Pick up your copy of the 2017 Saffron Directory now at the Tourist Information Centre its where people click www.saffrondirectory.co.uk YOUR LOCAL CINEMA A cut above MAY & JUNE 2017 Your local award winning financial advisers. T. 01799 521 900 W. kmdpwm.co.uk GUARDIANS OF SCI-FI THE GALAXY VOL 2 WEEKEND 23rd–25th JUNE THEIR FINEST ALIEN: COVENANT COLOSSAL BOOK NOW AT THE CINEMA BOX OFFICE, TIC OR ONLINE TO ADVERTISE HERE (CIRC. 24,000) CONTACT: [email protected] www.saffronscreen.com SCI-FI CINEMA INFORMATION WEEKEND 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 IN THE CINEMA FOR TINIES Adults £4.00; Children £3.00; under 2s free THE LOST CITY OF Z ALIEN: COVENANT SQUARE – E.T. 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) This programme is a varied and vibrant ● in person from the Tourist Information Centre, Saffron Walden mix of British and world cinema, animation, (booking fee applies) (telephone: 01799 524002, enquiries only). documentaries and live events from around RECEIVE THE LATEST INFORMATION VIA EMAIL the world. Flick to the last pages for details For weekly film updates, Monday night film notes or information about of our NEW theatre, opera, ballet and art foreign language films, Cinema for Tinies screenings, audio-described films, films with subtitles or Event Cinema, email with the relevant heading to: events beamed live to Saffron Screen. [email protected] By luck this programme is also full of brand-new FOLLOW US films set in the bygone eras of the 20th century Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & Instagram and, to celebrate, if you were born in the decade FIND US that the film is set, you can claim a free hot drink Saffron Walden County High School, Audley End Road, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 4UH at that screening. Just look for this icon next to Doors open 30 minutes before screenings. the chosen films in the programme and on our Please use the main school entrance and car parks (not the sports hall website. Or if you prefer films set in the future, car park). See our website for detailed information. look out for our spectacular sci-fi weekend in June. ACCESSIBILITY The cinema is wheelchair friendly and has induction loop facilities. With Our Monday night arthouse, documentary some films, we are able to offer audio description and subtitles. A large print and foreign language films are especially version of this programme can be supplied on request. Please contact the strong this summer and we hope you office for further details. enjoy the quality and variety on show. CONTACT US Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01799 500238 In late May we will be joining forces once Postal address: c/o Saffron Walden Tourist Information Centre, more with Saffron Walden Town Council and 1 Market Place, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1HR Charity no 1113259 the Town Team to bring you not one but TWO www.saffronscreen.com free outdoor film screenings in the beautiful surroundings of Saffron Walden’s Market Square. 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 MAY 2017 MAY 2017 FIRE AT SEA THE TIME OF I AM NOT POWER RANGERS THEIR LIVES YOUR NEGRO FREE FIRE SMURFS MAD TO BE NORMAL AQUARIUS (18) Mon 1st 8pm I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (12A) Mon 8th 8pm DIRECTOR Kleber Mendonça Fìlho DIRECTOR Raoul Peck CAST Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Humberto Carrão SCREEN TEST A powerful and insightful documentary, based on the writings of African- SCREEN TEST Braga shines in this transfixing, witty drama about one woman making American writer James Baldwin, exploring the history of racism in the United States. a stand against avaricious property developers in modern-day Brazil. Clara, an elegant Blending fascinating archival interviews with Baldwin’s own words (voiced by Samuel L and independent woman in her 60s, is the last resident of the Aquarius, one of the few Jackson), the film links the civil rights struggles of the 1960s to present-day black activism. apartment buildings of its age still standing. Despite pressure to move out, she is determined An intellectual and emotional film that reminds us of uncomfortable truths and introduces a to stay and engages in a cold war with the developers to keep a home that has been a silent great American writer to a new audience. (2016 Fr/USA 94 mins) witness to her entire life. (2016 Brazil/Fr 142 mins Subtitled) OBSESSION (15) Thurs 11th 7pm THE LOST CITY OF Z (15) Fri 5th & Sun 7th 8pm Play from the Barbican Theatre – see Event Cinema pages for details. DIRECTOR James Gray th CAST Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland FREE FIRE (15) Fri 12 8pm SCREEN TEST A glorious throwback to an era of rip-roaring yarns about imperial DIRECTOR Ben Wheatley adventurers, set in the early 20th century and based on a true story. Percy Fawcett CAST Brie Larson, Cillian Murphy, Sharlto Copley, Michael Smiley (Hunnam) journeys into the Amazon rainforest, pursuing evidence of a lost civilisation. SCREEN TEST Wheatley (High-Rise, Sightseers) returns with this all-guns-blazing, Supported by his devoted wife (Miller), he returns time and again, convinced there is a blackly comic crime caper about a weapons deal gone wrong. Provisional IRA members city to be discovered. Gorgeously shot, this is an ambitious and thoughtful take on the Frank (Smiley) and Chris (Murphy) visit a Boston warehouse to buy enough assault rifles adventure epic. (2016 USA 141 mins) and ammunition to start a small war. As trigger fingers twitch, egos clash and tempers fray; all hell is about to break loose. Steeped in 1970s Americana (with threads and hairdos to POWER RANGERS (12A) Sat 6th 3pm Sun 7th 2pm die for), this film is brimming with excitement and tension – come and savour a brilliant, DIRECTOR Dean Israelite bruising thrill ride. (2016 Fr/UK 91 mins) CAST Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Ludi Lin (U) Sat 13th 3pm Sun 14th 2pm SCREEN TEST Five ordinary teenagers must become extraordinary when they learn that SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE their small town of Angel Grove – and the world – is about to be obliterated by an alien DIRECTOR Kelly Asbury threat. Our heroes quickly discover they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do VOICES Michelle Rodriguez, Julia Roberts, Mandy Patinkin, Demi Lovato so, they will have to overcome their real-life issues and band together as the Power Rangers. SCREEN TEST In this fully animated, all-new take on the Smurfs, Smurfette attempts A fun big-screen reboot of the TV series. (2017 Can/USA 124 mins) to find her purpose in the village. When she encounters a creature similar to her in the Forbidden Forest, who drops a mysterious map, she sets off with her best friends Brainy, THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES (12A) Sat 6th 8pm Sun 7th 5pm Clumsy and Hefty to find the Lost Village before evil wizard Gargamel gets there. A bright, DIRECTOR Roger Goldby colourful and lively animation for the younger audience. (2017 USA 90 mins) CAST Joan Collins, Pauline Collins, Franco Nero, Ronald Pickup MAD TO BE NORMAL (15) Sat 13th & Sun 14th 8pm SCREEN TEST Determined to gatecrash an ex-lover’s funeral in a glamorous French resort, former Hollywood siren Helen escapes her London retirement home and embarks DIRECTOR Robert Mullan on a riotous road trip with Priscilla, a depressed housewife stuck in an unhappy marriage. CAST David Tennant, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Gambon, Gabriel Byrne Their adventures – including a romantic encounter with a wealthy Italian artist – help the SCREEN TEST A powerful account of the 1960s ‘high priest of anti-psychiatry’ R D mismatched pair rediscover the joys of life in later years. The two Collinses are perfectly cast Laing and the medication-free community he established in East London for those seriously in this slapstick but poignant comedy. (2017 UK 104 mins) affected by schizophrenia. Supported by a fabulous cast, Tennant’s stunning performance gets under the skin of this charismatic and compelling figure, conveying Laing’s intelligence, arrogance and immense personal charm. (2017 UK 105 mins) Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com Full-size screen with the latest digital technology MAY 2017 FREE ANOTHER MOTHER’S SON PERSONAL SHOPPER GHOST IN THE SHELL NEW FILM ANOTHER MOTHER’S SON (12A) Sun 14th 5pm DIRECTOR Christopher Menaul NOSTALGIA CAST Jenny Seagrove, John Hannah, Julian Kostov, Amanda Abbington This May and June take a SCREEN TEST This is the all but forgotten true story of one woman’s bravery during the Second World War. Louisa Gould (Seagrove), a Channel Islander responsible for supplying journey through the 20th rations to her community whilst living under the rule of the Third Reich, takes in an century with brand new fi lms escaped Russian PoW, protecting him as if he were her own son. Abandoned by their own government and blanketed by paranoia, the islanders begin to turn on each other, making set in iconic decades from the Gould’s secret more dangerous by the day.