Great films for all at Ludlow Assembly Rooms (From Ludlow Advertiser)

Great films for all at Ludlow Assembly Rooms

8:30am Thursday 28th April 2011 in Leisure

THERE is something for everyone at Ludlow Assembly Rooms next month when the venue will be showing classic film fare alongside the latest releases, as Philippa May discovers.

The Adjustment Bureau (12A); Tuesday, May 3, and Wednesday, May 4, at 7.30pm.

A romantic thriller. Matt Damon stars as an ambitious politician who glimpses the future that fate has planned for him and realises that it doesn’t include Elise, the woman he’s fallen in love with (Emily Blunt). In the face of overwhelming odds, he must either let her go and accept a predetermined path, or risk everything to defy fate and be with her.

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (U); Screen 2, Tuesday, May 3, at 8pm.

Documentary about the brilliant and iconoclastic pianist Glenn Gould. He enjoyed huge career success before his eccentric habits and extreme hypochondria took their toll, and he died in 1982 aged 50. The film includes images from the 1950s, commentary from those who knew and loved him, and clips from a number of interviews with Gould himself, accompanied by snippets of his phenomenal playing.

The African Queen (PG); Thursday, May 5, at 7.30pm.

Incomparable romantic adventure set in wartime East Africa, directed by John Huston and based on the book by CS Forester. Disreputable riverboat captain Charlie (Humphrey Bogart, who won an Oscar for his performance) and straightlaced Rose (Katharine Hepburn) are forced to travel together down a hazardous river.

They can’t stand each other, but as they battle all kinds of adversity together their animosity gradually turns into something else.

West is West (15); Friday and Monday, May 6 and 9, at 7.30pm.

This film catches up with the Khan family in Manchester, 1975 (five years on from East is East). Young Sajid is not conforming, so Dad (Om Puri) decides to pack him off to the Punjab to stay with his ex-wife and learn some traditional Pakistani ways. Much counter-culture comedy and chaos ensues until Mrs Khan no 2 and friends come over from Salford to sort out the mess.

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (12A); Tuesday and Wednesday, May 10 and 11 at 7.30pm.

Classic Woody Allen, set in London. Alfie (Anthony Hopkins) is feeling his age, and dumps his wife Helena to pursue his lost youth with a young blonde, while Helena (Gemma Jones) finds comfort in New Age spiritualism. Meanwhile novelist Roy is (unknown to his wife) spying through his window on the young woman across the courtyard. They’re all in pursuit of happiness, but will any of them succeed? Also starring Naomi Watts, Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin and Freida Pinto.

Animal Kingdom (15); Friday and Monday, May 13 and 16, at 7.30pm.

Gripping thriller set in Melbourne about a teenager who suddenly finds himself homeless and is invited to move in with his cousins. They are the notorious Cody family, bank robbers and criminals presided over by their doting mother (Jackie Weaver, Oscar nominated). Meanwhile policeman Leckie (Guy Pearce) takes an interest – but can he stop Josh being sucked into the family business?

The King’s Speech (12A); Thursday to Saturday, May 19 to 21, at 7.30pm.

Another chance to see the film which swept the board at the Oscars, winning best film, director, actor and screenplay awards.

The whole cast is outstanding, and includes Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Gambon, Timothy Spall, Guy Pearce, Jennifer Ehle, Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom and Anthony Andrews.

Little White Lies (Les Petits Mouchoirs) (15) Subtitled; Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, May 23, 24 and 26, at 7.30pm.

A group of thirty-somethings are eagerly anticipating their annual holiday together in the South of France when one of their number has an accident and is left fighting for his life in hospital. Should they still go on holiday?

And if they do, will feelings of guilt intrude and stir up emotions better left unstirred? A funny and compassionate story.

A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures (U); Sunday and Monday, May 29 and 30, at 2pm.

Sammy the sea turtle hatches in 1959, and embarks on an epic and amazing journey through the oceans which, over 50 years, are being changed by global warming.

Patagonia (15); Sunday and Monday, May 29 and 30, at 2pm.

A tender story of love and memory lost and found. In the late 19th century, many families emigrated from poverty-stricken Wales to the wilds of Patagonia, where they established a Welsh-speaking community which is still there today. This film follows two parallel stories, as an Argentinian pensioner travels to Wales to find her mother’s childhood home, while a Welsh photographer brings his girlfriend to Patagonia on a work trip. Look out for Duffy in her first acting role.

Winnie T he Pooh (U); Tuesday and Wednesday, May 31 and June 1, at 2pm.

Animated version of five of AA Milne’s timeless stories about Christopher Robin, Pooh Bear and his friends.

Norwegian Wood (Noruwei no Mori) (15) Subtitled; Tuesday and Wednesday, May 31 and June 1, at 8pm.

This moving story is an adaptation of the best-selling novel by Haruki Murakami.

A chance hearing of The Beatles’ Norwegian Wood transports Toru back in time to the 60s when he was a student, and he is overwhelmed by feelings of nostalgia and loss as he remembers his two loves, Midori and Naoko, and his school friend Kizuki.