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Events for October 2008

Juno (12A)

Thursday 2nd October 2008
After accidentally becoming pregnant by her best friend Juno (Ellen Page) makes an unusual decision about her unborn child.  We follow her as she and her father set out to choose adoptive parents for her baby while she also deals with the complex emotions of both pregnancy and teenage love.
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Gone Baby Gone (15)

Friday 3rd October to Tuesday 7th October
In the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, the gritty, working-class streets are lined with the wreckage of broken families and dreams. It is here that 4 year-old Amanda McCready has gone missing without a trace. The police have failed to turn up even the narrowest of leads, so Amanda's desperate Aunt and Uncle plead with local private investigators Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) and Angie Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan) to take the case.Event details »

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Kinky Boots (12A)

Monday 6th October 2008
From the co-writers and producers of ‘Calendar Girls' comes another British comedy that everyone wants to see again and again.  Charlie Price returns to Northampton to inherit his father's traditional shoe business but he soon realizes that changes must be made if the business is to survive.
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Standard Operating Procedures (15)

Thursday 9th October 2008

Is it possible for a photograph to change the world? Photographs taken by soldiers in Abu Ghraib prison changed the war in Iraq and changed America's image of itself. Yet, a central mystery remains. Did the notorious Abu Ghraib photographs constitute evidence of systematic abuse by the American military, or were they documenting the aberrant behavior of a few bad apples? The film sets out to examine the context of these photographs -why were they taken and what was happening outside the frame?

Won Silver Berlin Bear 2008

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21 (cert12A)

Friday 10th October 2008
Recruited by mathematics professor Rosa (Kevin Spacey) to the MIT Blackjack Team, Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) becomes one of an elite group of students who are groomed to win huge sums from casinos through card counting and deception.  Inspired by the true story of six MIT mathematics students who took Las Vegas casinos for millions, 21 is a tense thriller which features excellent performances from Kevin Spacey and Laurence Fishburne.Event details »

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Bombs at Teatime (DVD Screening)

Monday 13th October 2008
Bombs at Teatime is a portrait of domestic life in Britain throughout one of the most extraordinary decades of our history. At times wry, affectionate and surprising, these rarely seen films from the BFI National Archive document a time of great austerity as Britain sought to retain its sanity in the shadow of war.  Covering topics such as ‘Tea Making Tips' - 1941, ‘Springtime in an English Village' - 1948 and ‘Two Cooks and a Cabbage' - 1941, our appetite for social history is truly satisfied!Event details »

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In Bruges (18)

Tuesday 14th October 2008
Brendan Gleason and Colin Farrell star as two hit-men sent to the Belgian city of Bruges to lie low after a job gone wrong.  Ken (Gleason) makes the most of his enforced ‘holiday' by sightseeing and learning about the city but Ray (Farrell) can't help brooding on his part in the botched hit until he strikes up a relationship with local girl Chloe (Clemency Poesy).  This unlikely but hilarious crime comedy is fast paced and darkly witty having been written and directed by Irish playwright Martin MacDonagh.  Also starring Ralph Fiennes.Event details »

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Caramel (PG)

Thursday 16th October 2008

Caramel is a deliciously indulgent and intimate account of five women working together in a beauty parlour. Beautiful Layal is oblivious to the gaze of a local admirer and instead fixates on a married man. Nisrine will soon be married but is afraid her fiancé will discover he isn't her first lover. Rima has designs on one of her stunning, dark-haired customers. Jamal is an aspiring actress and is refusing to grow old, while ageing Rose is overwhelmed when she discovers true-love for the first time.

Lebanese with English Subtitles

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Let's Get Lost (15)

Friday 17th October to Saturday 18th October
Originally planned as a three minute short film, Let's Get Lost transformed into a full length biopic of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker as director Bruce Webber developed a relationship with Baker and the brilliant but troubled musician opened up to him more and more about his extraordinary life.  This film is a fascinating insight into celebrity, personal magnetism and the darker side of fame as well as being a compelling look at the tragic interaction between creativity and drug addiction.Event details »

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Wall-E (U)

Saturday 18th October to Tuesday 21st October
The year is 2700, a robot called Wall-E has spent hundreds of lonely years doing what he was made for. Now Wall-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth Class) discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot called Eve. From academy award winning director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo), Wall-E is the story of one robot's comic adventures as he chases his dream across the galaxy.Event details »

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The Dark Knight (12A)

Friday 24th October to Saturday 25th October
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime in The Dark Knight.  With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.Event details »

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Jules et Jim (PG) - Subtitles

Monday 27th October to Tuesday 28th October
The BFI's re-release of François Truffaut's much loved masterpiece celebrates the 80th birthday of its star, the riveting and risk-taking Jeanne Moreau. A remarkably frank exploration of the nature of love and friendship, Jules et Jim features one of the most famous love triangles in the history of cinema.Event details »

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Female Agents (15) - Subtitles

Thursday 30th October 2008

Based on true events, true stories and real heroines, Female Agents is a powerful rendition of the challenges that faced female World War II Resistance fighters, who were constantly in the shadow of men and accorded little importance for the roles they played in a violent and horrific war.

French with English Subtitles

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