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• 2018
• US
• 1h 27min

• Directed by: Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack

Documentary about Aretha Franklin’s 1972 concert at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles, shot at the time by Sydney Pollack and realised by Alan Elliott. Digital technology has at last made it possible to sync the sound recording with the footage: revel in Aretha at the height of her power, with an exuberant choir, an engaged congregation and celebrity guests Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts.

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Screening of André Rieu's 2019 hometown concert in Maastricht.

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Legendary annual Maastricht concert which features the maestro in his element, along with his 60-piece Johann Strauss Orchestra, sopranos, tenors and very special guests.

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• 2015
• 2h 30min

• Directed by: Jonathan Miller
• Cast: Richard Suart, Anthony Gregory, Mary Bevan

Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera starring Robert Lloyd as Mikado and Richard Suart as Ko-Ko.

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• 2015

• Directed by: Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh's sparkling new production of this much-loved comic opera.

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• 2019
• UK
• 1h 25min

• Directed by: David Bickerstaff

Exhibition on Screen looks at the Van Gogh & Japan exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. It examines the influence the country, which Van Gogh had never visited, had on his work.

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• 2019
• UK/US
• 1h 48min
• 12A

• Directed by: Stephen Merchant
• Cast: Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Jack Lowden, Vince Vaughn, Dwayne Johnson

Based on the true story of WWE champion Saraya-Jade Bevis, aka Paige (Pugh), following her journey from dismal Norwich via Florida boot camp to the stadium. Pugh and Lowden as her brother are good, but the innuendo is crude, the characterisation shallow and the attempt to depict Saraya’s rise as some kind of feminist revolution is unconvincing.

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• Directed by: Enrique Mazzola (cond)
• Written by: Rossini

Rossini’s popular comedy about Figaro, the renowned Barber of Seville, who uses every trick he can muster to outwit Dr Bartolo and ensure his master wins his chosen bride. Directed by Annabel Arden, conducted by Enrique Mazzola and featuring the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Glyndebourne Chorus. Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

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Glyndebourne LIVE Cinderella (Cendrillon)With its combination of enchanting love story and broad, burlesque comedy, Cendrillon is one of the great operatic fairytales - a Cinderella that looks back to Charles Perraults original story in all its richness and ambiguity. Massenets sensuous, Belle Epoque fairytale is gilded with lavish orchestral textures and glittering vocal writing, drawing on everything from baroque dances to Wagner-inspired chromaticism to bring its story to colourful life, conjuring a world of infinite musical and emotional variety. Fiona Shaws production makes its Festival debut here conducted by John Wilson, with a cast led by Glyndebourne favourites Danielle de Niese as Cendrillon and Kate Lindsey as her Prince. Sunday 30th June 5.30 pm �12.50

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Glyndebourne perform The Magic Flute live to screens.

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• 1969
• UK
• 1h 39min
• PG

• Directed by: Peter Collinson
• Written by: Troy Kennedy Martin
• Cast: Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Benny Hill, Raf Vallone, Tony Beckley, Rossano Brazzi

Seminal 60s caper heist movie. Jailbird Caine takes his self-preservation society of criminals to Rome to rob the place silly. Altogether now: 'You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!' Great action, great tunes, a classic (kind of).

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• 1949
• UK
• 1h 46min
• PG

• Directed by: Robert Hamer
• Cast: Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness

Blacker than black Ealing comedy has a suave and sophisticated Price killing off an entire family tree (all played by Guinness) in order to move himself closer to the d'Ascoyne family title. Low-key cynicism and disarming callousness make it a true gem of British post-war cinema.

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Live screening of the West End hit Everybody's Talking About Jamie.

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Interview with the Handmaid's Tale author, Margaret Atwood, screened live from London.

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• 1999
• US/Australia
• 2h 16min
• 15

• Directed by: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
• Written by: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
• Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano

Absolutely gobsmacking science fiction thriller boasting cutting edge special effects, rocking action sequences, a smart story and an immensely entertaining cartoon sensibility (the film was storyboarded by comic artist Geoff Darrow). In the future day-to-day life is merely a scam, a matrix camouflaging reality - a post-apocalyptic nightmare world in which humankind are a power source for domineering super-computers. Only Reeves' cyber hero, Neo, and a gang of hacker pirates stand between the evil technology and their race's extinction.

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• UK
• 2h
• PG

• Directed by: Ross MacGibbon
• Cast: Richard Winsor, Dominic North, Nina Goldman

Matthew Bourne's contemporary all-male reinterpretation of the classic ballet.

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Gillian Anderson and Lily James star in Ivo den Hove's stage version of the classic movie by Joseph Mankiewicz.

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• 2019

Live screening of the National Theatre's adaption of Andrea Levy's award-winning novel.

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Live broadcast of National Theatre's play about the rise and fall of the Lehman Brothers and their role in the 2008 financial crisis, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles.

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Live screening of Northern Ballet and The National Ballet of Canada's dance interpretation of Queen Victoria's diaries.

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• 2019
• UK / USA
• 2h 20min

• Directed by: Ron Howard

A celebration of the life and times of the beloved opera singer who sold over 100 million records.

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• 2019

Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers encounter passion and tragedy in Kenneth MacMillan's 20th-century ballet masterpiece.

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Live screening of Shakespeare's comedy, which has been reimagined into a matriarchy by director Justin Audibert.

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RSC's Artistic Director Gregory Doran's new production of Shakespeare's play set in Vienna. Live to the big screen.

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• 2018

A live screening of The Merry Wives of Windsor from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon.

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• 1998
• US
• 2h 50min
• 15

• Directed by: Steven Spielberg
• Written by: Robert Rodat
• Cast: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Barry Pepper, Tom Sizemore

Like no film in recent memory, 'Saving Private Ryan' focuses its attention squarely on the brutalities endured by American soldiers in World War II. Central to this impact is the already legendary opening half hour, detailing with remorseless brilliance the carnage of the D-Day landings. Understandably enough, Spielberg finds it hard to follow up this bravura introduction. The actual meat of the story, in which Hanks is sent off with the remnants of his unit to locate the eponymous Ryan, is built on rugged rather than subtle lines.

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• 2019
• US

• Directed by: Jon Watts
• Cast: Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Cobie Smulders, Jon Favreau, J. B. Smoove, Jacob Batalon, Martin Starr, Marisa Tomei, Jake Gyllenhaal

Follow-up to Spider-Man: Homecoming.

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• 2019

Live broadcast of one night of Take That's Greatest Hits tour.

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Twenty years after the release of their first single Westlife got back together for a massive reunion tour. The final leg of the tour will be broadcast live from Dublin's Croke Park stadium to cinemas across the UK and Ireland.

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• 2019
• US

• Directed by: Simon Kinberg
• Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters, Jessica Chastain

The X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe when one of their own, Jean Grey, starts to spiral out of control. During a rescue mission in outer space, Jean is nearly killed when she’s hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. The X-Men must now band together to save her soul and battle aliens that want to use Grey’s new abilities to rule the galaxy.

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• 2019
• UK
• 1h 52min

• Directed by: Danny Boyle
• Cast: Ana de Armas, Lily James, Kate McKinnon

After a worldwide power outage, struggling musician Jack Malik wakes up to discover that no one has ever heard of the Beatles. When he starts to play the band’s songs, he soon becomes a pop sensation in the eyes of the media and the adoring public.

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