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CinemaFebruary – March 2014

welcomeWith the nominations now in and the Academy Awardsceremony falling right in the middle of this guide(Sun 2 March) you’ll forgive us if we don’t reveal anyof our favourites – we wouldn’t want to prejudice any ofyour entries into our annual Oscar competition becausethere is a great prize at stake! Free cinema for a yearcould be yours...Over the next six weeks you can enjoy new films bywell-known directors such as Spike Jonze, Jim Jarmusch,George Clooney and Wes Anderson and we’ll still bechampioning the smaller titles which might be less familiar.For those of you who like more adventurous fare, we’drecommend you consider Under The Skin or Bastards.And if you’re the type that really likes your cinema topush boundaries, then Stranger By The Lake andNymphomaniac Vol.I & II are well worth a watch.A little bit earlier than in previous years, we are delightedto welcome the Italian Film Festival back to our screenswith six wonderful films that showcase not just new talentbut a restored classic as well. For the first time DCA willbe participating in the Japan Foundation’s touringprogramme, which this year focuses on the cinema ofyouth. Focus on Film returns to its Sunday morning slotwith STARS; a six film series that will discuss the impactthat ten iconic actors and actresses have had on ourfilm culture.And for the romantics among you, add Tue 18 Februaryto your diary for our next DCA Film Quiz, which will havea romantic Valentine’s twist.Alice BlackHead of CinemaContributors: Stacey Abbott, Nikki Broughton, Brian Hoyle,James Mulvey, Christopher O’Neill, Mike TaitContentsNew FilmsDallas Buyers Club 4Her 4The Armstrong Lie 5The Monuments Men 5The Invisible Woman 6The Book Thief 6Bastards 7Only Lovers Left Alive 7The Grand Budapest Hotel 8Under The Skin 8Stranger By The Lake 9Nymphomaniac Vol. I & Vol. II 9A Long Way Down 10Yves Saint Laurent 10Vintage filmBlack Angel and Q&A with Roger Christian 11DundeadWake In Fright 11Discovery Family Film ClubBuster Keaton’s The General 14Box Of Delights 14The LEGO Movie 14International Women’s DayWadjda 15Love At The MoviesSay Anything 16La Belle et la Bête 16Gallery ScreeningWings of Desire 16Performance ScreeningsNational Theatre Live: War Horse 17Live from the Met: Prince Igor 17Live from the Met: Werther 17Bolshoi Ballet: Marco Spada 17Italian Film FestivalLong Live Liberty 18Sandra 18Those Happy Years 18Salvo 19The Fifth Wheel 19A Street in Palermo 19Focus On Film: StarsThe Son of the Sheik 20Lift to the Scaffold 20Funny Face 20A Place in the Sun 21In the Heat of the Night 21The Man Who Would Be King 21East Side StoriesLove Strikes 22Colorful 22Parade 2218 Who Cause a Storm 223

New FilmsHerFri 14 February – Thu 27 FebruarySpike Jonze (Being John Malkovich) returns to our screenswith a story of love, life and our complicated contemporaryconnection with technology. In an age when people engagemore with phones, tablets and laptops than they do withfamily members, Her is a remarkable achievement, makingyou stop and think about your relationships, both onand offline.Dallas Buyers ClubFri 7 February – Thu 20 FebruaryAfter collapsing from piercing headaches, Ron(Matthew McConaughey) is informed that he hasHIV and only thirty days to live. A hard livingmacho Texan, he works as an electrician, drinks,smokes, gambles, consumes copious amountsof drugs and has unprotected sex with groupiesin rodeo pens. When he discovers his prescribedmedication has toxic side effects, Ron travelsto Mexico where he is introduced to newpharmaceuticals not approved in the US.Partnering up with the transgendered Rayon(an unrecognisable Jared Leto), he sets up thebuyers club where people pay $400 a month fortheir medication.Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) is a mostly cheerful andwell-meaning lonely man who works at a website specialisingin writing "handwritten" letters for lovers unable to expresstheir emotions. Hesitant about finally signing his divorcepapers, Theodore tries out a new operating system. Afterinitializing, it takes the name Samantha (voiced by ScarlettJohansson) working its way into his life through an earpieceand handheld device. Soon, Theodore connects with theworld in a whole new way, sharing his life with Samantha,as you would any new love, and feeling alive for the firsttime in years.Bearing the unique stamp of Spike Jonze’s weird andwonderful imagination all over it, Her is a superb exampleof collaborative filmmaking at its absolute best. From theamazing subtle score by Arcade Fire, to the gorgeoussoft-edged cinematography of Hoyte Van Hoytema, the setand costume design, to Phoenix’s incredibly expressive faceand Johansson’s velvety voice; all are brought together tomake one of the most exciting films of the year.Dir: Spike JonzeUSA 2013 / 2h6m / Digital / 15Senior Citizen Kane Club screening Thu 20 February, 10:30Bring a Baby screening Thu 20 February, 10:30By director Jean-Marc Vallée (C.R.A.Z.Y.), the filmrevisits the usually sombre narrative associatedwith the 1980s AIDS epidemic through humour,swagger and plenty of verve, but all the whileretaining the seriousness of the subject matter.McConaughey is outstanding; his physicaltransformation is certainly shocking but histhousand-yard stare of sheer desperation lendsauthenticity to the emaciated character. Ronis not to everyone’s taste, but his journey ofenlightenment is the very heart and soul ofthe Dallas Buyers Club.Dir: Jean-Marc ValléeUSA 2013 / 1h57m / Digital / 154 www.dca.org.uk

The Monuments MenFri 21 February – Thu 6 MarchBased on the book The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, NaziThieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by RobertM. Edsel, this new film by George Clooney celebrates thesoldiers who were given the important task of saving piecesof art before their destruction by Hitler during World War II.The Armstrong LieFri 14 February – Thu 20 FebruaryDocumentary master Alex Gibney (Mea MaximaCulpa) returns with an in depth exploration ofLance Armstrong’s story. In 2009, Gibney wascommissioned to make a film about Armstrong'striumphant return to the Tour de France; fouryears after the racing champion had declared hisretirement. Having fiercely denied accusationsthat he took performance-enhancing drugs, heused his power to aggressively litigate journalistsand publicly humiliate former friends who claimedotherwise. When devastating evidence wasexposed in the case against Armstrong, Gibneywas unable to reconcile the discrepancy betweenthe allegations and Armstrong's emphaticdenials. When the facade did finally crack, duringa now famous interview on the Oprah Winfreyshow, his critics insisted that only the surface ofdeceit had been scratched.The Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program, instigatedby FDR, was a group of men instructed to travel to Germanyand rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves, returningthem to their rightful owners. It was a dangerous mission – theart was trapped behind enemy lines, and the German Armywas under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell – sohow could these men (seven museum directors, curators, andart historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than combat)possibly hope to succeed? The story of the Monuments Men,as they became known, is an incredible one. These unlikelyheroes found themselves in a race against time to avoid thedestruction of 1000 years of culture, risking their lives toprotect and defend mankind's greatest achievements.Clooney, who has long proved himself as more than justa handsome face, is an accomplished director who hassurrounded himself with talented collaborators for this project.From producer Grant Heslov (who co-wrote the script withClooney) to composer Alexandre Desplat to Director ofPhotography Phedon Papamichael, The Monuments Men isa class act all the way. And with an ensemble cast to die forincluding Matt Damon, Jean Dujardin (The Artist), Coen Brosregular John Goodman, Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey)and Cate Blanchett, award recognition for The MonumentsMen is sure to follow.Dir: George ClooneyUSA / Germany 2014 / 1h58m / Digital / 12ASenior Citizen Kane Club screening Thu 6 March, 10:30Bring a Baby screening Thu 6 March, 10:30Making use of his unique access to the keyplayers involved, including rare interviews withformer teammates, alleged doping mastermindDr. Michele Ferrari, and the cyclist himself,The Armstrong Lie is a fascinating portrait ofa disgraced champion.Dir: Alex GibneyUSA 2013 / 2h4m / Digital / 15Tickets 01382 909 900 5

New FilmsThe Book ThiefFri 28 February – Thu 13 MarchDirector Brian Percival’s track record in British TVperiod drama (North and South, Downton Abbey)has prepared him well for this film adaptation ofMarkus Zusak’s beloved novel, The Book Thief.The Invisible WomanFri 21 February – Thu 6 MarchRalph Fiennes follows his directorial debut Coriolanus withThe Invisible Woman, the story of a secret relationshipbetween Charles Dickens and his mistress, 18 year oldactress Nelly Ternan.The story begins 13 years after Dickens’ death, with the nowmarried Nelly (Felicity Jones) looking back on her history withthe celebrated author, as she prepares to put on a schoolproduction of The Frozen Deep; the play she was in whenthe two first met. Their attraction was immediately apparentto all, not least Dickens’ long suffering wife Catherine (theparticularly moving Joanna Scanlan) and Nelly’s mother, apractical woman who sees the relationship as a good thingfor her daughter, who has no means of supporting herself.Quiet and serious, Nelly has her own doubts over their match,and the film carefully illustrates the love that developedbetween them.Canadian actress Sophie Nelisse (MonsieurLazhar) is Liesel Meminger, a young Germangirl given up for adoption in early 1938. Lieselis brought to the home of Hans and RosaHubermann (Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson).Rosa is a stern woman who does not initiallytake well to her new daughter, whilst Hans isimmediately protective and nurturing. As thepolitical climate changes drastically withinGermany, the family watches with confusion asthe Kristallnacht attacks begin to clear Jewishresidents from the area. When Mack, the Jewishson of a fellow soldier who saved Hans’ life inWWI turns up on their doorstep, the family makesa decision that will change their lives forever.The Book Thief is narrated by the voice of Death(Roger Allam) and despite the seriousness ofthe subject material, warmth and humour iscontained within the story. Delicately pacedand beautifully shot with an emotional score bythe legendary John Williams, this film is deeplyaffecting. Tissues recommended for all but themost stoic of viewers.Dir: Brian PercivalUSA / Germany 2013 / 2h13m / Digital / 12ASoft Subtitled screening Mon 10 March, 18:00Senior Citizen Kane Club screeningThu 13 March, 10:30Jones brings a depth and sensitivity to the role of Nelly,while Fiennes is such charismatic and delightful company asDickens, making it easy to see why the young woman fell forsomeone almost twice her age. Adapted by screenwriterAbi Morgan (Shame) from Claire Tomalin’s award-winningbiography, this is a delicate and complex portrait of howthe love affair shaped their lives and the devastating impactit had on those closest to them.Dir: Ralph FiennesUK 2013 / 1h51m / Digital / 12ASoft Subtitled screening Tue 24 February, 18:00Senior Citizen Kane Club screening Thu 27 February, 10:30Bring a Baby screening Thu 27 February, 10:306 www.dca.org.uk

Only Lovers Left AliveFri 7 March – Thu 13 MarchFrom the silent era to the present, the vampire has had along-standing love affair with the cinema, capturingaudiences’ continued fascination with seduction, perversion,death and immortality. Even so, the past few years have seena phenomenal rise in the popularity of the vampire, and OnlyLovers Left Alive, by master American indie-filmmaker JimJarmusch, offers his own distinct take on the genre.BastardsLes salaudsFri 21 February – Thu 27 FebruaryClaire Denis returns to our screens for the firsttime since the explosive White Material.Thankfully not losing any of her talent to lookat the underbelly of contemporary society, hernewest film is as tough as ever with a wonderfulevocative score by her house band, Tindersticks.Selected for the Un Certain Regard section atCannes, Bastards is a daring and dark film noirinspired by recent French sex ring scandalsinvolving men of wealth and power. Tankercaptain Marco (Vincent Lindon) is called backto Paris to attend to a family disaster involvinga wrecked business, a distraught sister (JulieBataille) whose husband has committed suicide,and their traumatized daughter (Lola Créton).Marco moves into the same building as themelancholic mistress (Chiara Mastroianni) ofa powerful tycoon (Michel Subor), sparking asecretive and erotic coupling that carriesimplications for both families once grim secretsare unearthed.Eschewing many of the overly familiar conventions, includingvampire hunters, stakes, crosses and, in recent years, teenromance,Jarmusch sets his tale in the desolate back streetsand hidden corners of Detroit and Tangiers. Jarmuschre-imagines the genre as an intense and sensual love story,where two immortals who have spent centuries together,silently observe the wonders and idiocies of the human world.Emotionally and spiritually intertwined, Eve (Tilda Swinton)is light to Adam’s (Tom Hiddleston) dark. She embraces thebeauty of the world, while he wallows in despair for its loss.Not since Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie in The Hungerhave we seen such elegant, sexy and down-right coolvampires, as Swinton and Hiddleston, while Mia Wasikowskaand John Hurt introduce an aura of dangerous unpredictabilityand stable authority respectively.Visually and aurally sumptuous, counter balanced with aquirky sense of humour and knowingness about the genre,this is a must-see film for fans of both vampires andJarmusch’s unique cinematic vision. A beautiful and hauntingtale, it leaves one asking; What would you do with eternity?Dir: Jim JarmuschUK / Germany / France / Cyprus / USA 2013 / 2h03mDigital / 15Bring a Baby screening Thu 13 March, 10:30Shooting for the first time on digital, Denis’ blendof composed long shots and extreme close-upsinvites the viewer into this intense drama, even asher storytelling (working again with her long-timecollaborator writer Jean-Pol Fargeau) pushesthem away. Denis masterfully takes us into thevery heart of darkness in her most unsettling filmyet, an unforgettable and thrilling commentary onlate capitalism.Dir: Claire DenisFrance / Germany / 1h40m / DigitalFrench with English subtitles / 18Tickets 01382 909 900 7

New FilmsUnder The SkinFri 14 March – Thu 27 MarchThe Grand Budapest HotelFri 7 March – Thur 20 MarchSelected to open this year’s Berlin Film Festival, TheGrand Budapest Hotel is auteur Wes Anderson’s firstfilm since his critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominatedgem Moonrise Kingdom. Written by Anderson and newscreenwriting partner Hugo Guinness, this new film bearsall the hallmark style we’ve come to know and love fromthis quirky filmmaker – lush and detailed productiondesign, a soundtrack to die for, dry wit and of course,proper actors in silly roles.The Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures ofGustave H (Ralph Fiennes), a legendary concierge at afamous European hotel between the wars, and ZeroMoustafa (Tony Revolori), the lobby boy who becomeshis most trusted protégé. When the wealthy but very oldMadame D is murdered, Gustave, her servant, friend andoccasional lover, becomes the number one suspect. Ourtwo heroes must go on the run, in this exciting adventurestory which soon involves the theft and recovery of apriceless Renaissance painting, the battle for anenormous family fortune, and the slow, then suddenupheavals that transformed Europe during the first halfof the 20th century.Fans of Jonathan Glazer’s work either in film (Sexy Beast)or landmark music videos (for Radiohead and MassiveAttack) have been waiting a long time for a new featurefilm from this cult director. When it was announced thathis newest project was a cinematic adaptation of MichelFaber’s critically acclaimed novel Under The Skin,anticipation reached fever pitch. The results will enrapturesome and perplex others, but it will certainly rattle aroundin your brain for a long time to come. We saw this inToronto back in September and can still rememberimages, sounds and sequences as if it were yesterday.The film opens with a beautiful but unidentified woman(Scarlet Johansson) driving around the Scottishcountryside and luring unsuspecting men into her whitetransit van. With her come hither eyes, ruby red lips anddisarming chat, it is clear that she is on a mission of sorts,but her motives remain unclear. All is not what it seems onthe surface and the tables are soon turned when thehunter becomes the prey.Using professional and non-professional actors andshot on location all around Scotland (often guerrilla style),Glazer infuses this other-worldly film with a sense of grimreality, which will be all too familiar to many of us. Cooland detached, Under The Skin is a lot like its centralcharacters – an enigma, but a beautiful, seductive andultimately disturbing one at that.Dir: Jonathan GlazerUK 2013 / 1h48m / Digital / cert tbcWith a suitably grand cast of characters Anderson’snew film has an ensemble cast like no other includingF. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody,Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law,Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, JasonSchwartzman, Lea Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, TomWilkinson and Owen Wilson.Dir: Wes AndersonUSA / Germany 2014 / time tbc / Digital / cert tbcSoft Subtitled screening Tue 18 March, 18:00Senior Citizen Kane Club screening Thu 20 March, 10:30Bring a Baby Screening Thu 20 March, 10:308 www.dca.org.uk

Nymphomaniac Vol. I & Vol. IISat 22 February, 18:15 ONE NIGHT STANDDouble Bill Plus Satellite Q&A with CastStranger By The LakeL'inconnu du lacFri 14 March – Thu 20 MarchFrench writer-director Alain Guiraudie’s new filmexplodes the tired old genre of erotic thriller by mashinggay sex with murder mystery, and all without resortingto sensationalism. Nonetheless, the film is bothpsychologically menacing and sexually provocative.Couples and singles park their cars in a clearing andwalk to the idyllic lakeside setting where they sunbathein a homoerotic paradise. Men exchange glances witheach other, swim naked and retire to a wooded areafor casual sex, while others look on and masturbate.Guiraudie’s liberated utopia fosters a harmoniousatmosphere devoid of judgement, inhibition or selfconsciousness.Franck (Pierre Deladonchamps), ahandsome young man, forms a platonic relationshipwith Henri (Patrick d’Assumçao), a pensive older manwho sits away from the main drag, musing on the recentsplit from his girlfriend and the matter that few men arewholly gay and exempt from bi-feelings.The real object of Franck’s affections is the virile Michel(Christophe Paou), but when the police are called toinvestigate a ‘Midsomer murder’, the pastoral scenebecomes fraught with a sustained, Hitchcockiansuspense. The inspector is perplexed, rationalising thatthose who are into voyeurism should make for goodeyewitnesses. His investigation is jeopardised by silence,owing to the men not asking for names or telephonenumbers, preferring to forget the past to make way fortomorrow’s conquests. Despite being primary suspects,Franck and Michel ignore the apparent danger inorder to pursue a passionate and potentially perilousrelationship.Lars von Trier (Antichrist, Melancholia), the enfantterribleof arthouse cinema, returns with a film designedto shock, challenge and possibly infuriate some viewers.Running four hours long, Nymphomaniac is a no-holdsbarred look at sex addiction, which features some of theboldest performances (Charlotte Gainsbourg and JamieBell) and the weakest (Shia LeBoeuf) seen on screen thisyear.The film opens on black with the sound of rain falling ina dreary alleyway where the monk-like Seligman (StellanSkarsgard) stumbles upon Joe (Gainsbourg), lyingbattered and bruised on the ground. Refusing his offerto call the police, she agrees to go back to his flat andrecover. As she regains her strength she tells him thestory of her life. Dividing the films into eight chapters,Joe and her confessor enter into discussions not onlyabout her sexual history, but art, fly-fishing, maths, musicand religion. By the beginning of Vol. II it has becomeclear that Joe’s path to fulfilment is not going to end welland soon enough we have entered into a world of crimeand punishment.Although many of the acts presented in the film are veryreal and explicit (the credits however assure us that noprofessional actors had penetrative sex during thefilming), they very quickly become banal and are neversexy or erotic. It is clear that alongside the intellectualdebate proposed in Nymphomaniac, von Trier alsowanted to push the boundaries of what was consideredacceptable on screen. Has he succeeded? That will beup to you to decide.A special preview screening of Parts 1 and 2 of Lars VonTrier's controversial new opus will include a live satelliteintroduction and Q&A. Full details will be announced onwww.dca.org.uk Price £10 (£8 conc).Dir: Lars von TrierDenmark / Germany / France / Belgium / 20131h50m (Vol. I) 2h10m (Vol. II) / Digital / 18Dir: Alain GuiraudieFrance 2013 / 1h40m / DigitalFrench with English subtitles / 18Tickets 01382 909 900 9

New FilmsYves Saint LaurentFri 21 March – Thu 27 MarchThere are two bio-pics of the famous fashion designerYves Saint Laurent due out this year, but Jalil Lespert’sversion is the first out of the gate (it will be opening thePanorma section at the Berlin Film Festival) and the onlyone to have been authorised by the St Laurent estate.Based on his biography and made with the blessing ofSt Laurent’s partner Pierre Bergé (still alive age 83), it is atouching and comprehensive look at the life and career ofa fashion icon.A Long Way DownFri 21 March – Thu 27 MarchBased on the irreverent hit novel by Nick Hornby, A LongWay Down is the first English-language film by Frenchdirector Pascal Chaumeil (Heartbreakers). Adaptationsof Hornby’s work for the big screen have been a bit hit(About A Boy) or miss (Fever Pitch) in the past, but with ascreenplay by rising star Jack Thorne (This is England 88,How I Live Now) this new BBC production has all thehallmarks of solid British drama with dark comedicovertones.The setting is New Year's Eve at the top of a Londonskyscraper, and Martin (Pierce Brosnan) is literally on theedge. A once-beloved TV personality, he's now desperateto jump, but he's not alone. Single mother Maureen (ToniCollette), sassy teen Jess (Imogen Poots), and musicianturned pizza-delivery boy JJ (Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul),have all turned up on the same roof with the same plan.Instead of jumping, these complete strangers make apact to stay alive and stay together, until Valentine's Dayat least. Both funny and poignant, A Long Way Downfollows an unlikely group of friends as they try to pullback from the brink.Although a little less showy than Marion Cottilard’stransformation as Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose, PierreNiney does a remarkable job in capturing the man’sunique mannerisms, his physical presence and alsohis exacting standards and killer design instinct. AtSt Laurent’s first solo runway show, he meets Bergé, awealthy businessman from a working-class background(played by Guillaume Gallienne, star of Me, Myself andMum, which screened at DCA recently in the FrenchFilm Festival). Their relationship both professional andpersonal would last a lifetime.For fashion historians or simply lovers of fashion, there isa lot of ground covered here with plenty of “look it’s KarlLargerfeld!” type cameos appearing throughout. Gallienneand Niney (both permanent members of the ComedieFrancaise) are both terrific, but the real stars here are theclothes. With much of the films wardrobe being drawnout of the St Laurent archives, there is no denying therevolutionary impact that this great man had on the waywe dress today.Dir: Jalil LespertFrance 2014 / 1h44m / DigitalFrench with English subtitles / cert tbcSenior Citizen Kane Club screening Thu 27 March, 10:30Despite its comedy credentials, A Long Way Downreveals some important truths about modern life – ourfear of failure, our desire for perfect love, and ultimately,what it is we really need to survive and be happy.Dir: Pascal ChaumeilUK 2014 / 1hr36m / Digital / 15Bring a Baby screening Thu 27 March, 10:3010 www.dca.org.uk

Wake In FrightSat 22 March, 22:00“Powerful, genuinely shocking and rather amazing” is whatthe late critic Roger Ebert had to say about Wake In Fright,a film that continues to pack a fierce, harsh wallop, 43 yearsafter it was originally released. Brutally haunting andpsychologically gripping, Wake In Fright has developed asignificant cult following over the years, despite being almostimpossible to see. But now, thanks to the painstakingrestoration work by Australia's National Film and SoundArchive, the film is available once again. The swelteringwasteland setting of Bundanyabba (“The Yabba”), an earthymining town, is where schoolteacher John Grant (Gary Bond)finds himself stranded, having lost all of his money togambling. Struggling to escape a men-gone-wild nihilistic world of binge drinking and senseless violence, Johndescends into a living hell. Described by Nick Cave as “the best and most terrifying film about Australia in existence”,and Martin Scorsese calling it “a deeply – and I mean deeply – unsettling and disturbing movie”, Wake In Fright(also known as Outback) is finally getting the attention it deserves.Please note that Wake In Fright contains some graphic scenes of the hunting of animals, which some viewers mayfind offensive/disturbing.Dir: Ted KotcheffAustralia / USA 1971 / 1h49m / Digital / English / 18Black AngelPlus Q&A with Roger ChristianFri 28 February, 19:00Unseen for 34 years, believed lost for over 20 and nowpainstakingly restored, Black Angel originally screenedbefore The Empire Strikes Back in the UK, Scandinavia andAustralia in 1980. Funded by George Lucas and beautifullyshot around Scotland in Cinemascope, the film centres onone knight’s quest to rescue a maiden from her darkoverlord. With nods to Kurosawa and Tarkovsky, the filmalso features a gorgeous early score by Trevor Jones –featuring electronics from BBC Radiophonic Workshop’sPaddy Kingsland – its influence on subsequent sword-and-sorcery epics (notably Excalibur) is clear. The film’s journeyis itself legendary, and Christian will be present for this unique homecoming to talk on a number of subjects, includinghis seminal design work on Alien and Star Wars, the latter which won him an Academy Award.Thanks to Brice Parker, David Tanaka, Athena Studios, Skywalker Sound and Glasgow Film FestivalDir: Roger ChristianUK 1980 / 22m (with Q&A total 1h15m) / Digital / 12ATickets 01382 909 900 11

diaryDay / Film12 www.dca.org.ukTimesFri 14 FebruaryThe Armstrong Lie 13:00/15:30Dallas Buyers Club 13:00/18:00Her 15:30/18:00/20:30Say Anything 20:30Sat 15 FebruaryHer 10:30/13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30Buster Keaton’s The General 13:00Dallas Buyers Club 15:30/20:30The Armstrong Lie 18:00Sun 16 FebruaryLa Belle et la Bête 11:00Her 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30The Armstrong Lie 13:00/18:00Dallas Buyers Club 15:30/20:30Mon 17 FebruaryHer 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30The Armstrong Lie 13:00/18:00Dallas Buyers Club 15:30/20:30Tue 18 FebruaryHer 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30Dallas Buyers Club 13:00/18:00The Armstrong Lie 15:30/20:30DCA Film Quiz 18:00Wed 19 FebruaryHer 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30Dallas Buyers Club 13:00/18:00The Armstrong Lie 15:30/20:30Thu 20 FebruaryHer 10:30/10:30/13:00/15:3018:00/20:30Dallas Buyers Club 13:00/18:00The Armstrong Lie 15:30/20:30Fri 21 FebruaryBastards 13:00/20:45The Invisible Woman 13:15/18:00Her 15:30/18:00The Monuments Men 15:30/20:30Sat 22 FebruaryDiscovery Film School DundeeGala Screening 12:00The Invisible Woman 13:15/16:30Bastards 14:00The Monuments Men 15:30/18:45Nymphomanica Vol.I & Vol.II 18:15Her 21:00Sun 23 FebruaryThe Monuments Men 10:30/15:30/20:30The Invisible Woman 11:00/13:15/18:00Her 13:00/18:00Bastards 15:45/20:45Day / FilmKeyBring a Baby screeningSenior Citizen Kane Club screeningPerformance ScreeningDiscovery Family Film ClubSoft Subtitled screeningTimesMon 24 FebruaryHer 13:00/18:00The Invisible Woman 13:15/18:00The Monuments Men 15:30/20:30Bastards 15:45/20:45Tue 25 FebruaryHer 13:00/18:00The Monuments Men 13:15/18:00The Invisible Woman 15:30/20:30Bastards 15:45/20:45Wed 26 FebruaryHer 13:00/18:00The Monuments Men 13:15/18:00The Invisible Woman 15:30/20:30Bastards 15:45/20:45Thu 27 FebruaryThe Invisible Woman 10:30/10:30/18:00Bastards 13:00/15:45Her 13:15/22:30The Monuments Men 15:45/20:30NT Live: War Horse (Sold Out) 19:00Fri 28 FebruaryThe Book Thief 13:00/16:00/18:15The Invisible Woman 13:15/20:45The Monuments Men 15:45/20:45Black Angel and Q&A with Roger Christian 19:00Sat 1 MarchThe Book Thief 12:00/18:45Box Of Delights 13:00The Monuments Men 14:30/21:45NT Live: War Horse (encore: Sold Out) 15:00Live from the Met: Prince Igor 17:00The Invisible Woman 21:15Sun 2 MarchThe Book Thief 13:00/15:15/18:15The Invisible Woman 13:00/18:00/20:30The Monuments Men 15:45/20:45Mon 3 MarchThe Book Thief 13:00/15:15/18:15The Invisible Woman 13:00/18:00/20:30The Monuments Men 15:45/20:45Tue 4 MarchThe Book Thief 13:00/15:15/18:15The Invisible Woman 13:00/18:00/20:30The Monuments Men 15:45/20:45Wed 5 MarchThe Book Thief 13:00/15:15/18:15The Invisible Woman 13:00/18:00/20:30The Monuments Men 15:45/20:45Thu 6 MarchThe Monuments Men 10:30/10:30/15:45/20:45The Book Thief 13:00/15:15/18:15The Invisible Woman 13:00/18:00/20:30

Day / FilmTimesFri 7 MarchOnly Lovers Left Alive 13:00/15:30/20:30The Book Thief 13:00/18:00The Grand Budapest Hotel 15:45/20:45Long Live Liberty 18:00Sat 8 MarchWadjda 11:00NT Live: War Horse (encore) 11:00Only Lovers Left Alive 14:00/20:30The Grand Budapest Hotel 15:45/20:45The Book Thief 18:00Those Happy Years 18:00Sun 9 MarchThe Son of the Sheik 11:00Wings of Desire 11:00Sandra 13:15Only Lovers Left Alive 15:30/20:30The Grand Budapest Hotel 15:45/20:45Salvo 18:00The Book Thief 18:00Mon 10 MarchOnly Lovers Left Alive 13:00/15:30/20:30The Book Thief 13:00/18:00The Grand Budapest Hotel 15:45/20:45The Fifth Wheel 18:00Tue 11 MarchOnly Lovers Left Alive 13:00/15:30/20:30The Book Thief 13:00/18:00The Grand Budapest Hotel 15:45/20:45A Street in Palermo 18:00Wed 12 MarchOnly Lovers Left Alive 13:00/15:30/18:00/20:30The Book Thief 13:00/18:00The Grand Budapest Hotel 15:45/20:45Thu 13 MarchOnly Lovers Left Alive 10:30/13:15/15:4518:15/20:45The Book Thief 10:30/18:00The Grand Budapest Hotel 13:00/15:45/20:45Fri 14 MarchThe Grand Budapest Hotel 13:00/15:15/18:00Under the Skin 13:00/18:00/20:30Stranger By The Lake 15:45/20:30Sat 15 MarchThe Grand Budapest Hotel 13:00/20:30Under the Skin 14:30/20:45Stranger By The Lake 15:45Live from the Met: Werther 17:00Love Strikes 18:00Sun 16 MarchLift to the Scaffold 11:00NT Live: War horse (encore) 13:00Under the Skin 13:30/20:45Stranger By The Lake 15:45/20:30The Grand Budapest Hotel 16:45/18:45Colorful 18:00Day / FilmTimesMon 17 MarchThe Grand Budapest Hotel 13:00/15:15/18:00Under the Skin 13:00/20:30Stranger By The Lake 15:45/20:30Parade 18:00Tue 18 MarchThe Grand Budapest Hotel 13:00/15:15/18:00Under the Skin 13:00/20:30Stranger By The Lake 15:45/20:3018 Who Cause a Storm 18:00Wed 19 MarchThe Grand Budapest Hotel 13:00/15:15/18:00/20:30Under the Skin 13:00/20:30Stranger By The Lake 15:45/18:00Thu 20 MarchThe Grand Budapest Hotel 10:30/10:30/13:0015:15/18:00/20:30Under the Skin 13:00/20:30Stranger By The Lake 15:45/18:00Fri 21 MarchYves Saint Laurent 13:15/15:45/18:00A Long Way Down 13:15/18:15/20:45Under The Skin 15:30/20:30Sat 22 MarchThe LEGO Movie 13:00Yves Saint Laurent 13:15/18:00A Long Way Down 15:15/19:45Under The Skin 15:30/17:30/20:30Dundead: Wake In Fright 22:00Sun 23 MarchFunny Face 11:00The LEGO Movie 11:00A Long Way Down 13:15/18:15/20:45Yves Saint Laurent 14:00/15:45/18:15Under The Skin 16:00/20:30Mon 24 MarchYves Saint Laurent 13:15/15:45/18:00A Long Way Down 13:15/18:15/20:45Under The Skin 15:30/20:30Tue 25 MarchYves Saint Laurent 13:15/15:45/18:00A Long Way Down 13:15/18:15/20:45Under The Skin 15:30/20:30Wed 26 MarchYves Saint Laurent 13:15/15:45/18:00A Long Way Down 13:15/18:15/20:45Under The Skin 15:30/20:30Thu 27 MarchYves Saint Laurent 10:30/13:15/15:45/18:00A Long Way Down 10:30/13:15/18:15/20:45Under The Skin 15:30/20:30Tickets 01382 909 900 13

DISCOVERY FAMILY FILM CLUBTickets are £4.50 for under 21s / £5.50 for adults, or a family ticket for four costs £15. Children under the ageof 12 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Workshops are free with your cinema ticket, but placesare limited so please book in advance on 01382 909 900.Buster Keaton’sThe GeneralSat 15 Feb, 13:00With its unique blend of thrills andcomedy, this Buster Keaton classicmakes a terrific introduction for youngeraudiences to films from the silent era.This sparkling digital restoration will alsodelight those who remember the filmfondly and want to see it afresh. Basedon an actual incident during the AmericanCivil War, the General of the title refers notto Keaton's character, but to his railwayengine, which figures prominently in oneof the most harrowing and hilarious chasescenes ever filmed. Johnnie Gray (Keaton)is an engineer whose girlfriend mistakenlythinks him a coward when he fails to jointhe Confederate Army. When soldiersfrom the other side steal his locomotive,Johnnie sets off in hot pursuit and sobegins one of the longest and mostdelightful of all chase sequences, thrillingaudiences still, even after 88 years.Dirs: Buster Keaton,Clyde BruckmanUSA 1926 / 1h29m / Digital / UWorkshop: 12:00Black and white? Or colour? Howwould you design a film poster foryour favourite film?Box Of DelightsSat 1 March, 13:00Here at Discovery we love to show thebest in short films, and so we’re delightedto bring you nine award-winning shortsfrom the British Animation Awards,specially selected for those aged 8 andabove. This collection offers an amazingvariety of animation techniques fromfilmmakers around Europe, exploringstories and themes full of creativity andhumour. With accident-prone elephants,disagreements over TV remote controlsand adventurous dust mites, plus rabbits,cats and a very choosy cheetah, thoseof you who enjoy Discovery’s own ShortsFor Middle Ones won’t be disappointed!And if you’ve never experienced themagic of short films on the big screenbefore, then this is a most excellent wayto start.Dir: VariousDenmark / France / Germany / UKWorkshop: 12:00Come and try some basicanimation techniques to breathelife into your own drawings.The LEGO MovieSat 22 March, 13:00 2D &Sun 23 March, 11:00 3DFrom the team behind Cloudy With AChance of Meatballs and HotelTransylvania comes this wonderful blendof Lego toys and movie-themed videogame spinoffs. Emmet, an ordinary,rules-following, perfectly average LEGOminifigure, is mistakenly identified as themost extraordinary person and the keyto saving the world. He is drafted into afellowship of strangers on an epic questto stop an evil tyrant, a journey for whichEmmet is hopelessly and hilariouslyunderprepared. Building on the voicetalents of Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson andMorgan Freeman, this story of a nobodywho saved everybody offers somethingfor all ages.Dirs: Phil Lord, Christopher MillerUSA 2014 / 1hr40m / Digital / UWorkshop: Sat 22 March, 12:00Build your own unlikely superherofrom our craft table. What will theirunique powers include?14 www.dca.org.uk

Join our DiscoveryYoung Ambassadors!Discovery FilmSchool Dundee“I’m even more passionate about more uniquefilms thanks to Discovery!”Rhianne, Young AmbassadorDiscovery Film Festival is looking for new membersaged 15 – 19 to join its team of Young Ambassadors.You can be involved in all elements of the festival:choosing films, writing for our brochure, marketingscreenings and coming up with ideas for eventsand activities. During the festival there are loads offun things that you can do; you can introduce a film,choose the shortlist for a filmmaking competition,or even interview filmmakers about their work. Youdon’t need to have any experience to join the YoungAmbassadors, just bring lots of enthusiasm anda love of film.Sound interesting? Just send an email tomike.tait@dca.org.uk telling us about your favouritefilm and why you’re interested in joining the team.We’ll invite you to meet the current team, find out moreand watch an exclusive preview of a new film!Gala ScreeningSat 22 February, 12:00Over the past three months twelve young film enthusiastsfrom across the region have been taking part in a practicalfilmmaking course, sponsored by the BFI.Working with professional artists, they have had theopportunity to learn the film process from generating ideasright through to shooting, editing and now this very specialmoment, when their finished film will be seen up on the bigscreen for the first ever time. As we go to print, participantsare still working on their films, with the exact content stillvery much under wraps, but if you would like to be at theworld premiere, then join us for what promises to be a veryexciting film launch indeed.Members of the group will be present to introduce thescreening and take part in a Q&A session about their workafterwards.This event is FREE but ticketed.International Women’s DayWadjdaSat 8 March, 11:00Saudi Arabia is a country where women are not allowed to drive, arediscouraged from using public transport, and where cinemas havebeen banned since the 1980s. The fact that a woman filmmaker(Haifaa Al-Mansour) has made a story about a little girl’s bid forindependence in such conditions is quite remarkable.Wadjda, an intelligent, spirited and slightly mischievous 10 year-oldgirl, has one main desire: to own a shiny green bicycle that she canrace against the boy next door. A simple story of one little girl’sdetermination, this delicately shot and beautifully acted film sendsout a strong message about equality and freedom.Amnesty International will be hosting a post-screening discussion to mark International Women’s Day.Dir: Haifaa Al-MansourSaudi Arabia / Germany 2012 / 1h38m / Digital / PGTickets 01382 909 900 15

Love At The MoviesSay AnythingFri 14 February, 20:30Lloyd (John Cusack) is into kick-boxing and doesn't knowwhat he wants in life. Diane (Ione Skye) is the smartest girlin school and has just been awarded a scholarship inEngland. Hardly a match made in heaven. But as Lloydwins Diane over, a sweet romance begins, until Diane'sfather (John Mahoney) puts pressure on her and she callstime on their relationship. What follows is one of the mosticonic scenes in film history – Lloyd playing Peter Gabriel’sIn Your Eyes on his boombox outside Diane’s bedroomwindow. The witty and funny script features some touchingmoments. Cusack is a triumph in the role, it’s impossiblenot to root for him to get his girl. Make someone’sValentine’s Day and take them to see this. They’ll loveyou for it!Dir: Cameron CroweUSA 2009 / 1h36m / Digital / 15La Belle et la BêteSun 16 February, 11:00An influence on everyone from Guillermo del Toro to Disney,Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête is the definitive cinematicfairy-tale. It will make you rediscover a child-like sense ofwonder, and like the best fairy-tales, this is also for adults;dream-like, disturbing and palpably erotic.Cocteau, cinematographer Henri Alekan, co-designersChristian Bérard and Lucien Carré and make-up artistArakelian work miracles bringing the Beast, forest, thecastle, its surroundings and the objects inside it, vividly(and sometimes literally) to life.This remains one of cinema’s great love stories, immaculatelyplayed by Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais as the Beast.Dir: Jean CocteauFrance / 1946 / 1h39m / DigitalFrench with English subtitles / PGGallery ScreeningWings Of DesireFor each of our exhibitions we ask the artist to choose afilm to complement their work. Thomson and Craigheadhave selected this to accompany their exhibition MapsDNA and Spam, which runs until Sun 16 March.Sun 9 March, 11:00Wim Wenders returned to a still divided Germany to make Wings Of Desire, whichwon him “Best Director” at Cannes in 1987. The original title translates as The SkyOver Berlin, and it is an imaginative portrait of the city as seen through the eyesof two angels. Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander) are angels whowatch over Berlin, intimately acquainted with the history of the city and thethoughts of its citizens. Their presence is brilliantly captured by veterancinematographer Henri Alekan, whose fluid camera tracks and glides inappropriately mysterious ways as the angels silently observe and comfort thetroubled mortals. The angels discover the simple pleasures of physical existence,with Damiel becoming fully human through his love for Marion (Solveig Dommartin),a beautiful trapeze artist who performs her own flying act in a travelling circus.There's also the vivid presence of American screen icon Peter Falk, playing anex-angel who's making a movie about Germany's Nazi past.Dir: Wim WendersWest Germany / France 1987 / Digital / German with English subtitles / PG16 www.dca.org.uk

Performance ScreeningsNational Theatre Live: War HorseThu 27 Feb, 19:00 (Sold Out), Sat 8 March, 11:00 (encoreperformance), Sun 16 March, 13:00 (encore performance)The National Theatre’s original stage production of War Horse,broadcast live from London’s West End to cinemas. Since itsfirst performance at the National Theatre in 2007, War Horse hasbecome an international smash hit, capturing the imaginationof four million people around the world. Based on MichaelMorpurgo’s novel and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford, WarHorse takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fieldsof rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France. Filledwith stirring music and songs, this powerfully moving and imaginativedrama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness. Atits heart are astonishing life-size puppets by South Africa’sHandspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping,charging horses to thrilling life on stage.Approximate running time: 3h20mLive from the Met: Prince IgorSat 1 March, 17:00Alexander Borodin’s epic Prince Igor has its first Metperformances since 1917 in a new production staged by notedRussian opera director Dmitri Tcherniakov in his Met debut.Gianandrea Noseda conducts the lush score, famous for itscelebrated “Polovtsian Dances,” and Ildar Abdrazakov sings thetitle role of a 12th-century Russian hero. The cast also includesOksana Dyka in her Met debut as Yaroslavna, Igor’s emotionallyfragile second wife; Anita Rachvelishvili as the fiery Polovtsianprincess Konchakovna; Sergey Semishkur in his Met debut asVladimir Igorevich, Igor’s son and Konchakovna’s lover; MikhailPetrenko as Prince Galitsky; and Štefan Kocán as the warlordKhan Konchak.Approximate running time: 4h30mLive from the Met: WertherSat 15 March, 17:00Director Richard Eyre returns to the Met with a new staging ofMassenet’s tragic romance Werther, starring Jonas Kaufmannand Elīna Garanča in their first Met performances as the broodingpoet Werther and his unattainable love, Charlotte. LisetteOropesa sings the role of Sophie, Charlotte’s sister; David Bižićmakes his Met debut as Charlotte’s fiancé, Albert; and JonathanSummers is Charlotte’s father, Le Bailli. Alain Altinoglu conductsthe first new Met production of the opera in more than forty years.Approximate running time: 3h15mComing SoonBolshoi Ballet: Marco SpadaSun 30 March, 16:00The bandit Marco Spada plunders the surrounding region rightunder the nose of the Governor. He hides his identity carefullyand raises his daughter Angela in a castle. Completely unawareof her father’s double life and his clandestine activities, Angela ispreoccupied by her love life. She longs for Prince Frederici andis shattered when she discovers he is already engaged. MarcoSpada is a grandiose and unique production on both a technicaland dramatic level, and with its scenes of pantomime, devilishintrigue, rejected suitors, kidnapped heroines, rebellion and lovers’misunderstandings, is a fresh and joyful ballet not to be missed.Approximate running time: 2h50mLive from the Met £20 (£10 for under 21s), or book any five Met Operas for £85.NT Live £15 (£13 under 15s), encore performance £14 (£12 under 15s).Bolshoi Ballet £13 (£10 under 15s) or buy four tickets for any performance for £39.Tickets 01382 909 900 17

Long Live LibertyViva La LibertàFri 7 March, 18:00Nominated for 12 David di Donatelloawards, including Best Film and BestActor, Long Live Liberty is a tasty politicalfarce with another delicious performancefrom The Great Beauty's Toni Servillo.To be accurate, it is two performances.Servillo plays Enrico Olivieri, the stern,uninspiring leader of Italy's mainopposition party. One day he flees thecountry and his chief aide turns to hismercurial twin brother Giovanni, alsoplayed by Servillo. Could Giovanni stepinto the breach temporarily? The fact thathe is bi-polar and just released from atreatment centre is a petty detail whenappearances must be maintained at allcosts. Giovanni is soon having the time ofhis life, ripping up the rule book and takingthe political debate straight to the people.Dir: Roberto AndòItaly / 2013 / 1h34m / DigitalItalian with English subtitles / 12+Those Happy YearsAnni FeliciSat 08 March, 18:00Daniele Luchetti (My Brother Is An OnlyChild) returns to his childhood in the1970s for this boisterous, beguilingportrait of a family in crisis. Kim RossiStuart is superb as Guido, a pretentioussculptor who is rather too fond of thebeautiful life models deemed essentialto his art. His long-suffering wife Serena(Micaela Ramazzotti) leaves for thesummer with their sons, a decision toassert her independence, which offendsGuido's old-fashioned chauvinism andthat's just the beginning of their troubles.The tension in their relationship and widerchanges in Italian society are seenthrough the eyes of aspiring filmmakerDario (Samuel Garofalo) and youngerbrother Paolo (Niccolo Calvagna) inthis warm and witty autobiographicalremembrance of times past.Dir: Daniele LuchettiItaly / 2013 / 1h46m / DigitalItalian with English subtitles / 15+SandraVaghe Stelle Dell'OrsaSun 9 March, 13:15Made immediately after his masterpieceThe Leopard (Il Gattopardo), LuchinoVisconti's rarely seen Sandra won theGolden Lion (Leone D'Oro) at Venice andhas now been restored to its sparklingbest. Claudia Cardinale's steely, neuroticSandra returns to her home town ofVolterra in Tuscany accompanied by hernew husband Andrew (Michael Craig), toparticipate in a ceremony honouring herfather, a scientist who died in Auschwitz.The homecoming finds her confronted bya distraught mother, a former lover andher dashingly handsome, deeply devotedbrother Gianni. This film is a modernday interpretation of the Electra myth,transformed into a stark, hothousemelodrama featuring strong echoes ofTennessee Williams.Dir: Luchino ViscontiItaly / 1965 / 1h45m / DigitalItalian with English subtitles / 15+18 www.dca.org.uk

Benvenuti to the 21st anniversary edition of the Italian Film Festival, curated by Allan Hunterand Richard Mowe: With five new films and one restored masterpiece, we cover everythingfrom politics and romance, to the mafia and family feuds. See three films for £15SalvoSun 09 March, 18:00Winner of the Critics Week Grand Prix atCannes, Salvo (Saleh Bakri) is like a cool,slow-burning Sicilian homage to Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samurai. A ruthlessMafia assassin, when Salvo is ambushedby a rival mob, he sets out to kill the manresponsible. Waiting in the shadows forhis target to return home, he discoversthe man's sister Rita (Sara Seraciocco),a beautiful blind girl, beginning a seriesof events that are to change both of theirlives and melt his cold, cold heart. Anassured debut from directors FabioGrassadonia and Antonio Piazza, Salvooffers an intense, unsettling saga ofredemption.Dirs: Fabio Grassadonia,Antonio PiazzaItaly / 2013 / 1h44m / DigitalItalian with English subtitles / 15+The Fifth WheelL’Ultima ruotadel carroMon 10 March, 18:00Loosely based on the life of ErnestoFioretti, The Fifth Wheel covers fortyyears in the life of a hard-working averageman for whom family, friends and footballare more significant than any of thepolitical and social changes that buffetthe country. Elio Germano gives aheartfelt performance as the honest,dependable Ernesto, investing him withthe generous heart of Forrest Gump andthe physical grace of Charlie Chaplin.Marriage to Angela (AlessandraMastronardi) gives him the courage tostart his own business, but a closefriendship with the ambitious Giacinto(Ricky Memphis) brings him fantasticopportunities and a taste of how theother half live. A bittersweet tale of theextraordinary moments in ordinary lives.Dir: Roberto AndòItaly / 2013 / 1h53m / DigitalItalian with English subtitles / 15+A Street In PalermoVia CastellanaBandieraTue 11 Mar, 18:00Stand by for a tense showdown on thestreets of Sicily and forget any lazystereotypes of Mafia mayhem orgun-totin' gangsters. On a blistering hotday, Rosa and Clara bicker and bitch asthey drive through the backstreets ofPalermo. Meanwhile, Samira is drivingher family home after a fractious day atthe beach. Both drivers enter ViaCastellana Bandiera. Both believe theyhave right of way. Neither one is willingto budge an inch or reverse a metre andso the stage is set for a petty dispute toescalate into a major confrontationinvolving fellow drivers, innocentbystanders and two women who shallnot be moved. An eyecatching debutfrom Emma Dante in which Pirandello isinfused with the spirit of Laurel and Hardy.Dir: Emma DanteItaly / 2013/ 1h34m / Digital / 12+Tickets 01382 909 900 19

Focus On Film: StarsWe have collaborated with the English and Film Studies Programme at the University of Dundee andthe Department of Film Studies at the University of St Andrews to bring you Focus On Film: Stars.Taking place on Sunday mornings from 11:00, each session will include an introduction, screeningand post-film discussion with Dr. Elisabetta Girelli and Dr. Brian Hoyle. Recommended readings willbe provided. The course fee is £48 (£35 concessions) for the six weeks. Individual tickets can bepurchased for the film screenings alone without access to the discussion at £6 (£5 students only).The Son of theSheikSun 9 March, 11:00Rudolph Valentino was arguably the firsttrue international movie star and The Sonof The Sheik was a fitting, if premature,swan-song. A follow-up to 1921’s TheSheik, this improves upon the original inevery way and it may in fact be the mosticonic film of his career. Valentino hadbeen typecast as the archetypal exoticlover, but in this, having taken his careerinto his own hands, he cheerfully sent-uphis own image, whilst also giving hisaudience the action and eroticism theyhad come to expect. Indeed, Valentinogives a stunning performance here in adual role, as both the Sheik from theoriginal film, and his son, Ahmed, and thechemistry with co-star Vilma Bánky givesthe love scenes a genuine charge. Sadly,we will never know where Valentino mighthave gone from here; he developedperitonitis and died just weeks before thefilm went on general release. Americansflocked to see the film, making it one ofthe first cinematic megastar’s biggest hits.Dir: George FitzmauriceUSA 1926 / 1h8m / Digital / U20 www.dca.org.ukLift to the ScaffoldAscenseur pourl’échafaudSun 16 March, 11:00One of the great debuts in film history,Louis Malle’s Lift to the Scaffold madeJeanne Moreau a megastar in France andthroughout the world. If the plot owessomething to Double Indemnity and otherAmerican noir films, the execution isradical. Anticipating his French NewWave contemporaries by several years,Malle took his crew on location, soakingthe film in the atmosphere of Paris bynight. Malle also invited jazz legend MilesDavis to improvise a score over his andcinematographer Henri Decae’sextraordinary images. The results, bestevidenced in the scenes where Moreauwanders the dark streets of Paris lookingfor her missing lover, were extraordinary.Don’t miss this chance to see a landmarkfilm in a gorgeous new restoration.Dir: Louis MalleFrance 1958 / 1h32m / Digital / PGFunny FaceSun 23 March, 11:00Few films are as effortlessly brilliantas Funny Face. Directed by thedistinguished but underrated StanleyDonen and featuring Fred Astaire andAudrey Hepburn singing and dancing toa dozen songs written by George andIra Gershwin, Funny Face certainly haspedigree. It also has wit and charm tospare. The two leads play beautifully offeach other, but the film is almost stolenby Kay Thompson as a fashionistamagazine editor. Highlights includeThompson singing “Think Pink”, Astairedancing to “Let’s Kiss and Make Up,”Hepburn’s solo on “How Long HasThis Been Going On?”, Astair andThompson’s energetic duet on “Clap yo’Hands” and the two stars performing“S’ Wonderful”. Sophisticated and madewith an admirably light touch, this may bethe last great Hollywood musical in theclassic MGM mould.Dir: Stanley DonenUSA 1957 / 1h43m / Digital / U

A Place in the SunSun 30 March, 11:00Despite picking up an arm-full of Oscars,including Best Director, A Place in theSun is now something of a forgottenclassic, which deserves to find a placein the pantheon of film noir. Starringperhaps the most beautiful couple inHollywood history – Elizabeth Taylor andMontgomery Clift – the film tells the storyof a poor but ambitious young man’sattempt to become rich by seducingand marrying a beautiful socialite (Taylor),even if it means getting rid of his oldflame (Shelley Winters, also excellent).The script crackles while Clift has greatchemistry with both his female leads, anddirector George Stevens, who thoroughlydeserved his Oscar, gets the maximumimpact out of every scene: Quite simply,a masterpiece.Dir: George StevensUSA 1951 / 2h13m / Digital / UIn the Heat ofthe NightSun 6 April, 11:00In the Heat of the Night is a remarkablefilm. Perhaps Hollywood’s most eloquentcontribution to the Civil Rights movementof the 1960, the film did not, however, getbogged down in message-mongering ordidactic speeches. Director NormanJewison rather focused rather on theplot and the relationship between thetwo main characters, a bigotedSouthern Sherrif (Rod Steiger) and thesophisticated black detective (SidneyPoitier) hired to help him solve a murder.This is a tense, intelligent thriller and asuperb study of two very different menwho form a grudging respect. Steigerrightly won an Oscar and Poitier, whois every bit as good, appeared in twosequels as Detective Virgil Tibbs. Neitherof these could compete with the originalhowever with its great direction, score,script, the chemistry between the twoleads and its superb supporting cast ofcharacter actors.Dir: Norman JewisonUSA 1967 / 1h48m / Digital / 12The Man WhoWould Be KingSun 13 April, 11:00John Huston longed to adapt RudyardKipling’s story The Man Who Would BeKing for more than three decades beforehe finally succeeded, and we can bethankful for the long gestation, as theresulting work is one of the finest ofHuston’s career, and a great unsung filmof the 1970s. Sean Connery and MichaelCaine are perfectly cast as two cheerfullyamoral and none-too-bright Britishsoldiers, who set out to seek their fortuneand make themselves kings in NorthernIndia, as is Saeed Jaffrey as their Gurkhaside-kick. Huston’s direction is asmuscular and intelligent as ever, the scriptis a brilliant combination of rousing Boys’Own Adventure and colonial satire, andOssie Morris’ photography has realbeauty and scope. This may be thefinest and most moving buddy movieever made.Dir: John HustonUSA / UK 1975 / 2h03m / Digital / PGTickets 01382 909 900 21

East Side StoriesBrought to DCA by the Japan Foundation Touring Programme, East Side Stories showcases a widerange of cinematic styles and tones by both established and up-and-coming directors, all of whichlook at how the adults of tomorrow have been portrayed in Japanese cinema over the years.Supported by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and Japan AirlinesLove Strikesモテキ MotekiSat 15 March, 18:00Nerdy, diffident and pop culture loving-blogger Yukiyo (MiraiMoriayama) finds himself all of a sudden more popular withgirls. Overpowered by this surge of interest, Yukiyo findshimself in an out-of-control situation during this madcapromantic comedy. Based on the hit TV-drama of the samename, this film is packed full of J-pop and karaokesequences to enjoy!Dir: Hitoshi OhneJapan 2011 / 1h58m / DigitalJapanese with English subtitlesColorfulカラフル KarafuruSun 16 March, 18:00A dejected spirit is given a second chance at life when he isplaced in the body of a 14-year-old schoolboy Makato, whohas been experiencing a difficult time at home and at school.Keiichi Hara’s aptly-named anime feature film is a sincereexploration into the lives and minds of teens in contemporaryJapan.Dir: Keiichi HaraJapan 2010 / 2h06m / DigitalJapanese with English subtitlesParadeパレード ParêdoMon 17 March, 18:00A group of young flatmates sharing a tiny Tokyo apartmentfind their lives thrown into hazard when a mysteriousgolden-haired stranger takes residence on their sofa, justas a number of brutal murders have been committed in anearby park. Isao Yukisada’s existential drama, starringTatsuya Fujiwara (Battle Royale), is based on the bestsellingnovel by Shuichi Yoshida.Dir: Isao YukisadaJapan 2010 / 1h58m / 35mmJapanese with English subtitles22 www.dca.org.uk18 Who Cause a Storm嵐 を 呼 ぶ 十 八 人Arashi o yobu juhachi-ninTue 18 March, 18:00A worker in a shipbuilding yard is offered the chance toboost his wages by managing a dormitory inhabited by apack of 18 adolescent ruffians. This early film by YoshishigeYoshida (Eros Plus Massacre) is a neo-realist account of theconditions of Japanese temporary workers during the 1960s,and it is a rarity for it to be screened outside Japan.Dir: Yoshishige YoshidaJapan 1963 / 1h48m / 35mmJapanese with English subtitles

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