Inspiring People and Communities Through Film South Tyne Cinema Circuit It’s all over the place Jan 10th Haltwhistle Comrades Club 7:30 Salt of the Earth Academy Award nominated film about one of the world’s greatest photographers and environmentalists, Sebastiao Selgado. A deeply considered documentary study, co-directed by Wim Wenders and the photographer’s son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. Full programme for screenings at The General Havelock will be up shortly South Tyne Cinema Circuit  present as part of  Wide Skies Film Festival South Tyne Cinema Circuit @ The General Havelock All screenings at The General Havelock, Haydon Bridge. 7pm – Meal first film after.  Meal and Film £8, Film only £4. Christmas in Connecticut (Peter Godfrey)1945 Rotten Tomatoes 88% Hard-boiled, domestically incapable New York reporter Barbara Stanwyck has to host a real Christmas dinner to match the ones in her column, at her Connecticut ‘farm’ for a returning war hero.

What could possibly go wrong? 7pm Tues 14th June Film and meal £8 – General Havelock Inn, Haydon Bridge (A. Sissako, France/Mauritania, 2014 94mins 12) Drama. £8 ticket for meal and film. Winner – Grand Rail d’Or 2013 Can you fall in love with someone you haven’t met ? Food and Film £8 It’s A Wonderful Life …will screen at The General Havelock in Haydon Bridge on Thursday 3rd December. Turns out It’s a Wonderful Life has not so wonderful licensing rules.  We showed The Bishop’s Wife  instead – Wonderful. In November we screened Inside Out  to a horde of children for the Haltwhistle Carnival Committee at The Comrade’s Club – great fun. CITIZENFOUR is a real life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving audiences unprecedented access to filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald’s encounters with Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents providing evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA). 

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Lady in the Van (Nicolas Hytner 2015) Rotten Tomatoes 100% Maggie Smith plays a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Alan Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (David Gelb 2013) Soundtrack Philip Glass Rotten Tomatoes 99% – “Beautiful, thoughtful, and engrossing, Jiro Dreams of Sushi should prove satisfying even for filmgoers who don’t care for the cuisine.” or tel: 01434 320360 pottery for the home, hand and spirit I’m thrilled to share that Ceramic Arts Daily has released my DVD entitled “Darted and Decorated: Techniques for Enhancing Form and Surface.”  Click on the image below to link to more info and to view clips/bonus features from the video.Producers Guild of America announced their nominations this week, including the three theatrical categories. There were a number of films on the list that have been mentioned time and time again this awards season, like Zero Dark Thirty, but there were also a few surprises.

We are getting closer and closer to Christmas and we are getting to the crunch time for gift shopping. After checking out first run releases and franchise box sets in Part I and TV on DVD releases in Part II, this week we look at limited releases, classics, and foreign films. Some are pretty obvious choices, as we had a few limited releases that broke into the mainstream during their theatrical releases, but there are also a few more films that slipped beneath the radar the last time around. The biggest of these is... It is very rare for a documentary to top $1 million, especially if it is not about cute animals. So far this year, Magnolia has shepherded two such films to the million dollar club, and I've gotten to review both of them. Marley is the second, will it be as engaging as the first I reviewed. I'm getting tired of saying this, but it is a slow week on the home market. The second best selling new release is Masterpiece Mystery: Inspector Lewis Series 5 on DVD. It's a good show, but it is a British Import and these rarely make an impact on the chart.

Third best selling new release? This is the third or fourth time the first season of this TV show has been "released" on the home market. I don't know why they are doing this, but it is getting annoying. There are not a lot of contenders for Pick of the Week either. Jiro Dreams of Sushi on Blu-ray and Star Trek: The Next Generation are the two leading contenders. While ST:TNG became an amazing series, it started out weak, so Jiro Dreams of Sushi is the better choice, but both are easily worth picking up. It is rare for a documentary to reach $1 million during its theatrical run, especially ones that are not about cute animals. Jiro Dreams of Sushi earned $2.5 million. Already that's an outstanding total, but will it continue this success on the home market? No new releases managed to earn a spot in the $10,000 club on this week's per theater chart. That doesn't mean it was empty, as The Avengers remained potent with an average of $23,696 during its second weekend of release. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel was arguably even more impressive, as it expanded into more than 150 additional theaters, but its per theater average only fell to $15,012.

It did well enough to grab eighth place overall, and with this average, it will certainly expand more. On the other hand, the best new release was Dark Shadows with an average of $7,906. This is good, but not great. The best limited release was Girl in Progress. That was was playing in more than 300 theaters and managed an average of $4,298. That's a good start, but I don't think it will expand greatly. No film topped the $10,000 mark on the per theater chart this past weekend. The film that came closest was Here with $7,927 in its lone theater. This does suggest some potential to expand, but it is quite low for the number one film. The Kid with a Bike took top spot on the per theater chart with an average of $15,311 in three theaters, while Jiro Dreams of Sushi was in a virtual tie with an average of $15,202 in six. Gerhard Richter Painting was next with $13,537 in its lone theater. The overall box office leader, 21 Jump Street, was next with an average of $11,632, while last week's winner, Footnote, was right behind with $11,181.

Footnote led the way on the per theater chart with an average of $23,764 in two theaters, while Jiro Dreams of Sushi was right behind with an average of $21,018, also in two theaters. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen was playing in a lot more theaters, but it managed an average of $12,550 in 18 theaters. Even more impressively, it saw growth from Friday to Sunday of 85%, which is amazing for a new release. This bodes very well for its long term potential. Finally, the overall box office leader, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, rounded out the $10,000 club with an average of $10,370. Although John Carter's opening won't be as bad as the direst predictions, an anemic $30.6 million debut will condemn the film to the record books for all the wrong reasons and (in spite of good international numbers) almost certainly cause a write-down for Disney. Or more immediate embarrassment, the film will fail to win the weekend, coming in second to The Lorax, which is set to post $39.1 million in its second weekend, according to Universal's estimate.