Programme 7 October – 17 November 2016
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INDEPENDENT CINEMA COWLEY ROAD, OXFORD • WWW. UPPCINEMA. COM 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, Steve Zahn. 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, Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gil Birmingham. Two Texan outlaws commit a series of bank robberies to save their family business. British director David Mackenzie and screenwriter Taylor Sheridan (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. Woody Allen. USA 2016. 1h 36m. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, 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, Patrick Dempsey, 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, Rooney Mara. 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. Taika Waititi. 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. Tim Burton. 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 Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Allison Janney, 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. Andrea Arnold. UK/USA, 2016. 2h 44m. Starring Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough, 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 Cannes Film Festival. My Scientology Movie (15) Dir. John Dower. UK, 2015. 1h 39m. Starring Louis Theroux, Rob Alter, Stacia Roybal, Andrew Perez. Louis Theroux investigates the fascinating world of the Church of Scientology and their bullish controversial leader David Miscavige. 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, John Galliano, 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. David Lynch. USA, 2001. 2h Dir. Nicolas Roeg. UK, 1976. Dir. Victor Erice. Spain, 1983. 1h 26m. Starring Naomi Watts, 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 Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick. Young Frankenstein (PG) Dir. Mel Brooks. USA, 1974. Starring Gene Wilder, Saturday 29 Oct Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn. Monday 31 Oct CRITICS FORTNIGHT We invited six national critics to select a flm that was particularly infuential in their career journey.