Curzon Cinemas is proud to welcome ANDREA ARNOLD in a post screening discussion along with the film on Sunday 13 September 3pm at Curzon Soho.

Justly picking up another Cannes Grand Jury Prize, Andrea Arnold’s follow-up to Red Road is an intense and surprising story of love, lust and family.


Fifteen-year-old Mia (Jarvis) is at war with everything: her family, her school, and the girls on her estate. Her one release is dancing, a passion that she practices in secret. Things change when her mother (Wareing) introduces charismatic new boyfriend Connor (Fassbender, Hunger) – but Arnold’s subtle and unpredictable script keeps us guessing as to just what influence the newcomer will bring to bear. Drawing a fantastically raw and yet immensely accomplished performance from newcomer Katie Jarvis, Arnold, who draws on her own background growing up in London’s East End, has crafted a potent and poetic British film that places her at the vanguard of world cinema.




Where
Curzon Soho
99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 5DY

When
3pm, Sunday 13 October, 2009

Curzon Cinemas is delighted to welcome director and writer Park Chan-wook to discuss his latest film in this post screening Q&A.

A priest becomes a vampire… another man’s wife is coveted… a deadly seduction triggers murder. Sang-hyun (played by top Korean star Song Kang-ho, The Host) is a priest who cherishes life so much that he volunteers for a secret vaccine to eradicate a deadly virus. In the process however, he becomes infected by vampire blood and his faith is tested further when a childhood friend’s wife, Tae-ju (Kim Ok-vin), comes to him asking for help. Sang-hyun soon plunges into a world of sensual pleasures, finding himself on intimate terms with the Seven Deadly Sins. The new film from acclaimed director Park Chan-wook (Old Boy) was jointly awarded the Cannes 2009 Jury Prize.




Where
Curzon Soho
99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 5DY

When
6:10pm, Monday 5 October, 2009

THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR PARNASSUS AND THE FANTASTIC WORLDS OF TERRY GILLIAM

This Curzon Screen Salon will look back over Terry Gilliam’s career, which has featured as many tragedies and disappointments as it has successes. The Curzon Screen Salons are a series of illustrated lectures before our regular screenings hosted by Ian Haydn Smith, Editor of the International Film Guide.

Dir: Terry Gilliam Starring: Christopher Plummer, Heath Ledger, Tom Waits,

A director seemingly affiliated with bad luck, that Terry Gilliam got to complete this at all is a minor miracle. A fantastical morality tale set in present-day London (for the most part at least), the alternate realities Gilliam spins will be more than familiar to fans of TIME BANDITS and BRAZIL. With more than a hint of Doctor Faustus, the film’s kernel is an ambitious travelling magician whose ambition has caused him to enter a number of deals with the devil, the most personally damaging of which has seen Parnassus (played impeccably by Plummer, THE NEW WORLD) trade immortality for his daughter (Lily Cole) on the occasion of her 16th birthday. A characteristic feast for the senses, the film is a fitting epitaph to Ledger, whose character is also ably portrayed in its transformative states by Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp. Extremely entertaining, the film also has at its heart a larger than life turn from Tom Waits as the devil

Where:
Curzon Soho
99 Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 5DY

When:
Sunday 11 September, 5pm

Clapham Picturehouse are delighted that director Sam Mendes (AMERICAN BEAUTY, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD) will be joining them for a satellite Q&A following a preview of his new comedy, AWAY WE GO (15).

Thirty-something Burt (Krasinski, JARHEAD) and his heavily pregnant partner Verona (Rudolph) decide to leave Colorado and travel across America in search of the perfect place to bring up baby. Their road trip takes them to Arizona, Wisconsin, Montreal and Florida, and into eye-opening experiences in the company of assorted friends and relatives.



Where
Clapham Picturehouse
76 Venn Street, London SW4 0AT
Tel: 0871 704 2055

When
10-6pm Monday-Friday, 10-2 Saturdays

Strange events happen at a rural school in the north of Germany during the year 1913, which seem to be ritual punishment. Does this affect the school system, and how does the school have an influence on fascism?

Where:
Curzon Mayfair
8 Curzon St
London
W1J 7TY

When:
Sunday 8 November, 5:30pm Sep 2009

Restoring the Midnight Movie to Chelsea, Curzon’s popular strand of late-night attractions hosts a special screening of cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with full audience participation. Join Janet and Brad as they enter the musical world of alien transvestites and Time Warps in one of the must-do events in life! Dressing up is essential and don’t forget to bring the essentials: rice, newspapers, water pistols, torches, rubber gloves, confetti, toilet paper, toast, party hat, bells and cards. Plus, all ticket holders receive a complimentary Jameson cocktail.

Where:
Curzon Cinema Chelsea
206 Kings Road
London
SW3 5XP

When:
Friday 18 September,10:30pm

AWAY WE GO (cert tbc)
Dir: Sam Mendes Starring: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Daniels, Maggie Gyllenhaal, US 2009.

Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes (REVOLUTIONARY ROAD from an original screenplay by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, this funny and heartfelt film follows the journey of an expectant couple (Krasinski and Rudolph), as they travel the U.S. in search of the perfect place to put down roots and raise their family.


Along the way, they have misadventures and find fresh connections with an assortment of relatives and old friends who just might help them discover “home” on their own terms for the first time. Sensitively scored by newly discovered folk sensation Alexi Murdoch, this is a beautifully performed work that eloquently speaks of changing lives and perceptions. The cinematography from Ellen Kuras (BE KIND REWIND) is stunning.

Opens 18 Sept
13 September, 1pm
Curzon Mayfair
38 Curzon St London W1J 7TY

!!JUST ANNOUNCED!! Robot Chicken Premiere and Q&A Seth Green via Webcast

It’s time, once more, to get ANIMATED!

Teaming up with popular cable channel Adult Swim, and the London International Animation Festival, Curzon Soho bring you a night of titillating, shocking and absurd animations on the big screen. Check out the premiere of Robot Chicken Season 2. Brain child of Seth Green, the skits play around with cult film, cult TV and celebrity personalities. We also present a special selection of freaky animations as a taster for the LIAF which starts on 31st Aug at Renoir Cinema.

Before the film we will be hosting a Q&A via webcast with Seth Green. Come prepared with your questions whether it be anything Robot Chicken, Buffy or Scott Evil!

Descend to the depths of hell for this special preview of Sam Raimi’s return to the horror genre, the highly anticipated Drag Me To Hell. Be afraid, very afraid as our cinema becomes the Curse-On-Soho for a night of hellish tunes, devilish décor and spine-tingling visuals. With goody bags for all plus a free Taboo cocktail, this is the only place to see this nail-biter.



Special Midnight Screening: DRAG ME TO HELL
Tuesday May 26, 2009 at 11:30pm
Curzon Mayfair
38 Curzon Street
London, England W1J 7TY