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Our Green HOME                                                                                                                    Page 3 Interview:
At HOME we know that securing
a creative green future takes an
enormous commitment. That’s why
                                          impact of our expanding digital world
                                          whilst attempting to subvert the
                                          might of New York’s Stock Exchange.
                                                                                        sustainability in the arts and cultural
                                                                                        industries and we’re committed to
                                                                                        Greater Manchester’s Zero Carbon
                                                                                                                                  Anna Smith
                                                                                                                                  As our Celebrating Women in Global Cinema programme continues so do our interviews with inspiring
our green journey began over a            This selection reveals the bearing of         2038 ambitions. This is an enormous       women from the film industry.
decade ago!                               climate crisis upon every aspect of           and daunting target, but we have a        homemcr.org/women-at-home
We’re proud to be the world’s first       our lives – from the food that we eat,        responsibility to act, together. We
                                          to nurturing the biodiversity of our          invite you to come on this journey        We caught up with Film critic and broadcaster Anna Smith ahead of her next Girls on Film live podcast recording here at
arts venue to train all our staff in
                                          planet, the securing of peaceful global       with us.                                  HOME (see p11). Anna hosts Q&As with film stars in cinemas all over the UK and is also Chair of the London Film Critics’
Carbon Literacy, and we’re sharing
                                          partnerships, and the implications of                                                   Circle and a regular critic for BBC News, Sky News, BBC Radio, Metro, The Guardian, Sight & Sound and more. Before
that learning with other organisations                                                  Find out more, visit www.homemcr.
                                          an economics of greed.                                                                  specialising in film, Anna was the launch editor of Wax, making her the first woman ever to edit a dance music magazine in
too. We each have our part to play in                                                   org/green
                                                                                                                                  the UK. She has dedicated herself to film criticism since 2000. Follow @annasmithjourno on Twitter.
making a difference.                      Showcasing climate-conscious art              Alison Criddle, Projects and
Our Film team put their Carbon            creates a space where difficult               Sustainability Coordinator                Q: Tell us about why you started Girls Q: And your top Bechdel Test passes? Q: When you’re not at work, where
Literacy commitments straight into        conversations are made possible. By
                                                                                                                                     on Film?                              A: Off the top of my head, 9 to 5 is          are you most likely to be found?
action - sharing their knowledge          considering the stories told on our
                                          stages and the materials used, we                                                       A: For decades, I’ve been dreaming          a real winner – women learn to         A: As a happy freelancer I’m often at
with industry networks and selecting
                                          can understand what work needs                                                             of a show featuring women talking        collaborate, share their problems          work; thinking about movies if I’m
the best climate-conscious films for
                                          to be done to make planet-positive                                                         to women about film – now the            and their pleasures and learn not to       not watching them. But I do love
our screens. We’ve got some great
                                          choices. Right now, we’re on a four-                                                       world finally seems ready! There’s       judge each other. And it’s hilarious!      a long walk to a nice pub on a
titles lined up, from documentary
                                          year energy reduction programme,                                                           been an increasing amount of press       I also really love the conversations       sunny day. Oh, and music festivals,
Sharkwater: Extinction exposing
                                          we’re greening our supply chains                                                           about the fact that the majority         in Secrets & Lies between Brenda           karaoke, fancy dress parties, or a
illegal shark fin fishing, to Five
                                          and we’ve pledged to become no                                                             of critics are men. Many of these        Blethyn’s character and both her           combination of all three. There you
Seasons’ beautiful immersion into
                                          single-use plastic by 2020. Our four                                                       men are terrific critics, but the        daughters - painful, bittersweet,          go, I do have a life.
the ideas of landscape designer Piet
                                          staff apiarists are busy caring for our                                                    gender imbalance doesn’t seem            beautifully-judged.
Oudolf. Natalie Portman co-produces
                                          two-rooftop honeybee hives too! We’re                                                      helpful to women and girls trying     Q: What can Manchester audiences
and stars in Christopher Quinn’s                                                                                                                                                                                      Celebrating Women in Global Cinema is
                                          delighted to have been awarded 4                                                           to decide what to watch – nor does       expect from Girls on Film Live?
adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s                                                                                                                                                                                  co-curated by Rachel Hayward, HOME’s
                                          stars in Julie’s Bicycle’s Creative Green                                                  it necessarily serve the female
Eating Animals, and The Hummingbird
                                                                                                                                     filmmakers struggling to be seen.     A: Excellent new film recommendations, Head of Film and Andy Willis, Senior
Project tackles the environmental         certification scheme for environmental                                                                                              thought-provoking angles on classic     Visiting Curator: Film and Professor of
                                                                                                                                     As Chair of The London Film Critics’
                                                                                                                                                                              movies,  entertaining  feminist rants,  Film Studies, School of Arts and Media
                                                                                                                                     Circle, I’m lucky enough to know lots
                                                                                                                                                                              audience question time and lots of      at University of Salford.
                                                                                                                                     of amazing female critics - and I’m
                                                                                                                                     also lucky to have the support of a      laughter.
                                                                                                                                     talented, passionate female team for
                                                                                                                                     Girls On Film – Executive Producer
                                                                                                                                     Hedda Archbold and audio producer
                                                                                                                                     Jane Long. It’s exciting working with
                                                                                                                                     such a dedicated team in these
                                                                                                                                     changing times. And I’m delighted
                                                                                                                                     that we have fabulous listeners of
                                 The Hummingbird                              Sharkwater:                                            both sexes.
                                   Project, 2018.                           Extinction, 2018.
                                      See p5                                    See p 12                                          Q: What are some of your favourite
                                                                                                                                     films directed by women?
                                                                                                                                  A: Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold, We
                                                                                                                                     Need To Talk About Kevin by Lynne
                                                                                                                                     Ramsay, The Falling by Carol Morley,
                                                                                                                                     The Piano by Jane Campion, Leave
                                                                                                                                     No Trace by Debra Granik.

                                                                                                 Five Seasons: The
             Eating Animals,                                                                      Gardens of Piet
                                                       HOME’s rooftop
             2017. See p5                                                                          Oudolf, 2018.
                                                       beehives, 2019
                                                                                                       See p5

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NEW RELEASES
        Preview + Satellite Event

                                                                                                                                                We The Animals (15)                                 Prophecy (CTBA)                                Tucked (15)
                                                                                                                                                From Fri 14 Jun                                     From Fri 14 Jun                                From Fri 14 Jun
                                                                                                                                                Dir Jeremiah Zagar/US 2018/94 mins                  Dir Charlie Paul/US GB 2019/82 mins            Dir Jamie Patterson/US 2018/78 mins
                                                                                                                                                Sheila Vand, Raúl Castillo, Evan Rosado             Intimate and revealing, Prophecy offers        Derren Nesbitt, Jordan Stephens, April Pearson
Liam Gallagher: As It Was (15)               Dirty God (CTBA)                                  Gloria Bell (15)                                 Documentarian Jeremiah Zagar moves                  an unprecedented insight into the mind         Gender non-conforming Jackie is an
                                                                                                                                                into narrative features with this fluid,            of an artist as he works on creating a         80-year-old drag queen with an acerbic
From Fri 7 Jun                               From Fri 7 Jun                                    From Fri 7 Jun
Dir Charlie Lightening/GB 2019/85 mins       Dir Sacha Polak/NL GB BE IE 2019/104              Dir Sebastián Lelio/CL US 2018/102 mins
                                                                                                                                                dream-like adaptation of Justin Torres’             masterpiece. Beginning with a blank            nightclub comedy act. Young non-
                                             mins                                              Julianne Moore, Sean Astin, Jeanne Tripplehorn   autobiographical novel about a mixed-               canvas, the film follows acclaimed             binary performer Faith appears in the
Featuring interviews with friends,
                                             Vicky Knight, Eliza Brady-Girard, Rebecca Stone                                                    race family with three inseparable                  artist Peter Howson on a journey that          dressing room and Jackie must show
family and collaborators, this new                                                             Director Sebastian Lelio remakes his
                                             After a horrific acid attack at the                                                                young sons in upstate New York.                     showcases his dark sense of humour as          them the ropes. Despite demographic
documentary follows Liam Gallagher’s                                                           own 2013 hit Gloria. Gloria is a free-
                                             hands of her ex-boyfriend, Jade is                                                                 Zagar’s heartbreaking film explores the             well as his immense talent.                    differences, they realise how much
journey from Oasis front man to                                                                spirited divorcée who meets Arnold
                                             discharged from hospital. The doctors                                                              animalism of young children alongside                                                              they have in common in this feel-good,
solo star. A tale of legal, family and                                                         on a night out and finds herself thrust
                                             are happy with her physical progress,                                                              that of violent, warring adults.                                                                   Brighton-based comedy.
personal battles, the film also looks at                                                       into an unexpected new romance, filled
Liam’s emergence from the shadow of          but Jade is still learning to cope with           with both the joys of budding love and
his brother Noel.                            the trauma of the incident and the                the complications of dating, identity,
                                             visible scars.                                    and family.
Event/ Join us for the World Premiere of
the film on Thu 6 Jun, 19:30 followed by
a satellite broadcast of an exclusive live
encore performance.

                                                                                                              Preview + Event

Late Night (15)                              Halston (12A)                                     Diego Maradona (CTBA)                            The Hummingbird Project (15)                        Five Seasons: The Gardens of                   Eating Animals (CTBA)
From Fri 7 Jun                               From Fri 7 Jun                                    From Fri 14 Jun                                  From Fri 21 Jun
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Piet Oudolf (CTBA)                             From Fri 21 Jun
Dir Nisha Ganatra/US 2019/102 mins           Dir Frédéric Tcheng/US 2019/105 mins              Dir Asif Kapadia/GB 2019/120 mins                Dir Kim Nguyen/US 2018/110 mins                     From Fri 21 Jun                                Dir Christopher Dillon Quinn/GB IN DE CN US
Emma Thompson, Megalyn Echikunwoke,          Liza Minnelli, Marisa Berenson, Joel Schumacher                                                                                                                                                       2017/94 mins
                                                                                               The third film from the Academy Award            Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Salma Hayek   Dir Thomas Piper/US 2018/75 mins/English and
John Lithgow
                                             Halston captures the epic sweep                   and BAFTA-winning team behind Senna              In the hopes of striking it rich, two               Dutch with partial EngST                       Based on the bestselling book by
Katherine Newbury is a pioneer and           of the life and times of legendary                and Amy, Kapadia’s Diego Maradona                cousins try to build a four-inch-wide               After completing a documentary                 Jonathan Safran Foer, this is an urgent,
legendary host on the late-night talk-       designer Roy Halston Frowick, the                 is constructed from over 500 hours               tunnel from Kansas to New Jersey that               on New York’s High Line, filmmaker             eye-opening look at the environmental,
show circuit. When she’s accused of          man who wanted to ‘dress all of                   of never-before-seen footage from                will give them a one-millisecond edge               Thomas Piper met the inspirational             economic, and public health
being a ‘woman who hates women’ she          America’. The film expertly weaves                Maradona’s personal archive.                     on transactions at the New York Stock               designer and plantsman Piet Oudolf,            consequences of factory farming. The
puts affirmative action on the to-do         rare archival footage and intimate                                                                 Exchange. This is an environmentally                and the idea for a new project was             film offers attainable solutions to a
list, and – presto! – Molly is hired as      interviews with Halston’s friends,                Event/ On Wed 5 Jun, 20:00 ahead of              conscious work that also deals with                 born. This documentary immerses                growing crisis while making the case
the one woman in Katherine’s all-male        family and collaborators, including Liza          the UK Premiere at Sheffield Doc Fest,           issues of class and power.                          viewers in Oudolf’s work and takes us          that ethical farming affects every
writers’ room.                               Minnelli.                                         HOME will be joined by director and                                                                  inside his creative process.                   aspect of our lives.
                                                                                               HOME patron Asif Kapadia for a Q&A
                                                                                               following a special preview screening of
                                                                                               the film.

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Preview + Event

Mari (CTBA)                                A Season in France (CTBA)                       Yesterday (CTBA)                                    Support the Girls (15)                           Ibiza: The Silent Movie (CTBA)                    Midsommar (CTBA)
From Fri 21 Jun                            (Une Saison en France)                          From Fri 28 Jun                                     From Fri 28 Jun                                  From Fri 5 Jul                                    From Fri 5 Jul
Dir Georgia Parris/GB 2018/94 mins         From Fri 21 Jun                                 Dir Danny Boyle/GB 2019/117 mins                    Dir Andrew Bujalski/US 2018/86 mins              Dir Julien Temple/GB 2019/90 mins                 Dir Ari Aster/GB SE 2019/Runtime TBA/LANG
Bobbi Jene Smith, Madeleine Worrall,       Dir Mahamat-Saleh Haroun/FR 2018/100 mins/      Himesh Patel, Ana de Armas, Lily James, Kate        Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson, Dylan Gelula   This unique and innovative project                Florence Pugh, Will Poulter, Jack Reynor
Phoebe Nicholls                                                                            McKinnon
                                           French wEngST                                                                                       Regina Hall stars as the hardworking             provides a compelling audiovisual                 A couple are travelling through Sweden
Charlotte, a successful dancer living in   Eriq Ebouaney, Sandrine Bonnaire, Aalayna Lys   Yesterday everyone knew The Beatles.                manager of Double Whammies, a                    journey into 2,000 years of Ibiza’s               to visit their friend’s rural hometown for
London returns to Dorset upon hearing      Mahamat-Saleh Haroun takes a dark               Today only Jack remembers their                     ‘sports bar with curves.’ She runs               bohemian soul. The film captures Julien           its fabled mid-summer festival. What
that her grandmother Mari is dying,        yet compassionate look at illegal               songs. From Academy Award®-winning                  the joint like a family, but over the            Temple’s iconic style and boasts a                begins as an idyllic retreat quickly
news that is followed by the discovery     immigrants struggling in Paris. Far             director and HOME-patron Danny                      course of one challenging day her                soundtrack curated by world renowned              devolves into an increasingly violent
that she herself is pregnant. Mari gets    from a picture-postcard journey the             Boyle, with screenwriter Richard Curtis,            incurable optimism is tested by sketchy          artist Fatboy Slim.                               and bizarre competition at the hands
under your skin to tell a nuanced story    film is something closer to a season in         comes a rock-n-roll comedy about                    employees, bad customers and an even                                                               of a pagan cult.
of one woman in a bold and dynamic         hell. Yet, as tough as it is, A Season in       music, dreams, friendship, and the long             worse boss.
way.                                       France is also warm and subtly heart-           and winding road that leads to the love
                                           breaking.                                       of your life.

                                                                                           Event/ On Wed 19 Jun, 20:00 we
                                                                                           will have a special preview screening
                                                                                           followed by a Q&A with director Danny
                                                                                           Boyle.

                                                         Preview + Event                                                                                            Event

Apollo 11 (U)                              In Fabric (CTBA)                                Amin (CTBA)                                         Vita and Virginia (12A)                          Don’t Look Now (15)                               Knife + Heart (18)
From Fri 28 Jun                            From Fri 28 Jun                                 From Fri 28 Jun                                     From Fri 5 Jul                                   From Fri 5 Jul                                    (Un couteau dans le coeur)
Dir Todd Douglas Miller/US 2019/93 mins    Dir Peter Strickland/GB 2018/118 mins           Dir Philippe Faucon/FR 2018/91 mins/French, Wolof   Dir Chanya Button/IE GB 2019/110 mins            Dir Nicolas Roeg/GB IT 1973/105 mins              From Fri 5 Jul
                                           Gwendoline Christie, Sidse Babett Knudsen,      wEngST                                              Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki,               Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie, Hilary Mason
Crafted from a newly discovered trove                                                                                                                                                                                                             Dir Yann Gonzalez/FR MX CH 2018/102 mins/
                                           Marianne Jean-Baptiste                          Moustapha Mbengue, Emmanuelle Devos, Mareme         Isabella Rossellini
of footage and more than 11,000 hours                                                      N’Diaye
                                                                                                                                                                                                Sutherland and Christie star in Roeg’s            French and Spanish wEngST

of uncatalogued audio recordings,          Menacing, macabre, genuinely erotic,                                                                Socialite Vita Sackville-West and                masterfully atmospheric adaptation of             Vanessa Paradis, Kate Moran, Nicolas Maury
                                           In Fabric is a haunting phantasmagoria          Amin works as a hired hand for a                    literary icon Virginia Woolf run in                                                                An arthouse slasher movie set in the
Apollo 11 takes us straight to the heart                                                                                                                                                        the novel by Daphne du Maurier about
                                           that follows the surge of misfortunes           building company based in a Paris                   different circles in 1920s London.                                                                 gay porn industry, Knife + Heart is
of NASA’s most celebrated mission –                                                                                                                                                             a grieving couple adrift in a wintry
                                           afflicting customers who come into              suburb and lives in a hostel that he                Despite the odds, the magnetic Vita                                                                steeped in playful references to earlier
the one that first put men on the moon,                                                                                                                                                         Venice following the death of their
                                           contact with a bewitched dress at an            shares with other African immigrants.               and the beguiling Virginia forge an                                                                films and filmmakers from Cruising to
and forever made Neil Armstrong and                                                                                                                                                             daughter. Beautifully restored, the film
                                           eerie department store.                         Amin meets Gabrielle, a middle-aged                 unconventional affair, set against                                                                 Argento.
Buzz Aldrin into household names.                                                                                                                                                               freshly inspires shock and awe.
                                                                                           French divorcée and as time passes, an              the backdrop of their own strikingly
                                           Sound is as important as image to
                                                                                           intimacy develops between the two.                  contemporary marriages, which
                                           Strickland so complementing the
                                           incredibly textured sound design is a                                                               inspired one of Woolf’s most iconic
                                           soundtrack by Cavern of Anti-Matter.                                                                novels, Orlando.

                                           Event/ On Mon 3 Jun, 17:50 we will have                                                             Plus/ The 18:00 screening on Mon 8 Jul
                                           a special preview screening followed by a                                                           will be introduced by Dr Monica Pearl,
                                           Q&A with director Peter Strickland.                                                                 Lecturer in 20th Century American
                                                                                                                                               Literature at the University of Manchester.

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The Dead Don’t Die (CTBA)                           Our Time (CTBA)                                Armstrong (CTBA)                            Never Look Away (CTBA)                              Varda by Agnès (CTBA)                     The Chambermaid
From Fri 12 Jul                                     (Nuestro Tiempo)                               From Fri 12 Jul
                                                                                                                                               (Werk ohne Autor)                                   From Fri 19 Jul                           (CTBA)
Dir Jim Jarmusch/SE US 2019/103 mins                From Fri 12 Jul                                Dir David Fairhead/US 2019/100 mins         From Fri 19 Jul                                     Dir Agnès Varda/FR 2018/115 mins/         (La camarista)
Adam Driver, Chloë Sevigny, Tilda Swinton                                                                                                                                                          French and English with partial EngST
                                                    Dir Carlos Reygadas/MX FR DE DK SE 2018/173    Dramatic, moving and insightful,            Dir Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck/DE IT                                                    From Fri 26 Jul
Jarmusch’s follow-up to Paterson is                 mins/Spanish wEngST                            Armstrong tells the definitive life story   2018/189 mins/German and Russian wEngST             Following the Academy Award-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Dir Lila Avilés/MX 2019/102 mins/Spanish wEngST
another foray into genre territory.                 Natalia López, Phil Burgers, Carlos Reygadas
                                                                                                   of Neil Armstrong: from his childhood       Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer           nominated Faces Places, the late          Gabriela Cartol, Teresa Sánchez
Featuring Tilda Swinton, Tom Waits,                 One of contemporary world cinema’s             in rural Ohio, through aerial combat in     Inspired by real events and spanning                great Agnès Varda returns with Varda
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Eve, a young chambermaid at a
Danny Glover, Iggy Pop and Bill Murray,             greatest visual poets, Reygadas turns          Korea, to his first steps on the Moon –     three eras of German history, Never                 by Agnès, a documentary that sheds
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             luxurious Mexico City hotel, confronts
it’s a Jarmuschian take on the zombie               the camera on himself in this tale of          and the unwanted celebrity status that      Look Away tells the story of a young                light on her experience as a director,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             the monotony of long workdays with
picture.                                            a marriage at breaking point. Real-life        ensued.                                     art student, Kurt who falls in love with            bringing a personal insight to what she
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             quiet examinations of forgotten
                                                    couple Reygadas and his wife Natalia                                                       fellow student, Ellie. Ellie’s father is            termed “cine-writing”.
                                                                                                   Released to celebrate the 50th                                                                                                            belongings and budding friendships.
                                                    play Juan and Esther, who live a                                                           dismayed at his daughter’s choice of
                                                                                                   anniversary of the moon landings.                                                                                                         Avilés’s striking debut employs a quasi-
                                                    peaceful yet unusual existence on a                                                        boyfriend, and vows to destroy the
                                                    Mexican cattle ranch.                                                                      relationship.                                                                                 documentary approach and offers a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             microcosm of contemporary Mexican
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             society.

                                                                                                                                                                                                     Parent & Baby

Only You (15)                                       Pavarotti (CTBA)                               Gwen (15)                                   Making Noise Quietly (CTBA)
From Fri 12 Jul                                     From Mon 15 Jul                                From Fri 19 Jul                             From Fri 26 Jul                                         Where Hands Touch, 2018
Dir Harry Wootliff/GB 2018/119 mins                 Dir Ron Howard/GB US 2019/114 mins             Dir William McGregor/GB 2018/84 mins        Dir Dominic Dromgoole/GB 2019/98 mins
Natalie Arle-Toyne, Isabelle Barth, Tam Dean Burn                                                  Maxine Peake, Richard Harrington, Eleanor   Trystan Gravelle, Deborah Findlay, Pauline McLynn
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Parents, grandparents and carers of     Where Hands Touch (12A)
                                                    Thanks to a partnership with Decca                                                                                                               babies aged up to 12 months can
                                                                                                   Worthington-Cox
Elena and Jake meet by chance on                    Records and through unique access                                                          Three stories of strangers meeting                                                            Thu 20 Jun, 11:00
                                                                                                   A mysterious – and suspicious – run of                                                            enjoy films in a relaxed environment
New Year’s Eve and start a passionate               to the Pavarotti family archives, home                                                     on the edge of war. A conscientious                                                           Dir Amma Asante/GB 2018/122 mins
                                                                                                   ill fortune plagues a teenage girl, her                                                           with their babies. The volume will be
relationship. Within weeks they are                 videos, behind-the-scenes footage and                                                      objector and a roaming artist find                                                            Amandla Stenberg, George Mackay, Abbie Cornish
                                                                                                   mother and sister on their hillside farm                                                          lowered and the lights will remain
living together, and not long after they            extensive live music footage, we see                                                       tenderness as the carnage of the                                                              Amandla Stenberg stars in director
                                                                                                   in this atmospheric and eerie, Wales-                                                             dimmed throughout the screening.
talk about starting a family. But, as               Pavarotti’s personal story emerge: from                                                    Second World War unfolds across the                                                           Amma Asante’s (A United Kingdom)
                                                                                                   set period piece from writer-director                                                             Films will begin at the advertised
the seasons pass, reality catches up                his humble beginnings in Northern Italy                                                    English Channel. A bereaved mother                                                            disquieting coming-of-age romance
                                                                                                   William McGregor.                                                                                 time without adverts or trailers.
with them.                                          through to global superstardom.                                                            struggles with bitterness and love in                                                         about a Black German teenager who
                                                                                                                                               recollecting her estranged son, lost in               Baby changing facilities are readily    falls in love with a member of the
                                                                                                                                               the Falklands. Deep in the Black Forest               available and our café bar team can     Hitler Youth.
                                                                                                     Maxine Peake will be joining us
                                                                                                                                               of Germany, an ageing holocaust                       provide high chairs and hot water for
                                                                                                     on Tue 11 Jun for our Girls on Film                                                                                                     Vita and Virginia
                                                                                                                                               survivor seeks to bring peace to                      bottles on request.
                                                                                                     Live Podcast recording. See p11 for
                                                                                                     details.                                  disturbed young boy and his equally                   Unfortunately we are unable to          Thu 25 Jul, 11:00
                                                                                                                                               wild stepfather.                                      admit children older than 12 months     See p7 for details.
                                                                                                                                                                                                     of age.
                                                                                                                                                                                                     homemcr.org/parent-and-baby

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one-off screenings
& events
Preview/ In Fabric (CTBA)                             A City Seen: Narratives
                                                                                                    Live Music Accompaniment
                                                                                                                                                                                              Pommel, 2018

Mon 3 Jun, 17:50
                                                      of Homelessness + Panel                                                                                                                BIFA Best British Shorts (CTBA)
Dir Peter Strickland/GB 2018/118 mins                 Discussion (CTBA)
                                                                                                                                                                                             Thu 13 Jun, 18:00
Gwendoline Christie, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Marianne
Jean-Baptiste                                         Thu 6 Jun, 18:20                                                                                                                       Tickets: Free (booking required)
See p6 for film details                               Tickets £1                                                                                                                             Dir Various/GB 2018/95 mins

                                                      A quarterly film night exploring the                                                                                                   Discover the next generation of
Event/ We will be joined by director                  creativity of our city’s most essential                                                                                                exciting British filmmakers through
                                                                                                                                                 Maxine Peake                                                                              Yesterday, 2019
Peter Strickland for a Q&A following this             groups. This event will showcase a                                                                                                     their ground-breaking early work,
special preview screening.                                                                           The Seashell and the Clergyman, 1928
                                                      series of one minute films created by                                                     Girls on Film – Live podcast                 presented by BIFA and Film Hub North         Preview/ Yesterday (CTBA) + Q&A
                                                      MMU students with homeless charities          The Seashell and the Clergyman              recording                                    supported by BFI NETWORK.
                                                      and organisations from across the city.       (CTBA) with a new soundtrack                                                                                                          Wed 19 Jun, 20:00
                                                                                                                                                                                             Thought-provoking, emotional and
                                                                                                                                                Tue 11 Jun, 19:00                                                                         Dir Danny Boyle/GB 2019/117 mins
                                                      Event/ Followed by a panel discussion
                                                                                                    performed live by In The                                                                 relevant, these bite-size movies have a      Himesh Patel, Ana de Armas, Lily James, Kate
                                                                                                                                                Is gender-flipping movie franchises a        lot to say and not much time to say it.
                                                      with film and charity representatives         Nursery                                                                                                                               McKinnon
                                                                                                                                                feminist move or a token gesture? Join       Join us for an evening of exploration,
                                                      exploring homelessness in our city and                                                                                                                                              See p6 for film details.
                                                                                                    Sun 9 Jun, 13:30                            in the conversation alongside special        film and, of course, post-show drinks
                                                      the role of creative activism as a tool for   Dir Germaine Dulac/FR 1928/42 mins          guests Maxine Peake, speaking about                                                       Event/ This special preview screening
                                                                                                                                                                                             and discussion.
                                                      change. homemcr.org/a-city-seen               Widely recognised as the first              her new film Gwen, The Observer’s                                                         will be followed by a Q&A with director
 Bent, 1997                                                                                                                                                                                  The best part? It’s entirely free. For the
                                                                                                    surrealist film, The Seashell               Wendy Ide and former Times critic                                                         Danny Boyle.
Bent (18)                                                                                                                                                                                    love of film, come!
                                                                                                    and the Clergyman is a complex,             Kate Muir.
Wed 5 Jun, 17:30                                                                                    controversial and multi-layered film                                                     Event/ This screening will be followed
Dir Sean Mathias/GB JP 1997/116 mins                                                                directed by Germaine Dulac, from an                                                      by a Q&A with the filmmakers of winning
Mick Jagger, Clive Owen, Ian McKellen                                                               original scenario by Antonin Artaud.                                                     film The Big Day.
To coincide with Ian McKellen On Stage                 Liam: As It Was, 2019
                                                                                                    The BBFC famously banned the film
in Theatre 1 we will be screening Sean                                                              stating “If there is a meaning, it is                                                    Pandora’s Box (CTBA) + Panel
Mathias’ boundary-defying Bent.                       Preview/ Liam Gallagher: As It                doubtless objectionable”. The BFI                                                        Discussion
Recounting the fate of three homosexual
                                                      Was (15) + Satellite Q&A                      included The Seashell and the Clergyman      Unquiet Graves, 2018
                                                                                                    on a list of 10 Great Feminist Films,                                                    Sat 15 Jun, 15:20                             Gazagraph, 2018
men during the rise of Nazism, the film               Thu 6 Jun, 19:30                                                                          Unquiet Graves (CTBA) + Q&A                  In the summer of 1977,
is a harrowing but inspirational tale of              Dir Charlie Lightening/GB 2019/85 mins
                                                                                                    describing it as ‘a visually imaginative                                                                                              The Past in the Present (PG) +
                                                                                                    critique of patriarchy – state and church   Wed 12 Jun, 20:30                            Granada Television broadcast
struggle against oppression.                          This film screens on release from Fri 7                                                                                                a lively late night all-female panel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Q&A
                                                                                                    – and of male sexuality.’                   Dir Sean A Murray/GB 2018/75 mins
Screening from a 35mm print.                          Jun. See p4 for film details.                                                                                                          show, entitled Pandora’s Box.
                                                                                                    Presented in partnership with Live          A documentary exposing Britain’s                                                          Mon 24 Jun, 17:50
                                                      Event/ Join us for the World Premiere         Cinema UK, supported by Film Hub            secret collaboration in the murders of       Presented by Joan Bakewell and               Palestinian filmmakers from different
                                                      followed by a satellite broadcast of an       North, proud to be part of the BFI          over 120 people on both sides of the         featuring an early career Victoria           locations – Jerusalem, the West Bank
                                                      exclusive live encore performance.            Audience Network.                           Irish border during the recent conflict.     Wood – who performed a song at               and Gaza – challenge the erasure
                                                                                                                                                Unquiet Graves recounts British              the end of each programme – the              of their histories through creatively
                                                                                                                                                involvement in a campaign aimed              series offered a space for women from        retracing and reflecting on different
                                                                                                    Move Film Festival (CTBA)                                                                different backgrounds and professions
                                                                                                                                                at terrorising the most vulnerable in                                                     aspects of Palestinian pasts. Part of the
                                                                                                    Mon 10 Jun                                  society.                                     to discuss frankly their experiences         Creative Interruptions Research Project
 Diego Maradona, 2019
                                                                                                                                                                                             of work, parenting, and the pressures        www.creativeinterruptions.com
                                                                                                    Programme 1 - 16:00                         Event/ We will be joined by Anne
Preview/ Diego Maradona (CTBA)                                                                      Programme 2 - 18:00
                                                                                                                                                                                             of appearance. For this event, two
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Films screening are:
                                                                                                                                                Cadwallader and Margaret Urwin from          of the episodes on ‘Work’ and ‘Dress’
Wed 5 Jun, 20:00                                      Filmed Up (CTBA)                              The Move Film Festival showcases            The Pat Finucane Centre for a Q&A            will be screened followed by a panel         The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929 (Dir
Dir Asif Kapadia/GB 2019/120 mins                                                                   emerging and innovative talent from         following this screening. Anne is the        discussion.                                  Mahasen Nasser-Eldin/20 mins)
                                                      Fri 7 Jun, 18:20
See p4 for details.                                                                                 Manchester School of Art. Join our          author of Lethal Allies: British Collusion
                                                      £5/£4.50                                                                                                                               Curated for Celebrating Women                Eight Years Later (Dir Salim Abu Jabal,
                                                                                                    premiere of short films from young,         in Ireland and Margaret is the author of
Event/ Ahead of the UK Premiere at                    Discover short films of all genre                                                                                                      in Global Cinema by Isabel Taube,            25 mins)
                                                                                                    distinct voices within our collective;      A State in Denial.
Sheffield Doc Fest, HOME will be joined               produced in our region and meet the                                                                                                    Researcher in History at Manchester          Gazagraph (Dir Yousef Nateel, 40 mins)
                                                                                                    Whether it’s narrative, artist moving
by director and HOME patron Asif                      filmmakers at our regular North West                                                      This event is supported by the Political     Metropolitan University.
                                                                                                    image or documentary, there’s                                                                                                         Event/ We will be joined by the directors
Kapadia for a Q&A following a special                 short film night screening.                   something for everyone.                     Studies Association and the University       This event will last approximately
preview screening of the film.                                                                                                                                                                                                            for a Q&A following this screening.
                                                      homemcr.org/filmedup                                                                      of Salford.                                  1 hour 30 mins.

10                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       11
seasons
Event/ Trans Creative at the                A Summer’s Tale, 1996                            Beth Gibbons: Henryk Górecki:
Movies (CTBA)                                                                                Symphony No 3 (Symphony of
Sun 30 Jun, 13:30                                                                            Sorrowful Songs) (U)
Tickets: £6 full / £5 concs                                                                  Thu 11 Jul, 18:30
Historically starved of                                                                      Dir Michał Merczyński/PL 2014/51 mins
cinematic content, transgender                                                               Following an invitation to collaborate
audiences have found inventive ways                                                          with The Polish National Symphony
to discover themselves on-screen.          Bigger than Life/ A Summer’s                      Orchestra, Beth Gibbons undertook
Zorian Clayton of Trans Creative and                                                         an intense preparation process. The
                                           Tale (U)
BFI Flare chairs a panel discussing                                                          elusive yet iconic front woman of one
these experiences, with speakers           (Conte d’été)
                                                                                             of the most important British bands
including Juno Roche, writer of Queer      Wed 3 Jul, 20:35                                  of the last two decades met and
Sex. The event includes a screening        Dir Éric Rohmer/FR 1996/114 mins/French wEngST    exceeded the challenge, as evidenced
of a selection of shorts fresh from BFI    Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet, Gwenaëlle Simon   by this triumphant concert film.                                                                                                       Island of the Hungry Ghosts, 2018
Flare.                                     Bigger Than Life curate special 35mm                                                                                                       Horizons Short Films, Photo Credit Iria CP   Island of the Hungry Ghosts
Part of Trans Vegas 2019, presented in     screenings of under-shown and                                                                                                       Horizons Festival Short Films                       (12A)
partnership with BFI Flare and supported   overlooked cinema.                                                                           Horizons                               curated by Lost Lands (CTBA) +                      Tue 18 Jun, 18:00
by Superbia at Manchester Pride.           A director highly attuned to the
                                           laidback rhythms of summer, French
                                                                                                                                        Festival                               Plus Discussion                                     Dir Gabrielle Brady/GB AU 2018/98 mins

                                           New Wave master Éric Rohmer’s 1996
                                           film follows Gaspard (Melvil Poupaud),
                                                                                                                                        Supporting                             Sat 15 Jun, 13:00                                   Home to few human inhabitants,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Christmas Island is famous for crab
                                                                                                                                                                               Lost Land is an international film
                                           a self-serious musician-type who finds             Sharkwater: Extinction, 2018              Refugee Week                           festival that showcase films about and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   migration but has a more troubling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   relationship with human migration, with
                                           himself with three competing romantic             Sharkwater: Extinction (12A)                                                      by refugees. Their Manchester Festival
                                           possibilities whilst whiling away his                                                        .                                      ran at Partisan Collective in November
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   its jungle hiding Australia’s biggest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   offshore refugee detention centre. The
 The Yukon Assignment, 2018                time on the beaches of Brittany.                  Mon 29 Jul, 20:40                                                                 2018. Here we are pleased to invite
                                                                                             Dir Rob Stewart/CA 2018/85 mins                                                                                                       only connection to the outside world
The Yukon Assignment (PG)                  The film will screen from a 35mm print.
                                                                                             Sharkwater: Extinction follows             Sat 15 – Fri 21                        them to curate a selection of short
                                                                                                                                                                               films my local and international film
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   for these asylum seekers is counsellor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Poh Lin Lee.
Mon 1 Jul, 18:20
Dir Chris Lucas/CA GB 2018/86 mins
                                           Event/ This screening will be
                                           introduced by Bigger Than Life
                                                                                             filmmaker Rob Stewart as he exposes
                                                                                             the massive illegal shark fin industry
                                                                                                                                        Jun                                    makers for Horizons Festival.

                                           curators, Tom Grieve and Jim Laycock.             and the political corruption behind        Community Arts North West and          Event/ This screening will be followed
British adventurer Chris Lucas and
                                                                                             it – a conspiracy that is leading to the   HOME invite you to Horizons Festival   by a panel discussion.
his father depend on each other for
                                                                                             global extinction of sharks.               2019. We will be celebrating with
survival as they canoe down one of
Canada’s most remote rivers. This is
                                                                                                                                        a full programme of theatre, film,     Travelling Heritage Bureau Film
                                                                                                                                        art, performance, workshops and        (CTBA) + Discussion
a breathtaking exploration of one of
                                                                                                                                        debate. Showcasing the work of the
the Earth’s last wildernesses and the                                                                                                                                          Sun 16 Jun, 14:30
                                                                                                                                        international arts community from
story of how adventure can bring us
                                                                                                                                        Manchester and across the UK. From     The Travelling Heritage Bureau is a
together, irrespective of age.
                                                                                                                                        Kinshasha to Tehran, Damascus to       co-research project and supportive
Nervous Translation (PG)                                                                                                                Lahore, THIS IS OUR UK, and everyone   network with and for international
                                            Vita and Virginia, 2019                                                                     is welcome.                            women artists including refugees,                                The Echoes of Pain of the Many, 2011
Tue 2 Jul, 18:20                                                                                                                                                               those seeking asylum and other
Dir Shireen Seno/PH 2018/91 mins/          Vita and Virginia (CTBA)                                                                     In support of the Lift The Ban                                                             The Echoes of Pain of the Many
                                                                                                                                                                               migrant women with direct experiences
Tagalog wEngST                                                                                                                          Campaign.                                                                                  (15) + Q&A
Jana Agoncillo, Angge Santos, Sid Lucero   Mon 8 Jul, 18:00                                                                                                                    of journeying or displacement, or
                                                                                                                                        homemcr.org/Horizons19                 migration heritage. This film documents
Based on the experiences of director
                                           Dir Chanya Button/IE GB 2019/110 mins                                                                                                                                                   Wed 19 Jun, 18:00
                                           Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki,                 Penny Slinger: Out Of The Shadows, 2017                                          the activities of the project and issues            Dir Ana Lucía Cuevas/GB US GT 2011/94 mins
Shireen Seno growing up as a shy           Isabella Rossellini
                                                                                                                                                                               of migration, art, archiving and cultural           In The Echoes of Pain of the Many we
child of the Filipino diaspora, Nervous    See p7 for details.                               Penny Slinger: Out of the                                                         institutions.                                       witness a moving, thought-provoking
Translation seeks to recapture an
                                                                                             Shadows (18)                                                                                                                          and rare documentary by a Latin
important period in Philippine history     Event/ This screening will be introduced                                                                                            Event/ Following the screening there
and draw connections to the present        by Dr Monica Pearl, Lecturer in 20th              Wed 31 Jul, 20:40                                                                                                                     American woman, recording her return
                                                                                                                                                                               will be a discussion addressing the
day through issues that are still very     Century American Literature at the                Dir Richard Kovitch/GB 2017/98 mins                                                                                                   from exile and into the still dangerous
                                                                                                                                                                               outcomes and findings of the project,
familiar to us.                            University of Manchester.                         Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows                                                                                                     and volatile political environment of
                                                                                                                                                                               revealing the next steps for the artists
                                                                                             is the incredible, untold story of the                                                                                                contemporary Guatemala.
                                                                                                                                                                               individually and collectively.
                                                                                             British artist Penny Slinger and the                                                                                                  Event/ We will be joined by the
                                                                                             traumatic events that led to the                                                  Supported by the National Lottery
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   director and members of the team for a
                                                                                             creation of her masterpiece, the 1977                                             Heritage Fund.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Q&A following this screening.
                                                                                             photo-romance, ‘An Exorcism’.                                                     www.travellingheritagebureau.com
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Of Flesh and                                                                                                                                     Nobody Knows, 2004

Blood: The
Early Cinema
of Hirokazu
Kore-eda                                                                                      After Life, 1998

.                                                        After Life (12A)
                                                         (Wandafuru raifu)

Sun 16 –                                                 Sat 22 Jun, 18:00
                                                         Dir Hirokazu Kore-eda/JP 1998/114 mins/Japanese wEngST

Sun 30 Jun                                               Arata, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima, Taketoshi Naitô
                                                         If you had to choose the single best
                                                                                                                                                                            Widow of Silence, 2018                                                                         The Lift Boy, 2018

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Widow of Silence (CTBA) + Q&A                       The Lift Boy (CTBA)
“I’m so entranced by what unfolds
in front of the camera. It seems
                                                         memory of your life, what would it be?                   Nobody Knows (12A)                                       South Asian
wonderfully out of my control” Hirokazu
                                                         Kore-eda poses the question in this
                                                         lyrical yet down-to-earth fantasy set in
                                                                                                                  Thu 27 Jun, 17:40                                        Film Festival                              Wed 26 Jun, 18:10
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Dir Praveen Morchhale/IN 2018/85 mins/Urdu wEngST
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Sat 29 Jun, 15:40
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Dir Jonathan Augustin/IN 2018/English and Hindi
Kore-eda
This selection of early works by Kore-
                                                         a posthumous limbo. In just one week,
                                                         the newly deceased must choose one
                                                                                                                  Dir Hirokazu Kore-eda/JP 2004/141 mins/Japanese wEngST
                                                                                                                  Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kumura                    Up North                                   Shilpa Marwaha, Ajay Chourey, Bilal Ahmad
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      In Kashmir, a Muslim half-widow finds
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          with partial EngST/107 mins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Moin Khan, Nyla Masood, Saagar Kale
                                                                                                                  Four children are left to fend for
eda celebrates the richness, diversity,
beauty and humanity of one of the
                                                         memory that will constitute their own
                                                         private heaven.
                                                                                                                  themselves in a Tokyo apartment,                         .                                          herself in dire straits. Unable to obtain
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      her missing husband’s death certificate
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A funny and heart-warming tale of a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          young man, struggling to complete his
foremost figures in contemporary world                                                                            with their well-being and survival                                                                  from the government, she must find the              studies who is forced to work in a posh
                                                         One Hour Intro/ Kore-eda
cinema.                                                                                                           dependant on the oldest son. Filmed
                                                                                                                  over the course of a year, Kore-eda’s                    Wed 26 – Sat                               strength to overcome this harrowing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      situation that threatens her future.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          apartment building in Mumbai as a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          lift boy when his bread-winning father
Presented in association with the BFI.
homemcr.org/Koreeda
                                                         Sun 23 Jun, 15:30
                                                         Tickets: £4 full / £3 concs
                                                                                                                  heartbreaking study of childhood
                                                                                                                  destroyed by neglect and societal
                                                                                                                                                                           29 Jun                                     Premiered at Rotterdam Film Festival.               falls ill.

                                                         2018’s Shoplifters has attracted a                                                                                The South Asian Film Festival Up                                                                Saturday Afternoon, 2019
                                                                                                                  indifference boasts superb naturalistic                                                             Event/ We will be joined by director
                                                         wider international audience for films                                                                            North returns to HOME for its second
                                                                                                                  performances.                                                                                       Praveen Morchhale for a Q&A following
                                                         by Hirokazu Kore-eda. But he has                                                                                  year. It features an entertaining
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      this screening.
                                                         been making fiction features for more
                                                                                                                   Hana, 2006                                              and thought-provoking line-up of
                                                         than 20 years. In this One Hour Intro,                                                                            independent films that offer a rare
                                                                                                                                                                           window into a billion South Asian lives    Satyajit Ray Short Film
                                                         Roy Stafford will explore Kore-eda’s
                                                                                                                                                                           in the sub-continent right now. The        Competition (15)
                                                         early films and how they relate to
                                                         contemporary concerns.                                                                                            festival is presented by the London
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Fri 28 Jun, 18:00
                                                                                                                                                                           Indian Film Festival in association with
                                                                                                                                                                           Not Just Bollywood.                        The festival’s annual Satyajit Ray Short
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Film Competition and Award is a rare
                                                                                                                                                                           homemcr.org/SAFF                           chance to see the works of talented,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      emerging filmmakers, who are exploring
                                                                                                                                                                            Look out for our third Not                themes of South Asian Experience. The
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Saturday Afternoon (15)
                                                                                                                                                                            Just Bollywood season this                competition’s final shortlist films will be
                                                                                                                                                                            September, screening classic              screened at the festival and the winner             Sat 29 Jun, 18:00
                                                                                                                                                                            and new titles from India’s               of the 2019 award is announced on the               Dir Mostofa Sarwar Farooki/BG DE IN 2019/86
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      festival’s Closing Night. In association            mins/ Bengali, English wEngST
                                                         Distance, 2001                                                                                                     independent film scene and                                                                    Parambrata Chatterjee, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Eyad
                                                                                                                  Hana (CTBA)                                                                                         with the Bagri Foundation.
                                     Maborosi, 1995      Distance (CTBA)                                                                                                    showcasing women in the                                                                       Hourani
                                                                                                                  (Hana yori mo naho)                                                                                 Films screening are:                                Winner of two jury awards at Moscow
                                                                                                                                                                            Indian film industry.
Maborosi (12A)                                           Sun 23 Jun, 17:00                                                                                                                                            Nooreh                                              International Film Festival Bangladeshi
(Maboroshi no hikari)                                    Dir Hirokazu Kore-eda/JP 2001/132 mins/Japanese          Sun 30 Jun, 17:50                                                                                   (Dir Ashsih Pandey, 22 mins, Urdu wEngST)           auteur Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (No
                                                         wEngST                                                   Dir Hirokazu Kore-eda/JP 2006/127 mins/Japanese wEngST
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alien Culture                                       Bed Of Roses) returns with this tense
Sun 16 Jun, 18:00                                        Arata Iura, Yûsuke Iseya, Susumu Terajima                Jun’ichi Okada, Rie Miyazawa, Arata Furuta                                                          (Dir Iesh Thapar, 16 mins)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          thriller shot in a single take where
Dir Hirokazu Kore-eda/JP 1995/109 mins/Japanese wEngST   Loosely inspired by the 1995 sarin                       A samurai is obliged by the warrior code                                                            These Silences Are All The Words
Makiko Esumi, Takashi Naito, Tadanobu Asano                                                                                                                                                                                                                               terrorists take over an eatery in
                                                         gas attacks on the Tokyo subway                          to seek revenge for his father’s death                                                              (Dir Madhia Aijaz, 15 mins, Urdu wEngST)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Dhaka, resulting in a siege scenario
An apparently happy marriage is                          committed by extremist Buddhist cult                     but he is reluctant to act. Kore-eda’s                                                              U Ushacha                                           and multiple deaths. Loosely based on
abruptly ended by the husband’s                          Aum Shinrikyo, Kore-eda’s slow-burn,                     first and, to date, only period film is a                                                           (Dir Rohan Kanwade, 21 mins, Marathi wEngST)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          real events, the riveting film takes a
sudden death, but was it accident                        subtly ambiguous drama is less about                     mellow and charming character study,                                                                Kark Pawan                                          close look at the roots of modern day
or suicide? Kore-eda’s haunting,                         terrorism than about the question of                     but also a gentle but pointed critique of                                                           (Dir Preet Nayak, 26 mins, Hindi wEngST)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          terrorism through political, social and
meditative film traces a widow’s                         how fully we can understand human                        traditional notions of honour and duty.                                                             Rammat Gammat
                                                                                                                                                                            Nooreh, 2018                                                                                  gender implications.
attempts to comprehend bereavement.                      motivation or know the people we love.                                                                                                                       (Dir Ajitpal singh, 17 mins, Gujarati wEngST)

14                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          15
David Lynch: The Art Life, 2016                                                                                                       Meditation, Creativity, Peace
                                           Twin Peaks S3 ep 1 & 2 (15)
                                                                                                                                      (CTBA)
                                           Sun 7 Jul, 13:00
                                                                                                                                      Sun 14 Jul, 13:30
                                           Tickets: Free (booking required)
                                                                                                                                      Free (booking required)
                                           A quarter of a century on, David                                                           Dir David Lynch/US 2012/71 mins
                                           Lynch’s show is still baffling, mystical
                                                                                                                                      This documentary is an exhilarating,
                                           and occasionally deranged … only
                                                                                                                                      inspiring round-up of questions and
                                           now there’s a new crime to solve.
                                                                                                                                      answers from David Lynch’s European
                                           Forget Laura Palmer – who killed Ruth
                                                                                                                                      and Middle East tours of 2007-2009,
                                           Davenport?
                                                                                                                                      when he visited 16 countries to
                                           I’ll See You in My Dreams                                                                  meet film students, receive national                                                                      Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, 2008
                                                                                                                                      awards, launch university projects,
It’s a Great                               Sun 7 Jul, 15:30
                                           Tickets £9.50 full/£7.50 concs
                                                                                            Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, 1992
                                                                                                                                      and describe the extraordinary              School’s Out                                                                         Battle Royale, 2000
                                                                                           Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Big Wonderful                              The return of Twin Peaks after more than        (CTBA) + Introduction
                                                                                                                                      benefits for creativity and peace to be
                                                                                                                                      gained by transcending thought with         .
World: David                               a twenty-five year absence from television
                                           screens was a major event, and one              Sun 7 Jul, 20:20
                                                                                                                                      Transcendental Meditation.

Lynch Film                                 capable of provoking reflection on the          Dir David Lynch/US FR 1992/134 mins
                                                                                           Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Mädchen Amick
                                                                                                                                                                                  Mon 15 –
                                           medium itself.
Season                                     In this talk Dr Kirsty Fairclough, University
                                                                                           Originally reviled on release, this film                                               Thu 18 Jul                                           Battle Royale (18)
                                                                                           set in Deer Meadow, an alternate
.                                          of Salford will examine the phenomemon
                                           that is the world of Twin Peaks.
                                                                                           and hellish Twin Peaks has undergone
                                                                                                                                                                                  Visit school one last time before the
                                                                                                                                                                                  summer holidays with our School’s Out
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       (Batoru rowaiaru)
                                                                                           a huge critical reappraisal and is                                                     mini season and see three films with                 Tue 16 Jul, 18:00
                                           Twin Peaks S3 ep 8 (15)                         now seen as one of Lynch’s most
Sat 6 Jul – Sun                                                                            satisfying if complex works. Refusing
                                                                                                                                                                                  an international scope. These films
                                                                                                                                                                                  have earned a cult following through
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Dir Kinji Fukasaku/JP 2000/113 mins/Japanese wEngST
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto
                                           Sun 7 Jul, 16:45
29 Sep                                     Tickets: Free (booking required)
                                                                                           to offer comfort or easy answers to
                                                                                           life’s horrors, it features a memorable
                                                                                                                                                                                  their own memorable qualities as well                In the midst of a future economic
David Lynch erupted onto the                                                                                                                                                      as from their exaggerated yet astute                 crisis and social unrest the Japanese
                                           A brave and groundbreaking hour of              contribution from David Bowie.                                                         reflections on the experiences of                    government introduce the Battle Royale
cinema landscape with Eraserhead,          television, Lynch takes the viewer on an
establishing himself as a director of                                                      Event/ This screening will be                                                          young people.                                        act as a means to control unruly school
                                           incredible journey. Guaranteed to blow                                                                                                                                                      kids. Fukasaku’s brutal and harrowing
unique imagination and vision. Over                                                        introduced by Bren O’Callaghan,                                                        This season was curated by HOME’s
                                           your mind.                                                                                                                                                                                  yet totally bonkers action cult classic is
the course of a career that includes                                                       Curator, HOME.                                                                         Young Programmers.
The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Wild at                                                                                                                                                                                                 not to be missed.
                                                                                                                                                                                  homemcr.org/Schools-out
Heart, Lost Highway, Inland Empire and
the seminal TV series Twin Peaks, Lynch    David Lynch: The Power of                                                                                                              Angus, Thongs and Perfect
has remained true to an artistic vision    Transcendental Meditation                                                                                                              Snogging (12A) + Introduction
of innocence adrift in the direst states                                                                                                                                          Mon 15 Jul, 18:10
                                           Sat 13 Jul, 16:30                                                                           The Elephant Man, 1980
of darkness and confusion.                                                                                                                                                        Dir Gurinder Chadha/GB 2008/100 mins
                                           Ticket prices: £12 full / £10 concs                                                        The Elephant Man (PG)
homemcr.org/david-lynch                                                                                                                                                           Georgia Groome, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Karen Taylor
                                           For the last forty years, researchers have
                                                                                                                                      Sun 14 Jul, 15:20                           An unexpected cult hit, this highly
                                           worked hard to test the effectiveness                                                                                                                                                                                            Clueless, 1995
                                                                                                                                      Dir David Lynch/US GB 1980/118 mins         quotable British cringe comedy boasts
                                           of ancient wisdom practices, including                                                     Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft   an excellent soundtrack and a clever                 Clueless (12A) + DJ Set
                                           Transcendental Meditation. A number of
                                                                                                                                      Lynch’s monochrome homage to                sensitivity to the teenage experience as             Thu 18 Jul, 18:10
                                           studies have shown benefits in lowering
                                                                                                                                      nineteenth century urban gothic tells       14-year-old high-schooler Georgia deals              Dir Amy Heckerling/US 1995/97 mins
                                           stress, blood pressure, cholesterol,
                                                                                                                                      the tale of Joseph Merrick, exhibited       with awkward situations and a lack of                Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy
                                           smoking, drinking and anxiety. The fact      David Lynch: The Art Life, 2016
                                                                                                                                      as a ‘freak’ in Victorian London. With      romance in her life.                                 Yellow-tartan-clad fashion icon Cher
                                           that practising meditation is good for
                                           combating depression is becoming well- David Lynch: The Art Life (15)
                                                                                                                                      breath-taking cinematography and an                                                              takes new girl Tai under her wing but
                                                                                                                                      outstanding performance by John Hurt,       Event/ This screening will be
 The Grandmother, 1970
                                           established.                                                                                                                                                                                in the process of matchmaking and
                                                                                      Sat 13 Jul, 18:10                               The Elephant Man raises interesting         introduced by HOME’s young
David Lynch Shorts Programme                                                                                                                                                                                                           makeovers she begins to seek love of
                                           Join our panel, including film director    Dirs Rick Barnes, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, Jon
                                                                                                                                      questions about society’s ‘casting off’     programmers.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       her own. Heckerling’s delightful comedy
(CTBA)                                     David Lynch (via video link), musician     Nguyen/US DK 2016/86 mins
                                                                                                                                      of those perceived as different, about
                                                                                      Illuminating Lynch’s own art, music and                                                                                                          is a time capsule for 90s pop culture
                                           Tim Burgess, and executive director                                                        the human body and about the ethics
Sat 6 Jul, 16:00                                                                      films, while shining a light on his unique                                                                                                       but remains a staple for teenagers
                                           of the David Lynch Foundation UK,                                                          of societies.                                                                                    everywhere.
Incorporating Lynch’s earliest forays                                                 world and journey from rural small town
                                           Deirdre Parsons on an exploration of
into filmmaking, this selection of                                                    America to art school in Philadelphia,
                                           Transcendental Meditation (TM).                                                                                                                                                             Event/ Following the screening join us
shorter works illustrates Lynch’s                                                     this documentary offers audiences a
                                           Presented in association with Guardian                                                                                                                                                      in the HOME downstairs bar from 20:00
restless creativity, the breadth of his                                               greater understanding of both the man
                                           Live and David Lynch Foundation UK.                                                                                                                                                         for a 90’s themed DJ set.
imagination and his ability to unsettle.                                              and the artist.
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Lina                                               The Seduction of Mimi, 1972

                                                                                                                                                                                              Wertmüller:
                                                                                                                                                                                              the Director
                                                                                                                                                                                              in the White
                                                                                                                                          Hairspray, 1988
                                                                                                                                         Hairspray (PG)
                                                                                                                                                                                              Glasses                                           The Seduction of Mimi (CTBA)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                (Mimì metallurgico ferito
                                                                                                                                         Sat 27 Jul, 20:40                                    .                                                 nell’onore)
                                                                                                                                         Dir John Waters/US 1988/92 mins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Sun 21 Jul, 15:20
                                                                                                                                         Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry
                                                                                                                                         In his most commercially successful
                                                                                                                                                                                              Sat 20 –                                          Dir Lina Wertmüller/ITL 1972/121 mins/Italian and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                English wEngST
                                                                                                                                         film, John Waters is at his best
                                                                                                                                         directing an eclectic cast of musicians
                                                                                                                                                                                              Wed 24 Jul                                        Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Turi Ferro

                                                                                                                                                                                              As part of HOME’s on-going                        Giancarlo Giannini plays Mimi, initially
                                                                                                                                         (including Debbie Harry and Sonny                                                                      a poor labourer in Scicily, who is
                                                                                           Desperately Seeking Susan, 1985                                                                    celebration of women’s contribution
                                                                                                                                         Bono), actors and drag queens in 1960s                                                                 forced to leave his home in Sicily after
                                                                                                                                                                                              to global cinema we present a
                                                                                         Desperately Seeking Susan (15)                  Baltimore, where dance-loving teenager                                                                 crossing the Mafia. The Seduction of
                                                                                                                                                                                              small retrospective of work by the
                                                                                                                                         Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) auditions                                                                  Mimi mixes violence, sex and politics
                                                                                         Sun 21 Jul, 13:00                                                                                    provocative and controversial Italian
                                                                                                                                         for a spot on ‘The Corny Collins Show’.                                                                in a manner that would become firmly
                                                                                         Tue 23 Jul, 20:30                                                                                    director Lina Wertmüller, who began as
Purple Rain, 1984                                                                                                                        Hairspray will also be showing as our                an assistant to Fellini and who went on           associated with the controversial
                                                                                         Wed 24 Jul, 13:00                                                                                                                                      director as the 1970s progressed.
                                            Season Launch/ Purple Rain (15)                                                              Bring the Family and Relaxed Screening
Sound and                                   + Introduction + DJ set
                                                                                         Dir Susan Seidelman/US 1985/104 mins
                                                                                         Rosanne Arquette, Madonna, Aiden Quinn
                                                                                                                                         (Autism Friendly), see p20 for details.
                                                                                                                                                                                              to be the first women to be nominated
                                                                                                                                                                                              for the best director Oscar for her work          Love & Anarchy (CTBA)
Vision: Pop                                 Fri 19 Jul, 20:20
                                                                                         In the film that influenced fashion             Performance (CTBA) + Q&A                             on Seven Beauties (1975).                         (Film d’amore e d’anarchia)
                                                                                         in ways many might want to forget,                                                                   homemcr.org/Lina-Wertmuller
Stars on Film                               Dir Albert Magnolia/US 1984/111 mins
                                            Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day
                                                                                         Madonna burst onto the big screen in
                                                                                                                                         Sun 28 Jul, 15:40
                                                                                                                                         Dirs Nicolas Roeg, Donald Cammell/GB 1970/105 mins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Mon 22 Jul, 18:00
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Dir Lina Wertmüller/ITL FR 1973/120 mins/Italian

.                                           In his blistering screen debut, Prince
                                                                                         her first major role as Susan, the free-
                                                                                         spirited New Yorker who lights up the
                                                                                                                                         James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg
                                                                                                                                         This mind-bending tale of London’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                wEngST
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Eros Pagni
                                            plays “The Kid”, a highly talented           life of timid, repressed upper-middle-
                                                                                                                                         60s criminal underworld features a                                                                     Lina Wertmüller continued her
                                            but troubled young musician. Prince’s
Fri 19 Jul – Wed                            talents are on full display here resulting
                                                                                         class New Jersey housewife Roberta.
                                                                                                                                         never better Mick Jagger as a reclusive                                                                collaboration with actor Giancarlo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Giannini in this tale of a man who sets
                                                                                                                                         pop star holed up in his Notting Hill
15 Aug                                      in the soundtrack becoming an iconic
                                            worldwide smash hit.                                                                         mansion. Also features the proto pop                                                                   out to assassinate Benito Mussolini. On
From the relatively early days of                                                                                                        promo, ‘Memo From Turner.’                                                                             route he ends up hiding out in a brothel
cinema, popular music figures have          Event/ This screening will be                                                                                                                                                                       where he begins to develop friendships
                                                                                                                                         Event/ We will be joined by producer                 Behind the White Glasses
made forays into acting. Sound and          introduced by season co-curator Kirsty                                                                                                                                                              with the women who work there.
                                            Fairclough, University of Salford.                                                           Sandy Lieberson and author of                        (CTBA)
Vision: Pop Stars On Film offers
an overview of some of the most
                                                                                                                                         Performance: 50th Anniversary Book,                  (Dietro gli occhiali bianchi)                     Seven Beauties, 1976
                                            Plus/ After the screening, HOME’s                                                            Jay Glennie for a Q&A following this
influential performances from a diverse     Jason Wood will be presenting a                                                                                                                   Sat 20 Jul, 13:00
                                                                                                                                         screening.
range of cultural icons.                    specially-curated Prince themed DJ set                                                                                                            Tue 23 Jul, 18:10
                                                                                          The Small World of Sammy Lee, 1963
Co-curated by Dr. Kirsty Fairclough,        in the bar.                                                                                                                                       Dir Valerie Ruiz/ ITL 2019/104 mins/Italian and
University of Salford and Jason Wood                                                     The Small World of Sammy Lee                                                                         English wEngST

Creative Director: Film and Culture at      The Harder They Come (15) +                  (12) + Introduction + DJ Set                                                                         The enormous significance and critical
HOME.                                       Introduction                                                                                                                                      acclaim that was awarded Lina
                                                                                         Fri 26 Jul, 20:30
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Seven Beauties (18)
                                                                                                                                                                                              Wertmüller’s work in the 1970s is often
Sound and Vision: Pop Stars on Film                                                                                                                                                                                                             (Pasqualino Settebellezze)
                                            Sat 20 Jul, 18:20                            Dir Ken Hughes/GB 1963/105 mins                                                                      forgotten today. This documentary
continues until Wed 15 Aug, visit the                                                    Anthony Newley, Julia Foster, Robert Stephens    King Creole, 1958
                                            Dir Perry Henzell/JM 1972/103 mins                                                                                                                offers an insight into that moment                Wed 24 Jul, 18:00
website for details of additional titles.   Jimmy Cliff, Carl Bradshaw, Basil Keane      The vibrant, down and dirty Soho of             King Creole (PG)                                     and her career more broadly and is                Dir Lina Wertmüller/ITL 1976/113 mins/ Italian,
homemcr.org/Popstars                        The Jimmy Cliff-starring tale of a           the 1960s lives on in British classic The                                                            the perfect complement to our mini-               German and Spanish wEngST
                                                                                                                                         Tue 30 Jul, 18:00
In partnership with MUBI.                   renegade songwriter from the boondocks       Small World of Sammy Lee, featuring                                                                  retrospective.                                    Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler
                                                                                                                                         Dir Michael Curtiz/US 1958/116 mins
                                            of Jamaica who comes to the big city         Bowie-inspiring actor and singer Anthony        Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau                                                           With Seven Beauties Wertmüller
                                            looking for dreams and only finds reality.   Newley as a strip-club compère.                                                                                                                        once again made a film that caused
                                                                                                                                         Set in New Orleans, Presley plays
                                            Cliff acts as well as he sings.                                                                                                                                                                     controversy, discussion and debate,
                                                                                         Event/ This screening will be                   19-year-old Danny Fisher who is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                here exploring a range of political and
                                            Event/ This screening will be                introduced by Bob Stanley of Saint              struggling to graduate from high school
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                personal questions through the story
                                            introduced by Karen Gabay, radio             Etienne who will also DJ following the          when he accidentally stumbles into a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                of a man who does anything to survive
                                            presenter and producer.                      screening in the downstairs bar.                singing career. Undoubtedly Presley’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                in Italy during World War II.
                                                                                                                                         best performance.
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classics                                                                                             BRING THE                                      live broadcasts
Our popular programme brings cinema
classics to the big screen every month
so you never need to miss those must-
                                                                                                     FAMILY
                                                                                                     Designed for the whole family (including
                                                                                                                                                    Catch the best theatre and opera broadcast live in our cinemas from the world’s
                                                                                                                                                    most prestigious companies.
sees! Sunday screenings are usually                                                                                                                 homemcr.org/live-broadcasts
                                                                                                     babies), these screenings will have the
accompanied by a free, informal post-                                                                volume lowered and the lights will remain
screening discussion.                                                                                dimmed throughout the screening. Films
Visit homemcr.org/classics for details.                                                              will begin at the advertised time without                                                                                               NT Live/ Small Island (12A as
                                                                                                     adverts or trailers.
 The Blue Angel, 1930                              Goodbye First Love, 2011                                                                                                                                                                  live)
                                                                                                     Our family programme is supported by
                                                  Goodbye First Love (15)                                                                                                                                                                    Thu 27 Jun, Doors – 18:45,
                                                                                                     Auto Trader.
                                                  (Un amour de jeunesse)                                                                                                                                                                     Performance – 19:00
                                                                                                     homemcr.org/families
                                                  Sun 7 Jul, 13:00                                                                                                                            NT Live/ All About Eve (12A)                   Running Time: Approx. 170 mins
                                                                                                     Bite-Sized Ballets/ Elves & the                                                                                                         Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning
                                                  Tue 9 Jul, 20:30                                                                                                                            Mon 17 Jun, 20:20
                                                                                                     Shoemaker (U)                                                                                                                           novel Small Island comes to life in
                                                  Wed 10 Jul, 13:00                                                                                 RSC Live/ The Taming of the               Running Time: 130 mins
                                                  Dir Mia Hansen Løve/FR DE 2011/112 mins/French,    Sun 30 Jun, 11:00                                                                                                                       an epic new theatre adaptation
                                                                                                                                                    Shrew                                     All About Eve tells the story of Margo         which sees hope and humanity meet
                                                  German, Danish and English with partial EngST
                                                                                                     Running time: Approx. 53 mins                                                            Channing. Legend. True star of the
                                                  Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne-Håvard                                                                                                                                           stubborn reality as the play traces the
                                                                                                     A hard-working shoemaker struggles to          Wed 5 Jun, Doors – 18:45,                 theatre. Lifting the curtain on a world
                                                  Brekke                                                                                                                                                                                     tangled history of Jamaica and the
                                                  Charting a relationship over a decade,             support his family. One day he awakes          Performance – 19:00                       of jealousy and ambition, this new
The Blue Angel (PG)                                                                                                                                                                                                                          UK. Experience the play in cinemas,
                                                  Mia Hansen Løve’s Goodbye First Love               to find that his last piece of leather         Justin Audibert (Snow in Midsummer,       production, from one of the world’s            filmed live on stage as part of National
(Der blaue Engel)                                                                                    has been transformed into the most             The Jew of Malta) turns Shakespeare’s     most innovative theatre directors,
                                                  follows a young woman as she moves                                                                                                                                                         Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.
Sun 2 Jun, 13:00                                  from the ecstasy of youthful passion,              magnificent pair of magical shoes. But         fierce, energetic comedy of gender        Ivo van Hove (Network, NT Live: A
                                                                                                     who has mysteriously made them?                and materialism on its head to offer      View from the Bridge), asks why our            NT Live/ The Lehman Trilogy
Tue 4 Jun, 20:40                                  through heartbreak to maturity and
                                                  finding her place in the world. Graceful,          With playful characters and spellbinding       a fresh perspective on its portrayal of   fascination with celebrity, youth and          (12A as live)
Wed 5 Jun, 13:00                                                                                                                                                                              identity never seems to get old.
                                                  lyrical and tender.                                music, this adorable ballet is sure to have    hierarchy and power.                                                                     Thu 25 Jul, Doors – 18:45,
Dir Josef Von Sternberg/DE 1930/99 mins/German,
French and English wEngST                         Screening as part of Film Feels:                   your little ones dancing with excitement!                                                Please note, this encore will start            Performance – 19:00
Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron
                                                  Obsession, a UK-wide season supported              Hairspray (PG)                                                                           promptly, with no adverts or trailers.         Running Time: Approx. 240 mins
Loosely based on a novel by Heinrich              by the National Lottery and BFI Film                                                                                                                                                       By Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben
Mann, Sternberg’s masterpiece is a                Audience Network.                                  Sun 28 Jul, 11:00                                                                                                Romeo & Juliet, 2019
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Power, directed by Sam Mendes
dazzling construct of enigmatic lighting,                                                            Dir John Waters/US 1988/92 mins                  ROH Live/ Romeo & Juliet
                                                                                                     Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry                                                                                            The story of a family and a company
décor and sound, featuring Marlene                                                                                                                    (12A as Live)
Dietrich and real-life stars of Weimar                                                               See p19 for details.                                                                                                                    that changed the world, told in three
cabaret (Gerron, Valetti) and the now                                                                                                                 Tue 11 Jun, Doors – 19:00,                                                             parts on a single evening. This critically
classic songs of Friedrich Hollaender.
Possession (18)
                                                                                                     RELAXED                                          Performance – 19:15
                                                                                                                                                      Ballet in three acts/195 minutes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             acclaimed and five-time Olivier Award
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             nominated play features stunning set

                                                                                                     events                                           (including 2 intervals)                                                                design from Es Devlin (NT Live: Hamlet)
Sun 16 Jun, 13:00                                                                                                                                     Shakespeare’s enduring love story                                                      and will be broadcast live from
                                                                                                                                                      is known the world over. Since                                                         London’s West End as part of National
Tue 18 Jun, 20:20                                                                                    Designed for people with autism
                                                                                                                                                      its 1965 premiere with The Royal                                                       Theatre Live’s 10th Birthday season.
Wed 19 Jun, 13:00                                 Desperately Seeking Susan, 1985                    spectrum conditions and their families.
Dir Andrzej Zulawski/FR DE 1981/118 mins                                                             We’ll keep the lights dimmed, the                Ballet, Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo                                                      RSC Live/ Measure for Measure
Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen     Desperately Seeking Susan (15)                     volume lowered and provide a separate            and Juliet has become a modern
                                                                                                                                                      ballet classic. Each revival gives                                                     Wed 31 Jul, Doors – 18:45,
Their marriage in pieces, Anna and                                                                   space to take a break in.                                                                                                               Performance – 19:00
                                                  Sun 21 Jul, 13:00                                                                                   opportunities for new dancers to
Mark’s relationship has become a
                                                  Tue 23 Jul, 20:30                                  Bite-Sized Ballets/ Elves & the                  interpret the doomed lovers.                                                           Shakespeare wrote this play in
psychotic descent into violence and self-
mutilation. Believing his wife’s only lover       Wed 24 Jul, 13:00                                  Shoemaker (U)                                                                                                                           the early 1600s, yet it remains
                                                  Dir Susan Seidelman/US 1985/104 mins                                                                                                                                                       astonishingly resonant today. When a
is the sinister Heinrich, Mark is unaware                                                            Sat 29 Jun, 11:00
                                                  Rosanne Arquette, Madonna, Aiden Quinn                                                                                                                                                     young novice nun is compromised by
of another more demonic rival… Written                                                               Running time: Approx. 53 mins
                                                  See p19 for details.                                                                                                                                                                       a corrupt official, who offers to save
and directed by Andrzej Zulawski,
                                                                                                     See Bring the Family above for details.                                                                                                 her brother from execution in return
Possession is a deeply unsettling
                                                                                                     Hairspray (PG)                                                                                                                          for sex, she has no idea where to turn
experience.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             for help.
Screening as part of Film Feels:                                                                     Sat 27 Jul, 11:00
Obsession, a UK-wide season supported                                                                Dir John Waters/US 1988/92 mins
by the National Lottery and BFI Film                                                                 Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry
Audience Network.                                                                                    See p19 for details.
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