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High Society High Society More...
Charles Walters, USA 1956, 35mm. G cert
Screwball classic The Philadelphia Story remade as a musical with Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra taking the roles originally performed by Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart. Cole Porter wrote the brilliant songs, including ‘Well, Did you Evah!’ and ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’ “A terrific musical… when the boys sing, it swings!” – Empire

The Flight The Flight More...
Utek, Stepan Skalsky, Czechoslovakia 1967, 16mm. GY
An impressive and undeservedly obscure film from the 1960s golden age of Czech cinema, Utek tells the story of a bullied and insecure young boy whose proclivity for escaping into a fantasy world of avenging crime-fighters leads him on a dangerous adventure.
 
The Murderer Hides His Face The Murderer Hides His Face More...
Vrah skryva skoy tvar, Petr Schulhoff, Czechoslovakia 1966, 16mm. GA
Crisp black and white mystery-thriller starring the reliably odd Rudolf Hrusinsky. Three women have died, but who is the culprit? The unemployed windowdresser, the gamekeeper, the farmer or the mentally disabled boy?
 
Return of the Prodigal Son Return of the Prodigal Son More...
Navrat ztraceneho syna, Ewald Schorm, Czechoslovakia 1966, 16mm. GA
Rarely seen Czech gem by little-known filmmaker Ewald Schorm, whose work echoes that of his contemporaries Antonioni and Bergman. This film nervously probes into the damaged psyche of an architect who has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital after attempting suicide.
 
The Third Kind The Third Kind More...
Ta treti, Jaroslav Balik, Czechoslovakia 1968, 16mm. R16
In this swinging, slightly camp Czech drama from the late ’60s, middle-aged George smitten by groovy young hitchhiker Eva, but has trouble dealing with her wild and crazy rock’n’roll-loving friends and their rebellious parties. Featuring a cameo appearance by the so-called ‘Czech Beatles’.
 
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Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR 1972, 35mm. PG cert
Screening at Queenstown Film Society