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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

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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, 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)

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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. (2017 UK 103 mins) 1920s to the 1980s. MINDHORN

th PERSONAL SHOPPER (15) Mon 15 8pm Claim a FREE HOT DRINK if you were born DIRECTOR Olivier Assayas CAST Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie in the same decade as the fi lm is set! SCREEN TEST Following a widely acclaimed performance in Assayas’ Clouds of Sils See our website for more information. Maria, Stewart reteams with the brilliant French director for this equally uncategorisable tale. She plays a young woman working in Paris as a personal shopper for a megalomaniacal A-list celebrity and struggling to come to terms with the recent death of her twin brother. An 1920s THE LOST CITY OF Z elegant fusion of ghost story, fashion industry satire and psychological thriller, this arthouse head-scratcher is hard to defi ne but an absolute pleasure to watch, drawing strength from its 1930s ANOTHER MOTHER’S SON lead, who once again proves herself to be a riveting performer. & THEIR FINEST FREE (2016 Fr/Ger 105 mins Part subtitled) 1940s WHISKY GALORE GHOST IN THE SHELL (12A) Fri 19th 8pm THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE DIRECTOR Rupert Sanders CAST Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, 1950s RULES DON’T APPLY SCREEN TEST Major (Johansson), a cyber-enhanced human, is the fi rst of her kind, uniquely equipped to thwart cyber hackers. But as she faces a new enemy, Major discovers 1960s MAD TO BE NORMAL she has been lied to all along about her origins and embarks on a dangerous hunt for the truth. Set in the near future, this live-action sci-fi adventure, based on the internationally 1970s FREE FIRE acclaimed Japanese manga of the same name, offers spectacular visuals and thrilling action 1980s MINDHORN sequences. (2017 USA 107 mins)

PEPPA PIG: MY FIRST CINEMA EXPERIENCE (U) Sat 20th 3pm Sun 21st 2pm DIRECTOR Mark Baker VOICES Morwenna Banks, David Graham, David Mitchell, Jo Brand SCREEN TEST The perfect fi rst cinema experience for preschoolers, this Peppa Pig FREE FIRE extravaganza features nine brand-new, never-before-seen episodes as well as interactive WHISKY GALORE content. Young viewers will delight in watching Peppa Pig’s adventures at the zoo, touring around London, and even going on holiday to Australia to visit a friend. In between the episodes, join in with games, songs and dances. (2017 UK 73 mins) BOOK NOW AT THE CINEMA BOX OFFICE, TIC OR ONLINE Free parking ● Wide choice of refreshments www.saffronscreen.com MAY 2017 MAY 2017

THE SENSE OF LION GRADUATION AN ENDING THE BOSS BABY MOLLY MONSTER

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Sat 20th 7pm THE SENSE OF AN ENDING (15) th th th Play from the Harold Pinter Theatre – see Event Cinema pages for Fri 26 , Sat 27 & Sun 28 8pm details. DIRECTOR Ritesh Batra CAST Jim Broadbent, , Harriet Walter, Michelle Dockery CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (12A) Sat 20th 7.30pm SCREEN TEST This adaptation of Julian Barnes’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel radwinter Village Hall – see our website for details. directed by Batra (The Lunchbox) is a superbly well-crafted and intelligent meditation on ageing, memory and regret, performed by an excellent British cast. Retired divorcé Tony LION (PG) Sun 21st 5pm Webster (Broadbent) discovers that the mother of his university girlfriend, Veronica, has left in her will a diary kept by his best friend, who dated Veronica after she and Tony parted DIRECTOR Garth Davis ways. Tony’s quest to recover the diary forces him to revisit his fl awed recollections of his CAST Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, , Sunny Pawar friends and of his younger self. (2017 UK 108 mins) SCREEN TEST A 5-year-old Indian boy falls asleep in a train carriage and wakes up in Kolkata, thousands of miles from home, where he has to adapt to life on the streets. THE BOSS BABY (U) Sat 27th, Tues 30th & Thurs 1st June 3pm Adopted by an Australian couple, he starts a new life; 25 years later, armed only with his childhood memories and Google Earth, he determines to return home and fi nd his DIRECTOR Tom McGrath lost family. This hugely moving true story boasting excellent performances and stunning VOICES Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow cinematography is back after its awards-season sell-outs. SCREEN TEST Based on Maria Frazee’s children’s book of the same name, the fi lm’s title (2016 Aus/USA/UK 118 mins Part subtitled) character is an outrageously precocious, bad-tempered baby in a dark business suit, who arrives in a taxi, carries a briefcase, writes memos and booms orders in Alec Baldwin’s deep, A QUIET PASSION (12A) Sun 21st 8pm gravelly voice. A hilariously universal and inventive story about how a new baby’s arrival affects a family. (2017 USA 97 mins) DIRECTOR Terence Davies CAST , , Duncan Duff, Jodhi May CINEMA IN THE SQUARE Sun 28th SCREEN TEST Celebrated fi lmmaker Terence Davies presents a biopic of 19th-century SHAUN THE SHEEP (U) 2pm American poet , who died in 1886 after a lifetime of respectable frustration. This expertly crafted gem follows the writer from her early days as a fi ercely intelligent young E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (U) 5pm girl to the sadness of her later years, when a lack of recognition and increasing loneliness Join us for two free screenings in Saffron Walden’s Market Square organised in turned her into a bitter recluse. Beautifully fi lmed and featuring a fl awless performance from collaboration with Saffron Walden Town Council and The Town Team and sponsored by the Cynthia Nixon. (2016 UK/Belg 125 mins) Audley End Miniature Railway. Please bring something to sit on (no tables though please)! GRADUATION (Bacalaureat) (15) Mon 22nd 8pm There will be food vendors and a licensed bar.

DIRECTOR Cristian Mungìu th CAST Adrian Titieni, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Rares Andrici, Lia Bugnar ANTONY & CLEOPATRA Sun 28 3pm SCREEN TEST A masterful Romanian drama from Mungíu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Play from the royal Shakespeare Company – see Event Cinema pages Days) about a father who is determined to get the best for his daughter. When 18-year-old for details. Eliza is attacked the day before an important exam, her future prospects are in jeopardy. Her father, an infl uential doctor, faces a succession of ethical dilemmas in his efforts to MOLLY MONSTER (U) Mon 29th & Weds 31st 3pm pull strings and ensure she gets the chance to study abroad. A superbly crafted tale and an Fri 2nd June 3pm intelligent commentary on the human response to injustice and corruption. DIRECTORS Ted Sieger, Matthias Bruhn, Michael Ekbladh (2016 Rom/Fr/Belg 128 mins Subtitled) VOICES Jennifer Wiltsie, Tom Eastwood, Judy Winter, Jay Simon SCREEN TEST Molly Monster is deeply loved by her mama and papa but when Mama lays a new egg, Molly must go on an adventure to fi gure out her new role in the expanding Monster family. Dealing with the theme of becoming a sibling for the fi rst time and the excitement that can come with that, this is a perfect preschool adventure. (2016 Switz/Ger/Sweden 72 mins) Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com SAFFRON SCREEN DIARY JUNE 2017 MAY 2017 Thu 1 3.00pm The Boss Baby (U) Mon 1 8.00pm Aquarius (18) Thu 1 8.00pm Their Finest (12A)

Fri 5 8.00pm The Lost City of Z (15) Fri 2 3.00pm Molly Monster (U) Sat 6 3.00pm Power Rangers (12A) Fri 2 8.00pm Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2 (12A tbc) Sat 6 8.00pm The Time of Their Lives (12A) Sat 3 3.00pm Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2 (12A tbc) Sun 7 2.00pm Power Rangers (12A) Sat 3 8.00pm Their Finest (12A) Sun 7 5.00pm The Time of Their Lives (12A) Sun 4 3.00pm Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2 (12A tbc) Sun 7 8.00pm The Lost City of Z (15) Sun 4 8.00pm Their Finest (12A) Mon 8 8.00pm I Am Not Your Negro (12A) Mon 5 8.00pm La Strada (PG) Thu 11 7.00pm Obsession – Barbican Theatre Fri 9 8.00pm Rules Don’t Apply (12A) Fri 12 8.00pm Free Fire (15) Sat 10 3.00pm Peter Pan – National Theatre Sat 13 3.00pm Smurfs: The Lost Village (U) Sat 10 8.00pm Whisky Galore (PG) Sat 13 8.00pm Mad To Be Normal (15) Sun 11 2.00pm The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Sun 14 2.00pm Smurfs: The Lost Village (U) Marguerite and Armand – Royal Opera House Sun 14 5.00pm Another Mother’s Son (12A) Sun 11 8.00pm Rules Don’t Apply (12A) Sun 14 8.00pm Mad To Be Normal (15) Mon 12 8.00pm Neruda (15) Mon 15 8.00pm Personal Shopper (15) Fri 16 8.00pm Mindhorn (15) Fri 19 8.00pm Ghost in the Shell (12A) Sat 20 3.00pm Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience (U) Sat 17 3.00pm Whisky Galore (PG) Sat 20 7.00pm Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Sat 17 8.00pm Mindhorn (15) – Harold Pinter Theatre Sun 18 11.00am Sing (U) British Museum Presents: Hokusai Sat 20 7.30pm Captain Phillips (12A) Sun 18 3.00pm Sun 21 2.00pm Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience (U) Sun 18 8.00pm Lady Macbeth (15 tbc) Sun 21 5.00pm Lion (PG) Mon 19 8.00pm Lady Macbeth (15 tbc) Sun 21 8.00pm A Quiet Passion (12A) Fri 23 8.00pm Alien: Covenant (cert tbc) Mon 22 8.00pm Graduation (15) Sat 24 3.00pm Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2 (12A tbc) Fri 26 8.00pm The Sense of an Ending (15) Sat 24 8.00pm Colossal (15) Sat 27 3.00pm The Boss Baby (U) Sun 25 3.00pm Michelangelo – Love and Death Sat 27 8.00pm The Sense of an Ending (15) Sun 25 8.00pm Colossal (15) Sun 28 2.00pm Cinema in the Square – Shaun the Sheep (U) Mon 26 8.00pm The Handmaiden (18) Sun 28 3.00pm Antony & Cleopatra – RSC Sun 28 5.00pm Cinema in the Square – E.T. (U) Fri 30 8.00pm The Zookeeper’s Wife (12A) Sun 28 8.00pm The Sense of an Ending (15) JULY 2017 Mon 29 3.00pm Molly Monster (U) Sat 1 3.00pm Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (PG tbc) Mon 29 8.00pm Letters from Baghdad (PG) Sat 1 8.00pm The Zookeeper’s Wife (12A) Tue 30 3.00pm The Boss Baby (U) Sun 2 2.00pm Otello – Royal Opera House Tue 30 8.00pm Their Finest (12A) Sun 2 8.00pm The Other Side of Hope (12A) Wed 31 3.00pm Molly Monster (U) Mon 3 8.00pm The Other Side of Hope (12A) Wed 31 8.00pm Their Finest (12A)

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GUARDIANS OF THE LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD GALAXY VOL 2 LA STRADA RULES DON’T APPLY WHISKY GALORE

LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD (PG) Mon 29th 8pm RULES DON’T APPLY (12A) Fri 9th & Sun 11th 8pm DIRECTORS Sabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum DIRECTOR Warren Beatty SCREEN TEST Voiced by Tilda Swinton, this fascinating documentary explores the CAST Lily Collins, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Alden Ehrenreich extraordinary life of English writer, archaeologist, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell, who SCREEN TEST Beatty returns to directing with this fizzy romantic comedy. It is 1958 and wielded significant political power in British Imperial policy across the Middle East in the aspiring actress Marla (Collins) arrives in LA for a screen test with the famous, and famously early 20th century – the only woman to do so. The film shows how her work offered a eccentric, Howard Hughes (Beatty). At the airport, she meets her driver, Frank (Ehrenreich), counterpoint to typical all-male colonial power and that her ideas about the future of the and their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies region were in many cases stunningly prescient. (2016 USA/UK/Fr 93 mins) Hughes’ no. 1 rule: no employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. An unconventional love story and an entertaining look back at a lost era. th st (2016 USA 127 mins) THEIR FINEST (12A) Tues 30 & Weds 31 8pm Thurs 1st, Sat 3rd & Sun 4th June 8pm PETER PAN (PG) Sat 10th 3pm DIRECTOR Lone Scherfig CAST Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Helen McCrory Play from the National Theatre – see Event Cinema pages for details. SCREEN TEST A joyous and bittersweet romantic comedy set during the Second World (PG) Sat 10th 8pm Sat 17th 3pm War. With the men away fighting, a young Welsh woman is hired as a scriptwriter for WHISKY GALORE propaganda films. Her natural flair gets her noticed by the dashing film producer and they DIRECTOR Gillies MacKinnon soon discover there is as much drama and passion behind the camera as on-screen. Enjoy a CAST Ellie Kendrick, Eddie Izzard, Kevin Guthrie, Gregor Fisher witty script, terrific performances all round (including a scene-stealing Bill Nighy) and some SCREEN TEST A charming remake of the 1949 Ealing classic of the same name, which thoughtful subtext about women’s status in society. (2016 UK 117 mins) itself was based on a real-life incident. The film follows local Scottish islanders as they try to raid the shipwreck of a cargo ship carrying 28,000 cases of malt whisky, which ran aground off the Island of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides in 1941. Enjoy a delightful nostalgia trip. JUNE 2017 (2016 UK 98 mins) GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2 (12A tbc) THE DREAM / SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS / Fri 2nd 8pm Sat 3rd, Sun 4th & Sat 24th 3pm MARGUERITE AND ARMAND Sun 11th 2pm DIRECTOR James Gunn Ballet from the Royal Opera House – see Event Cinema pages for CAST Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, Zoe Saldana, Elizabeth Debicki details. SCREEN TEST The adventures of Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon and the rest of the crew continue! This sequel to Marvel’s 2014 runaway hit brings more of the humour and NERUDA (15) Mon 12th 8pm wacky hijinks, and a whole new Awesome Mixtape, as the ragtag bunch travel the cosmos DIRECTOR Pablo Larraín trying to unravel the secrets of Star-Lord / Peter Quill’s true parentage. CAST Gael García Bernal, Luis Gnecco, Mercedes Morán, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba (2017 USA 137 mins) SCREEN TEST Chilean director Larrain (Jackie) focuses on his compatriot poet-diplomat

th Pablo Neruda (Gnecco) during the early days of the Cold War for this playful ‘anti-biopic’. LA STRADA (PG) Mon 5 8pm During a government clampdown on communism in the late 1940s, Neruda is obliged to DIRECTOR Federico Fellini go into hiding. Obsessive detective Peluchonneau (Bernal) is hot on his heels as Neruda CAST , Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani relies on the support of fellow communist sympathisers. The cross-country chase becomes a SCREEN TEST More than 60 years since it won the first Best Foreign Language Film thrilling dance between the two, beautifully shot against sumptuous backdrops. Oscar, Fellini’s classic film returns to cinemas in a new digital restoration. Gelsomina is a (2016 Chile/Arg/Fr/Sp/USA 105 mins Subtitled) naïve young woman sold by her desperate mother to boorish strongman Zampanò as his wife and performance assistant as he tours central Italy. Zampanò treats her brutishly but Gelsomina finds a kindred spirit in his rival the Fool, leading to problems when they all find themselves part of the same travelling circus. A stunning film filled with beauty, sadness, humour and understanding. (1954 It 106 mins Subtitled) Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com Full-size screen with the latest digital technology JUNE 2017 JUNE 2017

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MINDHORN (15) Fri 16th & Sat 17th 8pm GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2 (12A tbc) Sat 24th 3pm DIRECTOR Sean Foley See May for details. CAST Julian Barratt, Essie Davis, Andrea Riseborough, Steve Coogan SCREEN TEST Washed-up actor Richard Thorncroft (Julian Barratt, The Mighty Boosh) COLOSSAL (15) Sat 24th & Sun 25th 8pm once starred as a TV cop called Mindhorn in the 1980s. Decades later, he is summoned back DIRECTOR Nacho Vigalondo to the Isle of Man to help the police find a crazed killer who is convinced Mindhorn is real. CAST Anne Hathaway, Dan Stevens, Jason Sudeikis, Tim Blake Nelson Thorncroft just sees this as a chance to kickstart his ailing career. A fond send-up of vintage SCREEN TEST Aimless party girl Gloria (Hathaway) is kicked out by her boyfriend and home-grown detective shows, this is a gloriously British comedy. (2016 UK 89 mins) returns to her hometown, where she hangs out with an old friend and his dropout buddies. Then Seoul is flattened by a rampaging monster and things take a turn for the weird as it th SING (U) Sun 18 11am appears the monster is somehow connected to Gloria. A gloriously bonkers film, which cares A sweet and breezy toe-tapping animation about dapper koala Buster Moon putting on a as much about its characters and their day-to-day insecurities as about the antics of the singing contest to save his once-grand theatre. Enjoy the cinema without worrying about kaiju’s destruction of a city. (2016 Sp/Can 109 mins) noise or wriggling. (2016 USA 108 mins) Cinema for Tinies – adults £4.00, children £3.00, under 2s free. MICHELANGELO – LOVE AND DEATH Sun 25th 3pm Art film – see Event Cinema pages for details. BRITISH MUSEUM PRESENTS: HOKUSAI Sun 18th 3pm Art film and exhibition from the British Museum – see Event Cinema THE HANDMAIDEN (Ah-ga-ssi) (18) Mon 26th 8pm pages for details. DIRECTOR Park Chan-wook CAST Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong LADY MACBETH (15 tbc) Sun 18th & Mon 19th 8pm SCREEN TEST In 1930s colonial Korea, a young woman hired by Japanese heiress Lady DIRECTOR William Oldroyd Hideko as a handmaiden is secretly involved in a plot by a con artist to defraud Hideko CAST Florence Pugh, Christopher Fairbank, Cosmo Jarvis, Bill Fellows of her inheritance, a plan that is complicated when the two women discover unexpected SCREEN TEST Adapted from Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella, Oldroyd’s exceptional debut feelings for each other. Inspired by the novel Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, this is an film is a thrilling 19th-century tragedy starring Pugh (The Falling) as a defiant, passionate astounding visual spectacle full of dark humour and eroticism, with intense performances young woman trapped in a loveless marriage and browbeaten by her sadistic husband’s and a plot full of twists. (2016 S Korea 156 mins Subtitled) callous family. When she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on their estate, a new force is unleashed inside her, so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE (12A) Fri 30th & Sat 1st July 8pm what she wants. (2016 UK 89 mins) DIRECTOR Niki Caro

rd CAST Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Brühl, Efrat Dor ALIEN: COVENANT (cert tbc) Fri 23 8pm SCREEN TEST Based on the non-fiction book of the same name, this exquisitely executed DIRECTOR Ridley Scott film recounts the story of husband and wife Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who secretly CAST Michael Fassbender, James Franco, Katherine Waterston, Noomi Rapace sheltered Jews on their premises at the Warsaw Zoo during the German invasion of Poland. SCREEN TEST This eagerly awaited sequel to Prometheus links the story to the original Putting themselves and their children at great risk, Jan and Antonina worked with the Polish Alien film. The crew of the colony ship Covenant discover an uncharted paradise, inhabited Resistance and helped hundreds to escape from the infamous Warsaw Ghetto. Subtle yet by the ‘synthetic’ David (Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. The striking, this is a film that is filled with the power of truly great storytelling. mysterious world soon turns dark and dangerous when a hostile alien life form forces the (2017 Czech/UK/USA 127 mins) crew into a deadly fight for survival. Terrifying creatures, some very scary moments and a feisty heroine: Alien fans won’t be disappointed. (2017 USA/UK length tbc)

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DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LONG HAUL (PG tbc) Sat 1st 3pm DIRECTOR David Bowers CAST Jason Drucker, Alicia Silverstone, Charlie Wright, Tom Everett Scott SCREEN TEST A wimp will rise! Greg convinces his family to take a road trip to attend his great grandmother’s 90th birthday as a cover for what he really wants: to attend a nearby gamer convention. Unsurprisingly, things do not go according to plan and Heffl ey family antics ensue – a cross-country adventure turns into an experience they will never forget! (2017 USA length tbc) OTELLO Sun 2nd 2pm opera from the royal opera House – see Event Cinema pages for details. THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE (Toivon tuolla puolen) (12A) Sun 2nd & Mon 3rd 8pm DIRECTOR Aki Kaurismäki CAST Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Janne Hyytiäinen, Ilkka Koivula SCREEN TEST In this wry comedy-drama from Finnish auteur Kaurismäki (Le Havre), a poker-playing Helsinki restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee newly arrived in Finland. Simultaneously hysterical and heart-breaking, Kaurismäki combines his dry wit and idiosyncratic visual style to show how refugees can be welcomed, or rejected, by all the fl awed and normal (or sometimes rather odd) individuals they meet. (2017 Fin/Ger 100 mins Subtitled)

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OBSESSION (15) Thurs 11th May 7pm OTELLO Sun 2nd July 2pm Play broadcast live from the Barbican Theatre. Jude Law stars in this new stage Opera broadcast as live from the Royal Opera House. World-famous tenor Jonas adaptation of Luchino Visconti’s 1943 fi lm, directed by Ivo van Hove. Kaufmann takes the title role in Verdi‘s passionate retelling of Shakespeare’s great tragedy of jealousy, deception and murder. WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Sat 20th May 7pm th Play broadcast as live from the Harold Pinter Theatre. Imelda Staunton and Conleth SALOMÉ (15) Sat 8 July 7.30pm Hill excel in James Macdonald’s superb revival of Edward Albee’s scorching play. Play broadcast as live from the National Theatre. This charged retelling turns the infamous biblical tale on its head, placing the girl we call Salomé at the centre of a revolution. ANTONY & CLEOPATRA Sun 28th May 3pm ANGELS IN AMERICA Parts 1 & 2 Play broadcast as live from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Iqbal Khan returns to th th the RSC to direct Shakespeare’s tragedy as Mark Antony is torn between love and duty. Thurs 20 & Thurs 27 July 7pm Play broadcast live from the National Theatre. Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning two- PETER PAN (PG) Sat 10th June 3pm part play, set in 1980s New York during the AIDS crisis, stars Andrew Garfi eld and Russell Tovey.

Play recorded before a live audience at the National Theatre. Sally Cookson’s th wondrously inventive adaptation of JM Barrie’s classic is a dazzling delight for all the family. TITUS ANDRONICUS Sat 12 August 7.30pm Play broadcast as live from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Shakespeare’s gory THE DREAM / SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS / revenge tragedy presents us with murder as entertainment and poses questions about the MARGUERITE AND ARMAND Sun 11th June 2pm nature of sexuality, family, class and society.

Ballet broadcast as live from the Royal Opera House. This gorgeous mixed st programme demonstrates the creative vision of Frederick Ashton, founder choreographer of YERMA (15) Thurs 31 August 7pm the Royal Ballet. Play broadcast live from the Young Vic. Billie Piper reprises her award-winning performance in Simon Stone’s radical production of Lorca’s masterpiece about a woman BRITISH MUSEUM PRESENTS: HOKUSAI desperate to have a child. Sun 18th June 3pm Art fi lm and exhibition from the British Museum. A documentary and private view of Unless otherwise noted, all events should be treated as 12A. the exhibition Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave, fi lmed in Japan and the UK. Art fi lms: Full £11; adult concessions £10; 18 & under £6 Theatre and ballet: Full £19; adult concessions £17; 18 & under £10 MICHELANGELO – LOVE AND DEATH Sun 25th June 3pm Opera: Full £20; adult concessions £18; 18 & under £12.50 Art fi lm. A cinematic journey from the print and drawing rooms of Europe, through the great For more information and other events, please see our website chapels and museums of Florence, Rome and the Vatican, to explore the tempestuous life of Michelangelo. www.saffronscreen.com FILMS COMING SOON DESPICABLE ME 3

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