Tag: Film

SOULEYMANE’S STORY Dir Boris Lojkine | France | 2024 | 93 mins | Rating TBC | French, Fulah, Malinka In Paris, Guinean immigrant Souleymane works all hours as a food delivery rider, trying to make ends meet while applying for asylum. While he’s surrounded by a seemingly supportive community of fellow Africans, everyone’s help comes […]

Hull Independent Cinema presents… THE LIBRARIANS Dir Kim A. Snyder | USA | 2025 | 88 mins | Rating TBC | English Librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for American democracy and free speech in this powerful documentary. As they well know, controlling the flow of ideas means control over communities. In Texas, […]

Hull Independent Cinema presents… AUDIENCE CHOICE: WILLEM DAFOE Our popular Audience Choice Screening this season is a celebration of the work of Willem Dafoe. From his uncredited debut in the 1980 financial and critical disaster Heaven’s Gate to his recent starring role in the remake of Nosferatu, Dafoe has carved out a career playing a […]

In a residential shelter for young mothers in Liege, Belgium, five young women grapple with the challenges of pregnancy and parenting, while at the same time dealing with the legacies of their own troubled backgrounds. Whether dealing with their own abusive parents, absentee fathers of their children, recovering from addiction, preparing for the birth of […]

A true Christmas favourite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the International Film Orchestra. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy who’s accidentally left behind when his family leaves for Christmas vacation, and who must defend his home against two bungling […]

Mike has spent five years living on London’s streets, begging, stealing and eating at charity food trucks. When someone steals what little money he has, his violent response lands him in prison. But this in turn leads to a hostel place, a job, a period of sobriety. Just when it seems that Mike is getting […]

Get ready for the ultimate rock experience as Bat Out of Hell roars onto the big screen this Halloween! The cast of the West End production will bring Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf’s iconic anthems to life, including I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That), Paradise By The Dashboard Light, Two Out […]

Please note that this is a recording and not a live, on stage performance. Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland. After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James […]

Mystery, intrigue, beauty, passion, murder – shine a new light on Caravaggio in this dramatic biography… Five years in production, this is the most extensive film ever made about one of the greatest artists of all time – Caravaggio. Featuring masterpiece after masterpiece and with first-hand testimony from the artist himself on the eve of […]

Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one. National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director, Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Operation […]