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RICHMOND’S COACHES Theatre Trips from Saffron Walden & Newport Stalls or Dress Circle Seats including return coach fare 20 Sep Les Miserables - Matinee £67.50 20 Sep Matilda – Matinee £65.00 27 Sep Crazy For You – Matinee Southend Theatre £52.00 28 Sep Cilla – Matinee Milton Keynes Theatre £55.00 3 Oct Brick Lane Music Hall inc Afternoon Tea £55.00 4 Oct An American in Paris – Matinee £65.00 4 Oct Labour of Love – Matinee (Martin Freeman) £79.00 4 Oct – Matinee Milton Keynes £50.00 18 Oct Dreamgirls – Matinee £65.00 18 Oct Young Frankenstein – Matinee £55.00 2 Nov – Milton Keynes Matinee (Will Young) £55.00 8 Nov 42nd Street – Matinee £59.50 12 Nov Last Night of the Proms – Southend inc meal £66.00 15 Nov Tango Moderno – Milton Keynes Matinee £55.00 16 Nov Motown – Matinee £65.00 19 Nov Classical Spectacular – RAH inc Lunch £89.00 26 Nov Birmingham International Tattoo £49.50 28 Nov Wicksteed Park Christmas Show inc Lunch £45.00 22 Dec The Nutcracker – Coliseum £69.00 AND ABDUL 01763 848226 or visit our website www.richmonds-coaches.co.uk BOOK NOW AT THE CINEMA BOX OFFICE, TIC OR ONLINE TO ADVERTISE HERE (CIRC. 22,000) CONTACT: [email protected] www.saffronscreen.com CINEMA INFORMATION TICKETS FOR ALL FILMS ARE NOW ON SALE DAYTIME Full £6.90; 65 & over £6.00; other adult concessions £5.30; 18 & under £4.50; family tickets (2 adults + 2 children or 1 adult + 3 children) £20.00 EVENINGS (films at or after 5pm) Full £7.90; 65 & over £7.10; other adult concessions £6.10; 18 & under £5.70 (£4.30 on Monday nights) CINEMA for TINIES Adults £4.00; Children £3.00; under 2s free GOD’S OWN COUNTRY NAPPING PRINCESS THE GRADUATE EVENT CINEMA Please see ticket price information for each event. See our website for information about eligibility for concession price tickets. Group bookings 11 cinema tickets for the price of 10 (not available online). WELCOME Tickets are available: ● online at www.saffronscreen.com (booking fee applies) ● in person from the Box office (opens 30 mins before each screening) As the nights begin to draw in, we have ● in person from the Tourist Information Centre, Saffron Walden plenty of thrills, fun and fascination to share (booking fee applies) (telephone: 01799 524002, enquiries only). with you, so join us at the cinema. RECEIVE THE LATEST INFORMATION VIA EMAIL We are celebrating many anniversaries: India at 70 with For weekly film updates, Monday night film notes or information about a duet of Indian films – a classic Bollywood drama and foreign language films, Cinema for Tinies screenings, audio-described films, a contemporary study – plus the 50th birthdays of The films with subtitles or Event Cinema, email with the relevant heading to: Graduate and Belle de Jour and Howard’s End at 25. We [email protected] hope you enjoy all of these fine films on the big screen.

FOLLOW US Our desire to make the cinema accessible to everyone , , LinkedIn & in our community continues with our Dementia-friendly FIND US screenings. These are open to all but particularly aim to Saffron Walden County High School, Audley End road, welcome people living with dementia and their family, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 4UH friends and carers. The lights will remain on low and Doors open 30 minutes before screenings. moving around and noise are accepted (particularly Please use the main school entrance and car parks (not the sports hall during the musical numbers!). There will be an interval, car park). See our website for detailed information. tea and biscuits. Please let us know what you think.

ACCESSIBILITY We have some keen fans of Japanese anime and are The cinema is wheelchair friendly and has induction loop facilities. With delighted to bring you two fabulous new films in this some films, we are able to offer audio description and subtitles. A large print programme: Napping Princess and The Boy and the Beast. version of this programme can be supplied on request. Please contact the We’ll only be showing these films once so please tell office for further details. your friends – we wouldn’t want anyone to miss them! CONTACT US Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01799 500238 But we start the programme with a of Postal address: c/o Saffron Walden Tourist Information Centre, celluloid and a screening of Dunkirk on 35mm, and the 1 Market Place, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1HR Charity no 1113259 following weekend we will host a very special screening in Saffron Walden’s Town Hall where we will be www.saffronscreen.com recreating Seb’s bar, listening to Joanna Eden sing and screening La La Land. Long live all aspects of cinema! Printed on certified and sustainable paper Design: www.design-mill.co.uk Subtitled (hard of hearing) Recommended film Cinema for Tinies Print: Harts Design & Print SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2017

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THE BEGUILED CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS CITY OF DUNKIRK THE MIDWIFE MAUDIE

THE BEGUILED (15) Fri 1st & Sat 2nd 8pm JOHN LE CARRÉ – AN EVENING WITH GEORGE th DIRECTOR Sofia Coppola Thurs 7 7.45pm CAST Colin Farrell, , Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning reading and Q&A from the royal festival Hall – see Event Cinema SCREEN TEST The arrival of a handsome and mysterious wounded soldier (Farrell) pages for details. creates ripples of excitement – and danger – among a group of young women living in a boarding school on the edge of an American Civil War battlefield. This atmospheric DUNKIRK (12A) feminist take on the Southern Gothic revenge tale with its superb cast won Coppola (Lost in Fri 8th & Sat 9th 8pm Sun 10th 5pm & 8pm Sat 16th & Sun 17th 5pm Translation) the Best Director prize at Cannes this year. (2017 USA 94 mins) DIRECTOR CAST Fionn Whitehead, , Mark Rylance, , CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE (U) SCREEN TEST In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on nd rd th th rd Sat 2 , Sun 3 & Sat 9 3pm Sun 10 & Sat 23 2pm the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops DIRECTOR David Soren were evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel. Nolan’s VOICES Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Thomas Middleditch, Nick Kroll gripping film tells this story, interweaving the action on the beach, in the air and at sea, set SCREEN TEST An unexpected treat! This raucously funny animation, based on the to a brilliant score from Hans Zimmer – this has to be seen on the big screen. bestselling book, tells the story of two schoolboy pranksters who hypnotise their headmaster (2017 UK/Neth/Fr/USA 106 mins) into thinking he is a ridiculously enthusiastic, dim-witted superhero, Captain Underpants. Screening in 35mm on friday 8th September. Chaos ensues. Of course there are plenty of fart jokes, but the film is also a celebration of th friendship and the boundless creativity of children’s minds. Silly, subversive and enormous THE MIDWIFE (Sage femme) (12A) Mon 11 8pm fun for all ages. (2017 USA 89 mins) DIRECTOR Martin Provost Drop in workshop before the screenings on Sat 9th and Sat 23rd. CAST Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Frot, Olivier Gourmet, Quentin Dolmaire SCREEN TEST In this sparkling French drama, Frot plays a sensible midwife whose THE GRADUATE (12A) Sun 3rd 8pm orderly life is thrown into disarray when her late father’s flighty lover (Deneuve) gets in DIRECTOR Mike Nichols touch, thirty years after disappearing without a trace. Despite being opposites in every way, CAST Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels the pair develop a friendship. Humour and mischief combine in this enjoyable portrait of two SCREEN TEST Back in cinemas with a new digital restoration, this glorious portrait of women who embrace the need for change. (2017 Fr 117 mins Subtitled) 1960s America still delights half a century on. Directionless graduate Benjamin (Hoffman) DAVID GILMOUR LIVE AT POMPEII Weds 13th 8pm becomes romantically entangled with both the predatory Mrs Robinson (Bancroft) and her daughter Elaine (Ross). This film earned Nichols a Best Director Oscar, introduced the music Concert film from the roman amphitheatre at Pompeii – see Event of Simon & Garfunkel to a wider audience, and featured one of the most famous seductions Cinema pages for details. in movie history. (1967 USA 101 mins) MAUDIE (12A) Fri 15th & Sat 16th 8pm th CITY OF GHOSTS (18) Mon 4 8pm DIRECTOR Aisling Walsh DIRECTOR Matthew Heineman CAST , Ethan Hawke, Kari Matchett, Zachary Bennett SCREEN TEST When their city was taken over by ISIS in 2014, a group of anonymous SCREEN TEST Hawkins gives a wonderfully heartfelt performance as Maud Lewis who, Syrian activists banded together under the name ‘Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently’ despite crippling rheumatoid arthritis, became one of Canada’s most celebrated artists. and dedicated themselves to informing the world through . Award-winning Living with her unsympathetic aunt, she answers an ad for a housekeeper from a local fish filmmaker Heineman (Cartel Land) follows these citizen journalists as they face the realities pedlar (Hawke) and, two social outcasts together, they form a bond. Set against stunning of life undercover, on the run and in exile, risking their lives to expose the horrors of life scenery, this film is an inspiring story of an artist and a moving exploration of the human under ISIS rule. A remarkably timely documentary about power, media tactics and the heart. (2016 Ire/Can 116 mins) enduring influence of journalists and activists. (2017 USA 92 mins) friday’s screening is followed by a Q&A with the director, followed by a hosted discussion. Aisling Walsh.

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THE DEATH OF THE BOY AND MONSTER ISLAND LA LA LAND LOUIS XIV THE BEAST

MONSTER ISLAND (PG) Sat 16th & Sun 17th 2pm THE BOY AND THE BEAST (12A) Anime special Sat 23rd 5pm DIRECTOR Leopoldo Aguilar DIRECTOR Mamoru Hosoda VOICES Fiona Hardingham, Roger Jackson, Jenifer Beth Kaplan, Eric Larsen VOICES Kôji Yakusho, Shôta Sometani, Suzu Hirose, Aoi Miyazaki SCREEN TEST Lucas’s world is turned upside down when he discovers that he’s not, in SCREEN TEST Animated wonders abound in this beautifully drawn fantasy tale by fact, a human – he’s a monster! Embarrassed that his fi rst transformation occurred at school Japanese fi lmmaker Hosoda. When a young orphaned boy living on the streets of Shibuya and annoyed that his father lied about his true nature, he is eager to search out the rest of stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he’s taken in by a gruff warrior beast looking his family and the fabled Monster Island. Lucas and his dad grab a map and head for the for an apprentice. Featuring the favourite themes of Japanese anime – confl icted teens, adventure of their lives in this colourful family animation. (2017 Mex 80 mins) supernatural creatures, epic battles – this adventurous animation balances visual spectacle LA LA LAND (12A) Sat 16th 7pm and heartfelt emotions. (2015 Jap 114 mins Subtitled) Saffron Walden Town Hall – see our website for details. WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT (15) Sat 23rd 8pm ENGLAND IS MINE (15) Sun 17th 8pm Hadstock Village Hall – see our website for details. DIRECTOR Mark Gill CAST Jack Lowden, , Laurie Kynaston, Jodie Comer SCREEN TEST A humorous and evocative portrait of singer-songwriter Steven Patrick , focused on his young adult years in . Set in the 1970s as his ambitions to be a musician developed, but before he went on to become lead singer of seminal 1980s band The Smiths, the story follows his relationship with artist Linder and his meeting with Johnny Marr. Rising star Lowden gives a tremendous performance as a young man brimming with youthful arrogance but searching to fi nd his place in the musical world. (2017 UK 94 mins) THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV (La mort de Louis XIV) (12A) Mon 18th 8pm DIRECTOR Albert Serra 2017-18 series now on CAST Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick d’Assumçao, Marc Susini, Bernard Belin sale featuring; SCREEN TEST King Louis XIV is on his deathbed, waited on by hapless servants and brahms doctors. Starring French New Wave legend Léaud (the young star in Truffaut’s The 400 First Symphony Blows), this is a darkly funny, painstakingly detailed portrait of the final days of a monarch mahler forced to confront his own mortality. Beautifully photographed and featuring a superb, Rückert Lieder career-capping performance from Léaud. (2016 Fr/Sp/Port 115 mins Subtitled) bernstein THE MAGIC FLUTE Weds 20th 7.15pm Chichester Psalms vaughan williams 2017 - 18 opera from the – see Event Cinema pages for details. Dona nobis pacem

ATOMIC BLONDE (15) Fri 22nd & Sat 23rd 8pm HALL SAFFRON beethoven Symphonies 4, 5 and 6 DIRECTOR David Leitch CAST Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, Sofi a Boutella, John Goodman SCREEN TEST On the eve of the fall of the Berlin Wall, MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton www.brittensinfonia.com (Theron) is sent to investigate the murder of an undercover spy and recover a missing list of double agents. She teams up with a fellow agent (McAvoy) to take down a ruthless espionage ring which threatens the West’s entire intelligence operation. Theron once again showcases her action heroine credentials in this thrilling and stylish tale of duplicity and shifting superpower alliances. (2017 Ger/Swed/USA 115 mins) Free parking ● Wide choice of refreshments SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2017

DESPICABLE ME 3 SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN BOMBAY HOTEL SALVATION DETROIT THE MOVIE

DESPICABLE ME 3 (U) Sun 24th 11am DETROIT (15) Fri 29th & Sat 30th 8pm The Minions and Gru return as Gru discovers he has a long-lost twin brother, Dru, who DIRECTOR Kathryn Bigelow wants to team up for one last heist. Enjoy the cinema without worrying about noise or CAST John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith, Jack Reynor wriggling. (2017 USA 96 mins) SCREEN TEST The Oscar-winning creative partnership of director Kathryn Bigelow and Cinema for Tinies – adults £4.00, children £3.00, under 2s free. writer Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) reunite for an unfl inching and incendiary dramatisation of the 1967 Detroit riots. Interweaving fi ctional scenes with news footage, the th SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (U) Dementia-friendly screening Sun 24 3pm fi lm focuses on the ‘Algiers Motel incident’ in which three white police offi cers and one black DIRECTORS Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly security guard were accused of murdering three black civilians and savagely beating many CAST Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor, Jean Hagen more. A riveting, visceral story which remains all too relevant to this day. SCREEN TEST Join us for this gorgeous, classic musical set in late 1920s Hollywood as (2017 USA 143 mins) the fi lm world moves from silent movies to the talkies. Screening open to all but particularly welcoming to people living with dementia together with their family, friends and carers. THE EMOJI MOVIE (U) Sat 30th 3pm Tickets £5, carers free. (1952 USA 103 mins + interval) Oct: Sun 1st 3pm Sat 7th & Sun 8th 2pm Tues 24th 3pm DIRECTOR (12A) India at 70 Sun 24th 7pm BOMBAY VOICES TJ Miller, , , DIRECTOR Mani Ratman SCREEN TEST This vivid animation takes place in Textopolis, a world inside a CAST Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala, Tinnu Anand, Akash Khurana inhabited by . As the only emoji with multiple facial expressions, Gene is SCREEN TEST In this multi-award winning romantic musical, a young Hindu man and aware he doesn’t fi t in, so he enlists the help of his friends Hi-5 and Jailbreak. The team end a Muslim woman elope and start a family in Mumbai, raising their children to appreciate up on an exciting journey through various phone apps in order to save their world before it is both families’ faiths and cultures. But then civil unrest forces their parents to confront their deleted forever. An entertaining family comedy full of verbal and visual jokes. differences in order to save the family. A riveting and immensely moving fi lm, with scenes of (2017 USA 86 mins) violence and rioting offset by superbly choreographed songs shot in dazzling locations. Drop in workshop before the screenings on Sat 30th and Sat 7th oct. (1995 India 137 mins Subtitled) Indian food and entertainment. film starts at 7.30pm. See our website for further details. HOTEL SALVATION (PG) India at 70 Mon 25th 8pm DIRECTOR Shubhashish Bhutiani CAST Adil Hussain, Lalit Behl, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Palomi Ghosh SCREEN TEST This gently humorous fi lm follows Rajiv, an over-worked, middle-aged man, forced to accompany his ageing father to the holy city of Varanasi. Checking into Mukti FAMILY BAR OPEN Bhawan (‘Hotel Salvation’), Rajiv struggles to juggle his responsibilities back home, while TICKETS EVERY his father fl ourishes. This moving fi lm transcends borders with its themes of family ties, for matinee screenings intergenerational relationships and fi nding peace and contentment during the later stages FRIDAY of life. (2016 India 102 mins Subtitled) 2 adults + 2 children or AND CANALETTO AND THE ART OF VENICE Tues 26th 7.30pm 1 adult + 3 children Art fi lm based on the exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham SATURDAY Palace – see Event Cinema pages for details. ONLY £20 NIGHT

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SAFFRON SCREEN DIARY SEPTEMBER 2017 Fri 1 8.00pm The Beguiled (15) Tue 3 7.15pm La Bohème – Royal Opera House Sat 2 3.00pm Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (U) Thu 5 7.00pm Hamlet – Barbican Theatre Sat 2 8.00pm The Beguiled (15) Fri 6 8.00pm Logan Lucky (12A) Sun 3 3.00pm Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (U) Sat 7 2.00pm The Emoji Movie (U) Sun 3 8.00pm The Graduate (12A) Sat 7 5.00pm An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power (PG) Mon 4 8.00pm City of Ghosts (18) + hosted discussion Sat 7 8.00pm Logan Lucky (12A) Thu 7 7.45pm John Le Carré – An Evening with George Smiley Sun 8 2.00pm The Emoji Movie (U) Fri 8 8.00pm Dunkirk (12A) Sun 8 5.00pm An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power (PG) Sat 9 3.00pm Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (U) Sun 8 8.00pm God’s Own Country (15) Sat 9 8.00pm Dunkirk (12A) Mon 9 8.00pm God’s Own Country (15) Sun 10 2.00pm Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (U) Thu 12 7.00pm Coriolanus – RSC Sun 10 5.00pm Dunkirk (12A) Sun 10 8.00pm Dunkirk (12A) Fri 13 8.00pm Rough Night (15) Mon 11 8.00pm The Midwife (12A) Sat 14 3.00pm The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature (U) Sat 14 8.00pm The Limehouse Golem (15) Wed 13 8.00pm David Gilmour Live at Pompeii Sun 15 3.00pm The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature (U) Fri 15 8.00pm Maudie (12A) + Q&A Sun 15 8.00pm The Limehouse Golem (15) Sat 16 2.00pm Monster Island (PG) Mon 16 8.00pm The Odyssey (PG) Sat 16 5.00pm Dunkirk (12A) Fri 20 8.00pm Victoria and Abdul (12A tbc) Sat 16 7.00pm La La Land (12A) – SW Town Hall Sat 21 12.30-5pm Back to the Future day at Fairycroft House Sat 16 8.00pm Maudie (12A) Sat 21 2.00pm Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor (U tbc) Sun 17 2.00pm Monster Island (PG) Sat 21 5.00pm Napping Princess (PG) Sun 17 5.00pm Dunkirk (12A) Sat 21 8.00pm Victoria and Abdul (12A tbc) Sun 17 8.00pm England Is Mine (15) Sun 22 2.00pm Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor (U tbc) Mon 18 8.00pm The Death of Louis XIV (12A) Sun 22 5.00pm Victoria and Abdul (12A tbc) Wed 20 7.15pm The Magic Flute – Royal Opera House Sun 22 8.00pm Victoria and Abdul (12A tbc) Fri 22 8.00pm Atomic Blonde (15) Mon 23 3.00pm Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor (U tbc) Sat 23 2.00pm Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (U) Mon 23 8.00pm Belle de Jour (18) Sat 23 5.00pm The Boy and The Beast (12A) Tue 24 3.00pm The Emoji Movie (U) Sat 23 8.00pm Atomic Blonde (15) Tue 24 8.00pm Jonas Kaufmann: My Italy (U) Sat 23 8.00pm Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (15) – Hadstock Wed 25 3.00pm Summer Holiday (U) Dementia-friendly screening Sun 24 11.00am Despicable Me 3 (U) Wed 25 8.00pm Victoria and Abdul (12A tbc) Sun 24 3.00pm Singin’ in the Rain (U) Dementia-friendly screening Thu 26 3.00pm My Life As A Courgette (PG) Sun 24 7.00pm Bombay (12A) Thu 26 8.00pm Victoria and Abdul (12A tbc) Mon 25 8.00pm Hotel Salvation (PG) Fri 27 3.00pm The Jungle Bunch (U) Tue 26 7.30pm Canaletto and the Art of Venice Fri 27 8.00pm Wind River (15) Fri 29 8.00pm Detroit (15) Sat 28 2.00pm The Jungle Bunch (U) Sat 30 3.00pm The Emoji Movie (U) Sat 28 5.00pm Victoria and Abdul (12A tbc) Sat 30 8.00pm Detroit (15) Sat 28 8.00pm Wind River (15) Sun 29 2.00pm Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Royal OCTOBER 2017 Opera House Sun 1 3.00pm The Emoji Movie (U) Sun 29 8.00pm Howard’s End (PG) Sun 1 8.00pm Final Portrait (15) Mon 30 8.00pm Insyriated (15) Mon 2 8.00pm Land of Mine (15)

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AN INCONVENIENT FINAL PORTRAIT LAND OF MINE LOGAN LUCKY SEQUEL ROUGH NIGHT THE NUT JOB 2

THE EMOJI MOVIE (U) AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER (PG) Sun 1st 3pm Sat 7th & Sun 8th 2pm Tues 24th 3pm Sat 7th & Sun 8th 5pm See September for details. DIRECTORS Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk Drop in workshop before the screening on Sat 7th. SCREEN TEST A decade after Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth shocked the world into taking climate change seriously, this follow-up is a timely reminder of how much work FINAL PORTRAIT (15) Sun 1st 8pm remains to be done. Cameras follow the former Vice-President as he campaigns around the DIRECTOR Stanley Tucci world, revealing both the public and private moments of a man on a mission. At a time CAST , Armie Hammer, Clémence Poésy, Sylvie Testud when climate change denial is at the top of world politics, this riveting and impassioned SCREEN TEST Coinciding with the vast retrospective at London’s Tate Modern, this timely documentary has never been more necessary. (2017 USA 98 mins) portrait of celebrated artist Alberto Giacometti is dominated by a superb central performance from Geoffrey Rush. Writer-director Tucci’s film focuses on a few weeks in Paris in 1964 GOD’S OWN COUNTRY (15) Sun 8th & Mon 9th 8pm when the Swiss sculptor asked young American art critic James Lord to sit for him, and distils DIRECTOR Francis Lee this brief moment into an amusing, sophisticated and insightful film about art, life and love. (2017 UK 90 mins) CAST Josh O’Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart SCREEN TEST A wonderfully performed and impressively unsentimental story of love and LAND OF MINE (Under sandet) (15) Mon 2nd 8pm longing in the Yorkshire Pennines. Young sheep farmer Johnny numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of Romanian migrant worker Gheorghe DIRECTOR Martin Zandvliet for lambing season ignites an intense relationship. This is one of the best British films of the CAST Roland Møller, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman SCREEN TEST In 1945 as the Nazi occupying forces leave Denmark, a group of German year, broodingly beautiful in its portrayal of rural life and the search for love and intimacy. POWs, barely out of boyhood, are forced to clear the Danish beaches of German landmines. (2017 UK 105 mins) Initially antagonistic, the young prisoners and the Danish sergeant in charge of the mission CORIOLANUS Thurs 12th 7pm begin to form a bond. Exploring the moral grey areas between justice and vengeance, this beautiful, Oscar-nominated drama generates moments of chilling suspense and works as Play from the rSC – see Event Cinema pages for details. both a timeless observation about conflict and forgiveness and a gripping thriller. th (2015 Den/Ger 99 mins Subtitled) ROUGH NIGHT (15) Fri 13 8pm DIRECTORS Lucia Aniello LA BOHÈME Tues 3rd 7.15pm CAST Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Zoë Kravitz, Jillian Bell opera from the royal opera House – see Event Cinema pages for SCREEN TEST Aspiring politician Jess (Johansson) reunites with four old college friends details. for a wild hen weekend in Miami. But things go terribly wrong when a male stripper accidentally dies in their apartment and they have to decide what to do with the body. A HAMLET Thurs 5th 7pm raunchy comedy about female friendships that proves that women can compete with the Play from the Barbican Theatre – see Event Cinema pages for details. men in the gross-out humour stakes. There’s a great dynamic between the female leads and plenty of real belly laughs. (2017 USA 101 mins) LOGAN LUCKY (12A) Fri 6th & Sat 7th 8pm THE NUT JOB 2: NUTTY BY NATURE (U) DIRECTOR Steven Soderbergh th th CAST Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, , Riley Keough Sat 14 & Sun 15 3pm SCREEN TEST Marking Soderbergh’s return to the big screen, this heist caper follows the DIRECTOR Cal Brunker Logan brothers (Tatum and Driver) who, down on their luck in the American South, get an VOICES Will Arnett, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph, Jackie Chan idea so stupid and yet so brilliant that it might just set them up for life: to rob the local stock SCREEN TEST Surly Squirrel (Arnett) and the gang are back. When the corrupt mayor of car racing track on its biggest day of the year. With the help of Joe Bang (a platinum-coiffed Oakton wants to bulldoze Liberty Park and build an amusement park over it, it’s up to Surly Daniel Craig), the brothers plot their daring raid. Super slick and great fun, this comic thriller and his pals to defend their home and stop him. This fun animation is full of animal hijinks brims with energy and wit. (2017 USA 119 mins) and boasts a great voice cast. (2017 Can/USA/S Korea 91 mins)

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THE LIMEHOUSE MY LIFE AS A GOLEM THE ODYSSEY THOMAS AND FRIENDS BELLE DE JOUR SUMMER HOLIDAY COURGETTE

THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM (15) Sat 14th & Sun 15th 8pm NAPPING PRINCESS (PG) Anime special Sat 21st 5pm DIRECTOR Juan Carlos Medina DIRECTOR Kenji Kamiyama CAST Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke, Daniel Mays, Douglas Booth VOICES Colleen O’Shaughnessy, Brina Palencia, Doug Erholz, Lex Wutas SCREEN TEST A Gothic murder mystery set in late Victorian London, adapted by Jane SCREEN TEST With gorgeous visuals and a punchy soundtrack, this Japanese animation Goldman (Kingsman, Kick-Ass) from Peter Ackroyd’s novel. Nighy plays a Scotland Yard creatively interweaves fantasy and reality, technology and magic. Its imaginative and detective investigating a series of gruesome murders by a Jack the Ripper style figure. His spirited heroine Kokone should be studying for her university entrance exams but just can’t key lead is music-hall actress Elizabeth (Cooke). Vividly shot and lit up by Goldman’s witty seem to stay awake. In her dreams she becomes a brave and adventurous princess in a script and the cast’s uniformly terrific performances, it is both a refreshingly feminist take on steampunk world. But her two worlds start to collide and it is up to Kokone to save them a classic genre and an immensely satisfying watch. (2016 UK 109 mins) both. (2017 Jap 111 mins Dubbed) THE ODYSSEY (L’Odyssée) (PG) Mon 16th 8pm BELLE DE JOUR (18) Mon 23rd 8pm DIRECTOR Jérôme Salle CAST Lambert Wilson, Audrey Tautou, Pierre Niney, Laurent Lucas DIRECTOR Luis Buñuel SCREEN TEST This lavish and handsomely crafted biopic tells the story of the celebrated CAST Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. Spanning roughly 30 years, it follows the Frenchman’s SCREEN TEST Bored housewife Séverine (Deneuve), in love with but sexually remote evolution from eccentrically ambitious naval officer to internationally revered explorer and from her surgeon husband, starts spending her afternoons at a high-class brothel. But the ecologist viewed through the prism of his relationship with his wife and son. The dazzling jealous desire she arouses in some clients means her anonymity and marriage are soon at cinematography of Matias Boucard captures the awe and wonder of the aquatic world that risk. True to his surrealist roots, Buñuel blurs the distinction between ‘reality’ and Séverine’s Cousteau introduced to his audiences. (2016 Fr 120 mins Subtitled) masochistic fantasies; he also eschews sensationalism, opting instead for subtly ambiguous VICTORIA AND ABDUL (12A tbc) Fri 20th & Sat 21st 8pm details. A masterpiece. (1967 Fr/It 100 mins Subtitled) nd th th th Sun 22 5pm & 8pm Wed 25 & Thurs 26 8pm Sat 28 5pm JONAS KAUFMANN: MY ITALY (U) Tues 24th 8pm DIRECTOR Stephen Frears CAST , Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Tim Pigott-Smith Concert documentary – see Event Cinema pages for details. SCREEN TEST Focusing on real events in ’s later years, Frears (The Queen, SUMMER HOLIDAY (U) Dementia-friendly screening Wed 25th 3pm Philomena) deftly weaves the tale of a remarkable friendship – that between the monarch and , a young clerk who came from India to celebrate the Golden Jubilee. DIRECTOR Peter Yates Despite palace interference, the two form a convivial bond as an ageing Victoria sees a CAST Cliff Richard, Lauri Peters, Melvyn Hayes, Una Stubbs changing world through new eyes. It is fascinating to see Dench reprising her role as Queen SCREEN TEST Join us for this fun 1960s musical as Cliff Richard and friends tour Victoria in a story with similarities to the one told in . (2017 UK/USA 106 mins) Europe in a double decker bus. Screening open to all but particularly aimed welcoming to people living with dementia together with their family, friends and carers. BACK TO THE FUTURE DAY Sat 21st 12.30 – 5pm Tickets £5, carers free. (1963 UK 105 mins + interval) Celebration day at fairycroft House including screening – see our th website for further details. MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE (PG) Thurs 26 3pm DIRECTOR Claude Barras THOMAS AND FRIENDS: JOURNEY BEYOND SODOR (U tbc) VOICES Will Forte, Ellen Page, Nick Offerman, Amy Sedaris st nd rd Sat 21 & Sun 22 2pm Mon 23 3pm SCREEN TEST This supremely moving and humane film tells the story of 10-year-old DIRECTOR David Stoten Icare, nicknamed Courgette. Sent to an orphanage when his mother dies, he becomes a VOICES Mark Moraghan, Hugh Bonneville, Darren Boyd, Sophie Colquhoun target for bullies, but the arrival of the cool, mysterious Camille changes everything. This SCREEN TEST Join Thomas and his friends for this exciting adventure to the mainland stop-motion animation gem evokes the worlds of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman in a story that shows us friendship is more important than being the favourite engine. Can Thomas and that soars with laughter, sorrow and joy. (2016 Switz/Fr 65 mins Dubbed) the new experimental engines save James and help bring him back to the Island of Sodor? Drop in workshop before the screening on Sat 21st. (2017 UK 70 mins)

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THE JUNGLE BUNCH (U) Fri 27th 3pm Sat 28th 2pm DIRECTOR David Alaux VOICES Paul Borne, Philippe Bozo, Michel Mella, Pascal Casanova SCREEN TEST Meet Maurice the tiger-striped penguin and his gang of misfit animal friends. They’re on a mission to keep peace and justice, but will have to defeat Igor the evil koala who has an army of silly baboons and wants to use them to destroy the entire jungle once and for all! Maurice uses the kung fu skills his tigress mother taught him and needs the help of his friends to keep everyone in the jungle safe. An adventure filled with laughs, thrills and memorable characters. (2017 Fr 97 mins Dubbed) WIND RIVER (15) Fri 27th & Sat 28th 8pm DIRECTOR Taylor Sheridan CAST Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Marti Sensmeier, Julia Jones SCREEN TEST In this powerful crime drama, an inexperienced FBI agent (Olsen) teams up with a local game tracker with a haunted past (Renner) to investigate the murder of a girl on a Native American reservation. Beautifully shot in a bleak and snowy Wyoming, this is a stark look at life in the wilderness where the rule of law is eclipsed by the rule of nature. A terrifically plotted and tense debut from the writer of Sicario and Hell or High Water. (2017 UK/Can/USA 107 mins) ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND Sun 29th 2pm Ballet from the royal opera House – see Event Cinema pages for details. HOWARD’S END (PG) Sun 29th 8pm DIRECTOR James Ivory CAST , , , Samuel West SCREEN TEST This landmark Merchant Ivory adaptation of EM Forster’s classic novel is back in cinemas with a 25th anniversary digital restoration. The interwoven fates and misfortunes of three very different families in Edwardian England unfold as the ailing Ruth Wilcox (Redgrave) bequeaths her much-loved country house to Margaret Schlegel (Thompson). Featuring the cream of British acting talent on masterful form, lavish sets and elegant costumes, this timeless story of class divisions and a society in transition remains an entertaining, moving and exquisite pleasure. (1992 UK/Jap/USA 136 mins) Saffron Walden, Essex,CB11 4JF INSYRIATED (15) Mon 30th 8pm DIRECTOR Philippe Van Leeuw CAST Hiam Abbass, Diamand Bou Abboud, Juliette Navis, Mohsen Abbas SCREEN TEST In this gripping, Syria-set war drama a mother-of-three is confined inside her flat in a city under siege, taking refuge with her family and neighbours. But as bombs threaten to destroy the building, snipers turn the courtyards into killing zones and men break in to steal and threaten violence, war inevitably infiltrates the flat. What must be done to survive the repetitive, senseless violence of war – not just physically, but morally and emotionally – is at the heart of this important, resonant and tragically still timely film. (2017 Belg 86 mins Subtitled)

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JOHN LE CARRÉ – AN EVENING WITH GEORGE SMILEY JONAS KAUFMANN – MY ITALY Tues 24th Oct 8pm th Thurs 7 Sept 7.45pm Concert documentary. The celebrated German tenor presents his personal tribute to Italian Reading and Q&A broadcast live from the Royal Festival Hall. A celebration of John music and culture featuring songs from sold-out concerts in Turin and Milan, breathtaking le Carré’s work, including readings from his new book, A Legacy of Spies. landscapes and evocative scenes of Italian life. DAVID GILMOUR LIVE AT POMPEII Weds 13th Sept 8pm ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND Sun 29th Oct 2pm Concert fi lm from the Roman amphitheatre at Pompeii. A superb show fi lmed at Ballet broadcast as live from the Royal Opera House. Follow Alice down the rabbit hole David Gilmour’s two concerts at Pompeii, featuring his solo songs and those of Pink Floyd. in Christopher Wheeldon’s exuberant ballet, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s much-loved book. THE MAGIC FLUTE Weds 20th Sept 7.15pm Thurs 16th Nov 7pm Opera broadcast live from the Royal Opera House. Julia Jones conducts David Play broadcast live from the National Theatre. , and Imelda McVicar’s spellbinding production of Mozart’s glorious opera with a wonderful cast including Staunton play the magnifi cent Follies in this dazzling new production of ’s Roderick Williams as Papageno. legendary musical. CANALETTO AND THE ART OF VENICE Tues 26th Sept 7.30pm DAVID HOCKNEY AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS Art fi lm based on the exhibition at The Queenʼs Gallery, Buckingham Palace. Tues 21st Nov 7.30pm From one of the world’s largest art collections comes the remarkable story of Canaletto and Art fi lm based on two exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts. A chance to see more the city he shared with millions through his art. of two recent blockbuster exhibitions – A Bigger Picture (2012) and One Still Life (2016). rd LA BOHÈME Tues 3 Oct 7.15pm Tues 28th Nov 7.15pm Puccini’s passionate opera is Opera broadcast live from the Royal Opera House. and star in this conducted by Antonio Pappano and stars a superb young cast including Nicole Car, Michael Play broadcast live from the . new production of ’s glittering and witty comedy, directed by . Fabiano and Mariusz Kwiecie�, in a new production by Richard Jones. HAMLET Thurs 5th Oct 7pm Unless otherwise noted, all events should be treated as 12A. Art fi lms: Full £11; adult concessions £10; 18 & under £6 Encore broadcast of PLAY from the Barbican Theatre, recorded in 2015. Another chance to enjoy Benedict Cumberbatch’s take on Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Theatre and ballet: Full £19; adult concessions £17; 18 & under £10 Opera: Full £20; adult concessions £18; 18 & under £12.50 CORIOLANUS Thurs 12th Oct 7pm For more information and other events, please see our website Play broadcast as live from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Shakespeare’s full- throttle play transports us back to the emergence of the republic of Rome. www.saffronscreen.com FILMS COMING SOON

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