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home box office mcr. 0161 200 1500 org home film . apr– may The Breadwinner, 2017 NEW RELEASES Event 120 BPM (15) WONDERSTRUCK (PG) MY GOLDEN DAYS (15) WESTERN (CTBA) MARLINA THE MURDERER IN LET THE SUNSHINE IN (15) (120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE) (TROIS SOUVENIRS DE MA FOUR ACTS (15) (UN BEAU SOLEIL INTÉRIEUR) From Fri 6 Apr JEUNESSE) From Fri 13 Apr From Fri 6 Apr Dir Todd Haynes/US 2017/116 mins Dir Valeska Grisebach/DE BG AT 2017/119 mins/ From Fri 13 Apr From Fri 20 Apr Dir Robin Campillo/FR 2017/143 mins/French wEng ST Oakes Fegley, Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, From Fri 6 Apr German, Bulgarian and English with partial EngST Dir Mouly Surya/ID FR MY TH 2017/93 mins/ Dir Claire Denis/FR BE 2017/95 mins/French wEng ST Millicent Simmonds Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel Dir Arnaud Desplechin/FR 2015/124 mins/French Indonesian wEng ST Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, Philippe Katerine Alilov Letifov In the early 90s, with AIDS having Based on Brian Selznick’s acclaimed wEng ST Egy Fedly, Dea Panendra, Yoga Pratama Adapted from Roland Barthes’ A Cultural difference, masculine already claimed countless lives for novel, Wonderstruck is the tale of two Quentin Dolmaire, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Mathieu Powerful, provocative, and visually Lover’s Discourse, the latest film from Amalric bravado, and national pride lead to nearly a decade, activist group ACT UP children, Ben and Rose whose desire stunning, this is a luminous new entry Claire Denis is a characteristically My Golden Days follows Paul Dédalus high tensions in the latest work from takes their actions to another level in for better lives sets them on a journey in the feminist western subgenre. intelligent and sensuous affair. Juliette as he returns from a posting in Valeska Grisebach (Longing), about a order to fight general indifference. This of self-discovery. This latest film from Mouly Surya’s accomplished Binoche gives her best performance for Tajikistan and looks back over the group of German construction workers is a potent portrait of resistance fuelled Todd Haynes (Carol) is an intelligent, third feature is one of a kind: a some time, playing a divorced single years of his youth. A film of great wit labouring in the Bulgarian countryside. by powerful performances and an engrossing work with appeal to all contemporary reworking of the parent artist looking for true love in and insight that recalls the nouvelle incredible sense of time and place. ages. spaghetti western and smouldering contemporary Paris. vague’s exploration of young love. revenge movie deeply rooted in the Event/ The 17:40 screening on Tue 10 cultural and geopolitical landscapes of Apr will be introduced by Dr Monica Indonesia. Pearl, Lecturer in 20th Century American Literature at the University of Manchester. Event GHOST STORIES (15) From Fri 6 Apr Dirs Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman/GB 2017/98 mins Alex Lawther, Martin Freeman, Andy Nyman A classy and chilling horror ANTONIO LOPEZ 1970: SEX compendium from Nyman and The CUSTODY (15) FASHION & DISCO (CTBA) League of Gentleman’s Jeremy (JUSQU’À LA GARDE) Dyson, this is an incredibly cine- From Fri 6 Apr From Fri 20 Apr Dir James Crump/US 2017/90 mins literate work (think Dead of Night Dir Xavier Legrand/FR 2017/94 mins/French wEng ST An intimate portrait of Antonio Lopez, meets Tales of the Unexpected) that Léa Drucker, Denis Ménochet, Thomas Gioria manages to be chilling, atmospheric the most influential fashion illustrator FUNNY COW (15) French director Xavier Legrand’s debut of the 1970s. Featuring interviews with and hugely entertaining. feature is an explosive family drama Grace Coddington, Jessica Lange, Bill From Fri 20 Apr that is as gripping as it is authentic. Event/ We will be joined by co- Cunningham and many more, the film Dir Adrian Shergold/GB 2017/103 mins The story of a custody battle between director Jeremy Dyson for a Q&A Maxine Peake, Christine Bottomley, Stephen Graham follows Antonio’s rise to fame at a Miriam and Antoine, the film, driven following the screening on Mon 9 time when fashion designers and their Set against the backdrop of working by riveting performances, effectively Apr at 18:10. entourages became the rock stars. men’s clubs and the stand-up comedy conveys the horrors of the home and circuit in the North of England, Funny an unfolding domestic nightmare. Cow charts the rise to stardom of a stand-up comedienne in an all-male world during the 1970s and 1980s. Maxine Peake is incredible in the central role. 2 3 Event Event THE WOUND (15) (INXEBA) From Fri 27 Apr Dir John Trengove/ZA DE NL FR 2017/88 mins/ Xhosa, Afrikaans and English with partial EngST BEAST (CTBA) Nakhane Touré, Bongile Mantsai, Niza Jay THE YOUNG KARL MARX (CTBA) LEAN ON PETE (15) MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER The Wound is an exploration of (LE JEUNE KARL MARX) (CTBA) From Fri 27 Apr tradition and sexuality set amid From Fri 4 May (MEARI TO MAJO NO HANA) Dir Michael Pearce/GB 2017/107 mins Dir Andrew Haigh/GB 2017/122 mins South Africa’s Xhosa culture. From Fri 4 May Johnny Flynn, Jessie Buckley, Geraldine James Dir Raoul Peck/FR BE DE 2017/118 mins/German, Travis Fimmel, Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny Every year the tribe’s young men From Fri 4 May Anchored by a fierce performance French and English with partial EngST Andrew Haigh directs a modern-day Dir Hiromasa Yonebayashi/JP 2017/102 mins participate in an ancient coming- by Jessie Buckley as the troubled August Diehl, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps western about a 15-year-old lost of-age ritual, which also becomes Hiromasa Yonebayashi – whose Moll, this is a brooding thriller that Fresh from the success of his James soul who hooks up with a pair of an opportunity for exploration of work for Studio Ghibli included the asks what it means to love someone Baldwin documentary, I Am Not Your itinerant horse trainers and develops a queer identity within this masculine beloved Arriety – continues his fine not in spite of, but because of, their Negro, Haitian-born director Raoul Peck powerful bond with an ailing racehorse. environment. form with the recently formed Studio imperfections. Pearce is most certainly tackles the early days of the friendship Evocative of Kelly Reichardt’s Wendy Ponoc. Based on the novel The Little a talent to watch. between Karl Marx and Friedrich and Lucy, it features a fine, naturalistic Broomstick by British author Mary Event/ We will be joined by director Engels as they struggle to establish John Trengove for a Q&A following performance from Charlie Plummer. Stewart, this is a sublime animated Event/ We will be joined by director the Communist Party and complete the the screening on Mon 30 Apr at 18:10. adventure that is full of charm and Michael Pearce for a Q&A following the Communist Manifesto. Plus/ We will be screening the BAFTA innovation. screening on Sun 29 Apr, 20:25. winning short film Cowboy Dave with this film. This film will have a mix of Dubbed and Subtitled screenings, please see website for information. Event THE OLD DARK HOUSE (PG) From Fri 27 Apr Dir James Whale/US 1932/70 mins Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton Frankenstein director Whale turned J.B. Priestley’s novel Benighted into MANSFIELD 66/67 (CTBA) REDOUBTABLE (CTBA) THAT GOOD NIGHT (12A) a nerve-jangling tale that became From Fri 11 May From Fri 11 May From Fri 11 May the template for all spooky-house Dirs P. David Ebersole, Todd Hughes/US GB 2017/84 mins Dir Michel Hazanavicius/IT FR 2017/107 mins/ Dir Eric Styles/GB 2017/92 mins chillers to come. Stranded travellers Ann Magnuson, Richmond Arquette French, English and Italian with partial Eng ST John Hurt, Charles Dance, Sofia Helin stumble upon a strange old house 2017 marked the 50th anniversary Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, Bérénice Bejo This enthralling film is a wonderful and find themselves at the mercy of of the death of Jayne Mansfield in Paris 1967. Jean-Luc Godard, the tribute to the late John Hurt, who a highly eccentric and potentially a bizarre car accident. The makers leading filmmaker of his generation, is gives a characteristically riveting dangerous family. deliberately choose to put forward shooting La Chinoise with the woman performance in one of his final roles. many different, conflicting visions of he loves, Anne Wiazemsky, 20 years He plays Ralph, a once-famous writer Event/ The 18:15 screening on Tue 1 the ‘blonde bombshell’. Was Mansfield his junior. They are happy, attractive, who is terminally ill and wants to be May will be introduced by Dr Xavier a living cartoon, a camp character – or in love. They marry. But the film’s reconciled with his long-abandoned son Aldana Reyes, author of Horror was she very gifted actor? reception unleashes a profound self- Michael. Film and Affect (2016) and the examination in Jean-Luc. The events of forthcoming Gothic Cinema (2019). May ’68 will amplify this process, and the crisis that shakes the filmmaker. 4 5 Event THE BREADWINNER (12A) From Fri 25 May Dir Nora Twomey/IE 2017/93 mins Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Noorin Gulamgaus Equal parts thrilling and enchanting, The Breadwinner tells the story of ON CHESIL BEACH (CTBA) JEUNE FEMME (15) REVENGE (18) Parvana, an 11-year-old girl growing From Fri 18 May From Fri 18 May From Fri 18 May up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in Dir Dominic Cooke/GB 2017/110 mins Dir Léonor Serraille/FR 2017/98 mins/French wEng ST Dir Coralie Fargeat/FR 2017/108 mins/French and 2001.