Big screen classics
A collection of the best the big screen has to offer.
Tickets for these screenings are only £8
July
Casablanca
The perennially popular wartime romance starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.
Battleship Potemkin
Sergei Eisenstein’s powerful, game-changing masterpiece.
All the President’s Men
Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman star in this suspenseful Watergate scandal drama.
Rear Window
Thriller, romance, a study in voyeurism – this Hitchcock classic has it all.
Distant Voices, Still Lives
A bold and vivid look at the pains and pleasures of family life.
The Magnificent Ambersons
Orson Welles’ elegiac masterpiece charts the decline of a Midwestern dynasty with wit, wisdom and cinematic brilliance.
All About My Mother
Pedro Almodóvar’s stylish and touching portrait of a woman’s attempts to come to terms with grief.
Hope and Glory
A rich portrait of a suburban London family living through the Blitz.
Wild Strawberries
An ageing academic undertakes an illuminating odyssey – through Southern Sweden and his own past.
35 Shots of Rum + pre-recorded intro by Be Manzini, poet and director of Caramel Film Club
Claire Denis’ wondrously delicate, impressionistic portrait of a father and daughter facing changes in their lives.
Man About Town
Maurice Chevalier stars as a filmmaker teaching the art of seduction – until it backfires.
August
The Big Lebowski
Jeff Bridges abides in the Coens’ inspired updating of the world of Chandler’s Philip Marlowe.
Cutter’s Way
A superb noir-thriller about an obsessive Vietnam veteran involving his wife and friend in a perilous murder mystery.
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Cutter’s Way + pre-recorded intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-Large
A superb noir-thriller about an obsessive Vietnam veteran involving his wife and friend in a perilous murder mystery.
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
A sharp but gentle take on the California ‘swingers’ scene of the late 60s.
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice + pre-recorded intro by Julie Lobalzo Wright, University of Warwick
A sharp but gentle take on the California ‘swingers’ scene of the late 60s.
A Farewell to Arms
Borzage’s adaptation of Hemingway’s WWI romance – one of the great cinematic love stories.
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A Farewell to Arms + pre-recorded intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-Large
Borzage’s adaptation of Hemingway’s WWI romance – one of the great cinematic love stories.
Bright Star
The troubled relationship of John Keats and Fanny Brawne is explored by Jane Campion and a fine cast.
Boyz N the Hood
Singleton’s powerful debut about the trials and tribulations of growing up in South Central LA in the 80s and 90s.
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Boyz N the Hood + pre-recorded intro by film critic Leila Latif
Singleton’s powerful debut about the trials and tribulations of growing up in South Central LA in the 80s and 90s.
Only Angels Have Wings
An evergreen classic about a group of pilots flying perilous missions in the Andes.
Thelma and Louise
A much-loved female buddy movie about two friends on the run from the law.
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort
An effervescent tribute to the Hollywood musical with a Legrand score, pastel designs, dance and romance galore.
Big Wednesday
A coming-of-age epic set in the surfing world of Southern California of the 60s and 70s.
Matewan
This superb tale of a 1920s miners’ strike in West Virginia offers powerful political drama.
The New World
Terence Malick’s masterpiece is a visually extraordinary reworking of the Pocahontas story.
September-October
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Holmes and Watson, and an atmospheric foray into darkest Dartmoor.
Double Indemnity
Billy Wilder’s noir-thriller stars Stanwyck and MacMurray as illicit lovers tempted to commit murder.
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Double Indemnity + intro by Lucy Bolton, Queen Mary University of London
Billy Wilder’s noir-thriller stars Stanwyck and MacMurray as illicit lovers tempted to commit murder.
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Philosophical Screens: Temptation and Coincidence in Double Indemnity
Our regular series, which explores cinema through a philosophical lens, returns to considering the film’s themes of theological temptation, accidents and coincidence.
Laura
Otto Preminger’s gleefully perverse murder mystery is packed with surprises and memorable performances.
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Laura + intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-Large
Otto Preminger’s gleefully perverse murder mystery is packed with surprises and memorable performances.
The Big Sleep
Bogie and Bacall are electrifying in Howard Hawks’ witty version of Chandler’s classic crime novel.
The Stranger
In Welles’ bravura thriller, a war-crimes investigator is convinced a quiet New England town harbours a former Nazi official.
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The Stranger + pre-recorded intro by film critic Farran Smith Nehme
In Welles’ bravura thriller, a war-crimes investigator is convinced a quiet New England town harbours a former Nazi official.
Cry of the City
This virtuoso cat-and-mouse thriller follows a New York cop’s efforts to nail a ruthless gangster.
Call Northside 777
Neo-realism Hollywood-style, as James Stewart’s cynical journalist covers a woman’s campaign to prove her son’s innocence.
The Third Man
What happened to Harry Lime in postwar Vienna? Re-live the investigation all over again.
The Undercover Man
A superior thriller by B-movie maestro Joseph H Lewis.
Detective Story
Twenty-four hours at a busy New York police station, with Kirk Douglas as a cop at the end of his tether.
The Big Heat
Fritz Lang’s steely study of a cop succumbing to vengefulness after an investigation takes its toll on his family.
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The Big Heat + intro by Simran Hans, writer and film critic for The Observer
Fritz Lang’s steely study of a cop succumbing to vengefulness after an investigation takes its toll on his family.
Rear Window
James Stewart’s photojournalist suspects his neighbours of murder in Hitchcock’s much-loved classic.
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Rear Window + intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-Large
James Stewart’s photojournalist suspects his neighbours of murder in Hitchcock’s much-loved classic.
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