Films are shown in English without subtitles, unless otherwise indicated.
Key:
TTT = Ticket Tout Tuesday
Films are shown in English without subtitles, unless otherwise indicated.
Key:
TTT = Ticket Tout Tuesday
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20:00 02/07/2009
(Wed 1st to Fri 3rd / 8pm / £4/3)
(Sam Raimi / 2009 / USA / 99 mins / cert 15)
Sam Raimi's highly anticipated return to horror doesn't disappoint. Alison Lohman is the finance clerk who turns down a request for a loan from an old gypsy woman and is subsequently cursed by the spirit of an ancient demon. Evil Dead fans shouldn't pre-judge the film on it's 15 certificate. There are plenty of gross out moments and Raimi's skill gets old fashioned scares from what isn't seen. It's a rollercoaster ride, from the intense opening scene to the shocking finale, you'll squirm, shriek and laugh out loud.
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19:30 04/07/2009
(Sat 4th July / 7.30pm / £5 advance, £6 on the door)
The Grubby Mitts begun in order to perform the soundtracks that featured in the exhibitions and installations of Andy Holden. Expanding from there the band take on influences from Dada, Devo and drum and bass. Interpretations of Ivor Cutler songs sit alongside collaged compositions that use fragments of waltzes; improvisations built around live projections; chanting, shouting, and glorious instrumentals that build up around joyous saxophone refrains. This special concert for the cube will co-inside with the opening day of Andy Holden’s exhibition at Works / Projects gallery in Bristol.
Support comes from label-mate Johnny Parry, touring his the epic new album 'More Love and Death'. Regularly played on Late Junction, Parry’s trademark sound is his low gravely, Waits-ish voice and dark, lush string arrangements that recall Avro Part and Gavin Bryars. Live, Johnny performs with a set of specially commissioned films by Andy Holden.
http://www.myspace.com/thegrubbymitts
http://www.myspace.com/thejohnnyparrytrio
http://www.losttoysrecords.com
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20:00 05/07/2009
(Sun 5th / 8pm / £4/3)
(Michelangelo Antonioni / 1966 / UK/Italy/USA / 111 minutes / Cert 15)
Antonioni's biggest commercial success is a character study of a shallow and jaded photographer in 60's London. David Hemmings is the David Bailey-like figure, who thinks he can see the image of a murder occurring in the blown up background of one of his prints. Antonioni plays with notions of reality and the distortion of the cameras lens in this engrossing and iconic classic.
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20:00 06/07/2009
(Mon 6th / 8pm / £4/3 but nobody refused entry for a lack of funds)
Join us and speaker Mike Harris from Hacktionlab (http://hacktivista.net) for an evening debating social change and political activism through technological innovation or "hacks". Looking for Hackers is a documentary that intends to open or to “hack” our preconceived ideas about what is a Hacker, and introduce us to what the new century and the new millennium has prepared for us; the new ethical and moral standpoint that this new technological revolution has to offer and that manifests itself in our daily life from different parts of our mental geography and various places of our society. The Web conforms and welcomes this new geography of the world that upholds itself on concepts that crash with archaic power structures that still govern our lives: this new map knows little of border lines, does not stop to think about clashes of civilizations, ignoring old work ways and the power relations originated. Behind the screen we will see new faces, different from those created by the mass media where spoiled brats play to break security codes and to create corporate-unmerciful virus. These faces introduce new life style options, new job choices beyond from the big corporation, and joined together by the fight for Free software that, like every other language, does not belong to anybody. Their philosophy brings together different new and inclusive visions, where races, genders, creeds and ages melt within this medley of information without an owner. Come to the world of Hackers of the XXI Century, you may be one of them ...
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/690115 (Hacklab in June)
http://hacktivista.net
http://www.bristol.indymedia.org
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20:00 07/07/2009
(Tue 7th to Thu 9th / 8pm / £4/3/2 ttt)
(Gideon Koppel / 2008 / 94 minutes / UK)
In an acclaimed début, Gideon Koppel's film is set in rural mid-wales where he grew up and follows a year in the life of villagers. A small story but testament to the declining farm community, its values and practices. It is an observation piece, quiet and in its quiet, poignant and unnerving as a real document of a community at odds with the impact of maintaining social harmony against the encroachment of industrialisation.
Through his cinematography and unintrusive filming, Koppel emphasises the importance of landscape, both to the story and the community, and the imagery is hauntingly accompanied by a soundtrack from Aphex Twin, marking the first time Richard James has approved his music for an entire feature soundtrack.
A surprising and beautiful film.
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11:00 08/07/2009
(Weds 8th / 11 am / £2, babies free)
(Gideon Koppel / 2008 / 94 mins / UK)
In an acclaimed debut, Gideon Koppel's film is set in rural mid-Wales where he grew up and follows a year in the life of villagers. A small story but testament to the declining farm community, its values and practices. It is an observation piece, quiet and in its quiet, poignant and unnerving as a real document of a community at odds with the impact of industrialisation and social harmony.
Through his own cinematography and unintrusive filming Koppel emphasises the importance of landscape, both to the story and the community, and the imagery is hauntingly accompanied by a soundtrack from Aphex Twin, marking the first time Richard James has approved his music for an entire feature soundtrack.
A surprising and beautiful film that is a story of our time.
The watching-with-baby screenings are for parents/carers with young babies (up to 1 year) to enjoy a movie in the company of other parents and their
offspring. We follow the weekly film program so you don't loose out on the latest blockbusters, foreign language films and classic favourites. The Cube provides an area for prams, baby changing facilities, lowered movie volume and extra lighting in the auditorium.
There will always be a friendly Front of House on hand to help.
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17:30 08/07/2009
A regular free rehearsal, we are an improvisational group based at The Cube. Musicians and non-musicians of all standards and backgrounds are welcome.
If that sounds scary then come anyway. If you haven't played your instrument for years or you don't think you're very good, rummage it out and come anyway. If you think this isn't for you, you're wrong, come anyway. Bring your instrument, your voice, your noise machines, pots and pans and any ideas you have for Orchestra Cube. It's GREAT skate!
Orchestra cube is a melting pot of musical styles, abilities and ideas. Come along and add your own to the ever-changing mix. The only requirement is a willingness to experiment.
To take part please email orchestra@orchestra.cubecinema.com
http://www.orchestra.cubecinema.com
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20:00 08/07/2009
Tues 7th Weds 8th thurs 9th July £4/3/2
Gideon Koppel/ 2008/ 94 mins/ UK
In an acclaimed debut, Gideon Koppel's film is set in rural mid-wales where he grew up and follows a year in the life of villagers. A small story but testament to the declining farm community, its values and practices. It is an observation piece, quiet and in its quiet, poignant and unnerving as a real document of a community at odds with the impact of industrialisation and social harmony.
Through his own cinematography and unintrusive filming Koppel emphasises the importance of landscape, both to the story and the community, and the imagery is hauntingly accompanied by a soundtrack from Aphex Twin, marking the first time Richard James has approved his music for an entire feature soundtrack.
A surprising and beautiful film that is a story of our time.
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20:00 10/07/2009
Fri 10th/ 8pm/ £4/£3
Fright Night presents: The Innocents
Jack Clayton/ 1961/ UK/ 100mins/ cert 12A/ b&w 35mm
Fright Night presents the new print of Jack Clayton's psychological chiller. While there is a place in the heart of every horror fan for blood and guts, The Innocents proves that what is not seen will always scare us the most, that our imaginations, if prompted, can fill in what is only suggested with the darkest ink. Deborah Kerr gives a beautifully subtle performance as Miss Giddens, the governess to two young orphans living in an isolated country manor house. The children, at first sweet and innocent, reveal strange behaviour and it seems that they are hiding a dark and terrible secret. Freddie Francis' cinematography is stunning and the screenplay by Truman Capote and William Archibald puts a twist on Henry James novel which leaves us questioning Miss Giddens' sanity. A rare opportunity to see this masterpiece on the big screen.
Big Pink Cake indie pop all weekender kicks off at The Cube, bringing the very best in local homegrown indie pop, national and some international acts to boot, with special guest djs from the indie pop world both past and present. The event coincides with the release of Big Pink Cake's indie pop compilation cd (BPC001) as they become a record company putting Bristol firmly back on the indie pop map. Bands are to play acoustically/semi acoustically in the bar/lounge area are: The Short Stories (Bristol), The Hi-Life Companion (Bristol), The Pete Green Corporate Jugganaut (Sheffield), Countryside (Bristol) and Secret Shine (Bristol). Bands to play in the cinema, combining both sound and vision are:
Electrophonvintage (France), Vanilla Ride (Norway), The Westfield Mining Disaster (Bristol), Amida (Manchester), Santa Dog (Bristol) and Pocketbooks (London). All bands that are playing feature on the Big Pink Cake compilation cd, which will be on sale as well as other merchandise at the event. Kicking off in the lounge area during the day and then moving into the cinema for the evening. Free cakes, badges, a raffle and other prizes/competitions will occur during the day.
check out www.myspace.com/bigpinkcake or www.bigpinkcake.co.uk for more details.
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20:00 12/07/2009
Audible Fields is an evening dedicated to the art of listening. Performances will run alongside films, amplified objects and field recordings within the darkened auditorium of The Cube Microplex, Bristol, UK.
This month we will have performances from Weather Machine and Z'ev. Plus two field recordings from Francisco Lopez.
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20:00 14/07/2009
Tues 14th-Thurs 16th/ 8pm/ £2(TTT)/£3/£4
O'Horten
Bent Hamer/ Norway/ 2007/ 90 mins/ Cert:PG
Odd Horten has spent his whole working life as a train engineer on the Bergen line. He will make one last journey over the mountain before he retires. But when the train leaves the station without Horten on board, he realizes that the remainder of the journey will take place without printed timetables and familiar stations. Odd Horten has retired, and the platform does not feel like a safe place to remain. O’Horten is a melancholy comedy about engineer Odd Horten’s first arduous days and nights en route from his working life to his
post-retirement existence. Through warmly humorous and absurd situations, we become acquainted with the somewhat timid Horten. This portrait of him becomes a captivating depiction of an elderly man losing his sense of direction – and refinding it.
Babycinema presents O'Horten
Bent Hamer/ Norway/ 2007/ 90 mins/ Cert:PG
Wednesday 15th/11am/£2/babies free
Odd Horten has spent his whole working life as a train engineer on the Bergen line. He will make one last journey over the mountain before he retires. But when the train leaves the station without Horten on board, he realizes that the remainder of the journey will take place without printed timetables and familiar stations. Odd Horten has retired, and the platform does not feel like a safe place to remain. O’Horten is a melancholy comedy about engineer Odd Horten’s first arduous days and nights en route from his working life to his
post-retirement existence. Through warmly humorous and absurd situations, we become acquainted with the somewhat timid Horten. This portrait of him becomes a captivating depiction of an elderly man losing his sense of direction – and refinding it.
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20:00 17/07/2009
Friday 17th July £5/4
SonVer are a London based instrumental band, formed in 2004 (electric cello, guitars, percussion). SonVer's music draws on diverse influences from across the globe to create the group's unique blend of ethereal and emotive ambience, other-worldly soundscapes and contemporary, uplifting sonic walls; the result of which has seen SonVer build a loyal fanbase in the UK and abroad. SonVer present ‘The Alchemy of Man’, an audio visual collaboration between the musicians and 7 independent filmmakers exploring alchemical transformation. Music is performed to specially created films, and includes tracks from SonVer’s 2008 album ‘Luz del Abyss’.
plus djs in the loungebar
http://www.myspace.com/sonver
http://www.sonver.co.uk
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20:00 18/07/2009
£6 in advance
£7 on the door
Doors open: 7.30pm
Start of concerts: 8pm
On tour from Australia's Brisbane is multimedia artist and musician Tom Hall. Known for his eccelecticism in choice of sound sources, his strength lies in weaving those sounds skillfully together in a tapestry holding the recordings of the everyday and the artificial creations of his electronic devices of the non-everyday tightly next to each other.
As you may not know, let us name-drop:
In recent times Tom has worked with and played alongside artists such as Steinbrüchel, Tim Hecker, Jason Khan, Lawrence English, Takashi Kojima, Haco, Samm Bennet and Skist.
These artists appreciated his collaborative input, so maybe you do appreciate his music, too. Find out.
The support comes from Ambrose Chapel, his Australian fellow.
His repertoire seeks the image of the shifting caleidoscope, more movemental, more in the changing heighths of emotion, more inclined towards scenes.
White noise in the bar.
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20:00 19/07/2009
Start of the film: 8pm
Entrance fee (no concessions): £5
All patrons need to be over 18 years of age.
Of Many Delights present "All About Anna"
(DVD, 92 minutes, 2005, starring: Gry Bay, Mark Stevens and Eileen Daly, director: Jessica Nilsson, produced by Marcella Lindstad from a screenplay by Anya Aims and Loretta Fabiana.)
This film is not only about Anna, it is also about the aims and values of the Danish production company "Inncocent Pictures", a sister company to Lars von Trier's Zentropa, whose manifesto states that "Women like watching erotic or pornographic films if the presentation turns them on rather than off." The director Jessica Nilsson made this film following the manifesto's guidelines, mixing features of a standard entertainment movie with explicit adult contents, avoiding the stereotypical repertoire of an adult film and its so common misogynistic overtones.
"All About Anna" unfolds to be a story about a young woman and her personal development, resembles at times a comedy, contains lots of sexual adventure and ... might give insight in costume design!
Information on the film:
http://www.innocentpictures.com/content/index.php?id=57&la=en
The "Puzzy Power Manifest":
http://www.innocentpictures.com/aaa_manifest.php?la=en
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20:00 20/07/2009
Monday 20th July £4/3
In a major coup for The Cube, we are picking up the National Film Theatre’s short season of the films of the radical feminist writer and director Jane Arden (1927-82). Her three features, made with the producer-director Jack Bond, virtually unseen for over 25 years, have been restored and reissued by the British Film Institute. The Cube season coincides with their release on DVD and blue ray.
SEPARATION
Jack Bond 1968 93 mins UK
Jane Arden plays the central role in her screenplay about a woman drifting away from her husband (played by the great David de Keyser) in search of new ideas and greater fulfilment. The film’s mosaic style - which predicts the work of Donald Cammell and Nicholas Roeg - explores her inner and outer worlds as reality and fantasy become increasingly blurred. An original film which shows the influence of modern innovators like Godard and, in improvised sequences, Cassavetes, ‘Separation’is now restored to its rightful place as an important contribution to cinema’s exploration of 1960’s London and the changing attitudes and lifestyles of that time. In black and white and colour. Music by Procul Harum and Matthew Fisher.
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20:00 21/07/2009
Tuesday 21st July £4/3
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE UNDERNEATH
Jane Arden/ 1972/ UK/ 107 mins/ cert.18
The only British feature film of the 1970s with a solo female direction credit, ‘The Other Side of the Underneath’ is Arden’s reworking of her stage play ‘Holocaust’. The film has acquired almost mythic status in recent years and was at times feared lost. It explores, through a variety of styles and some startling imagery, the mental breakdown, and subsequent rehabilitation, of a young woman. As usual with Arden, linear narrative gives way to powerful and at times violent imagery and a challenging mix of fantasy and reality. Filmed in South Wales – Arden was born in Pontypool – the film was described by the BBC critic David Will as ‘a major breakthrough for the British cinema’. George Melly called it ‘a most illuminating season in Hell’.
Robert Hargreaves will be introducing this special screening and answering a few questions afterwards. Robert was the sound editor on the film and Assistant Editor to David Mingay.
Wed 22nd / 11am / £2, babies free
Babycinema presents a surprise movie from our recent archives. There will be a choice of titles on the day and a chance to decide which film will be screened.
The watching-with-baby screenings are for parents/carers with young babies (up to 1 year) to enjoy a movie in the company of other parents and their
offspring. We follow the weekly film program so you don't loose out on the latest blockbusters, foreign language films and classic favourites. The Cube provides an area for prams, baby changing facilities, lowered movie volume and extra lighting in the auditorium.
There will always be a friendly Front of House on hand to help.
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20:00 22/07/2009
Wed 22nd Jane Arden Season presents: Anti-clock/ 8pm/ £4/£3 Jane Arden/Jack Bond / 1979/ UK/ 107 mins
By the time of her last feature Jane Arden had moved away from mainstream feminism and had become convinced that everyone, not just women, urgently needed to be freed from the tyrannies of the rational mind. Developing ideas from her ‘poetry’ book ‘You Don’t Know What You Want, Do You?’ (1978) Arden wrote and co-directed ‘Anti-Clock’ to the general bewilderment of opening night audiences at the 1979 London Film Festival. Blending film and video, and colour and black and white, the film follows a young man – played by Arden’s son Sebastian Saville - as he tries to de-programme himself from restricting thought-patterns and perceptions. Closer to science-fiction than any other genre ‘Anti-Clock’ was championed by Andy Warhol and is, in many ways, Arden’s most challenging work. Stylistically it points towards the more recent radical Channel Four films – such as ‘Asylum’ (2000) – of Iain Sinclair and Chris Petit.
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20:00 23/07/2009
Thurs 23rd July £2 entry
Sons of Heavy Heads present Such Hawks, Such Hounds
Some people just don’t get any of the credit, well not until they’re dead or in the twilight of their professional dog walking career. Take Sleep, Kyuss or the Melvins for example – bands that have had seismic impacts on the music that we all know and love but if you saw them down the boozer you’d wonder who brought the hairy freak and his garden glove wearing friend along. Fortunately John Srebalus knows just how valuable these people are to global sanity levels and has made a film demonstrating their artistry and the sacrifices they’ve made to stay true to their calling. The result really is a must see film for anyone with a passing interest in heavy rock or any musician who sometimes sits and wonders why Keane and Athlete are on the radio. AGAIN.
So come down and support those that strive to make our world a more interesting and better sounding place to live, it’s the karmically korrect thing to do.
Featuring DJ Dell Boy and the Heavy Heads Sound System in the longhair friendly bar.
Friday 24th July Bluescreen vs Shambala
8pm £4/£3
Party on with Bluescreen and Shambala in a magical mystery tour of film and music to celebrate the coming of the Shambala Festival 2009.
It all starts with Bluescreen...
Bristol's longest running open screen short film night, in collaboration with Shambala, is offering 2 filmmakers (and crew) a chance to win free tickets to make a film at this years Shambala!
After the films we'll be warming up for the festival season with D.J. sets from both Bluescreen and Shambala's finest, and a live act specially chosen by Shambala.
Then we'll all go home.
FILMMAKERS:
Bring along a short film, usual format. No longer than 20 minutes, what ever you want to show on the Cube's big screen. After the screenings the audience will vote for the two winning films.
The 2 winners will receive: 4 free festival crew passes each, plus tapes and access all areas at the festival, as well as a chance to make the official Shambala film for the year to be screened at the Shambala Awards Ceremony later in the year.
Come early for film submission (filmmakers free as usual).
Get involved.
www.myspace.com/cubebluescreen
www.shambalafestival.org
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20:00 26/07/2009
synecdoche, new york
Charlie Kaufman/ USA/ 2008/ 124 mins/ Cert: 15
Sunday 26th-Wednesday 29th/ 8pm/ £2(TTT)/£3/£4
Living in Schenectady, New York, Caden Cotard's (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) life is looking bleak. His marriage is faltering, his work is stalled, and his body is beginning to be beset by medical problems.
When he receives a 'genius grant' for his work he sees a way of addressing the despair he feels, and moves his theatre company to a warehouse in New York City to embark on an ambitious on-going project, based on constructing a
representation of his life. The stellar cast includes Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams, Samantha Morton and Diane Wiest.
Haven written Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Charlie Kaufman's hotly anticipated first outing as director is a singularly inventive affair. As rewarding as it is dazzlingly perplexing, it is the story of theatre director Caden Cotard and his drive to produce his masterwork.
babycinema presents: synecdoche, new york
Charlie Kaufman/ USA/ 2008/ 124 mins/ Cert: 15
Wednesday 29th/ 11am/ £ 2/ babies free
Living in Schenectady, New York, Caden Cotard's (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) life is looking bleak. His marriage is faltering, his work is stalled, and his body is beginning to be beset by medical problems.
When he receives a 'genius grant' for his work he sees a way of addressing the despair he feels, and moves his theatre company to a warehouse in New York City to embark on an ambitious on-going project, based on constructing a
representation of his life. The stellar cast includes Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams, Samantha Morton and Diane Wiest.
Haven written Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Charlie Kaufman's hotly anticipated first outing as director is a singularly inventive affair. As rewarding as it is dazzlingly perplexing, it is the story of theatre director Caden Cotard and his drive to produce his masterwork.
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20:00 30/07/2009
[Thu 30th / 8pm / £7adv]
Baby Gramps comes to our stage from Seattle via the turn of the last century, all proto-ragtime steel guitar, wild gravelly barks and throat-singing drones, and tearing through jazz, blues, novelty tunes and pirate waltz with abandon. No tune played the same way twice, Baby Gramps is a rare treat for the lover of good-hearted old-fashioned entertainment.
Support comes from the South West's premiere gospel-hollering, wild-eyed troubador, Men Diamler.
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20:00 01/08/2009
(Sat 1st / 730pm / £10)
A taxidermist with a frog fetish, two undertakers debating welsh politics in a shoe store - this all female improv group take audience suggestions and turn them into comic sketches and songs in front of your eyes! "Together they create dozens of characters with impressive speed and to hilarious effect" - Western Mail. Come and throw your suggestions and support them in this fundraising show before they hit the Edinburgh Festival.
Doors open at 730pm show starts 830pm. For advance tickets, call 07932 722 770