REWIND: CLASSICS ON SCREEN
Enjoy three days of Classics on Screen! From Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon to one of the '90s greatest teen movies', Clueless, join us in celebrating these beloved films' anniversaries.
What's On?
BARRY LYNDON (12A)
Friday 25th & Saturday 26th July I Dir. Stanley Kubrick I With: Ryan O'Neal I Country: USA, UK I Language: English I 185min I 50th Anniversary
Stanley Kubrick bent the conventions of the historical drama to his own will in this dazzling vision of a pitiless aristocracy, adapted from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.
LA HAINE (15)
Friday 25th July I Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz I With: Vincent Cassel I Country: France I Language: French with English Subtitles I 98min I 30th Anniversary
This stone cold classic of Nineties cinema is back to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Taking place over the 24 hours following the police shooting of a young man, Kassovitz shows the world through the eyes of three friends, Arab, Jew and Black, frustrated at politicians and the media excusing police brutality.
THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT (PG)
Saturday 26th July I Dir. Val Guest I With: Brian Donlevy I Country: UK I Language: English I 82min I 70th Anniversary
Hammer's original sci-fi classic crashlands on its 70th anniversary. When the British-American Rocket Group sends an experimental manned spacecraft into outer space they soon lose contact and it crash-lands over two days later. But, as the scientists force entry to rescue the three-man crew, they find to their horror only one astronaut and two empty space-suits.
THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME (12A)
Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th July I Dir. Mamoru Hosoda I With: Riisa Naka I Country: Japan I Language: Japanese (English Subbed and Dubbed Screenings available) I 101min I 19th Anniversary
Makoto is a typical teenage girl who spends most of her days slacking off with friends. One day while rushing to meet her aunt, she nearly gets hit by a train, but at the last second, finds herself jumping backwards in time to before the accident. She immediately makes use of her newfound ability to re-do every minor inconvenience– from poor exam results to awkward confessions of love.
CLUELESS (12A)
Saturday 26th July I Dir. Amy Heckerling I With: Alicia Silverstone I Country: USA I Language: English I 97min I 30th Anniversary
Cher is the most popular and glamourous girl at Beverly Hills High. Although she may be the envy of scheming Betties (female babes) and persistent Barneys (unattractive guys), she has an innate drive to help those less fortunate, especially when it comes to love. Despite her total confidence in knowing what's best for others, Cher is totally clueless when it comes to her own heart.
RAN (15)
Sunday 27th July I Dir. Akira Kurosawa I With: Tatsuya Nakadai I Country: Japan I Language: Japanese with English Subtitles I 160min I 40th Anniversary
Made late in his career, the last Akira Kurosawa's great historical epics transposes the story of Shakespeare's King Lear to feudal Japan. In the 16th century, Lord Hidetora decides to retire and share his territory between his three sons, Taro, Jiro and Saburo. The latter foreseeing difficulties, opposes his decision. He is consequently disinherited. However, the father soon discovers that, mocking his authority, his first two sons begin to fight.
THE TRIAL (PG)
Sunday 27th July I Dir. Orson Welles I With: Anthony Perkins I Country: USA I Language: English I 114min I 50th Anniversary
A feverishly inspired take on Franz Kafka’s novel, Orson Welles’s The Trial casts Anthony Perkins as the bewildered office drone Josef K., whose arrest for an unspecified crime plunges him into a menacing bureaucratic labyrinth of guilt, corruption, and paranoia.
HIDDEN (15)
Sunday 27th July I Dir. Michael Haneke I With: Daniel Auteuil & Juliette Binoche I Country: France I Language: French with English Subtitles I 113min I 20th Anniversary
Anne and Georges, a bourgeois Parisian couple—she in publishing, he in television—find anonymous surveillance footage of their home delivered to their doorstep. As more tapes arrive, the voyeuristic intrusion appears linked to Georges' childhood and a traumatic incident involving an Algerian boy his family once sheltered.
Relive, rewind, or even experience them for the first time!
