Barn CinemaFilm GuideJanuary-February 2010

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It’s not every January that the field for the big awards looks so open. Nobody is really sure who the forerunners are going to be in any of the Academy Award’s main categories. CanDaniel Day Lewis really sing? Is The Road just too dark, can acomedy like Up in The Air be taken seriously as a contender,does Clint Eastwood really know enough about the physicalpolitics of Springbok rugby?All I can guarantee is that they are all worth watching butnone of them will provide the same visceral intensity ofJacques Audiard’s A Prophet, a harrowing, exhilarating journeythrough the brutal hierarchy of prison life. Finally a word for our film archive/ music/ dance event inFebruary. An unforgettable one off opportunity to see anoriginal work that links Dartington’s past, present and future.

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A Serious Man [15]

Monday 4 January / 8pmTuesday 5 & Wednesday 6 January / 5pmThursday 7 January / 2pm & 8pmDirector Joel & Ethan CohenCast Michael Stuhlberg, Sari Wagner Lennick USA 2009 / Colour / 1hr 45mHow do you follow up an Oscar winning literaryadaptation and a star-studded screwball parodythriller? Well if you’re the Cohens you go back toyour mid-western Jewish roots to play on thestereotypes that you know and love. We enter thelate 1960s and the resoundingly normal world ofLarry Gopnik, a good husband and father, and aconscientious professor at a small university,whose life falls apart for no reason he can fathom. Just how you remain a righteous man under suchcircumstances is classic Cohen territory.

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The Informant [15]

Monday 4 January / 5pmTuesday 5 & Wednesday 6 January / 8pmThursday 7 January / 5pmDirector Steven SoderberghCast Matt Damon, Clancy BrownUSA 2009 / Colour / 1hr 48mSteven Soderbergh directs a bespectacled and veryfunny Matt Damon in the story of the highest-ranking corporate whistle-blower in Americanhistory. Damon plays Marc Whitacre, a succesfulmanager at agri-industry giant ADM who offers togo undercover for the FBI to expose an internationalprice fixing scam. Unfortunately his view of himselfas the common man’s James Bond is somewhatcompromised by his inability to separate out factfrom fantasy. High quality and extremely classyentertainment from a team at the top of their game.

Glorious 39 [12A]

Friday 8 January / 8pmSaturday 9 January / 5pm & 8pmSunday 10 January / 8pmDirector Stephen PoliakoffCast Romala Garai, Bill Nighy,David TennantUK 2009 / Colour / 2hr 9mThis tense psychological thriller is set betweenpresent day London and the idyllic British countryside around the outbreak of the Second World War.Anne, a budding young actress, stumbles acrosssecret recordings of a sinister Nazi appeasementplot that will stop at nothing to achieve its aims. Asclose friends die in suspicious circumstances, shefinds herself in extreme danger and realises shehas been betrayed. Boasts a stellar cast but it’s BillNighy who walks away with the acting honours.

Where TheWild Things Are [PG]

+ Dartington Archive film Children (4m)

Friday 8 & Mon 11 - Wed 13 January / 5pmSunday 10 January / 3pmThursday 14 January / 2pmDirector Spike JonzeCast Max Records, Catherine KeenerUSA 2009 / Colour / 1hr 41mSpike Jonze achieves the almost impossible task of taking the nine sentences of Maurice Sendak'sfamous 1963 children's book and expanding theminto a $80 million fantasy while retaining Sendak’sintegrity of vision. A boy gets into an argumentwith his mum and flees first to his room, then tohis imagination where he travels to the land ofWild Things to work through his discontent. Magic. 05

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The Sea Wall [12A]

Monday 11 & Tuesday 12 January / 8pmDirector Rithy PanhCast Isabelle Huppert, Gaspard UllielFr/Cam/Bel 2009 / Colour / Subtitles / 1hr 55m Rithy Panh's period epic set in the rich landscapeof French colonial Indochina is a highly successfuladaptation of Marguerite Duras' acclaimed novelUn Barrage Contre le Pacifique that featuresanother leading performance by the hardestworking - and quite possibly finest - actressanywhere, Isabelle Huppert. Deceived intoinvesting all of her savings in worthless, regularlyflooded farmland perilously close to the ocean,The Sea Wall tells of a mother’s battle againstboth the colonial bureaucrats and nature itself,enlisting the help of the local villagers in buildinga dam against the sea to save their community.

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The Men Who Stare at Goats [15]

Wednesday 13 January / 8pmThursday 14 January / 8pmDirector Grant HeslovCast George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin SpaceyUSA 2009 / Colour / 1hr 33m Inspired by Jon Ronson's non-fiction bestsellerabout the bizarre activities of a secret unit in the USmilitary, this eye-opening comedy centres onreporter Bob Wilton who stumbles across a SpecialForces operator on a mind-boggling mission in Iraq.A former psychic soldier, part of a squad of 'warriormonks', he is on a mission to track down his formernew-age commander Bill Django (Jeff Bridges inLebowski mode) who has gone missing in action.

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Animate Earth [no cert]

Thursday 14 January / 5pm Private preview*Thursday 18 February / 8.15pm Public performance**Director Clive ArdaghDocumentary UK 2009 / Colour / 60m How might a more holistic scientific process broaden our perceptionof the natural world and inform subsequent understanding, resultingin a deep reconnection with the Earth? Based on the book AnimateEarth by ecologist Stephan Harding, the film looks at Earth'sfunctioning as a self-regulating, living being and our inherenthuman, spiritual, moral and physical connection to that story.Stephan Harding holds a doctorate in ecology from the University of Oxford and is Co-ordinator of the MSc in Holistic Science atSchumacher College. His book is a brilliant synthesis of Gaianscience and forward-looking social theory and argues that we needto establish the right relationship with the planet as a living entity.Featuring interviews with Satish Kumar, Brian Goodwin and FritjofCapra.

* Private preview with limited free tickets for Arts Society membersand Dartington staff only. Please reserve via the box office.

** February’s public screening will be followed by a panel discussionled by Stephan Harding and film maker Clive Ardagh.

NowhereBoy [15]

Friday 15 & Saturday 16 January / 8pmSunday 17 January / 3pmMonday 18 January / 7.30pmTuesday 19 January / 5pmWednesday 20 January / 5pmThursday 21 January / 2pm & 8pmDirector Sam Taylor WoodCast Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff, Kristen Scott ThomasUK 2009 / Colour / 1hr 35mThis feature debut from artist Sam Taylor-Woodis a sensitive and sprightly look at the formativeyears of one of Britain's cultural icons. Liverpool,1955, and 15-year-old John Lennon is a teenagerhungry for experience. Since the age of five hehas been brought up by his Aunt Mimi, whoseems to be the epitome of respectability.John is a bit of a rebel though and when hemeets his mother Julia he forms an instantbond with her. Mimi likes to listen to Tchaikovsky,but Julia prefers Screamin' Jay Hawkins andafter she takes John to see an Elvis film at thelocal cinema, he's a convert to the world ofrock'n'roll. He's bewitched by Julia, and sheby him, but their reconnection provokes a greatdeal of friction between the two women, withJohn caught in the middle. Yearning for a lesstroubled life, he escapes into music, startinga band with a group of friends and findinga kindred spirit when he meets Paul McCartney.Just as he begins his new life further tragedystrikes, but by then he's found his voice…

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Seraphine [PG]

Fri 15, Sat 16 & Mon 18 January / 5pmSunday 17 & Tuesday 19 January / 8pmDirector Martin ProvostCast Yolande Moreau, Ulrich TukerFrance 2009 / Colour / Subtitles / 2hr 6mWinner of seven awards including Best Film and Best Actress at France’s César awards, this utterlybeguiling biopic tells the truly outsider story of the village misfit with the artistic gifts of a Van Gogh. The vibrantly expressive paintings of Séraphine de Senlis were championed by German art critic WilhelmUhde for whom she worked as a cleaner. Yolande Moreau’s remarkable central performance suggests thelimitless mystery of human possibility which for de Senlismeant celebrating the natural world that surrounded herthrough her painting - using a gift she believed was givendirectly to her from God. Truly a celluloid epiphany.

The First Day ofthe Rest of your Life [15]

Wednesday 20 January / 8pmThursday 21 January / 5pmDirector Rémi BezançonCast Jacques Gamblin, Zabou BreitmanFrance 2009 / Colour / Subtitles / 1hr 54mThe classic French family drama gets a modern rebootin this unstoppably entertaining saga of life, love anddeath. Director Rémi Bezançon’s smart script selects onekey day in the past for each member of a typicalhousehold, building up a picture of what makes them tickand drives them mad, as both individuals and a unit. Fivedays that are more important then any others and afterwhich nothing will ever be the same again. A flawlesslyacted and hugely entertaining work.

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It’s Complicated [tbc]

Fri 22, Sat 23 & Tue 26 January / 5pmSunday 24 & Wednesday 27 January / 8pmMonday 25 January / 7pmThursday 28 January / 2pm & 5pmDirector Nancy MyersCast Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec BaldwinUSA 2009 / Colour / tbcJane is the mother of three grown kids, owns athriving bakery and has - after a decade of divorce- an amicable relationship with her ex-husband,attorney Jake. When they attend their son’s collegegraduation things take a strange turn when theyfind themselves having an affair (Jake nowcheating on his new, younger wife). It gets furthercomplicated when Jane’s architect starts to fall forher as well. Now Jane finds herself the centre of alove triangle with a big decision to make.

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Departures [12A]

Friday 22 January / 8pmSaturday 23 January / 8pmSunday 24 January / 3pmDirector Yôjirô TakitaCast Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomi YamazakiJapan 2008 / Colour / Subtitles / 2hr 10mA winner at last year’s Oscars, Departures is a delightful and sensitive journey into theheartland of Japan and an astonishinglybeautiful look at a sacred part of Japan'sculture. When his Tokyo orchestra disbands,Daigo moves back home where he accidentlyfinds himself in the ‘departure’ trade - theceremonial preparation of corpses prior tocremation. Overcoming his initial trepidation he comes to develop a deep respect for his new role.

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Machan [15]

Tuesday 26 January / 8pmWednesday 27 January / 5pmDirector Uberto PasoliniCast Dhamapriya Dias, Gihan De ChickeraSri Lanka/It/Ger 2009 / Colour / 1hr 49mA well told tale with huge underdog charmMachan is based on the bizarre true story of howa motley but ingenious group of friends from SriLanka took up an invitation to an internationalhandball tournament in Bavaria in order to gettravel visas. The only problem is that no-one inSri Lanka has ever heard of handball. Directedby the producer of The Full Monty, this displaysthe same twinkly crowd pleasing wit whilstproviding a surprisingly direct indictment ofglobal immigration policy.

Henri-GeorgesClouzot’s Inferno [15]

Thursday 28 January / 8pmDirector Serge Blomberg & Ruxanna MedreaDocumentary Cast Romy SchneiderFrance 2009 / Colour / Subtitles / 1hr 40mPlease note strobe lighting effects in this film.Before his untimely death, legendary French directorHenri-Georges Clouzot (The Wages of Fear) startedwork on a much-cherished project, Inferno, that wasintended to take the visual and psychologicallanguage of film in unprecedented directions. Whatremains is a dazzling evocation of one of the great lostfilms and a sobering account of what can happenwhen a visionary project flies too close to the sun.

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Nine [15]

Friday 29 & Saturday 30 January / 5pmSunday 31 January / 5pm & 8pmMonday 1 & Tuesday 2 February / 5pmWednesday 3 February / 8pmThursday 4 February / 2pm & 8pmDirector Rob MarshallCast Daniel Day Lewis, Judi DenchUSA 2009 / Colour / tbc

Based on the multi-award winning 1982 Broadway musical, Nine is the musical re-telling of Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical 8 and a half. It tells the story of Guido Contini, a world famous filmdirector, as he confronts an epic mid-life crisiswhile balancing the many women of his life,including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse(Nicole Kidman), his confidant/costume designer (Judi Dench), an American fashionjournalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Fergie) and his mother (Sophia Loren).

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Not only a brilliantly directed and largely faithful adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Road is also an unforgettable piece of film-making in its own right. An unnamed man and his young son travel alone through a post-apocalyptic landscape,ravaged by an unspecified catastrophe. Ash and soot hang in the air, it is cold enough tocrack stones and when the snow falls it isgrey. The sky is dark, the cities abandonedand empty, the roads littered with corpses, the countryside deserted save for maraudinggangs eating human flesh to survive. Man and boy head towards the coast, not knowingif anything awaits them there, trying to keepalive the idea of goodness and civilisation in a world where survival is a daily struggle. This is a frighteningly convincing view of a possible future that takes us to places wedon't want to go, and director John Hillcoat(The Proposition) and his collaborators aremeticulous in creating its visceral beauty and horror. It's hard to imagine any actorother than Mortensen bringing the requiredintensity and youngster Kodi Smit-McPhee is accomplished beyond his years.As the world around them is dying, whatendures is the love between father and son, and a final, tender affirmation of hope.London Film Festival

The Road [18]

Friday 29 & Saturday 30 January / 8pmSunday 31 January / 2pmMonday 1 & Tuesday 2 February / 8pmWednesday 3 February / 5pmThursday 4 February / 5pmDirector John HillcoatCast Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee,Charlize Theron, Guy PearceUSA 2009 / Colour / 1hr 51m

Up inthe Air [15]

Friday 5 February / 5pmSaturday 6 & Sunday 7 February / 8pmMonday 8 February / 7.30pmTuesday 9 February / 5pmWednesday 10 February / 8pmThursday 11 February / 2pm & 8pmDirector Jason ReitmanCast George Clooney, Vera FarmigaUSA 2009 / Colour / 1hr 44mGiven hugely added significance by the rising tideof lay-offs across the globe, Jason Reitman’s followup to the splendid Juno features George Clooneyat his smooth, sardonic best as Ryan Bingham,a management consultant specialising in the fieldof firing people for companies that are downsizing.His work takes him around the country, helping himpursue his private goal of accumulating ten millionmiles in his frequent flyer account and with it entryto an elite club. Faced by a threat posed by Natalie,a new recruit with a plan to introduce video links whichwould effectively ground Bingham and his colleagues,he talks his way into one last round trip, in which hewill show Natalie the ropes and persuade his boss tostick with the status quo. This time he has an addedincentive, having just met Alex, the beautiful andsassy frequent-traveller of his dreams. With its sharpscript and crisp direction, Up in the Air is a pleasurablestory of a supremely self-sufficient (or perhaps plainself-centred) lone-wolf having to re-assess his priorities.And while Bingham is the film's driving force, Reitmangives his female characters a welcome depth andcomplexity too.

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Sherlock Holmes [12A]

Friday 5 February / 8.15pmSaturday 6 February / 5pmSunday 7 February / 3.30pmMonday 8 February / 5pmDirector Guy RitchieCast Robert Downey Jr, Jude LawUK 2009 / Colour / 1hr 50mOn the pure understanding that Jeremy Brett wasthe greatest Holmes and that Basil Rathbone andNigel Bruce were the finest partnership, we stillwant to experience Holmes as an action hero. GuyRitchie has shown enough promise to hint that hecan deliver - join us to find out if we’re right.

Still Walking [U]

Tuesday 9 February / 8pmWed 10 & Thu 11 February / 5pmDirector Kore-eda HirokazuCast Abe Hiroshi, Takahashi KazuyaUSA 2009 / Colour / Subtitles / 1hr 50mAlready drawing comparisons to the greatclassics of Ozu and Mizoguchi, Still Walking,Kore-eda's great new film is what theJapanese call a "home drama". It chronicles a 24-hour reunion of the Yokoyama family;the two adult children and their families are visiting their elderly parents to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the death of their elder brother, who died rescuing adrowning boy. There are no 'dramatic'incidents and the tone is generally light and humorous. But during the day and night we see all that unites and divides thisparticular family - and makes it just like anyother. Simple and stunning in equal measure.

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DIARY FILM / CERTIFICATE MATINEE EARLY EVE EVE

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04 Monday THE INFORMANT / 15 5:00pm04 Monday A SERIOUS MAN / 15 8:00pm05 Tue & Wed 06 A SERIOUS MAN / 15 5:00pm05 Tue & Wed 06 THE INFORMANT / 15 8:00pm07 Thursday A SERIOUS MAN / 15 2:00pm 8:00pm07 Thursday THE INFORMANT / 15 5:00pm08 Friday WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE / PG 5:00pm08 Friday GLORIOUS 39 / 12A 8.00pm09 Saturday WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE / PG* 2:00pm09 Saturday GLORIOUS 39 / 12A 5.00pm 8:00pm10 Sunday WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE / PG 3:00pm10 Sunday GLORIOUS 39 / 12A 8:00pm11 Mon-Wed 13 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE / PG 5:00pm11 Mon & Tue 12 THE SEA WALL/ 12A 8:00pm13 Wed & Thu 14 MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS / 15 8:00pm14 Thursday WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE / 12 2:00pm15 Fri & Sat 16 SERAPHINE / PG 5:00pm15 Fri & Sat 16 NOWHERE BOY / 15 8:00pm17 Sunday NOWHERE BOY / 15 3:00pm17 Sunday SERAPHINE / PG 8:00pm18 Monday SERAPHINE / PG 5:00pm18 Monday NOWHERE BOY / 15 7:30pm19 Tuesday NOWHERE BOY / 15 5:00pm19 Tuesday SERAPHINE / 12A 8:00pm20 Wednesday NOWHERE BOY / 15 5:00pm20 Wednesday THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE / 15 8:00pm21 Thursday NOWHERE BOY / 15 2:00pm 8:00pm21 Thursday THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE / 15 5:00pm22 Friday IT’S COMPLICATED / tbc 5:00pm22 Friday DEPARTURES / 12A 8:00pm23 Saturday THE FOX & THE CHILD / U* 2:00pm23 Saturday IT’S COMPLICATED / tbc 5:00pm23 Saturday DEPARTURES / 12A 8:00pm24 Sunday DEPARTURES / 12A 3:00pm24 Sunday IT’S COMPLICATED / tbc 8:00pm25 Monday IT’S COMPLICATED / tbc 7:00pm26 Tuesday IT’S COMPLICATED / tbc 5:00pm26 Tuesday MACHAN / 15 8:00pm27 Wednesday MACHAN / 15 5:00pm27 Wednesday IT’S COMPLICATED / tbc 8:00pm28 Thursday IT’S COMPLICATED / tbc 2:00pm 5:00pm28 Thursday HENRI GEORGE CLOUZOU’S INFERNO / 15 8:00pm29 Friday NINE / 15 5:00pm29 Friday THE ROAD / 18 8:00pm30 Saturday CORALINE / PG* 2:00pm30 Saturday NINE / 15 5:00pm30 Saturday THE ROAD / 18 8:00pm31 Sunday THE ROAD / 18 2:00pm31 Sunday NINE / 15 5:00pm 8:00pm

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01 Mon & Tue 02 NINE / 15 5:00pm01 Mon & Tue 02 THE ROAD / 18 8:00pm03 Wednesday THE ROAD / 18 5:00pm03 Wednesday NINE / 15 8:00pm04 Thursday NINE / 15 2:00pm 8:00pm04 Thursday THE ROAD / 18 5:00pm05 Friday UP IN THE AIR / 15 5:00pm05 Friday SHERLOCK HOLMES / 12A 8:15pm06 Saturday PLANET 51 / U* 2:00pm06 Saturday SHERLOCK HOLMES / 12A 5:00pm06 Sat & Sun 07 UP IN THE AIR / 15 8:00pm07 Sunday SHERLOCK HOLMES / 12A 3:30pm08 Monday SHERLOCK HOLMES / 12A 5:00pm08 Monday UP IN THE AIR / 15 7:30pm09 Tuesday UP IN THE AIR / 15 5:00pm09 Tuesday STILL WALKING / U 8:00pm10 Wed & Thu 11 STILL WALKING / U 5:00pm10 Wednesday UP IN THE AIR / 15 8:00pm11 Thursday UP IN THE AIR / 15 2:00pm 8:00pm12 Friday BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S / PG 5:00pm 8:00pm13 Saturday BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S / PG 5:00pm13 Saturday SPELLBOUND / PG 8:00pm14 Sunday BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S / PG 3:00pm 8:00pm15 Monday SHOWCASE inc. DANSE MACABRE / no cert 4:30pm 6:00pm15 Monday BRITISH ANIMATION AWARDS / 15 8:00pm16 Tue - Mon 22 HOODWINKED TOO! / PG 2:00pm16 Tue & Wed 17 BRITISH ANIMATION AWARDS / 15 5:00pm16 Tue & Wed 17 TULPAN / 12A 8:00pm18 Thursday THE SEARCH FOR SHANGRI-LA 5:00pm18 Thursday ANIMATE EARTH 8:15pm19 Friday THE LOVELY BONES / 12A 5:00pm19 Friday A PROPHET / 18 8:00pm20 Saturday HOODWINKED TOO / PG* 2:00pm20 Saturday THE LOVELY BONES / 12A 5:00pm20 Saturday A PROPHET / 18 8:00pm21 Sunday A PROPHET / 18 5:00pm21 Sunday THE LOVELY BONES / 12A 8:15pm22 Monday A PROPHET / 18 5:00pm22 Monday THE LOVELY BONES / 12A 8:15pm23 Tue & Wed 24 THE LOVELY BONES / 12A 5:00pm23 Tue & Wed 24 A PROPHET / 18 8:00pm25 Thursday THE LOVELY BONES / 12A 2:00pm 8:15pm25 Thursday A PROPHET / 18 5:00pm26 Friday THE BOYS ARE BACK / 15 5:00pm26 Friday INVICTUS / TBC 8:00pm27 Saturday ENCHANTED/ PG* 2:00pm27 Saturday THE BOYS ARE BACK / 15 5:00pm27 Saturday INVICTUS / tbc 8:00pm28 Sunday INVICTUS / tbc 3:00pm28 Sunday THE BOYS ARE BACK / 15 8:00pm

*Young People’s Films For Saturday 2pm young people’s matinées please see p. 26-27

Breakfast at Tiffany’s [PG]

Friday 12 February / 5pm & 8pmSaturday 13 February / 5pmSunday 14 February / 3pm & 8pmDirector Blake EdwardsCast Audrey Hepburn, George PeppardUSA 1961 / Colour / 1hr 55mA Valentine's film studded with sparkling moments,Breakfast at Tiffany’s tells the story of two bohemiansfalling in love against a Manhattan backdrop. Whenaspiring writer Paul Varjak moves into his newapartment, he is both intrigued by and drawn tohis unconventional neighbour Holly Golightly. AGivenchy-clad free spirit, Holly is a party girl whoseintensely stylish façade masks an inner despair anda hidden past. Henry Mancini provides the musicalscore, with the Oscar-winning ballad ‘Moon River’underscoring a sublimely romantic climax.

Tulpan [12A]

Tuesday 16 & Wednesday 17 February / 8pmDirector Sergei DvortsevoyCast Askhat Kuchinchirekov,Tulepbergen Baisakalov, Samal YeslyamovaGer/Kaz 2008 / Colour / Subtitles / 1hr 40mCovering much of the nomadic lifestyles that made Story of the Weeping Camel such a hit,Tulpan comes festooned with awards from filmfestivals the world over, including Cannes. This is a simple story of the adorably dim ex-sailor whose bid to woo a local beauty is constantlystymied by his blundering manner and an absence of farming prowess. His travails allow usample time to examine the fabric of this remotesociety, as questions about its sustainability,practicality and principles are all raised.

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The British Animation Awards:Public choice screenings [15]

Monday 15 February / 8pmTuesday 16 & Wednesday 17 February / 5pmDirector VariousUK 2009 / B&W and Colour / 1hr 30m approxYour chance to vote for winners in the British Animation Awards. BAA 2010 invites the audience to vote for their winners in three categories, by viewing then using voting forms supplied at the screenings. Each programme contains a mix of short films,animated commercials and music videos, drawn from entries toBAA 2010, including several international festival award winners.Joint ticket offer: £10, £8 (concs), £7.50 (stu) for all three programmes when bought in advance.

Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil [PG]

Tuesday 16 - Monday 22 February / 2pmDirector Mike DisaVoice Cast Bill Murray, Hayden PanettiereUSA 2009 / Colour / 1hr 21mFollowing on from the very clever Hoodwinked,Hood Vs Evil finds our heroine Little Red RidingHood in training for entry to the group of SisterHoods. A teenage Red and the Wolf are calledback into action by Nick Flippers the head ofthe Happily Ever After Agency to investigatethe disappearance of Hansel and Gretel.

Ex-Animation [U]

Saturday 20 February / 1pmDirector VariousUK 2009 / B&W/Colour / 1hr

FREE SCREENING:a chance to see a selection of the best animation made byunders 18s in the South West.

Spellbound [PG]

Saturday 13 February / 8pmDirectors Alfred Hitchcock Cast Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck,Michael ChekhovUSA 1945 / B&W / 1hr 51m + introMiklós Rózsa stunning soundtrack is tonight’sfocus for Hitchcock’s classic film screening.The first film to explore psychoanalysis, its simple

love story is complicated by stellar dreamsequences designed by Salvador Dali, making thisa feast for the eyes and the ears. With Dartington’s own Michael Chekhov in anOscar nominated role, the screening will feature a 20 minute introduction by course leader andcomposer Miguel Mera on the power andimportance of music in film.

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Showcase includingDanse Macabre (re-imagined)Monday 15 February / 4.30pm & 6pmSouth West Music School and Youth DanceAcademy students are at Dartington throughoutthe weekend preceding this event to develop theirskills in devising music and dance for film. Duringthat time they will have created original works for

short films including newly digitised silentfootage from the Dartington archive featuring,among others, a film performance of BalletsJooss’ 1935 Danse Macabre. A hugely successfulevent last year, this performance (at 4.30pm,repeated at 6pm) sees the students performingtheir works live alongside the selected footage.This innovative SWMS project enables the artistssupported by Dartington in the 1930s to inspirethe emerging artists we support today.

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The Search forShangri-La [no cert]

Thursday 18 February / 5pmDirectors VariousArchive Documentary B&W/Colour / 1hr 30mThe opportunity to visit a hidden world has alwaysfascinated travellers and explorers. This selection of films from the BFI National Archive revealsextraordinary images taken in Tibet from 1922 -1950. The first film was taken during the 1922attempt to climb Mount Everest. SubsequentlyBritish political officers undertook diplomaticmissions - one such visit witnessed the Installationof the Fourteenth Dalai Lama in Lhasa. Home moviecameras recorded ceremonial events, landscapes,flora and fauna. Collectively they are a poignanttestimony and a vital record of that lost world.

The Lovely Bones [12A]

Friday 19 & Saturday 20 February / 5pmSunday 21 & Monday 22 February / 8.15pmTuesday & Wednesday 24 February / 5pmThursday 25 February / 2pm & 8.15pmDirector Peter JacksonCast Saoirse Ronan, Susan Sarandon,Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Stanley TucciUSA/UK/NZ 2009 / Colour / 2hr 19mPeter Jackson returns to his pre The Lord of theRings days with this imaginative version of AliceSebold’s The Lovely Bones. The 1970s-set novel isnarrated from beyond the grave by Susie Salmon, a 14-year-old who is murdered by a neighbour in afield near her suburban home. From a vantage pointsomewhere between heaven and earth, Susiewatches her family and friends, seeking the closurethat will allow her to depart this earth completely.

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A Prophet [18]

Friday 19 & Saturday 20 February / 8pmSunday 21 February / 5pmMonday 22 February / 5pmTuesday 23 & Wednesday 24 February / 8pmThursday 25 February / 5pmDirector Jacques AudiardCast Tahar Rahim, Niels ArestrupFrance 2009 / Colour / Subtitles / 2hr 30mThe winner of best film awards at both Cannesand London film festivals A Prophet may well beboth the toughest and most rewarding film yousee this year. A visceral tale that plays as a crossbetween a contemporary ShawshankRedemption and a prison set The Godfather,Jacques Audiard’s enthralling crime drama is soreal that at the end it’s hard to remember thescenes of stunning imagination that allow youto see inside the troubled soul of its hero. When Malik, a young French Arab, finds himselfin prison with no friends or allies, he goes out ofhis way to be useful to the dominant Corsicangang and its leader Cesar Luciani.After a gruelling rites-of-passage murder, thatliterally haunts him from that moment on, Malikbuilds by slow degrees a power base of his own.Jacques Audiard's vice-like grip on character-driven action cinema rips by in fingernail-bitinganticipation of Malik's brutally authentic travails.His irrepressible nature is brilliantly incarnatedby Tahar Rahim, whose impact is equallymatched by Audiard regular Niels Arestrup as the Corsican boss.

Invictus [tbc]

Friday 26 & Saturday 27 February / 8pmSunday 28 February / 3pmMonday 1 - Wednesday 3 March / 5pmThursday 4 March / 2pm & 8pmDirector Clint EastwoodCast Matt Damon, Morgan FreemanUSA 2009 / Colour / 2hr 14m

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Clint Eastwood reunites with his Million Dollar Baby co-star MorganFreeman to tell one of the most inspiring stories of our generation.Morgan Freeman is stunning as thenewly elected President Mandela whoknows his nation remains racially andeconomically divided in the wake ofapartheid. Believing he can bring hispeople together through the universallanguage of sport, Mandela rallies SouthAfrica's rugby team as they make theirhistoric run to the 1995 Rugby WorldCup Championship match. To take to the field in Johannesburg in aSpringbok shirt was perhaps the riskiest and most astute politicaldecision Mandela could have made, a simple act that both understood andunder-mined Afrikaaner hostility andsaved his country from tearing apart.

The Boys are Back [12A]

Friday 26 & Saturday 27 February / 5pmSunday 28 February / 8pmMonday 1 March / 8pmDirector Scott HicksVoice Cast Clive Owen, Laura FraserUK/Australia 2009 / Colour / 1hr 45mBased on Simon Carr's memoir, The Boys are Back isa funny, anarchic and, above all, moving confessionaldrama about modern family life – complicated,fractured but with great possibilities for love and joy.Clive Owen is Joe Warr, a wisecracking sportswriterwhose beloved wife dies suddenly, leaving him tobring up their 6-year-old son Artie alone. Strugglingwith his own loss, he has to face the daily challengesof single parenthood while trying to cope with Artie'sgrief. Cue Harry, Joe's teenage son from his firstmarriage, who brings his own baggage into the mix.

Brothers [15]

Tuesday 2 & Wednesday 3 March / 8pmThursday 4 March / 5pmDirector Jim SheridanCast Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhall, Tobey MaguireUSA 2009 / Colour / 1hr 44mBased on the lauded Danish film that dealt sensitivelywith the post traumatic stress of a UN soldier’shomecoming, this star studded US version shifts theaction to Iraq but holds the same storyline. Small timeloser Jake Gyllenhall fills the physical and emotionalgap left in his Marine brother’s family when he is shotdown in Iraq and presumed dead. Natalie Portman asthe grieving wife and mother of two comes both todepend on and care for this new support until suddennews changes all their relationships.

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Where The WildThings Are [PG]

Saturday 9 January / 2pmDirector Spike JonzeCast Max Records, Catherine KeenerUSA 2009 / Colour / 1hr 41mSpike Jonze achieves the almost impossible task of taking the nine sentences of MauriceSendak's famous 1963 children's book andexpanding them into an $80 million fantasywhilst retaining Sendak’s integrity of vision.

Coraline [PG]

Saturday 30 January / 2pmDirector Henry SelickVoice Cast Dakota Fanning, Teri hatcherUSA 2009 / Colour / 1hr 36mNeil Gaiman’s wonderful story comes brilliantly to life in this stop-motion tale of a young girl’sdesire to connect with her busy parents.

The Fox & Child [U]

Saturday 23 January / 2pmDirector Luc JacquetVoice Cast Bertille Noël-BruneauFrance 2009 / Colour / 1hr 32mNarrated by Kate Winslet this is a beautifully shot tale of the relationship that a young girlbuilds up with a wild fox through a summer in the French alps.

Young People’s Films

For all young people’s matinées, all adultsmust be accompanied by a child

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Planet 51 [U]

Saturday 6 February / 2pmDirectors Jorge Blanco, Javier AbadMarcos MartinezVoice cast Dwayne Johnson, John CleeseSpain/UK/USA / 2009 / Colour / 1hr 31mAmerican astronaut Captain Charles "Chuck"Baker lands on Planet 51 thinking he's the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by littlegreen people who are happily living in a whitepicket fence world and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders... like Chuck!

Hoodwinked Too [PG]

Saturday 20 February / 2pm

Director Mike DisaVoice Cast Bill Murray, Hayden PanettiereUSA 2009 / Colour / 1hr 21mFollowing on from the very clever Hoodwinked,Hood Vs Evil finds our heroine Little Red RidingHood in training for entry to the group of SisterHoods. A teenage Red and the Wolf are calledback into action by Nick Flippers the head of the Happily Ever After Agency to investigate the disappearance of Hansel and Gretel.

Enchanted [PG]

Saturday 27 February / 2pmDirector Kevin LimaCast Amy Adams, Partick DempseyUSA 2007 / Colour / 1hr 47mA classic Disney fairytale collides with modern-day New York City in a story about a fairytaleprincess who is sent to our world by an evil queen.

Sunday NightMovie Meal DealBook in advance for any of thesefilms and get your cinema ticketplus a two course pre-screeningsupper in the White Hart for £18.00

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Glorious 39 [12A]Sunday 10 January / 8pm

Seraphine [PG]Sunday 17 January / 8pm

It’s Complicated [tbc]Sunday 24 January / 8pm

Nine [15]Sunday 31 January / 8pm

Breakfast at Tiffany’s [PG]Sunday 14 February / 8pmCelebrate St. Valentine’s Day withour special three-course MovieMeal Deal. For full details call thebox office.

The Lovely Bones [12]Sunday 21 February / 8.15pm

The Boys Are Back [12A]Sunday 28 February / 8pmMovie Meal Deals must be bookedby 5pm on the Friday preceding the screening.

Café DealBuy a ticket for our Thursdaymatinées and get a pre- or post-film cake and hot drink in theRoundhouse for £2.50

Tel: 01803 847111bookings@dartingtonhall.comwww.dartingtonhall.com

The bar is open from: 10am (coffee) - 11pm Monday-SundayFood is served every day: 12 - 2pm and 6 - 9pm

winter warmer special

Relax and enjoy our winter warmerspecial available between 6pm-7pm,Monday - Thurday. The perfect treatfor a night at the movies.

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In PersonThe Barn box office is open: Monday - Friday 12:30-7:00pm; Saturday &Sunday 1:00 - 7:00pm. As well as the above opening hours the box officeis also open one hour prior to any scheduled event for ticket collection andpurchase but not for advance booking. The Totnes Bookshop box office isopen Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 5pm. Online24 hrs a day you can visit our website and book cinema tickets via secureemail. Upon receipt of your booking form the box office will process yourtickets and reply by email. www.dartington.org/arts for detailsBy PostPlease send your order with a cheque made payable to The DartingtonHall Trust or credit / debit card details to the Box office, The Barn, DartingtonHall, Totnes, TQ9 6DE. If you wish the tickets to be sent to you, pleaseenclose an SAE.By PhoneTo book by phone please call 01803 847070 during the opening hoursgiven above excluding the one hour prior to a film. Please have yourcredit card details ready. When the box office is closed there will be anannouncement with programme information and ticket availability. We accept most credit cards.ReservationsPlease note that all reserved tickets must be paid for prior to the day of the event. We reserve the right to release any tickets that have notbeen paid for by the day of the event.ConcessionsArts Society members; over 60s; full time students; young people;unemployment benefit; DHT Employees. Please provide proof of eligibilityat time of purchase or at time of collection.ReturnsWe are normally unable to offer refunds or exchanges.

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CertificationU Suitable for audiencesof all ages

PG Parental Guidancesuggested

12A May be unsuitablefor children under 12.Children under 12 must beaccompanied by an adult

12 Exhibition to onlythose aged 12 and over

15 Exhibition to onlythose aged 15 and over

18 Exhibition to onlythose aged 18 and over

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Prices£6.50 full price £5.00 all concessions

DAS members£4.00 matinée£4.00 students £2.50 young people£2.50 children’s films

Wheelchair access is available at The Barn, Great Hall, Studio 1,Studio 3 and Studio 31.Accessible toilet facilities areadjacent to all the above venues.

Access for Patrons with DisabilitiesDartington Arts venues

For patrons who have a hearingimpairment, The Barn and Great Hall offer an infra-redsystem. Please ask the Front of House manager for furtherassistance on arrival.

Assistance dogs are welcome.Please inform box office staffwhen booking your ticket

Please phone in advance foradvice on access and anyassistance needed. Our staff will be pleased to help you.Please ask for our leaflet onfacilities for disabled patrons.

Large print brochure available. Please telephone01803 847074

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Pre-sale ExhibitionSam Haile (1909-1948)Artist & PotterTue 19 & Wed 20 January 2010Great Hall / 10.30am - 5.00pmA free exhibition of works by Sam Hailecomprising paintings, drawings, etchings,prints and studio pottery from thecollection of Marianne Haile, née De Trey.Sale to take place in Exeter on 28 Jan 2010www.bhandl.co.ukenquiries@bhandl.co.uk01392 413100

The Elmhirsts’ Art: Conserving Dartington’s Collection19 & 20 January / 12pmThe event also offers the opportunity to attend a talk on Dartington’s collection of 20th Century art from the CollectionConservation Strategy Team at Dartington.

Sam Haile, Reclining Figuresoil on canvas, estimate £3,000-£5,000

The Roundhouse Café is now open to serveaudiences and visitors to Dartington Hall.

The café features organic and local produceincluding cakes, Luscombe Farm juices,a selection of organic teas, coffee, beerand wine, plus superb Salcombe ice-cream.

We hope you will enjoy this non-smoking,family-friendly space when you visit Dartington Hall.

café:barOPENING HOURSmon-sun 12:00 - 20:00

SPECIAL OFFERBuy a ticket for Thursday matinées and get a pre- or post-film cake and coffee for just £2.50