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Michaelmas Term 2015 Christ’s Films is a student run cinema founded in 1978 as an alternative to expensive local cinemas. We show a wide range of films from cult classics to Hollywood Blockbusters and each screening is tailored to provide you with more than just a film screening. From interactive screenings to pre-show events: Christ’s Films goes the extra mile.

Tickets: £4 or get 4 Films for £12 Doors open 15 minutes before the show films@christs.cam.ac.uk | www.christsfilms.org.uk www.facebook.com/ChristsFilms Directions to Christ’s Films, Yusuf Hamied Theatre, Christ’s College Follow the path from the Porter’s Lodge into Second Court and around to the left. Head towards Third Court, turn right at the big flight of steps and go through the glass doors and towards the double doors of the Yusuf Hamied Theatre.

12 angry men

Legally Blonde

Saturday 11th January | 7pm

Saturday 11th January | 7pm

In collaboration with the Cambridge University Law Society, Christ’s Films brings you the classic, Twelve Angry Men. Directed by the late Sidney Lumet, 12 Angry Men tells the story of how one juror in a murder trial manages to convince the other men in the room, how the case is not as obvious as it seems.

Christ’s Films brings you the Reese Witherspoon comedy classic, Legally Blonde. When a sorority queen follows her ex-boyfriend to law school, she discovers that she may be more adept at the subject than she ever imagined. A hit that has since been turned into a successful stage show, Legally Blonde is a film that would be criminal to miss.

Sweet dreams

Saturday 11th January | 7pm Christ’s Films brings you a special screening of the documentary, Sweet Dreams. Set in Rwanda after the genocide of 1994, Sweet Dreams follows the lives of an all female drumming group who decide to set up an ice cream shop in their town after one of their main members returns from New York. director, this promises to be a fascinating evening at Christ’s Films.

Reservoir Dogs

Saturday 11th January | 7pm The film that started it all for Quentin Tarantino, come to Christ’s Films and see the cult classic, Reservoir Dogs. When a heist goes bad the remaining members of the team regroup in their safe house. Accusations fly as each tries to figure out who amongst them is secretly working for the police.

An incendiary thrill ride of a film, Reservoir Dogs is Tarantino at his earliest, simplest, bloodiest, and best.

Any Given Sunday

Saturday 11th January | 7pm

The room

Saturday 11th January | 7pm Johnny (Tommy Wiseau (Producer, Director, Writer and Star) has everything, a beautiful fiancée, a nice house and a good job. But that’s all about to change when Lisa (Juliette Danielle) becomes dissatisfied with her life with Johnny. Can the two make it through the hardships? Or will the increasingly nonsensical plot be too much for them to bear?

boyhood

Saturday 11th January | 7pm On the weekend of the Oscars, come and see the film that may well take the top prize. Filmed over twelve years with the same cast, Boyhood follows Mason (Ellar Coltrane) from the age of six to his first day of college. An emotional, and nostalgic journey, Boyhood is a landmark in the history of cinema.

Come to Christ’s Films and see this special film that was the best-reviewed film of last year. miss.

Pride

Saturday 11th January | 7pm

To get ready for the Super Bowl come to Christ’s Films with the Cambridge University Pythons and see the classic American Football film, Any Given Sunday. A behind-the-scenes look at the trials and tribulations of an American Football club, Christ’s Films is giving you the chance to finally see that inspirational Al Pacino speech that pervades YouTube in context!

During the miner’s strike of the 1980s, gay activists, empathizing with the miners struggle, decide to give them their support. Last year Pride became a word of mouth critical and commercial hit, going on to win awards and be nominated for a Golden Globe.

Starring the likes of Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, and recent Cambridge Union guest, Dominic West, Pride is not to be missed.

pitch perfect

back to the future 1 & 2

With Pitch Perfect 2 on the horizon, relive the instant cult classic and experience a pre-film performance

by Pembroke’s a cappella group, Acapem. When Beca begrudgingly goes to Barden University, she ends up in the female a cappella group, the Barden Bellas. Initially reluctant, Beca inspires the group to reach new heights, and challenge their male counterparts, the Treblemakers.

To celebrate the arrival of 2015, come to Christ’s Films for a double bill of Back to the Future and Back to the Future 2! When Doc Brown introduces Marty McFly to his time travelling Delorean, both of their lives are changed forever. Come dressed in clothing from the fifties, eighties, or Back to the Future’s slightly inaccurate prediction of 2015! Don’t miss this celebration of two of cinema’s most beloved films.

Saturday 11th January | 7pm

Saturday 11th January | 7pm