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INTO THE WOODS
TINKERBELL TESTAMENT OF YOUTH WILD LOVE IS ALL BOYHOOD
TINKERBELL AND THE LEGEND OF THE NEVERBEAST (U) WILD (15) Fri 6th & Sat 7th 8pm Sun 1st 2pm DIRECTOR Jean-Marc Vallée DIRECTOR Steve Loter CAST Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffmann, Michiel Huisman VOICES Mae Whitman, Ginnifer Goodwin, Rosario Dawson, Lucy Liu SCREEN TEST Reeling from traumas in her personal life, Cheryl Strayed made an SCREEN TEST Animal fairy Fawn befriends a huge, mysterious creature but Tinkerbell impulsive decision to undertake a thousand-mile hike entirely alone. Her physical journey and her friends aren’t so sure about the monster. Fawn must rally the girls to save the along the Pacific Crest Trail is matched by an emotional journey of self-discovery. This true NeverBeast in this sweet animation. (2014 USA 76 mins) story of human endurance features a stunning performance from Witherspoon, who perfectly captures Strayed’s mix of vulnerability, naivety and perseverance. (2014 USA 115 mins) TESTAMENT OF YOUTH (12A) Sun 1st 5pm Mon 6th Apr 5pm A MOST WANTED MAN (15) Fri 6th 8pm DIRECTOR James Kent CAST Alicia Vikander, Kit Harrington, Taron Egerton, Colin Morgan Pop-up Saffron Screen at Whittlesford Memorial Hall. SCREEN TEST The return of this elegant and faithful adaptation of Vera Brittain’s See our website for further details. memoirs of her life before and during the First World War, her time as a VAD in France and her perspective on events that shaped her world view for ever. Beautifully acted by a LOVE IS ALL (12A) Sat 7th 2pm Mon 9th 8pm talented young cast who do justice to this powerful story. (2014 UK 130 mins) DIRECTOR Kim Longinotto SCREEN TEST A dreamy swoon of a film about love and social change told through WHIPLASH (15) Sun 1st & Mon 2nd 8pm spellbinding footage from the BFI and Yorkshire film archives, with a gorgeous score by DIRECTOR Damien Chazelle Richard Hawley. A journey through 20th-century Britain, exploring courtship and affection CAST Miles Teller, JK Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser on screen in an era of social upheaval, touching on youth culture, families, racial tension SCREEN TEST This electrifying film will blow you away. Andrew (rising star Teller), and gay liberation. Fascinating and moving. (2014 UK 74 mins) a promising and ambitious jazz drummer, joins an elite music conservatory, where he is th th mentored by the highly respected but terrifying Terence Fletcher (Simmons, magnetically INTO THE WOODS (PG) Sat 7 5pm Sun 8 3pm ferocious in his best role in years). An intensely volatile and emotionally charged piece DIRECTOR Rob Marshall of cinema. (2014 USA 106 mins) CAST Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Chris Pine Enjoy music from the SWCHS sixth form jazz band before each screening. SCREEN TEST A tremendous cast delivers this dark and funny film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s musical about the dangers of getting what you wish for. Fairy-tale MR TURNER (12A) Tues 3rd 7.45pm favourites Cinderella, Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood are drawn into the story of a baker and his wife, who attempt to lift a witch’s curse. (2014 USA/UK 125 mins) DIRECTOR Mike Leigh CAST Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey BOYHOOD (15) Sun 8th 7.30pm SCREEN TEST Leigh’s exultant cinematic portrait of the artist JMW Turner is both a luminous tribute to the master of light and a fascinating, meticulous character study of a DIRECTOR Richard Linklater man who attained greatness whilst resisting the art-world conventions of his time. Spall CAST Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Lorelei Linklater excels in this richly detailed and highly enjoyable film, returning by popular acclaim. SCREEN TEST Linklater’s superb film following Mason, along with his sister and divorced parents, from the age of 6 to his first day at college at 18, returns to celebrate (2014 UK 147 mins) its many, greatly deserved awards wins. An ode to growing up and parenting, everyday (12A As Live) Thurs 5th 6.50pm family life and the complexities of forging an identity, this is a very special film LOVE’S LABOUR’S WON experience. (2014 USA 162 mins) Play broadcast from the Royal Shakespeare Company – see Special Events pages for details. THE IMITATION GAME (12A) Tues 10th 8pm Mon 6th Apr 2pm DIRECTOR Morten Tyldum CAST Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong SCREEN TEST Returning after its sell-out runs, this historical drama portrays the nail- biting race against time by the team of mathematicians and crossword-solvers at Bletchley Park to break the German Enigma code. An absorbing and intelligent biopic about Alan Turing, with a flawless performance from Cumberbatch. (2014 UK/USA 112 mins) Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com Full-size screen with the latest digital technology MARCH 2015 MARCH 2015
A MOST AMERICAN SNIPER BIG HERO 6 PELO MALO EX MACHINA THE HISTORY BOYS VIOLENT YEAR
LA TRAVIATA (12A As Live) Weds 11th 7.20pm EX MACHINA (15) Fri 20th 8pm Sat 21st 5pm Opera broadcast from the English National Opera – see Special Events DIRECTOR Alex Garland pages for details. CAST Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Domnhall Gleeson, Sonoya Mizuno SCREEN TEST In this sharp and teasing study of our attitudes to artifi cial intelligence, th th AMERICAN SNIPER (15) Fri 13 & Sun 15 8pm a young programmer at a giant internet company wins a trip to the remote mountain DIRECTOR Clint Eastwood retreat of its reclusive genius CEO. There he is asked to assess Ava, an elegant robot with CAST Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Luke Grimes, Max Charles a stunning humanoid face, a steel-mesh body and – supposedly – feelings. Excellent SCREEN TEST Cooper is brilliant as Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper in US military performances and an impressive directorial debut from writer/director Garland (28 Days history, in Eastwood’s unfl inching Iraq war thriller. Following Kyle through training, highly Later, The Beach). (2015 USA/UK 108 mins) decorated tours of duty and his breakdown upon returning home, this is a lean, economic portrayal of modern warfare and an examination of how society values heroism and SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE (U) Sat 21st 2pm disregards the darker nature of man. (2014 USA 132 mins) Sun 22nd 2pm & 5pm Tues 31st 3pm Additional screenings in April BIG HERO 6 (PG) Sat 14th 3pm Sun 15th 2pm Sat 28th & Sun 29th 2pm DIRECTORS Mark Burton, Richard Starzack DIRECTORS Don Hall, Chris Williams SCREEN TEST When a harmless prank goes disastrously wrong, TV favourite Shaun VOICES Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, Daniel Henney, TJ Miller and the rest of the fl ock team up with Bitzer the sheepdog to rescue the Farmer from SCREEN TEST Robotics prodigy Hiro’s closest companion is Baymax, a lovable the Big City. With no dialogue, but featuring the fantastic Aardman animation, this robot whose sole purpose is to take care of people. But when a masked man threatens combination of lovable characters, slapstick and witty humour is guaranteed to delight San Fransokyo, Hiro, Baymax and their engineering pals must transform themselves adults and children alike. (2015 UK/Fr 85 mins) into a band of high-tech heroes to protect the city. A fun, action-packed and adorable animation. (2014 USA 108 mins) A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (15) Sat 21st & Sun 22nd 8pm BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS (15) Sat 14th 7.20pm DIRECTOR J C Chandor Play broadcast from the National Theatre – see Special Events pages CAST Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Albert Brooks for details. SCREEN TEST Despite its title, this scintillating, atmospheric drama from writer- director Chandor (All Is Lost) builds the tension rather than the violence. Isaac stars as Abel THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (12A) Morales, an ambitious, self-made man in early 80s New York, determined to do business Sun 15th 5pm Sat 25th Apr 2p m by the book in the face of widespread corruption. A sizzling crime story with fantastic DIRECTOR James Marsh period detail and superb performances. (2014 USA 125 mins)
CAST Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Maxine Peake, Charlie Cox st SCREEN TEST Another chance to see Redmayne’s outstanding performance as Stephen THE HISTORY BOYS (15) Sat 21 8pm Hawking, whose genius remains intact as his body fails. With his wife Jane (Jones) at his Pop-up Saffron Screen at Linton Village Hall. side, the once healthy and active young man embarks on his most ambitious scientifi c See our website for further details. work and their marriage is tested to destruction. (2014 UK 123 mins) rd PELO MALO (Bad Hair) (15) Mon 16th 8pm Maxine Peake as HAMLET (12A As Live) Mon 23 7.30pm DIRECTOR Maria Rondón Play broadcast from the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester – see CAST Samuel Lange Zambrano, Samantha Castillo, Nelly Ramos, Beto Benites Special Events pages for details. SCREEN TEST In this award-winning slice of Latin American social realism, nine-year- old Junior lives in a grim Venezuelan housing block with his harassed mother and baby A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (12A As Live) Thurs 26th 6.50pm brother. His determination to straighten his curly hair and model himself on a singing star Play broadcast from Wyndham’s Theatre – see Special Events pages causes confl ict with his mother, who fears he is effeminate. A deceptively simple but very thought-provoking coming of age story. (2013 Ven/Peru/Arg/Ger 93 mins Subtitled) for details. Free parking l Wide choice of refreshments Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com SAFFRON SCREEN DIARY MARCH 2015 APRIL 2015 Sun 1 2.00pm Tinkerbell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (U) Wed 1 3.00pm Felix (PG) Sun 1 5.00pm Testament of Youth (12A) Wed 1 7.15pm Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – ROH Sun 1 8.00pm Whiplash (15) Thu 2 2.00pm Shaun the Sheep Movie (U) Autism–friendly Mon 2 8.00pm Whiplash (15) Thu 2 5.00pm Kingsman: The Secret Service (15) Tue 3 7.45pm Mr Turner (12A) Thu 2 8.00pm Fifty Shades of Grey (18) Thu 5 6.50pm Love’s Labour’s Won – RSC Fri 3 2.00pm Shaun the Sheep Movie (U) Fri 6 8.00pm Wild (15) Fri 3 5.00pm Selma (12A) Fri 6 8.00pm A Most Wanted Man (15) Fri 3 8.00pm Selma (12A)
Sat 7 2.00pm Love Is All (12A) Sat 4 3.00pm Romeo & Juliet – Bolshoi Sat 7 5.00pm Into the Woods (PG) Sat 4 8.00pm Selma (12A) Sat 7 8.00pm Wild (15) Sun 5 2.00pm Paddington (PG) Sun 8 3.00pm Into the Woods (PG) Sun 5 5.00pm Selma (12A) Sun 8 7.30pm Boyhood (15) Sun 5 8.00pm Selma (12A) Mon 9 8.00pm Love Is All (12A) Mon 6 2.00pm The Imitation Game (12A) Tue 10 8.00pm The Imitation Game (12A) Mon 6 5.00pm Testament of Youth (12A) Wed 11 7.20pm La Traviata – ENO Mon 6 8.00pm The Duke of Burgundy (18) Fri 13 8.00pm American Sniper (15) Fri 10 8.00pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG) Sat 14 3.00pm Big Hero 6 (PG) Sat 11 2.00pm Frozen sing-along (PG) Sat 14 7.20pm Behind the Beautiful Forevers – NT Sun 15 2.00pm Big Hero 6 (PG) Sat 11 5.00pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG) Sun 15 5.00pm The Theory of Everything (12A) Sat 11 8.00pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG) Sun 15 8.00pm American Sniper (15) Sun 12 2.00pm Frozen sing-along (PG) Mon 16 8.00pm Pelo Malo (15) Sun 12 5.00pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG) Fri 20 8.00pm Ex Machina (15) Sun 12 8.00pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG) Sat 21 2.00pm Shaun the Sheep Movie (U) Mon 13 8.00pm Dior and I (12A) Sat 21 5.00pm Ex Machina (15) Tue 14 7.30pm Vincent van Gogh – A New Way of Seeing – Sat 21 8.00pm A Most Violent Year (15) Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Sat 21 8.00pm The History Boys (15) Thu 16 6.50pm The Hard Problem – NT Sun 22 2.00pm Shaun the Sheep Movie (U) Fri 17 8.00pm Still Alice (12A) Sun 22 5.00pm Shaun the Sheep Movie (U) Sat 18 2.00pm Paddington (PG) Sun 22 8.00pm A Most Violent Year (15) Mon 23 7.30pm Maxine Peake as Hamlet Sat 18 5.00pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG) – Royal Exchange, Manchester Sat 18 8.00pm Still Alice (12A) Sun 19 11.00am Shaun the Sheep Movie (U) Thu 26 6.50pm A View from the Bridge – Wyndham’s Theatre Sun 19 4.00pm Ivan the Terrible – Bolshoi Fri 27 8.00pm Kingsman: The Secret Service (15) Sun 19 8.00pm Selma (12A) Sat 28 2.00pm Big Hero 6 (PG) Mon 20 8.00pm Catch Me Daddy (15) Sat 28 5.00pm Kingsman: The Secret Service (15) Sat 28 8.00pm Kingsman: The Secret Service (15) Fri 24 8.00pm Suite Française (15) Sun 29 2.00pm Big Hero 6 (PG) Sat 25 2.00pm The Theory of Everything (12A) Sun 29 5.00pm Trash (15) Sat 25 5.00pm Grease sing-along (PG) Sun 29 8.00pm Inherent Vice (15) Sat 25 8.00pm Suite Française (15) Mon 30 3.00pm Felix (PG) Sun 26 2.00pm Grease sing-along (PG) Mon 30 8.00pm Trash (15) Sun 26 5.00pm Suite Française (15) Tue 31 3.00pm Shaun the Sheep Movie (U) Sun 26 8.00pm Still Life (12A) Tue 31 8.00pm Fifty Shades of Grey (18) Mon 27 8.00pm White God (15)
Subtitled for the hard of hearing Recommended film Cinema for Tinies www.saffronscreen.com MARCH 2015 APRIL 2015 INHERENT VICE SELMA
KINGSMAN: THE FIFTY SHADES THE DUKE OF SECRET SERVICE TRASH OF GREY BURGUNDY
KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (15) RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY Fri 27th 8pm Sat 28th 5pm & 8pm Thurs 2nd April 5pm (12A As Live) Weds 1st 7.15pm DIRECTOR Matthew Vaughn Opera broadcast from the Royal Opera House – see Special Events CAST Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Samuel L Jackson, Mark Strong pages for details. SCREEN TEST James Bond meets Kick-Ass in this exhilarating, hugely violent, outrageous and entertaining spy pastiche. A super-secret spy organisation recruits an SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE (U) unrefined but promising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive training programme Thurs 2st April 2pm (autism-friendly screening) just as a twisted hi-tech genius plots…..well, we won’t spoil the film! A great blockbuster Fri 3rd April 2pm Sun 19th April 11am (Cinema for Tinies) featuring a brilliant Colin Firth relishing this action role. (2014 UK 129 mins) See March for details. See our website for prices and details about TRASH (15) Sun 29th 5pm Mon 30th 8pm autism-friendly and Cinema for Tinies screenings. DIRECTOR Stephen Daldry SELMA (12A) Fri 3rd 5pm & 8pm Sat 4th 8pm CAST Rickson Tevez, Eduardo Luis, Gabriel Weinstein, Rooney Mara Sun 5th 5pm & 8pm Sun 19th 8pm SCREEN TEST Three adolescent boys from a Rio de Janeiro favela scratch a living picking rubbish. They find a discarded wallet and just want to spend the money, but a DIRECTOR Ava DuVernay police raid makes it clear that it has further value to the authorities. Daldry (Billy Elliot) and CAST David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Oprah Winfrey writer Richard Curtis deliver an exuberant film that touches on socio-political themes but SCREEN TEST This stirring civil rights drama chronicles a tumultuous three-month allows its young breakout stars a chance to shine. (2014 UK/Brazil 114 mins Part subtitled) period in 1965 when Martin Luther King (Oyelowo, magnificent) led a dangerous campaign for equal voting rights with an epic march from Selma to Montgomery. Glittering INHERENT VICE (15) Sun 29th 8p m with rage, ambitious and important, this is a must-see. (2014 UK/USA 128 mins) DIRECTOR Paul Thomas Anderson ROMEO & JULIET (12A As Live) Sat 4th April 3pm CAST Joaquin Phoenix, Katherine Waterston, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson SCREEN TEST Pothead private eye Doc Sportello (Phoenix) is pulled into a chaotic Ballet broadcast from the Bolshoi – see Special Events pages for details. mystery by an old girlfriend in this dizzingly nutty, frequently hilarious and equally PADDINGTON (PG) Sun 5th & Sat 18th 2pm endearing adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel. Doc stumbles through a web of conspiracy with corrupt cops, heroin smugglers, dentists and a mysterious organisation DIRECTOR Paul King known only as The Golden Fang. Anderson (There Will Be Blood) directs a slow-burning CAST Ben Whishaw (voice), Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Peter Capaldi noir, soaked in neon and smoke, injected with colour and heart. (2014 USA 149 mins) SCREEN TEST This gorgeous, warm-hearted adaptation of Michael Bond’s popular children’s books returns after its sell-out run. With a fabulous cast, this is enormously FELIX (PG) Mon 30th & Weds 1st Apr 3pm funny in an unmistakably British way. (2014 UK/Fr 95 mins) DIRECTOR Roberta Durrant THE IMITATION GAME (12A) Mon 6th 2pm CAST Hlayani Junior Mabasa, Linda Sokhulu, Okwethu Banisi, Andrea Dondolo See March for details. SCREEN TEST 13-year-old Felix dreams of being a saxophonist like his late father, but his mother thinks jazz is the devil’s music. When he wins a scholarship to an elite private TESTAMENT OF YOUTH (12A) Mon 6th 5pm school, he turns to two ageing members of his father’s old band to help him prepare for the See March for details. school jazz concert. A family film with bucketloads of charm and great music. Shown as part of the South Africa at 20: Freedom Tour. (2013 SA 97 mins) THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY (18) Mon 6th 8pm
st nd DIRECTOR Peter Strickland FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (18) Tues 31 & Thurs 2 Apr 8pm CAST Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna, Eugenia Caruso, Monica Swinn DIRECTOR Sam Taylor-Johnson SCREEN TEST Eccentric British auteur Strickland’s third film is an intimate love story CAST Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson, Luke Grimes, Jennifer Ehle between two women woven around pretty underwear, solid oak Gothic furniture and their SCREEN TEST British director Taylor-Johnson’s hotly anticipated screen adaptation of penchant for S&M, but nothing is quite as it first appears. Visually ravishing, this is a the book that smashed the bestseller lists has arrived. Mousy Anastasia has her eyes opened densely layered portrayal of a complicated relationship which emerges as a surprisingly and her life altered after agreeing to interview a certain Mr Grey. (2015 USA 125 mins) tender romance between two people who fear losing each other. (2014 UK 104 mins) Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com Full-size screen with the latest digital technology APRIL 2015 APRIL 2015
DIOR & I STILL ALICE CATCH ME DADDY SUITE FRANÇAISE STILL LIFE WHITE GOD
THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG) CATCH ME DADDY (15) Mon 20th 8pm th th th th Fri 10 8pm Sat 11 & Sun 12 5pm & 8pm Sat 18 5p m DIRECTOR Daniel Wolfe DIRECTOR John Madden CAST Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, Connor McCarron, Gary Lewis, Adrian Hussein CAST Maggie Smith, Richard Gere, Bill Nighy, Judi Dench SCREEN TEST In this highly promising debut feature, Laila has absconded from her SCREEN TEST The cream of British acting talent returns in this highly engaging sequel. strict, Pakistani household and is living with her white boyfriend in a caravan on the edge Sonny’s venture is so popular that he needs to open a second hotel to fit in new arrival of the Yorkshire moors. Meanwhile two carloads of men hired by her father are searching Guy (Gere). Can he still find time for Sunaina and their forthcoming traditional Indian for her. The urban landscape is crumbling and dark, while the moors stretch out like a (2015 USA/UK 122 mins) wedding? Pure delight. scene from Wuthering Heights. (2014 UK 112 mins) FROZEN SING-ALONG (PG) Sat 11th & Sun 12th 2pm th th th DIRECTORS Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee SUITE FRANÇAISE (15) Fri 24 & Sat 25 8pm Sun 26 5pm VOICES Kristen Bell, Alan Tudyk, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel DIRECTOR Saul Dibb SCREEN TEST Possibly your last chance to enjoy this great big snowy pleasure about CAST Michelle Williams, Matthias Schoenaerts, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ruth Wilson Princess Elsa who has magical frosty powers, her feisty sister Anna and goofy snowman SCREEN TEST Adapted from Irène Némirovsky’s posthumously published bestseller Olaf. ‘Let It Go!’ (2013 USA 108 mins) (she died in Auschwitz), this beautiful and affecting tale of forbidden love set during DIOR & I (12A) Mon 13th 8pm World War II is unmissable. A young French woman lives unhappily with her controlling mother-in-law, as they wait for news of her POW husband. But when German soldiers DIRECTOR Frédéric Tcheng occupy the town and a handsome officer is billeted in her house, the two begin a hesitant SCREEN TEST This highly enjoyable documentary gives us a privileged, behind- the-scenes look at the House of Dior during the creation of Raf Simons’ first haute relationship. (2014 UK/Fr/Can 107 mins) couture collection. We eavesdrop on the creative collaboration between Simons and his THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (12A) Sat 25th 2pm dedicated, charming team. Beautifully melding the everyday, pressure-filled side of fashion with an elegant reverence for the history of Dior, this is all you could desire from See March for details. a fashion film. (2013 UK/It 92 mins Part subtitled) GREASE SING-ALONG (PG) Sat 25th 5pm Sun 26th 2pm VINCENT VAN GOGH – A NEW WAY OF SEEING DIRECTOR Randal Kleiser (12A As Live) Tues 14th 7.30pm CAST John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway Museum tour from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam – see Special SCREEN TEST Come and join the cast in belting out hits like ‘Summer Nights’ and Events pages for details. ‘You’re the One that I Want’. Feel free to dress up! (1978 USA 106 mins) th THE HARD PROBLEM (12A As Live) Thurs 16th 6.50pm STILL LIFE (12A) Sun 26 8pm DIRECTOR Uberto Pasolini Play broadcast from the National Theatre – see Special Events pages CAST Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt, Karen Drury, Andrew Buchan for details. SCREEN TEST Marsan gives a wonderfully restrained performance as an unassuming STILL ALICE (12A) Fri 17th & Sat 18th 8pm council worker in South London whose job involves locating the next of kin of people who die DIRECTORS Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland alone, meticulously treating each case as a detective might. Laced with humour and pathos, CAST Julianne Moore, Kate Bosworth, Kristen Stewart, Alec Baldwin this poignant and quintessentially English film has been a festival hit. (2013 UK/It 92 mins) SCREEN TEST Alice is a world-renowned linguistics professor, shocked to discover she (15) Mon 27th 8pm has early-onset dementia. Moore pours herself into this role, giving a nuanced and deeply WHITE GOD (Fehér Isten) moving performance that has earned her numerous Best Actress accolades. Bolstered by DIRECTOR Kornél Mundruczó inventive direction and strong supporting performances from Stewart and Baldwin, this is CAST Zsófia Psotta, Sándor Zsótér, Lili Horváth, Szabolcs Thuróczy an affecting film and not to be missed. (2014 USA/Fr 101 mins) SCREEN TEST Lilli is devastated when her father dumps her dog Hagen in the street th and is determined to find him, but Hagen now heads a pack of mixed-breed canines bent IVAN THE TERRIBLE (12A As Live) Sun 19 4pm on revenge for human cruelty. Whether a metaphor for racial and class oppression or an Ballet broadcast from the Bolshoi Ballet – see Special Events pages examination of our treatment of animals, this extraordinary and unpredictable film both for details. entertains and shocks. (2014 Hung/Ger/Swe 121 mins Subtitled) Free parking l Wide choice of refreshments Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com SPECIAL EVENTS at Saffron Screen See our website for more information BEHIND THE ROMEO & JULIET BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHOGANNY
MAXINE PEAKE LA TRAVIATA AS HAMLET VINCENT VAN GOGH
LOVE’S LABOUR’S WON (aka Much Ado About Nothing) ROMEO & JULIET (12A As Live) Sat 4th Apr 3pm th (12A As Live) Thurs 5 Mar 6.50pm Ballet broadcast from the Bolshoi in Moscow. Stellar performances by Alexander Play broadcast as live from the Royal Shakespeare Company. A superb production Volchkov and Anna Nikulina illuminate this masterpiece. of Shakespeare’s comedy, set in 1918 as the soldiers return from war. Tickets: Full £17.50 Adult conc £15.50 18 & under £9.50 Tickets: Full £17.50 Adult conc £15.50 18 & under £9.50 VINCENT VAN GOGH – A NEW WAY OF SEEING LA TRAVIATA (12A As Live) Weds 11th Mar 7.20pm Tues 14th Apr 7.30pm Opera broadcast live from English National Opera. A stunning production of Verdi’s masterpiece starring Elizabeth Zharoff. Museum tour from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Enjoy unprecedented Tickets: Full £20 Adult conc £18 18 & under £12.50 access to the treasures of this gallery. Tickets: Full £10.50 Adult conc £9.50 18 & under £5.50 BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS (15) Sat 14th Mar 7.20pm Play broadcast as live from the National Theatre. A new play by David Hare adapted THE HARD PROBLEM (12A As Live) Thurs 16th Apr 6.50pm from Katherine Boo’s award-winning book and starring Meera Syal. Play broadcast live from the National Theatre. Tom Stoppard returns to the National Tickets: Full £17.50 Adult conc £15.50 18 & under £9.50 with his highly anticipated new play, directed by Nicholas Hytner. MAXINE PEAKE AS HAMLET (12A) Mon 23rd Mar 7.30pm Tickets: Full £17.50 Adult conc £15.50 18 & under £9.50 Play broadcast as live from the Royal Exchange, Manchester. Maxine Peake stars in IVAN THE TERRIBLE (12A As Live) Sun 19th Apr 4pm this ground-breaking production of Shakespeare’s most iconic play. Tickets: Full £17.50 Adult conc £15.50 18 & under £9.50 Ballet broadcast live from the Bolshoi in Moscow. As young Ivan IV is crowned, he has to choose one of the 13 Boyar daughters to be his wife and tsarina. A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (12A As Live) Tickets: Full £17.50 Adult conc £15.50 18 & under £9.50 Thurs 26th Mar 6.50pm Play broadcast live from Wyndhamʼs Theatre. Mark Strong takes the lead in the LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE (12A As Live) Sun 10th May 2pm Young Vic’s magnetic production of Arthur Miller’s passionate tale. Ballet broadcast as live from the Royal Opera House. Natalia Osipova and Steven Tickets: Full £17.50 Adult conc £15.50 18 & under £9.50 McRae take the lead in Frederick Ashton’s joyous ballet inspired by the Suffolk RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY countryside. (12A As Live) Weds 1st Apr 7.15pm Tickets: Full £17.50 Adult conc £15.50 18 & under £9.50 Opera broadcast live from the Royal Opera House. Willard White and Anne Sofi e von Otter star in a new production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s impassioned satire For more information and other events, please see our website on consumerism. Tickets: Full £20 Adult conc £18 18 & under £12.50 www.saffronscreen.com FILMS COMING SOON
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