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Monday 27th May - Tuesday 28th May
The Look of Love (18)
Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Screenplay by Matt Greenhalgh
Starring Steve Coogan, Anna Friel, Tamsin Egerton and Imogen Poots.
After starting his show business career as a mind-reader in a cabaret act, Paul Raymond went on to become Britain’s richest man and a modern
King Midas. With an entrepreneurial eye and a realisation that sex sells, he began building his empire of gentleman’s clubs, porn magazines and nude theatre – provoking outrage and titillation in equal measure.
Raymond’s personal life was as colourful as his revue shows. His marriage to Jean, a nude dancer and choreographer, ended in a difficult divorce when he met Fiona – a glamour model who became the famous pin-up star of his magazines and shows. His daughter Debbie was the true love of his life, his business partner and heir to his empire – until her tragic and untimely death aged 36. Three weeks later Raymond was named Britain’s richest man and his fortune put at 1.5billion.
Friday 31st May - Saturday 1st June
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
Silly Boys & The Poly present…
THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (1926)
(Dir: Lotte Reiniger, cert PG, 81mins)
The Silent Film Club returns with another extremely visual silent film treat – the oldest surviving animated feature film in cinema history. Using a pioneering technique of animated cut-out silhouettes this is the story of a hero on an enchanted horse battling with an evil sorcerer.
An original soundtrack will be played live, using exotic instruments such as the oud, cumbus and darabouka to complement the Arabian nights flavour.
Saturday 1st June 1:00pm
Workshop: A Crash Course in Music for Silent Film
Led by the Silent Film Club
(max. 20 people)
Want to know how we go about sound-tracking a silent film? What instruments we use? Where we get our inspiration?
Come along to this two-hour course in silent film music composition. Meet the team, learn exercises, use our weird instruments and compose an original soundtrack to a silent film of your choice!
For people with a basic understanding in music, bring your instruments if you like.
Limited places available – not bookable ONLINE – telephone or call in to book.
Monday 3rd June 7:30pm
Searching for Sugarman
Another chance to see this award winning documentary.
(Dir: Malik Bendjelloul, cert 12A, 85mins)
In the early 1970s, A&M released two albums by a singer-songwriter known only as Rodriguez, who dropped out of sight and was rumoured to have died after the records failed to sell. When Rodriguez unexpectedly attracted a cult following in South Africa, two of his ardent fans decided to track down the truth behind his disappearance from the music scene.
Winner of Best Documentary feature at both the BAFTAs and the OSCARS this year – this is a must-see documentary.
Tuesday 4th June 7:30pm
Summer in February – SPECIAL PREMIERE
RETURNS ONLY NOW FOR THE PREMIERE BUT WE ARE ALSO SCREENING THIS WONDERFUL FILM ON Mon 15th, Tues 16th & Wed 17th JULY
The Poly is thrilled to present a special premiere of the hottest new British film release, Summer in February.
With Lamorna and Prussia Cove providing the backdrop for this beautiful adaptation of Jonathan Smith’s 1995 novel, Metrodome Distribution are giving Cornish audiences this opportunity to see the film 11 days in advance of its UK release on the 14th June.
Directed by Christopher Menaul and starring Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey), Dominic Cooper (The Devil’s Double), Emily Browning (Sucker Punch), Summer in February is set in the years running up to the First World War and focuses on the wild and bohemian Lamorna Group of the Newlyn artist’s colony, dominated by the charismatic Alfred Munnings. The incendiary anti-Modernist Munnings, now one of Britain’s most sought-after artists, is at the heart of a complex love triangle, also involving aspiring young painter Florence Carter-Wood and Gilbert Evans, the land agent in charge of the Lamorna estate.
Inspired by the true diaries of Evans, Summer in February, reveals the tragic consequences of this ill-fated love affair and casts light on the Newlyn colony which fuelled Cornwall’s international reputation for art.
“Cornwall provides the perfect filming location with its stunning landscape and coastline, its rich history and culture and the wealth of talent on offer here to support productions.” says Festival Director, Tiffany Holmes, “We’re really excited to be working with Merlin Cinemas and The Poly to present the premiere of Summer in February and to celebrate Cornwall’s role in both the story and the making of the film.”
The screening at The Poly in Falmouth will take place on Tuesday 4th June at 7.30pm, followed by a Q&A with the author and screenwriter Jonathan Smith.
Thursday 6th June 7:30pm
Beneath the Waves: Film Festival
This international film festival, now in its fourth year, will showcase the talent of marine photographers worldwide. Films have been individually selected from the US-based flagship event, to highlight marine conservation issues locally and across the globe. The festival aims to encourage, inspire, and educate scientists, advocates and the general public to produce and promote open-access, engaging marine-issues documentaries. The goal is to facilitate widespread science communication by bringing together marine films from around the world for open discussion. Celebrated speakers from marine science and photography worlds will also be joining the festival to present their work.
Beneath the Waves is running a Short Film Competition, with a first prize of £200, and also a Still Photography Competition, with a first prize of £50. Pieces do not require underwater footage but are encouraged to focus on local conservation issues. Films and photographs with all types of messages and subject matter are welcomed. Winning images will be exhibited in the main upstairs gallery from 1st June prior to the festival, and the selected film will be shown alongside international films.
To request pre-submission criteria email beneaththewavesfalmouth@gmail.com
Deadline for entries is Tuesday 21 May 2013
Monday 10th June - Tuesday 11th June
In the House (Dans la maison)
Dir. François Ozon – France – 15 – 105mins
This clever psychological comedy about teaching and erotic obsession is Ozon’s best work to date. He touches on a number of his recurrent concerns, among them the nature of creativity and stories within stories.
High school litereature teacher Germain (Fabrice Luchini) lives a beige, repetitive life; his despair at the state of contemporary education has given way to apathy and he is barely conscious of his curator’s wife’s (Kirstin Scott Thomas) boredom. Unexpectedly he discovers a student in his class whose compelling sense of prose and voyeuristic eye for detail stir his long dormant enthusiasm for his work.
The student begins to write about a local family and serialises his encounters in essay form under the increasingly voracious guidance of Germain. As the student becomes more audacious, the borders between reality and fiction become indistinguishable and things go badly.
A sharp, enticing psychological cat-and-mouse game. Its gleeful dark wit comes from manipulations, voyeurism and the idea that we all invade each other’s lives and thoughts.
Dark, tense, and wryly funny, In the House is brilliantly directed by François Ozon and features fine performances from its talented cast, not least of all from Kristen Scott Thomas.
Monday 17th June - Tuesday 18th June
The Sessions
Dir: Ben Lewin, Cert 15, 95mins
THE SESSIONS has captured the hearts of festival audiences across the world, winning numerous Audience Awards (San Sebastian Film Festival & Sundance Film Festival) and a Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting (Sundance Film Festival).
Virginity – losing it, trying to lose it, trying to hang on to it – has been a constant subject of drama, literature and the movies. This is the remarkable true story of Mark O’Brien (John Hawkes), a poet and journalist living in Berkeley, California, who at the age of 38 decides he wants to experience sex for the first time in his life. The problem is that since an attack of polio at the age of six he’s been confined to an iron lung except for four hours a day when he can be wheeled around on a gurney.
Also starring the excellent William H Macy and Helen Hunt who gives a brilliant performance as his surrogate sex partner. Hunt brings an intelligence, empathy and good humour to her performance that is beautiful to watch and her unselfconsciousness about her own body is initially breathtaking in its frankness.
The title refers to the six sessions she prescribes for her patient which bring him considerable embarrassment as they progress.
All in all a funny, moving, beautifully acted movie about desire and love.
Thursday 20th June - Friday 21st June
Pixelate Film Festival
Encompassing fiction, documentary and experimental narratives Pixelate is an annual celebration of work created on the undergraduate Film course at Falmouth University. Focusing on those graduating but including some highlights from first and second year students it is an opportunity to see high quality drama, comedy and various other forms of cinema from exciting filmmakers at the outset of their careers.
Thursday & Friday – Drinks Reception from 6pm – 7pm followed by screenings at 7.15pm, 8.30pm & 9.45pm – with short interval between screenings.
Monday 24th June - Tuesday 25th June
The Place Beyond the Pines
The highly anticipated new drama from director Derek Cianfrance (“Blue Valentine”) powerfully explores the consequences of motorcycle rider Luke’s (Academy Award nominee Ryan Gosling) fateful decision to commit a crime to support his child.
The incident renders him targeted by policeman Avery (Golden Globe Award nominee Bradley Cooper), and the two men become locked on a tense collision course which will have a devastating impact on both of their families in the years following.
Carefully observed and consistently compelling, it feels like an instant American classic.
Wednesday 26th June 7:30pm
The Village at the End of the World
(Dir: Sarah Gavron and David Katznelson, cert TBA, 76mins) (UK/Denmark)
Few of us can say that they received a polar bear claw from a Greenlandic hunter for their first birthday. Yet it seems magical things can happen in the Village at the End of the World.
A heart-warming saga from the deep-frozen Far North, this charming Anglo-Danish documentary covers a year in the life of an isolated fishing community in northern Greenland. A winning blend of human stories and ravishing Nordic landscapes.
Thursday 27th June 7:30pm
The Freshman (1925)
(Dir: Fred C Newmeyer & Sam Taylor, cert U, 76mins)
One of Harold Lloyd’s best feature-length comedies in which he plays a naïve young man who heads off to college believing it will be just like it is in the movies. Harold soon discovers that campus life isn’t what he expected and he soon becomes the laughing stock of the university.
Determined to prove himself and to woo fellow student Peggy, he tries out for the football team with hilarious results.
Monday 1st July - Tuesday 2nd July
A Hijacking
Director: Tobias Lindholm 99mins (15) DENMARK S/T
This Danish ransom thriller arrives from the festival circuit heaped with praise and tells the story of the hijacking of a Danish cargo ship on the Indian Ocean by Somali pirates for ransom.
Director Lindholm, who co-wrote paedophile witchunt drama ‘The Hunt’ with Thomas Vinterberg, and several episodes of ‘Borgen’, was inspired to write this film after a couple of high profile hijackings of Danish-owned freighters.
The film follows the action on board the ship and back in Denmark where the shipping company’s CEO (Soren Malling) is negotiating with the pirates. The hero may be a ship’s cook Mikkel (Pilou Asbæk, the spin doctor from ‘Borgen’), but expect the parallels with ‘Under Siege’ to end there: Lindholm says he’s strived to create a documentary-style realism, shooting scenes on an actual freighter and casting a real-life hostage negotiator.
‘It actually grows more chillingly subdued as its nightmare scenario unfolds.’ Variety
One of the most suspenseful films of the year, no doubt, perhaps because it embodies everything that Argo should have been about.
Monday 8th July - Tuesday 9th July
Love is all you Need
The cliché-averse Love is All You Need is a romantic comedy following grumpy widower Philip (Pierce Brosnan) and optimistic cancer patient Ida (Trine Dryholm) who meet accidentally en route to their respective children’s wedding in Italy.
A wedding under the Mediterranean sun with Pierce Bronson is enough to make you think you are about to watch Mamma Mia again. But this Danish love story, directed by the Oscar nominated Susanne Bier, delivers a more realistic story.
An enchanting romantic comedy set on the Italian Riviera where two middle-agers find their lives in turnaround.
If you’re in the mood to watch something that will make you smile, then Love is All You Need is perfect.
Monday 15th July - Wednesday 17th July
Summer in February
After our special premiere last month, we are delighted to screen again the hottest new British film release, Summer in February.
With much of the film shot in Cornwall with Lamorna and Prussia Cove providing the backdrop for this beautiful adaptation of Jonathan Smith’s 1995 novel this stunning film is directed by Christopher Menaul and stars Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey), Dominic Cooper (The Devil’s Double), Emily Browning (Sucker Punch).
Summer in February is set in the years running up to the First World War and focuses on the wild and bohemian Lamorna Group of the Newlyn artist’s colony, dominated by the charismatic Alfred Munnings. The incendiary anti-Modernist Munnings, now one of Britain’s most sought-after artists, is at the heart of a complex love triangle, also involving aspiring young painter Florence Carter-Wood and Gilbert Evans, the land agent in charge of the Lamorna estate.
Inspired by the true diaries of Evans, Summer in February, reveals the tragic consequences of this ill-fated love affair and casts light on the Newlyn colony which fuelled Cornwall’s international reputation for art.
Monday 22nd July - Tuesday 23rd July
Renoir
Director: Gilles Bourdos – FRENCH S/T – 111mins
Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Gilles Bourdos’ lushly atmospheric drama RENOIR tells the story of celebrated Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
In declining health at the age of 74, and with his middle son Jean, home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I, the elder Renoir is filled with a new, wholly unexpected energy when a young girl miraculously enters his world. Blazing with life, radiantly beautiful, Andrée will become his last model, and the inspiration for a remarkable rejuvenation.
At the same time, Jean also falls under the spell of the free-spirited young Andrée. Their beautiful home and majestic countryside grounds reverberate with familial intrigue, as both Renoirs, père et fils, become smitten with the enchanting and headstrong young muse.
