Classics
Two feminist classics from behind the Iron Curtain, New Wave icon Alain Resnais’ first two features and Hollywood’s most ruthless satire
Daisies
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My 20th Century
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Hiroshima Mon AmourAlain Resnais
France/Japan · 1959 A French actor (Emmanuèle Riva) falls for a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) while on shoot in Hiroshima. “A cornerstone film of the French New Wave, Resnais’ first feature is one of the most influential films of all time.” – Criterion Screening times, review and trailer >> |
Last Year at Marienbad
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Sunset BoulevardBilly Wilder
USA · 1950 Fledgling screenwriter William Holden stumbles into the mansion of faded silent-film superstar Gloria Swanson in Wilder’s poison-pen letter to Hollywood. “The blackest of all Hollywood's scab-scratching accounts of itself.” – Time Out Screening times, review and trailer >> |