Wolverhampton Light House's film schedule for November

Wolverhampton's Light House cinema will be showing its usual exclectic mix of mainstream and arthouse films during November.

Drive

Ryan Gosling stars as a Los Angeles wheelman for hire, stunt driving for movie productions by day and steering getaway vehicles for armed heists by night. Though a loner by nature, he can't help falling in love with his beautiful neighbour Irene, a vulnerable young mother dragged into a dangerous underworld by her ex-convict husband Standard. After a heist intended to pay off Standard's protection money spins out of control, he finds himself driving for the girl he loves, tailgated by a syndicate of deadly serious criminals.

Tue 1 Nov 5.50pm & 8.15pm, Wed 2 Nov 2pm, 5.50pm & 8.15pm, Thu 3 Nov 5.50pm & 8.15pm

Cert 18, 1hr40

Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, USA, 2011

This film will have hard of hearing subtitles available on Tue and Sun.

Midnight In Paris

This romantic comedy starring Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates and Carla Bruni tells of a young man's great love for Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from their own would be better.

Tue 1 Nov 5.55pm & 8.20pm, Wed 2 Nov 2.15pm, 5.55pm & 8.20pm, Thu 3 Nov 5.55pm & 8.20pm

Cert 12A, 1hr34

Dir. Woody Allen, USA, 2011

Sleeping Beauty

Death-haunted, quietly reckless, Lucy is a young university student who takes a job as a Sleeping Beauty. In the Sleeping Beauty Chamber old men seek an erotic experience that requires Lucy's absolute submission. This unsettling task starts to bleed into Lucy's daily life and she develops an increasing need to know what happens to her when she is asleep. Haunting and provocative, Julia Leigh's powerful vision is one of the most startling debut features of recent years.

Fri 4 Nov 5.30pm, Sat 5 Nov - Tue 8 Nov 5.50pm & 8.10pm, Wed 9 Nov 2pm, 5.50pm & 8.10pm, Thu 10 Nov 5.45pm & 8.20pm

Cert 18, 1hr42

Dir. Julia Leigh, Australia, 2011

The Greatest Film Ever Sold

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) explores the world of product placement, marketing and advertising in The Greatest Film Ever Sold, a film that was fully financed through product placement from various brands, all of which are integrated transparently into the film. With humour and insight, the film unmasks the marketing process to bring audiences behind closed doors directly into the pitch meetings which ultimately inform our everyday entertainment decisions.

Fri 4 Nov - Sun 6 Nov 5.55pm & 8.15pm, Mon 7 Nov 5.55pm

Cert 12A, 1hr28

Dir. Morgan Spurlock, USA, 2011

The Salt Of Life

Gianni is a retired house husband living in an apartment in Rome. His days slip by walking dogs, picking up groceries and being taken for granted by his daughter. One morning, his good friend Alfonso tells an astonished Gianni about his most recent sexual escapades. Alfonso decides Gianni should take action, reinvigorate his life and get himself a girlfriend. But, despite his best efforts with some old female acquaintances, poor old Gianni is like a rusty old motor. The spark is ignited but it is going to take a long time to get him back on the road to romance!

Mon 7 Nov 8.15pm, Tue 8 Nov 5.55pm & 8.15pm, Wed 9 Nov 2.15pm, 5.55pm & 8.15pm

Cert 12A, 1hr29

Dir. Gianni Di Gregorio, Italy, 2011

Italian with English subtitles

We Need To Talk About Kevin

We Need To Talk About Kevin is an emotional thriller, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Lynne Ramsay and starring Tilda Swinton. Eva puts her ambitions and career aside to give birth to Kevin. The relationship between mother and son is difficult from the very first years. When Kevin is 15, he does something irrational and unforgivable in the eyes of the entire community. Eva grapples with her own feelings of grief and responsibility. Did she ever love her son? And how much of what Kevin did was her fault?

This film will have hard of hearing subtitles available on Tue and Sun and audio description available on request.

Fri 11 Nov 5.30pm, Sat 12 & 13 Nov 5.50pm, Mon 14 & Tue 15 Nov 5.40pm & 8.10pm, Wed 16 Nov 2pm, 5.40pm & 8.10pm, Thu 17 Nov 5.40pm & 8.10pm

Cert 15, 1hr52

Dir. Lynne Ramsay, UK, 2011

Tyrannosaur

Collecting three awards at this year's Sundance, Tyrannosaur is the debut feature film from award winning actor Paddy Considine. Joseph, (Peter Mullan) is a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. A chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah (Olivia Colman) a good samaritan who runs a local charity shop. Their relationship develops to reveal that Hannah is hiding a secret of her own, a secret with devastating consequences for both of them.

Fri 11 - Mon 14 Nov 5.45pm & 8.15pm, Tue 15 Nov 8.15pm, Wed 16 Nov 2.15pm, 5.45pm & 8.15pm, Thu 17 Nov 5.45pm & 8.15pm

Cert 18, 1hr32

Dir. Paddy Considine, UK, 2011

Shout Festival presents Weekend

From the director of British underground hit 'Greek Pete', Andrew Haigh's film is a tender unpeeling of the emotional and psychological layers of two young men coming into their own.

Cert 18, 1hr36

Dir. Andrew Haigh, UK, 2011

Sat 12 Nov 8.30pm & Sun 13 Nov 8.30pm

Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte's classic romance is given an austere, naturalistic interpretation in this adaptation from filmmaker Andrea Arnold which strips the story of much of its dialogue and adds a racial component to this tale of forbidden love. It follows the life of Heathcliff, a mysterious gypsy-like person, who rises in his adopted family and then is reduced to the status of a servant, running away when the young woman he loves decides to marry another. He returns later as a self-made man and sets about gaining his revenge on the two families that he believed ruined his life.

Fri 18 - Sun 20 Nov 5.25 & 8.10pm, Mon 21 Nov 2pm, Tue 22 Nov 4pm, Wed 23 Nov 2.15, 5.25 & 8.10pm, Thu 24 - Tue 29 Nov 5.25 & 8.10pm, Wed 30 Nov 2pm, 5.25 & 8.10pm, Thu 1 Dec 3.30pm

Cert 15, 2hr9

Dir. Andrea Arnold, UK, 2011

This film will have hard of hearing subtitles available on Tue and Sun and audio description available on request.

Anonymous

Set in Elizabethan England, Anonymous speculates on an issue that has for century's intrigued brilliant minds such as Mark Twain and Charles Dickens, namely: who actually created the body of work credited to William Shakespeare? Scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories surrounding the greatest works in English literature. Anonymous poses one possible answer, focusing on a time when scandalous political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles lusting for the power of the throne were brought to light in the most unlikely of places: the London stage.

Fri 18 – Mon 21 Nov 5.15pm & 8.15pm, Tue 22 Nov 7.40pm, Wed 23 Nov 2pm, 5.15pm & 8.15pm, Thu 24 Nov 5.15pm & 8.15pm

Cert 12A, 2hr10

Dir. Roland Emmerich, UK, 2011

This film will have hard of hearing subtitles available on Tue and Sun and audio description available on request.

The Ides Of March

George Clooney directs The Ides of March, an adaptation of Beau Willimon's play Farragut North. The movie stars Ryan Gosling as Stephen Myers, an idealistic deputy campaign manager for Governor Mike Morris (Clooney) who is in a major political battle in Ohio. When the opposing candidate's campaign manager (Paul Giamatti) offers Stephen a job on his staff, Stephen neglects to inform his boss (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Just as that omission is revealed, Stephen uncovers a dirty personal secret that could sink Morris's political career.

Fri 25 Nov – Tue 29 Nov 5.40pm & 8.15pm, Wed 30 Nov 2.15pm, 5.40pm & 8.15pm, Thu 1 Dec 5.40pm & 8.15pm

Cert 15, 1hr41

Dir. George Clooney, USA, 2011