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WHISKEY TANGO ALICE THROUGH EVERYBODY X-MEN OUR KIND OF TRAITOR FOXTROT THE LOOKING GLASS WANTS SOME!! VERSUS

X-MEN: APOCALYPSE (12A) Fri 1st 8pm Sat 2nd 3pm WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT (15) Fri 8th & Sat 9th 8pm DIRECTOR Bryan Singer DIRECTORS Glenn Ficarra, John Requa CAST James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Michael Fassbender CAST Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina SCREEN TEST When ancient über-mutant Apocalypse (Isaac) is woken after sleeping for SCREEN TEST Fey stars as US TV correspondent Kim Barker who in 2002 volunteered millennia, he recruits the disillusioned Magneto (Fassbender) and other mutants to create to cover the war in Afghanistan for her network. Completely inexperienced and unprepared, a new world order. Professor Xavier (McAvoy) and Raven (Lawrence) must lead a team of she was dropped into the middle of a war zone and yet quickly grew to love the adrenaline- young X-Men to defeat him before he destroys mankind. Follow the continuing story of these paced work. Based on the real Barker’s memoirs, this is an enjoyable blend of comedy and varied characters in this exciting action sequel. (2016 USA 144 mins) drama with Fey comfortably demonstrating her comic timing while deftly handling the more serious stuff. (2016 USA 112 mins) OUR KIND OF TRAITOR (15) Sat 2nd & Sun 3rd 8pm DIRECTOR Susanna White ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (PG) CAST Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, Damian Lewis, Stellan Skarsgård Sat 9th, Sun 10th, Sat 23rd & Sun 24th 3pm SCREEN TEST Fans of The Night Manager can enjoy another le Carré espionage thriller DIRECTOR James Bobin fix. An ordinary English couple, on holiday in Marrakech, meet a charismatic Russian and CAST Mia Wasikowska, Helen Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway agree to take a computer memory stick back to MI6. They find themselves swept into a SCREEN TEST Alice (Wasikowska) returns to the whimsical world of Underland only to dangerous adventure involving spies, criminals and dirty politics. With a strong cast and discover the Mad Hatter (Depp) unwell and in need of her help. With the aid of old and exotic locations, this is a taut and engrossing spy drama from writer Hossein Amini new friends, Alice must travel through time to save him and the world she loves from the (Drive, The Two Faces of January) and director White (Bleak House, Parade’s End). evil clutches of the Red Queen (Bonham Carter) and a clock-like creature known as Time. (2016 UK 108 mins) Colourful and chaotic, with an all-star cast. (2016 USA 113 mins) ZOOTROPOLIS (PG) Sun 3rd 3pm EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! (15) Sun 10th 8pm DIRECTORS Byron Howard, Rich Moore DIRECTOR Richard Linklater VOICES Ginnifer Goodwin, Idris Elba, JK Simmons, Octavia Spencer CAST Blake Jenner, Juston Street, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin SCREEN TEST Another chance to see this delightful animation. Rookie cop bunny Judy SCREEN TEST The new film from US indie master Linklater Boyhood( ) is a nostalgic step Hopps, determined to prove herself in the police force, teams up with a wily fox to solve a back to early 1980s college life. A ‘spiritual sequel’ to his slacker hit Dazed and Confused, missing otter case. Set in an intelligent and fascinatingly detailed animal-run world and filled the film focuses on a group of rowdy young jocks as they enjoy a weekend of parties, with joyous energy and adult allusions, this is a treat for all ages. (2016 USA 108 mins) chasing girls and competitive bravado. Linklater expertly captures the moment with the We will be showing and announcing the winner and runners-up to our fashion and music of the time, taking us on a journey through rock, punk, country and, of short film competition before the film. Zootropolis will start at 3.15pm. course, disco. (2016 USA 117 mins)

th MUSTANG (15) Mon 4 8pm VERSUS: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF KEN LOACH (12A) DIRECTOR Deniz Gamze Ergüven Mon 11th 8pm CAST Günes Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit Iscan DIRECTOR Louise Osmond SCREEN TEST This extraordinary Oscar-nominated feature from Turkish director Ergüven SCREEN TEST A candid account of the life and career of one of Britain’s most tells the story of five free-spirited teenage sisters punished after daring to play with a group controversial and successful filmmakers as he celebrates his 80th birthday. Osmond of boys at the beach. Forced by their conservative grandmother and uncles to leave school, (Deep Water, Dark Horse) follows Loach as he filmsI, Daniel Blake, his attack on the dress modestly and prepare for marriage, the girls struggle with the huge change to their welfare state which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and looks back at the trials and lives and cope in different ways. Full of playfully rebellious spirit, this is a rousing, thoughtful tribulations of his 50 year career, from his roots in television to his award-winning features. and poignant tale of sisterhood. (2015 Fr/Ger/Turkey/Qatar 97 mins Subtitled) Funny and provocative. (2016 UK 93 mins) ROMEO AND JULIET (12A As Live) Thurs 7th 6.50pm Play from the Garrick Theatre – see Special Events pages for details. Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com Full-size screen with the latest digital technology JULY 2016 JULY 2016

EMBRACE OF LOVE & WHEN MARNIE ME BEFORE YOU WARCRAFT THE SERPENT FRIENDSHIP BAYOU MAHARAJAH WAS THERE

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (12A) Thurs 14th 7.20pm RICHARD III (12A As Live) Thurs 21st 6.50pm Play from Wyndham’s Theatre – see Special Events pages for details. Play from the Almeida Theatre – see Special Events pages for details. ME BEFORE YOU (12A) Fri 15th, Sat 16th & Sun 17th 8pm LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (U) Fri 22nd & Sat 23rd 8pm DIRECTOR Thea Sharrock DIRECTOR Whit Stillman CAST Emilia Clarke, Sam Clafl in, Jenna Coleman, Janet McTeer CAST Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Morfydd Clark, Xavier Samuel SCREEN TEST Jojo Moyes’ adaptation of her critically-acclaimed bestselling novel stars SCREEN TEST Set in the opulent drawing rooms of 18th-century English society, Clarke (Game of Thrones) as a quirky 26-year-old stuck in a dead-end job. Her normally Stillman’s deliciously sharp adaptation of the Jane Austen novella Lady Susan focuses on cheery outlook is challenged when she becomes carer to a wheelchair-bound wealthy beautiful young widow Lady Susan Vernon (Beckinsale). While staying at her in-laws’ young banker (Clafl in, The Hunger Games). Both get more than they bargained for and estate to wait out colourful rumours of her dalliances, she fi lls her time with matchmaking fi nd their lives changing in ways neither could have imagined. Directed by lauded theatre for herself and her daughter. Stillman proves himself a natural fi t for Austen in this director Sharrock (The Hollow Crown), this is a thought-provoking romantic drama about gloriously witty and acerbic fi lm. (2016 Ire/Neth/Fr/USA 93 mins) love across the social divide and tough choices that have to be faced. (2016 USA 110 mins) Saturday’s screening followed by a Q&A with olivier Stockman, friday’s screening followed by a Q&A with author & scriptwriter Jojo Moyes. owner of Sands film Studio which made the costumes for the fi lm. WARCRAFT: THE BEGINNING (12A) Sat 16th & Sun 17th 3pm BAYOU MAHARAJAH (15 tbc) Sun 24th 8pm DIRECTOR Duncan Jones DIRECTOR Lily Keber CAST Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper SCREEN TEST This vibrant documentary explores the life, times and music of James SCREEN TEST A tribe of Orcs pass through a magic portal into the land of Azeroth, Booker, the legendary New Orleans jazz pianist described by Dr John as “the best black, looking to claim it as their new home. But one Orc rebels against his power-hungry leader gay, one-eyed, junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced”. Booker, who died and tries to establish a truce with Azeroth’s king. An epic cinematic fantasy adventure, prematurely in 1983, was a classic case of an overlooked genius whose musical brilliance lovingly created from the video game by long term fan (and director of Moon) Jones. and showmanship were counterbalanced by personal adversity, prejudice, addiction and (2016 USA 123 mins) some dodgy career choices. It’s an extraordinary story, underpinned by a wealth of hitherto unseen performance footage. (2013 USA 90 mins) DUMBO (U) Sun 17th 11am SCREEN TEST The story of Dumbo, the baby elephant who uses his enormous ears to WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE (U) th th soar to fame and freedom, never fails to delight. Enjoy the cinema without worrying about Mon 25 8pm (subtitled) Tues 26 3pm (dubbed) noise or wriggling. (1941 USA 64 mins) DIRECTOR Hiromasa Yonebayashi Cinema for Tinies – adults £3, children £2, under 2s free VOICES Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima (subtitled version) EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT (El abrazo de la serpiente) (12A) Hailee Steinfeld, Kiernan Shipka, Geena Davis, John C Reilly (dubbed version) Mon 18th 8pm SCREEN TEST A gorgeously animated fantasy from Studio Ghibli about a timid DIRECTOR Ciro Guerra adolescent girl, Anna, who is sent to the countryside to recuperate from an illness. While CAST Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar, Brionne Davis exploring, she discovers a mysterious mansion and befriends the girl who lives there, SCREEN TEST Shot in glorious widescreen black and white, this Oscar-nominated fi lm Marnie – who may or may not be a ghost. A delightful story for anyone who has ever felt a presents a breathtaking journey through the Colombian Amazon following the interwoven bit different from those around them. (2014 Jap 103 mins Subtitled/Dubbed) stories of two European explorers, one in the early 1900s, the other 40 years later. Shown in Japanese with subtitles on Monday night and in its Karamakate, the last surviving member of his tribe, leads both travellers in search of a rare dubbed version at the Tuesday matinee, which we believe will and exotic plant with healing properties. Eschewing the hackneyed narrative of white saviour delight children 8 years and up. and noble ‘savage’, Guerra instead reverses the focus, fi ltering the Europeans’ journeys through Karamakate’s native perspective. A truly poetic cinematic experience. (2015 Col/Ven/Arg 122 mins Subtitled Black & white) Free parking ● Wide choice of refreshments Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com SAFFRON SCREEN DIARY AUGUST 2016 Mon 1 8.00pm Truman (15) JULY 2016 Fri 5 8.00pm The Nice Guys (15) 10 Fri 1 8.00pm X-Men: Apocalypse (12A) Sat 6 3.00pm The Secret Life of Pets (U) Sat 2 3.00pm X-Men: Apocalypse (12A) Sat 6 8.00pm The Nice Guys (15) Sat 2 8.00pm Our Kind of Traitor (15) Sun 7 3.00pm The Secret Life of Pets (U) Sun 3 3.00pm Zootropolis (PG) Sun 7 8.00pm Tale of Tales (15) Sun 3 8.00pm Our Kind of Traitor (15) Mon 8 8.00pm Tale of Tales (15) Mon 4 8.00pm Mustang (15) Tue 9 3.00pm The Secret Life of Pets (U) Thu 7 6.50pm Romeo and Juliet – Garrick Theatre Thu 11 3.00pm The Secret Life of Pets (U) Fri 8 8.00pm Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (15) Thu 11 7.20pm St Peter’s and the Papal Basilicas of Rome Sat 9 3.00pm Alice Through the Looking Glass (PG) Fri 12 3.00pm The BFG (PG tbc) Sat 9 8.00pm Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (15) Fri 12 8.00pm Learning to Drive (15) Sun 10 3.00pm Alice Through the Looking Glass (PG) Sat 13 3.00pm The BFG (PG tbc) Sun 10 8.00pm Everybody Wants Some!! (15) Sat 13 8.00pm Learning to Drive (15) Mon 11 8.00pm Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (12A) Sun 14 3.00pm The BFG (PG tbc) Thu 14 7.20pm A View from the Bridge – Wyndham’s Theatre Sun 14 8.00pm Where to Invade Next (15) Fri 15 8.00pm Me Before You (12A) Mon 15 3.00pm The BFG (PG tbc) Sat 16 3.00pm Warcraft: The Beginning (12A) Mon 15 8.00pm The Measure of a Man (PG) Sat 16 8.00pm Me Before You (12A) Tue 16 3.00pm The BFG (PG tbc) Sun 17 11.00am Dumbo (U) Wed 17 3.00pm The BFG (PG tbc) Sun 17 3.00pm Warcraft: The Beginning (12A) Thu 18 3.00pm The BFG (PG tbc) Sun 17 8.00pm Me Before You (12A) Thu 18 7.20pm The Importance of Being Earnest – Vaudeville Theatre Mon 18 8.00pm Embrace of the Serpent (12A) Fri 19 8.00pm Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (cert tbc) Thu 21 6.50pm Richard III – Almeida Theatre Sat 20 3.00pm The Legend of Tarzan (12A) Fri 22 8.00pm Love & Friendship (U) Sat 20 8.00pm Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (cert tbc) Sun 21 3.00pm The Legend of Tarzan (12A) Sat 23 3.00pm Alice Through the Looking Glass (PG) Sun 21 8.00pm Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (cert tbc) Sat 23 8.00pm Love & Friendship (U) Mon 22 8.00pm Ivan’s Childhood (12A) Sun 24 3.00pm Alice Through the Looking Glass (PG) Sun 24 8.00pm Bayou Maharajah (15 tbc) Tue 23 3.00pm Long Way North (PG) Mon 25 8.00pm When Marnie Was There (Subtitled) (U) Thu 25 3.00pm Long Way North (PG) Tues 26 3.00pm When Marnie Was There (Dubbed) (U) Thu 25 7.20pm The Audience Thu 28 3.00pm Top Cat Begins (U) Fri 26 8.00pm Elvis & Nixon (15) Thu 28 7.20pm Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan Sat 27 3.00pm Ice Age: Collision Course (U tbc) Fri 29 8.00pm Money Monster (15) Sat 27 8.00pm Elvis & Nixon (15) Sun 28 3.00pm Ice Age: Collision Course (U tbc) Sat 30 2.30pm World Cup ’66 – Live Sat 30 8.00pm Money Monster (15) Sun 28 8.00pm The Lady in the Van (12A) Sun 31 3.00pm Top Cat Begins (U) Mon 29 7.00pm Ran (12A) Sun 31 8.00pm The Daughter (15) Tue 30 3.00pm Ice Age: Collision Course (U tbc)

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TOP CAT BEGINS MONEY MONSTER THE DAUGHTER TRUMAN THE NICE GUYS

TOP CAT BEGINS (U) Thurs 28th & Sun 31st 3pm TRUMAN (15) Mon 1st 8pm DIRECTOR Andrés Couturier DIRECTOR Cesc Gay VOICES Jason Harris, Chris Edgerly, Bill Lobley, Darin De Paul CAST Ricardo Darin, Javier Cámara, Dolores Fonzi, Eduard Fernández SCREEN TEST Ever wondered how everyone’s favourite wise-cracking alley cat got his SCREEN TEST Tomás visits Madrid to spend time with his old friend Julián (and his gang together and why he has a running feud with Officer Dibble? This prequel animation pet dog Truman) as Julián enters the final stages of cancer. Over four days the friends look explains how the resourceful TC first met the good-natured if dim-witted Benny on the New back on their lives – their loves, successes and failures – and speculate on what the future York backstreets, and how the feline partners in crime get into big trouble when they try to holds. This intimate buddy movie gives two of the Spanish-speaking world’s finest actors outwit a notorious diamond thief. A colourful, funny and warm-hearted family animation. deservedly meaty roles. A bittersweet comedy about the ups and downs of life and coming to (2015 Mex 90 mins) terms with its limitations. (2015 Sp/Arg 106 mins Subtitled)

LEONARDO DA VINCI: THE GENIUS IN MILAN (U) THE NICE GUYS (15) Fri 5th & Sat 6th 8pm th Thurs 28 7.20pm DIRECTOR Shane Black Art from the Palazzo reale, Milan – see Special Events pages CAST Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Margaret Qualley for details. SCREEN TEST Crowe and Gosling share an irresistible laugh-out-loud chemistry in this explosive action comedy set in 1970s Los Angeles. Gosling plays a down-on-his-luck private MONEY MONSTER (15) Fri 29th & Sat 30th 8pm eye who must work with Crowe’s hired enforcer to solve the case of a missing girl and the DIRECTOR Jodie Foster seemingly unrelated death of a porn star. They uncover a shocking conspiracy that reaches CAST George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Dominic West up to the highest circles of power. The well-crafted procedural combined with the two stars’ SCREEN TEST Clooney, on fine form, plays cocky TV financial advisor Lee Gates, taken exceptional partnership results in a funny and entertaining hard-boiled noir comedy. hostage on-air by a gun-toting truck driver (O’Connell) who fell into financial ruin after (2016 USA 116 mins) following one of Gates’ tips. Producer Patty Fenn (Roberts) keeps the cameras rolling as her team race to find answers for the disgruntled man. Foster’s hugely watchable comedy-thriller THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (U) acts as wish-fulfilment for the 99% – a chance to see the one-percenters held to account. Sat 6th, Sun 7th, Tues 9th & Thurs 11th 3pm (2016 USA 99 mins) DIRECTORS Chris Renaud, Yarrow Cheney VOICES Louis CK, Jenny Slate, Lake Bell, Kevin Hart th WORLD CUP ’66 – LIVE (12A As Live) Sat 30 2.30pm SCREEN TEST An animated comedy about the lives our pets lead after we leave for Live broadcast from Wembley Arena – see Special Events pages work or school each day. Max, a pampered terrier living the high life with his owner Katie for details. in a swish Manhattan apartment, finds his life turned upside down when Katie brings home rescue mongrel Duke. But the squabbling pair have to learn to get on when they find THE DAUGHTER (15) Sun 31st 8pm themselves lost in New York. Glorious family fun. (2016 USA 91 mins)

DIRECTOR Simon Stone th th CAST Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Odessa Young, Miranda Otto TALE OF TALES (15) Sun 7 & Mon 8 8pm SCREEN TEST Ibsen’s The Wild Duck is relocated to contemporary rural Australia in DIRECTOR Matteo Garrone theatre director Stone’s film, but it retains the original play’s powerful bite and atmosphere CAST Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, Shirley Henderson of simmering tensions. A man returns home to attend his father’s second wedding, spending SCREEN TEST This darkly comic and inventive film is inspired by the celebrated fairy time with his old school friend, but then he discovers a long-buried family secret. The tales of the 17th-century Neapolitan poet Giambattista Basile. In three very adult interlinked impressive cast deliver excellent performances and the cinematography perfectly captures the fables one king must slay a sea monster, another nurtures a pet flea until it reaches gigantic isolation and beauty of the brooding landscape. A fiercely confident big screen debut from a proportions and a lecherous prince gets a nasty surprise. A visually stunning celebration of director to watch. (2015 Aus 95 mins) gothic fantasy which is by turns unnerving, hilarious, sensual and outrageous. (2015 It/Fr/UK 134 mins)

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THE MEASURE THE LEGEND LEARNING TO DRIVE OF A MAN OF TARZAN IVAN’S CHILDHOOD LONG WAY NORTH

ST PETER’S AND THE PAPAL BASILICAS OF ROME (12A tbc) THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (U) Thurs 11th 7.20pm Thurs 18th 7.20pm Art from the Vatican City – see Special Events pages for details. Play from the Vaudeville Theatre – see Special Events pages for details. THE BFG (PG tbc) Fri 12th, Sat 13th, Sun 14th, Mon 15th, ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE (cert tbc) Tues 16th, Weds 17th & Thurs 18th 3pm Fri 19th, Sat 20th & Sun 21st 8pm DIRECTOR Steven Spielberg DIRECTOR Mandie Fletcher CAST Mark Rylance, Rebecca Hall, Bill Hader, Ruby Barnhill CAST Joanna Lumley, Jennifer Saunders, Julia Sawalha, Celia Imrie SCREEN TEST This faithful adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic story is brought to the big SCREEN TEST Join us for the perfect summer treat! Edina and Patsy are back, still screen by Spielberg and his E.T. screenwriter Melissa Mathison. Rylance is perfect as the oozing glitz and glamour. Blamed for a major incident at an über-fashionable launch party benevolent giant who pours dreams into the ears of sleeping children, and whisks young and entangled in a media storm, they flee penniless to the French Riviera and hatch a plan to Sophie off to the land of giants to battle his child-chomping kin. Full of good-natured charm make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more! (2016 UK/USA length tbc) and wonder. (2016 UK/Can/US 115 mins) THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (12A) Sat 20th & Sun 21st 3pm th th LEARNING TO DRIVE (15) Fri 12 & Sat 13 8pm DIRECTOR David Yates DIRECTOR Isabel Coixet CAST Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Samuel L Jackson, Christoph Waltz CAST Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Jake Weber, Sarita Choudhury SCREEN TEST Many years after he left Africa Lord Greystoke, the man once known as SCREEN TEST Wendy (Clarkson), a self-absorbed New York book critic, is shocked by the Tarzan, is invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary, unaware that he is a pawn sudden end of her marriage. Having always depended on her husband to drive, she must learn in a deadly game of greed masterminded by a corrupt Belgian officer. But those behind the to take the wheel on her own. Her driving instructor Darwan (Kingsley), an Indian immigrant murderous plot have no idea what they are about to unleash. A full-on action adventure who works day and night to make ends meet, watches with alarm as his pupil falls apart at the from Harry Potter director Yates, with great special effects and a tremendous cast. seams. This is a sweet depiction of how friendship and support can come from the unlikeliest of (2016 USA 110 mins) places, and the two leads share a beguiling chemistry. (2014 UK/USA 90 mins) IVAN’S CHILDHOOD (Ivanovo detstvo) (12A) Mon 22nd 8pm (15) Sun 14th 8pm WHERE TO INVADE NEXT DIRECTOR Andrei Tarkovsky DIRECTOR Michael Moore CAST Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Evgeniy Zharikov, Stepan Krylov SCREEN TEST For his latest critical look at the US, documentarian Michael Moore casts SCREEN TEST Tarkovsky’s breathtakingly lyrical first feature is an extraordinarily moving his gaze outside: at France’s healthy school meals, Norway’s visionary prison system, the and powerful story of war and revenge. Determined to avenge his family’s death at the female equality inscribed into Tunisian law. Moore playfully imagines instructing the military hands of the Nazis, 12-year-old Ivan joins a Russian partisan regiment as a scout, where to leave the ‘invading’ to him as he visits other countries to discover what America can learn his missions become increasingly dangerous. An incredible film that proved the launch from them, while contrasting these scenes with a more sobering dissection of police brutality pad to the career that would in time become the most influential and admired in Russian and astronomical military funding back in America. Provocative and hilarious. filmmaking history. (1962 USSR 93 mins Subtitled) (2015 USA 120 mins) LONG WAY NORTH (PG) Tues 23rd & Thurs 25th 3pm THE MEASURE OF A MAN (La loi du marché) (PG) Mon 15th 8pm DIRECTOR Rémi Chayé DIRECTOR Stéphane Brizé VOICES Peter Hudson, Vivienne Vermes, Chloé Dunn, Antony Hickling CAST Vincent Lindon, Karine de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller, Yves Ory SCREEN TEST Sasha, a young aristocratic girl growing up in Russia at the end of the SCREEN TEST Thierry (Lindon) is made redundant from his factory job. We follow 19th century, dreams of the Great North and anguishes over the fate of her grandfather, his depressing and sometimes farcical search for work in contemporary France, whilst he a renowned scientist and Arctic explorer who has yet to return from his latest expedition to tries to retain his dignity and humanity. Lindon is superb as a man facing the realities of conquer the North Pole. Her parents think she should wait at home and get married but unemployment – and the necessary compromises when he does find a job – in Brizé’s free-spirited Sasha runs away, embarking on a journey to find her grandfather. A delightful gripping, fiercely intelligent French social drama. (2015 Fr 91 mins Subtitled) animation full of wit and charm. (2015 Fr/Den 82 mins) Free parking ● Wide choice of refreshments Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com AUGUST 2016 JUNE 2016 ICE AGE unbridlXxx E your EnTHuSiaSm Come and experience Victorian life as ELVIS & NIXON RAN it really was, Xxxupstairs and downstairs.Xxx

(PG) Thurs 25th 7.20pm THE AUDIENCE Play from the West End – see Special Events pages for details. ELVIS & NIXON (15) Fri 26th & Sat 27th 8pm DIRECTORS Liza Johnson CAST Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Knoxville SCREEN TEST In December 1970, Elvis Presley showed up on the lawn of the White House to request a meeting with the President, Richard Nixon. This what-if comedy imagines what might have happened when the most famous man in the world met the most powerful man in the world. Highly entertaining with sparkling dialogue and pitch perfect performances from Shannon as Elvis and Spacey as pre-Watergate Nixon. (2016 USA 86 mins)

ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE (U tbc) Sat 27th, Sun 28th & Tues 30th 3pm DIRECTORS Mike Thurmeier, Galen T Chu VOICES John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Simon Pegg, Jennifer Lopez SCREEN TEST Scrat the prehistoric squirrel continues to cause unimaginable destruction when his latest acorn-hoarding escapade – this time in outer space! – sets off a chain of world-ending cosmic events. Back on Earth Sid, Manny, Diego and friends must find a way to survive the end of the Ice Age. With gorgeous new location designs and a huge cast of returning and new creatures, there’s more than enough to keep young fans excited. (2016 USA 100 mins) THE LADY IN THE VAN (12A) Sun 28th 8pm DIRECTOR Nicholas Hytner CAST Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, James Corden, Jim Broadbent SCREEN TEST Another chance to 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 townhouse and stayed for 15 years. (2015 UK 104 mins) RAN (12A) Mon 29th 7pm DIRECTOR Akira Kurosawa NOTE START TIME Saffron Walden, Essex,CB11 4JF CAST Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû SCREEN TEST Join us on bank holiday Monday for this stunning digital restoration of Kurosawa’s magnificent interpretation of King Lear. When Japanese warlord Hidetora Ichimonji abdicates the throne, he divides his kingdom between his three sons. But greed soon besets his two eldest sons and it is not long before the united empire is divided in war. Large-scale, painterly vistas and Kurosawa’s bold use of colour and widescreen cinematography make this an unmissable treat on the big screen. (1985 Jap/Fr 161 mins Subtitled)

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A VIEW FROM THE IMPORTANCE ROMEO AND JULIET THE BRIDGE RICHARD III LEONARDO DA VINCI WORLD CUP ‘66 OF BEING EARNEST

ROMEO AND JULIET (12A As Live) Thurs 7th July 6.50pm THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (PG) th Play broadcast live from the Garrick Theatre. Reuniting the stars of his celebrated Thurs 18 August 7.20pm fi lm of Cinderella, Kenneth Branagh directs Richard Madden and Lily James as Romeo Encore screening of play from the Vaudeville Theatre. David Suchet stars as the and Juliet with Sir Derek Jacobi as Mercutio and Meera Syal as the Nurse. formidable Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s much-loved piercing of aristocratic pomposity. Tickets: Full £18 Adult conc £16 18 & under £9.50 Tickets: Full £18 Adult conc £16 18 & under £9.50 A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (12A) Thurs 14th July 7.20pm THE AUDIENCE (PG) Thurs 25th August 7.20pm Encore screening of play from Wyndhamʼs Theatre. Another chance to see Mark Encore screening of play from the West End. Another chance to see Helen Mirren’s Strong in Ivo van Hove’s magnetic and extraordinary production of Arthur Miller’s play. multi-award winning performance as Queen Elizabeth II, in celebration of the monarch’s Tickets: Full £18 Adult conc £16 18 & under £9.50 90th birthday. Tickets: Full £18 Adult conc £16 18 & under £9.50 RICHARD III (12A As Live) Thurs 21st July 6.50pm (12A As Live) Weds 28th Sept 6.50pm Play broadcast live from the Almeida Theatre. Vanessa Redgrave and Ralph CYMBELINE Fiennes star in Shakespeare’s magnifi cent history, directed by Rupert Goold. Play broadcast live from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Melly Still directs Tickets: Full £18 Adult conc £16 18 & under £9.50 Gillian Bevan, the fi rst woman to play Cymbeline at the RSC, in Shakespeare’s rarely performed romance of power, jealousy and a journey of love and reconciliation. LEONARDO DA VINCI: THE GENIUS IN MILAN (U) Tickets: Full £18 Adult conc £16 18 & under £9.50 Thurs 28th July 7.20pm KING LEAR (12A As Live) OCTOBER – DATE TO BE CONFIRMED Exhibition from the Palazzo Reale, Milan. The curator of the 2015 exhibition explores Da Vinci’s work, telling the story of his world and the treasures he left us. Play broadcast live or as live from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Gregory Tickets: Full £11 Adult conc £10 18 & under £6 Doran directs Antony Sher in one of the greatest of Shakespeare’s plays. Tickets: Full £18 Adult conc £16 18 & under £9.50 WORLD CUP ’66 – LIVE (12A As Live) Sat 30th July 2.30pm THE ENTERTAINER (12A As Live) Live broadcast from Wembley Arena. Relive the greatest day in English football history OCTOBER – DATE TO BE CONFIRMED with a re-telling of the story of the game in 1966, in real time, exactly 50 years later. Kenneth Branagh and Tickets: Full £15 Adult conc £13 18 & under £10 Play broadcast live or as live from the Garrick Theatre. John Hurt star in John Osborne’s modern classic. ST PETER’S AND THE PAPAL BASILICAS (12A tbc) Tickets: Full £18 Adult conc £16 18 & under £9.50 Thurs 11th August 7.20pm Exhibition from St Peterʼs, St John Lateran, St Mary Major and St Paulʼs, Rome. For more information and other events, please see our website This fi lm brings stunning footage from these magnifi cent churches and the art they contain. Tickets: Full £11 Adult conc £10 18 & under £6 www.saffronscreen.com FILMS COMING SOON

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