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The awards season is upon us once more and there is a feast of fine performances to savour in the current programme. The protest is frequently that there are not enough strong roles for women but take a look at Gabourey Sidibe in the electrifying tale of New York youth, Precious and Saoirse Ronan in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Lovely Bones, two unknown names delivering outstanding performances while Kristin Scott Thomas (criminally neglected for I’ve Loved You So Long last year) and Anne-Marie Duff vye for the honours as aunt and mother to a young John Lennon in Sam Taylor-Wood’s Nowhere Boy.

Representing the male of the species, Clive Owen delivers his finest performance yet in The Boys Are Back, Colin Firth is outstanding in the Isherwood adaptation, A Single Man and Andy Serkis progresses from Golum to the rather more endearing form of Ian Dury in the biopic, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. Also worthy of note, but seldom acknowledged with awards in comedies, is George Clooney for a subtle and affecting performance in Up In the Air as the HR hit-man who is always a long way from home.

Jacques Audiard has already impressed with films like Self Made Hero, Read My Lips and The Beat My Heart Skipped. His latest movie, A Prophet, won the Jury Prize at Cannes and is a front runner for Best Foreign Language Oscar.

In addition there is spectacle in Rob Marshall’s adaptation of the musical Nine, the marvellously eccentric world of Cold Souls and Spike Jonze’s profound and moving realisation of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are.

Happy New Year.John Gore. Film Programmer

The Men Who Stare At Goats 15Sat 2 – Mon 4 Jan Dir: Grant Heslov US/UK 2009 90mins Cast: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey

In a comedic look at real life events that are almost too bizarre to believe, a reporter discovers a top-secret wing of the US military when he accompanies an enigmatic Special Forces operator on a mind-boggling mission.

Reporter Bob Wilton (McGregor) is in search of his next big story when he encounters Lyn Cassady (Clooney), who tells of a legion of "Warrior Monks" with unparalleled psychic powers who can read the enemy's thoughts, pass through solid walls, and even kill a goat simply by staring at it.

The Men Who Stare At Goats was inspired by Jon Ronson's non-fiction bestseller, an eye-opening and often hilarious exploration of the government's attempts to harness paranormal abilities to combat its enemies.

The Red Shoes USat 2 & Sun 3 Jan Dir: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger UK 1948 133mins Cast: Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring

This is a brand new print of this Powell and Pressburger classic, widely considered to be one of the greatest films ever made and winner of two Oscars. It focuses on Vicky, a young ballerina starring in a ballet The Red Shoes. Like her character in the ballet, she is irresistibly drawn to dancing.

Her life becomes split between her simple human passion and artistic devotion to her profession. The film contains ballet sequences of stylistic mastery, and is visually one of the most innovative and beautiful works of cinema ever created.

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An Education 12AMon 4 & Tue 5 Jan Dir: Lone Scherfig UK 2009 100mins Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Emma Thompson

A lively and witty adaptation of Lynn Barber’s memoir of a London schoolgirl seduced by the lifestyle of an older man.

It’s 1961 in the London suburb of Twickenham, and bright sixteen-year-old Jenny is on the cusp of womanhood, fantasising about a more sophisticated, refined life. Jenny is an assiduous schoolgirl with a real chance of landing a spot at Oxford University. Her path takes a turn, however, when she meets David, a man who seems to embody her every fantasy.

An Education is a moving film set against the stifling backdrop of post-war, pre-Paul McCartney England. This is both a powerful coming-of-age story and a portrait of culture on the threshold of change.

A Serious Man 15Tue 5 – Thu 7 Jan Dir: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen US 2009 106mins Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind

Larry is a good husband and father, and a conscientious professor at a quiet university. He always tries to do the fair and just thing. But one day, everything starts to go wrong. His wife leaves him for reasons she can’t explain, and her intolerably pompous new lover muscles in on the family and their home. His career is put in jeopardy by a series of anonymous letters falsely accusing him of unspecified misdemeanours, and his unemployable brother is becoming more of a burden. In his attempts to find some equilibrium he seeks guidance from a succession of uninspiring or unavailable rabbis.

Michael Stuhlbarg is unshowily excellent as Larry, and this wonderfully rounded and satisfying character study is classic Coens at their best.

The Girlfriend Experience 15Wed 6 & Thu 7 Jan Dir: Steven Soderbergh US 2009 77mins Cast: Sasha Grey, Chris Santos, Peter Zizzo

Director Steven Soderbergh follows five days in the life of a $2,000-an-hour Manhattan call girl (adult film star Sasha Grey) who thinks she has her life totally under control. She even has a devoted boyfriend who accepts her lifestyle. But when you’re in the business of meeting people, you never know who you’re going to meet next.

A portrait of a woman who is determined to stay at the top of her game, hiring consultants to keep her at the peak of her profession. As such, the film becomes an investigation not only of her relationships but also of the various transactions – commercial, sexual, emotional and otherwise – of everyday life.

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Bright Star PGFri 8 – Mon 11 Jan & Wed 13 Jan Dir: Jane Campion UK/Australia 2009 119mins Cast: Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw

The romantic poet John Keats’ love for Fanny Brawne inspired some of the most beautiful love letters ever written, and coincided with a remarkable period of creativity. When the writer first met Fanny, an outspoken devotee of fashion, he described her as a minx; she in turn thought poems ‘a strain to work out’. But an intense love affair flourished between the two, curtailed by Keats’ death at the age of 25.

Director Jane Campion tells this tragic story through the eyes of Fanny, superbly played by Abbie Cornish. Paired with Ben Whishaw, equally impressive as the sensualist Keats, they bring chemistry and a modernity to a passion, which, although expressed with restraint, is palpable.

Cracks 15Mon 11 – Thu 14 Jan Dir: Jordan Scott UK/Ireland 2009 104mins Cast: Eva Green, Juno Temple, Sinéad Cusack

This dazzling debut from Jordan Scott (daughter of legendary director Ridley Scott), stars Eva Green as the mesmerising Miss G, a liberating force in a staid but idyllic British boarding school. The story follows a clique of six girls whose dynamic is thrown off kilter by the arrival of a beautiful new Spanish student Fiamma.

The hazy summer days by the lake provide the perfect setting for Fiamma’s wild and intriguing tales of her travels in India with her father. Miss G is captivated, but it’s not long before ripples appear on the surface and the cracks beneath emerge in the relationship between teacher and pupil.

Cold Souls 12ASun 10 & Tue 12 Jan Dir: Sophie Barthes US 2009 101mins Cast: Paul Giamatti, Emily Watson, David Strathairn

The ever-excellent Paul Giamatti plays New York actor, Paul Giamatti, who is in rehearsal for Uncle Vanya and finding it hard to separate from Chekhov’s unhappy protagonist. By chance he comes across a ‘soul storage’ facility run by the smooth Dr Flintstein, who for a fee is happy to remove Giamatti’s soul. But Giamatti’s newfound lightness proves a problem, and when the actor finds his performance as well as his life lacks soul, the doctor obligingly lends him that of a Russian poet.

By the time Giamatti decides that he’d prefer his own soul back, it’s gone missing, and the only way he can retrieve it is to enter the dubious world of black market smuggling…

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The Cove 12AWed 13 & Thu 14 Jan Dir: Louie Psihoyos US 2009 92mins Cast: Richard O’Barry, Louie Psihoyos, Simon Hutchins

In the 1960s, Richard O’Barry was the world’s leading authority on dolphin training, working on the set of the popular television programme Flipper.

Day in and day out, O’Barry kept the dolphins working and television audiences smiling. But one day, that all came to a tragic end.

The Cove tells the amazing true story of how Psihoyos, O’Barry and an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret.

“an exceptionally well-made documentary that unfolds like a spy thriller… one of the most audacious and perilous operations in the history of the conservation movement.” The New York Times

Where The Wild Things Are PGFri 15 – Mon 18 Jan Dir: Spike Jonze US 2009 101mins Cast: Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini

Innovative director Spike Jonze collaborates with celebrated author Maurice Sendak to bring one of the most beloved books of all time to the big screen in this classic story about childhood and the places we go to figure out the world we live in. Max is a sensitive boy who feels misunderstood at home so escapes to where the Wild Things are. The Wild Things desperately long for a leader to guide them, just as Max longs for a kingdom to rule. When Max is crowned king, he promises to create a place where everyone will be happy. Max soon finds, though, that ruling his kingdom is not so easy and his relationships there prove to be more complicated than he originally thought.

“A visual and emotional tour de force.” Rolling Stone

Nowhere Boy 15Fri 15 – Sat 24 Jan Dir: Sam Taylor-Wood UK 2009 95mins Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff

This highly anticipated feature debut from artist Sam Taylor-Wood is a sensitive and sprightly look at the formative years of one of Britain’s cultural icons.

Liverpool 1955. 15 year-old John Lennon is a teenager hungry for experience. He escapes into music, starting a band with a group of friends and finding a kindred spirit when he meets Paul McCartney. Just as he begins his new life, further tragedy strikes, but by then he’s found his voice…

Decidedly a love story rather than a John Lennon biopic, Nowhere Boy nevertheless provides a wealth of imaginatively presented insights into what fuelled his musical genius.

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Bunny and the Bull 15Tue 19 – Thu 21 Jan Dir: Paul King UK 2009 101mins Cast: Edward Hogg, Simon Farnaby, Noel Fielding, Julian Barrett

From the director of The Mighty Boosh, Bunny and the Bull is a comedy road movie set entirely in a flat. Stephen Turnbull hasn’t been outside in months. When a sudden infestation of mice forces him to abandon his routine, he finds his mind hurtling back to the disastrous trek around Europe he undertook with his friend Bunny.

Two gambling addicts let loose for the first time, they are hopelessly unprepared for the adventure that awaits them. Stephen’s flat becomes the springboard for an extraordinary odyssey through lands made up of snapshots and souvenirs, from the industrial wastelands of Silesia to the bull fields of Andalucia.

Disgrace 15Fri 22 & Sat 23 Jan Dir: Steve Jacobs Australia/South Africa 2008 120mins Cast: Paula Arundell, Scott Cooper, John Malkovich

A faithful and powerful adaptation of JM Coetzee’s 1999 Booker-winning novel, this is a disquieting study of desire and its consequences, and an unblinking portrait of post-apartheid South Africa. John Malkovich plays David Lurie, a university professor whose life falls apart after he has an affair with one of his students. Forced to resign from Cape Town University he escapes to his daughter’s farm in the Eastern Cape, where their relationship is tested when they both become victims of a vicious attack.

“A powerful and intelligent study of a man coming back from the brink” Film 4

Welcome! 15Sun 24 & Mon 25 Jan Dir: Philippe Lioret France 2009 110mins subtitled Cast: Vincent Lindon, Firat Ayverdi

Bilal, a 17 year-old Kurdish boy, has travelled through the Middle East and Europe to join his girlfriend, freshly immigrated to England. But his journey comes to an abrupt end when he is stopped on the French side of the Channel.

Having decided to swim across, Bilal goes to a local swimming pool to train. There he meets Simon, a swimming instructor, who decides to risk everything and take Bilal under his wing, giving him shelter and swimming lessons in an effort to win back his estranged wife.

An ode to the abandoned immigrants trapped on the shores of Calais and the good Samaritans who take risks to help them.

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REM 15Tue 26 Jan £4.50

The latest selection of regionally made short films by emerging film makers will also include a brief talk by Sybil Mair about placing films in international festivals.

If you have a film that you would like to be considered for the screening, please send it on DVD, Beta or 35mm before 22 Jan to:

John Gore Film ProgrammerWarwick Arts Centre University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL

Crude PGWed 27 & Thu 28 Jan Dir: Joe Berlinger US 2009 105mins

Joe Berlinger’s latest documentary focuses on the “Amazon Chernobyl” case – a 13-year battle between Chevron, one of the world’s largest oil companies, and the indigenous communities in Ecuador nearly destroyed by their drilling. In a sophisticated take on the classic David and Goliath story, Berlinger crafts a portrait of the incredible team in the US and Ecuador who have pursued this case against all odds.

Crude is a ground-level view of one of the most extraordinary legal dramas of our time. While the environmental impact of the consumption of fossil fuels has been increasingly documented in recent years, Crude focuses on the human cost of our addiction to oil and the increasingly difficult task of holding a major corporation accountable for its past deeds.

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Séraphine PGMon 25 & Tue 26 Jan Dir: Martin Provost France/Belgium 2008 127mins subtitled Cast: Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tuker

The story of Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis, a simple and profoundly devout housekeeper who in 1905 at age 41, self-taught and with the instigation of her guardian angel began painting brilliantly colourful canvases. In 1912 Wilhelm Uhde, a German art critic and collector, discovered her paintings while she worked for him as a maid in his house in Senlis outside Paris.

A moving and unexpected relationship develops between the avant-garde art dealer and the visionary cleaning lady leading to Séraphine’s work being grouped with other naïve painters – the so-called “Sacred Heart Painters” – with acclaimed shows in France, elsewhere in Europe and eventually at New York’s MOMA.

The Limits of Control 15Wed 27 & Thu 28 Jan Dir: Jim Jarmusch US 2009 116mins Cast: Isaach de Bankolé, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Gael Garcia Bernal

The Limits of Control is the story of a mysterious loner, a stranger, whose activities remain meticulously outside the law. He is in the process of completing a job, yet he trusts no-one, and his objectives are not initially divulged. His journey, paradoxically both intently focused and dreamlike, takes him not only across Spain but also through his own consciousness.

“An impeccably blank crime mystery.” The Guardian

This new film by filmmaker Jim Jarmusch (Broken Flowers, Down by Law) is set in the striking and varied landscapes of contemporary Spain (both urban and otherwise).

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The Road 15Fri 29 Jan – Thu 4 Feb Dir: John Hillcoat US 2009 111mins Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce

Not only a brilliantly directed and largely faithful adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Road is also an unforgettable piece of filmmaking in its own right. An unnamed man (Mortensen) and his young son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) travel alone through a post-apocalyptic landscape, ravaged by an unspecified catastrophe. Ash and soot hang in the air, it is cold enough to crack stones and when the snow falls it is grey. Man and boy head towards the coast, not knowing if anything awaits them there, trying to keep alive the idea of goodness and civilisation in a world where survival is a daily struggle. As the world around them is dying, what endures is the love between father and son, and a final, tender affirmation of hope.

Nine 15Fri 5 – Thu 11 Feb

Dir: Rob Marshall

US 2009 119mins

Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Stacy Ferguson,

Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren

Nine is a vibrant and provocative musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife (Cotillard), his mistress (Cruz), his film star muse (Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Dench), an American fashion journalist (Hudson), the whore from his youth (Ferguson) and his mother (Loren).

Rob Marshall (Chicago) directs this stellar cast. The original Broadway production of Nine, with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston, won five Tony Awards including Best Musical.

Ian Dury was one of the few true originals of the English music scene in the last 30 years. He contracted Polio from swallowing swimming pool water when he was 10 years old which left him permanently disabled.

After studying painting at the Royal Academy with Peter Blake the pop artist working with The Who and The Beatles, Dury went into music

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 15Fri 29 Jan – Thu 4 Feb Dir: Mat Whitecross UK 2009 99mins Cast: Ray Winstone, Olivia Williams, Andy Serkis

and rose to fame during the 70s, as a founder of punk and New Wave. With his razor blade earring, clothes and powerful stage persona he was the trailblazer that many would follow.

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll stars Andy Serkis in the role of the punk legend and follows his rise to fame as he battles his debilitating disease and the after effects of fame on his relationships.

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari with live accompaniment by Cipher U

Fri 12 Feb Dir: Robert Wiene Germany 1920 58mins Cast: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt £8 (£6)

To coincide with the ninetieth anniversary of the classic silent horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Cipher will be performing their new score live alongside the film.

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari is one of the earliest, most influential and most artistically acclaimed German

Expressionist films. The film tells the story of the deranged Dr Caligari and his faithful sleepwalking Cesare, and their connection to a string of murders. Critics worldwide have praised the film for its expressionist style, complete with wild, distorted set design including corked buildings and twisted landscapes. The film also boasts one of the first attempts at a twist ending, something quite new and shocking for its time.

Cipher’s score incorporates hypnotic low flutes, haunting saxophones, dark soundscapes, pulsing beats, deep bass and rich textural landscapes.

Up in the Air 15Fri 5 – Thu 11 Feb Dir: Jason Reitman US 2009 104mins Cast: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Jason Bateman

From the director of Juno and Thank You For Smoking.

George Clooney is at his smooth, sardonic best as Ryan Bingham, a management consultant specialising in the field of firing people for companies that are downsizing. His work takes him around the country, helping him pursue his private goal of accumulating ten million miles in his frequent flyer account and with it, entry to an elite club.

Faced by a threat posed by Natalie, a new recruit with a plan to introduce video links which would effectively ground Bingham, he talks his way into one last round trip. This time he has an added incentive, having just met Alex, the beautiful and sassy frequent-traveller of his dreams.

The Boys Are Back 12AFri 12 – Thu 18 Feb Dir: Scott Hicks Australia/UK 2009 110mins Cast: Clive Owen, Laura Fraser, George MacKay

Inspired by a true story, The Boys Are Back is a deeply moving, wryly confessional tale of fatherhood that intimately evokes both the fragility and wonders of family life. It follows a witty, wisecracking, action-oriented sportswriter (Owen) who, in the wake of his wife’s tragic death, finds himself in a sudden, stultifying state of single parenthood.

With turbulent emotions swirling just below the surface, Joe Warr throws himself into the only child-rearing philosophy he thinks has a shot at bringing joy back into their lives: “just say yes”. Raising two boys in a household devoid of feminine influence, and with an unabashed lack of rules, life becomes exuberant, instinctual, reckless… and on the constant verge of disaster.

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Still Walking 15Aruitemo aruitemo

Sat 13 & Sun 14 Feb

Dir: Kore-eda Hirokazu

Japan 2009 114mins subtitled

Cast: Hiroshi Abe, Yui Natasukawa

Director Kore-eda Hirokazu (After Life, Nobody Knows) returns to the forefront of world cinema with Still Walking – an exquisitely detailed family drama that shines with warmth and understanding.

Fifteen years ago, Junpei, the youngest son of the Yokoyama family died while rescuing a boy from drowning. On the anniversary of his death, the remaining siblings visit the quaint home of their parents with their families in tow. Over the course of a beautiful day, new relatives become acquainted telling stories and squabbling over sizzling tempura and an elegant graveside ritual is performed for Junpei.

Recalling the delicate splendour of Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story, Kore-Eda shows complete mastery of his characters while revealing the complex dynamics of an ultimately loving family with humour and warmth.

Food, Inc. 12AWed 17 & Thu 18 Feb

Dir: Robert Kenner

US 2008 94mins

Cast: Michael Pollan, Barbara Kowalcyk,

Eric Schlosser

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on the American food industry, exposing the highly mechanised underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of the government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. The food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and the environment.

Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield’s Gary Hirschberg and Polyface Farms’ Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising – and often shocking truths – about what we eat, how it’s produced, and where the American nation goes from here.

I’m Going to Explode 15Voy a ExplotarMon 15 & Tue 16 Feb Dir: Gerardo Naranjo Mexico 2008 103mins subtitled Cast: Juan Pablo de Santiago, Maria Deschamps, Daniel Gimenez Cacho

This superb tale of teenage love simmers with pent-up energy and draws much of its compelling immediacy from the complex combination of generational, sexual and political tensions underneath its consummately stylish surface.

Expelled from his exclusive seminary for fantasising about shooting two of his teaching staff, teenager Romàn, son of an affluent congressman, is sent to the local public school. There, he introduces himself to his fellow students by pretending to commit suicide in assembly. Watching this mock hanging is Maru, and when these two troubled, disaffected teens meet – in detention, naturally – they are immediately smitten with one another. The two flee, leading their families to think the pistol-obsessed Romàn has kidnapped Maru.

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Precious 15Fri 19 – Thu 25 Feb

Dir: Lee Daniels

US 2009 109mins

Cast: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’nique, Paula Patton, Lenny Kravitz

Lee Daniels’ Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire is a vibrant, honest and resoundingly hopeful film about the human capacity to grow and overcome.

Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Claireece ‘Precious’ Jones, a sixteen-year-old African-American girl born into a life no-one would want. She’s pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother, a poisonously angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is a place of chaos and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and an awful secret: she can neither read nor write.

“Precious leaves you moved like no film in years.

It has a spirit that soars.” Rolling Stone

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Fri 19 – Thu 25 Feb

Dir: Jacques Audiard

France 2009 150mins subtitled

Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif

Condemned to six years in prison, 19-year-old Malik El Djbena cannot read or write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison, he is given a number of ‘missions’ to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader’s confidence in the process.

But Malik is brave and a fast learner, daring to secretly develop his own plans…

From the acclaimed director of The Beat That My Heart Skipped, one of the most heralded films from the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and winner of the Grand Prix.

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The Greatest Hits of OliverPostgate – Part II PG From Pogle's Wood to TrumptonSat 23 Jan 2pm Cinema £4.50 (£2.50) Dir: Oliver Postgate

Following the enormous success of the first instalment of The Greatest Hits of Oliver Postgate in June, we’re delighted to bring a second event to celebrate the life and creations of animator Oliver Postgate.

Pogle's Wood: Pig in the Middle (1966)

The Clangers: Rock Collector (1971)

Bagpuss: The Ballet Shoe (1974)

The Saga of Noggin the Nog: Noggin and the Pie (1982)

Captain Pugwash: Smugglers Cove (1975)

Chigley: Lord Belborough’s Secret (1969)

Camberwick Green: PC McGarry (1966)

Trumpton: Telephone (1967)

A Single Man 15Fri 26 Feb – Thu 4 Mar Dir: Tom Ford US 2009 99mins Cast: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode

Los Angeles 1962, and 52-year-old British college professor George Falconer (Firth) is struggling to find meaning in his life after the death of his long time partner Jim (Goode). Through the course of one day, a series of events and encounters cause him to reflect on his past, and consider whether or not he has a future. His lovelorn best friend Charley (Moore) is devoted to George, but wrestling her own dilemmas, while one of his students, Kenny, pursues him, seeing a possible kindred spirit. Based on a novel by Christopher Isherwood, A Single Man is an affecting story of love and loneliness.

The Lovely Bones 12AFri 26 Feb – Thu 4 Mar Dir: Peter Jackson US/UK/NewZealand 2009 139mins Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci

The story of a life and everything that came after. Based on the critically acclaimed best-selling novel by Alice Sebold, and directed by Oscar winner Peter Jackson, The Lovely Bones centres on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family – and her killer – from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.

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Belleville Rendez-Vous 12ASat 27 Feb 2pm Cinema £4.50 (£2.50) Dir: Sylvain Chomet France 2003 80mins

Sometimes a film can capture your imagination and steal your heart in a way you never thought possible. Warmly received at its Cannes premiere and since embraced across the world, this virtually wordless French animation is one such film – a brilliantly realised, jaw-dropping adventure that bursts with life and teems with subtle touches.

Accompanied by Boogie Woogie Bugle boy.

The Story of the Weeping Camel USat 6 Feb 2pm Cinema £4.50 (£2.50) Dir: Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni A National Geographic World Film

The Story of the Weeping Camel is an enchanting film that follows the adventures of a family of herders in Mongolia’s Gobi region who face a crisis when the mother camel unexpectedly rejects her newborn calf after a particularly difficult birth. Uniquely composed of equal parts reality, drama and magic, this film is a wander into a different way of life and the universal terrain of the heart.

West Midlands Film HubWarwick Arts Centre and Screen WM have joined forces to create a Film Hub for the West Midlands. Come along to experience, understand, enjoy and even make movies.

Our regular weekend movie events for you to enjoy as a family

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Once Upon A Time In Italyby Christopher Frayling, biographer of Sergio Leone and leading authority on Italian Westerns Sat 13 Feb 11am – 3.30pm £7.50 (£5.50)

Christopher Frayling will explore the cultural background to the arrival of 'Spaghettis' in the mid-1960s, their significance, and their longer-term legacy. Also, why they are still dismissed by many as "not quite the real thing"?

With particular reference to the career of Sergio Leone, he will share his enthusiasm for these films, which were usually filmed in Italy (interiors) and southern Spain (locations), with casts that included Italians, Spaniards, Germans, Yugoslavians - and American stars either on their way up or on their way down. Were these films just a case of chilli con carnage or were they more than that...?

Give your opinion or pose questions for further debate on the film you have just seen in this series of post-screening discussions.

The Girlfriend Experience 15 Thu 7 Jan 6.30pm

Cracks 15 Thu 14 Jan 6.30pm

Nowhere Boy 15 Thu 21 Jan 6.30pm

The Road 15 Mon 1 Feb 6.30pm

Up in the Air 15 Mon 8 Feb 6.30pm

A Prophet 18 Wed 24 Feb 6pm

A Single Man tbc Thu 4 Mar 6.30pm

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An Education p03

A Prophet p11

A Serious Man p03

A Single Man p12

Boys Are Back (The) p09

Bright Star p04

Bunny & the Bull p06

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari p09

Cold Souls p04

Cove (The) p05

Cracks p04

Crude p07

Disgrace p06

Food, Inc. p10

Girlfriend Experience (The) p03

I'm Going to Explode p10

Limits of Control (The) p07

Lovely Bones (The) p12

Men Who Stare At Goats (The) p02

Nine p08

Nowhere Boy p05

Precious p11

Red Shoes (The) p02

Road (The) p08

Séraphine p07

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll p08

Still Walking p10

Up in the Air p09

Welcome! p06

Where The Wild Things Are p05

Events

REM p07

Family Films p12

In The Frame p13

Close-Up p13

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Sat 2 The Red Shoes 4pm The Men Who Stare at Goats 7.30pm Sun 3 The Red Shoes 4pm The Men Who Stare at Goats 7.30pm Mon 4 The Men Who Stare at Goats 6.30pm An Education 8.30pm Tue 5 An Education 6.30pm A Serious Man 8.45pm Wed 6 A Serious Man 6.30pm The Girlfriend Experience 8.45pm Thu 7 The Girlfriend Experience PSD. 6.30pm A Serious Man 8.30pm Fri 8 Bright Star 6.30pm Cold Souls 9pm Sat 9 Met Opera Live: Der Rosenkavalier 6pm Sun 10 Bright Star 4pm Cold Souls 7.30pm Mon 11 Cracks 6.30pm Bright Star 8.45pm Tue 12 Cold Souls 6.30pm Cracks 8.45pm Wed 13 Bright Star 4pm The Cove 6.30pm Cracks PSD. 8.30pm Thu 14 Cracks 6.30pm The Cove 8.45pm Fri 15 Where The Wild Things Are 6.30pm Nowhere Boy 8.45pm Sat 16 Nowhere Boy 4pm Where The Wild Things Are 6.30pm Nowhere Boy 8.45pm Sun 17 Where The Wild Things Are 4pm Nowhere Boy 7.30pm Mon 18 Where The Wild Things Are 6.30pm Nowhere Boy 8.45pm Tue 19 Nowhere Boy S. 6.30pm Bunny & the Bull 8.30pm Wed 20 Nowhere Boy S. 4.30pm Bunny & the Bull 6.30pm Nowhere Boy 8.45pm Thu 21 Nowhere Boy PSD. 6.30pm Bunny & the Bull 8.30pm Fri 22 Disgrace 6.30pm Nowhere Boy 9pm Sat 23 Family Films: From Pogle's Wood to Trumpton 2pm Nowhere Boy 4pm Nowhere Boy 6.30pm Disgrace 8.45pm Sun 24 Welcome! 4pm Nowhere Boy 7.30pm Mon 25 Séraphine 6.30pm Welcome! 9pm Tue 26 REM 6.30pm Séraphine 8.30pm Wed 27 The Limits of Control 4pm The Limits of Control 6.30pm Crude 8.50pm Thu 28 Crude 6.30pm The Limits of Control 8.45pm Fri 29 The Road 6.30pm Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 8.45pm

EAT restaurant has re-opened with a tantalising new menu. Award-winning chef Jon Harvey-Barnes has drawn on his background at Claridges and a host of top Midlands establishments to create modern bistro adaptations of traditional favourites bursting with fresh and organic ingredients.

EAT OPENING TIMESLunch: Tue - Fri 12noon - 2.30pm

Dinner: Tue - Sat 5pm - 8pm

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Sat 30 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 4pm Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 6.30pm The Road 8.45pm Sun 31 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 4pm The Road 7.30pm

February

Mon 1 The Road PSD. 6.30pm Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 8.45pm Tue 2 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll S. 6.30pm The Road 8.45pm Wed 3 The Road S. 4pm The Road 6.30pm Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 8.45pm Thu 4 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 6.30pm The Road 8.45pm Fri 5 Nine 6.30pm Up in the Air 9pm Sat 6 Family Films: The Story of the Weeping Camel 2pm Nine 4pm Up in the Air 6.30pm Nine 8.45pm Sun 7 Nine 4pm Up in the Air 7.30pm Mon 8 Up in the Air S. PSD. 6.30pm Nine 8.45pm Tue 9 Nine 6.30pm Up in the Air 9pm Wed 10 Up in the Air S. 4pm Up in the Air 6.30pm Nine 8.45pm Thu 11 Nine 6.30pm Up in the Air 9pm Fri 12 The Cabinet of Dr Caligari 6.30pm The Boys Are Back 8.30pm Sat 13 Film Talk: Sergio Leone 11am The Boys Are Back 4.15pm Still Walking 6.30pm The Boys Are Back 8.50pm Sun 14 Still Walking 4pm The Boys Are Back 7.30pm Mon 15 The Boys Are Back S. 6.30pm I'm Going to Explode 8.45pm Tue 16 I'm Going to Explode 6.30pm The Boys Are Back 8.45pm Wed 17 The Boys Are Back S. 4pm The Boys Are Back 6.30pm Food, Inc. 8.45pm Thu 18 Food, Inc. 6.30pm The Boys Are Back 8.30pm Fri 19 Precious 6.30pm A Prophet 8.45pm Sat 20 A Prophet 3.30pm Precious 6.30pm A Prophet 8.45pm Sun 21 Precious 4pm A Prophet 7.30pm Mon 22 A Prophet 6pm Precious 9pm Tue 23 Precious S. 6.30pm A Prophet 8.45pm

Wed 24 Precious S. 3.45pm A Prophet PSD. 6pm Precious 9pm Thu 25 Precious 6.30pm A Prophet 8.45pm Fri 26 A Single Man 6.30pm The Lovely Bones 8.30pm Sat 27 Family Films: Belleville Rendez-Vous 2pm The Lovely Bones 3.45pm A Single Man 6.30pm The Lovely Bones 8.30pm Sun 28 A Single Man 4pm The Lovely Bones 7.30pm

March

Mon 1 The Lovely Bones 6.15pm A Single Man 9pm Tue 2 A Single Man S. 6.30pm The Lovely Bones 8.30pm Wed 3 A Single Man S. 4pm The Lovely Bones S. 6.15pm A Single Man 9pm Thu 4 A Single Man PSD. 6.30pm The Lovely Bones 8.30pm

In The Frame Post Screening Discussions (PSD) Chaired by Julia Jones, these Post Screening Discussions will give the audience the opportunity to discuss the film they have just seen in more detail.

Subtitled Screenings (S.) Our series of films in the English language that are screened with English subtitles to assist our deaf and hard of hearing patrons and those for whom English is not their first language

JanuaryTue 19 Nowhere Boy 6.30pm Wed 20 Nowhere Boy 4.30pm

FebruaryTue 2 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 6.30pm Wed 3 The Road 4pm Mon 8 Up in the Air 6.30pm Wed 10 Up in the Air 4pm Mon 15 The Boys Are Back 6.30pm Wed 17 The Boys Are Back 4pm Tue 23 Precious 6.30pm Wed 24 Precious 4pm

MarchTue 2 A Single Man 6.30pm Wed 3 A Single Man 4pm The Lovely Bones 6.15pm

Warwick Arts Centre is a resource provided by The University of Warwick. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following organisations:

CP = Car Park

how to find usBy Car

On approaches to Coventry, simply follow the brown signs for Warwick Arts Centre. Once on the University of Warwick campus, head for car parks 6, 7 or 8. For the latest on the roads around Coventry visit:www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/travel

By Train

Services run regularly from Birmingham, Leicester and London to Coventry from where we are a short taxi or bus ride away.

By Bus

Regular bus services from Coventry, Leamington Spa and Kenilworth stop outside the Arts Centre. Centro Hotline: 024 7655 9559

booking informationTelephone Bookings

024 7652 4524

Online Bookings

www.warwickartscentre.co.uk

Box Office Opening Times

Mon - Sat 9.30am - 9pmSun - 2.00pm - 8pm

Ticket Prices (unless otherwise stated)

Full Price: £6.50

Discounts: £5.25*

Groups of 5+: £4.75 each

Full Time Students, Under 16s, Registered unemployed: £4.25

University of Warwick students: £3.00

Weekday Matinees: £4.25* 60+ in full-time retirement, Passport to Leisure holders

Brochure available in large print on 024 7652 4524

CHANGE TO BOOKING FEES

In line with many other organisations involved in selling tickets, from Mon 11 January 2010 we will introduce a small booking fee of 40p on every* ticket, whether booked in person at our Box Office, over the phone, or via our website. We have delayed the introduction of a booking fee for as long as we can but by levying a small booking fee we are able to retain a greater share of the ticket income than if we simply raise our ticket prices.

In recognition of this we have postponed an annual rise in cinema ticket prices. In addition, our charge for posting tickets will be reduced by £1 to 75p and our current online transaction fee of £1.50 will also be removed from tickets booked via our website. This change will help us to continue to support a programme that is exciting and innovative.

*Exceptions to the fee will include schools and group bookings.

Met Opera Live Jan/Feb 2010

Der Rosenkavalier – Sat 9 Jan Carmen – Sat 16 Jan Simon Boccanegra – Sat 6 Feb Design by Un.titled

www.un.titled.co.uk

Warwick Arts Centre reserves the right to change the film programme without notice.

Please check our website or contact the Box Office for updated information.