TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY

Wednesday 22nd & Thursday 23rd 7.30PM

Finishing off our 2011 season and the month, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, starring Gary Oldmen & Colin Firth. Its a British Espionage film and centers around George Smiley’s (Gary Oldman) efforts to identify a Soviet Agent within the MI6. A great film to finish the month and bring you up to date, ready for some new releases in 2012.

WOMAN IN THE FIFTH

Friday 24th & Wednesday 29th 7.30PM

Starring Ethan Hawke & Kristin Scott Thomas Woman In The Fifth is a brand new film for 2012, release on 17th February 2012, we will be showing it at The Watermark on the 24th & 29th February. A college lecturer flees to Paris after a scandal costs him his job. In the City of Lights, he meets a widow who might be involved in a series of murders.

W.E

Thursday 1st March 7.30PM

Friday 2nd March 7.30PM

Saturday 3rd March 7.30PM

 A tale focusing on the affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard. The year is 1998, and Manhattan is a buzz with anticipation about the upcoming auction of the estate of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

CORIOLANUS

Wednesday 7th March 7.30PM

Thursday 8th March 7.30PM

 For his directorial debut, Ralph Fiennes tackles Shakespeare’s study in tyranny. Taking on the titular role, Fiennes presents a complex study of a man whose desire for power and belief in his own right to rule over the people of Rome transform him into a formidable force. However, his underestimation of those who despise him and weakness for the city he has served for so long threaten to destroy him. Featuring a stellar cast, this is a remarkably assured move into filmmaking for Fiennes. 

ROYAL OPERA HOUSE: TOSCA

Friday 9th March (TIME TBC)

Set in the Rome of 1800, a political world of control and suspicion, Tosca is a beautiful diva in love with idealistic painter, Cavaradossi, whose beliefs and loyalties bring him into conflict with the malevolent Chief of Police, Scarpia. Conducted by Antonio Pappano, the score includes great set pieces such as ‘Te Deum’ and the arias ‘Vissi d’arte’ and ‘E lucevan le stelle’. Drama, passion and fabulous music – Tosca is one of opera’s brilliant nights out.

 For more info and a clip, see this link >> http://cinema.roh.org.uk/content/tosca

CASABLANCA

Saturday 17th March 2.30PM

We give you the chance to enjoy one of the most romantic films of all time on the big screen. Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart’s greatest type role, as the battered, laconic owner of a nightclub who meets a girl (Ingrid Bergman) he left behind in Paris and still loves. There are some great supporting performances, and much of the dialogue has become history. With thanks to Park Circus Films.

CARNAGE

Wednesday 14th March 7.30PM

Thursday 15th March 7.30PM

Saturday 17th March 7.30PM 

Carnage is a razor sharp, biting comedy centered on parental differences. After two boys duke it out on a playground, the parents of the “victim” invite the parents of the “bully” over to work out their issues. A polite discussion of childrearing soon escalates into verbal warfare, with all four parents revealing their true colors. None of them will escape the carnage. 

A DANGEROUS METHOD

Wednesday 28th March 7.30PM

Thursday 29th March 7.30PM

Friday 30th March 7.30PM

David Cronenberg continues his exploration of the human psyche with this account of the friendship between Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and Jung (Michael Fassbender), which becomes increasingly strained following the latter’s illicit relationship with a patient (Keira Knightley). A far cry from the the body horror of his earlier work, Cronenberg’s film of Christopher Hampton’s stage play (adapted for the screen by the playwright) is a restrained and sophisticated study of morality and the mind.