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Harold and Maude

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:02:58 +0000

Wednesday 25 March 2009 7.30. Black comedies don't come much blacker than this cult favourite, and they don't come much funnier, either. The self-destructive and needy wealthy teenager Harold is obsessed by death and spends his leisure time attending funerals, watching the demolition of buildings and simulating suicides trying to get attention from his indifferent and egocentric mother. When Harold meets the anarchic 79 year-old Maude at a friend's funeral she urges him to reach out and grab life by the lapels.

Drifting Clouds

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:02:14 +0000

Wednesday 25 February 2009 7.30. One of Aki Kaurismaki’s most accomplished films, this extremely minimalist take on the universal misery that is unemployment and recession manages to discover hope even amongst the despair. Funny, tragic and uplifting, if suffering can ever be said to be noble, that nobility can be found here.

The Cremator

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:05:13 +0000

Wednesday 28 January 2009, 7.30pm. Juraj Herz’s The Cremator has been described in many ways - as surrealist-inspired horror, as expressionist fantasy and as a dark and disturbing tale of terror.

The Round-Up

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:53:31 +0100

Wednesday 26 November 7.30. Director: Miklós Jancsó. A profound influence on filmmakers from Sergio Leone to Béla Tarr, The Round-Up is widely acknowledged as a masterpiece of world cinema. Set in a detention camp in Hungary 1869, at a time of guerrilla campaigns against the ruling Austrians.

Sullivan's Travels

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:53:08 +0100

Wednesday 17 December 7.30. Director: Preston Sturges. This masterpiece is perhaps the finest movie-about-a-movie ever made. Hollywood director Joel McCrea, tired of churning out lightweight comedies, decides to make O Brother, Where Art Thou - a serious, socially responsible film about human suffering.