When hopeless romantic Louisa, Shirley Maclaine, signs an unsolicited multimillion-dollar check to the IRS, government officials begin to question her sanity and send her to a psychiatrist. It's in the doctors office, where we learn the secret of her millions. Her string of husbands, all of who ultimately meet early demise chasing wealth and success leaving her a rich widow in this big-budget super production from Singin' in the Rain writers Comden and Green.
A silent film with live music.
Welcome to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1920s London - the perfect atmospheric location for one his most gripping thrillers.
A young woman, Alice White, is implicated in a grisly murder case which leads to a sinister blackmail plot from which there seems to be no escape. Hitchcock turns the screws tighter and tighter, driving Alice to contemplate terrible choices as she fights to keep herself - and her policeman boyfriend - out of prison.
In honour of the centenary of visionary director Wojciech Has, we are screening two of his most well known films THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT and THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM at The Northern Market in Leeds this April. Join us to celebrate the life and work of a groundbreaking surrealist whose works have inspired a diverse range of creative artists from Martin Scorsese to Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead.
1st April
THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT
The film is a fictionalised portrait of the late “avant-garde and misunderstood” artist Audrey Amiss, starring Monica Dolan as the artist and Kelly Macdonald as her fictional psychiatric nurse.
Carol Morley’s warm and sympathetic film imagines the artist, whose mental illness curtailed her ambitions, on a tragicomic road trip to exhibit her work. The Guardian
Tickets ££6.50/£5.50 concessions available from HEART reception and online
Dir Carol Morley/1hr 48mins/Certificate 12A/2022
Doors 7pm Film 7.15pm
On Valentine’s Day 1900, students from Appleyard College, a girls’ private school in Victoria, Australia, embark on a field trip to an unusual volcanic formation called Hanging Rock.
It’s not until the end of the day that the group realise that some of their party have mysteriously disappeared. Returning to the big screen to celebrate its 50th anniversary in a dazzling 4K restoration, Peter Weir’s adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s novel has lost none of its mystique or mesmerising power.
"With my films you’re aware of every second passing through your body."
Pervert Pictures presents Structuring S**: A screening of Chantal Akerman's Je, Tu, Il, Elle (1974) preceded by a selection of artists' moving image works exploring desire and the body and followed by a guided discussion.
Poisoned Peach Cinema presents - The Fall
Synopsis: In 1920s Los Angeles, a bedridden patient in a hospital captivates a young girl with a fantastic tale of heroes, myths, and villains on a desert island.
Director: Tarsem Singh
Writers: Dan Gilroy, Nico Soultanakis, Tarsem Singh
Staring: Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell
18 plus screening.
Doors from 7pm
Film Intro 7.30
Film start 7.40
Trigger warnings ~ https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/22750
Part of Cinema Africa!
One of Sembène’s most celebrated and powerful films, Camp de Thiaroye is a historical and harrowing story honouring the very real fallen heroes of West Africa during World War II. West African troops fought the Nazis and were imprisoned in concentration camps, only to receive on their return to Senegal racist discrimination, unfair pay and for dozens, murder by the French authorities.
This film won the Grand Jury Prize in the 45th Venice International Film Festival, yet it was banned in France for a decade and censored in Senegal.
Blues Like Showers of Rain (1970) provides an unflinching insight into the conditions that gave birth to the blues in America, charting the evolving sound of the blues as musicians moved from rural areas into the cities. As both director and editor Jeremy deftly combines the field recordings and still photographs of the British blues historian Paul Oliver (1927 – 2017) gathered on a trip through the United States in 1960.
Celebrate ‘Star Wars Day’ by letting the Orchestra of Opera North whisk you off to a galaxy far, far away… John Williams’ epic score for the Star Wars franchise contains some of the most extraordinary music ever written for cinema. If you think it sounds good in the cinema, wait till you hear it played live!
This concert is a must-see for Star Wars fans and music lovers alike, offering a unique opportunity to experience the unforgettable scores of these legendary films performed live on the stage of Leeds Grand Theatre. And don’t forget to bring your lightsaber!