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Programme 7 October – 17 November 2016

The Girl on the Train from 4 November FROM FRIDAY 7 OCTOBER

Captain Fantastic (15) Dir. Matt Ross. USA, 2016. 1h 59m. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, Kathryn Hahn, . This quirky and deeply moving drama looks at the lives of an unconventional family, who live of- the-grid, dealing with a crisis. Viggo Mortensen stars in this thought- provoking rumination on parenthood which weighs up the benefts and disadvantages of pursuing an alternative lifestyle.

Hell or High Water (15) Dir. David Mackenzie. USA, 2016. 1h 42m. Starring Jef Bridges, , , Gil Birmingham. Two Texan outlaws commit a series of bank robberies to save their family business. British director David Mackenzie and screenwriter (Sicario) team-up to create a tense Texan heist movie featuring Jef Bridges giving a career high performance as a grizzled ranger.

Café Society (12A) Dir. . USA 2016. 1h 36m. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, , Steve Carell, Blake Lively, Parker Posey. Woody Allen assembles yet another super cast for this 1930s set romp, his frst collaboration with master cinematographer Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now). A young New Yorker moves to Hollywood to chase the glitz and the glamour and ends up falling for his uncle’s secretary.

FROM FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER

Bridget Jones’s Baby (15) Dir. Sharon Maguire. UK/USA, 2016. 2h 3m. Starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, , Emma Thompson. A pleasing return to form by our much-loved Bridget, and this time she’s back with a bump! Capturing the charm of the original and genuinely funny throughout, Bridget Jones’s Baby feels like catching up with an old friend. Welcome back, Miss Jones.

Kubo and the Two Strings (PG) Dir. Travis Knight. USA, 2016. 1h 42m. Starring Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes, . This stunning stop-motion animation adventure follows a young boy on an epic quest to defeat a series of terrifying monsters and spirits that haunt his past. A family-friendly, magical tale from Studio Laika, which has been praised for its incredible visuals and absorbing story.

Anthropoid (15) Dir. Sean Ellis. UK/France, 2016. 2h. Starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Ana Geislerova, Toby Jones. A sublime cast portray the shocking real-life story of an operation to assassinate a high-ranking Nazi ofcer during the Second World War. A smart and suspenseful script is supported by terrifc performances in this absorbing historical thriller. THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER The Confession (15) Dir. Ashish Gladioli. UK 2016, 1h 36m. Starring Moazzam Begg. In this gripping documentary, British Muslim and former Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg details his frst-hand experience of the rise of modern jihad, its descent into terror and the disastrous reaction of the Q&A West. Q&A screeing with Moazzam Begg and director Ashish Ghadiali. FROM FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER

The Clan (15) Dir. Pablo Trapero. Argentina, 2015. 1h 48m. Spanish/subs. Starring Guillermo Francella, Peter Lanzani, Lili Popovich, Franco Masini. An unassuming family of shopkeepers live a shrouded double life of crime, targeting wealthy families and kidnapping their relatives for ransom. Set in the dark heart of Argentina’s gangster underworld, this swaggering thriller is a gripping tale based on true events.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (12A) Dir. . New Zealand, 2016. 1h 41m. Starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House. A curmudgeonly uncle and his brash city-dwelling nephew end up on the lam and in the wilderness in this hilariously oddball buddy-movie. With Taika Waititi’s signature Kiwi wit and Sam Neil at his cantankerous best, this amiable adventure comedy is as funny as it is uplifting.

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week (12A) Dir. Ron Howard. UK/USA, 2016. 2h 18m. Starring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr. From the cramped Cavern Club in Liverpool to thousand-seater stadiums in San Francisco, this documentary follows the Beatles on the road from 1962 to 1966, a period when “Beatlemania” was at its zenith. Includes 30-minutes of remastered footage from the band’s 1965 concert at Shea Stadium. WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER: SCIENCE OXFORD PRESENTS... The Stanford Prison Experiment (15) Dir. Kyle Patrick Alvarez. USA 2015. 2h 2m. Starring Ezra Miller, Tye Sheridan, Billy Crudup. This riveting drama portrays the shocking real-life events which took place during a psychological experiment at Stanford University in 1971. Followed by a discussion with Seena Q&A Fazel, Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, and Science Oxford.

FROM FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER

Little Men (PG) Dir. Ira Sachs. USA, 2016. 1h 25m. Starring Greg Kinnear, Paulina Garcia, Alfred Molina, Jennifer Ehle, Theo Talitz, Michael Barbieri, Talia Balsam. Beautifully shot and told with trademark humanism, Little Men is a revealing and tender gem from Ira Sachs, director of 2014’s Love Is Strange. This delightful story follows the friendship between two artistic young boys whose parents enter into a property feud.

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (12A) Dir. . USA, 2016. 2h 7m. Starring Eva Green, Asa Butterfeld, Chris O’Dowd. This dark fantasy adventure following a band of orphans with an assortment of supernatural powers sees Tim Burton back to his imaginative best. Scripted by Jane Goldman (Kickass) and starring Eva Green, this magical and somewhat sinister tale provides a perfect dose of escapism and wonder.

The Lovers And The Despot (PG) Dir. Ross Adam/Robert Cannan. UK, 2016. Korean/Japanese/English/ subs. 1h 38m. Starring Paul Courtenay Hyu. The stranger than fction story of two South Korean movie stars who were kidnapped by North Korean dictator Jim Jong-il to jump start the communist nation’s flm industry in the 1970s.This riveting documentary tells one of the most curious stories in the history of world cinema. Tharlo (PG) Dir. Pema Tseden. China, 2015. 2h 4m. Tibetan/subs. Starring Shide Nymia, Yangshik Tso. Strikingly shot in black and white, Tharlo tells the story of a Tibetan shepherd who is required make a rare visit to a nearby urban town. This philosophical and pleasantly funny fable examines the clash of cultures as our protagonist comes face-to-face with a bewildering modern world.

FROM FRIDAY 4 NOVEMBER

The Girl on the Train (15) Dir. Tate Taylor. USA, 2016. 1h 52m. Starring , Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, , Luke Evans, , Lisa Kudrow. Based on the best-selling novel, this perplexing mystery twists and turns through a thrilling concoction of lies, infdelity and murder. Emily Blunt plays a fawed and troubled witness at the centre of an enigma involving the disappearance of a young woman.

Swiss Army Man (15) Dir. Daniel Scheinert/Daniel Kwan. USA, 2016. 1h 37m. Starring Paul Dano, Daniel Radclife, Mary Elizabeth Winstead. In one of the oddest flm plots of the year, Daniel Radclife plays a fatulent corpse who washes up on an island beach to save a stranded Paul Dano. A gonzo buddy-comedy made with real visual fair ensures this original concept is a rewarding, albeit utterly bizzare, flm.

The Fencer (PG) Dir. Klaus Härö. Estonia/Finland 2015. 1h 39m. Estonian/Russian/ subs. Starring Märt Avandi, Ursula Ratasepp, Hendrik Toompere. A touching Finnish drama which follows a young Estonian man, feeing from Soviet secret police, returning to his homeland to become a fencing teacher. This elegantly acted flm ratchets up the tension as our protagonist soon fnds his perilous past catching up with him.

FROM FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER

American Honey (15) Dir. . UK/USA, 2016. 2h 44m. Starring Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, , Ariele Holmes. Rowdy, seedy and hedonistic, American Honey paints a distorted picture of privileged wealth, squalid poverty and modern disillusionment of American youth. This hard- partying and law-bending road movie from Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, Red Road) won the Jury Prize at the .

My Movie (15) Dir. John Dower. UK, 2015. 1h 39m. Starring , Rob Alter, Stacia Roybal, Andrew Perez. Louis Theroux investigates the fascinating world of the and their bullish controversial leader . As he delves deeper, he soon fnds himself in the crosshairs of a dangerous organisation in this revealing and often hysterically funny documentary.

The First Monday in May (12A) Dir. Andrew Rossi. USA, 2016. 1h 31m. Starring Andrew Bolton, , Anna Wintour. Documentary that follows the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s most attended fashion exhibition in history, “China: Through The Looking Glass”. High fashion and celebrity collide at the Met Gala, one of the biggest global fashion events chaired every year by Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour. OCTOBER CLASSICS

Mulholland Drive (15) The Man Who Fell to Earth (18) El Sur (PG) Dir. . USA, 2001. 2h Dir. Nicolas Roeg. UK, 1976. Dir. Victor Erice. Spain, 1983. 1h 26m. Starring , Jeanne 2h 19m. Starring David Bowie, 35m. Spanish/subs. Starring Omero Bates, Justin Theroux. David Rip Torn, Candy Clark. David Bowie Antonutti, Sonsoles Aranguren, Lynch’s neo-noir masterpiece, gives a mesmerising performance Icíar Bollaín. Beautifully crafted and recently voted the best flm of the as an alien from outer space in this lovingly restored, a heartbreaking 21st century in a BBC poll. beautifully restored cult classic. refection on memory, love and loss.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN The Rocky Horror Picture Show (12A) Dir. Jim Sharman. UK/USA, 1975. Starring , Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick.

Young Frankenstein (PG) Dir. Mel Brooks. USA, 1974. Starring Gene Wilder, Saturday 29 Oct Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, . Monday 31 Oct

CRITICS FORTNIGHT We invited six national critics to select a flm that was particularly infuential in their career journey. Each screening will be introduced by the critic in question, and will then be followed by a Q&A with their participation.

Catherine Bray presents… Mike McCahill presents… Sophie Monks Kaufman presents Peeping Tom (15) Run Lola Run (15) Fear Eats the Soul (15) Dir. Michael Powell. UK 1960. Dir. Tom Tykwer. Germany 1998. 1h Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder. West 1h 42m. Starring Carl Boehm, 17m. German/subs. Starring Franka Germany 1974. 1h 29m. German/ Moira Shearer, Anna Massey. Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Arabic/subs. Starring Brigitte Mira, A young man murders women, Knaup. Lola has 20 minutes to fnd El Hedi Ben Salem. A woman falls using a camera to flm their dying 100,000 Deutsche Mark and save for a Moroccan migrant worker 25 expressions. her boyfriend’s life. years her junior.

James Luxford presents… Tim Robey presents… Dave Calhoun presents… Pulp Fiction (18) MouseHunt (PG) Nil by Mouth (18) Dir. . USA 1994. Dir. Gore Verbinski. USA 1997. 1h Dir. . UK/France 1997. 2h 34m. Starring John Travolta, 34m. Starring Nathan Lane, Lee 2h 8m. Starring , Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Evans, Vicki Lewis, Maury Chaykin, , Charlie Creed-Miles. Harvey Keitel. The lives of two hit Christopher Walken. Two brothers Substance misuse abounds as a men, a boxer, a gangster’s wife, and wage war on a mouse in the house working class family struggle to get a pair of bandits intertwine. willed to them by their father. by in South London. FILM TIMES

FRIDAY 7 OCTOBER FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER FRIDAY 4 NOVEMBER 18:30 Captain Fantastic 18:30 The Clan 18:30 The Girl On the Train 21:00 Hell or High Water 21:00 The Beatles: 8 Days a Week 21:00 Swiss Army Man SATURDAY 8 OCTOBER SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER 16:15 Cafe Society 15:45 Hunt for the Wilderpeople 16:00 Tharlo 18:30 Hell or High Water 18:00 The Beatles: 8 Days a Week 18:45 Swiss Army Man 21:00 Captain Fantastic 21:00 The Clan 21:00 The Girl On the Train SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER 15:00 Mulholland Drive 16:00 El Sur 15:45 The Fencer 18:15 Captain Fantastic 18:15 Hunt for the Wilderpeople 18:00 The Girl On the Train 20:45 Hell or High Water 20:30 The Clan 20:30 Swiss Army Man MONDAY 10 OCTOBER MONDAY 24 OCTOBER MONDAY 7 NOVEMBER 18:00 Cafe Society 18:45 El Sur 18:15 Peeping Tom 20:15 Mulholland Drive 21:00 Hunt for the Wilderpeople 21:00 The Girl On the Train TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER TUESDAY 8 NOVEMBER 18:45 Hell or High Water 18:30 The Clan 18:30 The Girl On the Train 21:00 Captain Fantastic 21:00 The Beatles: 8 Days a Week 21:00 The Fencer WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER 18:30 Captain Fantastic 18:00 Stanford Prison Experiment 18:30 Run Lola Ru 21:00 Hell or High Water 21:00 Hunt for the Wilderpeople 21:00 Swiss Army Man THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER 12:30 Baby Club 12:30 Baby Club 12:30 Baby Club 16:15 Captain Fantastic 15:45 The Beatles: 8 Days a Week 16:15 The Girl On the Train 18:45 Hell or High Water 18:45 Hunt for the Wilderpeople 18:45 Swiss Army Man 21:00 Captain Fantastic 21:00 The Clan 21:00 The Girl On the Train

FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER 18:45 Kubo and the Two Strings 19:00 Little Men 18:30 Fear Eats the Soul 21:00 Bridget Jones’s Baby 21:00 Miss Peregrine’s Home... 21:00 American Honey SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER 16:00 Kubo and the Two Strings 16:15 Miss Peregrine’s Home... 15:15 The Girl On the Train 18:15 Bridget Jones’s Baby 19:00 Little Men 17:45 American Honey 21:00 Anthropoid 21:00 Rocky Horror Picture Show 21:00 SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER 15:15 The Man Who Fell to Earth 15:45 The Lovers and the Despot 14:30 The First Monday in May 18:15 Kubo and the Two Strings 18:00 Miss Peregrine’s Home... 16:30 Pulp Fiction 20:30 Bridget Jones’s Baby 20:45 Little Men 20:00 American Honey MONDAY 17 OCTOBER MONDAY 31 OCTOBER MONDAY 14 NOVEMBER 18:00 The Man Who Fell to Earth 18:45 Young Frankenstein 18:00 American Honey 21:00 Anthropoid 21:00 Little Men 21:15 The Girl On the Train TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER TUESDAY 1 NOVEMBER TUESDAY 15 NOVEMBER 18:15 Bridget Jones’s Baby 18:15 Miss Peregrine’s Home... 18:30 Mousehunt - Tim Robey 21:00 Kubo and the Two Strings 21:00 The Lovers and the Despot 21:00 My Scientology Movie WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER WEDNESDAY 2 NOVEMBER WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER 17:45 Closed (private function) 18:15 Tharlo 18:15 My Scientology Movie 21:00 Bridget Jones’s Baby 21:00 Little Men 20:30 American Honey THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER THURSDAY 17 NOVEMBER 15:30 Bridget Jones’s Baby 16:15 Miss Peregrine’s Home... 18:00 Nil By Mouth 18:15 The Confession 19:00 Little Men 21:15 The First Monday in May 21:00 Bridget Jones’s Baby 21:00 Miss Peregrine’s Home...

WED 16 & THU 17 OCTOBER SUBTITLED SCREENINGS BABY CLUB Into Film Festival Early Tuesday evenings when possible. Every other Thursday. The free annual celebration Just for parents with babies. of flm and education. 11/10 Hell or High Water 13/10 Café Society Book tickets for Mustang and Kiki’s 18/10 Bridget Jones’s Baby Delivery Service at 01/11 Miss Peregrine’s Home... 27/10 Hunt for the Wilderpeople www.intoflm.org/events/festival 08/11 The Girl on the Train 10/11 The Girl On the Train

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