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THE SHOW MUST GO ON BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2018 ISSUE 70 BASED ON SARAH WATERS’ BEST-SELLING NOVEL FROM LENNY ABRAHAMSON, ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINATED DIRECTOR OF ROOM MODERATE THREAT, BLOODY IMAGES, 12A INFREQUENT STRONG LANGUAGE IN CINEMAS SEPTEMBER 21 TLS_FILM THELITTLESTRANGERFILM #WhoIsTheLittleStranger? NOVEL AVAILABLE IN ALL GOOD BOOKSHOPS © PATHÉ PRODUCTIONS LIMITED, 2018 MICHAEL JIM TOM CHARLIE PAUL CAINE BROADBENT COURTENAY COX WHITEHOUSE CONTENTS WITH AND MICHAEL RAY CINEMAS 6 GAMBON WINSTONE MEMBERSHIP 8 WELCOME FROM THE PRODUCERS OF CURZON ON DEMAND 12 DARKEST HOUR & LEGEND CURZON SELECTOR 16 While you’ve been sunning yourselves in the English heatwave, we’ve been busy at work in the dark, upgrading most of our BERTHA DOCHOUSE 18 venues for you to enjoy this autumn. These include screen NEW RELEASES 20 refurbishments and a stylish new ground floor cafe-bar at EVENTS 42 Soho; Screen 2 at Mayfair is being transformed into a luxury cinema with greater comfort and sightlines, and Knutsford FEATURES 48 has two additional new screens, with an overhaul of the main screen in the coming weeks. September’s cool breezes in a range of Great US indies. Editor THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUE STORY OF THE HATTON GARDEN HEIST Ian Haydn Smith With his final role, Harry Dean Stanton radiates in the Designer charmingly offbeat Lucky, a poignant and witty meditation on IN CINEMAS Hannah Attwell old age that also stars David Lynch. 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CURZON and CURZON CINEMAS attacks: Paul Greengrass’ 22 July (exclusive to Curzon are registered trade marks, no:2291124 and Cinemas) and Utøya - 22 July. no.2424017 Damian Spandley | Director of Programme | @damospandley 4 LONDON REGIONAL ALDGATE CANTERBURY Goodman’s Fields, Westgate Hall Road, CT1 2BT 2 Canter Way, E1 8PS Canterbury West Aldgate East WORKING KNUTSFORD BLOOMSBURY Toft Road, Knutsford, WA16 0PE The Brunswick, WC1N 1AW Knutsford CLASS Russell Square OXFORD HEROES Westgate Shopping Centre, MAYFAIR OX1 1NZ 38 Curzon Street, W1J 7TY Oxford Green Park RIPON RICHMOND 75 North Street, Ripon, HG4 1DP Water Lane, Richmond, TW9 1TJ Harrogate Richmond SHEFFIELD 23 The Broadway, SW19 1RE SOHO Sheffield 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 5DY SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER Leicester Square Castle Square BFI SOUTHBANK COLCHESTER VICTORIA Roman House, 19 Queen Street, CINEMAS | BFI SHOP | BFI REUBEN LIBRARY | CAFÉS 58 Victoria Street, SW1E 6QW Colchester, CO1 1LD Victoria Colchester ALSO SHOWING IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER Boy Bullet BLACK AND BANNED ANIMATION 2018 THE FILMS YOU WEREN’T GOING UNDERGROUND and Ashley Walters, WIMBLEDON ALLOWED TO SEE 23 The Broadway, SW19 1RE Café Bar THE GODFATHER Poor Cow FIERCE BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN Wimbledon Snacks Food THE UNTAMEABLE IN A 4K RESTORATION Virtual Reality JOAN CRAWFORD Image: Carol White, Screen CINEMAS SB Curzon Ad 148x210 2018-08 (Sep-Oct).indd 2 08/08/2018 16:53 CURZON MEMBERS CURZON MEMBERS’ PREVIEWS MEMBERSHIP LUCKY 15 To make sure you have access to exclusive members Date: Sat 8 Sept | 11:00 previews, priority event Where: Knutsford Ripon cinema booking, free tickets and much more join Curzon Date: Sun 9 Sept | 11:00 membership. And prices Where: Aldgate Bloomsbury Canterbury Colchester start from only £40. Oxford Richmond Sheffield Victoria Wimbledon Our standard member Harry Dean Stanton’s elegiac final lead performance is benefits are: pitch perfect in this lovingly crafted and occasionally salty small-town drama, which also features a great cameo 4 FREE TICKETS from David Lynch. See page 22 for synopsis. DISCOUNTED TICKETS NO BOOKING FEES DISCOUNTED FOOD + DRINK 15% OFF Faces Places, 2017 CURZON ON DEMAND PREVIEWS + PRIORITY BOOKINGS CURZON12 CURZON12 – A FREE STREAMING SERVICE FOR CURZON MEMBERS To celebrate the release of French director Agnès Varda’s wonderful Faces Places (in cinemas and on demand from AND MUCH MORE….. 21 September), Birds’ Eye View is guest-curating an online collection of films which champion female representation. Lucky, 2017 CURZON.COM/MEMBERSHIP Members can discover the ‘Reclaim the Frame’ theme on streaming service Curzon12 for free from mid September. 12A The Reclaim the Frame project aims to grow the audience FACES PLACES for female directors, and works with influencers around the Date: Sat 15 Sept | 11:00 UK. BEV director-at-large Mia Bays says “Film is such Where: Knutsford Ripon a powerful medium, and we believe the female gaze offers Date: Sun 16 Sept | 11:00 the viewer a fresh vital perspective that is frequently Where: Aldgate Bloomsbury Colchester under-promoted and under-seen.” Richmond Victoria Wimbledon Birds’ Eye View will also be hosting special Faces Places One of cinema’s most treasured directors Agnès Varda previews and a DocDays event in September. teams up with artist-photographer JR for a delightful trip Faces Places, 2017 See page 43 for more details or through the French countryside. See page 26 for synopsis visit the Curzon cinemas website. 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