SCREENINGS Edited by Paul Lindsell
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AMC SANTAMONICA 1310 3rd Street Promenade, at Arizona Avenue
CRITERION 1313 3rd Street Promenade, across from AMC Santa Monica at Arizona Avenue
BROADWAY CINEPLEX 1441 3rd Street Promenade, just north of Broadway
FAIRMONT SCREENING ROOMS 101 Wilshire Boulevard, enter from 2nd Street
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CHICKEN WITH PLUMS Drama, 91mins. Celluloid Dreams. Dir: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud. Key cast: Mathieu Amalric, Edouard Baer. Nasser Ali Khan, the celebrated violin player, has his beloved instrument broken. Unable to find another to replace it, life without music seems
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WUTHERING HEIGHTS Drama, 128mins. HanWay Films. Dir: Andrea Arnold. Key cast: Kaya Scodelario, James Howson. The story of Heathcliff and Cathy, two teenagers whose love for each other creates a storm of vengeance and redemption. An orphan from the slums, the handsome, brooding Heathcliff finds true love with Cathy, the beautiful daughter of Yorkshire aristocracy. But when Cathy is forced to marry another, Heathcliff ’s destructive force is unleashed. Criterion 5
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CHICKEN WITH PLUMS See box, above
THE CUP Action/adventure, 101mins. Myriad
intolerable. He stays in bed and slips further and further into reveries from his youth and his own children’s futures. Over the course of the week that follows, and as the pieces of the story fall into place, we understand his poignant secret and the profundity of his decision to give up life for music and love. AMC Santa Monica 4
Pictures. Dir: Simon Wincer. Key cast: Stephen Curry, Brendan Gleeson. A true story about two brothers, both competing for the highest honour in horse racing, the Melbourne Cup. When tragedy strikes, one brother relies on the support of a veteran horse trainer to overcome the odds and challenge himself to win. An incredible story of inspiration and triumph over adversity. AMC Santa Monica 6
DEAD INSIDE Thriller, horror, 90mins. Bleiberg Entertainment. Dir: Pearry Teo. Key cast: Lala Hensley, Sage Howard, James Lim. Le Merigot 2
EX INFERIS Horror, thriller, 90mins. Opus Distribution. Dir: Leonardo Araneo.
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Key cast: Marco Gandolfi Vannini, Jennifer Mischiati, Roberto Zibetti. Six friends decide to spend their holiday together and rent a manor house in the countryside where they can leave behind the madness of city life. Once there, they befriend a priest, Father Elia, who lives alone in the adjoining church. Very soon the party mood turns frightening, as strange phenomena, apparently paranormal, begin happening around the group. It soon turns into a nightmare when one of the friends, Giorgio, begins acting as if he is possessed, which the group interprets as being demonic. AMC Santa Monica 2
THE FLYINGMACHINE See box, below
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THE FLYINGMACHINE Animation, 76mins. Distribution Workshop. Dir: Martin Clapp, Geoff Lindsey. Key cast: Heather Graham, Lang Lang. Anna and her little cousin Chip Chip must take to the skies in an amazing flying machine to travel home, criss-crossing the world. AMC Santa Monica 3
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THE GHOSTMAKER Supernatural thriller, sci-fi, action/adventure, 91mins Spotlight Pictures. Dir: Mauro Borrelli. Key cast: Aaron Dean Eisenberg, Liz Fenning. A group of friends find an ancient coffin which, when laid in, allows the person’s spirit to rise from their temporarily dead bodies. In this “ghost stage”, the person has a feeling of invincibility and immortality. What starts out as a cool game turns deadly, as the ghostly experience brings out each person’s most dangerous impulses and desires. Broadway Cineplex 3
THE GOOD DOCTOR Thriller, 91mins. Magnolia Pictures. Dir: Lance Daly.
Key cast: Orlando Bloom, Riley Keough, Rob Morrow. Dr Martin Blake is an ambitious but anxious young doctor. In his first days of residency he is eager to impress his superiors and colleagues — Chief Resident Waylans, the successful and self- assured fellow intern Dan, and the no-nonsense nurse Theresa. But things are not going Martin’s way and he can’t seem to shake off his insecurities AMC Santa Monica 7
HARD BOILED SWEETS Thriller, 90mins. Content. Dir: David L G Hughes. Key cast: Scot Williams, Paul Freeman, Peter Wight. Ex-con Johnny is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss “Shrewd” Eddie
has one million in dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen. But what Johnny doesn’t know is that seven other very dangerous criminals also have plans to steal the money. Broadway Cineplex 1
THE HEINEKEN KIDNAPPING Drama, thriller, 105mins. Bavaria Film International. Dir: Maarten Treurniet. Key cast: Rutger Hauer. Alfred Heineken, one of the world’s wealthiest brewers, has one fateful weakness: he feels invulnerable to all those around him. It takes a band of hot- headed young men to crumble down this wall of invulnerability: thrown piteously in the back of a mini-van, Heineken is unwillingly taken away by the amateur kidnappers
LAEMMLE’SMONICA 1332 2nd Street, between Arizona Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard
LEMERIGOT SCREENING ROOMS 1740 Ocean Avenue, next to Loews Hotel
OCEAN SCREENING ROOM 1401 Ocean Avenue, at Santa Monica Boulevard
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