jan / feb 2019

From Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda’s

criminal family of misfits in Shoplifters to Yorgos

Lanthimos’ vision of the court of Queen Anne in

The Favourite, our new release dramas offer a

wealth of captivating stories this season.

We also bring you brand new documentaries

– RBG explores Supreme Court Justice Ruth

Bader Ginsberg’s rise to fame as a pop culture

icon; while Bergman: A Year in a Life charts the

work of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman over the

course of 1957, a landmark year in his career. To

coincide with this, we will screen the two films he

produced that year, Wild Strawberries and The

Seventh Seal.

February means LGBT History Month, and we’re

proud to partner once again with our friends at

Eastbourne Rainbow and Bourne Out to bring

you a very special screening of Before Stonewall,

in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the

Stonewall riots in New York.

Further special events this season include a

screening of Jacques Demy’s Les Demoiselles

de Rochefort in partnership with the Overnight

Film Festival, and the recent restoration of Jean

Cocteau’s Orphée, a film which demands to be

seen on the big screen.

We’re delighted to see so many of you

embracing Towner’s new space and hope you

enjoy this season’s films.

Kate Wood Towner Cinema Programmer

Welcome to towner cinema

WIDOWS 5, 6, 10 JanSteve McQueen, 2018 (15) 130mTurner Prize-winning artist turned Academy Award-winning director, Steve McQueen, returns with this heist caper starring Viola Davis.

RBG 12, 17 JanBetsy West & Julie Cohen, 2018 (PG) 98mAt 84, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has forged a legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.

DISOBEDIENCE 13, 17 Jan Sebastián Lelio, 2018 (15) 114mRachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams star in this romance set against the backdrop of an Orthodox Jewish community in North London.

THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN 19, 20, 24 JanDavid Lowery, 2018 (12A) 93mRobert Redford stars as Forrest Tucker, real-life career criminal and prison escape artist, who, at age 70, made an escape from San Quentin.

SHOPLIFTERS subtitled 26, 31 JanKore-eda Hirokazu, 2018 (15) 121mJapanese master Kore-eda (Our Little Sister) won the top prize at Cannes this year with this tale of a misfit family living on the outskirts of Tokyo.

THE FAVOURITE 2, 3, 7 FebYorgos Lanthimos, 2018 (15) 119mOlivia Colman stars as Queen Anne, with Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz as two cousins vying for her attention in 18th Century England.

STAN AND OLLIE 9, 10, 14 FebJon S. Baird, 2019 (TBC) 97mSteve Coogan and John C. Reilly take on the world's most famous comedy double act, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

COLETTE 16, 17, 21 Feb Wash Westmoreland, 2019 (15) 112mKeira Knightley shines as author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, best known simply as Colette, fighting for creative ownership of her work.

BEAUTIFUL BOY 23, 24, 28 FebFelix van Groeningen, 2019 (15) 120mBased on the best-selling memoirs of father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy tells the story of one family's struggle with addiction.

Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, dir: Jacques DemyThe Seventh Seal, dir: Ingmar Bergman

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special eventsTHE DEAD

6 Jan | John Huston, 1987 (U) 83m

Anjelica Huston (directed by her father) shines in this adaptation of James Joyce’s short story, which takes place at a family gathering in Dublin on the feast day of the Epiphany, 6 Jan 1904.

LES DEMOISELLES DE ROCHEFORT subtitled

in association with Overnight Film Festival

12 Jan | Jacques Demy, 1967 (PG) 126m

We've partnered with the fabulous Overnight Film Festival, which takes place at the Queen's Hotel in Eastbourne every February, to present a special screening of the Jacques Demy classic.

In 2019, the festival takes place 1-3 February. For more information, visit overnightfilmfestival.com

ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS

27 Jan | Gabrielle Brady, 2018 (12A) 98m

Blending fact and fiction, this documentary hybrid follows detainees from the detention centre on Christmas Island, who recount their stories to a trauma therapist.

ORPHÉE subtitled

2 Feb | Jean Cocteau, 1949 (PG) 95m

A brand new restoration of Jean Cocteau's dreamlike masterpiece, which demands to be seen on the big screen. A magical retelling of the Orpheus myth, it turns the lyre-playing singer of Greek legend into a famous left-bank poet in post-war Paris.

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Our Cinema Bar opens 45 minutes before the

first screening of the day. Meet up for a drink

before the film, or enjoy one in the comfort

of the auditorium. Serving a selection of teas,

coffees, beer, wine and soft drinks.

BERGMAN: A YEAR IN A LIFE subtitled

16, 17 Feb | Jane Magnusson, 2019 (15) 117m

Focusing on 1957, a landmark year in which acclaimed Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman directed two films and four plays, director Jane Magnusson explores not only the director’s filmography but also his at times complex and turbulent personal life. To accompany this new documentary, we present the two films made by Bergman in ’57.

WILD STRAWBERRIES subtitled

19 Jan | Ingmar Bergman, 1957 (PG) 87m

A father and daughter travel from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, encountering a series of hitchhikers along the way.

THE SEVENTH SEAL subtitled

9 Feb | Ingmar Bergman, 1957 (PG) 92m

After Swedish knight Antonious Block returns home from the Crusades, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life.

My Neighbour Totoro, dir: Hayao Miyazaki A Fantastic Woman, dir: Sebastián Lelio

Everyone knows Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, but where are the women in silent film comedy? Mabel Normand was the irrepressible spirit of early Hollywood; directing her own films, and working with the best. Here we round up four of her finest short films, ripe for rediscovery.

THE MARVELLOUS MABEL NORMAND26, 31 Jan | Dir: Various (U) 78m

family screeningsJAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH12 Jan | Henry Selick, 1996 (U) 76m

Based on the book by children's favourite Roald Dahl, beautifully blending live action and stop motion animation.

SONG OF THE SEA17 Feb | Tomm Moore, 2014 (PG) 92m

Ben, a young Irish boy, discovers that his sister Saoirse is a selkie who must free faerie creatures from the Celtic goddess Macha. From the production company behind The Secret of Kells.

queer film

valentine's dayCASABLANCA

14 Feb | Michael Curtiz, 1942 (U) 98m

Fall in love with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman all over again in one of the most romantic films of all time.

half-termMY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO

21 Feb | Hayao Miyazaki, 1988 (U) 87m

This critically-acclaimed Studio Ghibli title follows the story of schoolgirl Satsuje and her younger sister Mei as they settle into a new home, where they encounter and befriend playful sprits.

A FANTASTIC WOMAN subtitled

27 Jan | Sebastián Lelio, 2017 (15) 102m

To celebrate the release of Sebastián Lelio's new release, Disobedience, for this month's Queer Film screening we revisit Lelio's triumphant A Fantastic Woman, winner of the Best Foreign Langauge Film at last year's Academy Awards.

BEFORE STONEWALLin association with local LGBTQ+ groups Eastbourne Rainbow and Bourne Out

23 Feb | Robert Rosenberg & Greta Schiller, 1985 (15) 86m

We are proud to host our second LGBT History Month screening in association with local community groups Eastbourne Rainbow and Bourne Out. This year, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, we present the documentary Before Stonewall, which explores the activism that came before the riots which we now consider so fundamental to the development of LGBT rights in America.

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Cover image – The Favourite, dir: Yorgos Lanthimos

Sat 5 1.30pm Widows

4.30pm Widows

Sun 6 2.00pm The Dead

4.30pm Widows

Thu 10 4.30pm Widows

7.00pm Widows

Sat 12 10.30am James and the Giant ...

2.00pm Les Demoiselles ...

5.00pm RBG

Sun 13 2.00pm Disobedience

4.30pm Disobedience

Thu 17 4.30pm Disobedience

7.00pm RBG

Sat 19 2.00pm The Old Man and the ...

4.30pm Wild Strawberries

Sun 20 2.00pm The Old Man and the ...

4.30pm The Old Man and the ...

Thu 24 4.30pm The Old Man and the ...

7.00pm The Old Man and the ...

Sat 26 2.00pm The Marvellous Mabel ...

4.30pm Shoplifters

Sun 27 2.00pm Island of the Hungry ...

4.30pm A Fantastic Woman

Thu 31 4.30pm The Marvellous Mabel ...

7.00pm Shoplifters

JANUARY

VISITOR INFORMATIONTowner Art Gallery, Devonshire Park, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ

Ticket prices: £8.50 full price / £7 concession & members / £5 under 18s (ID checked for conc. rates) / £4 family screenings / Thursday matinee, all tickets £6

Advance booking is recommended. Book tickets online at townereastbourne.org.uk, over the phone on +44 (0)1323 434670 or in person at the Welcome Desk

Where possible, Thursday screenings will have open captions for the hard of hearing, please see website for further details

feburary Sat 2 2.00pm Orphée

4.30pm The Favourite

Sun 3 2.00pm The Favourite

4.30pm The Favourite

Thu 7 4.30pm The Favourite

7.00pm The Favourite

Sat 9 2.00pm Stan and Ollie

4.30pm The Seventh Seal

Sun 10 2.00pm Stan and Ollie

4.30pm Stan and Ollie

Thu 14 4.30pm Stan and Ollie

7.00pm Casablanca

Sat 16 12.00pm Bergman: A Year in a ...

2.30pm Colette

Sun 17 10.30am Song of the Sea

2.00pm Colette

4.30pm Bergman: A Year in a ...

Thu 21 2.00pm My Neighbour Totoro

4.30pm Colette

7.00pm Colette

Sat 23 2.00pm Beautiful Boy

4.30pm Before Stonewall

Sun 24 2.00pm Beautiful Boy

4.30pm Beautiful Boy

Thu 28 4.30pm Beautiful Boy

7.00pm Beautiful Boy New Releases

Special Events

Ingmar Bergman

Queer Films

Family Screenings