The Next Films to be Shown

2nd MORPETH MOVIE WEEKEND
Fri 8 and Sat 9 February 2019


VENUES: As well as our usual venue of the Town Hall, films are being shown in the Centenary Room at the Methodist Church on Howard Terrace, a cosy 32 seat venue showcasing a wide choice of films.

REFRESHMENTS are available at both venues throughout the weekend.

TICKETS - £6 for evening performances and £5 for daytime on the Saturday (all non refundable).
Available from:
• Tourist Information Desk in The Chantry for all films.
• Morpeth Town Hall, for Town Hall screenings only.
• Online at www.ticketsource.co.uk , or via the link below (booking fee applies).
At the door.
Early booking is advised for all performances, especially screenings at the cosy Centenary Room.

Friday 8 February 2019

Town Hall
Corn Exchange

7pm (Doors open 6.15pm)
MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN (Cert PG)
(2018, Ihr 54min)
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Director: Ol Parker
Screenplay: Ol Parker and Richard Curtis
Starring: Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance

It’s the long awaited sequel to the 2008 film with flashbacks showing Donna (Meryl Streep/Lily James) meeting the three potential fathers of her daughter in a joyous musical of Abba songs. Even if you are not the biggest Abba fan you will come out exhilarated by the sense of escape and enjoyment. Featuring an all star cast including Cher, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan, Omid Djalili, and Colin Firth.

To complete the evening , why not come in your best 1970s gear – trouser suit, flares or hotpants? There will be a prize for the best outfit although it’s not compulsory!!
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Methodist Church
Centenary Room

7pm (Doors open 6.30 pm)
THE SHAPE OF WATER (Cert 15)
(2018, 2hr 3mins).
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Director:  Guillermo del Toro
Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor  
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon 
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Fantasy, Thriller

1960s cold war America, British actor Sally Hawkins plays Elisa, a mute woman who works as a cleaner at a Government research centre when an amphibious creature arrives for study. Gradually, in furtive and stolen moments, Elisa develops a bond with the creature, communicating with sign language. It’s both a romantic thriller and fantasy drama that won the best picture and best Director at this year’s Oscars.

"The film has an honesty and warmth that’s reflected in every aspect of its craft, from the luminous cinematography to the elegantly swooning score.” (The Telegraph)
                   Cert 15: Includes some nudity, sex and violence.

Saturday 9 February 2019

Town Hall
Corn Exchange

(Doors open all day from 11.30am )


12 noon
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD (Cert 15)
(2018, 1hr 39)
**FREE SCREENING** no tickets required, just come along (subject to capacity of venue)
​Free tickets are available online or at our ticket outlets if you want to be sure of a seat but if you don’t turn up by 11.45 your seats could be re-allocated.

Director: Peter Jackson
Genre: Documentary, History, War

This is the recently released World War 1 documentary in which Director Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings, King Kong) has painstakingly transformed original wartime footage, adding colour, sound effects, speech and commentary from soldiers recorded in the 1960s. It follows the story of the Western Front from recruitment at the start of the war to the soldiers’ homecoming in 1918. Variously described as “outstanding”, “electrifying”, “unforgettable” and “breathtaking”, it has had a limited release on TV and in cinemas and we are proud to bring this important work to a wider audience.

Cert 15: Includes images of bloody injuries, male rear nudity and dead bodies.
2 pm
SUFFRAGETTE with Q&A (Cert PG)
(2015, 1hr 45mins)

Director: Sarah Gavron
Screenplay: Abi Morgan
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter 
​Genre: Biography, Drama, History

Another chance to see this film following the installation of Emily Davison’s statue in Carlisle Park and renewed interest in the suffragette movement. Emily Davison’s famous protest at the Derby in 2013 is depicted in the film, which also offers a realistic portrayal of the suffragettes’ protests focussed on Maud (Carey Mulligan), a working class mother who gets drawn into the movement. The film was widely praised on release, and the screening will be accompanied by a local expert Penni Blythe who will say a few words before the film and host a Q&A session afterwards.
4.45 pm
LEAVE NO TRACE (Cert PG)
(2018, 1hr 49mins)

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​A film about an ex military father with PTSD and his 13 year old daughter who live off-grid in a National Park in Oregon. Their life is hard, but the intimacy between them is so palpable it comes with great anxiety about what might happen. A chance encounter leads to their discovery by the authorities, and forces them into a more conventional lifestyle with life changing consequences. A powerfully compelling film with two widely admired performances and universal 5 star reviews.

“Leave No Trace’s humane world view is enriched by the film’s many loving details, its gorgeous imagery, its aching score. (It’s) a film of grace and power, a story of people lost and found in America that often shows us at our noble and humble best. How rare and refreshing that is.” (Vanity Fair)
7.15 pm
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (Cert PG)
(2017, 1 hr 45mins)

Director: Michael Gracey
​Screenplay: Jenny Bicks, Bill Condon
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Effron
Genre: ​Biography, Drama, Musical

Inspired by the life of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrated the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacular circus that became a worldwide sensation. Starring Hugh Jackman, with a host of memorable songs, it has been the biggest selling film in UK cinemas since Titanic and the Full Monty in the 1990’s.
“A wholesomely enraptured musical about the life of P.T. Barnum turns out to be a crowd-pleaser in the best sense: it's a concoction that soars.”

Methodist Church
Centenary Room

(Doors open all day from 1.15pm)





























2pm
NAE PASARAN (They Shall Not Pass) (Cert 12A)
(2018, 1hr 36mins),

Director: Felipe Bustos Sierra
Screenplay: Felipe Bustos Sierra
Starring:  Bob Fulton, Stuart Barrie, John Keenan 
​Genre: Documentary, Animation, History

This is a recently released documentary about the little known story of Rolls-Royce factory workers in Scotland who, in 1974, refused to repair jet engines in protest against Pinochet’s brutal military coup and ensuing dictatorship in Chile.  Film maker Felipe Bustos Sierra tracked down and interviewed the strikers, now in their 70s, and provides a Chilean context to the protest with archive footage. The film has already won the BAFTA Scotland award for best film.

“It’s funny, it’s moving, it’s a great investigative documentary and an incredible testament to solidarity – I do urge you to see it” (Emma Thompson)
4pm
PAYROLL (Cert 12A)
(1961, 1hr 42mins)

Director: Sidney Hayers
​Screenplay: George Baxt
Starring: Michael Craig, Françoise Prévost, Billie Whitelaw 
Genre: Crime, Drama
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A classic black and white movie from 1961, only the third feature film to be shot in Newcastle upon Tyne, a decade before “Get Carter”. It features fascinating views of Grey St and other familiar locations in a grimy city centre and Tyneside before redevelopment in the 1960s and 1970s.The story concerns a violent payroll robbery which goes wrong and the victim’s wife, a young Billie Whitelaw, seeks revenge on the criminals, in one of two (unusual for the time) strong female roles. A rare chance to see a remarkably powerful and gripping thriller.

A contemporary review in 1961’s “Films and Filming” said it was “taut, hard hitting, unsentimental; crackles along at a fast clip, with a firm handling of character..”
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6.30pm
JEUNE FEMME (Cert 15)
(2018, 1hr 37min, subtitles)

Director: Léonor Serraille 
Screenplay: Clémence Carré, Bastien Daret
Starring: Laetitia Dosch, Souleymane Seye Ndiave, Grégoire Monsaingeon
Genre: Drama

This is a highly acclaimed French film that won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes for Best First Feature Film for Director Léonor Serraille. It’s about Paula, a 30 year old woman who, following the break-up of a long term relationship, is homeless, jobless and broke, but she is determined to reinvent herself through a series of new encounters. “Stability is boring” is her mantra and no setback keeps Paula down for long

“Jeune Femme continually surprises us. At times, it is very dark but then the film will take on the guise of a screwball comedy.... the energy levels never flag”. (The Independent)
Cert 15: Includes some strong language and sex.