Programme (2009/10) Jump to Next Film
Thursday 1 October
In Bruges
- Details:
- Dir. Martin McDonagh | UK | 2008 | 107 mins
- Principal Cast:
- Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes
Two Dublin hitmen, ordered to lie low after a job goes wrong, await instructions in Bruges. For Ken (Gleeson), the city’s history and beauty are inspiring. For Ray (Farrell), it’s purgatory.
Thursday 15 October
The Third Man
- Details:
- Dir. Carol Reed | UK | 1949 | 104 mins
- Principal Cast:
- Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Trevor Howard
A washed up writer, Holly Martins (Cotton), turns up in post-war Vienna to find his friend, Harry Lime (Welles), dead. Was it an accident, murder, or is something far darker taking place?
Thursday 29 October
Let The Right One In
- Details:
- Dir. Tomas Alfredson | Sweden | 2008 | 115 mins
- Principal Cast:
- Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson
In a Stockholm suburb in 1982, Oskar meets Eli and falls in love. Both Oskar and Eli are 12 years old. But Eli has been 12 for a very long time…
Thursday 12 November
Badlands
- Details:
- Dir. Terrence Malick | USA | 1973 | 94 mins
- Principal Cast:
- Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek
He was 25 years old. He combed his hair like James Dean. She was 15. She took music lessons and could twirl a baton. For a while they lived together in a tree house. In 1959, she watched while he killed a lot of people.
Thursday 26 November
Vertigo
- Details:
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock | USA | 1958 | 128 mins
- Principal Cast:
- James Stewart, Kim Novak
Stewart is a man torn apart by love, loss and a crippling fear of heights, James Stewart is hired to follow the beautiful and mysterious Madeleine (Kim Novak). Voted the No.1 mystery of all time The American Film Institute.
Thursday 10 December
In The Loop
- Details:
- Dir. Armando Iannucci | UK | 2009 | 106 mins
- Principal Cast:
- Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini
After the success of TV's 'The Thick of It', Armando Ianucci's satire sees foul-mouthed Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi), the PM's attack dog, and hapless Minister (Tom Hollander) in Washington and on the road to war.
Thursday 17 December
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Thursday 7 January
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
- Details:
- Dir. Alex Holdridge | USA | 2008 | 90 mins
- Principal Cast:
- Scoot McNairy, Sara Simmonds
Lonely loser Wilson (Scoot McNairy) puts an ad on the web for a New Year's date. Soon he and Vivian (Sara Simmonds) explore the streets of downtown LA in a very modern version of a good old fashioned love story.
Thursday 21 January
Man On Wire
- Details:
- Dir. James Marsh | USA/ UK | 2008 | 104 mins
- Principal Cast:
- Philippe Petit
This Oscar winning documentary tells the astonishing story of Philippe Petit who broke into the newly built World Trade Centre and tight-rope walked between the two towers. A remarkable tale of obsession and its impact on the people involved.
Thursday 4 February
Harold and Maude
- Details:
- Dir. Hal Ashby | USA | 1971 | 91 mins
- Principal Cast:
- Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort
Death obsessed teenager Harold (Bud Cort) falls for 79 year old free spirit Maude (Ruth Gordon) and learns what life is all about. An unconventional love story and one of the great, off-beat romantic comedies.
Thursday 18 February
Milk
- Details:
- Dir. Gus Van Sant | US | 2009 | 128 mins
- Principal Cast:
- Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin
Celebrating Gay History Month. Inspirational true story of the first openly gay man elected to major office in America, Harvey Milk. Winner of Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Sean Penn at the 2009 Oscars.
Thursday 4 March
Jar City
- Details:
- Dir. Baltasar Kormákur | Iceland | 2006 | 94 mins
- Principal Cast:
- Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir
Follow Detective Erlendur as he investigated the seemingly unrelated deaths of an old man and a young girl and deals with his drug addicted daughter. A dark and foreboding Icelandic crime thriller with spellbinding cinematography.
Thursday 18 March
Gun Crazy (aka "Deadly Is The Female")
- Details:
- Dir. Joseph H. Lewis | USA | 1950 | 86 mins
- Principal Cast:
- Peggy Cummins, John Dall
Bart (John Dall) will do anything for femme-fatal Annie (Peggy Cummins). And she will make him do anything to satisfy her lust for money. This classic piece of film noir pulp fiction is the forerunner of such greats as Bonnie and Clyde and Badlands.
Thursday 1 April
Looking For Eric
- Details:
- Dir. Ken Loach | UK, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain | 2009 | 116 mins
- Principal Cast:
- Steve Evets, Eric Cantona
When Eric's (Steve Evets) life hits rock bottom, who can help? Rather surprisingly, it's French footballing philosopher, Eric Cantona. Nominated for the Palm d'Or, this Ken Loach comedy has a hard edge but a soft centre.
Thursday 15 April
The Apartment
- Details:
- Dir. Billy Wilder | USA | 1960 | 125 mins
- Principal Cast:
- Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine
Shy Jack Lemmon is in love with Shirley MacLaine. Unfortunately she's his boss's mistress. 1960's Best Picture Oscar winner is a very modern tale of office politics and the things we do for love. And possibly the best romantic comedy of all time.
Thursday 29 April
The Day The Earth Caught Fire
- Details:
- Dir. Val Guest | UK | 1961 | 98 mins
- Principal Cast:
- Janet Munro, Leo McKern
Simultaneous H-bombs send earth flying into the sun, causing London to fry. It's up to Express reporter Leo McKern to expose the truth in this BAFTA winning sci-fi disaster movie. But is it already too late?
Thursday 13 May
Sounds Like Teen Spirit
- Details:
- Dir. Jamie J. Johnson | UK | 2009 | 100 mins
Enter the primary coloured world of Junior Eurovision with this glorious feature length documentary. Jamie Jay Johnson's utterly charming début film is a celebration of innocence, cheese and day-glow Euro-exuberance. Not a pushy parents or prima-donna in sight.
Thursday 27 May
Saturday Night Fever
- Details:
- Dir. John Badham | USA | 1977 | 118 mins
- Principal Cast:
- John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney
Tony (John Travolta), the Disco King, dreams of escape from his dead end life. Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney) might just be his ticket out. John Badham's film launched Travolta's career and brought disco to the world.
Thursday 10 June
The Princess Bride
- Details:
- Dir. Rob Reiner | USA | 1987 | 98 mins
- Principal Cast:
- Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright Penn
Buttercup is kidnapped by her fiancé and her true-love, Westley, is dead. But little things like kidnap, monsters, pirates and death never got in the way of true-love. Rob Reiner's fantasy gem is pure, unadulterated entertainment.