Bringing In Baby: Now weekly!
Photo: Keith Pattison
Our weekly programme of screenings for the parents and carers of young babies. At BIB you can enjoy some of the best new film releases, screened with the lights up a touch and the sound down a little, just for the comfort of your youngster.
Screenings are every Wednesday, with some shows on Sundays too, so all the family can come along. Tickets are £6.00/£5.00 for each adult attending. Babies are free. Please note that only adults with a baby will be admitted.
Bottle warming facilities and buggy parking are available at every screening. Baby Change facilities are available on floors one, two and three.
Look out for our special BIB Coffee and Cake offer in the Tyneside Bar before and after your screening. Offer valid on Bringing In Baby screening days only.
Dir. Jean Pierre Jeunet. France 2009. 1hr 40mins. In French with English subtitles.
BBFC consumer advice: Contains moderate violence and sex and references to hard drugs.
Wednesday 3 March, 11.00am
Amélie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s magnificent black comedy tells the story of Bazil (Daniel Boon), a mild-mannered video shop worker, who, after a lengthy hospital stay caused by a gunshot wound, finds himself unemployed and living on the street. Bazil decides to take revenge on the weapons manufacturers who put him in this predicament and sets about coming up with a plan to bring them down, with the help of a new found family of friends; an underground society of misfits called the Micmacs. Micmacs is a dazzlingly, pacy and wonderfully witty satire that will make you fall in love with Jeunet all over again.
Micmacs will also be screening as part of The Learning Revolution Language Café on Tuesday 2 March at 6.25pm. Watch our Language Café video on Learning Revolution.
Dir. Howard Hawks. USA 1953. 1hr 31mins.
Wednesday 10 March, 11.00am
Howard Hawks’ ludicrously fun musical returns with a new print that makes star Marilyn Monroe look even more stunning than ever before. Monroe and Jane Russell play showgirls Lorelei and Dorothy, who take a transatlantic cruise in search of love. But when Lorelei finds herself in a compromising position with the owner of a diamond mine, the girls have to use all their wits to get out of trouble. Featuring the classic showstopper Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a hoot from start to finish.
“One of the most charming, entertaining musicals of the 1950’s” Empire
Dir. Robert Kenner. USA 2010. 1hr 34mins.
Wednesday 17 March, 11.00am
How much do you really know about the food we buy in our supermarkets? This fascinating and slightly terrifying Oscar-nominated documentary is a real eye-opener. Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on America’s food industry, revealing how the corporations that control their food supplies and put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of farmers, the safety of workers and the environment.
Featuring interviews from experts such as Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser and some surprising insights (like that you can go to jail in Colorado for criticising the ground beef that’s produced there!), Food Inc. is a smart, shocking and powerful film that offers plenty of food for thought (sorry!).
Dir. TBC
Wednesday 24 March, 11.00am
Details of this Bringing in Baby screening will be announced shortly. Please check back at a later date.
Dir. Scott Cooper. USA 2009. 1hr 52mins.
Sunday 28 & Wednesday 31 March, 11.00am
Jeff ‘The Dude’ Bridges swaps his White Russian for an acoustic guitar as he turns into veteran country singer/songwriter ‘Bad’ Blake for his Golden Globe winning, Oscar nominated role in actor Scott Cooper’s affecting debut feature.
When we meet Bad, he is a broken man, worn down by the usual suspects of women, booze and a life on the road, fading into obscurity after once been a huge country star. But Bad get’s a shot at salvation with the help of journalist Jean (an excellent Oscar nominated Maggie Gyllenhaal) who discovers the man behind the musican, and ends up falling for him. Both Bridges and Gyllenhaal are captivating breathing new life into this funny and moving story of redemption.
“Bridges gives the best performance of the past twelve months, and indeed possibly the next.” The Times
Dir. TBC
Wednesday 7 April, 11.00am
Details of this Bringing in Baby screening will be announced shortly. Please check back at a later date.
Dir. Drew Barrymore. USA 2010. 1hr 51mins.
BBFC classicifaction advice: Contains moderate language, drug and sex references.
Sunday 11 & Wednesday 14 April, 11.00am
Drew Barrymore helps us to forget she was ever in those Charlie’s Angels films with her excellent directorial debut based on script-writer Shauna Cross’ novel Derby Girl and starring Juno’s Ellen Page.
Page plays the wonderfully named Bliss Cavendar, a teenage misfit who decides to swap her life as a small town beauty pageant contestant for the rowdy world of roller derby, a full contact roller skating sport.
A fantastic female cast, that also includes Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River), Juliette Lewis (Natural Born Killers) and Kristen Wiig (Adventureland), coupled with Barrymore’s breezy direction make Whip It it a funny, feminine-fuelled film that you can't help but get swept up by.
Dirs. Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant. UK 2009. Running time TBC.
Wednesday 21 April, 11.00am
A coming of age tale from those funny lads behind The Office and Extras, Cemetery Junction is the fantastic first feature from Ricky Gevais and Stephen Merchant.
Set in Gervais’ hometown of Reading in the 1970s, the plot follows two young friends working as building society clerks and their struggles with life, love and what comes next after their first ‘proper job’.
Gervais describes the film as a blend of his trailblazing series The Office, and US-made 1960s office drama Mad Men. While the plot is held together by an emotive thread, there are still plenty of irresistible laugh out loud moments that crop up throughout, as you would expect from a Gervais-penned script. Marvellous stuff.
