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RANT THE SECOND INSTALMENT Richard Fisher’s Bonhunt Chronicles Across the nation the election was on a knife-edge. In Chipping Bonhunt it was murder. A councillor is missing and a gruesome discovery is made in the old railway cutting. Has the battle over all the new housing turned nasty? AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK AND FOR KINDLE ON AMAZON BOOK NOW AT THE CINEMA BOX OFFICE, TIC OR ONLINE TO AdvERTIsE HERE (CIRC. 24,000) CONTACT: [email protected] www.saffronscreen.com CINEMA INFORMATION Q&A TICKETS FOR ALL FILMS ARE NOW ON SALE DAYTIME Full £6.70; 65 & over £5.80; other adult concessions £5.10; 18 & under £4.30 EVENINGS (films at or after 5pm) Full £7.70; 65 & over £6.90; other adult concessions £5.90; 18 & under £5.50 (£4.10 on Monday nights) CINEMA for TINIES Adults £3.90; Children £2.90; under 2s free HUNT FOR THE SPECIAL EVENTS Please see ticket price information for each event. STAR TREK BEYOND YARN WILDERPEOPLE See our website for information about eligibility for concession price tickets. Group bookings 11 cinema tickets for the price of 10 (not available online). Tickets are available: WELCOME ● online at www.saffronscreen.com (booking fee applies) ● in person from the Box office (opens 30 mins before each screening) th ● in person from the Tourist Information Centre, Saffron Walden Our 10 birthday celebrations culminate on (booking fee applies) (telephone: 01799 524002, enquiries only). Saturday 17th September in a free screening of RECEIVE THE LATEST INFORMATION VIA EMAIL Grease on Saffron Walden Common. Do join us For weekly film updates, Monday night film notes, or information about as we say thank you to our community for sharing foreign language films, Cinema for Tinies screenings, audio-described films, our love of cinema over the last ten years. films with subtitles, or Special Events, email with the relevant heading to: Jo Hartley has been very supportive of Saffron [email protected] Screen and we are delighted to invite her back on FOLLOW US Friday 30th September for a Q&A after our screening facebook, Twitter, of David Brent: Life on the Road. We are also LinkedIn & Instagram working with Support 4 Sight for a fundraising FIND US screening of the immersive and fascinating Notes Saffron Walden County High School, Audley End road, on Blindness, as well as welcoming local director Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 4UH Heather Millard to a screening of the documentary Doors open 30 minutes before screenings. Yarn about the joyous uses of wool in art and craft. Please use the main school entrance and car parks (not the sports hall car park). See our website for detailed information. We are looking forward to a number of top- ACCESSIBILITY class blockbusters, with Ghostbusters, Star Trek The cinema is wheelchair friendly and has induction loop facilities. With Beyond, Jason Bourne, David Brent and Bridget some films, we are able to offer audio description and subtitles. A large print Jones’s Baby, as well as a great selection of version of this programme can be supplied on request. Please contact the films for youngsters of all ages, including Finding office for further details. Dory, Pete’s Dragon, Swallows and Amazons CONTACT US and Asterix & Obelix. For those who love the Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01799 500238 Special Events, the autumn season from the Postal address: c/o Saffron Walden Tourist Information Centre, Royal Opera House, RSC and National Theatre 1 Market Place, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1HR Charity no 1113259 is looking strong, and there is a fabulous array www.saffronscreen.com of foreign language films on Monday nights. See you at the cinema, at a Pop-up event Printed on certified or on the Common! and sustainable paper Design: www.design-mill.co.uk Subtitled (hard of hearing) Recommended film Cinema for Tinies Allocated seating Print: Harts Design & Print SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2016

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GHOSTBUSTERS JASON BOURNE FINDING DORY MEN & CHICKEN

THE DEEP BLUE SEA (12A As Live) Thurs 1st 6.50pm JASON BOURNE (12A) Fri 9th, Sat 10th & Sun 11th 8pm th th Play from the National Theatre – see Special Events pages for details. Sun 25 5pm Sun 9 Oct 8pm DIRECTOR Paul Greengrass GHOSTBUSTERS (12A) CAST Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones, Riz Ahmed Fri 2nd & Sat 3rd 8pm Sun 4th & Sun 18th 5pm SCREEN TEST Years ago, CIA-trained killer Jason Bourne dismantled the Treadstone programme and brought those in charge to justice, before disappearing. Now he’s back, DIRECTOR Paul Feig memory intact and none too pleased with his treatment – especially when he discovers a CAST Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones hitman has been hired to eliminate him. Damon returns to his most iconic role in this latest SCREEN TEST Feig teams up with his Bridesmaids stars in this highly entertaining instalment of the action thriller series with plenty of white-knuckle excitement and death- reboot of the ghostbusting franchise. The special effects department goes into overdrive as defying stunts. (2016 USA 123 mins) Manhattan suffers a ghostly invasion. A team of three scientists (and one subway worker) answer the call and radiate their own nuclear-powered, Amazonian brand of good humour. th th th FINDING DORY (U) Sat 10 3pm Sun 11 2pm Sat 17 3pm (2016 USA 116 mins) Sun 18th 2pm Sun 2nd Oct 11am STAR TREK BEYOND (12A) DIRECTORS Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane Sat 3rd 3pm Sun 4th 8pm Sun 11th 5pm Fri 7th Oct 8pm VOICES Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ty Burrell, SCREEN TEST In this much-anticipated follow-up to Finding Nemo, sweet but forgetful DIRECTOR Justin Lin blue tang fish Dory goes in search of the family she was separated from as a child. All CAST Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg the old characters are back as well as some great new aquatic friends including a grumpy SCREEN TEST Captain Kirk must reunite the Enterprise crew, stranded across a hostile octopus and a beluga whale. Visually dazzling, exciting and very funny, this is sure to planet with no means of communication, in order to face a new alien threat (in the form of enthral all Pixar fans, young and old. (2016 USA 103 mins) Idris Elba). An exciting and thoroughly enjoyable sequel that celebrates 50 years of Star Trek with a dizzying carnival of wisecracks, fisticuffs, explosions, chases and truly eye-popping BILL (PG) Sat 10th 7pm effects. Who could ask for more? (2016 USA 122 mins) St John the Evangelist Church, Langley Upper Green – see our website ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE (U) Sun 4th 2pm for details. DIRECTORS Mike Thurmeier, Galen T Chu MEN & CHICKEN (Mænd & høns) (15) Mon 12th 8pm VOICES John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Simon Pegg, Jennifer Lopez DIRECTOR Anders Thomas Jensen SCREEN TEST Scrat the prehistoric squirrel continues to cause unimaginable destruction CAST Mads Mikkelsen, David Dencik, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Søren Malling when his latest acorn-hoarding escapade – this time in outer space! – sets off a chain of SCREEN TEST Elias (Mikkelsen, shedding his usual debonair charm) and his brother world-ending cosmic events. Back on Earth Sid, Manny, Diego and friends must find a way Gabriel go in search of their biological father, travelling to the remote and unusual Island of to survive the end of the Ice Age. With gorgeous new location designs and a huge cast of Ork, where they are invited to take part in various bawdy, extreme activities. This is absurdist returning and new creatures, there’s more than enough to keep young fans entertained. black comedy at its darkest, yet writer/director Jensen uses it to explore the concepts of (2016 USA 94 mins) identity, belonging and love. Hilariously outrageous. (2015 Den/Ger 102 mins Subtitled) FIRE AT SEA (Fuocoammare) (12A) Mon 5th 8pm THE CARER (15) Fri 16th & Sat 17th 8pm DIRECTOR Gianfranco Rosi DIRECTOR János Edelényi SCREEN TEST Winner of the for Documentary at Berlin, Rosi’s timely new CAST Brian Cox, Anna Chancellor, Emilia Fox, Coco König film is set on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, a first landfall for thousands of migrants SCREEN TEST In this warm-hearted comedy drama, an ageing Shakespearean actor arriving from Africa and the Middle East. During a year-long stay, Rosi witnesses several struggles with his physical deterioration while his mental faculties remain as sharp as ever. search and rescue operations for the boatloads of fleeing refugees, whilst at the same time After he has alienated previous caregivers, his daughter forces a new companion on him, documenting the lives of the islanders themselves and, in particular, 12-year-old Samuele. a Hungarian refugee who has acting aspirations of her own. The relationship between the With an emphasis on quiet observation, this film gives an astonishing insight into the deeply central characters is beautifully realised and Cox delivers a magnificent performance as the human tragedy of the refugee crisis. (2016 It/Fr 114 mins Subtitled) frustrated and gloriously grumpy thespian. (2016 UK 88 mins) Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com Full-size screen with the latest digital technology SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2016

BORN TO BE BLUE NOTES ON BLINDNESS PETE’S DRAGON

SAFFRON SCREEN ON THE GREEN GREASE (PG) Sat 17th 8pm A frEE screening of the hit musical on Saffron Walden Common. See opposite page for details. BORN TO BE BLUE (15) Sun 18th 8pm DIRECTOR Robert Budreau CAST Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Rennie, Janet-Laine Green SCREEN TEST Hawke gives a memorable performance as legendary trumpeter Chet Baker, ‘the James Dean of jazz’. Budreau reimagines a key moment in Baker’s life in the 1960s as the musician attempts a comeback, spurred on by a passionate romance with a new fl ame (Ejogo). Blending fact with fi ction, this free-fl owing biopic unfolds with the SAFFRON stylistic brio of great jazz. (2015 UK/Can/USA 98 mins) SCREEN NOTES ON BLINDNESS (U) Mon 19th 8pm THE GREEN DIRECTOR Pete Middleton, James Spinney SCREEN TEST After losing his sight in 1983, John Hull knew that if he did not try to understand his blindness it would destroy him. He started keeping audio diaries to record his observations on his new perspective on sensory experience. In this elegant and deeply ON affecting documentary, his original recordings are combined with compelling cinematic re- enactments and textured sound design to tell a story of loss, rebirth and transformation. An extraordinary and evocative examination of one man’s journey into ‘a world beyond sight’. (2016 UK 90 mins) Shown in conjunction with Support 4 Sight, with a raffl e and drinks t 17 Sept for sale. Please contact [email protected] to book an audio description headset. SaGatests open at sundown 6pm (around 8pm) rd THE THREEPENNY OPERA (15) Fri 23 7.20pm Play from the National Theatre – see Special Events pages for details. Film star PETE’S DRAGON (PG) Sat 24th 3pm Sun 25th 2pm Sat 15th Oct 2pm DIRECTOR David Lowery FREE CAST Bryce Dallas Howard, Karl Urban, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley PROUDLY SPONSORED BY SCREEN TEST Mr Meacham (Redford) delights local children with his tales of the fi erce dragon that resides deep in the woods. To his forest ranger daughter Grace, these stories are little more than tall tales until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old who claims to live Common of the hit musical ‘Grease’ in the woods with a giant green dragon named Elliott ... Grace sets out to determine the Outdoor screeningStarring Olivia on Newton-John Saffron Walden & John Travolta truth in this thrilling family adventure. (2016 USA 102 mins)

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MAGGIE’S PLAN (15) Sat 24th & Sun 25th 8pm DIRECTOR Rebecca Miller FAMILY FILMS CAST Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, , Bill Hader SCREEN TEST The ever brilliant Gerwig stars as Maggie, a single, thirty-something New Yorker who is intent on living a meticulously planned life. Then she starts an affair with John (Hawke), a troubled college professor who is stuck in an unhappy marriage with eccentric Danish academic Georgette (Moore). But things still don’t go to plan and Maggie forms a new strategy. A brilliantly quirky look at modern romance that is literate, witty and off-kilter FOR KIDS – call it an anti-romcom! (2015 USA 99 mins) SEE OUR WEBSITE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Sat 24th 8pm Sofas & Stuff, Bishop’s Stortford – see our website for details.

th NORMA (12A As Live) Mon 26 7.15pm opera from the royal opera House – see Special Events pages for details.

th CYMBELINE (12A As Live) Weds 28 6.50pm Play from the royal Shakespeare Company – see Special Events pages for details. PETE’S DRAGON

DAVID BRENT: LIFE ON THE ROAD (15) Fri 30th & Sat 1st 8pm FINDING DORY DIRECTOR Ricky Gervais CAST Ricky Gervais, Jo Hartley, Doc Brown, Tom Bennett SCREEN TEST British comedy’s most laughed-at, cringe-inducing entertainer is back for one fi nal show! 12 years on from The Offi ce, Brent is now a travelling salesman but still SWALLOWS AND dreams of rock stardom, so he hits the road on a self-fi nanced tour of obscure venues across AMAZONS the country in an attempt to make his dream a reality. Expect lots of Gervais’s trademark hilariously painful humour. (2016 UK 96 mins) friday’s screening followed by a Q&A with Jo Hartley, who plays Pauline, Brent’s love-struck offi ce colleague.

ASTERIX AND THE MANSION OF THE GODS

BOOK NOW AT THE CINEMA BOX OFFICE, TIC OR ONLINE Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com wwwBook online.saffronscreen.com now at: www.saffronscreen.com SAFFRON SCREEN DIARY Sun 2 3.00pm Swallows and Amazons (PG) Sun 2 8.00pm The Hard Stop (15) SEPTEMBER 2016 Mon 3 8.00pm Summertime (15) Thu 1 6.50pm The Deep Blue Sea – National Theatre Fri 7 8.00pm Star Trek Beyond (12A) Fri 2 8.00pm Ghostbusters (12A) Sat 8 3.00pm Asterix and the Mansion of the Gods (PG) Sat 3 3.00pm Star Trek Beyond (12A) Sat 8 8.00pm The 9th Life of Louis Drax (15) Sat 3 8.00pm Ghostbusters (12A) Sun 9 2.00pm Asterix and the Mansion of the Gods (PG) Sun 4 2.00pm Ice Age: Collision Course (U) Sun 9 5.00pm Yarn (12A tbc) Sun 4 5.00pm Ghostbusters (12A) Sun 9 8.00pm Jason Bourne (12A) Sun 4 8.00pm Star Trek Beyond (12A) Mon 10 8.00pm Chevalier (18) Mon 5 8.00pm Fire at Sea (12A) Wed 12 6.50pm King Lear – RSC Fri 9 8.00pm Jason Bourne (12A) Sat 10 3.00pm Finding Dory (U) Fri 14 8.00pm Café Society (12A) Sat 10 7.00pm Bill (PG) Sat 15 2.00pm Pete’s Dragon (PG) Sat 10 8.00pm Jason Bourne (12A) Sat 15 4.00pm Eddie the Eagle (PG) Sun 11 2.00pm Finding Dory (U) Sat 15 5.00pm Café Society (12A) Sun 11 5.00pm Star Trek Beyond (12A) 10 Sat 15 8.00pm Café Society (12A) Sun 11 8.00pm Jason Bourne (12A) Sun 16 3.00pm Swallows and Amazons (PG) Mon 12 8.00pm Men & Chicken (15) Sun 16 7.00pm Miss Saigon – Prince Edward Theatre Fri 16 8.00pm The Carer (15) Mon 17 8.00pm Julieta (15) Sat 17 3.00pm Finding Dory (U) Fri 21 8.00pm Captain Fantastic (15) Sat 17 8.00pm Saffron Screen on the Green – Grease Sat 22 3.00pm Kubo and the Two Strings (PG tbc) Sat 17 8.00pm The Carer (15) Sat 22 8.00pm Captain Fantastic (15) Sun 18 2.00pm Finding Dory (U) Sun 23 2.00pm Così fan tutte – Royal Opera House Sun 18 5.00pm Ghostbusters (12A) Sun 18 8.00pm Born to be Blue (15) Sun 23 8.00pm The Beatles: Eight Days a Week (cert tbc) Mon 24 3.00pm Kubo and the Two Strings (PG tbc) Mon 19 8.00pm Notes on Blindness (U) Mon 24 8.00pm The Childhood of a Leader (12A) Fri 23 7.20pm The Threepenny Opera – National Theatre Sat 24 3.00pm Pete’s Dragon (PG) Tue 25 3.00pm Kubo and the Two Strings (PG tbc) Sat 24 8.00pm Maggie’s Plan (15) Tue 25 8.00pm Hunt for the Wilderpeople (12A) Sat 24 8.00pm Florence Foster Jenkins (PG) Wed 26 3.00pm Hunt for the Wilderpeople (12A) Sun 25 2.00pm Pete’s Dragon (PG) Wed 26 8.00pm Hunt for the Wilderpeople (12A) Sun 25 5.00pm Jason Bourne (12A) Thu 27 3.00pm Nine Lives (PG) Sun 25 8.00pm Maggie’s Plan (15) Thu 27 6.50pm The Entertainer – Garrick Theatre Mon 26 7.15pm Norma – Royal Opera Fri 28 3.00pm Nine Lives (PG) Weds 28 6.50pm Cymbeline – RSC Fri 28 8.00pm Bridget Jones’s Baby (cert tbc) Fri 30 8.00pm David Brent: Life on the Road (15) Sat 29 3.00pm Blinky Bill the Movie (U) OCTOBER 2016 Sat 29 8.00pm Bridget Jones’s Baby (cert tbc) Sat 1 2.00pm Swallows and Amazons (PG) Sun 30 2.00pm Blinky Bill the Movie (U) Sat 1 5.00pm Swallows and Amazons (PG) Sun 30 5.00pm Bridget Jones’s Baby (cert tbc) Sat 1 8.00pm David Brent: Life on the Road (15) Sun 30 8.00pm Bridget Jones’s Baby (cert tbc) Sun 2 11.00am Finding Dory (U) Mon 31 8.00pm The Innocents (12A)

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ASTERIX AND THE MANSION OF THE 9TH LIFE THE HARD STOP SUMMERTIME THE GODS OF LOUIS DRAX CHEVALIER

SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS (PG) ASTERIX AND THE MANSION OF THE GODS (PG) Sat 1st 2pm & 5pm Sun 2nd & Sun 16th 3pm Sat 8th 3pm Sun 9th 2pm DIRECTOR Philippa Lowthorpe DIRECTORS Louis Clichy, Alexandre Astier CAST Kelly Macdonald, Andrew Scott, Rafe Spall, Jessica Hynes VOICES Jack Whitehall, Nick Frost, Catherine Tate, Jim Broadbent SCREEN TEST This beautifully realised adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s classic novel is a SCREEN TEST Caesar has a plan to deal with the pesky villagers in Gaul; he brings in joyful nostalgic kids’ adventure. It is set over an idyllic summer holiday and the four Walker the architect Squaronthehypotenus to build an apartment complex right next to the village, children and their sailing rivals, the Blacketts, run amok in their boats against the stunning where Romans will settle and conquer the villagers with their more ‘civilised’ ways. Enter backdrop of the Lake District. Their world is one of fun and imagination, but the real world is Asterix and Obelix who, armed with magic acorns and potions, begin to thwart Caesar’s on the brink of war and spies are in the neighbourhood. A thoroughly enjoyable family film. plans. With plenty of humour and crazy wordplay, this animation will delight young and not so young alike. (2014 Fr/Belg 85 mins) (2016 UK 97 mins) THE 9TH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX (15) Sat 8th 8pm nd FINDING DORY (U) Sun 2 11am DIRECTOR Alexandre Aja See September for details. Enjoy the cinema without worrying CAST Jamie Dornan, Sarah Gadon, Aaron Paul, Aiden Longworth about noise or wriggling. SCREEN TEST When nine-year-old Louis Drax inexplicably reawakens from the dead Cinema for Tinies – adults £3, children £2, under 2s free after his latest life-threatening accident, he becomes the patient of celebrated neurologist Dr Allan Pascal (Dornan), who specialises in child psychology. Determined to uncover the truth of THE HARD STOP (15) Sun 2nd 8pm Louis’ bizarre existence, Pascal is drawn into both the child’s life and that of his fragile mother DIRECTOR George Amponsah Natalie (Gadon), whose affections begin to cloud his judgements. An intriguing mystery thriller, adapted from Liz Jensen’s bestselling novel. (2016 UK/Can/USA 108 mins) SCREEN TEST On 4 August 2011 the Metropolitan Police carried out a ‘hard stop’ – halting a vehicle travelling at speed – and minutes later 29-year-old Mark Duggan YARN (12A tbc) Sun 9th 5pm was shot by an armed police officer. This incident ignited a series of events that led to DIRECTOR Una Lorenzen the most incendiary riots in recent memory. Amponsah’s fascinating and humanising SCREEN TEST This colourful and quirky documentary takes us on a global journey to documentary follows two of Duggan’s childhood friends, exploring a section of society largely meet artists who use crochet and knitting in new and exciting ways, on the streets as well unrepresented by the mainstream media, capturing their history, alienation and attempts to as in galleries. Their work is woven together (!) by Barbara Kingsolver’s ode to yarn. The build a future. A timely and vital investigation beyond the headlines. (2015 UK 85 mins) artists – working in Iceland, Poland, Japan, Sweden, Canada and Cuba – are a delightful and intriguing bunch who share their love of their craft and the medium of wool. SUMMERTIME (La belle saison) (15) Mon 3rd 8pm (2016 Neth/Cuba/Ger/Sp/Den/Pol/UK/Swe/Ice/Nor/USA 76 mins) DIRECTOR Catherine Corsini Screened to celebrate Wool Week. We hope to welcome co-director CAST Cécile de France, Izïa Higelin, Noémie Lvovsky, Jean-Henri Compère Heather Millard for a Q&A after the screening.

SCREEN TEST It is the early 1970s and Delphine leaves rural southern France for Paris th where she meets Carole, a feminist teacher. A relationship blossoms – a political awakening JASON BOURNE (12A) Sun 9 8pm for Delphine and a sexual awakening for Carole. However, following a family illness the pair See September for details. find themselves back on Delphine’s parents’ farm, facing the question of how best to reveal (18) Mon 10th 8pm their love to her family. A sensitive and moving story of love set against a background of CHEVALIER tumultuous social change. (2015 Fr/Belg 105 mins Subtitled) DIRECTOR Athina Rachel Tsangari CAST Panos Koronis, Vangelis Mourikis, Makìs Papadimitriou, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos STAR TREK BEYOND (12A) Fri 7th 8pm SCREEN TEST Six men on a yacht trip in the Aegean while away their time testing their masculinity in an attempt to prove who is the ‘best at everything’ – including cleaning, See September for details. cooking, virility and assembling a flat-pack bookcase! Their petty competitiveness brings deep-seated insecurities to the fore as the challenges become increasingly absurd. Winner of Best Film at London Film Festival, this is a wry and engagingly deadpan look at the male ego. (2015 Gr 105 mins Subtitled) Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com Full-size screen with the latest digital technology OCTOBER 2016 OCTOBER 2016 EDDIE THE EAGLE THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER

KUBO AND THE CAFÉ SOCIETY JULIETA TWO STRINGS THE BEATLES

KING LEAR (12A As Live) Weds 12th 6.50pm KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (PG tbc) nd th th Play from the royal Shakespeare Company – see Special Events pages Sat 22 , Mon 24 & Tues 25 3pm for details. DIRECTOR Travis Knight VOICES Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, Rooney Mara, Ralph Fiennes CAFÉ SOCIETY (12A) Fri 14th 8pm Sat 15th 5pm & 8pm SCREEN TEST Young, kindhearted Kubo lives a quiet life with his mother in a seaside village, until he accidentally summons a vengeful spirit. With gods and monsters chasing DIRECTOR Woody Allen him, Kubo must find the magical suit of armour that belonged to his late father, a legendary CAST Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carrell, Corey Stoll Samurai warrior. On his journey he befriends Monkey (Theron) and Beetle (McConaughey) and SCREEN TEST Woody Allen’s latest is a beguiling romantic comedy set in the 1930s together they embark on a beautifully animated, sweeping, lively adventure full of wonder. golden age of Hollywood. New Yorker Bobby (Eisenberg) heads to LA to work for his film free drop in origami workshop from 2.30pm on Sat. (2016 USA length tbc) agent uncle (Carell), who introduces him to his young assistant Vonnie (Stewart). What rd ensues is a classic love triangle with Bobby falling for Vonnie’s charms, only to find out that COSÌ FAN TUTTE (12A As Live) Sun 23 2pm she’s otherwise involved. This elegant film looks stunning and fizzes along with excellent opera from the royal opera House – see Special Events pages. performances. (2016 USA 96 mins)

th THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK – PETE’S DRAGON (PG) Sat 15 2pm THE TOURING YEARS (cert tbc) Sun 23rd 8pm See September for details. DIRECTOR Ron Howard EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Sat 15th 4pm SCREEN TEST Featuring rare and exclusive footage, this documentary is based on the first part of The Beatles’ career, from the Cavern Club in 1962 to their last concert at Hempstead Village Hall – see our website for details. Candlestick Park in San Francisco in 1966 – the period in which they toured and achieved international recognition. Howard’s film explores the inner workings of the band – how they th MISS SAIGON (15 tbc) Sun 16 7pm made decisions, created their music, built their collective career and became an extraordinary Musical recorded at the Prince Edward Theatre – see Special Events worldwide phenomenon. (2016 UK/USA length tbc) pages for details. THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER (12A) Mon 24th 8pm JULIETA (15) Mon 17th 8pm DIRECTOR Brady Corbet CAST Liam Cunningham, Bérénice Bejo, Robert Pattinson, Tom Sweet DIRECTOR Pedro Almodóvar SCREEN TEST Set in France in the aftermath of the Great War, the film follows a young CAST Adriana Ugarte, Rossy de Palma, Emma Suárez, Imma Cuesta angelic-looking delinquent and the futile attempts to discipline him of his constantly SCREEN TEST Almodóvar has adapted three inter-related short stories by Alice Munro distracted parents – his American diplomat father, forever away working on the Treaty of into an intriguing and reflective film that centres on middle-aged teacher Julieta confronting Versailles, and his melancholic, isolated mother. All the while, the unsettling possibility of estrangement from her adult daughter. An eloquent and richly resonant film in which the director a further fall for Europe and the resultant rise of fascism looms ominously over the film. returns to his great subject, the emotional terrain and interior lives of women. A satisfying An immensely atmospheric film, enigmatic and evocative and powered by a magnificent female-focused drama about yearning, memory and loss delivered in classic Almodóvar style orchestral score by Scott Walker. (2015 UK/Hung/Fr 116 mins Part subtitled) with an intoxicating palette of colour and textures. (2016 Sp 99 mins Subtitled) HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE (12A) CAPTAIN FANTASTIC (15) Fri 21st & Sat 22nd 8pm Tues 25th 8pm Weds 26th 3pm & 8pm DIRECTOR Matt Ross DIRECTOR Taika Waititi CAST Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso CAST Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House SCREEN TEST Having raised his six children off-grid in the Pacific Northwest wilderness SCREEN TEST A brilliant and funny odd-couple road-trip story which won the audience for a decade, an idealistic father (a charismatic performance from Mortensen) is forced to award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Rap-loving troublesome teen Ricky re-engage with the modern world when tragedy strikes. Their unusual upbringing has left and gnarly, gruff loner Hec (Dennison and Neill are both wonderful) end up being chased the children unprepared for the world they encounter. A delightful mix of offbeat comedy by police deep into the New Zealand bush. Forced to bury their differences and work and poignant drama, reminiscent of Little Miss Sunshine in its study of a supposedly together to survive, the duo form a firm bond. A compassionate, engaging and often laugh- dysfunctional family finding its way. (2016 USA 118 mins) out-loud comedy. (2016 NZ 101 mins) Free parking ● Wide choice of refreshments Book online now at: www.saffronscreen.com OCTOBER 2016 JUNE 2016 unbridlXxx E your EnTHuSiaSm Come and experience Victorian life as BRIDGET JONES’S BLINKY BILL NINE LIVES BABY THE MOVIE it really was, Xxxupstairs and downstairs.Xxx

NINE LIVES (PG) Thurs 27th & Fri 28th 3pm DIRECTOR Barry Sonnenfeld CAST Jennifer Garner, Kevin Spacey, Christopher Walken, Malina Weissman SCREEN TEST Tom Brand (Spacey), too busy making millions to spend time with his family, rushes into a pet store for a last-minute birthday present for his daughter. He leaves with a seemingly ordinary grey tabby but then – crash, bang – he is transformed into the said cat by the mysterious store owner (Walken), who informs him that he has a week to learn to be a good dad or live out the rest of his days as the cute, furry and increasingly furious feline, Mr Fuzzypants. Plenty of laughs as Spacey struggles to cope. (2016 Fr/Ch 87 mins)

th THE ENTERTAINER (12A As Live) Thurs 27 6.50pm Play from the Garrick Theatre – see Special Events pages for details. BRIDGET JONES’S BABY (cert tbc) Fri 28th & Sat 29th 8pm Sun 30th 5pm & 8pm DIRECTOR Sharon Maguire CAST Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Emma Thompson SCREEN TEST Breaking up with Mark Darcy leaves Bridget Jones single again and now over 40. She decides to focus on her career as a top news producer, but suddenly her love life comes back with a vengeance when she meets dashing and handsome Jack. Things couldn’t be better, until Bridget discovers that she is pregnant … (2016 Ire/UK/Fr/USA length tbc) BLINKY BILL THE MOVIE (U) Sat 29th 3pm Sun 30th 2pm DIRECTOR Deane Taylor VOICES Toni Collette, Rufus Sewell, Barry Humphries, Robin McLeavy SCREEN TEST An adventurous young koala embarks on a journey across the wild and dangerous Australian outback in the hope of finding his missing father. But he soon discovers that there is more to being a hero than meets the eye. A sweet-hearted, fun-filled animation with endearing characters and plenty of action. (2015 Aus/USA 87 mins) Saffron Walden, Essex,CB11 4JF THE INNOCENTS (12A) Mon 31st 8pm DIRECTOR CAST Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin SCREEN TEST A chilling, effectively understated adaptation of Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw, in which a prim, possibly repressed Victorian governess (Kerr on peak form) arrives at a bleak mansion to take care of two young seemingly angelic children. But she starts to suspect her young wards are somehow possessed by the spirits of the dead. With atmospheric camerawork, this is an eerie and spine-chilling film – the near-perfect ghost story for Halloween. (1961 USA/UK 98 mins Black & white)

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THE DEEP BLUE SEA (12A As Live) Thurs 1st Sept 6.50pm MISS SAIGON (15 tbc) Sun 16th Oct 7pm Play broadcast live from the National Theatre. Helen McCrory and director Carrie Musical recorded at the Prince Edward Theatre. This spectacular, sell-out 25th Cracknell reunite (following Medea in 2014) in Terence Rattigan’s devastating masterpiece. anniversary gala performance of the global stage sensation also features appearances by Tickets: Full £18 Adult conc £16 18 & under £9.50 the original cast, including Jonathan Pryce and Lea Salonga. Tickets: Full £18 Adult conc £16 18 & under £9.50 SAFFRON SCREEN ON THE GREEN COSÌ FAN TUTTE (12A As Live) Sun 23rd Oct 2pm GREASE (PG) Sat 17th Sept 8pm Opera broadcast as live from the Royal Opera House. Mozart’s classic opera puts A FREE screening of the hit musical on Saffron Walden Common. Gates open two pairs of lovers to the test with unexpected results, and glorious music. 6pm, refreshments on sale or bring a picnic. Film starts at dusk (around 8pm). Tickets: Full £20 Adult conc £18 18 & under £12.50 THE THREEPENNY OPERA (15) Fri 23rd Sept 7.20pm THE ENTERTAINER (12A As Live) Thurs 27th Oct 6.50pm Play broadcast as live from the National Theatre. A darkly comic new version by Play broadcast live from the Garrick Theatre. Rob Ashford directs Kenneth Branagh Simon Stephens of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s raucous musical, starring Rory Kinnear. as the unforgettable Archie Rice in John Osborne’s modern classic. Tickets: Full £18 Adult conc £16 18 & under £9.50 Tickets: Full £18 Adult conc £16 18 & under £9.50 ANASTASIA (12A As Live) Weds 2nd Nov 7.15pm NORMA (12A As Live) Mon 26th Sept 7.15pm Ballet broadcast live from the Royal Opera House. Kenneth MacMillan’s full-length Opera broadcast live from the Royal Opera House. Àlex Ollé of theatre group La Fura ballet is a compelling exploration of identity in the turbulent wake of the Russian Revolution. dels Baus directs a new production of Bellini’s operatic masterpiece of love and honour. Tickets: Full £18 Adult conc £16 18 & under £9.50 Tickets: Full £20 Adult conc £18 18 & under £12.50 LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN (12A As Live) Tues 15th Nov 6.20pm CYMBELINE (12A As Live) Weds 28th Sept 6.50pm Opera broadcast live from the Opéra de Paris. Jonas Kaufmann stars as the poet Play broadcast live from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Melly Still directs Gillian and composer, Hoffmann, in Offenbach’s fi nal and most beautiful opera. Bevan in Shakespeare’s rarely performed romance of power, jealousy, love and reconciliation. Tickets: Full £20 Adult conc £18 18 & under £12.50 Tickets: Full £18 Adult conc £16 18 & under £9.50 THE NUTCRACKER (12A As Live) Thurs 8th Dec 7.15pm & Sun 11th Dec 2pm KING LEAR (12A As Live) Weds 12th Oct 6.50pm Ballet broadcast live (plus encore) from the Royal Opera House. The Royal Ballet Play broadcast live from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Gregory Doran directs celebrates Peter Wright’s 90th birthday with his much-loved production of this beautiful Antony Sher in one of the greatest of Shakespeare’s plays. classical ballet, danced to Tchaikovsky’s magnifi cent score. Tickets: Full £18 Adult conc £16 18 & under £9.50 Tickets: Full £18 Adult conc £16 18 & under £9.50 For more information and other events, please see our website FILMS COMING SOON www.saffronscreen.com

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