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SEPTEMBER 2009 @ RBCFT

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September Films
 
DATE FILM TIME (pm)
TUE 22 & WED 23 Frozen River (15) 7.30
THU 24 Last Chance Harvey (12A) 10.45am + 7.45
THU 24 Burma VJ (12A) 6.00
FRI 25 The Time Traveler’s Wife (12A) 9.00
SAT 26 The Time Traveler’s Wife (12A) 7.30
MON 28 Antichrist (18) 6.30
TUE 29 The Time Traveler’s Wife (12A) 6.00 + 8.15
WED 30 The Time Traveler’s Wife (12A) 1.00 + 7.30
     
Tue 22 – Wed 23 Sept
Frozen River (15) – Dir. Courtney Hunt
USA 2008, 1h37m
Contains strong language and moderate threat and violence

Frozen RiverRay Eddy is a New York “trailer mom” who is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling when she meets a Mohawk girl, Lila, who lives on a reservation that straddles the US-Canadian border.

Broke after her husband takes off with the down-payment for their new home, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila and the two begin making runs across the treacherous frozen St Lawrence River carrying illegal immigrants in the boot of Ray’s car.

Cast: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott - top of page
Thu 24 Sept
Last Chance Harvey (12A) – Dir. Joel Hopkins
USA 2008, 1h32m
Contains one moderate sex reference

Last Chance HarveyDustin Hoffman brings all his rumpled charm to bear on the role of loveable loser Harvey Shine, an aspiring jazz pianist whose life has hit the skids. Having been fired from his job as a jingle writer and overlooked at his daughter’s wedding, a chance meeting at Heathrow Airport with lonely Kate (Emma Thompson) spells good news for both of them, as they embark on a tentative friendship.

Warmly witty and surprisingly touching, ‘Last Chance Harvey’ is a treat for incurable romantics.

Coffee Club10.45am on Thursday 24th September

Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson - top of page
Thu 24 Sept
Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country / Reporter i et lukket land (12A) – Dir. Anders Østergaard
Denmark 2008, 1h25m
Contains real violence and images of dead bodies

Burma VJBurma VJ recounts the efforts of a small group of independent video journalists who risked torture and life in jail to ensure the truth behind the country’s 2007 political uprising was broadcast to the world. Led by hundreds of Buddhist monks, more than 100,000 people marched peacefully against the military junta that has held the country in an iron grip for 40 years, and that cracked down mercilessly on the protestors and the monks. Foreign TV crews were suddenly banned from the country, leaving undercover video journalists armed with small handy cams to capture the truth behind the events.

Consisting largely of material shot by undercover reporters during the protests, ‘Burma VJ’ follows the efforts of Joshua, the 27-year-old leader of the Democratic Voice of Burma, as he and a handful of others counter the propaganda of the military regime.

Documentary - top of page
Fri 25 Sept – Thu 1 Oct
The Time Traveler's Wife (12A) – Dir. Robert Schwentke
SA 2009, 1h47m
Contains brief sight of bloody injury and scenes of emotional distress

The Time Travelers WifeThe heart-wrenching drama about a love that transcends time, based on the best-selling book by Audrey Niffenegger, tells the story of Henry (Eric Bana), a librarian with a rare genetic disease that causes him to involuntary time travel.

This adaptation retains the wonder and magic of the novel, and is guaranteed to leave even the most hardened soul with a quivering bottom lip by the credits.

Bring a Baby1pm on Wednesday 30th September

Find out more about this film and view trailers at:
www.thetimetravelerswifemovie.com (opens into a new browser window)

Cast: Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams - top of page
Mon 26 Sept
Antichrist (18) – Dir. Lars von Trier
Denmark 2009, 1h44m
Contains strong real sex scenes, bloody violence and self-mutilation. Not for the faint-hearted.

AntichristEvery so often the Cannes Film Festival screens a film that pushes the critics to their limits, with walk-outs and standing ovations in equal measure. This year it was the turn of enfant terrible Lars von Trier, whose latest is a psycho-sexual horror film which follows a grieving couple played by Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg as they retreat to their cabin in the woods.

No matter which viewpoint you end up subscribing to, you cannot ignore ‘Antichrist’. Part melodrama, part horror, part rumination on the nature of religion, it’s not an easy film to digest.

Plus short film about British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) decision making.

Film ClubFilm Club

Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe - top of page
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