Curzon Cinemas
Visible Secrets: Hong Kong’s Women Filmmakers presents: CLAUSTROPHOBIA (European Premiere) plus Q&A with director Ivy Ho
monday 2 november 6.15pm
tickets: £12.00/£9.00 cineastes
MAYFAIR
Visible Secrets: Hong Kong’s Women Filmmakers is a unique programme of films, events and special guests designed to celebrate the vibrancy... of Hong Kong’s female directors. This season launches with a gala screening at Curzon Mayfair and a special post-screening discussion with the director.
EUROPEAN PREMIERE CLAUSTROPHOBIA (cert tbc)
Director: Ivy Ho. Starring: Kar Yan Lam, Ekin Cheng, Chucky Woo. Hong Kong 2008. 100 mins. Cantonese with subtitles
An intriguing film that reveals much about the relationship between two ordinary office workers Tom and Pearl and their colleagues with whom they share a ride to work.
Presented by Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London.
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monday 2 november 6.15pm
tickets: £12.00/£9.00 cineastes
MAYFAIR
Visible Secrets: Hong Kong’s Women Filmmakers is a unique programme of films, events and special guests designed to celebrate the vibrancy... of Hong Kong’s female directors. This season launches with a gala screening at Curzon Mayfair and a special post-screening discussion with the director.
EUROPEAN PREMIERE CLAUSTROPHOBIA (cert tbc)
Director: Ivy Ho. Starring: Kar Yan Lam, Ekin Cheng, Chucky Woo. Hong Kong 2008. 100 mins. Cantonese with subtitles
An intriguing film that reveals much about the relationship between two ordinary office workers Tom and Pearl and their colleagues with whom they share a ride to work.
Presented by Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London.
www.curzoncinemas.com/#/events/qanda/cla
www.cornerhouse.org/visiblesecrets
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Claustrophobia is the Opening Night Film of Visible Secrets: Hong Kong’s Women Filmmakers Season!
Time:Monday, 02 November 2009 18:15
Location:Curzon Mayfair
Curzon Cinemas
CURZON Q&As: STARSUCKERS (advised 15) plus Q&A with writer/director Chris Atkins
friday 30 october 6.30pm.
tickets: £12.00/£9.00 cineastes
SOHO
Chris Atkins’s last BAFTA-nominated feature documentary TAKING LIBERTIES was both a critical and commercial hit. STARSUCKERS, his next offering, examines the psychological reasons... behind our irrational obsession with fame and exposes the techniques used by the industries which propagate it. The documentary was made completely independently over two years in secret, and will almost certainly never be screened uncut on British TV.
With thanks to Chris Atkins and Miracle Communications Limited.
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PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL BE DOING FURTHER SCREENINGS OF THE DOCUMENTARY WITHOUT Q&A ON:
SUN 01 NOV - 12NOON - CURZON SOHO
MON 02 NOV - 6.30PM - CURZON SOHO
WED 04 NOV - 9.00PM - CURZON SOHO
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friday 30 october 6.30pm.
tickets: £12.00/£9.00 cineastes
SOHO
Chris Atkins’s last BAFTA-nominated feature documentary TAKING LIBERTIES was both a critical and commercial hit. STARSUCKERS, his next offering, examines the psychological reasons... behind our irrational obsession with fame and exposes the techniques used by the industries which propagate it. The documentary was made completely independently over two years in secret, and will almost certainly never be screened uncut on British TV.
With thanks to Chris Atkins and Miracle Communications Limited.
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PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL BE DOING FURTHER SCREENINGS OF THE DOCUMENTARY WITHOUT Q&A ON:
SUN 01 NOV - 12NOON - CURZON SOHO
MON 02 NOV - 6.30PM - CURZON SOHO
WED 04 NOV - 9.00PM - CURZON SOHO
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The documentary was made completely independently over two years in secret, and will almost certainly never be screened uncut on British TV!
Time:Friday, 30 October 2009 18:30
Location:Curzon Soho
Curzon Cinemas
hmvcurzon ANIME SPECIAL
sunday 1 november 1.30pm
tickets: £10.00 / £8.00 cineastes
GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0 (15) plus Introduction
Director: Mamoru Oshii | Japan | 2008 | 82mins | Japanese with English subtitles
In the year 2029 following the Forth World War, a Japanese-led Asian block dominates world affairs, securing its su...premacy with an elite cybernetic security force. Originally released in 1995, Oshii’s film stunned anime fans by merging traditional animation and CG imagery. This newly enhanced "director's cut" contains over 90 altered and enhanced scenes and an all-new soundtrack.
With thanks to Manga Entertainment.
http://www.hmvcurzon.com/movie_details/d
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sunday 1 november 1.30pm
tickets: £10.00 / £8.00 cineastes
GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0 (15) plus Introduction
Director: Mamoru Oshii | Japan | 2008 | 82mins | Japanese with English subtitles
In the year 2029 following the Forth World War, a Japanese-led Asian block dominates world affairs, securing its su...premacy with an elite cybernetic security force. Originally released in 1995, Oshii’s film stunned anime fans by merging traditional animation and CG imagery. This newly enhanced "director's cut" contains over 90 altered and enhanced scenes and an all-new soundtrack.
With thanks to Manga Entertainment.
http://www.hmvcurzon.com/movie_details/d
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This newly enhanced director's cut contains over 90 altered and enhanced scenes and an all-new soundtrack!
Time:Sunday, 01 November 2009 13:30
Location:hmvcurzon Wimbledon
Curzon Cinemas
PREVIEW OF TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE PLUS Q&A WITH CO-DIRECTORS HANNO HOFER AND CONSTANTIN POPESCU
THU 29 OCT at 6.00pm
tickets: £10.00 / £8.00 cineastes
RENOIR
Curzon Cinemas welcomes co-directors Hanno Höfer and Constantin Popescu to the stage to discuss their new film based on five urban legends from Communist Romania. ...We regret that Cristian Mungiu, Razvan Marculescu and Ioana Uricaru are now unable to attend this event, as previously advertised.
TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE [12A]
Director: Hanno Höfer, Razvan Marculescu, Crisitian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru • Romania 2009 • 131 mins • Romanian with English subtitles
From the creators of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days comes an unconventional personal history of the late communist period in Romania, the so-called ‘The Golden Age’, in reality the worse in Romania’s history. Tales From the Golden Age adapts for screen the most popular urban myths of the period. Comic, bizarre, surprising myths abounded, myths that drew on the often-surreal events of everyday life under Ceausescu’s regime.
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THU 29 OCT at 6.00pm
tickets: £10.00 / £8.00 cineastes
RENOIR
Curzon Cinemas welcomes co-directors Hanno Höfer and Constantin Popescu to the stage to discuss their new film based on five urban legends from Communist Romania. ...We regret that Cristian Mungiu, Razvan Marculescu and Ioana Uricaru are now unable to attend this event, as previously advertised.
TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE [12A]
Director: Hanno Höfer, Razvan Marculescu, Crisitian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru • Romania 2009 • 131 mins • Romanian with English subtitles
From the creators of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days comes an unconventional personal history of the late communist period in Romania, the so-called ‘The Golden Age’, in reality the worse in Romania’s history. Tales From the Golden Age adapts for screen the most popular urban myths of the period. Comic, bizarre, surprising myths abounded, myths that drew on the often-surreal events of everyday life under Ceausescu’s regime.
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From the creators of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days comes an unconventional personal history of the late communist period in Romania!
Time:Thursday, 29 October 2009 18:00
Location:Renoir Cinema
Curzon Cinemas
Fantastic Mr. Fox plus Intro by Andy Gent
hmvcurzon Wimbledon
tickets: £10.00 / £8.00 cineastes
Wes Anderson’s ('The Royal Tenenbaums') first animated film uses classic stop-motion techniques to tell Roald Dahl’s best-selling children’s story. Mr and Mrs Fox (voiced by George Clooney and Meryl Streep, alongside cast inclu...ding Bill Murray and Jarvis Cocker) live an idyllic domestic life…until Mr Fox’s animal instincts incur the wrath of three mean farmers.
We welcome Andy Gent, the models supervisor from 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' to introduce the 6.30pm screening on Friday 23 October and talk about his work on the film.
http://www.hmvcurzon.com/movie_details/d
hmvcurzon Wimbledon
tickets: £10.00 / £8.00 cineastes
Wes Anderson’s ('The Royal Tenenbaums') first animated film uses classic stop-motion techniques to tell Roald Dahl’s best-selling children’s story. Mr and Mrs Fox (voiced by George Clooney and Meryl Streep, alongside cast inclu...ding Bill Murray and Jarvis Cocker) live an idyllic domestic life…until Mr Fox’s animal instincts incur the wrath of three mean farmers.
We welcome Andy Gent, the models supervisor from 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' to introduce the 6.30pm screening on Friday 23 October and talk about his work on the film.
http://www.hmvcurzon.com/movie_details/d
Adapted from Roald Dahl's novel of the same name, Fantastic Mr. Fox is the new film by Wes Anderson (Darjeeling Limited, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, etc.)!
Time:Friday, 23 October 2009 18:30
Location:hmvcurzon
Curzon Cinemas
CURZON SCREEN SALON PRESENTS: MICHAEL HANEKE SEASON
MAYFAIR RENOIR
tickets: Renoir double bills: £10.00/£8.00 cineastes, Mayfair preview: £12.00/£9.00 cineastes
Michael Haneke’s rigorous cinematic analysis of modern society has made him one of today’s most influential filmmakers. Curzon Screen Salon presents a retrospect...ive of his work with brief introductions before most screenings.
saturday 17 12NOON
BENNY’S VIDEO [18] with introduction
Starring: Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler, Ulrich Mühe. Austria, Switzerland 1992. 110 mins. German with subtitles
Haneke poses provocative and challenging questions in this unsettling examination of a 14 year-old boy’s obsession with violent films and images.
Followed by: FUNNY GAMES [18]
Starring: Ulrich Mühe, Susanne Lothar, Arno Frisch. Austria 1997. 108 mins. German with subtitles
In this unforgettable original version, a middle class family on a lakeside holiday are subjected to a horrifying ordeal of terror.
sunday 18 october 12NOON
CODE UNKNOWN [15] with introduction
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Ona Lu Yenke. France, Germany, Romania 2000. 117 mins. French, German, Romanian with subtitles
A fascinating study of the subtle connections and barriers (class, race and social) between people in the modern world.
Followed by: THE PIANO TEACHER [18]
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel. Germany, Poland, France, Austria 2001. 131 mins. French with subtitles
A repressed piano teacher is seduced by a handsome pupil and extreme and uncontrollable desire is unleashed within her.
saturday 24 october 12NOON
TIME OF THE WOLF [15] with introduction
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Béatrice Dalle, Patrice Chèreau. France, Austria, Germany 2003. 113 mins. French with subtitles
This dark, apocalyptic drama follows a family fleeing the city to find refuge in their country home - a journey which becomes an odyssey of devastation.
Followed by: HIDDEN [15]
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou. France, Austria, Germany, Italy, USA 2005. 118 mins. French with subtitles
A powerful, provocative look at guilt, trust, responsibility and paranoia, played with unnerving suspense by a stellar cast.
sunday 25 october 12NOON RENOIR
BENNY’S VIDEO [18] with introduction
Starring: Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler, Ulrich Mühe. Austria, Switzerland 1992. 110 mins. German with subtitles
Haneke poses provocative and challenging questions in this unsettling examination of a 14 year-old boy’s obsession with violent films and images.
Followed by: THE PIANO TEACHER [18]
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel. Germany, Poland, France, Austria 2001. 131 mins. French with subtitles
A repressed piano teacher is seduced by a handsome pupil and extreme and uncontrollable desire is unleashed within her.
saturday 31 october 12NOON RENOIR
FUNNY GAMES [18] with introduction
Starring: Ulrich Mühe, Susanne Lothar, Arno Frisch. Austria 1997. 108 mins. German with subtitles
In this unforgettable original version, a middle class family on a lakeside holiday are subjected to a horrifying ordeal of terror.
Followed by: HIDDEN [15]
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou. France, Austria, Germany, Italy, USA 2005. 118 mins. French with subtitles
A powerful, provocative look at guilt, trust, responsibility and paranoia, played with unnerving suspense by a stellar cast.
sunday 01 november 12NOON RENOIR
CODE UNKNOWN [15]
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Ona Lu Yenke. France, Germany, Romania 2000. 117 mins. French, German, Romanian with subtitles
A fascinating study of the subtle connections and barriers (class, race and social) between people in the modern world.
Followed by: TIME OF THE WOLF [15]
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Béatrice Dalle, Patrice Chèreau. France, Austria, Germany 2003. 113 mins. French with subtitles
This dark, apocalyptic drama follows a family fleeing the city to find refuge in their country home - a journey which becomes an odyssey of devastation.
PREVIEW sunday 08 november 5.30pm MAYFAIR
THE WHITE RIBBON [cert tbc]
Starring: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Tukur, Janina Fautz. Austria, Germany, France, Italy 2009. 144 mins. German with subtitles
Haneke’s Palme d’Or winning film follows a series of strange events affecting a rural German community, bringing into question the foundations of National Socialism.
With thanks to Artificial Eye
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/al
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MAYFAIR RENOIR
tickets: Renoir double bills: £10.00/£8.00 cineastes, Mayfair preview: £12.00/£9.00 cineastes
Michael Haneke’s rigorous cinematic analysis of modern society has made him one of today’s most influential filmmakers. Curzon Screen Salon presents a retrospect...ive of his work with brief introductions before most screenings.
saturday 17 12NOON
BENNY’S VIDEO [18] with introduction
Starring: Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler, Ulrich Mühe. Austria, Switzerland 1992. 110 mins. German with subtitles
Haneke poses provocative and challenging questions in this unsettling examination of a 14 year-old boy’s obsession with violent films and images.
Followed by: FUNNY GAMES [18]
Starring: Ulrich Mühe, Susanne Lothar, Arno Frisch. Austria 1997. 108 mins. German with subtitles
In this unforgettable original version, a middle class family on a lakeside holiday are subjected to a horrifying ordeal of terror.
sunday 18 october 12NOON
CODE UNKNOWN [15] with introduction
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Ona Lu Yenke. France, Germany, Romania 2000. 117 mins. French, German, Romanian with subtitles
A fascinating study of the subtle connections and barriers (class, race and social) between people in the modern world.
Followed by: THE PIANO TEACHER [18]
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel. Germany, Poland, France, Austria 2001. 131 mins. French with subtitles
A repressed piano teacher is seduced by a handsome pupil and extreme and uncontrollable desire is unleashed within her.
saturday 24 october 12NOON
TIME OF THE WOLF [15] with introduction
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Béatrice Dalle, Patrice Chèreau. France, Austria, Germany 2003. 113 mins. French with subtitles
This dark, apocalyptic drama follows a family fleeing the city to find refuge in their country home - a journey which becomes an odyssey of devastation.
Followed by: HIDDEN [15]
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou. France, Austria, Germany, Italy, USA 2005. 118 mins. French with subtitles
A powerful, provocative look at guilt, trust, responsibility and paranoia, played with unnerving suspense by a stellar cast.
sunday 25 october 12NOON RENOIR
BENNY’S VIDEO [18] with introduction
Starring: Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler, Ulrich Mühe. Austria, Switzerland 1992. 110 mins. German with subtitles
Haneke poses provocative and challenging questions in this unsettling examination of a 14 year-old boy’s obsession with violent films and images.
Followed by: THE PIANO TEACHER [18]
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel. Germany, Poland, France, Austria 2001. 131 mins. French with subtitles
A repressed piano teacher is seduced by a handsome pupil and extreme and uncontrollable desire is unleashed within her.
saturday 31 october 12NOON RENOIR
FUNNY GAMES [18] with introduction
Starring: Ulrich Mühe, Susanne Lothar, Arno Frisch. Austria 1997. 108 mins. German with subtitles
In this unforgettable original version, a middle class family on a lakeside holiday are subjected to a horrifying ordeal of terror.
Followed by: HIDDEN [15]
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou. France, Austria, Germany, Italy, USA 2005. 118 mins. French with subtitles
A powerful, provocative look at guilt, trust, responsibility and paranoia, played with unnerving suspense by a stellar cast.
sunday 01 november 12NOON RENOIR
CODE UNKNOWN [15]
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Ona Lu Yenke. France, Germany, Romania 2000. 117 mins. French, German, Romanian with subtitles
A fascinating study of the subtle connections and barriers (class, race and social) between people in the modern world.
Followed by: TIME OF THE WOLF [15]
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Béatrice Dalle, Patrice Chèreau. France, Austria, Germany 2003. 113 mins. French with subtitles
This dark, apocalyptic drama follows a family fleeing the city to find refuge in their country home - a journey which becomes an odyssey of devastation.
PREVIEW sunday 08 november 5.30pm MAYFAIR
THE WHITE RIBBON [cert tbc]
Starring: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Tukur, Janina Fautz. Austria, Germany, France, Italy 2009. 144 mins. German with subtitles
Haneke’s Palme d’Or winning film follows a series of strange events affecting a rural German community, bringing into question the foundations of National Socialism.
With thanks to Artificial Eye
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/al
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Curzon Screen Salon presents a retrospective of Michael Haneke's work with brief introductions before most screenings!
Time:Saturday, 17 October 2009 12:00
Location:Renoir Cinema and Curzon Mayfair
Curzon Cinemas
GOODBYE SOLO AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA
monday 12 october 6.15pm
tickets £11.00 | £9.00 cineastes
RENOIR
To celebrate the release of Ramin Bahrani’s new film the Curzon Screen Salon will be in conversation with Jason Wood, author of BFI Screen Guide ‘100 American Independent Films’.
***FUTURE CURZON SCREEN SALONS***
su...nday 18 october 2.15pm RICHMOND
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR PARNASSUS AND THE FANTASTIC WORLDS OF TERRY GILLIAM
This Screen Salon will look back over Terry Gilliam’s career, which has featured as many tragedies and disappointments as it has successes.
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monday 12 october 6.15pm
tickets £11.00 | £9.00 cineastes
RENOIR
To celebrate the release of Ramin Bahrani’s new film the Curzon Screen Salon will be in conversation with Jason Wood, author of BFI Screen Guide ‘100 American Independent Films’.
***FUTURE CURZON SCREEN SALONS***
su...nday 18 october 2.15pm RICHMOND
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR PARNASSUS AND THE FANTASTIC WORLDS OF TERRY GILLIAM
This Screen Salon will look back over Terry Gilliam’s career, which has featured as many tragedies and disappointments as it has successes.
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Curzon Screen Salons will be in conversation with author Jason Wood before the screening of Goodbye Solo!
Time:Monday, 12 October 2009 18:15
Location:Renoir Cinema
Curzon Cinemas
THE COVE GALA SCREENING PLUS Q&A WITH DIRECTOR LOUIE PSIHOYOS AND Richard O'Barry (MARINE MAMMAL SPECIALIST, EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE)
monday 12 october 6.30pm
Tickets: £12.00/£9.00 Cineastes
SOHO
In the 1960's, Richard O'Barry was the world’s leading authority on dolphin training, working on the set of the popular televisio...n program Flipper. Day in and day out, O'Barry kept the dolphins working and television audiences smiling. But one day, that all came to a tragic end. THE COVE, directed by Louie Psihoyos, tells the amazing true story of how Psihoyos, O'Barry and an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The mysteries they uncovered were only the tip of the iceberg.
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monday 12 october 6.30pm
Tickets: £12.00/£9.00 Cineastes
SOHO
In the 1960's, Richard O'Barry was the world’s leading authority on dolphin training, working on the set of the popular televisio...n program Flipper. Day in and day out, O'Barry kept the dolphins working and television audiences smiling. But one day, that all came to a tragic end. THE COVE, directed by Louie Psihoyos, tells the amazing true story of how Psihoyos, O'Barry and an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The mysteries they uncovered were only the tip of the iceberg.
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An elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret!
Time:Monday, 12 October 2009 18:30
Location:Curzon Soho
Curzon Cinemas
Preview: The Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus plus Q&A Terry Gilliam
Tickets: £15.00/£12.50 members
MAYFAIR
Curzon Mayfair proudly welcomes director Terry Gilliam to the stage in a post screening discussion to answer all audience questions.
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR PARNASSUS (12A)
Dir: Terry Gilliam Starring: Christopher Plummer, H...eath Ledger, Tom Waits. Duration: 123 min.
A director seemingly affiliated with bad luck, that Terry Gilliam got to complete this at all is a minor miracle. A fantastical morality tale set in present-day London (for the most part at least), the alternate realities Gilliam spins will be more than familiar to fans of TIME BANDITS and BRAZIL. With more than a hint of Doctor Faustus, the film’s kernel is an ambitious travelling magician whose ambition has caused him to enter a number of deals with the devil, the most personally damaging of which has seen Parnassus (played impeccably by Plummer, THE NEW WORLD) trade immortality for his daughter (Lily Cole) on the occasion of her 16th birthday. A characteristic feast for the senses, the film is a fitting epitaph to Ledger, whose character is also ably portrayed in its transformative states by Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp. Extremely entertaining, the film also has at its heart a larger than life turn from Tom Waits as the devil.
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Tickets: £15.00/£12.50 members
MAYFAIR
Curzon Mayfair proudly welcomes director Terry Gilliam to the stage in a post screening discussion to answer all audience questions.
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR PARNASSUS (12A)
Dir: Terry Gilliam Starring: Christopher Plummer, H...eath Ledger, Tom Waits. Duration: 123 min.
A director seemingly affiliated with bad luck, that Terry Gilliam got to complete this at all is a minor miracle. A fantastical morality tale set in present-day London (for the most part at least), the alternate realities Gilliam spins will be more than familiar to fans of TIME BANDITS and BRAZIL. With more than a hint of Doctor Faustus, the film’s kernel is an ambitious travelling magician whose ambition has caused him to enter a number of deals with the devil, the most personally damaging of which has seen Parnassus (played impeccably by Plummer, THE NEW WORLD) trade immortality for his daughter (Lily Cole) on the occasion of her 16th birthday. A characteristic feast for the senses, the film is a fitting epitaph to Ledger, whose character is also ably portrayed in its transformative states by Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp. Extremely entertaining, the film also has at its heart a larger than life turn from Tom Waits as the devil.
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/al
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This exciting event was sold out but we have a few extra tickets back on sale!
Time:Wednesday, 07 October 2009 18:10
Location:Curzon Mayfair
Curzon Cinemas
Curzon DocDays and Sheffield Doc/Fest present:
DOCSWELOVE
Tickets: £10.00/£8.00 members
RENOIR
sunday 11 october 12noon
DANCING WITH THE DEVIL (cert tbc) PLUS Q&A WITH DIRECTOR/PRODUCER JON BLAIR
Director: Jon Blair / UK 2009 / 105 mins
Spiderman, a 28-year-old drug lord, Inspector Leonardo Torres from Rio's drug squad and Pa...stor Dione, an evangelical preacher, stalk the gloomy back - alleys of Rio de Janeiro's notorious slums. With unprecedented access to some of Rio's most wanted men, together with the specialist police units that hunt down and kill them, this gripping film offers an intimate look at one of the bloodiest urban conflicts on earth.
With thanks to Jon Blair Film Company Ltd
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/al
***FUTURE DOCSWELOVE EVENTS***
November and December see a musically themed DOCSWELOVE showcasing two sneak preview documentary screenings alongside exclusive introductions. sheffdocfest.com
sunday 29 november times TBC
*LONDON PREMIERE* WOODSTOCK: NOW AND THEN (cert tbc)
Plus Introduction
Director: Barbara Kopple. USA 2009. 86 mins
Taking a look back at the spirit of Woodstock and its influence on today's generation of artists, musicians and politicians, the film features brand new interviews, never-seen footage, photographs, illustrations, and a special tribute performance. Directed by two-time Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple.
sunday 20 december times TBC
HOW THE BEATLES ROCKED THE KREMLIN (cert tbc)
Plus Introduction
Director: Leslie Woodhead. UK 2009. 60 mins
The Beatles’ music banned in the USSR and bootlegged by teenagers, instilled dreams of hope and freedom. Providing a refreshingly different perspective this documentary shows how The Beatles may have contributed to the collapse of the USSR and communism. Produced by BBC Storyville.
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DOCSWELOVE
Tickets: £10.00/£8.00 members
RENOIR
sunday 11 october 12noon
DANCING WITH THE DEVIL (cert tbc) PLUS Q&A WITH DIRECTOR/PRODUCER JON BLAIR
Director: Jon Blair / UK 2009 / 105 mins
Spiderman, a 28-year-old drug lord, Inspector Leonardo Torres from Rio's drug squad and Pa...stor Dione, an evangelical preacher, stalk the gloomy back - alleys of Rio de Janeiro's notorious slums. With unprecedented access to some of Rio's most wanted men, together with the specialist police units that hunt down and kill them, this gripping film offers an intimate look at one of the bloodiest urban conflicts on earth.
With thanks to Jon Blair Film Company Ltd
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/al
***FUTURE DOCSWELOVE EVENTS***
November and December see a musically themed DOCSWELOVE showcasing two sneak preview documentary screenings alongside exclusive introductions. sheffdocfest.com
sunday 29 november times TBC
*LONDON PREMIERE* WOODSTOCK: NOW AND THEN (cert tbc)
Plus Introduction
Director: Barbara Kopple. USA 2009. 86 mins
Taking a look back at the spirit of Woodstock and its influence on today's generation of artists, musicians and politicians, the film features brand new interviews, never-seen footage, photographs, illustrations, and a special tribute performance. Directed by two-time Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple.
sunday 20 december times TBC
HOW THE BEATLES ROCKED THE KREMLIN (cert tbc)
Plus Introduction
Director: Leslie Woodhead. UK 2009. 60 mins
The Beatles’ music banned in the USSR and bootlegged by teenagers, instilled dreams of hope and freedom. Providing a refreshingly different perspective this documentary shows how The Beatles may have contributed to the collapse of the USSR and communism. Produced by BBC Storyville.
Read more
About Rio de Janeiro's favelas, giving unprecedented access to some of Rio's most wanted men!
Time:Sunday, 11 October 2009 12:00
Location:Renoir Cinema
Curzon Cinemas
PoetryFilm: HEROES AND HEROINES
tuesday 6 october 6.15pm
tickets: £10.00/£8.00 cineastes
RENOIR
To celebrate National Poetry Day, PoetryFilm returns to Renoir with an evening of poetry inspired films, poetry on film, and live poetry readings.
FILMS:
More For Less – Sonal Sachdeva
Martin and Alf have been living over the past... few years as Freegans, living from the excessive waste generated by people & supermarkets. In a way they have chosen to go against the societal norm of having steady, paid jobs and yet survive well by not participating in the process of earning money and adding to the burden of existing over-consumption in western society, which creates far more throwaway waste than we can handle. Taking this stand leaves them more time to interact with members of the public. They have taken this to the next level by walking around London for 7 days with the strong conviction that by helping and serving people, and not worrying about where their next meal comes from, one truly begins to live. Director Sonal Sachdeva will be talking about Martin and Alf, her anti-capitalist heroes, after the screening.
La Sonnambula – Marco Sanges and Alberto Bona
The heroes are Hitchcock, Rachmaninov, Bunuel and Dali.
The heroine is Madame de Pompadour.
Bellini's opera is unrelated.
The Man Who Met Himself – Ben Crowe
Dan Crowe left his job, bought a Super8 camera, and made this film, which was nominated for the Palm D’Or at Cannes 2005. A mysterious call, a photograph of a man, and a private detective compelled by the one case that finally got to him. On a stark but brilliant day in London, Austin Petersen takes a job from an anonymous client, a job he knows he should refuse. What happened to Stephen Maker? Did he fake his own death, or do doppelgangers really exist?
Bound – Ben Crowe (World Premiere)
During a train journey through the English countryside a passenger is wrapped in the everyday mystery off remembering: his childhood home, a loving family and the future that awaits. The film is a eulogy of sorts and was inspired by the spaces, shapes, smells, objects, colours, patterns and sounds of “home”: all are fragments of a journey from childhood to adulthood to a vision of old age. The film is a commingling of pasts, presents and futures within a loving family and a changing world. We are always plural and social; our stories already written in part by the mistakes and failures, aspirations and sacrifices of earlier generations. Ben Crowe chose the title to suggest that to be “bound” is not to be “captured”. The film also draws on Gaston Bachelard’s Poetics of Space and Rilke’s “The world is large, but in us it is as deep as the sea.”
Je Suis Ici – Ben Crowe
Je Suis Ici is inspired by being on holiday in the south of France and the slight mismatch between expectations and reality. Poet Sophie Mayer wrote a poem in response to the film which she will perform her poem after the screening.
FOLLOWED BY:
Poetry performance from Sophie Mayer: (http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/cat
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Q&A with Sonal, Marco Sanges, Alberto Bona, Ben Crowe, Sophie Mayer.
With thanks to PoetryFilm.
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/al
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tuesday 6 october 6.15pm
tickets: £10.00/£8.00 cineastes
RENOIR
To celebrate National Poetry Day, PoetryFilm returns to Renoir with an evening of poetry inspired films, poetry on film, and live poetry readings.
FILMS:
More For Less – Sonal Sachdeva
Martin and Alf have been living over the past... few years as Freegans, living from the excessive waste generated by people & supermarkets. In a way they have chosen to go against the societal norm of having steady, paid jobs and yet survive well by not participating in the process of earning money and adding to the burden of existing over-consumption in western society, which creates far more throwaway waste than we can handle. Taking this stand leaves them more time to interact with members of the public. They have taken this to the next level by walking around London for 7 days with the strong conviction that by helping and serving people, and not worrying about where their next meal comes from, one truly begins to live. Director Sonal Sachdeva will be talking about Martin and Alf, her anti-capitalist heroes, after the screening.
La Sonnambula – Marco Sanges and Alberto Bona
The heroes are Hitchcock, Rachmaninov, Bunuel and Dali.
The heroine is Madame de Pompadour.
Bellini's opera is unrelated.
The Man Who Met Himself – Ben Crowe
Dan Crowe left his job, bought a Super8 camera, and made this film, which was nominated for the Palm D’Or at Cannes 2005. A mysterious call, a photograph of a man, and a private detective compelled by the one case that finally got to him. On a stark but brilliant day in London, Austin Petersen takes a job from an anonymous client, a job he knows he should refuse. What happened to Stephen Maker? Did he fake his own death, or do doppelgangers really exist?
Bound – Ben Crowe (World Premiere)
During a train journey through the English countryside a passenger is wrapped in the everyday mystery off remembering: his childhood home, a loving family and the future that awaits. The film is a eulogy of sorts and was inspired by the spaces, shapes, smells, objects, colours, patterns and sounds of “home”: all are fragments of a journey from childhood to adulthood to a vision of old age. The film is a commingling of pasts, presents and futures within a loving family and a changing world. We are always plural and social; our stories already written in part by the mistakes and failures, aspirations and sacrifices of earlier generations. Ben Crowe chose the title to suggest that to be “bound” is not to be “captured”. The film also draws on Gaston Bachelard’s Poetics of Space and Rilke’s “The world is large, but in us it is as deep as the sea.”
Je Suis Ici – Ben Crowe
Je Suis Ici is inspired by being on holiday in the south of France and the slight mismatch between expectations and reality. Poet Sophie Mayer wrote a poem in response to the film which she will perform her poem after the screening.
FOLLOWED BY:
Poetry performance from Sophie Mayer: (http://www.shearsman.com/pages/books/cat
+
Q&A with Sonal, Marco Sanges, Alberto Bona, Ben Crowe, Sophie Mayer.
With thanks to PoetryFilm.
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/al
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To celebrate National Poetry Day, PoetryFilm returns to Renoir with an evening of poetry inspired films, poetry on film, and live poetry readings!
Time:Tuesday, 06 October 2009 18:15
Location:Renoir Cinema
Curzon Cinemas
THIRST plus Q&A with director Park Chan-wook
monday 05 october 6.10pm
tickets: £15.00/£12.50
SOHO
Curzon Cinemas is delighted to welcome director and writer Park Chan-wook (OLD BOY; SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE; I'M A CYBORG, BUT THAT'S OK) to discuss his latest film in this post screening Q&A.
THIRST (18)
Director: Park Chan...-Wook. Starring: Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-vin, Shin Ha-Kyun. South Korea 2009. Korean with subtitles.
A priest becomes a vampire… another man’s wife is coveted… a deadly seduction triggers murder. Sang-hyun (played by top Korean star Song Kang-ho, The Host) is a priest who cherishes life so much that he volunteers for a secret vaccine to eradicate a deadly virus. In the process however, he becomes infected by vampire blood and his faith is tested further when a childhood friend’s wife, Tae-ju (Kim Ok-vin), comes to him asking for help. Sang-hyun soon plunges into a world of sensual pleasures, finding himself on intimate terms with the Seven Deadly Sins. The new film from acclaimed director Park Chan-wook (Old Boy) was jointly awarded the Cannes 2009 Jury Prize.
With thanks to Metrodome.
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/al
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monday 05 october 6.10pm
tickets: £15.00/£12.50
SOHO
Curzon Cinemas is delighted to welcome director and writer Park Chan-wook (OLD BOY; SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE; I'M A CYBORG, BUT THAT'S OK) to discuss his latest film in this post screening Q&A.
THIRST (18)
Director: Park Chan...-Wook. Starring: Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-vin, Shin Ha-Kyun. South Korea 2009. Korean with subtitles.
A priest becomes a vampire… another man’s wife is coveted… a deadly seduction triggers murder. Sang-hyun (played by top Korean star Song Kang-ho, The Host) is a priest who cherishes life so much that he volunteers for a secret vaccine to eradicate a deadly virus. In the process however, he becomes infected by vampire blood and his faith is tested further when a childhood friend’s wife, Tae-ju (Kim Ok-vin), comes to him asking for help. Sang-hyun soon plunges into a world of sensual pleasures, finding himself on intimate terms with the Seven Deadly Sins. The new film from acclaimed director Park Chan-wook (Old Boy) was jointly awarded the Cannes 2009 Jury Prize.
With thanks to Metrodome.
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/al
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The new film from acclaimed director of OLD BOY!
Time:Monday, 05 October 2009 18:10
Location:Curzon Soho
Curzon Cinemas
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
thursday 1 october 6.45pm
tickets: £10.00/£9.00 cineastes
CHELSEA
RICHMOND
NT Live’s popular initiative returns with Shakespeare’s bittersweet tale beamed live via satellite.
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
Director: Marianne Elliott, Cast: Oliver Ford Davies, Clare Higgins. Durati...on: approx 200 mins, 1 interval.
Set against a background of sexism and snobbery, the feisty but lowly Helena falls in love with Bertram, a haughty count. To gain his hand she is set a string of impossible tasks that even with success will hardly guarantee his love.
nationaltheatre.org.uk/ntlive
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/al
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thursday 1 october 6.45pm
tickets: £10.00/£9.00 cineastes
CHELSEA
RICHMOND
NT Live’s popular initiative returns with Shakespeare’s bittersweet tale beamed live via satellite.
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
Director: Marianne Elliott, Cast: Oliver Ford Davies, Clare Higgins. Durati...on: approx 200 mins, 1 interval.
Set against a background of sexism and snobbery, the feisty but lowly Helena falls in love with Bertram, a haughty count. To gain his hand she is set a string of impossible tasks that even with success will hardly guarantee his love.
nationaltheatre.org.uk/ntlive
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/al
Read more
NT Live’s popular initiative returns with Shakespeare’s bittersweet tale beamed live via satellite.
Time:Thursday, 01 October 2009 18:45
Location:Chelsea Cinema and Curzon Richmond
Curzon Cinemas
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
thursday 1 october 6.45pm
tickets: £10.00/£9.00 cineastes
CHELSEA
RICHMOND
NT Live’s popular initiative returns with Shakespeare’s bittersweet tale beamed live via satellite.
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
Director: Marianne Elliott, Cast: Oliver Ford Davies, Clare Higgins. Durati...on: approx 200 mins, 1 interval.
Set against a background of sexism and snobbery, the feisty but lowly Helena falls in love with Bertram, a haughty count. To gain his hand she is set a string of impossible tasks that even with success will hardly guarantee his love.
nationaltheatre.org.uk/ntlive
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/al
Read more
thursday 1 october 6.45pm
tickets: £10.00/£9.00 cineastes
CHELSEA
RICHMOND
NT Live’s popular initiative returns with Shakespeare’s bittersweet tale beamed live via satellite.
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
Director: Marianne Elliott, Cast: Oliver Ford Davies, Clare Higgins. Durati...on: approx 200 mins, 1 interval.
Set against a background of sexism and snobbery, the feisty but lowly Helena falls in love with Bertram, a haughty count. To gain his hand she is set a string of impossible tasks that even with success will hardly guarantee his love.
nationaltheatre.org.uk/ntlive
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/al
Read more
NT Live’s popular initiative returns with Shakespeare’s bittersweet tale beamed live via satellite.
Time:Thursday, 01 October 2009 18:45
Location:Chelsea Cinema and Curzon Richmond
Curzon Cinemas
FIRST PAST THE POST 2009
thursday 1 october 6.30pm
tickets: £12.00 / £9.00 cineaste
MAYFAIR
Returning to Mayfair, the UK Film Council presents this year’s slate of exciting projects supported by the Short Film Completion Fund. The fund provides finance and backing for short films that show outstanding potential but lack th...e money needed to finish.
Now in its seventh year, the scheme has supported more than 60 films from emerging talent, which have gone on to win more than 100 awards worldwide. Join us to see the new wave of British talent, many making their big screen debut!
With thanks to Maya Vision.
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/al
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thursday 1 october 6.30pm
tickets: £12.00 / £9.00 cineaste
MAYFAIR
Returning to Mayfair, the UK Film Council presents this year’s slate of exciting projects supported by the Short Film Completion Fund. The fund provides finance and backing for short films that show outstanding potential but lack th...e money needed to finish.
Now in its seventh year, the scheme has supported more than 60 films from emerging talent, which have gone on to win more than 100 awards worldwide. Join us to see the new wave of British talent, many making their big screen debut!
With thanks to Maya Vision.
http://www.curzoncinemas.com/whats_on/al
Read more
UK Film Council presents this year’s slate of exciting projects supported by the Short Film Completion Fund.
Time:Thursday, 01 October 2009 18:30
Location:Curzon Mayfair
