hitchcock

There’s never a bad time to do a retrospective season on ‘The Master of Suspense’, but with the release of Mark Cousins’ documentary My Name is Alfred Hitchcock, we just couldn’t resist! With a career spanning the silent era through to the ‘The New Hollywood’, there are too many iconic films to choose from, but we landed on one film from the 50s, 60s and 70s.

My name is alfred hitchcock (15) UK, 2hr

September Mon 4 7.30pm, Tue 5 11am & 5pm, Wed 6 5pm, Thu 7 2.30pm

Director: Mark Cousins

A fictional Alfred Hitchcock narrates an explanation of some of the lesser known cinematic techniques he used in his movies, richly illustrated with clips from his entire 50 year career.

The Birds (1963, 15) USA, 1hr 59min

September Wed 6 7.30pm, Thu 7 5pm

Stars: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people. You’ll never look at those Herefordian pigeons the same again!

Rear Window (1954, PG) USA, 1hr 54min

September Mon 4 2.30pm, Tue 5 7.30pm

Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly

A photographer in a wheelchair spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window, and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder, despite the scepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend.

Frenzy (1972, 18) UK, 1hr 56min

September Wed 6 2.30pm, Thu 7 7.30pm

Stars: Jon Finch, Barry Foster

London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-onhis-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.

September Fri 1 11am, Sat 9 5.45pm, Mon 11 7.30pm

Joy Ride (15)

USA, 1hr 34min

Director: Adele Lim

Stars: Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu

When Audrey’s business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the help of Lolo, her childhood best friend, Kat, a college friend, and Deadeye, Lolo’s eccentric cousin. Their epic, no-holds-barred experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.

Back By popular demand!

After fantastic responses from audiences last month, we thought we’d bring back these independent documentaries one last time in case anyone missed them.

Hello, Bookstore (PG)

A slice-of-life documentary based in a small American bookshop that is struggling to keep its doors open.

September: Sat 2 5pm, Wed 7 11am, Thu 7 11am

Mad About the boy (12A)

An exploration of Noel Coward’s expansive career which features credits across the stage and screen.

September: Mon 4 11am, Tue 5 2.30pm, Mon 11 11am

September Tue 12 2.30pm, Wed 13 5.15pm, Thu 14 11am, Mon 18 2pm

L'immensità (12A)

Italy, 1hr 38min

Director: Emanuele Crialese

Stars: Penélope Cruz, Vincenzo Amato, Luana Giuliani

In 1970s Rome, Adriana, a preteen girl, moves into a new apartment with her family. While her parents struggle in their unhappy marriage, she rejects her name and identity, ultimately deciding to convince everyone that she is a boy. Foreign language with English subtitles.

“Trans director Crialese indulges in child-like methods of world-making with a sensitive eye.” - LA Times

Theater camp (12A)

USA, 1hr 33min

Director: Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman

Stars: Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Noah Galvin, Ayo Edebiri, Jimmy Tatro

As summer rolls around again, kids are gathering from all over to attend AdirondACTS, a scrappy theater camp in upstate New York that’s a haven for budding performers. After its indomitable founder Joan falls into a coma, her clueless son Troy is tasked with keeping the thespian paradise running. With financial ruin looming, Troy must join forces with a band of eccentric teachers to come up with a solution before the curtain rises on opening night.

September

Smoking Causes Coughing (15)

France, 1hr 17min

Director: Quentin Dupieux

Stars: Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Lacoste

A group of vigilantes called the “tobacco-forces” is falling apart. To rebuild team spirit, their leader suggests that they meet for a week-long retreat, before returning to save the world. Foreign language with English subtitles.

“One of the funniest films of the year” - The Guardian

September

Passages (18)

France/Germany, 1hr 32min

Director: Ira Sachs

Stars: Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw

A gay couple’s marriage of 15 years is thrown into crisis when one of them, a popluar French Director, impulsively begins a passionate a air with a young woman (Adèle Exarchopoulos).

“It’s the intimacy of Passages that makes Sachs’ characters so compelling and so insistently alive.” - NPR

September

And then come the nightjars (15)

UK, 1hr 21min

Director: Paul Robinson

Stars: Nigel Hastings, David Fielder

Adapted for the screen from Bea Roberts’ multi-award-winning stage play, And Then Come the Nightjars tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a Devon farmer and the vet who is assigned to cull his precious herd following the foot-and-mouth outbreak in 2001.

During our run of And Then Come the Nightjars we will be helping raise awareness and donations for We Are Farming Minds, a charity dedicated to providing mental health support for farmers across the county. For more information visit: https://www.wearefarmingminds.co.uk/

September

Fri 15 11am, Sat 16 5.45pm, Mon 18 4pm, Tue 19 11am & 5.45pm, Wed 20 2.30pm, Thu 21 5.45pm, Fri 22 11am, Wed 27 7.30pm, Thu 28 11am

Bolan's Shoes (Cert TBC)

UK, 1hr 35min

Director: Ian Puleston-Davies

Stars: Timothy Spall, Leanne Best, Mark Lewis Jones

This story takes us on a tumultuous journey from the height of T. Rex mania in 1970s Liverpool to the present-day poignancy of what would have been Marc Bolan’s 75th birthday. It captures the heady exhilaration of glam rock mania through the experiences of a group of over-excited kids from a local children’s home before a devastating road accident changes their lives for ever. Years later, and still clinging to the adoration of her childhood idol, survivor Penny takes best friend and fellow Marc Bolan fan to visit his shrine in London but a chance encounter there catapults her back to times she had tried so hard to forget.

September

Fri 22 2.30pm, Mon 25 11am, Wed 27 2.30pm, Thu 28 7.30pm

Maigret (15)

France, 1hr 29min

Director: Patrice Leconte

Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Jade Labeste

In Paris, a young girl is found dead in a Parisian square, wearing an evening dress. Commissioner Maigret will try to identify her and then understand what happened to the victim. Foreign language with English subtitles.

Starring the iconic French lead and Academy Award nominee, Gérard Depardieu (Cyrano de Bergerac).

September

Past Lives (12A)

USA/South Korea, 1hr 46min

Director: Celine Song

Stars: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for a week as they confront notions of love and destiny. Some foreign language dialogue with English subtitles.

“In Past Lives, distance and quiet are key to understanding a soaring intimacy.” - The Atlantic