OCTOBER FILM
Mon 14, 6.30pm
RADIX FILM CLUB PRESENT: RUN LOLA RUN (1998, 15, 35mm)
Radix Film Club is bringing back the German mega-hit Run Lola Run on a glorious 35mm print.
After her boyfriend Manni loses 100,000DM, Lola has 20 minutes to raise the money and deliver it before anyone finds out. Told from three perspectives and featuring a killer 90s dance soundtrack, Run Lola Run is small-scale low-budget action filmmaking at its best! Foreign language with English subtitles.
Fri 4 – Thu 17
The Outrun (15)
After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. She returns to the wild beauty of Scotland’s Orkney Islands – where she grew up – hoping to heal. Adapted from the bestselling memoir by Amy Liptrot.
Audio Description and Subtitled screenings available.
Mon 7 – Thu 10
MY FAVOURITE CAKE (12A)
Seventy-year-old Mahin, solitary until now, chooses to revive her love life. A chance encounter becomes an unforgettable evening. Foreign language with English subtitles.
Fri 11 – Thu 17
MEGALOPOLIS (CERT TBC)
Long touted as ‘The Greatest Film Never Made’, Megalopolis has been a project spanning 4 decades of Francis Ford Coppola’s extraordinary career. After selling his vineyard and funding a large portion of the film himself, this bold adaptation is finally here with an all-star cast! The city of New Rome is the main conflict between Cesar Catilina, a brilliant artist in favor of a utopian future, and the greedy mayor Franklyn Cicero. Between them is Julia Cicero, her loyalty divided between her father and her beloved.
Audio Description and Subtitled screenings available.
Sat 12, 11am
INSIDE OUT 2 (U)
Teenager Riley’s mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions. Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.
Tue 1 – Thu 31
THE CRITIC (15)
Set in 1930s London, revolves around a feared theatre critic named Jimmy Erskine, his loyal assistant, a newspaper owner who wants to get rid of the critic and an actress who has been devastated by the excoriating theatrical reviews. The critic’s determination to survive ensures that the other characters are caught in a web of blackmail, deceit and murder.
Audio Description and Subtitled screenings available.
Fri 18 – Thu 24
Sugarcane (15)
An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school sparks a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
Fri 18 – Thu 31
Joker: Folie A Deux (cert tbc)
Failed comedian Arthur Fleck meets the love of his life, Harley Quinn, while in Arkham State Hospital. Upon release, the pair embark on a doomed romantic misadventure. Joaquin Phoenix reprises his role as the Joker which earned him his Best Actor Academy Award in 2020.
Subtitled screenings available.
Sat 19 & Wed 30
Despicable Me 4 (U)
Gru, Lucy, Margo, Edith, and Agnes welcome a new member to the family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to go on the run. Audio Description available.
Tue 22 & Thu 24
The Count Of Monte Cristo (12A0
Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich behind his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the men who betrayed him. Foreign language with English subtitles.
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL UK
Mon 21 – Fri 25
No Dogs Or Italians Allowed [Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens] (cert tbc)
In the Beginning of the 20th century living in the region of Ughettera, Northern Italy had become very difficult and the Ughetto family dreamed of a better life abroad. Legend has it that Luigi Ughetto crossed the Alps starting a new life in France, thus changing the destiny of his beloved family forever. His grandson travels back in time to revisit his family through the medium of claymation. “One of the most innovative and moving cinematic journeys that I’ve ever experienced. 70 minutes of film that are not to be missed!” – Ethan Hargreaves, Cinema Programming Assistant. Foreign language with English subtitles.
Thu 24 & Tue 29
Age Of Panic [La bataille de Solférino] (cert tbc)
Following the overwhelming success of Anatomy of a Fall at last year’s French Film Festival UK, we thought we’d revisit Justine Triet’s first feature length film. On 6 May 2012, the day of the second round of the French presidential election, TV journalist Laetitia is late leaving home for her assignment covering the events on Rue de Solférino (at the headquarters of the Socialist Party) when her ex, Vincent, shows up a day late to his court-appointed time to visit their two daughters. Foreign language with English subtitles.
HORROR-FORD FILM FESTIVAL
Book for 4 or more for £5 a ticket
Fri 11 – Thu 17
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice (12A)
After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it’s only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice’s name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.
Audio Description available.
Wed 16, 6pm
Beetlejuice (1988, 12A)
An idyllic rural family life of a couple is thrown into turmoil when their son starts acting out of character. Based on the hit 2019 novel by Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre is a spectacular entry into the British folk horror catalogue.
Mon 21, 8pm
Tenebrae (1982, 18)
Halloween isn’t a kind holiday for novelists, whether it’s writers block turned insanity, crazed fans or copycat killers, their occupation has become popular within the horror genre. Therefore, in this year’s Horror-Ford we thought we’d take a look at a couple of classics! An American novelist visiting Rome to promote his latest book is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work. Foreign language with English subtitles.
Wed 23, 11am
Bride of frankenstein (1935, pg)
Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil-experiment business, but when mad scientist Dr. Pretorius kidnaps his wife, Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature, a woman, to be the companion of the monster.
Fri 25 & Tue 30
The Shining (1980, 15)
The second film in our ‘it’s nasty business being a writer’ pairing! Jack Torrance becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer’s block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy, and his son, Danny, who is plagued by psychic premonitions. As Jack’s writing goes nowhere and Danny’s visions become more disturbing, Jack discovers the hotel’s dark secrets, and his mind begins to unravel.
Sat 26, 11am (free pre-activity from 10.30am)
Scooby Doo (2002, pg) DOG FRIENDLY SCREENING
Bring your dog along to our Family Saturday screening of this revived noughties hit! Our studio will be flat floored to accommodate for the whole family and your fluffy friends! After an acrimonious break up, the Mystery Inc. gang are individually brought to an island resort to investigate strange goings on.
Sat 26, 7.45pm
Cuckoo (15)
Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family. Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. König, her father’s boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen’s mute half-sister Alma. Something doesn’t seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise. Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also concerns her own family.
Mon 28 & Tue 29
The Substance (18)
A fading celebrity decides to use a black-market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
Audio Description & Subtitled screening available.
Thu 31, 6pm
BFI FILm academy presents: ginger snaps (2000, 18)
Two death-obsessed sisters, outcasts in their suburban neighborhood, must deal with the tragic consequences when one of them is bitten by a deadly werewolf.
Thu 31, 8.30pm
BFI FILm academy presents: Twilight (2008, 12A)
When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.