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.
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.
Nicolas Cage stars as a fictionalised Nicolas Cage in this disorientingly self-referential black action-comedy. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalised version of Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan, a billionaire drugs kingpin. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channelling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones. With a career destined for this very moment, the seminal award-winning actor must take on the role of a lifetime: Nick Cage.
Starring
Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Tiffany Haddish, Neil Patrick Harris
Hull Independent Cinema present: Compartment No.6
A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face the truth about their own yearning for human connection.
Starring
Yuriy Borisov, Seidi Haarla, Yuliya Aug
Hull Independent Cinema present: The Worst Person In The World
The chronicle of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, forcing her finally to take a realistic look at who she really is. The concluding part of Joachim Trier’s Oslo Trilogy is a spiky, intricately observed romantic comedy that delights in subverting the genre’s well-worn tropes.
Starring
Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Maria Grazia Di Meo
Hull Independent Cinema present: Hive
HIVE is a searing drama based on the true story of Fahrije, who, like many of the other women in her patriarchal village, has lived with fading hope and burgeoning grief since her husband went missing during the war in Kosovo. In order to provide for her struggling family, she pulls together the other widows in her community to launch a business selling a local food product. Finding healing and solace in considering a future without their husbands–but their will to begin living independently is met with hostility. The men in the village condemn Fahrije’s efforts to empower herself and the women around her, starting a feud that threatens their newfound sovereignty–and the financial future of Fahrije’s family. Against the backdrop of Eastern Europe’s civil unrest and lingering misogyny, Fahrije and the women of her village join in a struggle to find hope in the face of an uncertain future. HIVE is a pithy, devastating portrait of loss and our uphill journeys to freedom.
Starring Yllka Gashi, Çun Lajçi, Aurita Agushi
Hull Independent Cinema & DNR present: Freakscene – The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
The venue is open from 5pm, so why not come along early to grab a drink or a delicious pizza from Costanzas? The programme run time includes an allowance for introductions. While we will endeavour to accommodate latecomers, this may not always be possible. Please note that we reserve the right to refuse entry, without a refund, to anyone arriving after the advertised start time.
Starring
Dinosaur Jr, Henry Rollins, Kim Gordon
In Germany after WWII, liberation did not always mean freedom. Under the German penal code known as Paragraph 175, homosexuality is illegal. Over several decades Hans is spied on and jailed solely for his sexuality. Jailed repeatedly, Hans develops an ever-closer relationship with Viktor, a convicted murderer serving a life sentence. Their charged rapport blossoms into something more tender, in a film that explores love, lost time, and the tenacity of the human spirit.
Starring
Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke
Hostile is a feature-length documentary focusing on the UK’s complicated relationship with its migrant communities. Told through the stories of four participants from Black and Asian backgrounds, the film reveals the impact of the evolving ‘hostile environment’ – a term used by the UK government in 2012 to illustrate the atmosphere they wanted to create for migrants, with the intention of provoking them to leave of their own accord.
The film explores how the lives of international students, members of the Windrush generation and ‘Highly-Skilled Migrants’ have been affected. After decades of hostile immigration policies, Britain has reached a crisis point. With Brexit, the Points Based Immigration System and the Nationality Bill and Borders taking effect, the film asks: once the ‘hostile environment’ has targeted all migrants, who will it extend to next?
HIC are delighted to host writer-director Sonita Gale for a live Q&A after the screening.
Hull Independent Cinema presents: Flee
A powerful and innovative animated documentary, Flee explores the refugee experience from the inside, offering unprecedented insight into one man’s struggle for freedom. Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen tells the story of an Afghan man Amin (not his real name), on the verge of a marriage that forces him to confront his sexuality and make the heartwrenching decision to escape persecution by the Mujahideen. Brimming with compassion and heart, Flee gracefully humanises the plight of refugees
Love Actually, the star-studded rom-com that has become a Christmas classic, will tour the UK in winter 2022 with a full orchestra performing its soundtrack live to screen.
Love Actually In Concert is becoming an annual festive tradition for many, having garnered sold out audiences in previous years, with the Bournemouth Echo commenting ‘… the whole performance was simply spectacular, enhancing the magic of this classic Christmas movie tenfold’, and the York Press stating in its 5-star review ‘The live orchestra works to enhance this experience – and what a joyful one it is.’
Directed by Richard Curtis and originally released in cinemas in 2003, Love Actually tells ten separate, yet interweaving stories of love around Christmas time.
The film features an all-star ensemble cast, including Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Bill Nighy, Martine McCutcheon, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley Rowan Atkinson, Martin Freeman, and many more.
A full, live orchestra will perform Craig Armstrong’s evocative score at these shows, with the film being projected onto a huge screen. Armstrong is one of the UK’s most recognised film composers, with his work being awarded a BAFTA for his Achievement in Film Music.
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