Big screen classics

The timeless films we urge you to see.

Tickets for these screenings are only £8

October/November

Lola Montès

How did Lola Montès, a great adventurer, end up as the main attraction of a circus?
Lola Montès + intro by Sight & Sound’s Isabel Stevens

How did Lola Montès, a great adventurer, end up as the main attraction of a circus?
Throne of Blood

Kurosawa’s version of Macbeth has superb sets, costumes, cinematography and performances; do yourself a favour and see it.
Throne of Blood + intro by Dr Alastair Phillips, University of Warwick

Kurosawa’s version of Macbeth has superb sets, costumes, cinematography and performances; do yourself a favour and see it.
Journey to Italy

A middle-aged English couple (Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders) find a vacation less than relaxing…
Nosferatu the Vampyre

Werner Herzog’s Dracula is mesmerising, melancholy, and burdened with his own curse.
Cries and Whispers

A dying woman is visited by her sisters in Bergman’s ravishingly elegant, bracingly frank film.
The Magnificent Ambersons

Orson Welles’ film about ‘old money’ offers subtlety, wry humour and great compassion.
The Magnificent Ambersons + intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-large

Orson Welles’ film about ‘old money’ offers subtlety, wry humour and great compassion.
Mouchette

The wretched existence of a poor peasant girl makes for a profoundly moving viewing experience.
Bigger Than Life

James Mason is superb as a mild-mannered teacher and family man transformed into a tyrant.
Bigger Than Life + intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-large

James Mason is superb as a mild-mannered teacher and family man transformed into a tyrant.
Kiss Me Deadly

Private eye Mike Hammer is a man almost as brutal as those he encounters on this mysterious murder case.
Lift to the Scaffold

Louis Malle gives us a stylish, jazz-tinged thriller about being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Beau Travail

A story of murky passion, jealous resentment and remorse, set within the Foreign Legion in Africa.
Beau Travail + intro by Tara Judah, Watershed Cinema Producer and critic

A story of murky passion, jealous resentment and remorse, set within the Foreign Legion in Africa.
Theorem

Terence Stamp plays a seductive stranger whose unexpected arrival at the mansion of a wealthy family changes everything.
Theorem + intro by Dr Matilde Nardelli, University of West London

Terence Stamp plays a seductive stranger whose unexpected arrival at the mansion of a wealthy family changes everything.
Ace in the Hole

An excellent Kirk Douglas plays a down-at-heel journalist who ruthlessly exploits a man trapped in a cave.
Chinatown

Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway star in this dark and resonant drama set in 30s LA.