Fri 16th Feb- 1st March
6.00pm & 8.30pm plus weekend matinees at 1.00pm & 3.30pm
Hot Fuzz (15)
Director: Edgar Wright. Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton, Bill Bailey. UK 2007.
120mins.

From the makers of Shaun of the Dead, HOT FUZZ gives the cop movie a hilarious and affectionate makeover. P.C. Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is so good at his job that he makes everyone else look bad, so his superiors at the Met decide to relocate him to a sleepy West Country village. With fetes and neighbourhood-watch meetings replacing the action of the city, Angel struggles to adapt and finds himself partnered with Danny Butterman (Frost), an oafish but well-meaning young Constable. Just as all seems lost, a series of grisly accidents motivates Angel into action.

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Fri 2nd to Thur 15th March 6.00pm & 8.30pm 1.00pm mats 10 & 11 Mar (no 8.30 on 15th)
The Illusionist (PG)
Director: Neil Burger. Starring: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel US 2007. 110mins.

From the producers of Sideways and Crash

In a world where nothing is as it appears, an illusionist and a police inspector face off in a challenge of wills that attempts to determine where reality ends and magic begins...all the while blurring the line between power and corruption, love and devotion, vigilance and mania and ultimately, life and death. A supernatural mystery that combines romance, politics and magic, The Illusionist is the latest Oscar nominated film from the producers and previous winners of Crash and Sideways. The film stars Edward Norton (Fight Club) and Paul Giamatti (Sideways) as two men pitted against each other in a battle of wits.

"Stunning and captivating" - Starburst

"Magical and thrilling - this will put a spell on you" - Eve

"An elegant and bewitching thriller" - Uncut

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Sat 3rd & Sun 4th of Mar at 3.30pm
Pan's Labyrinth (15)
Director: Guillermo del Toro. Starring: Sergi Lopez, Ariadna Gil, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Maribel Verdu. Mexico/Spain/USA 2006. 120 mins. Spanish with English subtitles.

A fairy tale for adults inspired by the paintings of Francisco Goya and is now cleaning up just about every award going including no less than 8 Bafta nominations!

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Sat 10th & Sun 11th Mar 3.30pm
The Last King of
Scotland (15)
Director: Kevin Macdonald. Starring: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington. UK 2006. 123 mins.

This award laden feature film by Oscar-winning documentary director Macdonald (TOUCHING THE VOID) is rooted in the reality of Idi Amin's brutal rule in Uganda.

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Sat 17th & Sun 18th Mar 6.30pm
Music & Lyrics (PG)
Director: Marc Lawrence. Starring: Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore USA 2007. 96 mins.

A washed up singer (Grant) is given two days to compose a chart-topping hit for an admiring teen sensation.

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Fri 16th to Thur 22nd March at 8.30pm
Notes on a Scandal (15)
Director: Richard Eyre. Starring: Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy. UK, 2007, 92 mins.

St George's High School employs Sheba as it's new art teacher. Sheba is quickly befriended by another teacher, the older Barbara. The two become close friends with Sheba confiding all her woes upon Barbara. When Sheba embarks upon an illicit affair with one of her students, it is Barbara she turns to. As her secret is discovered and her world turned upside down, can she rely upon Barbara as the much needed shoulder to cry upon?
Nominated for over 30 awards including 4 Oscars, Notes on a Scandal is not to be missed by serious film goers.

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Sunday retrofilm presentation

Sun 4th Mar 1.15pm
The Maltese Falcon (PG)
dir: John Huston U.S 1941 101 mins
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Sydney Greenstreet

San Francisco, 1941: Private detectives Sam Spade (Bogart) and Miles Archer (Jerome Cowan) are hired by the mysterious Brigid O'Shaughnessy (Astor) to track down her missing sister. A few hours later and Archer is found murdered. Out to avenge the death of his partner, Spade is soon sucked into a web of duplicity, double dealing and intrigue. The missing sister never existed, being no more than a ruse to trick Spade and partner into chasing after the real prize- the falcon of the title- a statuette inside which is concealed a priceless jewel. However, others are also after the falcon, notably a pair of European gangsters (Lorre and Greenstreet) who will stop at nothing to secure it.

more info at
www.retrofilm.biz

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Sunday retrofilm presentation

Sun 18th Mar 1.15pm
Drugstore Cowboy (18)
dir: Gus Van Sant U.S 1989 100mins
Starring: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros, Heather Graham

Washington State: 1971. Bob Hughes, his partner Dianne and their two friends Rick and Nadine live an aimless, rootless existence robbing drugstores for pharmaceuticals. Their days are spent stealing, their evenings getting high. As their lives spiral increasingly out of control, its make or break time when Bob's forced into a decision after one of his 'family' overdoses.

more info at
www.retrofilm.biz

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Sat 17th & Sun 18th Mar 3.15pm
Blood Diamond (15)
Director: Edward Zwick
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou. USA 2007. 143 mins.

A farmer, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.

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Mon 19th to Thur 22nd March 6.00pm
Science of Sleep (15)

Director: Michel Gondry. Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg.
FR/IT 2007. 105mins
In director Michel Gondry's, "The Science of Sleep," life seems to be looking up for shy and withdrawn Stephane (Gael Garcia Bernal) when he is coaxed to return to his childhood home with the promise of a job...in the mundane world of copy setting. Wildly creative, his fanciful and sometimes disturbing dream life constantly threatens to usurp his waking world. Stephane is quickly drawn to his neighbor, Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) whose imagination easily matches his own. As their relationship blossoms, the confidence Stephane exudes in his dreams begins bleeding over into his real life.

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Fri 16 & Sat 17th Mar 10.30pm
Eraserhead (18)
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart USA 1977. 89 mins.

30th anniversary screenings of Director David Lynch's feature-film debut, a masterpiece of the macabre and grotesque. Reportedly a reaction to the news that he was about to become a father, Lynch's ERASERHEAD follows a sensitive young man as he struggles to cope with impending parenthood.

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Thurs 15th March 8:00pm
Keith James performing
The Songs of Nick Drake
with Rick Foot

Keith James returns with his uniquely popular renditions of moving and classic Nick Drake songs.

"Musicians brave enough to make music they really believe in. Keith James is one of these" - Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2