Big Films, On the Big Screen at Pontio Bangor

There’s another great week of films, entertainment and events for the community at Pontio in Bangor.

Bangor Aye’s Film of The Week: POOR THINGS (18)

Rotten Tomatoes Score: Critics: 93%  Audience: 81%

Critics Consensus

Wildly imaginative and exhilaratingly over the top, Poor Things is a bizarre, brilliant tour de force for director Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone.

Audience Says

Poor Things is a weird, wild good time and Emma Stone is fantastic in it — just be prepared for adult themes that may unsettle or offend some.

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Cinema:

National Theatre Live Dear England

Sunday 28 January, 2pm

With the worst track record for penalties in the world, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt, to take team and country back to the promised land. Joseph Fiennes plays Gareth Southgate in James Graham’s spectacular hit play that explores nation and game.

One Life (12A)

Friday 26 January – Thursday 1 February

The story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued Jewish children from the Nazis.

Poor Things (18)

Friday 26 January – Thursday 8 February

From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

The Boy and The Heron (12A)

Friday 2 – Tuesday 6 February

Mahito, a young 12-year-old boy, struggles to settle in a new town after his mother’s death. However, when a talking heron informs Mahito that his mother is still alive, he enters an abandoned tower in search of her, which takes him to another world.

Scala!!! (18)

Friday 2 February, 20.15

Aptly subtitled: Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits.

Follow the rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema in the riotous new doc from co-directors Ali Catterall and Jane Giles: SCALA!!! In a cavernous building near Kings Cross, reverberating from the rumbling tube trains below, London’s legendary Scala cinema ran from 1978-1993. A site of permissiveness, subversiveness and transgression during the politically turbulent, post-punk, pre-digital Thatcher years, it was legendary for its anything-goes attitude and the sheer excitement it generated around repertory film – with all- nighters, trash/horror/arthouse double and triple bills, and screenings of battered prints of Pasolini, Walerian Borowczyk, Russ Meyer, Derek Jarman and David Lynch. As famous for the off-screen antics of its patrons as much as its daring, ever-changing programme, it continues to inspire UK film culture.

Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (U)

Saturday 3 February, 11am (relaxed performance)

A magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City and gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The Mighty Pups.

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Theatr Bryn Terfel

Bangor University Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Saturday 3 February 7pm

Join Bangor University’s Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for a special concert in Theatr Bryn Terfel. They will be joined by the University’s String Orchestra and singers from Ysgol David Hughes. With a programme including Vivaldi’s stunning Gloria and Winter from the Four Seasons as well as Zadoc the Priest by Handel.

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Community Events:

Caffi Babis at Pontio, Bangor

2 February

1 March

5 April

3 May

7 June

5 July

Caffi Babis is a great session for new parents and their babies.

This is a creative hour with Siwan Llynor and Angharad Harrop that gives new parents the opportunity to meet other parents, as well as to relax with your baby for a while. An hour to bring parents together, in a safe space. Each session will last around 45 minutes, with the opportunity to have a chat afterwards.

The session is most suitable for children up to 24 months; however, older children are welcome to join.

First Friday of the month 10am £3

Only one ticket required for adult and child