This week at Kino

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Schedule January 28 - February 3
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT 2.00 | 9.00
THE RAMONES: END OF THE CENTURY 6:30
RIDING GIANTS 4:30

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to our weekly newsletter...we hope you enjoy this service which lets you know what films are coming into Kino each Friday. On our web page, you'll also be able to access a Coming Soon section that lists films that will screen shortly in Kino. Please remember you are welcome to email us anytime, with feedback.

About to leave us this Thursday
This Thursday will be the final chance to see the very black and very funny comedy AALTRA. Two grumpy middle-aged men lose the use of their legs in a bizarre agricultural accident. Thus begins an unpredictable road movie as they travel across Europe to demand compensation. Described by the Independent as a "sublimely nutty black farce", don't not miss the final performance of AALTRA on Thursday at 5:00pm.

Playing this week
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT is Jean-Pierre Jeunet's follow-up to his immensely successful AMELIE is a flamboyant mixture of battlefront spectacle, home front romance, revenge drama and detective story. Audrey Tautou again takes up the lead role in this romantic love story which the Rolling Stone called "an emotional powerhouse...stunning?.
Also playing this week, is the amazing surfing documentary RIDING GIANTS. Director Stacy Peralta's previous film DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS gave us the lowdown on the world of skateboarding. RIDING GIANTS beautifully captures the comradeship and community of surfing, it's characters and foibles in a hugely entertaining film well worth seeing.

New in
Hugely popular at the Cork Film Festival last year was the music documentary THE RAMONES: END OF THE CENTURY. It traces the story of the infamous New York band whose violently new and raw sound reinvented the rock genre. Catch this snapshot of the 70s NYC punk scene from Friday.

*details on films coming in just below, but first, our weekly competition in association with Pizza Republic, Paradise Place (and paradise pizzas!)


Competition to win dinner for two to the value of 50 Euro at Pizza Republic
Q: Audrey Tautou appeared in which Stephen Frears drama?
Answers by email please with competition in subject line


Schedule January 28 - February 3

A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT * **2.00 | 9.00
Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet | France | 2004 | 134 minutes | 15A
This moving romantic epic reunites the star and director of AMELIE in a compelling story set during the first World War. Audrey Tautou plays Mathilde, a young woman who refuses to believes that her fiancee has been killed fighting in the trenches. This begins an incredible journey that lasts the duration of the war as Mathilde tries to find her beloved. Original title: UN LONG DIMANCHE DE FIANCAILLES
?An emotional powerhouse...stunning? Rolling Stone


THE RAMONES: END OF THE CENTURY ****6:30
Directors Michael Gramaglia and Jim Fields | USA | 2003 | 110 minutes | 15A
The early 70s New York music scene was assaulted by the violently new and raw sound of a band from Queens called The Ramones. This absorbing music documentary traces the history and importance of the band within the music industry.
?Amazing...a seismic snapshot of the early days of punk? Entertainment Weekly


RIDING GIANTS ****4:30
Director Stacy Peralta | USA | 2004 | 106 minutes| 12A
Mixing narration by Sean Penn, interviews, archival footage and amazing cinematopraphy, this documentary from the director of DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS offers a thrilling, informative history of that sport-subculture: surfing.
?A passionate advocacy of surfing itself? The Guardian


COMING SOON: Wong Kar Wei's 2046

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