Films at a glance 03-29 April 2010 April 2010

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Ticket Prices Adults: £7.30, Concessions: £4.80Children under 12 (for U & PG !lms): £3.30Autism Friendly Screenings: £4Bring Your Own Baby Screenings: Baby goes free!Concessions are available to those aged 12-16, over 60s, full time students, people with disabilities and claimants. They are not available for the Croydon Film Festival or on Friday and Saturdays after 5pm – sorry!

How to BookOnline: www.croydonclocktower.org.uk

By phone: 020 8253 1030 (10am - 7pm Mon - Sat, 10am - 5.30pm on Tues)In person: Call in during the day (we’re next to the Cinema in the Arts Cafe Bar) you can !nd us easily through the new entrance under the Clocktower. We’re here from 10am until the last !lm starts. Booking fees apply for credit card transactions and online booking, cheques should be made payable to the London Borough of Croydon.

How to !nd us Croydon Clocktower, Katharine Street, Croydon CR9 1ET.

We’re 10 minutes from East and West Croydon Rail and Bus Stations and just 3 minutes from George Street Tramlink stop.

Visit www.t".gov.uk and discover how easy it is to get here by public transport.

Bring Your Own Baby These screenings are for parents and carers with babies up to 1 year old. We’ve got a pram park, soft lighting and nappy changing facilities to keep you and your little one happy.

Autism-friendly screenings These screenings are for people with autism and their friends or family. Because of sensory sensitivities some people can !nd going to the cinema di#cult. They may disturb other cinemagoers by making noise or needing to go out for a break. For these screenings the soundtrack is turned down and lights are left on low in the cinema. If anyone makes noise or moves around it is !ne. People with other learning or sensory disabilities are welcome to attend these screenings too.

Access There is ramped access through the Library entrance & lifts to the cinema. There are accessible toilets on the ground & !rst "oor. The cinema has space for three wheelchairs. Infra-Red headsets are available to those with hearing impairments.

Assistance dogs are welcome.

This guide is available in large print. Call 020 8253 1030 for a copy.For all other Croydon Council enquiries please call 020 8726 6000.

Sat 03 Apr The General 11am A Single Man 2pm A Single Man 6pm An Education 8.15pm

Mon 05 Apr Bank Holiday Tue 06 Apr An Education 11am A Single Man 2pm An Education 3.40pm

Wed 07 Apr A Single Man 11am An Education 2pm An Education 6.15pm Freestyle + Q & A 8pm

Thu 08 Apr A Single Man 11am A Single Man 2pm An Education 6.15pm A Single Man 8.30pm

Fri 09 Apr I Love You Phillip Morris 1.45pm The Last Station 5.30pm Short Film Competition Screening 8pm

Sat 10 Apr The Last Station 1pm The Last Station 6pm I Love You Phillip Morris 8.30pm

Mon 26 Apr Shutter Island 11am Shutter Island 2pm I Am Love 5.45pm I Am Love 8.30pm

Tue 27 Apr Shutter Island 11am I Am Love 2pm

Wed 28 Apr Shutter Island 11am I Am Love 1.50pm Club Soda Festival Screening Two In A Million & Shft The Shift 6pm Psycho 8.35pm

Thu 29 Apr I Am Love 11am Psycho 2pm Film Ambassador Screening Documentary Short 6pm Shutter Island 8.30pm

Mon 19 Apr The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 11am The Lovely Bones 2.30pm The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 5.45pm The Lovely Bones 8.40pm

Tue 20 Apr The Lovely Bones Bring Your Own Baby 11am The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 1.30pm The Lovely Bones 4.15pm

Wed 21 Apr The Lovely Bones 11am The Lovely Bones 1.30pm The Lovely Bones 6.15pm Exit Through The Gift Shop 8.30pm

Thu 22 Apr The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 11am Exit Gift Shop 2pm The Lovely Bones 5.30pm Teslstar the Joe Meeks Story + Q & A with Nick Moran 8pm

Fri 23 Apr I Am Love 1.30pm Shutter Island 5.15pm 48hr Film Competition Screening 8pm

Sat 24 Apr The Red Shoes 11am The Three Colours Trilogy : Blue ,White, Red 2pm I Am Love 8.30pm

Mon 12 Apr The Last Station 11am I Love You Phillip Morris 1.45pm I Love You Phillip Morris 6.15pm The Last Station 8.30pm

Tue 13 Apr I Love You Phillip Morris 11am The Last Station 1.45pm I Love You Phillip Morris 4pm

Wed 14 Apr The Last Station 11am The Last Station 1.45pm I Love You Phillip Morris 6.15pm The Last Station 8.30pm

Thu 15 Apr I Love You Phillip Morris 11am The Last Station 1.45pm I Love You Phillip Morris 4.25pm Koyaanisqatsi & Endless Cities + Q & A 7pm

Fri 16 Apr The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 1.30pm The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 5.30pm The Lovely Bones 8.30pm

Sat 17 Apr The Princess & The Frog Autistic Screening 11am The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 1.30pm The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 5.15pm The Lovely Bones 8.30pm

Part of the Croydon Film Festival KEY:

I Love You Phillip Morris An Education I Am Love The Last Station

BRING YOUR OWN BABY

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David Lean Cinema 03-29 April 2010

The General (U)Sat 3 Apr1926 US 79 MINSDIRECTOR: CLYDE BRUCKMAN & BUSTER KEATON STARS: BUSTER KEATON

Set during the American Civil War , Keaton is a Confederate engineer whose train is stolen by Union spies. Single-handedly he bravely tries to win it back!

£7/CONCS £4 PART OF THE CROYDON FILM FESTIVAL

A Single Man (12A)Sat 3 – Thu 8 Apr2010 US 99 MINSDIRECTOR: TOM FORD STARS: COLIN FIRTH, JULIANNE MOORE, MATTHEW GOODE, NICHOLAS HOULT

George (BAFTA winner & Oscar nominee Colin Firth) is an academic whose partner has died. Although it is 1963 he cannot reveal his grief – as his lover was a man.

Contains suicide theme, moderate threat, drug references & nudity

Freestyle (12A) + Q & A with Kolton LeeWed 7 Apr2010 UK 86 MINSDIRECTOR: KOLTON LEE STARS: ARINZE KENE, LUCY STANHOPE

Ondene’s destiny has been decided by her mother – she’s going to Oxford. When a basketball court is set up near her private school she meets Leon, who dreams of university despite his background. When their romance is discovered, Ondene is forced to make her own decisions.

Contains one scene of moderate sexual threat & moderate violence

£7 PART OF THE FILM FESTIVAL

An Education (12A)Sat 3 – Thu 8 Apr2009 UK100 MINSDIRECTOR: LONE SCHERFIG STARS: PETER SARSGARD, EMMA THOMPSON, ALFRED MOLINA, CAREY MULLIGAN

A 16 year old (BAFTA winner Carey Mulligan) - full of potential - meets David a thirty something playboy, whose idea of an education revolves around jazz and late night suppers. Her family’s dream of a place for her at Oxford are in jeopardy but will David be the making or the undoing of Jenny?

Contains moderate sex references

Short Film Competition screeningFri 9 AprSee the best short films made by Croydon filmmakers as part of the festival film competition.

£3 PART OF THE FILM FESTIVAL

I Love You Phillip Morris (15)Fri 9 – Thu 15 Apr2009 US 103 MINSDIRECTOR: JOHN REQUA, GLENN FICARRA STARS: JIM CARREY, EWAN MCGREGOR

This is the true story of Steven Russell (Jim Carrey). Sent to prison he falls in love with his cellmate Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor).When Morris is released, Russell repeatedly tries to escape to be with him.

Contains strong language & sex

The Last Station (15)Fri 9 – Thu 15 Apr2010 UK 113 MINSDIRECTOR: MICHAEL HOFFMAN STARS: HELEN MIRREN, JAMES MCAVOY, PAUL GIAMATTI, CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER

Valentin Bulgakov is delighted to be hired as personal secretary to Leo Tolstoy. But he hasn’t anticipated being pulled into a bitter struggle over the writer’s legacy between Tolstoy’s wife (Oscar nominated Helen Mirren) and his disciple, Vladimir Chertkov.

Contains moderate sex

DOUBLE BILL: Koyaanisqatsi (U) & Endless Cities (U) + Q & A with Director Mike FaulknerThu 15 Apr Set to a Philip Glass soundtrack, Koyannisqati is an apocalyptic vision of urban life and technology. With live music, Fuse’s Endless Cities is an exploration of the lives and lifestyles of city dwellers around the world.

£10 PART OF THE FILM FESTIVAL

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (18)Fri 16 – Thu 22 Apr2009 SWEDEN 152 MINSDIRECTOR: NIELS ARDEN OPLEV STARS: LENA ENDRE, MICHAEL NYQVIST, NOOMI RAPACE

This is an atmospheric, suspense filled thriller based

on Stieg Larsson’s worldwide best selling novel. Computer hacker Lisbeth and disgraced journalist Mikael are thrown together to investigate a 40-year-old murder.

Contains scenes of sexual violence

SWEDISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Telstar the Joe Meek Story (15) + Q & A with Nick Moran + preview trailer of his latest !lm The Kid22 Apr2009 UK 119 MINSDIRECTOR: NICK MORAN STARS: CON O’NEIL, KEVIN SPACEY, PAM FERRIS

Nick Moran’s film is the extraordinary story of the flamboyantly gay, songwriter-producer behind Telstar Records.

The film is follwed by a trailer of The Kid - filmed on location in Croydon - and a Q&A.

Contains very strong language, strong sex & violence

£10 PART OF THE FILM FESTIVAL

The Lovely Bones (12A)Fri 16 – Thu 22 Apr2010 US 136 MINSDIRECTOR: PETER JACKSON STARS: MARK WAHLBERG, RACHEL WEISZ, SUSAN SARANDON, SAOIRSE RONAN, STANLEY TUCCI

Oscar winner Peter Jackson directs an adaptation of Alice Sebold’s acclaimed novel. Young Susie Salmon looks down from heaven on both her parents and her murderer. She must weigh up her desire for vengeance against letting her family heal.

Contains child murder theme, disturbing scenes & moderate violence

Exit Through The Gift Shop (15)Wed 21 & Thu 22 Apr2010 UK/US 86 MINSDIRECTOR: TERRY GUETTA STARS: BANKSY, SHEPARD FAIREY, RHYS IFANS, SPACEINVADER

An eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempts to locate the world’s most infamous graffiti artist, Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results.

Contains strong language

Festival 48 Hour Challenge ScreeningFri 23 AprAt 6pm Fri 16 Apr briefs will be handed out in sealed envelopes.

At 6pm on Sunday DVDs will be collected. This is the result!

£3 PART OF THE FILM FESTIVAL

I Am Love (15)Fri 23 – Thu 29 Apr2009 ITALY 119 MINSDIRECTOR: LUCA GUADAGNINO STARS: TILDA SWINTON, FLAVIO PARENTI, EDOARDO GABBRIELLINI, ALBA ROHRWACHER, PIPPO DELBONO

ENGLISH, ITALIAN, RUSSIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

I Am Love follows the dramatic transformation of a wealthy Milanese family when a party unearths hidden family secrets.

Contains some sexualised nudity

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Shutter Island (15)Fri 23 – Thu 29 Apr2009 US TBCDIRECTOR: MARTIN SCORSESE STARS: LEONARDO DICAPRIO, BEN KINGSLEY, MAX VON SYDOW

Two US Marshals are summoned to an island to investigate the disappearance of a murderer from the island’s fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane.

Contains strong language, bloody injury & disturbing images

The Red Shoes (U)Sat 24 Apr 1948 UK 136 MINSDIRECTOR: MICHAEL POWELL, EMERIC PRESSBURGER STARRING: MOIRA SHEARER, ANTON WALBROOK, MARIUS GORING

With stylish ballet sequences, this double Oscar winner is

considered to be one of the greatest films ever made. £7/CONCS £4 PART OF THE FILM FESTIVAL

The Three Colours Trilogy: Blue, White, Red (15)Sat 24 Apr 1993/4 FRANCE, POLAND, SWITZERLAND

BLUE 100 MINS/ WHITE 91 MINS / RED 99 MINS + INTERVALSDIRECTOR: KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI

FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

This multi award-winning trilogy is a cinematic landmark. Blue examines liberation through the eyes of a woman (Juliette Binoche) who loses her family in a car accident, and starts anew. White is an ironic comedy about a Polish husband (Zbigniew Zamachowski) who takes an odd path of revenge against his ex-wife (Julie Delpy). In Red, a model (Irène Jacob) strikes up a friendship with a retired judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) who eavesdrops on his neighbours. See it back to back.

£12 FOR ALL 3 FILMS PART OF THE FILM FESTIVAL

Psycho (15)Wed 28 & Thu 29 Apr1960 US 109 MINSDIRECTOR: ALFRED HITCHCOCK STARS: ANTHONY PERKINS, JANET LEIGH

50th anniversary re-release of Hitchcock’s masterpiece. A young woman who steals from her employer encounters a motel owner who has lived with his dominant mother for far too long.

Gothic horror, terror & murder black & white

Double Bill: Two In A Million + Shift The Shift (TBC)Presented by Club SodaWed 28 AprTwo In A Million is the story of Danny and Kathy, from opposite ends of the social scale, who fall in love. When both families meet for tea Danny drops a bombshell.

Shift The Shift is a short documentary to raise awareness of the problems experienced by some people with disabilities when they want to go out and stay until the end! Produced by Club Soda.

£3 PART OF THE FILM FESTIVAL

Through The Lens: Croydon Behind The Scenes Presented by The Clocktower Film AmbassadorsThu 29 AprSee Croydon in a different light through three documentaries by young filmmakers. Then watch other shorts from acclaimed directors who will also be giving feedback on the new work.

£3 PART OF THE FILM FESTIVAL

AUTISM FRIENDLY SCREENING

The Princess & The Frog (U)Sat 17 Apr2009 US 97 MINSDIRECTOR: RON CLEMENTS, JOHN MUSKER VOICES OF: ANIKA NONI ROSE KEITH DAVID BRUNO CAMPOS

An animated musical comedy set in New Orleans featuring a beautiful girl, a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure.

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