CrashDavid Cronenberg
Canada · 1996 Highly controversial on its original release, Cronenberg’s provocative satire about a group of sadomasochistic car-crash fetishists remains as unsettling as it is mesmerising. “Evokes a kinky, modern-day re-birth of some ancient Cult of the Dead” – Adrian Martin Screening times, reviews and trailer >> |
The Wicker ManRobin Hardy
UK · 1973 This folk horror classic follows a devoutly Christian policeman (Edward Woodward) whose search for a missing girl on a remote Scottish island is led astray by the pagan-worshipping inhabitants. “Pure, brilliant, spine-tingling fun… a knockout!” – Boston Globe Screening times, review and trailer >> |
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?Frank Tashlin
USA · 1957 Former animator Frank Tashlin brings cartoonish exuberance to this wild satire of ’50s mores, as a put-upon ad-exec attempts to wrangle a glamorous movie star for a lipstick commercial. With Tony Randall and Jayne Mansfield. “Hilarious literally from the first frame” – Chicago Reader Screening times, review and trailer >> |
House of BambooSamuel Fuller
USA · 1955 Sam Fuller's CinemaScope feature relocates hard-boiled noir to Tokyo, to explore the shifting post-war relationship between America and Japan. “The most visually lush film that the great action director ever made… a riot of color, local and otherwise” – J Hoberman, NY Times Screening times, review and trailer >> |
The African QueenJohn Huston
USA · 1951 Shot on location in the Congo, this wartime romance teams Hollywood leading lights, Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, in a hazardous riverboat adventure. “A film that has everything – adventure, humor, spectacular photography and superb performances” – TV Guide Screening times, reviews and trailer >> |
Ace in the HoleBilly Wilder
USA · 1951 Kirk Douglas plays a cynical newsman who stumbles on a potentially career-making story in Billy Wilder’s acidic and unflinching examination of journalistic ethics. “An uncompromising masterpiece” – Guardian Screening times, reviews and trailer >> |
Nightmare AlleyEdmund Goulding
USA · 1947 The hauntingly strange world of a travelling carnival is the setting for this moody melodrama about a charlatan spiritualist and his fall from grace (recently remade by Guillermo Del Toro). “Gripping, exciting and suspenseful… Tyrone Power in the very best performance of his career” – Hollywood Reporter Screening times, review and trailer >> |
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