Infinity Carol, as well as special screenings of the two alternative Christmas Mon 30 Nov 6.15pm 8.30pm that awaited on book and video store shelves, it also created its Taxi Tehran Standing Tall own fascinating cultural legacy of Satan-battling VHS tapes, audio classics Gremlins and Bad Santa. XMAS MOVIES cassettes and literature. Tues 1 Dec 6.15pm 8.30pm Christopher O’Neill - Head Of Cinema Taxi Tehran In The Shadow Of Women In conjunction with the publication of Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Wed 2 Dec 2pm 4.15pm 6.15pm 8.30pm Paranoia in the 1980s, co-editor and author Kier-La Janisse will TRISKEL CHRISTCHURCH BOX OFFICE Taxi Tehran Taxi Tehran Taxi Tehran Memories host a lecture on this controversial culture war. There will also be a Address: Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin St. Cork City Sun 6 Dec 1.45pm 4pm 6.15pm 8.45pm relevant feature film screened on the same evening. Macbeth Brooklyn Macbeth Brooklyn Phone: (021) 427 2022 Web: www.triskelartscentre.ie Mon 7 Dec 6.15pm 8.45pm This event will take place on Wednesday 3 February 2016. Macbeth Brooklyn THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL G Please visit www.triskelartscentre.ie for further details. Ticket prices before 6pm Ticket prices 6pm and after Tues 8 Dec 6.15pm 8.45pm 83 mins - United States 1992 - Dir: Brian Henson Full: €6.00: Full: €8.80 Macbeth Brooklyn Starring: Michael Caine, Kermit The Frog and Miss Piggy With Annual Membership: €5.00 With Annual Membership: €7.00 Wed 9 Dec 1.45pm 4.15pm 6.15pm 8.45pm No booking fees on counter, phone or internet ticket sales. Please note: live satellite Macbeth Brooklyn Macbeth Brooklyn The Muppets tell their version of the classic tale of an old and bitter broadcasts and double feature presentations may cost more than regular screenings. miser’s redemption on Christmas Eve. This kid-friendly retelling makes Sun 13 Dec 1.30pm 4pm 6pm 8.45pm an excellent family drama that adults and children alike can enjoy. Love Tangerine Love Tangerine “Plenty of laughs and a host of memorable songs” Total Film 27 - 29 NOVEMBER 2015 CINEMA MEMBERSHIP Mon 14 Dec 6pm 8.45pm Films marked “NC” (Not Certified) have not been classified by the Love Tangerine AMORES PASADOS Thu 17 Dec Fri 18 Dec Sat 19 Dec Sun 20 Dec Mon 21 Dec Tue 22 Dec Wed 23 Dec Irish Film Classification Office. They require a Triskel Christchurch Tues 15 Dec 6pm 8.45pm 4pm 4pm 4pm 4pm 4pm 4pm 4pm JOHN POTTER Cinema Membership, which may be purchased on a per film basis Love Tangerine 8PM FRI 27 NOV (50c per person) or on an annual basis. Wed 16 Dec 1.30pm 4pm 6pm 8.45pm FOOD // ARVE HENRIKSEN Love Tangerine Love Tangerine Full membership can be bought annually either online or at our 8PM SAT 28 NOV DOUBLE BILL Thurs 17 Dec 4pm 6pm 8.45pm box office for €15. Concessionary membership (Student / Silver / The Muppet It’s A Wonderful Bad Santa QUERCUS Unwaged) is free of charge and available only at our box office, in Christmas Carol Life JUNE TABOR // IAIN BALLAMY // HUW WARREN Fri 18 Dec 4pm 6pm 8.45pm person with identification. Membership subject to terms and conditions, The Muppet It’s A Wonderful Gremlins 8PM SUN 29 NOV full information online. Christmas Carol Life Sat 19 Dec 4pm 6pm 8.30pm ECM FILM The Muppet It’s A Wonderful Sunset Song Christmas Carol Life SOUNDS AND SILENCE // ARROWS INTO INFINITY GULPD CAFÉ Sun 20 Dec 1.15pm 4pm 6pm 8.30pm SUNSET SONG CERT TBC 12PM SAT 28 NOV + SUN 29 NOV Sunset Song The Muppet It’s A Wonderful Sunset Song MON - THURS: 9.30am - 9pm | FRI - SAT: 9.30am - 12.30am | SUN: 12pm - 11pm Christmas Carol Life 135 mins - UK / Luxembourg 2015 - Dir: Terence Davies BANTER Gulpd Café acts as an ideal venue for movie-goers to gather and Mon 21 Dec 4pm 6pm 8.30pm Starring: Peter Mullan, Agyness Deyn and Ian Pirie discuss the film over light refreshments. Serving only the best and The Muppet It’s A Wonderful Sunset Song WITH JIM CARROLL Christmas Carol Life 2.30PM SUN 29 NOV freshest local food and drink. Gulpd is open later for Triskel events Chris Guthrie is a young woman growing up in a farming family in Tues 22 Dec 4pm 6pm 8.30pm TICKETS // INFO and until 12:30am at the weekends serving select wines and beers. The Muppet It’s A Wonderful Sunset Song the north east of Scotland at the start of the 20th century. Life is Christmas Carol Life WWW.TRISKELARTSCENTRE.IE/ECM hard, and her family is dysfunctional in this coming of age drama. Wed 23 Dec 1.15pm 4pm 6pm 8.30pm 021 427 2022 Sunset Song The Muppet It’s A Wonderful Sunset Song “Visually stunning and emotionally engrossing” Hollywood Reporter Christmas Carol Life
Department of Social Protection Sat 19 Dec Sun 20 Dec Mon 21 Dec Tues 22 Dec Wed 23 Dec Triskel Christchurch is part of the Europa Cinemas Network www.triskelartscentre.ie 8.30pm 1.15pm / 8.30pm 8.30pm 8.30pm 8.30pm NOV / DEC 2015 IFI FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL
HE NAMED ME MALALA PG STANDING TALL NC TANGERINE NC 88 mins - USA 2015 - Documentary - Dir: Davis Guggenheim 119 mins - France 2015 – Subtitles - Dir: Emmanuelle Bercot 88 mins - United States 2015 - Dir: Sean Baker Featuring: Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai and Mobin Khan Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Rod Paradot and Benoît Magimel In conjunction with the ECM Weekend there will be two Starring: Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor and Karren Karagulian documentaries associated with the world renowned record label. Malala Yousafzai was wounded when Taliban gunmen opened fire on This film follows Malony who has been in and out of detention Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn’t been faithful during the a school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. She survived and has since facilities, counselling centres, and prison since the age of six in this Sounds and Silence (Saturday 28 November at 12pm) is a musical 28 days she was locked up, working girl Sin-Dee and her best friend LOVE 18 emerged as a leading campaigner for the rights of children worldwide. heartfelt yet honest portrait of a young man living on the margins road movie with founder Manfred Eicher, and Arrows Into Infinity embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumour. of society. “Heartfelt...a gripping story, eloquently told” Hollywood Reporter (Sunday 29 November at 12pm) follows one of the most influential “A perfectly cast, beautifully directed movie” New York Times 135 mins - France / Belgium 2015 - Subtitles - Dir: Gaspar Noé jazz musicians of the 1960s, Charles Lloyd. Starring: Aomi Muyock, Karl Glusman and Klara Kristin Sun 22 November Mon 23 November Tues 24 November Wed 25 November Mon 30 November Standing Tall - screening as part of the IFI French Film Festival Sun 13 December Mon 14 December Tues 15 December Wed 16 December 4.15pm / 8.45pm 8.45pm 8.45pm 4.15pm / 8.45pm 8.30pm €8.80 + 50c guest membership / €7.00 with annual membership 4pm / 8.45pm 8.45pm 8.45pm 4pm / 8.45pm Murphy wakes up on New Year’s Day to a frantic phone call. His ex- Please visit www.triskelartscentre.ie/ecm for further details. girlfriend Electra has been missing for months and her mother fears the worst. Over the course of a long, rainy day, Murphy finds himself IFI FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL XMAS MOVIES alone, reminiscing about the greatest love affair of his life - the two years he spent with Electra. What follows is a burning, passionate story, full of promises, games, excesses and mistakes. Igniting controversy and must-see appeal at the Cannes Film Festival this year, Love is a semi-autobiographical, sexually-charged melodrama from the director of Enter The Void.
Love will screen across cinemas in Ireland and the United Kingdom on Wednesday 18th November for a simultaneous THE LOBSTER 15A IN THE SHADOW OF WOMEN NC BROOKLYN 12A BAD SANTA 15A nationwide premiere. This screening will feature a special filmed 118 mins - Irel / Gre / Fra / Ned 2015 - Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos 73 mins - Fra / Switz 2015 - Subtitles – Dir: Philippe Garrel 112 mins - Ireland / UK / Canada 2015 - Dir: John Crowley 95 mins - United States / Germany 2004 - Dir: Terry Zwigoff introduction from Gaspar Noé. The film returns for a regular run at Starring: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz and Léa Seydoux Starring: Clotilde Courau, Stanislas Merhar and Lena Paugam Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson and Michael Zegen Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac and Lauren Graham Triskel Christhcurch from Sunday 13th December. In the near future single people face a choice: Join a programme to Pierre and Manon have been together for many years but when Eilis departs Ireland for the shores of New York City where she finds A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper Please note that we shall be screening the 2D version of the film. Love contains scenes that some viewers may find offensive. find a mate in forty-five days or be transformed into an animal in this Pierre takes a lover, their relationship starts unravelling. It is only love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and Eilis to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. This is a deliciously dark blackly funny love story where finding love is a matter of life or death. when he learns that Manon also has a lover, does he realise who must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within. comedy with a winning central performance from Billy Bob Thornton. is his true love. Wed 18 November Gaspar Noé’s Love - Nationwide Premiere “A wickedly funny, unexpectedly moving satire” Variety “A quiet, old-fashioned yet utterly heartfelt film” NOW Toronto “Delightfully obscene alternative to the usual Christmas tosh” Empire 8.30pm €8.80 full price / €7.00 with annual membership Sun 13 December Mon 14 December Tues 15 December Wed 16 December Sun 22 November Mon 23 November Tues 24 November Wed 25 November Tues 1 December In The Shadows Of Women - part of the IFI French Film Festival Sun 6 Dec Mon 7 Dec Tues 8 Dec Wed 8 Dec Thurs 17 December Bad Santa - One Screening Only 1.30pm / 6pm 6pm 6pm 1.30pm / 6pm 1.45pm / 6.15pm 6.15pm 6.15pm 1.45pm / 6.15pm 8.30pm €8.80 + 50c guest membership / €7.00 with annual membership 4pm / 8.45pm 8.45pm 8.45pm 4pm / 8.45pm 8.45pm €8.80 full price / €7.00 with annual membership
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RED ARMY 12A TAXI TEHRAN NC MEMORIES NC MACBETH 15A GREMLINS 15A 84 mins - Russia / USA 2015 - Documentary - Dir: Dir: Gabe Polsky 82 mins - Iran 2015 - Subtitles - Dir: Jafar Panahi 96 mins - France / Belgium 2014 - Subtitles - Dir: Jean-Paul Rouve 113 mins - United States 2014 - Dir: Justin Kurzel 104 mins - United States 1984 - Dir: Joe Dante Starring: Viacheslav Fetisov, Scotty Bowman, Mark Deakins Starring: Jafar Panahi and several anonymous actors Starring: Michel Blanc, Annie Cordy and Mathieu Spinosi Starring: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard and Elizabeth Debicki Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates and Hoyt Axton This documentary is an inspiring story about the Cold War played This lauded slice-of-life movie stars exiled Iranian filmmaker Jafar When Madeleine is dispatched to a nursing home, she feels This is the visually breathtaking retelling of the Shakespearian classic Sure, he’s cute. Of course you can keep him. But heed these three out on the ice rink, and a man who stood up to a powerful system Panahi as he poses as a taxi driver in Tehran. His camera placed on alienated and abandoned. In an act of defiance, Madeleine escapes about an Scottish lord who seizes the throne with the help of his wife. warnings: Don’t get him wet. Keep him away from bright light. And and paved the way for change for generations of Russians. the dashboard of his car, transforms the car into a mobile film studio. to her seaside hometown in Normandy where her grandson follows It is the story of a fearless warrior brought low by ambition and desire. no matter how much he cries or begs, never feed him after midnight. “A fascinating and touching tale” The Guardian “A charming, witty, politically lacerating drama” The Times in this gentle comedy drama. “Innovative, stunning with unforgettable performances” Empire “A wildly original roller-coaster ride of hilarious mischief” Time
Wed 18 November Red Army - One Screening Only Mon 30 November Tues 1 December Wed 2 December Wed 2 December Memories - screening as part of the IFI French Film Festival Sun 6 Dec Mon 7 Dec Tues 8 Dec Wed 9 Dec Fri 18 December Gremlins - One Screening Only 6.30pm €8.80 full price / €7.00 with annual membership 6.15pm 6.15pm 2pm / 4.15pm / 6.15pm 8.30pm €8.80 + 50c guest membership / €7.00 with annual membership 1.45pm / 6.15pm 6.15pm 6.15pm 1.45pm / 6.15pm 8.45pm €8.80 full price / €7.00 with annual membership