Hull Independent Cinema: Dogman

Italian with English subtitles

Marcello is a small and gentle dog groomer who wants two things, to look after his dogs and take his daughter on exotic holidays. But to fund this lifestyle he runs a side business which has more unsavoury clientele and he soon finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorises the entire neighbourhood. When Simone exploits him too much Marcello must make a crucial and potentially dangerous decision in order to regain his dignity.

Matteo Garrone, the master filmmaker behind Gomorrah returns to the crime thriller genre with the tension filled and relentlessly captivating DOGMAN.”

Love Actually In Concert

Following on from a triumphant sold out 2017 premiere tour, Love Actually will once again be screened live across the UK with a full orchestra performing its enchanting score – just in time for Christmas.

The live concert will be coming to Bonus Arena on 10 December.

Directed by Richard Curtis and originally released in cinemas in 2003, Love Actually tells 10 separate yet interweaving stories of love around Christmas time. A full, live orchestra will perform Craig Armstrong’s evocative score at these shows, with the film being projected onto a huge screen.

Make sure you kick off the holiday season and get into the Christmas spirit.

Dead of Night: Hull Horror Film Festival

Dead of Night: Hull Horror Film Festival is back for a third year of chills and thrills,organised by Hull Independent Cinema and screening exclusively at Vue Cinema Hull. Dead of Night brings the very best new, classic and cult horror to Hull, opening with the musical zombie comedy ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE, the programme also includes a big screen showing of classic 80s gore-fest THE EVIL DEAD.

Sponsored by Greasy Fingers Rock ‘n’ Roll Barbershop , Dead of Night features four nights of the best cinematic scares new and old, from Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 October 2018. Highlights are the Hull Premiere of ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE, as part of a high-school double-bill with 70s classic CARRIE; and a screening of the new horror film starring the legendary Nicholas Cage, the mesmerising, delirious and deranged MANDY.

Other brand new acclaimed films in the festival receiving their Hull Premieres include nightmarish UK psychological horror POSSUM. Closing the festival is ONE CUT OF THE DEAD, a marvellously inventive Japanese horror-comedy featuring an epic, 37-minute opening continuous single take and already a big audience favourite on the festival circuit.

Complementing the new material in the festival are some iconic classics and restorations, with big screen showings of cult classic THE EVIL DEAD, supernatural 70s shocker THE OMEN and Jeff Goldblum-starring creature-feature THE FLY.

Dead of Night Festival Director Damien Greco said, “Just when you thought the nightmare was over, we’re back from the grave and ready to party! Dead of Night is a brilliant opportunity to experience horror films how they should be seen, in the dark, with like-minded fans on a huge screen with great sound. Do not miss the exclusive chance to see fantastic new horror films alongside the very best classics of the genre. With great value ticket prices and passes we’re making the best scares available to more people to enjoy, so hold on to your popcorn and enjoy the ride, if you dare…”

Programme Summary

THE HULL PREMIÈRE OF THE SHORT FILM BALLS DIRECTED BY LILY COLE

“As a mother I couldn’t imagine anything worse than having to give away my child, but in 18th-century England, thousands of babies were abandoned. It’s a world I’ve delved into for my new film, Balls, inspired by the character of Heathcliff.”

Co-writer and director, Lily Cole

This acclaimed short film, a co-commission with the Brontë Parsonage and RRU News based in Liverpool, is a powerful indictment of the treatment of poor women and their children. The film examines Heathcliff’s possible background through a poetic and poignant lens. It is unforgettable.

Bonnie Greer will be in conversation with Lily Cole and the film’s producer, Kate Wilson of Fury Films.

Film on a Farm

Film on a Farm is a unique Outdoor Cinema experience. We are excited to be heading to Butt Farm, Beverley where we will be showing Top Gun and Grease.

Snuggle up beneath a blanket of stars and join us for a night to remember.

Gates open at 6pm – giving you the opportunity to enjoy locally sourced food and drinks.

Tickets start from £6.50.

To find out more information or buy tickets, please head to www.filmonafarm.co.uk

If you have any questions please email us at info@filmonafarm.co.uk

Sing along: The Greatest Showman

Looking for something to do? Head to Middleton Hall and see a film. and not just any film, but The Greatest Showman. And here’s the best part: you can take the kids, who will be able to sing “This is Me” at the top of their little lungs.

Rating BBFC rating PG – not suitable for children 7 years or younger.

Timing Doors: 6.30 Screening: 7pm

Tickets (plus booking fee) Adult £4.00 Concessions £3.00 (child under 16, student with card, OAP)

Hull Independent Cinema: THE HAPPY PRINCE

In a cheap Parisian hotel room Oscar Wilde lies on his death bed and the past floods back, transporting him to other times and places. Was he once the most famous man in London? The artist crucified by a society that once worshiped him? The lover imprisoned and freed, yet still running towards ruin in the final chapter of his life? Under the microscope of death he reviews the failed attempt to reconcile with his long suffering wife Constance, the ensuing reprisal of his fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas and the warmth and devotion of Robbie Ross who tried and failed to save him from himself. From Dieppe to Naples to Paris freedom is elusive and Oscar is a penniless vagabond, always moving on, shunned by his old acquaintance, but revered by a strange group of outlaws and urchins to whom he tells the old stories – his incomparable wit still sharp. THE HAPPY PRINCE is a portrait of the dark side of a genius who lived and died for love in the last days of the nineteenth century.

Starring Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and Emily Watson.

Nominee, Berlin International Film Festival, Best Feature Film

“As a final, permanent showcase for a role Everett was born to play, then, THE HAPPY PRINCE does the job.” – Guy Lodge, Variety

“As a director, Everett is sometimes heavy-handed, but the performances, and the undeniable injustice of Wilde’s ordeal make for a tragedy worthy of its drama-loving subject.” – Helen O’Hara, TimeOut

Hull Independent Cinema & Yorkshire Silents: PANDORA’S BOX

One of the great silent films, GW Pabst’s Pandora’s Box is renowned for its sensational storyline, sparkling Weimar-period setting and the legendary, lead performance from its iconic star Louise Brooks. Following the rise and fall of Lulu (Brooks), a spirited but innocent showgirl whose sheer sexual magnetism wreaks havoc on the lives of men and women alike, the film was controversial in its day, then underappreciated for decades. Pandora’s Box now stands as an incredibly modern movie and few stars of any era dazzle as bright as Louise Brooks.

New 2K DCP of the 2009 restoration of Munich Film Museum’s definitive cut. Live, improvised piano accompaniment by Jonny Best

Hull Independent Cinema: ISMAEL’S GHOSTS

Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard, Mathieu Almaric and Charlotte Gainsbourg team up for the latest feature from acclaimed writer-director Arnaud Desplechin. Filmmaker Ismael lives with his wife Sylvia (Gainsbourg) but remains obsessed with his ex-wife, who disappeared 20 years ago and is believed to be dead. When she suddenly reappears, Ismael’s life – already complicated by a film project he is unable to finish – takes a strange turn. Complex, playful and humorous, Ismael’s Ghosts is a wonderful showcase for some of French cinema’s finest acting talent.

Starring Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg.

Nominee, Lumiere Awards, Best Cinematography, Best Music.

Nominee Munich Film Festival, Best International Film.

“There are moments in this movie that are richer than anything you can possibly see in a movie theater this month, scenes that will fill you with awe.” – Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

“An unforgettable experience.” – Glenn Kenny, New York Times

Hull Independent Cinema: HEARTS BEAT LOUD

Widower and ageing Brooklyn hipster Frank starts a band with his teenage daughter Sam just before she leaves home to attend college in California. When a song of theirs finds success online, it complicates Frank’s attempts to let go of his dreams of stardom and allow his daughter to find her own path in life.

Starring Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Ted Danson and Toni Collette.

Winner, Audience Award – Best Narrative Feature, Sarasota Film Festival and Wisconsin Film Festival Nominee.

Audience Award, Edinburgh International Film Festival

“This is a movie you not only want to see but also to put on the turntable.” – Peter Howell, Toronto Star.

“One of the nicest things about HEARTS BEAT LOUD, and there are several nice things, is the way that Offerman and Clemons seem like father and daughter.” – Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle.

Hull Independent Cinema: FIRST REFORMED

From legendary writer-director Paul Schrader comes a gripping new film that ranks among his very best work.

Reverend Ernst Toller is a solitary parish priest at a small church in upstate New York, which is on the cusp of celebrating its 250th anniversary. Now more of a tourist attraction catering to a dwindling congregation, it has long been eclipsed by its nearby parent church, Abundant Life, with its state-of-the-art facilities. When a pregnant parishioner asks Reverend Toller to counsel her husband, a radical environmentalist, Toller is plunged into his own tormented past and finds himself questioning his own future and where redemption might lie. With the pressure on him beginning to grow, he must do everything he can to stop events spiraling out of control.

Starring Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Philip Ettinger.

Winner, Best Director – Jury Prize, Main Programme, FEST International Film Festival Winner.

Green Drop Award and Nominee, Best Film, Venice Film Festival 2017.

“Ultimately its sheer archness reveals Paul Schrader as a gifted and deeply persuasive evangelist of the transcendental style – if not quite a canon saint.” – John Semley, The Globe and Mail

“This is a movie about faith tested, and people trying to reconcile hope with a world that can feel hopeless. It’s a film to be seen in a dark theater with an audience hushed in reverence of the power of cinema.” – Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News

Hull Independent Cinema: STUDIO 54

Studio 54 was the epicentre of 70s hedonism – a place that not only redefined the nightclub, but also came to symbolise an entire era. Its co-owners, Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, two friends from Brooklyn, seemed to come out of nowhere to suddenly preside over a new kind of New York society. Now, 39 years after the velvet rope was first slung across the club’s hallowed threshold, a feature documentary tells the real story behind the greatest club of all time.

PLEASE NOTE: This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

Starring Steve Rubell andIan Schrager.

“For those of us who never went (and probably couldn’t have gotten in if we tried), “Studio 54″ lets you taste a bit of the ecstasy.” – Owen Gleiberman, Variety.

“An enjoyable ride that captures both the excitement of the party and the shameful details of its aftermath.” – John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter.

Hull Independent Cinema: IN THE FADE

Critically acclaimed filmmaker Fatih Akin returns with IN THE FADE, a gripping, edge-of-your-seat contemporary thriller exploring the lengths one woman would go to seek retribution after a brutal terrorist attack. Inspired by shocking real-life events, the film tells the story of Katja, whose life is torn apart when her husband and young son are suddenly killed in a bomb attack. A police investigation points to a pair of young neo-Nazis as the key suspects, but when a lack of evidence fails to fully incriminate them, Katja is forced to take matters into her own hands and her hunt for justice begins to take increasingly dangerous and unexpected turns.

Winner of the Best Actress award at Cannes 2017, the 2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and featuring a career-defining central performance from Kruger, In the Fade is a timely and all-too-urgent drama about a woman pushed to the edge as she desperately searches for the answers she believes to be out there.

Starring Diane Kruger, Denis Moschitto, Numan Acar

Winner, Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language, Golden Globes 2018 Winner, Best Actress – Diane Krueger, Cannes Film Festival 2017

“It’s flawed but powerful, mostly down to a revelatory performance from Diane Kruger.” – Ian Freer, Empire Magazine

“Diane Kruger carries entire scenes of witness testimonies through looks and grimaces alone. It’s a masterclass.” – Kevin Maher, The Times

A Northern Soul – Sean McAllister

Steve is a warehouse worker by day, hip-hop artist by night. He represents a forgotten generation whose dreams haven’t been met. But Steve is also a deeply community-driven optimist, who has also been trying to find a way to bring creativity and culture to the disadvantaged kids of the city. Kids like he once was – kids whose opportunities to build a better life are restricted by the world around them. Music has been his dream for 30 years and he saw the opportunity in the City of Culture year to start a project: the ‘Beats Bus’, using a bus donated by his company and converted into a sound studio, allowing him to visit some of Hull’s poorest schools and give kids a voice through music training and performance – a chance he never had.

Additional dates now added

Friday 10 Aug, 7:30pm, Kardomah94

+ post-film Q&A with Sean McAllister and Steve Arnott, hosted by Lee Corner from Absolutely Cultured

Multiple August dates 7:30pm, Vue Cinema Hull

+ post-film Q&A with Sean McAllister and Steve Arnott

Monday 13 August
Tuesday 14 August
Wednesday 15 August
Monday 20 August
Wednesday 22 August
Thursday 23 August
Tuesday 28 August
Wednesday 29 August

Medi(art) A Filming and Media Workshop

A unique opportunity to work with film-maker and tech wizard, Sean Atkinson, to learn techniques and form an approach to promoting your creative practice online and in digital formats.

The day will begin with an introduction of the many ways media may be used to promote you and your work. Through talk and demonstration, Sean will bring several examples of tech, show effective ways of using them, and present some of the projects that he has worked on to support others in managing their profile through media and tech.

This will include some basic techniques of using your phone or tablet for film, editing and sound along with some of the particularities of spreading your material on social media and other digital outlets and the most effective apps and programmes.

You will then explore using the techniques etc with the support of Sea, with opportunity for questions and discussion throughout.

Phantom Of The Opera

Have a wonderful Halloween at the City Hall in the company of Erik (The Phantom), who is once again up from the dungeons again!

In one of his most famous roles, Lon Chaney plays the Phantom, with a stellar cast of the silent screen to support him. Christine Daaé played by Mary Philbim, is the object of Erik’s obsession and he stops at nothing for her to succeed and for her to be his possession.

The love triangle is complete with Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny played by Norman Kerry, who is the true love of Christine.

The original story by Gaston Leroux is fantastic, with horror and suspense are the key elements to this film.

Donald MacKenzie, organist from London’s Odeon Leicester Square, will be at the console of the City Hall organ to provide the magical accompaniment to seamlessly move from one dramatic scene to the next and provide a special edge to the film’s nail biting experience.