Plus, Kenneth Branagh returns as Poirot in A Haunting in Venice, as well as special one-off screenings of Pedro Almodóvar’s Strange Way of Life and the stage adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s bestselling book, A Little Life.
On top of this, we are hosting the exciting NFTS programme The Sound of Space, Fringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest, and the return of International Animal Future Film Festival.
‘Passages’ image courtesy of MUBI.
Now screening is Passages, the romantic drama from Ira Sachs (Love is Strange, Little Men). Starring Franz Rogowski (Great Freedom, Transit) and Ben Whishaw (Women Talking, No Time To Die) as a long-term couple, their marriage is tested by the introduction of a young woman named Agathe (Adèle Exarchopoulos – Blue is the Warmest Colour, The Five Devils). A Sundance and Berlin International Film Festival favourite, make sure you check out one of the most anticipated art-house films of the year.
Have a read of The Hollywood Reporter’s review, and check out the trailer for Passages!
‘Past Lives’ image courtesy of StudioCanal.
From Thu 7 Sep, we are bringing in Past Lives, the critically acclaimed drama from debut director Celine Song. Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae Sung (Yoo Teo) are two deeply connected childhood friends that are torn apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny. Providing a profound meditation on identity, the immigrant experience and missed connections, Past Lives is an unmissable high for this year.
Check out The Guardian’s review for ‘What might be 2023’s best movie’, and the heart-aching trailer for Past Lives.
‘A Haunting in Venice’ image courtesy of Disney.
From Fri 15 Sep, get ready for A Haunting in Venice, the spooky new addition to Kenneth Branagh’s (Belfast, Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein) Poirot film series. Based upon Agatha Christie’s novel Hallowe’en Party, Hercule Poirot is now retired and living in self-imposed exile. After attending a séance at which one of the guests is murdered, the former detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets. Check out the chilling trailer for A Haunting in Venice.
‘The Old Oak’ image courtesy of StudioCanal.
From Fri 29 Sep we welcome in the legendary Ken Loach’s (I, Daniel Blake, Kes) directorial swansong, The Old Oak. Premiering In Competition at Cannes, the film focuses on a pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community, struggling to hold onto his business. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community. Hard-hitting British social realism from the master of the genre, The Old Oak provides kindness, hopefulness, and empathy at a time where social divisions seem to be widening by the day. You will be hard pressed to find a more human film this year.
Have a read of The Guardian’s review, and watch the powerful trailer for The Old Oak.
‘Strange Way of Life’ image courtesy of Pathé.
Alongside our feature films, we have a few one-offs and special screenings this month. On Mon 25 Sep we are screening Cannes favourite, Strange Way of Life, from the legendary Pedro Almodóvar (The Skin I Live In, Pain & Glory). Pedro Pascal (Narcos, The Mandalorian) and Ethan Hawke (Before Sunset, First Reformed) star as two gunslingers, who are reunited after 25 years apart. The screening includes a pre-recorded Q&A with Almodóvar himself.
Check out this glowing review and view the stylish trailer for Strange Way of Life.
‘A Little Life’ image courtesy of Trafalgar Releasing.
On Thu 28 Sep, we are screening A Little Life, the record-breaking production of the bestselling book by Hanya Yanagihara, which comes to the big screen for a limited time. James Norton (Happy Valley, Grantchester) stars as Jude – the centre-point of a close friendship group with a mysterious past. Harrowing, profound, and always talked about – A Little Life is not to be missed.
We are also currently hosting The Sound of Space, in collaboration with the National Film and Television School – the film season celebrates the noise, silence, and songs of space. Featuring High Life (dir. Claire Denis), and Ikarie XB-1 (dir. Jindřich Polák), as well as VR experiences and intros – this is a film season unlike anything else in London, and is not one to miss out on.
If that isn’t enough we are also hosting two film festivals this September. On Sun 10 Sep our friends from International Animal Future Film Festival return with two Kid’s Club Screenings: including a wonderful child-friendly shorts programme, as well as Saving Mango – A Cat’s Story.
Then from Mon 18 Sep, we are welcoming back the radical and fabulous Fringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest to our screens with four screenings, including a very special Closing Night screening of Soft, Joseph Amenta‘s tender-but-boisterous coming of age drama on Sun 24 Sep. Make sure that you join the fun this month!
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