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THU 5 April THU 26 April Doors open at 10am and film starts at 10.45am. BRING A BABY WED 18 April Doors open at 12.30pm and film starts at 1pm. SNEAKY CINEMA! Treat yourself to a lazy afternoon at the RBC; settle into a film and then digest over tea and cake afterwards. Tickets cost £6.60 (£5.00 conc). TUE 3 April TUE 17 April Doors open at 1pm, film starts at 1.30pm. |
Monday 2 (6.30 ) and Tuesday 3 (1.30 and 7.30) A Dangerous Method – Dir. David Cronenberg
Wednesday 4 (7.30) and Thursday 5 (10.45 and 7.30) The Deep Blue Sea – Dir. Terence Davies
Set in post-war Britain, this adaptation of Rattigan’s classic play, The Deep Blue Sea is a study of forbidden love, suppressed desire, and the fear of loneliness – but is at heart a deeply moving love story. Stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea, what - or whom - should Hester choose?
Easter Saturday 7 April at 2pm and 5pm and Tuesday 10 April at 6pm The Muppets – Dir. James Bobin
On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, his brother Gary (Jason Segel) and Gary’s girlfriend Mary (Amy Adams), discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to knock down the Muppet Theatre and drill for oil discovered below. To stage 'The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever' and raise the $10 million needed to save the theatre, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate. Wednesday 11 (7.30) and Thursday 12 (7.30) April Red Dog – Dir. Kriv Stenders
At the 2011 Inside Film Awards (where the winners are determined by a national audience poll) Red Dog was nominated in nine categories and won seven, including Best Feature Film. Friday 13 (7.30),Saturday 14 (7.30), Monday 16 (6.30 ), Tuesday 17 (1.30 and 7.30) , The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Dir. John Maddenl
Wednesday 18 April (1.00 and 7.30) and Thursday 19 (7.30) Hunky Dory – Dir. Marc Evans
In Swansea in the heat of the summer of 1976, keen drama teacher Vivienne (Minnie Driver) fights sweltering heat and general teenage apathy to put on an end of year rock-opera music version of Shakespeare's The Tempest. To engage her students, she uses hits of the time, performed by a fresh young cast led by rising star Aneurin Barnard.
Friday 20 (7.30), Saturday 21 (7.30) and Thursday 26 (10.45 ) April Black Gold – Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
The film is an adaptation of Hans Ruesch’s classic novel, “The Great Thirst” and stars include Antonia Banderas, Freida Pinto, Mark Strong, Tahar Rahim and Riz Ahmed.
Monday 23 (6.30 ), Tuesday 24 (7.30), Wednesday 25 (7.30) and Thursday 26 (7.30) The Woman In Black – Dir. James Watkins
Working alone in the old mansion, Kipps begins to uncover the town's tragic and tortured secrets and his fears escalate when he discovers that local children have been disappearing under mysterious circumstances. When those closest to him become threatened by the vengeful woman in black, Kipps must find a way to break the cycle of terror. Daniel Radcliffe’s thrilling entry to the horror genre is Produced by legendry British film brand Hammer Film Productions.
Bel Ami – Dir. Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod
Uma Thurman plays the wife of Duroy's friend, a woman who is extremely involved and connected in the goingson of Parisian society and who helps Duroy in his ascent. Kristin Scott Thomas plays a socialite who falls for Duroy. Wanderlust – Dir. David Wain
Money? It can't buy happiness. Careers? Who needs them? Clothes? Only if you want them. Is Elysium the fresh start George and Linda need? Or will the change of perspective cause more problems than it solves? Bill Cunningham New York – Dir. Richard Press
The “Bill” in question is 80+ New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this bike-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the Times Style section in his columns “On the Street” and “Evening Hours.” Documenting uptown fixtures (Wintour, Tom Wolfe, Brooke Astor, David Rockefeller—who all appear in the film out of their love for Bill), downtown eccentrics and everyone in between, Cunningham’s enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair. In turn, Bill Cunningham New York is a delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own humanity and unassuming grace. Obsessive artists often create exceptional bodies of work.
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Adapted from Christopher Hampton’s play The
Talking Cure, this film shows the relationship
between Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and
his protégé-turned-dissenter Carl Jung (Michael
Fassbender), as it was shaped by the case of Sabina
Spielrein (Keira Knightley), a young woman patient
he was treating with Freud’s controversial new ‘talking cure’. With a fabulous cast of lead actors,
this film brings the forbidding historical figures, the
ideas and history to life.
Film Club, 6.30pm on Monday 2nd April
Sneaky Cinema - 1.30pm on Tuesday 3rd April
Terence Davies adapts Terence
Rattigan’s play to the big screen in a moving and tragic
tale of love and war. Hester Collyer (Academy Award
winner Rachel Weisz) leads a privileged life in 1950s
London as the beautiful wife of high court judge Sir
William Collyer (Simon Russell Beale). To the shock of
those around her, she walks out on her marriage to
move in with young ex-RAF pilot, Freddie Page (Tom
Hiddleston), with whom she has fallen head over heels
in love.
Coffee Club - 10.45am on Thursday 5th April
“It's time to play the music, it's time to light the
lights!” Kermit the frog is back on the big screen. 
Based on the legendary true story of the Red Dog who
united a disparate local community while roaming the
Australian outback in search of his long lost master.
For a desperate group of English pensioners (Judi Dench,
Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Penelope Wilton,
Celia Imrie and Ronald Pickup), retirement takes an
unconventional turn when they abandon their homeland,
enticed by advertisements for THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD
HOTEL, a seemingly luxurious sanctuary for "the elderly and
beautiful" in Jaipur, India. On arrival, they discover that the
hotel falls somewhat short of the romantic idyll promised in
the brochure, but they are gradually won over by the ever– optimistic young manager Sonny (Dev Patel), and tentatively
embark on a new adventure, finding that life can begin
again, when you let go of the past.
From the producer of Billy Elliot comes this funny, coming
of age film featuring songs from artists as diverse as
David Bowie, Lou Reed, The Beach Boys, Simon and
Garfunkel, Dusty Springfield and Electric Light Orchestra. 
Bring a Baby - 1.00pm on Wednesday 18th April
From the director of Seven Years in Tibet, Black Gold
is a sweeping historical epic set against the backdrop
of the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s at the dawn of
the oil boom. The story revolves around two rival Emirs
and a young Arab prince torn between allegiance to his
conservative father and modern, liberal father-in-law. 
Based on the 1855 novel by French writer Guy de
Maupassant, Bel Ami chronicles journalist Georges
Duroy's (Robert Pattinson, The twilight saga films) corrupt
rise to power from a poor ex-NCO to one of the most
successful high society men in late 19th century Paris,
most of which he achieves by manipulating a series of
powerful, intelligent, and wealthy mistresses. 
George (Paul Rudd) and Linda (Jennifer Aniston) are
an overextended, stressed out Manhattan couple. After
George is downsized out of his job, they find themselves
with only one option: to move in with George's awful
brother in Atlanta. On the way there, George and Linda
stumble upon Elysium, an idyllic community populated by
colorful characters who embrace a different way of looking
at things. 
“We all get dressed for Bill,” says Vogue editrix Anna
Wintour.