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ACCESS CINEMA! Suitable for anyone with any disability who would enjoy seeing a film in a ‘low sensory environment’. The films have no subtitles, the volume is turned down, the house lights left on low, and adults and children are able to make noise and move around, without the worry of disrupting other members of the audience. Tue 21 June Anyone who needs to bring along a helper to assist them in any way, will receive a complimentary ticket. Doors open at 12.30pm and film starts at 1.00pm. Tickets cost £3.70 BABY FRIENDLY Wed 1 June Doors open at 12.30pm and film starts at 1pm. |
Friday 10 (8.00), Saturday 11 (8.00) & Thursday 16 (7.30) June SOURCE CODE (12A) – Dir. Duncan Jones
THE AFRICAN QUEEN (PG) – Dir. John Huston
‘An Oscar-winning adventure classic is re-born in a thrilling restoration that demands to be seen on a cinema screen.’ - Allan Hunter, Daily Express Meet the
Programmer
Tuesday 14 & Wednesday 15 (7.30) June WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (12A) – Dir. Francis Lawrence
Thursday 16 June (2.00 meet at RBCFT, film screening at 5.30) An Afternoon On The Home Front - The Land Girls Enjoy afternoon tea before heading back to the Film Theatre for an early evening screening of The Land Girls. There will be prizes for the best 1940s fashions and hairstyles! Please note, there is a short uphill walk from the bus to the National Museum of Costume. Please state any special access requirements when booking tickets. Ticket price £15 per person (no concession rate)
For further information about the National Museum of Costume and exhibition, please visit www.nms.ac.uk/costume THE LAND GIRLS (12) It's 1941. World War II continues to rage across Europe. The young men of England have been called to the front to fight. So, back at home, a new regiment is formed, and an army of England's young women are dispatched across the countryside to pick up the slack. Collectively known as "The Land Girls," three beautiful women (Anna Friel, Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz) answer the call, arriving at a farm in Dorset, where they meet handsome and volatile Joe (Steven Mackintosh). Tragedy and passion is revealed as the girls form close friendships with each other and with Joe.
The King's Speech (12A) – Dir. Tom Hooper
The RBC is thrilled to present this screening of the popular and multi-award winning film in partnership with Princess Royal Trust for Carers to celebrate Carers' Week (13-19 June 2011). Friday 17 & Saturday 18 (7.30) June TRACKER (12A) – Dir. Ian Sharp
‘Winstone is plain terrific from start to finish’ Cinema Eye Monday 20 (6.30 ), Tuesday 21 (1.30 ) & Wednesday 22 (6.00) MY DOG TULIP (tbc) – Dir. Paul Fierlinger & Sandra Fierlinger
Also featuring the voices of the late Lynn Redgrave (in her last film to be released) and Isabella Rossellini, My Dog Tulip is a touching; bittersweet adaptation of the late British author, J. R. Ackerley’s (former Literary Editor of the BBC magazine, The Listener) enduring novella.Beautifully rendered, this is the first animated feature ever to be entirely hand drawn and painted, utilizing paperless computer technology.
Tuesday 21 (7.30) & Wednesday 22 (7.45) June THE INSATIABLE MOON (15) – Dir. Rosemary Riddell
'Another example of the quality of Kiwi
filmmaking… a moving original movie’ ARCHIPELAGO (15) – Dir. Joanna Hogg
Friday 24 (7.30) & Monday 27 (6.30) June YOU WILL MEET A TALL
DARK STRANGER (12A) – Dir. Woody Allen
TICKET DEAL Saturday 25 (7.30) & Tuesday 28 (7.30) June 13 ASSASSINS (15) – Dir. Takashi Miike
‘Takashi Miike is in top, slashtastic form.’ ‘13 Assassins is pure pleasure. It culminates in a
magnificent 45-minute showdown that has to be
the best final battle sequence in cinema since, oh
Kill Bill at least.’ ANNIE HALL (15) – Dir. Woody Allen
This film will be introduced by Darren Connor, freelance writer on film and media education. TICKET DEAL PASSENGER SIDE (15) – Dir. Matt Bissonnette
‘This film is bloody lovely... with excellent
performances, big laughs and emotional truth.’ |
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An action thriller centred on a soldier
(Captain Colter Stevens) who wakes
up in the body of an unknown man. He
discovers he's part of a mission to find
the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. A program
designed by the government called Source Code enables
him to cross over into another man's identity in the last
8 minutes of his life. With a second much larger target
threatening to kill millions looming, Colter re-lives the
incident over and over until he can solve the mystery of
who is behind the bombs and prevent the next attack.
Three movie giants come together in this cinematic
classic, combining the masterful
direction of John Huston with the
fabulous chemistry of Humphrey
Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in
their only onscreen pairing. Bogart won a well-deserved
Best Actor Oscar for his role as disreputable river-boat
captain Charlie, who forms an unlikely alliance with
Hepburn's straight-laced Rose. Based on the book by C.S.
Forester, this wartime romantic adventure sees the pair
forced to travel together down a hazardous East African
river. As they face dangers and devise an ingenious way
to destroy an enemy gunboat, both discover new sides to
their personalities and before long their passionate dislike
turns to love.
Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon star in this
romantic drama based on the best selling book by
Sara Gruen. Water for Elephants tells the story of Jacob
Jankowski who is about to take his final exams in
veterinary medicine at Cornell when his parents are killed
in a car accident. He drops out and joins Benzini Brothers,
a second-rate travelling circus trying to survive during the
Depression. There he meets the beautiful and talented
Marlena who is the star performer and wife of the
charismatic ringmaster August. The two become closer
over their compassion for one of the elephants and soon
discover there is another, much more dangerous side to
the ringleader.
Board the big red bus in at the Robert Burns Centre in
Dumfries which will take you to Shambellie House in New
Abbey for a tour of the National Museum of Costume's
Land Girls and Lumber Jills exhibition. 
‘The King’s Speech’ tells the story of the man who would become King George VI, the father of the current Queen, Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ‘Bertie’ VI reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded nervous stammer and considered unfit to be King, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.
Set in 1903, Tracker is a tense action thriller in which Arjan (Ray Winstone), a guerrilla survivor of the South African Boer
War, lands in colonial New Zealand and is promised a huge bounty to capture Kereama, a Maori seafarer accused of
killing a British soldier. A gripping and dangerous game of cat and mouse develops as Kereama repeatedly escapes and
is recaptured - all the while insisting on his innocence. As each man gains and loses the upper hand, they gradually get
to know and respect one another. Culminating in an emotional and high risk showdown, they find they have more in
common than a mutual hatred of the British...
If you're a dog-lover, an artist, or just someone who
appreciates a good film, this is for you. Fifty something J. R. Ackerley (voiced by Christopher
Plummer) rescues an 18 month old German shepherd from
her previous home where she is often locked indoors. The
two forge a deep loyal friendship, but when Ackerley has to
work, his sister moves in to be the dog's daytime carer and
the two siblings compete for the dog's affection. 
Access Cinema - 1.30pm on Tuesday 21 June
Arthur (Rawiri Paratene, star of Whale Rider), a regular
at a half-way house in a suburb in Auckland, believes
he is the second son of God and sets out to find the
Queen of Heaven. However, his life becomes permanently
intertwined with a social worker at a time when a
boarding house is threatened with closure. With residents
trying to save their home from those who've got closed
minds, the clock begins to tick - and Arthur starts to
unravel.
From the award winning UK writer/director Joanna Hogg, Archipelago is a quietly devastating portrayal of a family in
emotional crisis. Edward (Tom Hiddleston) is preparing to leave for a year of voluntary service in Africa. His mother and
his sister decide to gather the family together, on a remote island, as a farewell trip to say goodbye to Edward. Hired cook Rose and painting teacher Christopher though bought in to help, only serve to bring the family’s anxieties
into sharper focus. When Edward’s father is delayed, the unspoken forces of absence and loss bring the family’s buried
anger and repressed tension to the surface.
This story follows a pair of married couples, Alfie
(Anthony Hopkins) and Helena (Gemma Jones), their
daughter Sally (Naomi Watts) and her husband Roy
(Josh Brolin), as their passions, ambitions, and anxieties
lead them into trouble and out of their minds. After Alfie
leaves Helena to pursue his lost youth and a free-spirited
call girl named Charmaine, Helena abandons rationality
and surrenders to the loopy advice of a charlatan fortune
teller. Unhappy in her marriage, Sally develops a crush
on her handsome art gallery owner boss, Greg (Anthony
Banderas), while Roy, a novelist nervously awaiting the
response to his latest manuscript, becomes moonstruck
over Dia, a mystery woman who catches his gaze through
a nearby window.
Cult director Takeshi Miike delivers a bravado period
action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a
group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down
a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the
throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
Brooklyn comedian, Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) recalls
his bygone relationship with irrepressibly midwestern
Annie Hall (Diane Keaton). Alvy helps Annie mature as
he tries to woo her, she grows apart from him, eventually
choosing to live in Southern California, which is the
antithesis of his deep love for New York... Woody Allen’s
bittersweet romantic comedy of modern contemporary
love and urban relationships.
How does it compare with “You will meet a tall dark
stranger”, Woody Allen’s latest film produced 33 years
later?
Michael Brown's birthday celebration is taken on a
detour when his estranged, drug-addicted brother, Toby,
comes calling. Toby is totally unaware that it is his older
brother's birthday, but he is very aware that his car is
broken, and he begs Michael to drive him on various
apparently legitimate, vital errands that lead them to
some very unexpected destinations.
Featuring intelligent, funny and affecting performances
from Adam Scott and Joel Bissonnette.