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Director: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon. USA 1977. 137 mins.
For its 40th anniversary, Steven Spielberg’s genre-defining masterpiece returns to cinemas in a dazzling 4K restoration of the director’s cut to win over audiences all over again. This brilliantly paced tale follows two groups of people driven by the prospect that humans are not alone in the universe. The first is a team of scientists on a trail of mind-boggling evidence that leads them to the eventual landing site of alien visitors; the other a group of ordinary people who gravitate to the same spot, plagued by strange visions after close encounters with extra-terrestrial life. The opening sequences masterfully evoke a sense of foreboding, but as the film builds towards its stunning climax, fear gives way to wonder. It’s a tone shift that set Spielberg’s idealistic vision apart from all other big-screen alien encounters at the time, and raised the bar for every first-contact film that would follow.
Audiences will also be treated to a short about the making of the film, which
includes an all-new interview with Steven Spielberg.
A breakout at this year’s Sundance, Strong Island is a searing critique of the US justice system and a dissertation on the grief of one African/American family. After a squabble over a car repair, director Yance Ford, then living as a young woman, had to endure the loss of his beloved brother, shot dead. The 19-year-old white mechanic, accused of the murder, walked free after the court decided he had no case to answer. Like his brother – who ironically aspired to become a prison officer – Yance was the child of hard-working, law-abiding parents; he and his mother appear extensively to camera calmly verbalising their sense of loss and outrage at the miscarriage of justice. Ten years in the making, Ford’s directorial debut is a powerful and sobering account of America’s all-too-familiar institutional racism.
Dreamers, Lovers, Legends: The true story of the Argentine dancers who made the tango famous.
Written and directed by Germán Kral (The Last Applause, Música Cubana) and executive produced by Wim Wenders (Pina, Buena Vista Social Club), OUR LAST TANGO tells the life and love story of Argentina's most celebrated tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes. They met as teenagers and danced together for nearly fifty years, becoming international stars and making the Argentine tango famous around the world before a painful separation tore them apart.
In German Kral´s film the virtuosos reunite to open up about their journey, recreating incredible tango-choreographies with the help of a group of young dancers from Buenos Aires including acclaimed dancer Pablo Verón (The Tango Lesson).
Director: Carol Salter. Featuring: Ying Ling. UK 2017. 72 mins.
In a China where millions of mainly young people are displaced from rural life to go and live and work in cities, we meet Ying Ling, a vibrant but nervous and lonely 17-year old who has come to Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, to train as a mortician. In her debut documentary feature, director/camerawoman Carol Salter paints an affectionate portrait of Ling. We see her calmly practising on dummy cadavers in one of China’s largest funeral homes, coping with hitherto unfamiliar city life and striving to develop new relationships whilst all the while struggling to keep in touch with her distant family. Underlying what is an engaging and often moving account of one young woman’s experiences is Salter’s fascination with the consequences of a planned economy that involves the break up of families right across the social strata.
Contains images of real dead bodies, distressing scenes.
Director: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon. USA 1977. 137 mins.
For its 40th anniversary, Steven Spielberg’s genre-defining masterpiece returns to cinemas in a dazzling 4K restoration of the director’s cut to win over audiences all over again. This brilliantly paced tale follows two groups of people driven by the prospect that humans are not alone in the universe. The first is a team of scientists on a trail of mind-boggling evidence that leads them to the eventual landing site of alien visitors; the other a group of ordinary people who gravitate to the same spot, plagued by strange visions after close encounters with extra-terrestrial life. The opening sequences masterfully evoke a sense of foreboding, but as the film builds towards its stunning climax, fear gives way to wonder. It’s a tone shift that set Spielberg’s idealistic vision apart from all other big-screen alien encounters at the time, and raised the bar for every first-contact film that would follow.
Audiences will also be treated to a short about the making of the film, which
includes an all-new interview with Steven Spielberg.
Dreamers, Lovers, Legends: The true story of the Argentine dancers who made the tango famous.
Written and directed by Germán Kral (The Last Applause, Música Cubana) and executive produced by Wim Wenders (Pina, Buena Vista Social Club), OUR LAST TANGO tells the life and love story of Argentina's most celebrated tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes. They met as teenagers and danced together for nearly fifty years, becoming international stars and making the Argentine tango famous around the world before a painful separation tore them apart.
In German Kral´s film the virtuosos reunite to open up about their journey, recreating incredible tango-choreographies with the help of a group of young dancers from Buenos Aires including acclaimed dancer Pablo Verón (The Tango Lesson).
Director: Carol Salter. Featuring: Ying Ling. UK 2017. 72 mins.
In a China where millions of mainly young people are displaced from rural life to go and live and work in cities, we meet Ying Ling, a vibrant but nervous and lonely 17-year old who has come to Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, to train as a mortician. In her debut documentary feature, director/camerawoman Carol Salter paints an affectionate portrait of Ling. We see her calmly practising on dummy cadavers in one of China’s largest funeral homes, coping with hitherto unfamiliar city life and striving to develop new relationships whilst all the while struggling to keep in touch with her distant family. Underlying what is an engaging and often moving account of one young woman’s experiences is Salter’s fascination with the consequences of a planned economy that involves the break up of families right across the social strata.
Contains images of real dead bodies, distressing scenes.
Dreamers, Lovers, Legends: The true story of the Argentine dancers who made the tango famous.
Written and directed by Germán Kral (The Last Applause, Música Cubana) and executive produced by Wim Wenders (Pina, Buena Vista Social Club), OUR LAST TANGO tells the life and love story of Argentina's most celebrated tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes. They met as teenagers and danced together for nearly fifty years, becoming international stars and making the Argentine tango famous around the world before a painful separation tore them apart.
In German Kral´s film the virtuosos reunite to open up about their journey, recreating incredible tango-choreographies with the help of a group of young dancers from Buenos Aires including acclaimed dancer Pablo Verón (The Tango Lesson).
Director: Carol Salter. Featuring: Ying Ling. UK 2017. 72 mins.
In a China where millions of mainly young people are displaced from rural life to go and live and work in cities, we meet Ying Ling, a vibrant but nervous and lonely 17-year old who has come to Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, to train as a mortician. In her debut documentary feature, director/camerawoman Carol Salter paints an affectionate portrait of Ling. We see her calmly practising on dummy cadavers in one of China’s largest funeral homes, coping with hitherto unfamiliar city life and striving to develop new relationships whilst all the while struggling to keep in touch with her distant family. Underlying what is an engaging and often moving account of one young woman’s experiences is Salter’s fascination with the consequences of a planned economy that involves the break up of families right across the social strata.
Contains images of real dead bodies, distressing scenes.
Seymour, a shy young man working for a tyrannical florist, finds a vehicle for private and public success in the form of a maneating plant from outer space. The carniverous shrub helps him to become a celebrity, gets rid of his boss and clears the way for him to woo the girl of his dreams. However, its cannibalistic eating habits become insatiable and it's up to Seymour to cut it down to size. This comedy musical is based on the stage version of the cult movie, and features a memorable cameo performance from Steve Martin as a sadistic dentist.
Dreamers, Lovers, Legends: The true story of the Argentine dancers who made the tango famous.
Written and directed by Germán Kral (The Last Applause, Música Cubana) and executive produced by Wim Wenders (Pina, Buena Vista Social Club), OUR LAST TANGO tells the life and love story of Argentina's most celebrated tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes. They met as teenagers and danced together for nearly fifty years, becoming international stars and making the Argentine tango famous around the world before a painful separation tore them apart.
In German Kral´s film the virtuosos reunite to open up about their journey, recreating incredible tango-choreographies with the help of a group of young dancers from Buenos Aires including acclaimed dancer Pablo Verón (The Tango Lesson).
Director: Carol Salter. Featuring: Ying Ling. UK 2017. 72 mins.
In a China where millions of mainly young people are displaced from rural life to go and live and work in cities, we meet Ying Ling, a vibrant but nervous and lonely 17-year old who has come to Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, to train as a mortician. In her debut documentary feature, director/camerawoman Carol Salter paints an affectionate portrait of Ling. We see her calmly practising on dummy cadavers in one of China’s largest funeral homes, coping with hitherto unfamiliar city life and striving to develop new relationships whilst all the while struggling to keep in touch with her distant family. Underlying what is an engaging and often moving account of one young woman’s experiences is Salter’s fascination with the consequences of a planned economy that involves the break up of families right across the social strata.
Contains images of real dead bodies, distressing scenes.
Director: James Mangold.
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen. USA 2017. 137 mins.
In 2029, mutants have been all but wiped out. The world-weary Logan has gone into hiding. But when a young girl with similar powers to his own appears, with a sinister organisation not far behind, he reluctantly agrees to take her to a refuge near the Canadian border. It’s a long road to safety, but one that brings deliverance for both of them.
Not since The Dark Knight has a superhero film subverted the genre code as powerfully as Logan. Director James Mangold shuns the capes and CGI for something altogether more human: a gritty, neo-Western road movie that slowly sinks its claws into the heartstrings and doesn’t let go.
In the new black-and-white cut, Logan’s noir and Western qualities shine. The monochrome visuals are fitting for a film with such a strong nostalgic undertow, and that’s why Logan Noir is a perfect companion piece to the colour release that won over audiences earlier this year.
Dreamers, Lovers, Legends: The true story of the Argentine dancers who made the tango famous.
Written and directed by Germán Kral (The Last Applause, Música Cubana) and executive produced by Wim Wenders (Pina, Buena Vista Social Club), OUR LAST TANGO tells the life and love story of Argentina's most celebrated tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes. They met as teenagers and danced together for nearly fifty years, becoming international stars and making the Argentine tango famous around the world before a painful separation tore them apart.
In German Kral´s film the virtuosos reunite to open up about their journey, recreating incredible tango-choreographies with the help of a group of young dancers from Buenos Aires including acclaimed dancer Pablo Verón (The Tango Lesson).
Director: Carol Salter. Featuring: Ying Ling. UK 2017. 72 mins.
In a China where millions of mainly young people are displaced from rural life to go and live and work in cities, we meet Ying Ling, a vibrant but nervous and lonely 17-year old who has come to Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, to train as a mortician. In her debut documentary feature, director/camerawoman Carol Salter paints an affectionate portrait of Ling. We see her calmly practising on dummy cadavers in one of China’s largest funeral homes, coping with hitherto unfamiliar city life and striving to develop new relationships whilst all the while struggling to keep in touch with her distant family. Underlying what is an engaging and often moving account of one young woman’s experiences is Salter’s fascination with the consequences of a planned economy that involves the break up of families right across the social strata.
Contains images of real dead bodies, distressing scenes.
Step is the real-life story of a girls’ high-school step team set against the backdrop of social unrest in the troubled city of Baltimore. These young women learn to laugh, love and thrive – on and off the stage – even when the world seems to work against them. Empowered by their teachers, teammates, counsellors, coaches and families, they chase their ultimate dreams – to win a step championship and to be accepted into college. This all-female school is reshaping the futures of its students’ lives: they’ve made it their goal to have every senior student graduate from college, many of whom will be the first in their family to do so. Deeply insightful and emotionally inspiring, Step embodies the true meaning of sisterhood through a story of courageous young women worth cheering for.
The Discover Tuesdays screening on Sept 26 will screen accompanied by a Random Acts short.
Sapeur Showdown
Two rival sapeur factions favour fashion over violence in this vibrant dance short.
19.00Discover Tuesdays: Discover stunning cinema. Whether it's a cult classic, an art-house gem or a riveting documentary, there will always be a chance to see something different and brilliant in our weekly slot.
Picturehouse Docs: Bringing you the best in new and topical documentaries covering issues around the world.
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