Film GuideMar-Apr 2015

Box Office / 01628 788997 Online / www.nordenfarm.org

Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Altwood Road, Maidenhead SL6 4PF

Centre for the Arts Maidenhead

Disabled AccessibilityNorden Farm provides ramped access, lifts and toilet facilities. The auditorium has an infra red hearing enhancement system.

Film admission includes a charitable donation of £2 per ticket, which contributes to the upkeep of Norden Farm.

Box Office Opening HoursTuesday 11am - 2pm and 2.30pm - 8pmWednesday - Saturday 10am - 2pm and 2.30pm - 8pmSunday 2.30pm - 8pmNorden Farm Centre for the Arts, Altwood Road, Maidenhead SL6 4PF

By phone / 01628 788997Online / www.nordenfarm.org

£9.50 (or 3 films for £24)

Ticket Prices (unless otherwise stated) :

£8.50 conc (or 3 films for £21)

Pre Show Dinner OfferBook a two course meal from our Pre Show Dinner menu at the same time as your ticket for £14. Available from 5.30pm (12pm Sundays).

Family ViewingFilms with this logo have been specially picked for our younger audiences. These screenings are only £5 per person.

Parent and Baby Screenings (P&B)

Thur 5 Mar 10.30am Testament of Youth

Tues 31 Mar 10.30am Love is Strange

Wed 29 Apr 10.30am Still Alice

Exclusively for parents with children under 2 years. Lights are kept on low level and you can move around if you need to. Tickets are £5.50 for adults (including cup of tea); babies and infants are free of charge. Seating is unreserved and unaccompanied adults are not admitted.

Sun 1 Mar 7.30pmThur 5 Mar 10.30am (P&B) and 8pm

Dir: James Kent 2014130 mins, UK

An incredible true story of one young woman's struggle to survive the horrors of war. Based on the female perspective of the First World War by Vera Brittain.

WHY? ★★★★ The Telegraph★★★★ The Daily Express★★★★ Empire Magazine

Testament of Youth

Wed 4 Mar 7pmThur 5 Mar 2pm

160 mins, £15

Live screening (Wednesday, encore Thursday). Better known as Much Ado About Nothing, the play is set in Autumn 1918.

WHY? The second of Shakespeare’s matching comedies

RSC Live: Love's Labour's Won

Fri 6 Mar 2pm and Sun 8 Mar 7.30pm

Dir: Jean-Marc Vallée 2014 | 115 mins, US

The true story of one woman’s journey of self discovery on a thousand mile hike across the Pacific Crest Trail.

WHY? Reece Witherspoon has been Oscar nominated for Best Actress for her role

Wild

Fri 6 Mar 8pmSat 7 Mar 2pm

Dir: Damien Chazelle 2014106 mins, US

An ambitious drummer joins his school jazz band. His passion for perfection spirals into obsession as he is pushed to the brink of sanity by his ruthless teacher.

WHY? Nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture and winner of two BAFTAs

Whiplash

Sun 8 Mar 3pmTues 10 Mar 2pm

135 mins, £15

Encore screening. In Verona, the rivalry between the Capulets and the Montagues brings bloodshed to the city.

WHY? Shakespeare’s timeless story is brought to life with breath taking choreography and Prokofiev’s famous score

Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

Tues 17 andThur 19 Mar 2pm

Dir: Mike Leigh 2014150 mins, UK

Timothy Spall stars as eccentric British artist JMW Turner in the last quarter century of his life.

WHY? Nominated for four Oscars

Mr Turner

Thur 12 and Fri 13 Mar 2pm

Dir: Matthew Vaughn 2015129 mins, UK

A secret spy organisation recruits an unrefined but promising street kid just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

WHY? Based upon the acclaimed comic book and from the director of Layer Cake, Stardust and Harry Brown

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Wed 18 and Sat 21 Mar 2pm

Dir: Morten Tyldum 2014114 mins, UK/US

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in a dramatic portrayal of the life and work of Alan Turing, the man credited with cracking the Enigma code.

WHY? Nominated for eight Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Actor

The Imitation Game

Sun 22 Mar 2pm and 7pm

180 mins, £15

Encore screening. The captivating story of a beautiful woman transformed into a swan and a heart rending tribute to the power of love.

WHY? This is Tchaikovsky’s first ballet score, now synonymous with ballet itself

ROH Live: Swan Lake

Tues 24 Mar 2pm

180 mins, £15

Encore screening from the National Theatre. The community of a Mumbai slum have ambitions to better themselves. But their plans are fragile.

WHY? ‘A triumph for David Hare and Meera Syal. The play leaves you deeply affected’ ★★★★ The Guardian

NT Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Sat 28 Mar 2pm and 8pmTues 31 Mar 8pm

Dir: Stephen Daldry 2014114 mins, UK/Br

In Rio’s slums, two trash picking boys find a wallet at their local dump. Little do they imagine that their lives are about to change forever.

WHY? Written by Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually) ★★★★ The Observer

Trash

Sun 29 Mar 7.30pm and Tues 31 Mar 10.30am (P&B) and 2pm

Dir: Ira Sachs 2014 | 94 mins, US/Fr/Br/Gr

After nearly four decades together, Ben and George finally marry. When George loses his job, they are forced to face the challenges of living apart.

WHY? ★★★★ The Financial Times ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ Empire Magazine ★★★★ Little White Lies

Love is Strange

Tues 24 Mar 7pm

220 mins, £15

Encore screening from London's West End. Richard Armitage stars in Arthur Miller’s classic American drama, based on Salem’s infamous witch trials.

WHY? ★★★★★ The Daily Telegraph ★★★★★ The Evening Standard ★★★★★ The Times ★★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★★ The Independent

The Old Vic's The Crucible

Fri 3 Apr 8pm

Dir: James Marsh 2014123 mins, UK/Fr

At the age of 21, renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde and receives an earth-shattering diagnosis.

WHY? Nominated for five Oscars and winner of three BAFTA awards

The Theory of Everything

Sat 4 Apr 2pm

Dir: Paul King 201495 mins, UK/Fr

A bear arrives in London in search of a home and is taken in by the Brown family. But he catches the eye of a museum taxidermist.

WHY? ★★★★ Time Out ���� ★★★★ The Times★★★★The Telegraph

Paddington

Sat 4 Apr 8pm and Sun 5 Apr 7.30pm

Dir: Ava DuVernay 2014 | 128 mins, UK/US

In 1965 Martin Luther King Jr leads a dangerous campaign and an epic march from Selma to Montgomery.

WHY? Nominated for two Oscars including Best Picture

Selma

Wed 8 - Fri 10 Apr 11.30am

Dir: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee 2013 | 102 mins, US

Join Anna on an epic adventure with Kristoff and his reindeer Sven as they journey to save her sister Elsa.

WHY? Bring the whole family to sing along to this hit Disney movie

Frozen Sing-Along

Thur 2 Apr 8pm

Dir: Dietrich Brüggemann 2014 | 110 mins, Ge(German with English subtitles)

Fourteen year old Maria has typical teenage interests at school. At home she follows strict Catholic teachings. Her conflicted emotions are told in fourteen chapters.

WHY? ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ The Observer ★★★★ The Times★★★★ Little White Lies

Stations of the Cross

Fri 3 Apr 5pmSat 4 Apr 11.30amSun 5 Apr 2pm

Dir: Richard Starzack, Mark Burton 2014 | 85 mins, UK/Fr

Shaun takes the day off to have some fun - but he gets a little more action than he bargained for! Join Shaun, Bitzer, the Flock and Slip the dog in this hilarious, action packed adventure.

WHY? From the creators of Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Wed 1 Apr 7.15pmThur 2 Apr 2pm

180 mins, £15

Live screening (Wednesday, encore Thursday). A satire on money, morality and pleasure seeking among the dubious citizens of a fictional city.

WHY? A major work from the remarkable partnership of playwright Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill

ROH Live: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Wed 8 Apr 2pm

Dir: Frederick Wiseman 2014181 mins, Fr/US/UK

A portrait of the London gallery - its way of working and relations with the world, its staff and public.

WHY? ‘Fascinating documentary takes us to the heart of a thriving museum’ ★★★★ The Independent

National Gallery

Wed 8 Apr 8pmThur 9 Apr 2pm

Dir: Uberto Pasolini 201492 mins, UK/It

John May’s job is to find the next of kin of those who have died alone. When he is made redundant, John’s obsession with the final case leads him to question everything about his own life.

WHY? A poignant tale of life, love and the afterlife

Still Life

Thur 9 and Sat 11 Apr 8pm

Dir: Sam Taylor-Johnson 2015 | 125 mins, US

Student Anastasia Steele meets the brilliant and intimidating Christian Grey. When the couple embark on a daring affair, Ana discovers secrets about Christian as well as herself.

WHY? The hotly anticipated film adaptation of the biggest, fastest selling book series ever

Fifty Shades of Grey

Sun 12 Apr 2pm

Dir: Louis Malle 1987100 mins, Fr/Ge/It(French with English subtitles)

One of the great movies about the German Occupation. A Catholic boy befriends a Jewish boy being hidden by priests.

WHY? ‘Every line, every scene, every shot, is composed with mastery’ ★★★★★ The Guardian

Au Revoir les Enfants

Tues 14 - Fri 17 Apr 11.30am

Dir: James Marsh 2014123 mins, UK/Fr

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John star in the Golden Globe and Oscar nominated musical.

WHY? Join in all the hits including Summer Nights, Greased Lightnin’, Hopelessly Devoted to You and more

Grease Sing-A-Long

Tues 14 Apr 2pmWed 15 Apr 4.30pm

Dir: Don Hall, Chris Williams 2014 | 108 mins, US

Inflatable robot Baymax brings his friends together to create a team of high tech superheroes. Inspired by the Marvel comics of the same name.

WHY? Oscar nominated for Best Animated Feature Film

Big Hero 6

Tues 14 Apr 8pmThur 16 Apr 2pm

Dir: Ava DuVernay 2014128 mins, UK/US

In Poland 1962, novice nun Anna discovers she is Jewish. She begins a journey to find out who she is and where she belongs.

WHY? Nominated for two Oscars and winner of the BAFTA award for Best ForeignLanguage Film

Ida

Wed 15 Apr 8pmSun 19 Apr 7.30pm

Dir: David Zellner 2014105 mins, US

A lonely Japanese woman leaves Tokyo for the Minnesota wilderness to find a satchel of money rumoured to be hidden there.

WHY? ‘A miraculously subtle performance by Rinko Kikuchi and some striking photography’ Empire Magazine

Kumiko The Treasure Hunter

Sat 25 Apr 2pmWed 29 Apr 10.30am (P&B), 2pm and 8pm

Dir: Wash Westmoreland, Richard Glatzer 2014101 mins, US/Fr

Renowned linguistics professor Alice Howland is diagnosed with Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease. She struggles to stay connected to who she once was.

WHY? Julianne Moore is Oscar nominated for her role and won the BAFTA award for Best Actress

Still Alice

Sat 25 Apr 8pm, Sun 26 Apr 7.30pm and Thur 30 Apr 2pm

Dir: John Madden 2015 | 122 mins, US/UK

Hotel owner Sonny has only one room available for new arrivals Guy and Lavinia. He joins forces with his residents to open a second hotel.

WHY? An all star cast includes Bill Nighy, Dame Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Dev Patel and Richard Gere

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Thur 30 Apr 7.30pmSun 3 May 2pm

167 mins, £15

An encore screening from the Globe. Shakespeare’s tense drama of high politics still resonates even today.

WHY? ‘It’s fleet, urgent, exciting and dangerous’ ★★★★ Financial Times

Shakespeare's Globe on Screen presents

Julius Caesar

Sat 18 Apr 2pm

180 mins, £15

Encore screening of the highly anticipated new play from Tom Stoppard. Hilary is a young psychology researcher nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work.

WHY? ‘Offers endless stimulation’ ★★★★ The Guardian

NT Live: The Hard Problem

Sun 19 Apr 4pm

135 mins, £15

Live screening. Drawing on the music composed by Prokofiev for the 1944 Eisenstein film, this fascinating epic dramatises Ivan the Terrible’s controversial reign in 16th century Russia.

WHY? This historical ballet is rarely seen on stage

Bolshoi Ballet: Ivan the Terrible

Tues 21 and Wed 22 Apr 8pm

Dir: Kornél Mundruczó 2014121 mins, Hu/Ge/Sw(Hungarian with English subtitles)

A stunning allegorical tale. Legions of abandoned dogs share an instinct for savage retribution against their human oppressors.

WHY? ‘A fantasia of canine madness that looks sometimes like a horror-thriller… sometimes like a tribute to Hitchcock's The Birds’ ★★★★ The Guardian

White God

Thur 23 Apr 2pm

Dir: Various 2014123 mins, UK

A collection of short films made by first-time directors, covering a variety of subjects.

WHY? Includes The Bigger Picture and Boogaloo and Graham - both BAFTA winning and Oscar nominated

BAFTA Shorts