Dir William A. Wellman | 1928 | United States | U | 100 mins | Silent
Louise Brooks is best known today for her starring roles in GW Pabst’s 1929 classics, Pandora’s Box and Diary of a Lost Girl, but before that pair of masterpieces, she teamed up with one of early Hollywood’s greatest action directors, William Wellman, a former WW1 flyer with a reputation for hard drinking, punch-ups, and dangerous stunts. The Beggars of Life shoot was notorious for all of these and the speeding train stunts still startle today – Brooks herself was nearly thrown beneath the wheels during one shot.
Based on an autobiographical novel by Jim Tully, Louise Brooks plays Nancy, who goes on the run disguised as a boy and falls in with a handsome young hobo, Jim, played by Richard Arlen. Amidst all the action thrills, Beggars of Life is a tender, touching story of unlikely love and in it we see the first inkling of the Louise Brooks who would go on, two years later, to become not just an international star but an imperishable icon.
As usual, the film will be brought to life by Jonny Best’s live, improvised score.
A man begins to suspect his neighbours are not what they appear to be and that their secrets could be deadly.
Director: Mark Pellington
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack
Production Year: 1999
Running Time: 1hr 57m
A young lawyer, played by Tom Cruise, joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman
Production Year: 1993
Running Time: 2hrs 34m
A married couple, Simon and Robyn, run into Gordo, an old classmate. Things take a turn when Gordo begins to drop in unannounced at their house and inundates them with mysterious gifts.
Director: Joel Edgerton
Cast: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall
Production Year: 2015
Running Time: 1hr 48m
A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability. Foreseeing the future appears to be a ‘gift’ at first, but ends up causing problems. The Dead Zone is based on a novel by Stephen King.
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt
Production Year: 1983
Running Time: 1hr 43m
After his girlfriend’s pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother-in-law in this acclaimed ‘kitchen sink’ drama.
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Alan Bates, June Ritchie, Thora Hird
Production Year: 1962
Running Time: 1hr 53m
In Mel Brooks’ classic comedy, a stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder
Production Year: 1967
Running Time: 1hr 28m
A puritan Police Sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the Pagan locals claim never existed.
Director: Robin Hardy
Cast: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee
Production Year: 1973
Running Time: 1hr 28m
A has-been rock star falls in love with a young, up-and-coming songstress. A Star Is Born is one of the screen’s classic love stories.
Director: Frank Pierson
Cast: Barbar Streisand, Kris
Kristofferson
Production Year: 1977
Running Time: 2hrs 19m
After twenty-two years of psychiatric care, Norman Bates attempts to return to a life of solitude, but the specters of his crimes – and his mother – continue to haunt him.
Director: Richard Franklin
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles
Production Year: 1983
Running Time: 1hr 53m
Come on, everybody, let’s go on the town! Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett
Production Year: 1949
Running Time: 1hr 38m
Paul, a conservative young lawyer, marries the vivacious Corie. Their highly passionate relationship descends into comical discord in a five-flight New York City walk-up apartment.
Director: Gene Saks
Cast: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda
Production Year: 1967
Running Time: 1hr 42m
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez. Unknown to Rodriguez, his musical story has seen him become a pop music icon and inspiration for generations.
Director: Malik Bendjelloul
Cast: Rodriguez, Clarence Avant, Malik Bendjelloul
Production Year: 2012
Running Time: 1hr 26m
Laura’s lost her temper in Sainsbury’s, Genevieve’s discovered online fan fiction and Nans been radicalised by Facebook.
Step into the world of Hull Truck Theatre’s Young Creators, a fun and thought provoking piece of sketch-theatre that answers life’s most important question; what not to do.
“It’s going to blow your mind. You may want to sit down… or stand up. Whichever you’re not currently doing.”
‘The Room’ is a San Francisco-set love triangle involving a banker named Johnny (writer/director/screenwriter/ producer Tommy Wiseau), his friend Mark, and Johnny’s fiancée Lisa, who is sleeping with both men.
The film has built up a notorious cult reputation and has audience participation screenings in cinemas around the world still to this day. It truly defines so-bad-it’s good filmmaking, with laugh out loud bad dialogue, acting, direction, and story. There are lengthy, unerotic sex scenes; all of which clearly makes the film that more enjoyable.
Come and see why “the ‘Citizen Kane’ of bad movies“ has audiences throwing plastic spoons at the screen, shouting out to the characters, tossing an American football around and turning up dressed in tuxedos. Be prepared, this film might just change your life. Welcome to the cult of ‘The Room’…
2003 | USA | Cert 18 | 99m | Dir: Tommy Wiseau
18:00 doors, 18:30 free film quiz, 20:00 film start
£6.00 advance tickets / £7.00 on the door (if tickets remain) – includes free spoons and audience participation guide.
Hugh Jackman leads an all-star cast in this bold and original musical filled with infectious showstopping performances that will bring you to your feet time and time again. Inspired by the story of P.T. Barnum (Jackman) and celebrating the birth of show business, the film follows the visionary who rose from nothing to create a mesmerising spectacle. This inspirational film also stars Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya.
7pm doors: grab a drink, including a special Greatest Showman cocktail, and enjoy our specially-curated music playlist
7:30pm film start: THE GREATEST SHOWMAN
Film certificate: PG (Entry to venue is 14+) | 105 mins | Dir: Michael Gracey
