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This autumn we’re excited to welcome David Shrigley to our galleries for his new
exhibition HOW ARE YOU FEELING? Shrigley will be transforming Galleries 1, 2
& 3 with new and recent drawings, alongside installations and sculptures
created specially for the exhibition, many of which will be produced during a
twelve day residency by the artist. Read our interview on p.6 to get an insight
into the show as well as Shrigley’s own psyche!
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Cover image David Shrigley, Relax, 2012.
This quarter is jam packed with special film screenings and seasons; the UK
Jewish Film Festival and The French Film Festival return; The French Connection?
brings first class cinema from across the French speaking world to our screens;
and horror fans among you will be pleased to hear we’re screening Peter
Jackson’s gory Braindead for Halloween. We’ve also programmed a celebratory
season of festive films. With romantic classics like It’s a Wonderful Life and
Miracle on 34th Street, as well as more recent favourites such as Elf in the line
up, there’s plenty to keep everyone entertained over the Christmas holidays (see
p.28 for details).
Our friends at The Library Theatre Company have some enthralling Christmas
entertainment for all the family to enjoy, with the magical Arabian Nights staged
at the Lowry between Fri 30 November and Sat 12 January. Tickets for this
funny and imaginative production are on sale now.
Visit librarytheatre.com for more details.
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04/05
HOW ARE YOU FEELING? Is a
major exhibition of new and recent
work by artist David Shrigley. The
exhibition features a range of
Shrigley’s drawings, alongside sitespecific work made specially for this
exhibition, and never-seen-before
live performance.
Many of the works in the show
require participation from the
audience in order to complete them.
Three sculptural beds invite you to
take time out and rest, relax or even
sleep; a sculpture of a naked figure
will be the focus for life-drawing
classes, with the resulting sketches
displayed alongside; and a seaside
‘peephole’ inspired installation will
be completed by audience
members putting their heads into
signposted holes. Visitors also have
the opportunity to perform in an
ongoing play with a script penned
by Shrigley. Actors will perform the
piece at set times throughout the
exhibition, but you can download
the script from our website to have a
go yourself!
DAVID
SHRIGLEY
Sat 6 Oct - Sun 6 Jan — Galleries 1, 2 & 3 — FREE
‘How Are You Feeling?’ is a familiar
phrase often used in self-help,
psychiatry and the diagnosis of
psychosis. For this exhibition,
Shrigley offers art therapy to help
you cope with “an increasingly crazy
and poorly signposted world”.
David Shrigley is best known for his
canny, farcical and deliberately
dysfunctional cartoon-like drawings
that observe everyday fears of the
human condition and conventional
social matters. Finding humour in
the bizarre and inconsequential with
immediate and attainable appeal,
his work often asks questions about
the nature of contemporary art and
its audience. He has an international
career spanning two decades and
had a weekly cartoon in The
Guardian’s Weekend Magazine
Curated by Mike Chavez-Dawson.
A new book published in tandem
with the exhibition, HOW ARE YOU
FEELING? will be for sale in the
bookshop for the special price of £10
during the exhibition (RRP £12.99).
See p.14 for details.
Exhibition supported by the Palace
Hotel, Farrow & Ball and Absolut
Vodka.
Image Credit David Shrigley,
How’s My Brain?, 2012.
Find out more about
the exhibition and
look out for digital
content at
cornerhouse.org/
david-shrigley
06/07
Mike Chavez-Dawson,
curator of HOW ARE YOU
FEELING? delves into the
mind of David Shrigley.
different things, so now that
precedent is set some people see me
as some kind of Renaissance man.
I think part of it is that I am
unencumbered by craft skills; if I
was a really good painter,for example,
I’d probably be less inclined to make
work in different media. But I’m not
a good painter. I’m a terrible painter.
MCD: How are you feeling?
DS: OK. I just had a bowl of porridge.
MCD: For me the execution of your
work is never undermined by its
content, is this something you work
at or does in come naturally?
DS: I guess it comes naturally. I tend
to make work intuitively without
much preparation. That’s just the
way I do it.
MCD: Do you still feel being an
artist is a calling?
DS: I think it is for me, but I couldn’t
speak for anyone else.
MCD: What was your first artistic
epiphany?
DS: Perhaps going to the Tate Gallery
(what is now Tate Britain) when I
was about 14 years old. There was a
show of Jean Tinguely (the Swiss
kinetic sculptor). I guess this was my
first taste of contemporary art.
MCD: What were your first feelings
towards undertaking a show at
Cornerhouse, Manchester?
DS: I think Manchester is a good
town for me to do a show in. I did a
show in London earlier in the year,
so now it’s time to head north nearer
to the place of my birth. I was born
in Macclesfield. Did I tell you that?
MCD: The thematic of ‘How Are You
Feeling?’ is multi-layered but has
obvious associations with ‘selfhelp’ and ‘psycho-therapy’. How
much of this has shaped your
approach?
DS: I was interested in the
possibility that the works could
have some kind of therapeutic
value. I felt like the audience might
get more from the art to this end if
they were able to interact with it. So
most of the works I’m making
require the audience to participate
in order for them to function.
Image Credit David Shrigley,
Make Yourself Happy, 2012.
MCD: Your works have an uncanny
knack of being applicable to any
given format?
DS: I make cartoons of a certain sort
that people find amusing.
If I made a different type of work it
probably wouldn’t get put on
greetings cards, etc. Beyond that I’m
willing to give most things a try, so
I’ve ended up making music and
opera and adverts and whatnot.
I’ve set a precedent for doing lots of
MCD: Having worked together with
you on various projects over the
years, your methodology of ‘intuitive’
without much ‘preparation’ has
certainly been a leap of faith, has it
always worked for you and would
you recommend it?
DS: It’s hard to say how I got to the
point where I’m at. I’ve never had a
strategy. I’ve just learned what I’ve
learned from experience. But I think
there is a recipe for success as an
artist and it is thus:
2 parts self-confidence
1 part arrogance
1 part stupidity
If one can formulate these measures
within oneself then one has a better
chance of success.
MCD: If you weren’t an artist what
would you be or like to do?
DS: I’ve given various answers to
this question over the years.
The one I currently favour is dentist.
MCD: You have done a series of
sculptural works of loose teeth –
usually molars, there is even a giant
brass piece, and then the series
with multiple holes drilled in them,
is this a sensitive issue for you?
DS: Dreaming about bad stuff
happening to your teeth is a classic
sign of anxiety. So perhaps the
works I’ve made with teeth are
about anxiety. My teeth are actually
pretty healthy. But I do sometimes
suffer from anxiety.
MCD: There are going to be
anxiety-busting works in this
show, can you elaborate?
DS: I’m planning that all the works
will be helpful in this respect, but
I’m not a doctor or a therapist so I
can offer no guarantee of success. I’d
like to have a place within the show
where people can take a nap. I think
that will be helpful.
MCD: You are tackling performance
within this exhibition, how do you
envisage the outcome?
DS: I want to do something different
from what I normally do in the
exhibition space and have a bit of fun.
I would like to make something that
the audience can interact with, so
that the audience can participate in
the performance. I’m thinking along
the lines of a performance acted by
volunteers, so anyone can take part.
I’m not quite sure of the logistics just
yet, but we’ll see how it works out.
MCD: So with these new works the
viewer will become integral to the
completion of them: no viewers
actively taking part = incomplete
work?
DS: I suppose so. These will be
artworks that need you. It’s good to
be needed.
MCD: What engages you about the
potential of performance?
D: I was involved in creating an opera
last year and that was my first taste
of live performance. I think what I
like about is that it is a different way
to tell a story; most of my work
employs or suggests some kind of
narrative, so live performance seems
like a thing I need to try.
MCD: What are the top three
questions that you have been asked
– that might be useful to gaining an
insight into your psyche?
DS: Whenever anyone talks about
gaining an insight into my psyche I
get nervous. Why do they want to
look into my psyche? I’m boring. I
really don’t think my psyche is
interesting at all. If I was Charles
Manson or someone like that then I
could understand people being
interested: but I’m not. Sometimes I
feel like my artwork hasn’t come from
me but from somewhere else. It’s
like something I found. It belongs to
me, but it didn’t come from me; I’m
just the one who dug it up and
showed it to people.
David Shrigley: HOW ARE YOU
FEELING? is on show in Galleries 1, 2 &
3 between Sat 6 Oct – Sun 6 Jan. See
p.4 for more details.
08/09
Minicomic Workshop
with Jim Medway
ART
EVENTS
David Shrigley
Sat 24 Nov (age 18+)
11:00 – 17:00
£15 full / £12 concs
COURSE
Sun 25 Nov (age 14 – 17)
11:00 – 17:00
FREE , Booking required
Preview
David Shrigley: HOW ARE
YOU FEELING?
Alternative Gallery Tour
with Harry Hill
Fri 5 Oct
18:00 – 22:00
FREE, Drop in
Join us to celebrate the launch of
HOW ARE YOU FEELING? and be
among the first to see this
extraordinary new exhibition. The
evening will include a performance
of David Shrigley’s new ‘ongoing
play’ performed by local actors TBC.
A selection of complimentary vodka
cocktails will be provided courtesy
of Absolut Vodka.
David Shrigley
Artist Tour & Talk
Sat 6 Oct
16:00 – 17:00
FREE, Booking required
David Shrigley and curator Mike
Chavez-Dawson give an informative
guide to the creation of HOW ARE
YOU FEELING? Don’t miss this
opportunity to hear about the work
on display direct from the artist and
the curator of the show and pose
your own questions to them.
This tour will be BSL interpreted.
Sat 1 Dec
13:00, 15:00, 17:00
£5 full / £4 concs
Using a mix of individual and group
exercises, these fun workshops with
artist Jim Medway show you how to
create your own characters and
bring them to life. Inspired by David
Shrigley’s deceptively simplistic
illustrations, the basic elements of
visual storytelling are explored, from
composing panels to depicting
emotion, action and situation. With
an emphasis on communication,
simplicity and clarity rather than
drawing skills, individuals with very
little art confidence can produce
great results.
For more information about Jim's
work visit Jimmedway.com
Britain’s best-loved satirical TV
comic Harry Hill will host three tours
of HOW ARE YOU FEELING? The
TV Burp presenter says of David
Shrigley’s work, “I like the homemade aesthetic. He does what a lot
of jokes do, which is spring
surprises, at once funny but
profound and subversive. He’s a true
outsider who has somehow snuck
under the wire, which is how I feel
about my own shtick.”
Advance booking is essential.
Priority booking open to
Cornerhouse Members until Fri 19
October. To find out how to sign up
as a member visit
cornerhouse.org/support-us
The adult workshop on Sat 24
November can be booked online or
over the phone (0161 200 1500).
Places for the young people’s
workshop on Sun 25 November can
be booked by emailing
livewire@cornehouse.org
What Makes a
Contemporary Visual
Artist?
Starts Mon 22 Oct
18:30 – 20:30
£50 full/£35 concs, 5 weeks
This introductory level course is a
way into looking at what makes a
contemporary visual artist and the
art world they inhabit. The course
introduces a selection of
internationally renowned artists from
different perspectives including
notions of celebrity, humour, politics
and social consciousness.
The course also considers the
various influences on their work –
commercial forces, prizes, curators
and institutions, audience
engagement and the media. Artists
discussed include Jeremy Deller, Ai
Weiwei, Ryan Trecartin, Tracey Emin,
and Susan Philipsz. The course
includes a screening of Make Your
Own Damn Art, a documentary about
the artist Bob & Roberta Smith
followed by a Q&A with the artist
himself. Accessible, with plenty of
group debate, this course offers a
way into talking about contemporary
artists and the current art world.
Sarah Perks, Cornerhouse
Programme and Engagement
Director.
Beginners’ level, no prior knowledge
required.
Course screening
Mon 29 Oct, 18:30,
Make Your Own Damn Art (CTBA)
+ post-screening artist Q&A
See p.25 for details of our film
course French Outside France?
Explorations in Francophone Cinema.
THE UPPER 4 STAR AWARD WINNING
PALACE HOTEL STANDS MAJESTICALLY DIRECTLY
OPPOSITE CORNERHOUSE...
The Spectacular. Iconic Grade 2 listed
building with its distinctive clock tower
awaits your visit.
The Tempus Bar & Restaurant at The Palace Hotel
provides an elegant and welcoming place to dine and
unwind in Manchester city centre. The restaurant’s
tempting menu changes to reflect the freshest
produce of the season and chefs at Tempus strive to
offer a range of dishes to delight all tastes. Pre theatre
dinner from £12.95 for 2 courses.
The hotel has retained much of the building’s
Victorian heritage. As a Grade II listed building,
any of the original features remain in the Palace
Hotel’s décor.
With 275 spacious guestrooms which feature
classic furnishings and Executive Rooms which offer
a more contemporary style. All rooms have an ensuite bathroom, satellite TV and internet.
Image Credits Left: David Shrigley, Try Not To Dig Up The Past, 2012. Top centre: Jim
Medway, Black-White Balance.Top right: David Shrigley, It’s Ok. You Look Fine, 2012.
Bottom right: David Shrigley, Lion needs privacy, 2012.
Led by
The Palace Hotel is home to the North of England’s
largest conference and event space. The Grand
Room, a magnificent Art Deco style room that can
play host to even the most ambitious of awards
ceremonies, gala dinners, wedding receptions,
faction shows and Christmas Parties. What’s more,
an additional 18 purpose-built training and
meeting rooms with cutting edge technology fully
air conditioned and filled with natural day light.
The Palace Hotel is delighted to be supporting the
major exhibition of new and recent work by
acclaimed artist David Shrigley at the Cornerhouse.
Tel: +44 (0)161 288 1111
www.principal-hayley.com/thepalacehotel
MANCHESTER
WEEKENDER EVENTS
The Manchester
Weekender
Thu 11 – Sun 14 October
10/11
CORNERHOUSE
PROJECTS
This ongoing series of
exhibitions and projects
in our Café and Bar
features new work by
artists based in the North
West. All works exhibited
are for sale.
A city’s worth of art and
culture in one weekend
creativetourist.com/
weekender
Why not come along and
choose a special
Christmas gift for the art
lover in your life?
Sketch-O-Matic
Composite: Feedback
Fri 12 – Sun 21 Oct
Minimum £1 donation per sitter to
artist
Cornerhouse Main Foyer
Sat 13 Oct
15:00 – 19:00
FREE, Booking required
The Annexe
Following on from the huge success
of Sketch-O-Matic last year, when
40+ artists, illustrators, poets, doodlemakers and pen-smiths created
instant-ish portraits of almost 1,000
sitters, we are happy to announce
that the booth is coming back! It will
launch for Manchester Weekender on
Fri12 October for a ten day residency.
You are invited to sit inside the booth
as if for a photograph and make a
minimum donation of £1 to an artist through an anonymous slot in return for a
self-portrait. Many of last year’s favourite artists will be making a return, but
we’ll also be welcoming lots of new artists to capture your visage for posterity.
Presented alongside Top Bunk! a Cornerhouse Projects exhibition
featuring affordable limited prints (see p.11 for details)
For more details visit cornerhouse.org/sketch-o-matic
Also taking place as part of
Manchester Weekender is our
David Shrigley: Show & Tell event
on Sat 13 October – see p.9 for
details.
Composite: Feedback is a multimedia
showcase and live archiving event
curated by Liverpool’s Mercy, mixing
together spoken-word performance
with live sampling, notation, analogue
processing, and projection – all in
one self generating feedback loop. It’s
a beautiful and absurd experiment,
where the performers and array of
interfaces are thrown into a
productive conflict. The event is split
into three sections, beginning with
short talks and performances,
followed by a feedback workout,
pushing the performers into a state
of continual improvisation.
Featuring poets Steven Fowler,
Hannah Silva and Nathan Jones, and
writer/artist Mark Greenwood. With
video design by Sam Meech.
For more details visit
Cornerhouse.org/compositefeedback
This is a Cornerhouse
MicroCommission, supported by the
Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
Top Bunk!
Fri 12 Oct – Tue 13 Nov
FREE, Café & Bar
Featuring limited edition prints and
original work from: The Hammo,
John Powell-Jones, Gemma Parker,
Simon Misra, David Bailey, Tasha
Whittle, Adam Cadwell and Bryony
Jackson.
Artists aren’t formed in institutions,
the innate spark is not taught but
fanned to life beneath cataloguebought duvet sets and candlewick
throws. Sprawled across the floor or
hunched over a hand-me-down
desk, doodles become sketches,
words become poems, wild
imaginings scurry for shelter at the
back of the wardrobe…Top Bunk!
seeks to capture the spark of artistic
enthusiasm before it bends to fit the
restrictive moulds that await. No
subject is unsuited, no method
discouraged. A range of responses
include wistful juvenilia, rampaging
robots, melancholia, psychedelic
daydreams, teen-fan adulation, the
allure of adulthood and beginnings
of sexual fruition. Timed to coincide
with our second Sketch-O-Matic
residency (see p.10), the artists are
drawn from previous participants
and new recruits. Top Bunk! has
been purposely designed to offer
affordable limited prints, with all
works priced at £50 or less.
Fraser Chapman
Fri 16 Nov – Sun 6 Jan
FREE, Café & Bar
For this show Manchester-based Fraser Chapman is
presenting two bodies of work. In the Bar are a series of large
colourful disk shaped paintings that map the different rock
types found on the moon. They are accurate depictions of the
geological makeup of the lunar surface, originally visualised by
the astronomical community. Chapman has taken these maps
and adjusted the colours, playing with their graphic potential. In
the Café are a series of small mass-produced canvases of the
kind typically found in thrift stores. Fraser has ‘added’ to them
by ‘subtracting’ their content. What is left are floating
indications of the total scene, now hidden under a flat surface
of white paint. Chapman is highly active in Manchester as an
artist and supporter of creative practice, through his nomadic
shop ‘Grotto’.
For more information about
these exhibitions and for
details of how to submit
your own work for exhibit,
visit cornerhouse.org/
cornerhouseprojects
Image Credits Middle: Gemma Parker,
Layla (Top Bunk!), Right: Fraser
Chapman, Geologic Map of the South
Side of the Moon, 2010.
12/13
COMING
SOON
CREATIVE
INDUSTRIES
Rosa Barba: Subject to
Constant Change
Sat 26 Jan – Sun 24 Mar 2013
Galleries 2 & 3
FREE
Image Credit Rosa Barba Time as
Perspective, 2012.
Subject to Constant Change is a
major solo exhibition from celebrated
Italian-German artist Rosa Barba,
whose installations combine film
sculpture and performance. This
exhibition is a unique collaboration
between Cornerhouse and Turner
Contemporary. Each venue will
present a distinct part of a newly
commissioned film work
Subconscious Society, which will be
shown in different formats in each of
the two galleries. The Cornerhouse
show will also feature other recent
film-sculpture works providing a
multi-sensory, spatial experience
that reveals the many dimensions of
Barba’s work.
Also at Turner Contemporary
(Margate)
Fri 1 Feb – Mon 6 May 2013
Our Creative Industries
programme offers a range
of popular workshops,
talks, opportunities and
events for people working
in the industry or those
hoping to do so. These
events, which are
programmed in response
to audience feedback, aim
to help you develop your
skills, widen your network
and encourage innovative
thinking.
Supported by
The Henry Moore Foundation
Show & Tell
Filmed Up
Sat 17 Nov
16:00 - 18:00
FREE, Drop-in
Fri 7 Dec
18:30 - 20:30
£4.50 full / £3 concs
Get a taste of what’s happening in
the mind of some of the city’s
leftfield innovators at the latest
instalment of our popular Show &
Tell events. Bringing the visual arts
community and Manchester’s
thriving digital design sector
together in a playful and informal
setting, ten artists and designers will
make lightning-quick presentations
about a current project, experiment
or source of inspiration.
The last of our North West Filmmakers
nights for 2012, where you can
discover films produced on your
doorstep, hear what the filmmakers
have to say and network with a
bunch of lovely people. The entire
programme is selected by a panel of
Cornerhouse audience members and
you will get to vote for your favorite
on the evening.
DIGITAL SKILLS WORKSHOPS
£4 full / £3 concs per session
An Introduction to
Google Analytics
Work in the creative sector and want
to fine-tune your digital skills? We
continue our series of sessions to
help develop your engagement with
online audiences.
Tue 4 Dec
18:00 – 20:00
Facebook for Business
Mon 15 Oct
18:00 – 20:00
If you’re 14 –17 and
into film and art then
sign up for our FREE
young people’s
Membership scheme.
Benefits include:
This summer, we’ve got a range of projects
going on at Cornerhouse for young people
aged 14–19. For more information, visit
cornerhouse.org/livewire
Want to suggest a
digital skills workshop we
should programme?
Have your say at
cornerhouse.org/digiskills
– £3 cinema tickets any day,
any time
– 10% discount on books from
our Bookshop
– Invites to exhibition previews
and one off events
– Special offers and art projects
Image Credit Digital workshop,
Cornerhouse Annexe.
Want to submit a film?
Visit cornerhouse.org/filmedup for
full details.
Do you manage your organisation’s
Facebook page? Independent PR
and social media consultant Katie
Moffat will explain why understanding
the Facebook Insights tool is
important if you want to grow your
Facebook community. She’ll also
share tips on how to use the platform
more effectively.
Do your Google Analytics stats go
over your head? Dan Lukas, director
of digital insights agency Needle,
explains how you can use this
popular and free tool to make sense
of your website traffic.
14/15
BOOKS
Cornerhouse Publications
is our international
distribution service for
visual arts books and
catalogues. You can
download the current
catalogue and buy books
at www.cornerhouse.org
You can also buy an
incomparable range of
cultural magazines, film
books and postcards in
our bookshop, many of
which are not available
online.
David Shrigley
Brain Activity
David Shrigley
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
£24.99, Hayward Gallery
£12.99 (Special exhibition price
of £10) Canongate
Best-known for his wry and witty
drawings, British artist David Shrigley’s
artistic practice extends well beyond
drawing to include photography,
sculpture, neon signs, animation,
painting, printmaking, publishing
and music. Published alongside an
exhibition at the Hayward Gallery,
February – May 2012, this book
includes a new 7-inch picture disc
featuring exclusive recordings.
Available in our shop for the special
price of £19.99 during the exhibition
and online: cornerhouse.org/books
A profound, unsettling and very funny
new book from cult artist David
Shrigley published alongside our
current exhibition. This book takes
the reader on a journey around the
human brain, dealing with such
questions as ‘could my brain be
removed and replaced with a
computer?’ ‘Why can’t I remember my
wife’s name’ and ‘I can constantly
hear a faint whistling sound; is it the
sound of my brain functioning?’
Available in our shop
Also look out for exclusive
David Shrigley tote bags for
sale in our bookshop.
Event
Christmas Art Book Sale
FOOD
&
DRINK
The Reel Deal
Our Café and Bar are the
Every Mon & Tue Evening
perfect place to meet for
£14.50 full / £13.50 members
drinks with friends, hold
your meeting or have a
Mondays and Tuesdays don’t get
quick bite to eat before
any better than this!
catching a film or checking Kickstart your week and treat
yourself to a film, a homemade pizza
out our latest exhibitions.
Mon 3 Dec
11:00 – 17:00
Get a head start on Christmas
shopping at our Art Book Sale,
where you can pick up a range of
contemporary visual art titles at
special prices.
MEMBERSHIP
Cocktail Offer
Get the most out of Cornerhouse and
the Library Theatre Company by signing
up as a Member, and enjoy a range of
benefits including:
— Two free cinema tickets
— £1 off all cinema tickets
— 10% discount on food and
soft drinks in the Café
— 10% discount on books
from our Bookshop
— £5 off all course prices
— Exhibition preview
invitations
— Latest programme
information emailed to you
in advance of being made
available to the general
public
— Priority booking on special
events
— Exclusive Members
opportunities, offers and
discounts
REGULAR
EVENTS
Gift Membership makes the
perfect Christmas present
for the film fans and art lovers
in your life!
Individual Membership
starts from just £25 a year.
For more information
visit: cornerhouse.org/
membership
and a glass of wine or pint of Becks
Vier for only £14.50, or £13.50 if you
are a Cornerhouse Member.
Limited availability, early booking
recommended.
Enjoy two cocktails for only £9 on
Friday and Saturday nights from17:00.
Browse our cocktail menu at
cornerhouse.org/cocktails
Monday Night Quiz
Christmas Café Deal
Every Mon, 20:30
FREE, Ground Floor Bar
Present your ticket from any of our
Winter Wonderland films and you can
indulge yourself with some delicious
festive teats for only £3.95.
See p.28/29 for details.
Celebrate Christmas at
Cornerhouse
This Christmas why not hold your
annual festive knees up at
Cornerhouse?
Our tailor-made Christmas packages
include a lovely private function
space, full sit down meals for 50 or a
stand-up buffet for 80, a fabulous
inhouse DJ and full bar access. Do
something different this Christmas
and celebrate with us!
For costs and bookings please
contact Keziah in the Café bar on
0161 200 1508.
Test your knowledge of random
bobbins with Mark at the weekly
quiz. Every team wins a prize.
Please note there will be no quiz on
Mon 24 and Mon 31 December.
Monthly Film Quiz
in association with Fopp
Tue 9 Oct, Tue 6 Nov, Tue 4 Dec
20:00
£14 per team of four, the Annexe
So you think you’re a movie buff?
Join us for our latest monthly film
quiz and test your movie knowledge
to the limit. Top scorers can win a
host of fantastic prizes from DVDs,
books, CDs and film memorabilia
and more!
Limited availability, early booking
recommended.
VENUE
HIRE
Cornerhouse has a number of
spaces available for hire providing
an ideal location for meetings, social
events and private screenings in the
heart of Manchester. Our spaces
include three cinemas; the Annexe
event space, a fully accessible
space with its own private balcony
area ideal for meetings,
presentations or social events; plus
a smaller room suitable for meetings
or more intimate presentations.
For more details visit
www.cornerhouse.org/venuehire
For costs and availability contact
Pat Raikes at
pat.raikes@cornerhouse.org
or 0161 200 1511.
Tie the knot at Cornerhouse
If you fancy tieing the knot at
Cornerhouse we are now able to
offer wedding and civil partnership
ceremonies in our cinemas and
galleries as well as our Annexe
function space. In addition to the
ceremony we can offer a complete
reception package.
For details please contact Keziah in
the Café Bar on 0161 200 1508.
For details of our New
Year's celebrations
and other events visit
cornerhouse.org/
cafebar-events
16/17
OCT
Wed 3 Oct
Fri 5 Oct
Sat 6 Oct
Tue 9 Oct
Wed 10 Oct
Thu 11 Oct
AT A
GLANCE
ART HIGHLIGHTS
AT A GLANCE
David Shrigley
Sat 6 Oct - Sun 6 Jan
Galleries 1, 2 & 3
Manchester Weekender
Thu 11 Oct – Sun 14 Oct
FILM HIGHLIGHTS
AT A GLANCE
Fri 12 Oct
OCTOBER—
DECEMBER
Here’s your overview of what’s on at
Cornerhouse in October, November and
December. For more information, updates and
additions please visit www.cornerhouse.org
To book tickets for events and screenings ring
Box Office on 0161 200 1500 or book online at
www.cornerhouse.org (no booking fee).
October
Beasts of the
Southern Wild
From Fri 19 Oct
Sat 13 Oct
Sun 14 Oct
Mon 15 Oct
Wed 17 Oct
Thu 18 Oct
Fri 19 Oct
Sun 21 Oct
Mon 22 Oct
Wed 24 Oct
Sat 27 Oct
Mon 29 Oct
Wed 31 Oct
15:00
11:45
18:00
13:15
18:30
15:30
18:15
18:30
18:30
23:00
18:30
18:20
l Matinee Classic/ The Apartment + post-screening discussion
l Preview/ David Shrigley: HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
l David Shrigley: Artist Tour & Talk
l Essential Introduction to Film Studies course starts
l French outside France? Explorations in Francophone Cinema course starts
l NT Live/ The Last of the Haussmans
l The Manchester Weekender begins
l First Day of Sketch-O-Matic (continues until Sun 24 Oct)
l Cornerhouse Projects/ First day of Top Bunk!
l On the Road opens
l Composite: Feedback
l Matinee Classic/ Death Watch
l Facebook for Business
l Matinee Classic/ Death Watch + post-screening discussion
l The French Connection?/ It’s Not Me I Swear
l Beasts of the Southern Wild and Ginger and Rosa open
l The French Connection?/ Preview of Laurence Anyways
l Chinese Film Forum/ One Tree, Three Lives + post-screening Q&A
l What Makes a Contemporary Visual Artist? course starts
l The French Connection?/ Black Shack Alley
l Halloween Special/ Braindead
ll Course screening/ Make Your Own Damn Art + post-screening artist Q&A
l BAFTA Preview plus Q&A/ Sightseers
NOV
Thu 1 Nov
Wed 7 Nov
Sun 11 Nov
Mon 12 Nov
Tue 13 Nov
Wed 14 Nov
Thu 15 Nov
Fri 16 Nov
Sat 17 Nov
Sun 18 Nov
Tue 20 Nov
Sat 24 Nov
Sun 25 Nov
Tue 27 Nov
Wed 28 Nov
Thu 29 Nov
Fri 30 Nov
November
Sightseers
From Fri 30 Nov
18:45
18:30
12:00
18:20
20:30
13:30
20:20
20:40
16:00
16:00
18:20
11:00
11:00
12:00
16:00
18:30
13:30
20:30
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NT Live/ Timon of Athens
The French Connection?/ War Witch
Matinee Classic/ Red Desert
The French Connection?/ La Pirogue
UK Jewish Film Festival/ The Day I Saw Your Heart
Matinee Classic/ Red Desert + post-screening discussion
UK Jewish Film Festival/ The Price of Kings: Shimon Peres
The French Connection?/ Preview of Our Children
Cornerhouse Projects/ First day of Fraser Chapman
Show & Tell
UK Jewish Film Festival/ David + post-screening discussion
New British Cinema Quarterly 4/ British Shorts Programme
Minicomic Workshop with Jim Medway (18+)
Minicomic Workshop with Jim Medway ( for 14 -17 year olds)
Matinee Classic/ Rear Window
French Film Festival UK 2012/ My Worst Nightmare
French Film Festival UK 2012/ Declaration of War
Matinee Classic/ Rear Window + post-screening Q&A
French Film Festival UK 2012/ A Better Life
Sightseers Opens
DEC
Sat 1 Dec
December
Whatever Happened
to Baby Jane?
Winter Wonderland
Screenings
From Sat 8 Dec
13:30
18:00
16:00
18:30
18:30
18:45
For latest dates
and times or to
book tickets visit
cornerhouse.org
or call
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Film
Creative Industries
Regular Events
Books
Mon 3 Dec
Tue 4 Dec
Fri 7 Dec
Sat 8 Dec
Sun 9 Dec
Wed 12 Dec
Thu 13 Dec
Sun 16 Dec
Tue 18 Dec
Wed 19 Dec
Fri 21 Dec
Sat 22 Dec
Sun 23 Dec
13:00
15:00
17:00
11:00
18:00
18:30
18:00
12:00
13:30
20:30
15:40
18:20
17:45
18:10
15:30
l HOW ARE YOU FEELING?: Alternative Gallery Tour with Harry Hill
l HOW ARE YOU FEELING?: Alternative Gallery Tour with Harry Hill
l HOW ARE YOU FEELING?: Alternative Gallery Tour with Harry Hill
l Christmas Art Book Sale
l An Introduction to Google Analytics
ll Filmed Up
l Winter Wonderland screening/ Gremlins
l Winter Wonderland screening/An Affair to Remember
l Winter Wonderland screening/An Affair to Remember
l Winter Wonderland screening/ Gremlins
l Winter Wonderland screening/ Elf
l Winter Wonderland screening/ Elf
l Winter Wonderland screening/ It’s a Wonderful Life (showing daily until Sun 23 Dec)
l Winter Wonderland Screening/ Miracle on 34th Street
l Winter Wonderland Screening/ Edward Scissorhands
l Winter Wonderland Screening/ Miracle on 34th Street
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CONTINUING
NEW
RELEASES
FILM
Holy Motors (18)
SIGHTSEERS
From Fri 30 Nov / CTBA / GB 2012 / 88 mins
Killing them Softly (18)
BAFTA Preview plus Q&A
Wed 31 Oct
18:20
£7.50 full / £5.50 concs
DIR. BEN WHEATLEY
ALICE LOWE
STEVE ORAM
JONATHAN ARIS
RICHARD GLOVER
MONICA DOLAN
Sightseers is an endlessly enjoyable film for viewers with a
wicked sense of humour, and this pitch black comedy
cements Ben Wheatley’s growing reputation as a talent to
watch. Chris and Tina are a loved-up couple setting off on
their first holiday together. Tina is desperate to escape her
sheltered life with her meddling mother, and Chris can’t
wait to share the delights of a caravanning holiday. But it
doesn’t take long for the eccentric couple’s romantic
bubble to burst, and litterbugs and irritating caravan
neighbours meet a sticky end when the trip turns nasty.
We are pleased to welcome
Sightseers star and co-writer Steve
Oram, for this special advance
preview of the film followed by a
post-screening Q&A. A hit at the
2012 Cannes Film Festival, this film
is must-see for British film fans and
showcases the talents of two Brit
comedy scene regulars.
With thanks to StudioCanal
This event forms part of BAFTA’s
UK-wide learning and events
programme. Be the first to hear
about our events and initiatives –
sign up to our mailing list at
bafta.org/guru, follow @BAFTA on
Twitter and find BAFTA on Facebook.
Café Offer
Receive10% off all food in our Café
bar on the evening when you present
your ticket for this event.
The new release films
listed in this guide are the
highlights of our film
programme coming up
over the next three months.
Where we know we are
showing a film on date (i.e.
as soon as they are
released nationally) we
have included dates.
These films will be
screening for at least one
week, or longer if they
prove popular. All other
films are listed by month of
their release, but without
dates. Dates and times for
these film will be confirmed
on our website and in
our e-newsletters nearer
the time.
We’ll also be adding more
films to the programme
during the quarter, so check
the website, or sign up to
our free weekly
e-newsletters for the latest
programme information.
You can also phone Box
Office on 01612001500 for
film listing information.
Film times are published in
a weekly calendar on
Tuesdays at14:00 which
you can pick up from our
building or download from
our website.
From Fri 21 Sep
Dir Andrew Dominik/US 2012/
97 mins
Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, James
Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins
Adapted from the novel by George V.
Higgins, Andrew Dominik’s follow up
to The Assassination of Jesse James
By the Coward Robert Ford is a
stylish crime drama with a dark
sense of humour. Set in a hyperbrutal New Orleans, the film follows
a professional enforcer who
investigates a heist that occurs
during a high stakes, mob protected,
poker game. He rapidly uncovers
multiple double crossings and dirty
dealings and sets to work clearing
up the mess.
From Fri 28 Sep
Dir Leos Carax/FR 2012/116
mins/English, French with partial
Eng ST
Denis Lavant, Edith Scob,
Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue
Leos Carax’s eccentric and
kaleidoscopic Holy Motors was the
talk of this year’s Cannes Film
Festival where it was in competition
for the Palme d’or. This fascinating
feature sees Carax’s long-time
collaborator Denis Lavant as a
shadowy character who segues
between different parallel lives: at
one point he’s an assassin, then a
beggar, a businessman and a family
man. Carax creates a bizarre
cinematic world that bewitches and
enthrals the viewer.
RELEASED IN OCTOBER
On The Road (CTBA)
From Fri 12 Oct
Dir Walter Salles/FR GB US
2012/137 mins
Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund,
Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst,
Tom Sturridge, Viggo Mortensen
Untouchable (15)
(Intouchables)
From Fri 28 Sep
Dirs Olivier Nakache, Eric
Toledano/FR 2011/112
mins/French wEngST
François Cluzet, Omar Sy
Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano’s
comedy-drama Untouchable took
the French box office by storm when
it was released in November 2011.
Paralysed from the neck down
following a paragliding accident,
millionaire Philippe lives a quiet life in
a stylish Parisian apartment. When he
hires Driss, a forthright ex-con as his
carer, their unlikely friendship and
growing bond give Philippe a new
lease of life. Omar Sy was awarded the
Best Actor César for his performance
as Driss, beating The Artist’s Jean
Dujardin to the coveted prize.
A much-anticipated adaptation of
Jack Kerouac’s iconic beat novel
from The Motorcycle Diaries director
Walter Salles. Following a bout of
illness and not long after the death
of his father, aspiring young writer
Sal Paradise meets the charming yet
unreliable Dean Moriarty. The pair
immediately form a strong and
enduring friendship, which takes
them and Dean’s liberated young
wife Marylou out on the road – in
pursuit of freedom, inspiration and
new experiences.
20/21
Beasts of the Southern
Wild (12A)
From Fri 19 Oct
Dir Benh Zeitlin/US 2011/93 mins
Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry
This captivating American indie
follows six-year-old Hushpuppy who
lives with her irritable and sickly
father, Wink, in the isolated Bayou
community they call the ‘Bathtub’.
Cut off from the wider world by a
sprawling levee, Hushpuppy is a
spirited and imaginative child who
lives an independent and
impoverished life with only loose ties
to her often-absent father. When a
giant storm reminiscent of Hurricane
Katrina threatens to destroy their
already precarious homes, and raise
ancient creatures from their slumber,
Hushpuppy, Wink and their ragtag
group of eccentric friends fight to
save their way of life.
From Fri 19 Oct
Dir Sally Potter/GB 2012/89 mins
Timothy Spall, Christina Hendricks,
Elle Fanning, Annette Bening
In 1960s London, best friends Ginger
and Rosa are inseparable; they play
truant from school together, discuss
religion, politics and hairstyles, and
dream of lives bigger than their
mothers’ frustrated domesticity.
Sally Potter’s coming-of-age tale
explores how the girls’ fantasies are
threatened both by apocalyptic
nightmares of nuclear war and
scandalous events much closer to
home. Ginger and Rosa boasts
excellent performances from the
young leads, and is an intimate and
riveting portrayal of adolescent
relationships.
Dir Xavier Dolan/CA FR 2012/
159 mins/French wEng ST
Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément,
Nathalie Baye, Monia Chokri
Rust and Bone (CTBA)
Dir Jacques Audiard/FR BE
2011/123 mins/French wEng ST
Marion Cotillard, Matthias
Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure
Barbara (CTBA)
Dir Christian Petzold/DE
2012/105 mins/German wEng ST
Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld,
Rainer Bock, Christiana Hecke
Petzold’s latest feature is an intense
Cold War drama that deftly negotiates
the personal and the political. It is
the summer of 1980 and young
doctor Barbara (the excellent Nina
Hoss) has requested an exit visit
from the GDR. Punished by the
authorities for her desire to leave for
the West, Barbara is sent to work out
in the sticks, far from the capital. It is
in this rural hospital that Barbara
meets Andre, her puzzling new
boss, and Stella, the young runaway
whom she is desperate to protect.
Audiard’s Rust and Bone is a tale of
two very different people coming to
terms with dramatic life changes. Ali
has always been a distant father, but
when he must take care of his fiveyear-old son alone for the first time,
he struggles with the responsibility.
Homeless, penniless and friendless
he moves from northern France to
Antibes to take refuge with his sister.
There Ali encounters Stephanie, a
beautiful and talented animal trainer
who dismisses his advances. But
when Stephanie is the victim of a
terrible accident, Ali and Stephanie
are reunited and his no-nonsense
approach is life-changing.
Elena (CTBA)
Ginger and Rosa (CTBA)
Laurence Anyways (CTBA)
RELEASED IN NOVEMBER
Dir Andrei Zvyagintsev/RU
2011/109 mins/Russian wEng ST
Andrey Smirnov, Nadezhda Markina,
Elena Lyadova, Slexey Rozin
Andrei Zvyagintsev’s follow up to
The Banishment is a taut dramatic
thriller anchored by an excellent
central performance from Nadezhda
Markina, as the docile housewife
Elena. Elena’s husband Vladimir is a
weathy, emotionally distant man
whom she married late in life, and
both have a child from previous
relationships. Vladimir has only a
distant relationship with his daughter
whilst, in contrast, Elena desperately
tries to save her alcoholic son and
his family from poverty. When
Vladimir suddenly falls ill, Elena is
anxious not to lose her inheritance
and must hatch a drastic plan.
The Master (CTBA)
Dir Paul Thomas Anderson/US
2012/137 minutes
Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour
Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern
The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson’s
first film since the stunning There
Will Be Blood, boasts virtuoso
performances from leads Joaquin
Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Freddie Sutton (Phoenix) is a troubled
navy veteran, drifting through his
turbulent life in post-WWII America.
Lancaster Dodd (Seymour Hoffman)
is a volatile and charismatic
intellectual who founds his own
influential religious cult. When the two
men meet, they forge an intense, if
unequal, bond. The Master is a
striking and powerful film which
promises to be one of the most
talked about films of the autumn.
Love (CTBA)
(Amour)
The Hunt (CTBA)
(Jagten)
Dir Michael Haneke/FR DE AT
2012/127 mins/French wEng ST
Jean-Louis Trintignant,
Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert,
Alexandre Tharaud, William Shimell
Dir Thomas Vinterberg/DK
2012/106 mins/Danish wEng ST
Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen,
Susse Wold, Annika Wedderkopp,
Lasse Fogelstrom
Michael Haneke’s stunning 2012
Cannes Film Festival Palme d’or
winner is a powerful and deeply
moving film, which details the tender
and loving relationship between two
elderly musicians. Anne and
George’s happy marriage is tested
when Anne suffers a series of
devastating strokes and George
insists on caring for her at home, a
decision their daughter (played by
the wonderful Isabelle Huppert) fails
to understand. But the couple
continue with their life, creating an
increasingly private world, and their
long-standing devotion to each
other is unshakeable. Haneke’s film
is a masterwork which boasts a
heartrending portrayal of Anne’s
physical and mental decline from
Emmanuelle Riva.
Primary school teacher Lucas is
trying to rebuild his life following a
bitter divorce. When one of his
young pupils makes accusations of
abuse, the adults in the closely-knit
rural community rapidly and
mercilessly turn on Lucas, and he
makes dangerous enemies of some
of his oldest and closest friends. The
Hunt is a tense drama with an
impressive central performance
from Mads Mikkelsen and has been
widely hailed as a return to form for
director and Dogme 95 co-founder
Thomas Vinterberg.
RELEASED IN DECEMBER
New Print
Whatever Happened to
Baby Jane? (CTBA)
Dir Robert Aldrich/US 1962/
132 mins
Bette Davis, Joan Crawford,
Victor Buono, Wesley Addy
Prepare to air your inner bitch with
this legendary Hollywood onscreen
partnership. Whatever Happened to
Baby Jane? pits Bette Davis’s fading
1920s child star – the eponymous
Baby – against Joan Crawford’s
equally fading 1930s matinee star,
Blanche Hudson. With Blanche
confined to a wheelchair following a
mysterious accident, she’s at the
mercy of Baby Jane, and onscreen
nastiness reaches unequalled
heights in this vicious, campy classic.
Please note that
distributors can
change the date of
releases at short
notice so occasionally
printed film screening
dates will become
inaccurate.
Unfortunately this is
out of our control.
Laurence Anyways, the third film
from multi-award winning 23-yearold Quebecois film prodigy Xavier
Dolan (I Killed My Mother,
Heartbeats), is an epic love story
spanning a decade of life changing
decisions. Laurence and his
girlfriend Fred share an intimate and
idyllic relationship until one day in
the1990s Laurence breaks the news
to Fred that he wants to become a
woman. The couple cling on to their
love and together confront the
prejudices of theirfriends and family
and desperately try to ignore
society’s pressures to conform.
Winter Wonderland
screenings
We’ve programmed a host of
festive films for you to enjoy in
the run up to Christmas. Our
Winter Wonderland programme
features a selection of golden
oldies and more recent festive
favourites for all the family to
enjoy – including the ever
popular It’s a Wonderful Life.
See p. 28 –29 for details.
Play it Again
Look out over the Christmas and
New Year holidays for some recent
favourites from our film programme,
returning to our screens for those of
you who missed them first time
around (or loved them so much you
want to see them again!). To
nominate a film or for more details
visit cornerhouse.org/play-it-again
22/23
HALLOWEEN
SPECIAL
FILM
EVENTS
NEW BRITISH CINEMA QUARTERLY
British Shorts Programme
Tue 20 Nov
18:20
CHINESE FILM FORUM
One Tree, Three Lives (CTBA)
Mon 22 Oct
18:15
Dir Angie Chen/HK 2012/90
mins/Mandarin wEng ST
One Tree Three Lives is an intimate
documentary focusing on the
Chinese American novelist Hualing
Nieh Engle. Hualing Nieh Engle is a
Nobel Peace prize nominee and
author of 23 books of fiction and
non-fiction, who has been a major
influence on generations of writers in
the Chinese Diaspora, and beyond.
At times sad, at times funny, this
inspirational film reveals a woman of
unusual charisma, integrity and
determination, and a person in
continual exile.
Event
We are pleased to welcome director
Angie Chen for a post-screening
Q&A.
Supported by the Confucius
Institute and in association with the
Chinese Film Forum UK.
Braindead (18)
Sat 27 Oct
23:00
Dir Peter Jackson/NZ 1992/
103 mins
Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver,
Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin,
Brenda Kendall
Optic, Manchester’s up-andcoming cult film night, are pleased
to present this special late night
screening of 1990s classic
Braindead, in all its original 35mm
glory. Before his epic Lord of the
Rings trilogy, director Peter
Jackson capped off his early
career with Braindead (also known
as Dead Alive). All is quiet and
peaceful in 1950s New Zealand, as
young Timothy leads a simple and
idyllic life domineered by his
overbearing mum. However, things
soon get complicated when he
falls for the local shopkeeper’s
daughter. Throw in a rabid
Sumatran rat-monkey, hordes of
zombies, a kung fu priest, the line
“Your mother ate my dog” and
some really nasty custard, and you
have this fantastically gory, silly
and funny masterpiece.
To help get the Halloween party
started, and to celebrate this oneoff late nighter, there will be a
licensed bar in Cinema 1 plus some
pre-screening surprises.
In partnership with Optic Film
Screenings
This November, NBCQ presents a
stunning selection of independent
short films showcasing the best of
up-and-coming British screen
talent. The selection includes films
from emerging and award-winning
directing talent including Douglas
Hart, Warp Films (Matthew Holness),
Will Jewell and Chris Foggin. You
may not be 100% familiar with the
talent behind the camera, but you’ll
definitely recognise some of the
cream of British acting talent in front
of it; among the stars featured are
Dame Judi Dench (trying her hand at
online dating!), Peter Mullan, Tom
NT LIVE
National Theatre Live
brings the best of British
Theatre to Cinema 1,
live in hi-definition.
£15 full / £13.50
Cornerhouse Members
For further
information and
to book online
visit
cornerhouse.org/
ntlive
Hiddleston and Luke Treadaway.
These are the award-winning British
shorts making a splash at festivals
and showing that innovative short
film production is alive and kicking in
Britain today.
Event
Timon of Athens
The Magistrate
Thu 1 Nov
18:45
Thu 17 Jan
18:45
Simon Russell Beale takes the title
role in Shakespeare’s strange fable
of consumption, debt and ruin,
written in collaboration with Thomas
Middleton. Wealthy friend to the rich
and powerful, patron of the arts,
ostentatious host, Timon of Athens
is surrounded by free-loaders and
sycophants. He vastly outspends
his resources but, finding his coffers
empty, reassures his loyal steward
that all will be well. When he calls
upon his associates, instead of
offering help, they hang him out to
dry. After a final, vengeful banquet,
Timon withdraws to a literal and
emotional wasteland, living off roots
and pouring curses on a morally
bankrupt Athens.
Academy Award nominee and Tony
Award-winner John Lithgow (Dirty
Rotten Scoundrels, Shrek, 3rd Rock
from the Sun) takes the title role in
Arthur Wing Pinero’s uproarious
Victorian farce, The Magistrate,
directed by Oscar winner Timothy
Sheader (Crazy for You and Into the
Woods, Regent’s Park Open Air
Theatre, London). When amiable
magistrate Posket (John Lithgow)
marries Agatha (Oscar winner Nancy
Carroll, After the Dance), little does
he realise she’s dropped five years
from her age – and her son’s. When
her deception looks set to be revealed,
it sparks a series of hilarious
indignities and outrageous mishaps.
Followed by a post-screening Q&A
with one of the selected filmmakers.
Full programme to be announced,
for full details of the programme visit
cornerhouse.org/nbcq
Café Offer
Receive10% off all food in our Café
bar on the evening when you
present your ticket for this screening.
Plus look out for a special
Halloween cocktail offer.
Image credits Top: Long Distance
Information (Dir. Douglas Hart). Bottom:
Simon Russell Beale in Timon of Athens.
All performances are certified ‘As
Live’. Cornerhouse recommends
certificate 12A
24/25
THE FRENCH
CONNECTION?
It’s Not Me I Swear! (CTBA)
(C’est pas moi, je le jure!)
Black Shack Alley (PG)
(Rue Cases Nègres)
Thu 18 Oct
18:30
Dir Philippe Falardeau/CA
2008/110 mins/French wEng ST
Antoine L’Écuyer, Suzanne
Clément, Daniel Brière
Wed 24 Oct
18:30
Dir Euzhan Palcy/FR Martinique
1983/106 mins/French wEng ST
Garry Cadenat, Darling Légitimus,
Douta Seck, Joby Bernabé
Working with the Alliance
française de Manchester
and The University of
Manchester, Cornerhouse
presents a diverse
selection of recent and
classic films from
Francophone countries,
showcasing the best
filmmaking from countries
including Canada,
Senegal and Belgium.
For further information
about films, as well as
events taking place at
both Cornerhouse and the
Alliance française de
Manchester, visit
cornerhouse.org/frenchconnection
With off-beat and at times absurd
humour, Monsieur Lazhar director
Philippe Falardeau presents this quirky
coming-of-age tale. Ten-year-old Leo
has lots of problems and an overly
fertile imagination. In the summer of
1968, Leon’s mother decides to
abandon everything and everyone
behind in Quebec to start a new life
in Greece, leaving Leon prepared to
do anything to kill the pain. His preteenage rebellion sees him trash the
neighbours’ house and take his first
steps towards falling in love.
The Martinique-born director,
Euzhan Palcy, was just 25 years old
when she directed this influential
adaptation of Joseph Zobel’s, Black
Shack Alley. Set in Martinique in
1930, Black Shack Alley (also known
as Sugar Cane Alley) tells the story
of a grandmother’s battle for her
orphaned, eleven-year-old grandson
José to receive a good education
and escape a life toiling in the fields.
When Jose wins a scholarship, she
is ready to sacrifice everything for
his chance at a new life.
Event
Supported by the Alliance française
de Manchester and the School of
Arts, Languages and Cultures at
University of Manchester.
Image credits This page: Middle: It’s Not
Me I Swear!. Right: War Witch. Opposite
Page: Sister.
Mon 12 Nov
18:20
Dir Moussa Tourré/ FR SN DE
2012/87 mins/French wEng ST
Souleymane Seye Ndiaye, Laïty
Fall, Malamine Dramé, Balla Diarra,
Salif Jean Diallo
Baye Laye is the captain of a
pirogue, a fishing boat. Like many of
his Senegalese compatriots, he
dreams of moving away and earning
a better living for his family. When he
is offered to lead one of the many
pirogues that head towards Europe
via the Canary Islands, he reluctantly
accepts the job, knowing full-well
the dangers that lie ahead. Leading
a group of 30 men who don’t all
speak the same language, some of
whom have never seen the sea,
Baye Laye will confront numerous
perils in order to reach the distant
coasts of Europe.
This screening will be introduced by
Roy Stafford, Freelance Film
Educator.
Preview
Our Children (CTBA)
(À perdre la raison)
Thu 15 Nov
20:40
Dir Joachim Lafosse/BE LU FR CH
2012/112 mins/French wEng ST
Niels Arestrup, Tahar Rahim, Emilie
Dequenne, Baya Belal, Stephane
Bissot
Inspired by a real life case in
Belgium, Our Children tells the
haunting tale of a mother whose
desperate struggles with post-natal
depression have tragic
consequences. Emilie Dequenne
(Rosetta) gives a deeply moving
performance as Murielle, whose life
as a wife and mother to four young
children quickly turns sour and she
yearns for a new life in Morocco with
her husband’s family away from the
claustrophobic influence of her
husband’s surrogate godfather.
Sister (CTBA)
(L’Enfant d’en haut)
Dir Ursula Meier/CH FR 2012/97
mins/English, French with partial
Eng ST
Lea Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein,
Martin Compston, Gillian Anderson
Set in and around an affluent ski
resort, Sister is a portrait of an olderthan-his-years twelve year old who
spends his days stealing ski
equipment to support himself and
his older sister.
Drawing comparisons to the
Dardennes brothers, Ursula Meier’s
slice of European realism shows the
flipside to the high-class Swiss
resorts as Simon and his sister Léa
struggle to cope with life in the
town’s tower block developments.
Our Children will also screen at
Cornerhouse in 2013 during its UK
release.
Screening in association with French
Film Festival UK and with thanks to
Peccadillo Pictures.
Preview
Laurence Anyways (CTBA)
Sun 21 Oct
15:30
Dir Xavier Dolan/CA FR 2012/159
mins/French wEng ST
Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément,
Nathalie Baye, Monia Chokri
Look out for
special French
selections on our
Café menu during
the season.
La Pirogue (CTBA)
Laurence Anyways, the third film from
multi-award winning 23-year-old
Quebecois film prodigy Xavier Dolan
(I Killed My Mother, Heartbeats), is an
epic love story spanning a decade of
life changing decisions. Laurence
and his girlfriend Fred share an
intimate and idyllic relationship until
one day in the1990s Laurence breaks
the news to Fred that he wants to
become a woman. The couple cling
on to their love and together confront
the prejudices of their friends and
family and desperately try to ignore
society’s pressures to conform.
Laurence Anyways will also screen at
Cornerhouse in December.
Preview courtesy of Network Releasing
French outside France?
Explorations in
Francophone Cinema
War Witch (CTBA)
(Rebelle)
Wed 7 Nov
18:30
Dir Kim Nguyen/CA 2012/90
mins/French, Lingala wEng ST
Rachel Mwanza, Serge Kanyinda,
Alain Bastien Ralph Prosper,
Mizinga Mwinga
War Witch is a tale of civil war,
resilience and love set in a small
village in sub-Saharan Africa. After
her village is burned down by rebels
and her parents are killed, twelveyear-old Komona is forced into the
jungle as a child soldier. The rebel
soldiers see her survival of the
massacre as a sign of magical
powers, which they intend to use for
their own protection. Komona
quickly befriends an older albino
soldier, Magician, and together they
make a break for freedom. Told from
Komona’s perspective, War Witch
uses realism and dream sequences
to portray the horrors of civil war and
Komona’s hopes for a better life.
COURSE
Starts Wed 10 Oct
18:30 – 20:30
£70 full / £50 concs, 8 weeks
The French colonial empire once
covered large parts of Asia, Africa,
North America and the Caribbean.
Wherever those early colonialists
went they planted Francophone
culture and nurtured it lovingly.
Today most of that empire has gone
but Francophone culture remains in
place, often vigorously supported by
cultural agencies in France. Our
evening course will explore
Francophone cinema from around
the world focusing specifically on
filmic portrayals of growing up in an
environment which is ‘local’ and
‘global’ with a French connection.
The course will draw on and expand
engagement with the wider French
Connection? season.
Led by
Roy Stafford, Freelance Film Educator
with Dr. Isabelle Vanderschelden,
Senior Lecturer in French at
Manchester Metropolitan University
and Dr. Joseph McGonagle,
Lecturer in Cultural Studies in the
French-speaking World at The
University of Manchester.
Beginners’ level, no prior knowledge
required.
Course Screening
Wed 24 Oct, 18:30,
Black Shack Alley (PG)
Course Screening
Wed 7 Nov,18:30, War Witch (CTBA)
See opposite page for film details.
We are also running an Essential
Introduction to Film Studies Course
– visit cornerhouse.org/courses for
more details.
26/27
UK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL UK 2012
Going national for the first time, the 16th UK Jewish Film Festival will screen at five
cities around the UK throughout November. The festival’s wide-reaching programme in
Manchester includes documentary, quirky French comedy and award-winning drama.
“The UK Jewish Film Festival remains one of the highlights of the screen calendar”
Empire
A selection of highlights from the annual French Film Festival UK which celebrates
its 20th edition this winter. The festival's Manchester programme presents some of
the best recent contemporary French cinema, including tense family drama, culture
clash comedy and a timely look at love in a harsh economic climate.
For more information visit www.frenchfilmfestival.org.uk
“There’s always a mix of the serious and the hilarious.” The Guardian
For more information visit www.ukjewishfilm.org
The Day I Saw Your Heart
(CTBA)
(Et soudain tout le monde
me manque)
Tue 13 Nov
20:30
Dir Jennifer Devoldère/FR
2011/98 mins/French wEng ST
Mélanie Laurent, Michel Blanc,
Florence Loiret Caille,
Claude Perron, Guillaume Gouix
Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds)
stars as a 20-something struggling
with commitment issues and her
thorny father-daughter relationship.
After a trail of boyfriends, Justine
thinks she has found her soulmate but
her temporary happiness is thrown
when her neurotic Jewish father
suffers a delayed midlife crisis. This
touching comedy-melodrama
follows Justine as she attempts to
deal with the looming pregnancy of
her father’s second wife and the
torturous route to reconciliation.
Featuring engaging performances
all round led by the assured talent of
writer/director Jennifer Devoldère.
The Price of Kings:
Shimon Peres (CTBA)
Wed 14 Nov
20:20
Dir Richard Symons, Joanna
Natasegara/GB 2012/77 mins
Shimon Peres: the last of the
founders of Israel, architect of their
nuclear programme, Nobel Peace
Prize winner, twice Prime Minister
and current President in a career
spanning seven decades at the heart
of the Middle East conflict. Narrated
by Helena Bonham Carter, this
personal, melancholic and
powerfully political documentary
reveals the human sacrifices
required and the realities behind
being a world leader. With
unprecedented access to Peres and
his inner circle – including his
granddaughter and former
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ahmed
Qurei – Shimon Peres discloses the
challenges of establishing peace
and building a nation whilst battling
to maintain family life under the
constant threat of assassination.
David (CTBA)
Sun 18 Nov
16:00
Dir Joel Fendelman, Patrick
Daly/US 2011/80 mins
Maz Jobrani, Muatasem Mishal,
Binyomin Shtaynberger,
Dina Shihabi, Gamze Ceylan
Eleven-year-old Daud, the son of a
religious Imam in Brooklyn, is
inadvertently mistaken for a Jewish
boy. After befriending a group of
Jewish boys his age, he becomes
conflicted and the longer he plays
out his double life, the more he risks
driving a wedge in his family. This
award-winning film explores
boundaries of faith and trust in New
York’s multi-cultural backdrop and
draws upon the feelings of isolation
and difference Daud feels – even from
his peers in the Muslim community.
In partnership with Three Faiths
Forum
Event
Followed by a free post-screening
discussion.
My Worst Nightmare (CTBA)
(Mon pire cauchemar)
Declaration of War (CTBA)
(La guerre est declare)
A Better Life (CTBA)
(Une vie meilleure)
Sun 25 Nov
16:00
Dir Anne Fontaine/FR 2011/99
mins/French wEngST
Isabelle Huppert, Benoit
Poelvoorde, Andre Dussollier,
Virginie Efira, Corentin Devroey,
Donatien Suner, Aurelien Recoing
Tue 27 Nov
18:30
Dir Valérie Donzelli/FR 2011/100
mins/French wEngST
Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm,
César Desseix, Gabriel Elkaïm,
Michèle Moretti, Béatrice de Staël
Thu 29 Nov
20:30
Dir Cédric Kahn/FR 2011/111
mins/French wEngST
Leïla Bekhti, Guillaume Canet,
Slimane Khettabi
When a lusty and vulgar Belgian
workman barges into the ultra-orderly
life of a control freak, the gulf between
the upper and lower classes gets a
spirited workout from director Anne
Fontaine (Coco Before Chanel).
Agathe runs a contemporary art
gallery where she barks terse
commands at nervous minions while
contemplating minimalist
monochrome works. Into her sterile
domain stumbles Patrick, an uncouth,
irresponsible drunk whose smart
teenage son, Tony befriends Agathe’s
kid, Adrien. To Agathe’s dismay,
Adrien’s father lets Patrick into their
lives to work on a construction
project in their swanky apartment.
Event
We are pleased to welcome director
Richard Symons for post-screening
Q&A.
Supported by the Alliance française
de Manchester
Based on real-life events experienced
by filmmaker Valérie Donzelli and
co-star/writer Jérémie Elkaïm,
Declaration of War tells of a young
Parisian couple suddenly dragged
from their carefree existence by an
unexpected twist of fate. Their 18month-old toddler Adam is
undergoing a series of tests and
treatments and is receiving
increasingly frightening diagnoses.
The film is told from the point of view
of Adam’s young parents as they
enlist a compassionate army of
parents, in-laws and friends to storm
the opaque world of the medical
establishment. Both a critical and
box office hit in France as well as
internationally, Declaration of War
was selected as France’s entry for
the 2012 Oscars.
Revered director Cédric Kahn has
created a heartfelt drama about love
and ambition during a time of
recession. Guillaume Canet, a noted
actor (Last Night) as well as director
(Little White Lies, Tell No One) plays
Yann, a trained chef who can’t find
work in any Paris restaurants due to
his lack of experience. He meets
Nadia and together with her young
son they ambitiously plan to open a
restaurant in a derelict building by a
lakeside. The film is remarkable in
the way it speaks about how love
and dedication can persevere
against the odds in any era.
28/29
We’ve programmed a selection of classic and recent
festive favourites for all the family to enjoy this December,
including the timeless and much beloved It’s a Wonderful
Life – it wouldn’t be a Cornerhouse Christmas without it!
WINTER
WONDERLAND
Gremlins (15)
Elf (PG)
Sat 8 Dec 18:00
Thu 13 Dec 20:30
Dir Joe Dante/US 1984/102 mins
Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt
Axton, Polly Holliday, Keye Luke
Sun 16 Dec 15:40
Tue 18 Dec 18:20
Dir Jon Favreau/US 2003/97 mins
Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey
Deschanel, Edward Asner,
Mary Steenburgen
A sleepy American suburban town
gets a rude awakening in this classic
80s comedy horror. Teenager Billy
gets more than he bargains for when
caring for his exotic new pet goes
catastrophically wrong. Accidentprone Billy has just three simple
rules to follow, but his failing on all
three counts results in cute mogwai
Gizmo being joined by a band of
malevolent, mischievous gremlins
and all hell breaks loose.
Screening from the original 35mm
print, don’t miss this one-off
opportunity to catch this cult classic
on the big screen.
Elf is a delightful fantasy comedy
that follows the fish-out-of-water
story of Buddy; an oversized elf who
leaves the North Pole for Manhattan
in search of his real family, after
realising he is in fact a human
inadvertently raised as an elf. Under
the watchful eye of writer/director
Jon Favreau, Will Ferrell’s
performance as loveable man-child
Buddy is played with supreme
comedic skill. With a tongue in
cheek story and accessible humour
for children and adults alike, Elf is a
true modern Christmas classic.
Miracle on 34th Street (U)
Edward Scissorhands (12)
Christmas Café Deal
Fri 21 Dec 17:45
Sun 23 Dec 15:30
Dir George Seaton/US 1947/
96 mins
Maureen O’Hara, John Payne,
Natalie Wood, Edmund Gwenn
Sat 22 Dec
18:10
Dir Tim Burton/US 1990/101 mins
Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne
Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy
Baker
Edmund Gwenn excels as Kris Kringle;
a bearded old man who inadvertently
finds himself playing Santa Claus at
New York’s Thanksgiving parade.
Proving to be a roaring success with
the crowds, he is hired by Macy’s to
work as Santa in their department
store grotto. However, when his
enthusiasm for his job appears to go
a little too far and he begins to claim
to be the real thing, he is put on trial
by the non-believers for insanity. His
only hope of salvation lies with a little
girl whose no-nonsense mother
taught her that Santa doesn’t exist.
Tim Burton’s masterpiece is a
magical and romantic reinterpretation
of the Frankenstein story. Edward’s
inventor unfortunately dies before he
finishes his creation, leaving him to
grow up alone in an eerie castle with
cumbersome blades in place of his
hands. A humble and gentle soul,
Edward eventually makes contact
with the real world and what ensues
is a delightfully pastel-coloured
vision of an outsider trying to fit in.
An emotional and unforgettable
comic fable.
Indulge yourself with a festive treat
in our Café following our Winter
Wonderland films. Present your
ticket for any of the films on this
page or our Matinee Classic An
Affair to Remember (see p.30) and
you can enjoy a glass of mulled wine
or an orange hot chocolate with
cream and marshmallows, plus a
mini chocolate yule log or mince pie,
for only £3.95.
New Print
It’s a Wonderful Life (U)
Wed 19 - Sun 23 Dec
Dir Frank Capra/US 1948/131 mins
James Stewart, Donna Reed,
Lionel Barrymore
This ultimate feel good and festive
favourite, from Oscar-winning
director Frank Capra, stars James
Stewart as despairing businessmen
George Bailey. One fateful
Christmas Eve, George receives a
visit from Clarence, a celestial
messenger, who prevents him from
jumping into a freezing river. The pair
travel together through moments in
George’s life to show him what the
world would be like if he had never
existed. A genuinely tender and
enduring piece of yuletide cinema.
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New Print
Death Watch (12A)
(La Mort en Direct)
MATINEE
CLASSICS
Our popular, ongoing
programme brings cinema
classics to the big screen
every month – with each
film showing on a Sunday
at 12:00 and the following
Wednesday at 13:30. Our
October and November
films will also have an
informal post-screening
discussion following the
Wednesday showing,
so you can discuss the
film with other classic
movie fans.
If you’d like to enjoy
breakfast or an early lunch
in our Café before feasting
your eyes, then please
arrive early to avoid
disappointment.
New Print
The Apartment (PG)
Sun 30 Sep & Wed 3 Oct
Dir Billy Wilder/US 1960/125 mins
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine,
Fred MacMurray
Jack Lemmon plays a put-upon
clerk whose apartment is colonised
for illicit trysts by various executives
who’ve promised him promotion in
exchange for the keys – until an
unexpected guest tests the limits of
his ambition and causes a tangle of
office politics. A sparkling script and
wonderful performances from
Lemmon and MacLaine create
another satirical and sorrowful
Wilder classic.
Image Credits Middle: Death Watch.
Right: An Affair to Remember.
New Print
Rear Window (PG)
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CREDITS
Sun 14 & Wed 17 Oct
Dir Bertrand Tavernier/GB
1980/130 mins
Harvey Keitel, Romy Schneider,
Harry Dean Stanton, Max Von Sydow
Sun 25 & Wed 28 Nov
Dir Alfred Hitchcock/US
1954/114 mins
James Stewart, Grace Kelly,
Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter,
Raymond Burr
Concessions are available to
students, senior citizens, people
with disabilities and the
unemployed. Proof will be required
when purchasing or collecting
tickets.
These listings are
available in large
print and audio CD
from Box Office.
Cornerhouse is a registered
charity and relies on the support
of a range of funding bodies,
business members and individuals
to continue its work.
Bertrand Tavernier's stunningly
prophetic sci-fi noir Death Watch is a
breathtaking blend of genres that
plays out like a mad trip into the
heart of Big Brother. Set in Glasgow,
the film follows Roddy who has a
camera implanted in his eye. He's
been hired by a television producer
to film a documentary of terminally ill
Katherine, without her knowledge.
The resulting footage will then be run
on the popular TV series, ‘Death
Watch’. Don’t miss this underrated
and rarely seen classic of European
cinema.
One of the master’s finest, the story
of Hitchcock’s Rear Window is
simple: a photographer stranded in
his sweltering flat, due to a broken
leg, takes to observing the
neighbours in the facing windows to
alleviate his boredom. When he
thinks he’s witnessed a murder, he
elicits the aid of his chic girlfriend
(played by the ever demure Grace
Kelly) and his nosy cleaner. Through
brilliant use of images Hitchcock
revels in his own fascination with
voyeurism – both on screen and in
the audience.
Films
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Danny Boyle, Damien Hirst,
Helen Mirren
Matinees (before 17:00)
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Sun 11 & Wed 14 Nov
Dir Michelangelo Antonioni/IT
1964/116 mins/Italian wEng ST
Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo
Chionetti, Xenia Valderi,
Rita Renoir
Antonioni's mid-career masterpiece,
and first film in colour, tells the story
of Giuliana, a young woman suffering
a mental and emotional crisis who
tentatively embarks on an illicit affair.
Guiliana is played by Monica Vitti,
Antonioni's lover and muse, and the
star of his earlier films L’avventura,
L’eclisse and La notte. Vitti is ably
accompanied by Carlo Chionetti as
her unemotional husband Ugo, and
Richard Harris as Corrado who finds
himself drawn to her charms.
Sun 9 & Wed 12 Dec
Dir Leo McCarey/US 1957/
110 mins
Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard
Denning, Neva Patterson,
Cathleen Nesbitt
This witty and romantic film follows
high-profile socialites Nickie Ferrante
and Terry McKay on a cross-Atlantic
cruise. Despite both being engaged
to lovers back home in America,
Nickie and Terry fall desperately in
love on their European voyage. Upon
docking in New York, they promise
that if they still feel the same in six
months they will reunite at the top of
the Empire State Building to begin a
new life together. Will love conquer all?
A delightful festive love story.
Part of our Winter Wonderland
season – see p.28–29 for more films
and details of our special Christmas
café deal.
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Please note this film will screen at
the earlier times of 11:45 on Sun 14
Oct and 13:15 on Wed 17 Oct.
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Red Desert (12A)
(Il deserto rosso)
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