Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart Street has four movies screening from 3rd January.
On Friday and Saturday evenings PEANUT BUTTER FALCON will screen.
On Saturday afternoon, THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM tells the story of filmmaker John Chester, his wife and their dog as they chase their dream to set up a sustainable farm – with zero experience.
On Sunday afternoon DOWNTON ABBEY – the movie will be on followed by MRS LOWRY & SON.
The screenings at the Old School Arts Centre are:
- THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON 96 mins M Violence & Offensive Language. Friday Jan. 3rd, 7.00 pm, Saturday 4th Jan., 8.00pm.
- THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM 92 mins Exempt USA – Saturday 4th Jan. 5.00pm
- DOWNTON ABBEY 122 mins PG Coarse Language UK – Sunday 5th Jan. 4.30pm
- MRS LOWRY & SON 91 mins PG Nudity Sunday 5th, 7.15 pm
(Scroll down for more info on movies).
Prices are: Adults $15, Concession $12, Children $8.
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)
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RAGLAN MOVIES at the OLD SCHOOL, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan
THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON 96 mins M Violence & Offensive Language Monday 30, 7.00 pm
- Friday 3rd January 7.00pm
- Saturday 4th January 8.00pm
- Saturday 18th January 5.30pm
- Sunday 19th January 4.30pm
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)
Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
The Peanut Butter Falcon is an adventure story set in the world of a modern Mark Twain that begins when Zak (22), a young man with Down syndrome runs away from a nursing home where he lives to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler and attending the wrestling school of The Salt Water Redneck. Through circumstances beyond their control Tyler (32), a small time outlaw on the run becomes Zak’s unlikely coach and ally. Together they wind through deltas, elude capture, drink whisky, find God, catch fish, and convince Eleanor (28), a kind nursing home employee with a story of her own to join them on their journey.
Director: Tyler Nilson (feature debuts), Mike Schwartz
Writer: Tyler Nilson, Mike Schwartz
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Jon Bernthal, Dakota Johnson, John Hawkes, Bruce Dern, Thomas Haden Church, Jake Roberts, Zack Gottsagen, Mick Fole
M Violence & Offensive Language | 96 mins USA
Variety “In THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM audiences are invited to connect with the material as they might a good James Herriot story, forging a kind of familiarity that includes them in problem-solving each challenge, with the result that viewers share in the triumph of each tiny success.”
RAGLAN MOVIES at the OLD SCHOOL, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan
THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM 92 mins Exempt USA
- Saturday 4th January 5.00pm
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)
Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
Festival circuit hit documentary BIGGEST LITTLE FARM follows filmmaker John Chester, his wife and their dog and they chase their dream to set up a sustainable farm – with zero experience.
“It all started with rescue dog, Todd. He just didn’t like living downtown, so cameraman John and caterer Molly decided to up sticks and move to a rundown homestead an hour outside the city. Their aim was to farm in harmony with nature – but the snails, coyotes and bugs etc., had other ideas. Restoring the soil, fighting off infestations, nursing pregnant pigs, coping with fire and drought – it’s all in a day’s work for the determined couple. By year eight, the natural world is rebounding – barn owls, bobcats, gopher snakes and more – and Apricot Lane Farm is alive with infinite possibilities.” (Sydney Film Festival)
Director: John Chester (‘Rock Prophecies’, ‘Lost in Woonsocket’, ‘Euphoria’)
Writer: John Chester, Mark Monroe
Cast: John Chester, Molly Chester
2018 Exempt 92 mins USA
Stuff 4/5 stars “In DOWNTON ABBEY, the costumes, sets and Dame Maggie shine on the big screen.”
RAGLAN MOVIES at the OLD SCHOOL, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan
DOWNTON ABBEY 122 mins PG Coarse Language UK
- Sunday 5th January 4.30pm
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)
Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
DOWNTON ABBEY – the movie “We’ve been expecting you.”
The UK TV series’ original cast is joined by a host of newcomers in this feature adaptation written by the show’s creator, Julian Fellowes. The show followed the Crawley family who lived in an Edwardian English country house with their servants at the turn of the 20th century.
Over its 6 seasons, the series garnered 3 Golden Globe Awards, 15 Primetime Emmy Awards, 69 Emmy nominations in total, making Downton Abbey the most nominated non-US television show in the history of the Emmys – even earning a Special BAFTA award and a Guinness World Record for the highest critically rated TV show along the way.
Director Michael Engler (‘The Chaperone’)
Writer: Julian Fellowes
Cast: Maggie Smith, Tuppence Middleton, Imelda Staunton, Allen Leech, Hugh Bonneville, Penelope Wilton, Stephen Campbell Moore, Matthew Goode and Joanne Froggatt.
2019 | PG, Coarse language | 122 mins UK
Raglan Movies at the Old School is screening MRS LOWRY & SON on Sunday 5th Jan: Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave and Cannes best actor winner Timothy Spall star in this British drama about artist L.S. Lowry and his domineering mother.
MRS LOWRY & SON 91 mins PG Nudity UK
- Sunday 5th January 5.00pm
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm.
Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
MRS LOWRY & SON
Having already played J.M.W. Turner to great acclaim, Timothy Spall takes on another English painter with equally compelling results. Laurence Stephen (L.S.) Lowry was a Lancashire artist whose depictions of industrial life only found an audience and admiration once he reached middle age.
Bed-ridden and bitter, his mother Elizabeth (Redgrave) actively tried to dissuade her bachelor son from pursuing his ambitions, whilst never failing to voice her opinion at what a disappointment he was to her.
NZIFF: “Focusing on the mid-1930s, the period just before Lowry was discovered, theatre director Adrian Noble’s film looks at the relationship between the then Pendlebury rent collector and his bed-ridden, domineering mother Elisabeth (Vanessa Redgrave). Struggling to pay off debts his father left behind, ‘Laurie’ also bears the brunt of his mum’s fragile physical and emotional state. “I’m never cheerful, not since 1868,” she opines, while grumbling about their working-class neighbours, her son’s apparent lack of ambition and his ‘hobby’. Seemingly taking delight in reading aloud a scathing review of one of his works in the local paper, she also casts doubt on the authenticity of a letter from London proposing an exhibition of his works. “Why can’t you paint something picturesque, tasteful? What about a bowl of fruit?”, Elizabeth chides.”
“Essentially a two-hander, Mrs Lowry & Son is a terrific, slow-burning showcase for the acting skills of Redgrave and Spall. Their scenes together crackle with tension and barely repressed anger, as Laurie finds his attempts to evolve stymied by his almost maniacal mum. The svelte Spall is particularly impressive, whether with brush in hand, or using the canvas of his face to portray the flickers of an artist’s pent up emotions.” — James Croot.
DIRECTOR: Adrian Noble
PRODUCER: Debbie Gray
SCREENPLAY: Martyn Hesford
PHOTOGRAPHY: Josep M. Civit
EDITOR: Chris Gill
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Catrin Meredydd
COSTUME DESIGNER: Jenny Beavan
MUSIC: Craig Armstrong
WITH
Vanessa Redgrave (Elizabeth Lowry), Timothy Spall (L.S. Lowry), Stephen Lord (Mr Stanhope), David Schaal (man in Bath), Wendy Morgan (Mrs Stanhope), Michael Keogh (Mr Lowry), John Alan Roberts (art critic), Joanne Pearce (wife of man in Bath)