Sat 28 Jan -The Ultimate Playlist Young Singer Songwriters
Fri 6 Jan – Macbeth
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
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Review
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Rotten Tomatoes
Critics Consensus: Faithful to the source material without sacrificing its own cinematic flair, Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth rises on the strength of a mesmerizing Michael Fassbender performance to join the upper echelon of big-screen Shakespeare adaptations.
Macbeth is the story of a fearless warrior and inspiring leader brought low by ambition and desire. A thrilling interpretation of the dramatic realities of the times and a reimagining of what wartime must have been like for one of literature’s most famous and compelling characters, a story of all-consuming passion and ambition set in war torn Scotland.
Rating: R (for strong violence and brief sexuality)
Genre: Art House & International , Drama
Directed By: Justin Kurzel
Written By: Jacob Koskoff , Michael Lesslie , Todd Louiso
In Theaters: Dec 4, 2015 wide
On DVD: Mar 8, 2016
Runtime: 113 minutes
IMDB
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
BBFC 15 BBFCINSIGHT strong bloody violence
Fri 20 Jan – Spotlight
Sat 28 Jan – Young Singer Songwriters – Beth George
Beth George is an electro pop artist. She combines delicate, sincere vocals with quirky synth and mellow dance beats. Compared to the likes of Jack Garratt and Oh Wonder, her authentic sound is built from experimental live loops and harmonies.
Her live set up, is a complex and captivating performance expressing emotional endearing lyrics of raw metaphors of an adolescence diary.
Beth George
19 year old electro acoustic pop artist accompanied by her piano and mesmerising live looping set up creating an ambient and captivating performance.
Beth is an 19 year old singer songwriter and pianist who memorises her audience with her delicate, raw vocals accompanied by her elegant piano melodies. Her passion for music began at a very young age and continued to grow when she began piano lessons at 7 years old. Beth was classically trained to grade 7 which has influenced her intricate playing alongside her pop style which has been compared to the likes of Birdy and London Grammar. Her live performances started with busking in her local seaside town in Whitstable Harbour where she gained a local following leading to gigs across Kent. Since then Beth’s musical career has taken off and over the past 3 years has won awards for ‘best original song’ at the Open Mic Competition’s regional final, gained recognition on Youtube from charting artists such as Naughty Boy and performed at industry linked venues such as Metropolis Studios. She recently released her debut EP ‘Breaking Through’ on iTunes and Spotify which she promoted with an EP Launch last summer. Now with her aspirations to song-write, Beth is attending The Academy of Contemporary Music where she is networking with other musicians, co-writing and producing new music and currently in the middle of forming a band to gig regularly with so if you’re after an intimate, captivating performance make sure you get down to one of her upcoming gigs.
Three young female singer songwriters bring their own great music and some covers for a great cafe style evening.
Hannah Dorman, Jenny Bracey and Beth George
Croft Hall Hungerford 8.00pm Bar 7.00pm Cafe Style
For Tickets Click Here
Hannah Dorman
British singer songwriter Hannah Dorman brings her unique style to the genre. With the emphasis on Pop/Pock, there’s a dusting of Country to be heard in all her songs. Lyrically mature, honest and relatable, Hannah delivers her songs with her distinct raw vocal power and a personable presence. This dedicated singer will draw you in with catchy melodies and a driven rhythm section.
http://hannahdorman.com/music/hannah_dorman_music.html
Jenny Bracey
20 year old Jenny Bracey is a developing singer-songwriter from South West UK. Her stunning vocals, and tidy guitar skills separate her from just another ‘girl with a guitar’. Jenny has strong rock influences leading to her developed sound on her recent recordings, showing off not only her skill as a songwriter and recording artist but also as a multi instrumentalist.
Jenny’s first release was her totally acoustic album entitled ‘Wishing For October’ in 2013, which has been commended with 5 star reviews stating it a ‘must download’. The title was based on Jenny’s desire to be 18, on her birthday in October! Following on from this Jenny received a development contract from Southampton’s premier recording studio River Studios, which lead to the release of her EP ‘Take Me Home’ including the single and music video for ‘Take Me Home’. Since then Jenny has released two singles, ‘Just Accept It’ – a breakup inspired song which has had international airplay, and ’10’ – a song inspired by rebellion, recorded with Downtown Artists in London Soho. Both of Jenny’s recent releases were selected for the New Music Monday feature on A.V.A. Live Radio.
Sat 28 Jan – Young Singer Songwriters – Jenny Bracey
20 year old Jenny Bracey is a developing singer-songwriter from South West UK. Her stunning vocals, and tidy guitar skills separate her from just another ‘girl with a guitar’. Jenny has strong rock influences leading to her developed sound on her recent recordings, showing off not only her skill as a songwriter and recording artist but also as a multi instrumentalist.
Jenny’s first release was her totally acoustic album entitled ‘Wishing For October’ in 2013, which has been commended with 5 star reviews stating it a ‘must download’. The title was based on Jenny’s desire to be 18, on her birthday in October! Following on from this Jenny received a development contract from Southampton’s premier recording studio River Studios, which lead to the release of her EP ‘Take Me Home’ including the single and music video for ‘Take Me Home’. Since then Jenny has released two singles, ‘Just Accept It’ – a breakup inspired song which has had international airplay, and ’10’ – a song inspired by rebellion, recorded with Downtown Artists in London Soho. Both of Jenny’s recent releases were selected for the New Music Monday feature on A.V.A. Live Radio.
A seasoned performer, Jenny’s played at venues such as the NEC in Birmingham and the O2 Academy in Oxford for BBC Introduces. She has also played numerous festivals including Vodafone Summerfest 2015, Newbury Real Ale festival, The Phoenix Festival and Treefest at Westonbirt Arboritem.
Jenny made her first European appearance in Italy in April 2016, and was also invited out to Nashville in May 2016 where she played her first international show. Jenny has recently returned from Budapest where she was invited out to sing with Internationally renowned band Firkin for their prestigious 8th Birthday Show.
An award winning artist, Jenny has participated in various Singer-songwriter competitions including Newbury Star Search 2014 which she won, Open Mic Competition Wantage 2012 which she also won, Jenny got through to the Finals of Britain Does Variety in 2013 and Open Mic UK where she was a grand finalist and winner of the Showcase Award.
Releases:
Acoustic Album ‘Wishing For October’ recorded at Evolution Studios, Oxford, 2013
Full Band EP ‘Take Me Home’ recorded at River Studios, Southampton, 2015
Full Band Single ‘Just Accept It’ recorded at Anton Road Studios, Andover, 2015
Full Band Singles ’10’ and ‘Long Time Coming’ recorded at Downtown Artists, London Soho for release in 2016
Sat 28 Jan – Young Singer Songwriters – Hannah Dorman
Three young female singer songwriters bring their own great music and some covers for a great cafe style evening.
Hannah Dorman, Jenny Bracey and Beth George
Croft Hall Hungerford 8.00pm Bar 7.00pm Cafe Style
For Tickets Click Here
Hannah Dorman
British singer songwriter Hannah Dorman brings her unique style to the genre. With the emphasis on Pop/Pock, there’s a dusting of Country to be heard in all her songs. Lyrically mature, honest and relatable, Hannah delivers her songs with her distinct raw vocal power and a personable presence. This dedicated singer will draw you in with catchy melodies and a driven rhythm section.
http://hannahdorman.com/music/hannah_dorman_music.html
Jenny Bracey
20 year old Jenny Bracey is a developing singer-songwriter from South West UK. Her stunning vocals, and tidy guitar skills separate her from just another ‘girl with a guitar’. Jenny has strong rock influences leading to her developed sound on her recent recordings, showing off not only her skill as a songwriter and recording artist but also as a multi instrumentalist.
Jenny’s first release was her totally acoustic album entitled ‘Wishing For October’ in 2013, which has been commended with 5 star reviews stating it a ‘must download’. The title was based on Jenny’s desire to be 18, on her birthday in October! Following on from this Jenny received a development contract from Southampton’s premier recording studio River Studios, which lead to the release of her EP ‘Take Me Home’ including the single and music video for ‘Take Me Home’. Since then Jenny has released two singles, ‘Just Accept It’ – a breakup inspired song which has had international airplay, and ’10’ – a song inspired by rebellion, recorded with Downtown Artists in London Soho. Both of Jenny’s recent releases were selected for the New Music Monday feature on A.V.A. Live Radio.
Beth George
18 year old pianist & singer/songwriter influenced by Birdy, Lauren Aquilina and Oh Wonder with mesmerising delicate vocals and elegant piano melodies.
Beth is an 18 year old singer songwriter and pianist who memorises her audience with her delicate, raw vocals accompanied by her elegant piano melodies. Her passion for music began at a very young age and continued to grow when she began piano lessons at 7 years old. Beth was classically trained to grade 7 which has influenced her intricate playing alongside her pop style which has been compared to the likes of Birdy and London Grammar. Her live performances started with busking in her local seaside town in Whitstable Harbour where she gained a local following leading to gigs across Kent. Since then Beth’s musical career has taken off and over the past 3 years has won awards for ‘best original song’ at the Open Mic Competition’s regional final, gained recognition on Youtube from charting artists such as Naughty Boy and performed at industry linked venues such as Metropolis Studios. She recently released her debut EP ‘Breaking Through’ on iTunes and Spotify which she promoted with an EP Launch last summer. Now with her aspirations to song-write, Beth is attending The Academy of Contemporary Music where she is networking with other musicians, co-writing and producing new music and currently in the middle of forming a band to gig regularly with so if you’re after an intimate, captivating performance make sure you get down to one of her upcoming gigs.
Sat Feb 4 – Les Amours Baroques with Hannah Medlam
Local singer Hannah Medlam, together with father Charles Medlam on the bass viol, and London thoerbo player William Carter will present a programme of songs and court airs from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, interspersed with instrumental items on their period instruments.
Hannah studied singing in Vienna, Paris, Amsterdam and Marseilles, before taking to the opera stage in Holland (Mimi in Puccini’s La Bohème), Montpellier (Janacek’s Cunning Little Vixen) and Limoges (Lady Pamela in Aubert’s Fra Diabolo). She opted for a period of further study in Rome to improve her bel canto and spoken Italian and is now firmly back on the concert stage with engagements in England, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Japan planned for the 2017/18 season. She sings frequently with London Baroque and has recently discovered the lute song repertoire. She will perform songs for the restoration stage by Henry Purcell, court airs by Michel Lambert, church and chamber works by Monteverdi, and Handel’s only French cantata in imitation of domestic Parisian music-making at the turn of the eighteenth century.
Charles will play a series of bass viol pieces on his 1689 Barack Norman. These will go from the sublime, Marin Marais’ lament for his teacher Jean de St. Colombe, to the ridiculous, a description of a bladder stone operation! The theorbo, also know as the chitarone, is the largest of the lute family instruments and has a series of bass courses, as well as the normal strings above a fingerboard. William Carter will be playing virtuoso music by Johannes Kapsberger, who, in spite of his name, was actually Roman and largely responsible for putting the instrument on the map.
The musicians will introduce their instruments and their sometimes unfamiliar music.
It promises to be a fascinating evening’s music-making in the intimate setting of The Croft Hall in Hungerford.
Fri 3 Feb – I, Daniel Blake
Rotten Tomatoes
Critics Consensus: I, Daniel Blake marks yet another well-told chapter in director Ken Loach’s powerfully populist filmography.
Daniel Blake (59) has worked as a joiner most of his life in Newcastle. Now, for the first time ever, he needs help from the State. He crosses paths with a single mother Katie and her two young children, Daisy and Dylan. Katie’s only chance to escape a one-roomed homeless hostel in London has been to accept a flat in a city she doesn’t know, some 300 miles away. Daniel and Katie find themselves in no-man’s land, caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy as played out against the rhetoric of ‘striver and skiver’ in modern day Britain.
Rating:NRGenre: Art House & International , Drama Directed By:Ken Loach Written By:Paul Laverty In Theaters:Jan 5, 2017 Limited Runtime: 100 minutes Studio: BBC
IMDB
A middle aged carpenter who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.
A 59 year old carpenter recovering from a heart attack, befriends a single mum and her two kids as they navigate their way through the kafkaesque impersonal benefits system. With equal amounts of humour, warmth and despair. Heartfelt and emotional until the end
BBFC 15
BBFCINSIGHT PUBLICATION DATE 11/10/2016
Note: The following text may contain spoilers
I, DANIEL BLAKE is a British drama in which a 59-year-old joiner, unable to work due to a recent heart attack, befriends a young single mother as they both struggle with the red tape of the British benefits system.
LANGUAGE
There is infrequent use of very strong language (‘ct’), as well as more frequent use of strong language (‘fk’). Milder terms include ‘bastard’, ‘bullshit, ‘wanker’, and ‘twats’.
Other issues include visual and verbal references to prostitution.
Trailers
Ken Loach and David Johns Interview https://youtu.be/EtvoNlGiymw
Review
Mark Kermode https://youtu.be/offpkwG9zbA
Sat 4 Feb -LES AMOURS BAROQUES with HANNAH MEDLAM
We are delighted to be able to bring you this superb musical talent and quality of programme within the beautiful wooden beams of the Croft Hall Book Now to secure your place at this great event
Just back from several months in Rome to improve her bel canto and spoken Italian Hannah Medlam will be joined by theorbist William Carter and bass violist Charles Medlam (relation) for a concert in Hungerford on February 4th. They will be presenting a programme of lute songs by Purcell, Weldon, Handel, Lambert and Monteverdi, interspersed with bass viol solos by Marin Marais and theorbo music by Kapsberger. The bass viol group will go from the sublime (Marais’ lament for his teacher St. Colombe) to the ridiculous (a description of a bladder stone operation!). The theorbo is the largest of the lute family instruments. William Carter will be playing virtuoso music by Johannes Kapsberger, who in spite of his name was actually Roman and largely responsible for putting the instrument on the map.
The Programme
Henry Purcell If music be the food of love – Music for a while
1658-1659
John Weldon Take, O take those lips away
1676-1736
Marin Marais Tombeau pour Mr de Ste. Colombe – La Guitare
1656-1728 Tableau de l’Operation de la Taille
Michel Lambert Rochers,vous êtes sourds – Goutons le doux repos – 1610-1696 – Ombre de mon amant – Celle qui fait mon tourment
+++Claudio Monteverdi O Quam tu pulchra es – Laudate Dominum –
1567-1643 Si dolce e’l tormento – Quel Sguardo
Johannes Kapsberger Toccata, Gagliarda and Corrente
1580-1651
G.F. Handel La Cantate Française
1685-1759 Sans y penser, à Tirsis j’ay suplaire
Charles Medlam Bass viol, Barack Norman, London 1689
William Carter Theorbo
Fri 17 Feb – Sabrina
Rotten Tomatoes 89% Audience Rating
Critics Consensus: With its humorous script and its stars’ immense charm, Sabrina remains a resonant romantic gem.
Top Critic
Bosley Crowther
New York Times January 1, 2000
It is a story as light as a feather and as old as yesterday’s news, as transparent as a society column item and as smug as a foreign-made car. But Mr. Wilder…has made it into a commentary as crisp as a screed in a smart magazine.
Top Critic
TIME Magazine February 3, 2009
This is never less than glittering entertainment, but somehow a certain measure of lead has found its way into the formula.
Full Review
IMDB
A playboy becomes interested in the daughter of his family’s chauffeur, but it’s his more serious brother who would be the better man for her.
Director: Billy Wilder
Writers: Billy Wilder (written for the screen by), Samuel A. Taylor (written for the screen by) (as Samuel Taylor) | 2 more credits »
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden | See full cast & crew »
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work — busily running the family corporate empire with no time for a wife and family. David is all play — technically employed in the family business but never showing up for work, spending all his time entertaining, and having been married and divorced three times. Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who has been infatuated with David all her life, but whom David hardly notices till she goes away to Paris for two years and returns an elegant, sophisticated, beautiful woman. Suddenly, she finds she’s captured David’s attention, but just as she does so, she finds herself also falling in love with Linus, and she finds that Linus is also falling in love with her. Written by Brian C. Madsen bcmmovies@earthlink.net
BBFC
TYPE Feature
APPROX. RUNNING MINUTES 109
RELEASE DATES 03/09/2001
BBFCINSIGHT Contains mild comic violence and very mild language
GENRE(S) Romance, Drama, Comedy
DIRECTOR(S) Billy Wilder
CAST INCLUDES Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Walter Hampden, John Williams, Martha Hyer, Joan Vohs, Marcel Dalio, Marcel Hillaire, Nella Walker, Francis X. Bushman, Ellen Corby, David Ahdar, Marjorie Bennett, Colin Campbell, Harvey B. Dunn, Otto Forrest, Rand Harper, Charles Harvey, Paul Harvey
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Suitable for all iconU
Trailers
https://youtu.be/lB2ckiy_qlQ Best Clip
https://youtu.be/AOZuxReeNTk Trailer
https://youtu.be/GCS1frMC004 Clip
https://youtu.be/MO2FSOoqtcg Clip
Sat 18 Feb – Stand – Up History
History meets hilarity as stand-up comedians bring the past to life with punchlines. Like your funniest history teacher with more laughs. Suitable for history buffs and pure joke-lovers alike.
“A nerdy, deeply charming adventure into the funnier bits of history” – excerpt from the most recent review of the show in Oxford
http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/feature/11605/stand-up-history
Regular sell out shows in Oxford and Edinburgh
We have a great quartet for our first comedy night
Alex Farrow – Stand-up History co-founder, history teacher, host at Jericho Comedy and director at science comedy night the Bright Club Oxford. “Really Good” – Broadway Baby
Iszi Lawrence – Stand-up, comedy historian and founder of the The Z List Dead List podcast. Regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s Making History. “She is hilarious” – Richard Herring
Harry Househam – Recently graduated Archaeologist director of the Oxford Imps and stand-up “Extraordinarily Talented” -The OxStu
Jacob Hawley – Stand-up and comedy Historian. With award winning performances at the Comedy Store, the UK’s biggest comedy club, Jacob is one to watch
Tickets £10 from Hungerford Bookshop or Click Here
Fri 3 Mar – Bridget Jones’s Baby
Rotten Tomatoes 75%
Critics Consensus: Bridget Jones’s Baby might be late on arrival, but fans of the series should still find its third installment a bouncing bundle of joy.
Oscar (R) winners Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth are joined by Patrick Dempsey for the next chapter of the world’s favorite singleton in Bridget Jones’s Baby. Directed by Sharon Maguire (Bridget Jones’s Diary), the new film in the beloved comedy series based on creator Helen Fielding’s heroine finds Bridget unexpectedly expecting. After breaking up with Mark Darcy (Firth), Bridget Jones’s (Zellweger) “happily ever after” hasn’t quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job as top news producer and surround herself with old friends and new. For once, Bridget has everything completely under control. What could possibly go wrong? Then her love life takes a turn and Bridget meets a dashing American named Jack (Dempsey), the suitor who is everything Mr. Darcy is not. In an unlikely twist she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch…she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her baby’s father.
Trailers
https://youtu.be/mJsvmscPY9w
https://youtu.be/ry0QhEO5WCU
BJ Interview https://youtu.be/QLficDnyvlg
Review
https://youtu.be/ad04WHfZQ_Y Mark Kermode
BBFC
APPROX. RUNNING MINUTES 120
BBFCINSIGHT strong language, sex references
GENRE(S) Romance, Drama, Comedy
DIRECTOR(S) Sharon Maguire
CAST INCLUDES Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Emma Thompson, Shirley Henderson, Sarah Solemani
SUMMARY BRIDGET JONES’S BABY is a romantic comedy in which a woman discovers she is pregnant but is unsure who the father is.
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Suitable only for 15 years and over
Sat 4 Mar – Gigspanner
About Gigspanner
Since his departure from folk-rock pioneers Steeleye Span at the end of 2013, legendary fiddle player Peter Knight has turned his full attention to his trio Gigspanner, and in the process has firmly established their burgeoning reputation as one of the most innovative acts on the folk/roots scene.
Hailed by Songlines as “another milestone in folk’s rebirth of cool” and by the late Sir Terry Pratchett who poetically observed “Peter Knight can spin the world on his Bow“.
There is however far more to Gigspanner than meets the eye, and to categorise these virtuoso performers purely as folk musicians would be to significantly undersell them, and to deny audiences the full scope of their musical embrace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np5t2lR8wYo
Tickets available from Hungerford Bookshop or: Eventbrite.co.uk
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-knights-gigspanner-tickets-30692494076?aff=es2
Promoted by Hilary Stockwell
Fri 10 Mar – Elles Bailey & Her Blues Band
Elles Bailey brings her blend of Rootsy blues and Country to Arts For Hungerford
Full Band Show
Tickets £15
Bristol based Elles Bailey (28) seamlessly weaves rootsy blues, country and soulful rock with a contemporary edge and her trademark ‘smoky vocals’ taking the lead. Her husky toned, lived-in voice sounds like she has a 60-a-day habit, but was actually caused by a serious illness when she was three. Her two EP’s, both produced by Brian Banks, (Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie) ‘Who I Am To Me’ (Feb 2015) and ‘The Elberton Sessions’ (Oct 2016) were released to critical acclaim, and her debut album is set to drop Spring 2017.
No stranger to the scene, over the last three years, this captivating, hard-working songstress and her talented band have built up a loyal all-age fan base through relentless touring, through both the UK and Europe. She’s opened for acts like Wille & The Bandits and shared festival line-ups with Lisa Simone, The Mystery Jets & Wilko Johnson.
In fact, 2017 looks set to be a very busy year for Elles with over 30 dates scheduled in the run up to her debut album release in April. Her festival diary is also filling up very quickly. Elles will feature at The Great British Rock and Blues Festival in Skegness and will be opening for soul singer Jo Harman on her February tour before heading back into Europe in Spring 2017.
Her new album will be released Spring 2017, with her brand new single Wildfire dropping 10/02/17
Like many artists today, Elles is breaking down the barriers of traditional genres, taking inspiration from many and fusing them together to bring you her own unique sound, which is earning her a legion of devoted fans, young and old, from across the UK and further afield.
Wildfire Teaser
– Perfect Storm
– Spring Tour
‘2016 has seen Elles and her band create major waves around the UK with their dazzling blend of rootsy blues and soul, with a recent bout of writing and recording over in Nashville and dates with Wille & The Bandits, Elles continues her rapid ascent to the top’
Slap Magazine
‘It’s safe to say that Miss Bailey is probably the best new blues prospect in the last decade and this latest set only goes to confirm that’
The Rocker
‘Bailey has a fine grip on her influences and her choice of blues-rock serves only to augment her smoky and infections vocals, Who Am I To Me will find favour among blues fans from around the globe’
Songwriting Magazine
‘Gritty, southern, smoky vocals that have a real bluesy/country feel to them’
Maverick Magazine
Fri 17 Mar – Julieta
Trailers
Review
https://youtu.be/d40vsr6iSr8 Kermode
Top Critic
Dave Calhoun
Time Out May 20, 2016
A sombre, ravishing study of grief, guilt and burden.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
Francesca Rudkin
New Zealand Herald November 16, 2016
This is a restrained, mature work from Almodovar that compliments the Hitchcock-like mystery as it unravels slowly before us.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
Other
Rotten Tomatoes 92%
Critics Consensus: Julieta finds writer-director Pedro Almodóvar revisiting familiar themes — and doing so with his signature skill.
After a chance meeting, middle-aged Julieta (Emma Suarez) learns that her long-lost daughter has resurfaced in Madrid. This begins a painful reflection by Julieta into her checkered past, flashing back to the moments of pain that defined her current life. This drama is directed by Spanish master Pedro Almodóvar.
IMDB
After a casual encounter, a brokenhearted woman decides to confront her life and the most important events about her stranded daughter.
Julieta (Emma Suarez) is a middle-aged woman living in Madrid with her boyfriend Lorenzo. Both are going to move to Portugal when she casually runs into Bea, former best friend of her daughter Antia, who reveals that this one is living in Switzerland married and with three children. With the heart broken after 12 years of total absence of her daughter, Julieta cancels the journey to Portugal and she moves to her former building, in the hope that Antia someday communicates with her sending a letter. Alone with her thoughts, Julieta starts to write her memories to confront the pain of the events happened when she was a teenager (Adriana Ugarte) and met Xoan, a Galician fisherman. Falling in love with him, Julieta divides her time between the family, the job and the education of Antia until a fatal accident changes their lives. Slowly decaying in a depression, Julieta is helped by Antia and Bea, but one day Antia goes missing suddenly after a vacation with no clues about where to find … Written by Chockys
BBFC
TYPE Feature
APPROX. RUNNING MINUTES 97
RELEASE DATES 26/08/2016
BBFCINSIGHT strong sex
GENRE(S) Drama
DIRECTOR(S) Pedro Almodóvar
CAST INCLUDES Emma Suárez, Adriana Ugarte, Daniel Grao, Inma Cuesta, Michelle Jenner, Darío Grandinetti, Rossy de Palma, Susi Sánchez, Pilar Castro, Joaquín Notario, Nathalie Poza, Mariam Bachir
SUMMARY JULIETA is a Spanish drama about a mother’s search for her estranged daughter.
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Suitable only for 15 years and over icon15
ECI information
Wed March 29: Clover Stroud, ‘The Wild Other’
This is a memoir of love, loss, motherhood, sex and danger. Broadcaster, writer and journalist Clover Stroud says:
“I had a very unconventional and very happy childhood in Wiltshire, which ended in the most violent way when my mother suffered fell from her horse out riding and was left horrifically brain damaged. This early experience of loss and trauma has informed everything I have done since then.
Mum’s accident sent me out into the world on a journey that took me to the brink of self destruction, where I sought wild experiences in the form of wild horses, sex, narcotics and wild men. The book is also about the devastating power of nature to destroy and heal, and I hope that my five children will not be alarmed by it.”
Travelling from gypsy camps in Ireland, to the rodeos of west Texas and then to Russia’s war-torn Caucasus, Clover eventually found her way back to England’s lyrical Vale of the White Horse.
The Wild Other is a grippingly honest account of love, loss, family and the healing strength of nature. Powerful and deeply emotional, this is the story of an extraordinary life lived at its fullest.
‘There is so much richly evoked life here…beautifully written.’ Cathy Rentzenbrink, The Times
‘Beautifully written…I love this book.’ India Knight
‘Compelling and candid, deftly weaving together past and present…a heart-wrenching story told in haunting, lyrical prose.’ Tatler
Clover will be talking about her book to Lis Allen, before answering questions from the audience and signing copies of her book.
Tickets £6 from The Hungerford Bookshop (includes a glass of wine and £5 off the book on the night) or on-line on here
Fri 7 Apr – The Girl on the Train
Trailers
Review
Other
Rotten Tomatoes 54%
Critics Consensus: Emily Blunt’s outstanding performance isn’t enough to keep The Girl on the Train from sliding sluggishly into exploitative melodrama.
IMDB
A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.
Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Erin Cressida Wilson (screenplay), Paula Hawkins (based on the novel by)
Stars: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson | See full cast & cre
The Girl on the Train is the story of Rachel Watson’s life post-divorce. Every day, she takes the train in to work in New York, and every day the train passes by her old house. The house she lived in with her husband, who still lives there, with his new wife and child. As she attempts to not focus on her pain, she starts watching a couple who live a few houses down — Megan and Scott Hipwell. She creates a wonderful dream life for them in her head, about how they are a perfect happy family. And then one day, as the train passes, she sees something shocking, filling her with rage. The next day, she wakes up with a horrible hangover, various wounds and bruises, and no memory of the night before. She has only a feeling: something bad happened. Then come the TV reports: Megan Hipwell is missing. Rachel becomes invested in the case and trying to find out what happened to Megan, where she is, and what exactly she herself was up to that same night Megan went missing.
BBFC
TYPE Feature
APPROX. RUNNING MINUTES 116
RELEASE DATES 05/10/2016
BBFCINSIGHT strong language, sex, violence
GENRE(S) Thriller, Drama
DIRECTOR(S) Tate Taylor
CAST INCLUDES Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Laura Prepon, Rebecca Ferguson, Luke Evans, Justin Theroux, Lisa Kudrow
SUMMARY THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN is a US mystery thriller in which a woman becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a person’s disappearance.
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Sat 8 Apr – Jazz All Stars
The return of this top quality Jazz/Funk act, where does he find these great professionals and how does he persuade them to come to Hungerford.
As usual we will be in for a real treat, Catch them here as no Marlborough Jazz this year, so no big tent appearance. Buy Tickets
The Band
Matt Holland – Trumpet
Matt is an old Hungerford favourite having played with the Jazz All Stars and the Adam Winslet band, he has also has been performing all around the world for the Last 20 years with the likes of Van Morrison, Lisa Stansfield, Marti Pellow, The Hoosiers & Burt Bacharach. http://www.matthollandmusic.co.uk/about-us
Jim Watson – Piano
Jim Watson is a freelance Pianist, Keyboardist Composer and Improviser. I studied at Leeds College of Music (BA Hons) then at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
London/Suffolk based I’m currently working with Manu Katche. Recent work includes Sting, Katie Melua, Richard Bona, Raul Midon, Zero 7, Incognito, Meshell Ndegeocello amongst others.http://www.jimwatson.net
Simon Price – Drums
Simon is highly regarded as one of the most musical and versatile drummers around having played with Chuck Berry and is a very busy sideman to many jazz musicians of high repute
Ralph Mizraki – Bass
Raph Mizraki was for several years a member of the mediǽval and renaissance band the Dufay Collective, in which he played oud, rebec, viol and mediǽval percussion, and was also frequently employed on violone with some of London’s leading early music ensembles such as His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornets and The Gabrieli Consort. He has also taken part in many cross-cultural projects with African and Arabic musicians, and toured extensively with Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band. He eventually gave up all this tomfoolery to concentrate on jazz and funk, and he is currently house bassist at the Spin in Oxford.
Fri 2 Dec – The Third Man – Learn More
Peter Bogdanovich talks about the Third Man a really good introduction
Fri 9 Dec – The Apollo Big Band
See one of our big local bands stage the first of a series on concerts at the Sutton Hall Stockcross just a short run down the A4
Young Musicians Deliver – The Review
It was a great concert which delivered the quality we expected, some very talented musicians. Watch out for the next one in April.
Sat 12 Nov -Young Classical Musicians Concert
Young Classical Musicians Concert – Croft Hall, Hungerford – 8.00pm £8
A little more about one of the artists and his programme.
Chopin polonaise in A flat major Op53
Rimsky-Korsakov The Flight of The Bumble Bee
To get tickets for the concert click here
Theodore Hayes
Started piano lessons just before his 6th birthday with Rosemary Burn in 2006.
Have passed Grade 3 in the Autumn 2007.
Theodore stared having lessons with Yekaterina Lebedeva in 2009.
He started RCM JD in 2012 where he is still studying piano with Yekaterina Lebedeva.
Theodore has won several prizes in Bath and Bristol music festivals in solo piano classes (under 8 and under 11).
In 2014 he won a major prize presented by “Western Daily Press” for an outstanding young pianist under 13 in Mid-Somerset Music Festival.
Theodore has taken part in Jaques Samuel piano festival and performed as a winner in Wigmore Hall in 2012 and 2013.
Theodore took part in international “Piano Talents” competition in Milan where he was awarded 2-nd prize in 2013.
He passed Grade 8 with Distinction in piano performance in 2014.
He currently holds Music Scholarship at Stowe school where he had masterclass with Lang Lang and performed Bach Keyboard Concerto with MK Orchestra.
He won Milton Keynes Young Musician of the Year Competition in 2016.
Currently working towards ABRSM Diploma in piano performance.
Fri 18 Nov – Sing Street
Funny, Joyful and Effortlessly Cool. 1980’s Dublin, Boy meets girl, Girl unimpressed, Boy starts band. A world where music has the power to take us away from the turmoil of everyday life and transform us into something greater.
Trailers
https://youtu.be/fuWTcmjnEGY
Review
Other
Rotten Tomatoes
From director John Carney (ONCE, BEGIN AGAIN), SING STREET takes us back to 1980s Dublin seen through the eyes of a 14-year-old boy named Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) who is looking for a break from a home strained by his parents’ relationship and money troubles, while trying to adjust to his new inner-city public school where the kids are rough and the teachers are rougher. He finds a glimmer of hope in the mysterious, über-cool and beautiful Raphina (Lucy Boynton), and with the aim of winning her heart he invites her to star in his band’s music videos. There’s only one problem: he’s not part of a band…yet. She agrees, and now Conor must deliver what he’s promised – calling himself “Cosmo” and immersing himself in the vibrant rock music trends of the decade, he forms a band with a few lads, and the group pours their heart into writing lyrics and shooting videos. Inspired by writer/director John Carney’s life and love for music, SING STREET shows us a world where music has the power to take us away from the turmoil of everyday life and transform us into something greater.
Rating: PG13 (for thematic elements including strong language and some bullying behavior, a suggestive image, drug material and teen smoking)
Genre: Art House & International , Drama , Musical & Performing Arts
Directed By: John Carney
Written By: John Carney
In Theaters: Apr 15, 2016 limited
Box Office: $16438
Runtime: 106 minutes
IMDB
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
BBFC
12A BBFCINSIGHT infrequent strong language, drug use, moderate sex references, smoking
Sat 12 Nov – Classical Young Musicians Concert
Classical Young Musicians Concert – Croft Hall Hungerford – 8.00pm £8
Click Here to buy tickets
Meet 8 exceptionally gifted musicians at the start of their careers. A professional quality concert in a unique environment, enjoy a great evening with superb performances and good wines and beers.
See a star of the future, always something to remember. In collaboration with Berkshire Maestros we bring you
Emma Beach – Oboe
Thalia Lee – Violin
Emily Ambrose – Bassoon
Thomas Carr – Clarinet
Theo Hayes – Piano
Yi-Ann Yeung – Cello
A repertoire which includes:
Rondo by Mozart
Introduction and Polonaise by Carl Bohm
Chopin Polonaise in A flat major Op53
Rimsky-Korsakov The Flight of The Bumble Bee
Fri 21 Apr – Queen of Katwe
Bar Opens 7.00pm Screening 8.00pm – Croft Hall Hungerford
Trailers
Review
https://youtu.be/6k3LK1b7vQ8 Kermode
Top Critic
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone September 23, 2016
Directed by the great Mira Nair, the film hits you like a shot in the heart. Nyong’o and Oyelowo are both extraordinary, giving newcomer Nalwanga a chance to shine as Phiona grows into her own woman.
Full Review | Original Score: ¾
Top Critic
Rex Reed
New York Observer September 28, 2016
The story is true, and the message it delivers-with care and help, the disenfranchised can become role models and inspire others-is unabashedly sentimental, but in a good way.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
Other
Rotten Tomatoes 88%
Critics Consensus: Queen of Katwe is a feel-good movie of uncommon smarts and passion, and outstanding performances by Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo help to elevate the film past its cliches.
“Queen of Katwe” is the colorful true story of a young girl selling corn on the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a result of the support she receives from her family and community, is instilled with the confidence and determination she needs to pursue her dream of becoming an international chess champion. Directed by Mira Nair (“Monsoon Wedding”) from a screenplay by William Wheeler (“The Hoax”) based on the book by Tim Crothers, “Queen of Katwe” is produced by Lydia Dean Pilcher (“The Darjeeling Limited”) and John Carls (“Where the Wild Things Are”) with Will Weiske and Troy Buder serving as executive producers. The film stars Golden Globe (R) nominee David Oyelowo (“Selma”), Oscar (R) winner and Tony Award (R) nominee Lupita Nyong’o (“12 Years a Slave”) and newcomer Madina Nalwanga. For 10-year-old Phiona Mutesi (Nalwanga) and her family, life in the impoverished slum of Katwe in Kampala, Uganda, is a constant struggle. Her mother, Harriet (Nyong’o), is fiercely determined to take care of her family and works tirelessly selling vegetables in the market to make sure her children are fed and have a roof over their heads. When Phiona meets Robert Katende (Oyelowo), a soccer player turned missionary who teaches local children chess, she is captivated. Chess requires a good deal of concentration, strategic thinking and risk taking, all skills which are applicable in everyday life, and Katende hopes to empower youth with the game. Phiona is impressed by the intelligence and wit the game requires and immediately shows potential. Recognizing Phiona’s natural aptitude for chess and the fighting spirit she’s inherited from her mother, Katende begins to mentor her, but Harriet is reluctant to provide any encouragement, not wanting to see her daughter disappointed. As Phiona begins to succeed in local chess competitions, Katende teaches her to read and write in order to pursue schooling. She quickly advances through the ranks in tournaments, but breaks away from her family to focus on her own life. Her mother eventually realizes that Phiona has a chance to excel and teams up with Katende to help her fulfill her extraordinary potential, escape a life of poverty and save her family. Disney’s “Queen of Katwe” will open in U.S. theaters on September 23, 2016.
IMDB
BBFC
TYPE Feature
APPROX. RUNNING MINUTES 124
RELEASE DATES 21/10/2016
BBFCINSIGHT mild sex references, injury detail, distressing scenes
GENRE(S) Drama
DIRECTOR(S) Mira Nair
CAST INCLUDES Lupita Nyong’o, David Oyelowo, Madina Nalwanga, Martin Kabanza, Taryn ‘Kay’ Kyaze, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Esther Tebandeke
SUMMARY QUEEN OF KATWE is a drama based on the true story of a young girl from the slums in Uganda who trained to become a chess champion.
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