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• 1976
• US
• 1h 31min
• 18

• Directed by: John Carpenter
• Cast: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer

Carpenter's breakthrough film as an abandoned police station is attacked by a seemingly endless wave of gangland marauders, with only a cop and a criminal inside to lead the inhabitants to safety.

• 73%
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• 2022
• Canada
• 1h 59min
• 15

• Directed by: Clement Virgo
• Cast: Lamar Johnson, Aaron Pierre, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Kiana Madeira, Lovell Adams-Gray

Set against the backdrop of Toronto's early hip-hop scene, two brothers are faced with the trials of growing up.

• 70%
• 70%

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• 1991
• US
• 2h 7min
• 18

• Directed by: Martin Scorsese
• Written by: Wesley Strick
• Cast: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck

Scorsese's stunning remake of the 1962 original leaves Silence of the Lambs pallid by comparison. De Niro is terrifying as white trash psycho Max Cady, out of prison and stalking the family of the lawyer who suppressed evidence to put him away. Disturbing sexual undertones, centred on 15-year-old Danny (Lewis), make this an even more uncomfortable, but unmissable, top-notch scare-fest.

• 73%
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Celebrate the life of one of music’s greatest icons in this special premiere event. See the new movie CARLOS first, including intro content featuring director Rudy Valdez.

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• 2022
• UK
• 1h 15min
• 15

• Directed by: Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson
• Cast: Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson, Tobias Feltus

Scottish filmmaker Will Anderson’s relationship with his mother and their journey following the diagnosis of her cancer. Whilst alone, Will privately keeps council with an animated cat called Dom – a curious character living inside of his computer screen who interjects with observations, questions and actions that shed a light on Will's feelings to a darkly humorous and often poignant effect.

Created with co-director and collaborator, Ainslie Henderson, the film documents the manifold emotions Will experiences, as he juggles the pressures of filmmaking and personal trauma whilst coming to terms with a potential, earthshattering loss.

But when emotions, events and styles collide, tensions rise between the two filmmakers and the film itself transforms into something far removed from what was originally intended. Will it ever dawn on Will that the heart of his film is found in his love for his mother and that loss too can be a chance for connection?

• 83%

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• 1981
• Germany
• 3h 27min
• 15

• Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
• Cast: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann

A hunter-killer sub is unleashed on Allied shipping in the North Atlantic, but the captain shares few of the Nazi ideals of his superiors. This visceral, twisty action drama redefined the ensemble realism, and its claustrophobic brilliance is only redoubled in this 207-minute version.

• 84%
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• 1993
• US
• 1h 42min
• 18

• Directed by: Richard Linklater
• Cast: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey

Linklater's film follows a group of Texan teens as they enjoy their summer holidays. Featuring early appearances from Matthew McConaughey and Ben Affleck.

• 76%
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• 2023
• 1h 14min
• 15

• Directed by: Craig Gillespie
• Cast: America Ferrera, Shailene Woodley, Sebastian Stan

The story of how Gamestop became one of the world's most valuable stocks.

• 71%
• 67%

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• 1973
• US
• 2h 1min
• 18

• Directed by: William Friedkin
• Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller, Linda Blair

Earnest priest Jason Miller steps in to save a poor little possessed girl in this hugely effective scarefest. Now re-released in remastered form, with a super stereo soundtrack (so you can hear those obscenities in full). Dead good, dead scary, dead priest.

• 81%
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• 2023
• 1h 31min
• 12A

• Directed by: Babak Jalali
• Cast: Anaita Wali Zada, Jeremy Allen White, Gregg Turkington, Hilda Schmelling

A worker in a Chinese fortune cookie factory puts a special message in a cookie.

• 73%
• 72%

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• 2023
• US
• 1h 43min
• 12A

• Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
• Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Michelle Yeoh, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarico

Kenneth Branagh returns as Poirot who, now retired, attends a séance at which one of the guests is murdered. Based on Agatha Christie's novel, Hallowe'en Party.

• 68%
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• 2004
• China / Hong Kong
• 1h 59min
• 15

• Directed by: Zhang Yimou
• Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Ziyi, Andy Lau

A pair of police deputies, Jin (Kaneshiro) and Leo (Lau), track a suspected member of the insurgent faction Flying Daggers circa 859AD with surprising results. Given the previous form of 'Hero' it's a disappointment. Good combat sequences, though.

• 75%
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• 1963
• UK / US
• 1h 44min
• U

• Directed by: Don Chaffey
• Written by: Beverley Cross
• Cast: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Honor Blackman, Gary Raymond

Totally brill adventure yarn as our hero Jason sets out to retrieve the legendary golden fleece and is helped by a number of the gods on Olympus along the way. Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion effects remain among the best of his career, most notably the final conflict with an army of skeletal soldiers.

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• 2023
• UK
• 3h 40min
• 18

• Directed by: Ivo van Hove
• Cast: James Norton, Luke Thompson, Omari Douglas, Zach Wyatt, Elliot Cowan, Zubin Varla, Nathalie Armin, Emilio Doorgasingh

James Norton (Happy Valley, Grantchester) stars in the theatrical event as visionary director Ivo van Hove (A View from the Bridge) stages the English language premiere of A Little Life. Filmed live at the Savoy Theatre, London, during its West End run, this record-breaking and ‘beautifully acted’ production of the million-copy bestseller by Hanya Yanagihara comes to the big screen for a limited time only.

The critically acclaimed five-star play also stars Luke Thompson (Bridgerton), Omari Douglas (It’s A Sin), Zach Wyatt (The Witcher), Elliot Cowan (The Crown), Zubin Varla (Tammy Faye), Nathalie Armin (Force Majeure) and Emilio Doorgasingh (Best of Enemies).

A Little Life follows four college friends in New York City: aspiring actor Willem, successful architect Malcolm, struggling artist JB, and prodigious lawyer Jude. As ambition, addiction, and pride threaten to pull the group apart, they always find themselves bound by their love for Jude and the mysteries of his past. But when those secrets come to light, they finally learn that to know Jude St Francis is to understand the limitless potential of love in the face of life.

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• 2004
• US
• 1h 37min
• 12A

• Directed by: Mark S Waters
• Written by: Tina Fey (screenplay), Rosalind Wiseman (book)
• Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, Tina Fey, Lizzy Caplan

Raised in Africa by zoologist parents, Cady Heron (Lohan) thinks she knows about survival of the fittest. But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters school for the first time and encounters the peculiar cliquey world of the girl teenager. Acerbic, clever teen drama written by Saturday Night Live's Tina Fey.

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• 2023
• UK
• 1h 53min
• 15

• Directed by: Ken Loach
• Cast: Debbie Honeywood, Trevor Fox, Laura Lee Daly, Neil Leiper, Jordan Louis, Reuben Bainbridge

The Old Oak

Ken Loach | UK, France, Belgium | 2023 | 113m | 15

New drama from director Ken Loach. The future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak in a village of the Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available thus making it an ideal location for the Syrian refugees.

It’s a Film + Discussion + Coffee evening and everyone is welcome to attend. No membership required.

• 70%
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• 2023
• US / South Korea
• 1h 45min
• 12A

• Directed by: Celine Song
• Cast: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah

A budding childhood romance between Nora and Hae Sung, classmates at a primary school in Seoul, ends abruptly when Nora’s family emigrates to Canada. Twelve years later, Nora - now a playwriting student in New York - notices that Hae Sung’s been searching social media for her. They reconnect online and even imagine a reunion. But another dozen years pass before they finally meet during his visit to New York. Although their lives have changed dramatically, they remain bound by a wistful connection.

An aching, deeply romantic debut feature from playwright Celine Song, Past Lives is a love story told across three moments in time. Song’s artful aesthetic and profound character writing, and the spellbinding performances she draws from Greta Lee, Teo Yoo and John Magaro (whose fates intertwine) explore love, identity, and ‘In Yun’, a Korean notion of fate stemming from two people’s connection in a past life.

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• 2022
• 2h 5min
• 15

• Directed by: Cristian Mungiu
• Cast: Marin Grigore, Judith State, Macrina Barladeanu

Award-winning director Cristian Mungiu's (4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days) gripping portrait of ethnic and economic resentments tearing at the fabric of a small mountain town

• 73%
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• 2023
• 1h 24min
• 12

• Directed by: Charlotte Regan
• Cast: Lola Campbell, Alin Uzun, Cary Crankson

Following her mother’s death, a resourceful 12-year-old girl, Georgie (Lola Campbell), continues to live alone in their London-outskirts flat. She makes money stealing bikes with her friend, Ali (Alin Uzun), and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. It works like a charm until Jason (Harris Dickinson) shows up. Apparently, he’s her father — so long estranged that she doesn’t recognize him. Sizing him up as a rubbish dad (absent, messy, can’t cook), Georgie wonders why he’s suddenly taking an interest; especially when she’s doing just fine on her own, thank you very much.

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• 1984
• US
• 1h 28min
• PG

• Directed by: Jonathan Demme
• Written by: Talking Heads, Jonathan Demme

There's plenty of quality in 'Stop Making Sense', the film of Talking Heads' 1984 stage show: the songs, the band's original musicians enjoying themselves tremendously and Demme, who has a radar-like eye for the little smiles and exchanges between band members. But the element of 'Stop Making Sense' that arrests the attention from beginning to end and makes this film unforgettable is the scintillating, mesmeric David Byrne.

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• 1995
• US
• 1h 21min
• PG

• Directed by: John Lasseter
• Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, Erik von Detten

It isn't just the state-of-the-art images that distinguish Disney's first computer-generated animation feature, it's got a cracking adventure story too. A tale of friendship and self-belief combined with an exciting rescue and against-the-clock tension, Toy Story is sprinkled with comic asides. Don't be fooled into thinking these toys are just for the kids.

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