NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2018 NOVEMBER - DECEMBER RACHEL WEISZ + RACHEL MCADAMS IN DISOBEDIENCE ISSUE 71 HHHHH FINANCIAL TIMES “A PERFECTLY CUT DIAMOND OF A MOVIE” VARIETY IN CINEMAS JANUARY 1 CONTENTS STORIES LIVE FOREVER PEOPLE DON’T CINEMAS 6 MEMBERSHIP 8 WELCOME CURZON ON DEMAND 12 CURZON SELECTOR 14 As the dark nights draw in, join us to see out what has been a terrific year in film. We have a programme of awards prospects, A NETFLIX FILM BERTHA DOCHOUSE 16 family favourites, exciting exclusives and some of the world’s NEW RELEASES 18 greatest directors lighting up Curzon cinema screens. EVENTS 42 From the glitz of the London Film Festival’s opening night film, Widows sees Steve McQueen follow up the Oscar- FEATURES 48 winningsuccess of 12 Years A Slave with an explosive modern thriller that transposes Lynda La Plante’s 1980s crime series to a Chicago blighted by political corruption and violent Editor crime. It’s a celebration of the women usually wallpapered Ian Haydn Smith into the background of mainstream genre movies, with Viola Designer Davis leading a cast of bank robbers’ wives whose shared Hannah Attwell circumstances force them to embark on their deceased Contributors husbands’ next job. Kate Gerova | Wendy Ide | Other LFF festival galas on release include Mike Leigh’s Irene Musumeci | Philip Kemp timely Peterloo, the dramatic retelling of the infamous 1819 democratic protest on St Peter’s Field, Manchester, which curzon.cinemas came under brutal attack from armed militia. There’s also CurzonCinemas Alfonso Cuaron’s (Gravity) Venice Golden Lion-winner Roma and the Coen Brothers’ anthology Western, The Ballad Of curzon.cinemas Buster Scruggs. Delve deep into a wealth of new films featuring award- winning talent, available in our cinemas and on Curzon Home Operated by CURZON CINEMAS Cinema. They include Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack 2nd Floor, 20-22 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LR Built and Sebastián Lelio’s (A Fantastic Woman) Disobedience, Participant in the Europa Cinemas/ starring the Rachels, Weisz and McAdams, in a searing drama European Union Media Programme of forbidden attraction. Must-see titles also include Luca At the time of going to print every Call Me By Your Name Guadagnino’s Suspiria and Koreeda effort was made to ensure the information contained in this Hirokazu’s Cannes Palme d’Or-winner Shoplifters. programme was correct. However, There’s plenty for the family too. November sees J.K. Rowling where circumstances dictate, we reserve the right to make changes. return with Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald. CURZON CINEMAS Limited 1934. And there are two big budget Disney productions. The Nutcracker Registered in London: and the Four Realms is a reimagining of the story that inspired Company no:283280. Est.1934. 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And prices Victoria Wimbledon start from only £40. See page 22 for synopsis Our standard member benefits are: THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS TBC 4 FREE TICKETS Date: Sat 10 Nov | 11:00 Where: Soho Date: Sun 11 Nov | 11:00 DISCOUNTED TICKETS Where: Aldgate Canterbury Colchester Mayfair NO BOOKING FEES Sheffield DISCOUNTED FOOD + DRINK Date: Mon 12 Nov | 20:30 Where: Knutsford I, Anna 2012 See page 23 for synopsis 15% OFF CURZON ON DEMAND SHOPLIFTERS TBC PREVIEWS + PRIORITY CURZON12 Date: Sat 17 Nov | 11:00 BOOKINGS Where: Mayfair Ripon Wimbledon AND MUCH MORE….. This winter we bring more handpicked films to your members’ Date: Sun 18 Nov | 11:00 curated streaming service. Themes draw on city life, thrillers Where: Aldgate Canterbury Colchester and romance, starring Curzon favourites Charlotte Rampling, See page 24 for synopsis CURZON.COM/MEMBERSHIP Rachel Wiesz, Toni Servillo and many others. ’Tis the season to try Curzon12! STUDENT FILM FANS! You can now sign up for FREE START STREAMING cinema membership. Join Curzon Student at your If you’re a Curzon cinema member and you’ve collected local venue or online at your card, you can access all the titles on Curzon12 for free by adding your membership number to your CURZON.COM/STUDENT Shoplifters, 2018 Curzon Home Cinema account. The collection of 12 films refreshes on the 12th of every month. LOOKING FOR A FESTIVE TREAT FOR FILM LOVERS? WE HAVE GIFT CARDS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE Find out more at CURZONCINEMAS.COM/CURZON12 IN OUR CINEMAS WHICH CAN BE USED TOWARDS MEMBERSHIPS & ALSO TICKETS, FOOD & DRINK MEMBERS 9 A NETFLIX FILM ##### “EXTRAORDINARY. THE KIND OF FILM YOU DON’T FORGET” ROBBIE COLLIN - THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ##### “OUTSTANDING. From Academy Award® Winner Alfonso Cuarón, Director of ’Gravity’ &’Children of Men’ A COMPLETE TRIUMPH” PETER BRADSHAW - THE GUARDIAN WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ALFONSO CUARÓN IN SELECT CINEMAS AND ON THIS DECEMBER ROMA_CURZONMAGAZINE_DPS_Single.indd 1 11/10/2018 16:41 ROMA_CURZONMAGAZINE_DPS_Single.indd 2 11/10/2018 16:41 ON DEMAND IN CINEMAS. ON DEMAND Films that appear on Curzon Home Cinema the same day that they are released in cinemas – allowing you to watch RECOMMENDED them your way. THE WORKSHOP 16 NOV THE ESCAPE 23 NOV Laurent Cantet, the director of the Cannes-winning The Class, Gemma Arterton excels as directs this compelling drama. Co-written with his regular Tara, a mother of two screenwriter and director of 120 BPM, it tells the story of the desperate to find happiness dynamic between a novelist and her students in Marseilles, in her life. Her husband developing into a finely-tuned psychological drama. Mark (Dominic Cooper) sees nothing wrong with their life, ALSO ON DEMAND: which only adds to the sense DISOBEDIENCE 30 NOV | See page 28 for synopsis of claustrophobia Tara feels. COMING SOON: RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA 26 NOV BOOM FOR REAL 26 NOV MATANGI/MAYA/M.I.A. 10 DEC THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST 28 DEC THE CHILDREN ACT 7 JAN The House That Jack Built, 2018 THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT Director: Lars von Trier The Workshop, 2018 Starring: Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Sofie Gråbøl, Riley Keough, Jeremy Davies DISCOVER Gems not to be missed The controversial director of Breaking the Waves, The Idiots, Antichrist and Melancholia has never been one to shy away COLUMBUS 19 NOV from the darker aspects of humanity. He returns with a disturbing journey into the mind of a serial killer. Matt Dillon Jin (John Cho) is forced to return to the US from South Korea is mesmerising as the titular killer and with Von Trier he offers when his architect father is hospitalised whilst on a visit to up a chilling portrait and all too real portrait. Columbus. Wandering the city Jin encounters Casey (Haley Lu Rich) and together they embark on a tour of its architectural monuments. Kogonada’s indie explores the way we interact with the world that surrounds us. 14 DECEMBER ON CURZONHOMECINEMA.COM The Escape, 2017 ON DEMAND 13 CURZON SELECTOR MEMBERS OF THE CURZON TEAM PICK THEIR FAVOURITES FROM THE UPCOMING RELEASES THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR THE BALLAD OF BUSTER REALMS TBC SCRUGGS TBC Disney have channelled E.T.A. Hoffman’s Originally starting out as the Coen brothers’ The Nutcracker and the Mouse King and first attempt at a series, it soon became Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet for this fantasy clear that the themes of each individual adventure. It’s directed by seasoned veterans story made a powerful whole. So here are Lasse Hallström (Chocolat) and Joe Johnston six vignettes, each imbued with the (Jumanji). And if that’s not enough to tempt iconography of the Western and exploring you, it features Keira Knightley as Sugar Plum lives on the precipice of existence. And the Fairy, Helen Mirren as Mother Ginger and filmmakers’ trademark jet-black humour is Jack Whitehall as Harlequin. ever-present. See page 18 See page 23 ASSASSINATION NATION 18 The ultimate cautionary fable for the social media age finds a town descending into medieval-era carnage when a hacker exposes their fellow citizens’ data.