PLEASE READ THIS INTRODUCTION CAREFULLY There Are Some New Procedures Contained in This Menu Which It Is Important for You to Understand Before Booking Your Films
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MOVIOLA AUTUMN FILMS MENU 2015 INTRODUCTION PAGE 1 PLEASE READ THIS INTRODUCTION CAREFULLY There are some new procedures contained in this menu which it is important for you to understand before booking your films. Please read the following 8 pages in order to avoid any misunderstandings later. Please email me if you have any comments or further questions. Here are no less than 39 films for you to consider for the Autumn 2015 season. The Summer season starts on Tuesday 1st September and ends Thursday 31st December. This menu is only for dates within this period. A new menu for the January to Easter season will be sent to you at the beginning of November. Please email me your film requests, always putting your Venue name, date of show, Gold or Silver service. The closing date for bookings is August 3rd. This is so that I can prepare the shorts disks & trailers for your September show. If you do not intend to book any films from us, please email me to tell me so that I do not have to bother you with reminders. Phill Walkley Programme Director Moviola, June 17th 2015 TWO VERY IMPORTANT NOTES INTRODUCTION PAGE 2 A Moviola Cinematheque Film Films which have this designation are eligible for a discount of £50 per booking, thanks to the support of BFI Neighbourhood. This discount is only available for Associates who responded to my email in February and have ‘signed up’ for the scheme. Associates who are not in the scheme may of course book the films on the standard terms. If you did not sign up to the Cinematheque scheme in February but would like to do so now, please email me at once and I will see if it is possible to admit you. Film Hire Charges Most films in this Menu have no minimum guarantee charge. This means you pay us 35% of your box office regardless of how big or small. However certain films of high quality attract very few bookings across our network. This means that we have to ensure that any minimum charges imposed upon us by film distributors are covered by the likely return from you. These films have the designation *This film has a minimum guarantee of £50 in the Menu. The 35% or £50 minimum both include VAT. If you wish to book a film NOT on the Menu, this will be a special one-off booking for you and will be charged the usual 35% or the minimum guarantee levied by the film distributor (usually in a range from £85 to £120), whichever is the larger. VAT is charged on these special bookings. No Nasty Surprises When you book your films from Moviola, I send you a Confirmation Form on which the level of charge for each film is clearly set out. You should read this carefully before replying to me that it is correct. The confirmation is our agreement to supply films for you for the season and we refer back to it in any case of a query on your invoice – so read it and keep it safe! PROGRAMME PLANNER INTRODUCTION PAGE 3 This is the section of the Menu which allows you to see at a glance which films are available for each month. Check this to ensure you are not asking for a film before it is available for you. Films available in September Films available in September Films available in October Films available in November A Little Chaos Timbuktu ALL THOSE IN SEPTEMBER ALL THOSE IN SEPTEMBER & PLUS OCTOBER PLUS Amy The Third Man The Age of Adeline 45 Years Black Coal Thin Ice Tomorrowland A Royal Night Out Child 44 Trash Gemma Bovery Cinderella The Water Diviner How to Make Love Like an Englishman Danny Collins White God Mr Holmes Dark Horse Wild Tales The New Girlfriend Elsa and Fred Woman in Gold The Salt of the Earth The Falling X + Y Song of the Sea Films available in December Far from the Madding Crowd ALL THOSE IN THE LAST THREE (mid September) MONTHS PLUS Force Majeure Bill The Forgotten Kingdom London Road Marshland Miss Julie National Gallery Queen and Country Still Alice Suite Francaise The Second Best Marigold Hotel INTRODUCTION PAGE 4 PROGRAMMING GUIDE I hope you will agree that, once again, this is an incredibly strong Menu. When I wrote the summer notes, I did warn you that there would be so many new films that the autumn decision making would be hard. If you currently do only three shows in the September to December period, do consider putting in some more, just to let your audiences enjoy some of these treats. Please don’t ask for films from the last Menu. If you do that, you are always going to be behind on the new films which your audiences will want to see. To help you choose, here are my tips for the autumn. THE BIG HITTERS Well publicised films which have an immediate appeal to our ‘punters’: A ROYAL NIGHT OUT CINDERELLA FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD QUEEN AND COUNTRY MR HOLMES SUITE FRANCAISE THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL THE WATER DIVINER WOMAN IN GOLD INTRODUCTION PAGE 5 AN OLD FRIEND BACK AGAIN THE THIRD MAN ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILMS WHICH ON PREVIOUS MENUS WOULD HAVE BEEN BIG HITTERS THE AGE OF ADELINE A LITTLE CHAOS CHILD 44 DANNY COLLINS ELSA & FRED THE FALLING 45 YEARS GEMMA BOVERY HOW TO MAKE LOVE LIKE AN ENGLISHMAN MISS JULIE STILL ALICE TOMORROWLAND X + Y INTRODUCTION PAGE 6 FILMS FOR CHILDREN Not something we often do but there are three, one obvious and two more interesting BILL (older children 10+?) CINDERELLA SONG OF THE SEA as well as TOMORROWLAND (older children 10+?) X + Y (older children 13+?) FOUR STUNNING DOCUMENTARIES AMY DARK HORSE NATIONAL GALLERY THE SALT OF THE EARTH A UNIQUE ONE-OFF LONDON ROAD INTRODUCTION PAGE 7 AND SOME ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS THAT OUR AUDIENCES REALLY OUGHT TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE BLACK COAL THIN ICE (China – Winner Best Film Berlin Film Festival) FORCE MAJEURE (Sweden – hugely popular with cinema audiences – held over in many cinemas) THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM (South Africa) MARSHLAND (Spain – winner of all the main ‘Goyas’ (the Spanish Oscars) – mesmerising thriller) THE NEW GIRLFRIEND (France – latest from Francois Ozon – hilarious and provocative) TIMBUKTU (France – fabulous, fabulous film giving insights into living with Islamic extremism) TRASH (Brazil/USA - excellent and thrilling film from director of ‘Billy Elliot’) WHITE GOD (Sweden/Hungary - five star critical acclaim - thrilling) WILD TALES (Argentina/Spain – six short stories- outrageous, funny, unforgettable) INTRODUCTION PAGE 8 When I select films for you, I do so on the basis that every film has some merit or quality. I know how precious our film screening slots are so films always have to be worthy of inclusion. Of course films vary in subject matter. It should never be the films WE want to see but the ones that will appeal to our ‘customers’, and maybe too will expand their experience and introduce them to new sorts of films. Try to form your own judgement and not be too coloured by comments from critics or on line. On this menu, I have in every case put the www.imdb.com reference for the films. This will give you access to a great deal more information on the films and also film websites and photo galleries where you can find material which you can use free of copyright for promoting the films. As I’ve said above, I do not envy you the task of selecting a handful of these fine films for your audience. Everyone’s time is limited and of course we rely on the hard work of volunteers to keep our community cinemas going. Organising additional shows takes time and money. However a number of our venues have taken the bold step of doing just that. Crowcombe in Somerset and Fordingbridge in Hampshire (to name just two) run a parallel series of more challenging, more unusual films in between their major monthly attractions. i.e. they are using our ‘Cinematheque’ idea to promote a complementary programme and thus attract new people to their shows who might not otherwise have come. With the financial support we have been able to lever for you from the British Film Institute (which is ring-fenced for British and ‘independent’ films), these new programmes are proving successful and viable with audiences well into the 40s and often larger. Why not have a go yourselves? I do hope you approve of the Menu and enjoy reading the notes and watching the accompanying DVD. Phill Walkley Moviola Programme Director June 2015 THE AGE OF ADALINE (12A) 112 mins Romantic Drama Cinema release 8 May DVD release unknown Available October A delightful romantic drama with a time travel twist which will appeal to all ages. Adaline, born at the beginning of the 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. She leads a solitary existence, afraid to commit to anyone and thus reveal her secret. A chance meeting leads to a weekend where she is reunited with an old flame. A very well written film which, although rooted in fantasy, has emotions grounded in reality. Very well acted by Blake Lively, in the lead role, and with strong support from Ellen Burstyn and Harrison Ford. A considerable box office hit and highly recommended. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655441/?ref_=nv_sr_1 A LITTLE CHAOS A Moviola Cinematheque Film (See Note Above) (12A) 117 mins Period Drama Cinema release 17 April DVD release 24 August Available September A spirited costume drama set at Versailles in the reign of King Louis XIV with Alan Rickman as the famous “sun king” and also directing the movie.