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Ticket Prices Full price £7 Concession: £5 Cinema Bambino: £5 (under 12 months free)

Family screenings (inc Colour Box) £3 all tickets

CinemaMar 2012

War Horse12A (146mins)

Director: Steven SpielbergCast: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch UK (2011)

Epic family adventure set against the sweeping canvas of First World War Europe. After his horse is sold to the cavalry, young Albert Narracott enlists in the army and begins a journey that takes him across Europe as the war rages on.

Includes Cinema Bambino screening, Fri 2 Mar 11am.

L’AtalantePG (89mins)

Director: Jean VigoCast: Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Michel SimonFrance (1934)

When Juliette marries Jean, and comes to live on board his barge, L’Atalante, tensions arise with the crew, who are not used to the presence of a woman. L’Atalante is a favourite of the filmmakers of the French New Wave, and widely considered one of the greatest films of all time.

Rampart15 (108mins)

Director: Oren MovermanCast: Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Sigourney WeaverUSA (2011)

In the fallout from the 1990s Rampart Scandal, Officer Dave Brown (Harrelson) of the LAPD is forced to face the consequences of his wayward career. Moverman’s film features a strong supporting cast, including Anne Heche, Robin Wright, Steve Buscemi and Cynthia Nixon.

Mar Matinees Early Evening Main Evening

Thu 1 War Horse (5.40pm) The Artist (8.35pm)

Fri 2 Cinema Bambino: War Horse (11am) The Artist (5pm) War Horse (7.15pm)

Sat 3 War Horse (5pm) The Artist (8pm)

Sun 4 War Horse (4.30pm) The Artist (8pm)

Mon 5 War Horse (2pm) The Artist (7pm)

Tue 6 The Artist (2pm) The Artist (5.50pm) War Horse (8pm)

Wed 7 The Artist (2pm) War Horse (7pm)

Thu 8 Talk Film Open: The Artist (5.50pm) War Horse (8pm)

Fri 9 A Dangerous Method (6pm) L’Atalante (8.15pm)

Sat 10 L’Atalante (6pm) A Dangerous Method (8pm)

Sun 11 The Age of Stupid (2pm) L’Atalante (5.30pm) A Dangerous Method (7.45pm)

Mon 12 A Dangerous Method (2pm) Like Crazy (7pm)

Tue 13 A Dangerous Method (2pm) Like Crazy (6pm) A Dangerous Method (8pm)

Wed 14 A Dangerous Method (6pm) Like Crazy (8.10pm)

Thu 15 Like Crazy (2pm) Le Havre (6pm) A Dangerous Method (8pm)

Fri 16 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (6pm)

Lawrence of Belgravia + Q&A (8.30pm)

Sat 17 Colour Box: Cinemajigs (11.30am) Colour Box feature (2pm)Two Years at Sea (4pm)This is not a film (6.15pm)

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (8pm)

Sun 18 Colour Box: Daydream Machine (11am)

Orphee (1pm)

Exploring the Attic with Suzan Pitt (3.30pm)

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (5.45pm) (s)

The Uncanny World of Robert Morgan (8.20pm)

Mon 19 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2pm) (s)

Martha Marcy May Marlene (7pm)

Tue 20 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2pm) Martha Marcy May Marlene (6pm)

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (8.10pm)

Wed 21 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (5.50pm)

Martha Marcy May Marlene (8.25pm)

Thu 22 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2pm) Martha Marcy May Marlene (5.50pm)

Turbulence (8pm)

Fri 23 Rampart (6pm) The Woman in Black (8.20pm)

Sat 24 The Woman in Black (6pm) Rampart (8.10pm)

Sun 25 The Woman in Black (2pm) The Woman in Black (6pm) (s) Rampart (8.10pm)

Mon 26 Woman in the Fifth (2pm) The Woman in Black (8pm)

Tue 27 The Woman in Black (2pm) (s) The Woman in Black (6pm) Woman in the Fifth (8.15pm)

Wed 28 Woman in the Fifth (6pm) Bill Cunningham New York (8pm)

Thu 29 Woman in the Fifth (2pm) The Beat is the Law + Q&A (6pm)

Fri 30 Bill Cunningham New York (2pm) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (5.50pm)

Trishna (8.30pm)

Sat 31 Trishna (6pm) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (8.25pm)

Timetable Mar

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Please note screenings and times may be subject to change.

Subtitled Screening

image: The Woman in Black

A Dangerous Method15 (100mins)

Director: David CronenbergCast: Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Keira KnightleyUK (2011)

Based on the turbulent relation-ship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, Cronenberg’s film explores how their sessions with a particularly troubledpatient lead to a series of profound breakthroughs in the methods they use.

Projectionist PickThe Woman in Black12A (95mins)

Director: James WatkinsCast: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeerUK (2012)

A young lawyer travels to a remote village to settle the affairs of the recently deceased Alice Drablow. As he works alone in the foreboding house, he uncovers local secrets, and finds those closest to him threatened by the Woman in Black.

The ArtistPG (101mins)

Director: Michel HazanaviciusCast: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo France | Belgium | (2011)

The Artist tells the story of a 1920s silent movie superstar. As silent cinema moves out of fashion to be replaced by the talkies, he begins to fall into oblivion, whilst it seems the sky’s the limit for rising actress Peppy Miller.

TALK FILM OPEN Thu 8 March

Join us after the 5.50pm screening of The Artist, for an open discussion, led by BBC costume designer Janice Rider, and Bafta Award-winning mac birmingham tutor, Michael B. Clifford.

Martha Marcy May Marlene15 (102mins)

Director: Sean DurkinCast: Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes, Hugh DancyUSA (2011)

Psychological thriller about a young woman who struggles to re-connect with her family, and life after her escape from the confines of a cult-like farming community.

The Beat Is The Law (90mins)Director: Eve WoodUK (2010)

Eve Wood’s music documen-tary takes the story of seminal pop misfits, Pulp, from the dark-est industrial depths of Sheffield, through Margaret Thatcher’s turbulent 1980s to the pinnacle of pop, and the forefront of the Britpop movement. Fanfare for the Common People, + Q&A with film makers

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel12A (124mins)

Director: John MaddenCast: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Tom WilkinsonUK (2012)

A group of English pensioners travel to India, enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel, but find that the hotel falls short of the romantic idyll promised in the brochure...

The Woman in the Fifth15 (85mins)

Director: Pawel PawlikowskiCast: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Thomas France | Poland | UK | (2011)

An American professor relocates to Paris to win back his estranged wife and daughter. As he begins an intense relation-ship with a mysterious stranger, a string of inexplicable and dangerous events threatens everyone involved.

Bill Cunningham New York12A (84mins)Director: Richard PressUSA | France | (2010) Richard Press’ documentary of legendary New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham provides an insight to the man who has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends for decades.

Trishna15 (114mins)

Director: Michael WinterbottomCast: Freida Pinto, Riz AhmedUK (2012)

The son of a property devel-oper and the daughter of an auto rickshaw owner begin a relationship in this adapta-tion of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbevilles, relocated to modern-day Rajasthan.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 12A (129mins)

Director: Stephen DaldryCast: Tom Hanks, Sandra BullockUSA (2011)

An exceptional child searches New York for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11.

Le Havre (93mins)Thu 15 March, 6pm

Director: Aki Kaurismaki, Finland/FranceKaurismaki ventures beyond Finland with a beautifully deadpan tale set in the French harbour town.

Lawrence of Belgravia (90mins)Fri 16 March, 8.30pmDirector: Paul Kelly. UK, 2011

Affectionate documentary portrait of Lawrence (Felt, Denim), the Birmingham-born pop mastermind who never quite hit the big time.

Two Years At Sea Sat 17 March, 4pmDirector: Ben Rivers. UK, 2011

Debut feature from a rising UK cinema talent, who beautifully explores the world of a man living a self-sufficient existence in the wilds of Scotland.

This Is Not a FilmSat 17 Mar 6.15pmDirector: Jafar Panahi, Iran 2011

A compelling self-portrait made by the Iranian director while under house arrest in his apartment last year.

Orphée (95mins)Sun 18 March, 1pmDirector: Jean Cocteau. France, 1950

Magical retelling of the Orpheus myth, selected by artist Cornelia Parker as part of the Misspent Youth strand.

Exploring the Attic with Suzan Pitt Sun 18 March, 3.30pm

Rare UK retrospective for an influential surrealist animator, who joins us from California to talk about her work. The Uncanny World of Robert Morgan Sun 18 March, 8.20pm

Filmmaker Robert Morgan guides the audience through the strange world of his live action and animated shorts, including Sundance hit Bobby Yeah.

Flatpack returns to Birmingham from 14-18 March for another carnival of eclectic film events. Treats in store at mac birmingham include a couple of exclusive feature previews, some illustrious visiting animators and of course our family strand Colour Box.

Like Crazy12A (90mins)

Director: Drake DoremusCast: Felicity Jones, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer LawrenceUSA (2011)

A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him after she violates the terms of her visa. An enchanting film that ex-plores the challenges of a long distance relationship.

The Age of StupidScreened as part of Climate Week12A (92mins)

Director: Franny ArmstrongUK (2009)

A drama-documentary-animation hybrid, starring Pete Postlethwaite as a man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching archive footage to try and understand why human-kind failed to address climate change.

Turbulence + Q & A(85mins)

Director: Michael B. CliffordCast: David Alwyn, Adrian Banks, Emma Pierce UK (2011)

Shot in Kings Heath, this Birmingham comedy from Bafta-award winning duo Michael B Clifford and Nata-sha Carlish (SoulBou), follows six young, gifted and clueless twenty-somethings struggling with the realities of adult life.

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Unless stated otherwise, tickets for all screenings and events cost £7 (£5 concessions)

Flatpack festival’s family strand Tickets for all screenings are £3

Cinemajigs Sat 17 March, 11.30am

Short films to make you dance, from beatboxing animals to an ingenious music box. Suitable for all ages.

Colour Box Feature Sat 17 March, 2pm

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Daydream Machine Sun 18 March, 11am

Inventive shorts, including an enormous lightbulb and a time-stopping rocket. Particularly suitable for 7+

Dipdap:Taking a Line for a Walk Sat 17 Mar

Half hour sessions from 12.30pm. A chance to meet the creator of the BAFTAwinning Cbeebies show Dipdap, and have your own adventure in drawing. (£2)

Departure Lounge