Independent's Day: September - November '10
Every Wednesday we offer you the chance to see an alternative to our normal weekly film programme with our 'Independent's Day' selection. Increasing the diversity of content we show, the 'Independent's Day' programme includes a variety of the best independent drama, documentary films, world cinema and digitally remastered classics.
8th September
Psycho
Certificate 15
A young female embezzeler arrives at the Bates Motel which has terrible secrets of its own.
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire
15th September
The Human Centipede
Certificate 18 : Contains strong bloody violence, threat and horror
Two pretty American girls on a road trip across Europe end up alone in the woods at night when their car breaks down in rural Germany. As they search for help they find an isolated house. Offering to call them a taxi, the house's owner Dr. Heiter, a retired surgeon, invites the girls inside with the promise of a drink and dry place to wait until help arrives. However they realise that there is something not quite right about the formidable Dr. Heiter...
Starring: Dieter Laser, Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, Akihiro Kitamura, Andreas Leupold, Peter Blankenstein
22nd September
London River
Certificate 12A : Contains brief moderate injury detail and emotionally intense scenes
Set against the backdrop of the 7th July 2005 bombings, London River tells the story of a friendship which develops between two seemingly unconnected people - Elizabeth and Ousmane. Both of them have come to London to search for their children who are missing in the aftermath of the bombings.
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Sotigui Kouyate, Francis Magee, Sanmi Boujila, Marc Baylis, Roschdy Zem
29th September
My Bloody Valentine 3D
Certificate 18 : Contains strong gory violence, horror and sex
Ten years ago, a tragedy changed the town of Harmony forever. Tom Hanniger, an inexperienced coal miner, caused an accident in the tunnels that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden, into a permanent coma. But Harry Warden wanted revenge. Exactly one year later, on Valentine's Day, he woke up... and brutally murdered twenty-two people with a pickaxe before being killed.
Starring: Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith, Edi Gathegi, Andrew Larson, Kevin Tighe
6th October
Gainsbourg
Certificate 15 : Contains strong sex references and sexualised nudity
From visionary graphic artist and director Joann Sfar comes a completely original take on one of France's greatest mavericks, the illustrious and infamous Serge Gainsbourg.
Starring: Eric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon, Laetitia Casta, Doug Jones, Anna Mouglalis, Mylene Jampanoi
13th October
When You're Strange: A Film About the Doors
Certificate 15 : Contains strong language and drug references
This first feature documentary on The Doors tells the story of one of America’s most "dark and dangerous" bands. Using only original footage shot between 1966 and 1971, director Tom DiCillo presents the band and 1960’s America with the urgency and immediacy of today.
Starring: Johnny Depp, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Jim Morrison
20th October
Cyrus
Certificate 15 : Contains strong language
With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcee finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life – her son.
Starring: John C. Reilly, Catherine Keener, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, Matt Walsh, Tim Guinee
27th October
Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky
Certificate 15 : Contains moderate sex and sexualised nudity
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky - pays tribute to the life of Coco after Chanel, and as revealed in the title explores the electric relationship between the French fashion icon and the radical Russian-born composer.
Starring: Anna Mouglalis, Mads Mikkelsen, Yelena Morozova, Natacha Lindinger, Radivoje Bukvic
3rd November
The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest
10th November
The Girl Who Played With Fire
Certificate 15 : Contains strong language, violence, sex and sexual violence
In THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, having served his prison sentence, Mikael Blomkvist returns to Millennium intent on exposing a billion dollar sex trafficking ring.
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Peter Andersson, Per Oscarsson, Sofia Ledarp
17th November
The Runaways
Certificate 15 : Contains strong language, strong sex and sex references and drug use
Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning star in this music-fueled story of the ground-breaking, all girl, teenage rock band of the 1970s: The Runaways.
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon, Tatum O'Neal, Brett Cullen
24th November
The Kid
Keep an eye out towards the end of August for details of our Autumn 2010 Independent’s Day programme that begins on Wednesday 1st September.
To keep right up-to-date with details of our Independent’s Day programme, why not join our mailing list? To join, simply email your details to charlotte@gcl-leisure.com or pick up and complete one of the freepost ‘Independent’s Day’ postcards from the cinema paybox.
Are there any films you’d like to see us show as part of our ‘Independent’s Day’ programme? If so, we’d like to know what they are! Simply email your suggestions to charlotte@gcl-leisure.com and, who knows, it might be included in one of our future schedules!
*Programme May be subject to change
