Screenings

NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (Charles Laughton, 1955)

Tuesday 13th October, 7.30pm

FREE ADMISSION

FREE DISCUSSION

Introduced by Chris Bye

"So dramatic, primal, and unforgettable are its images - the preacher's shadow looming over the children in their bedroom, the magical boat ride down a river whose banks teem with fantastic wildlife, those tattoos of LOVE and HATE on the unholy man's knuckles, the golden locks of a drowned woman waving in the current along with the indigenous plant life in her watery grave - that they're still haunting audiences (and filmmakers) today."

RADIO ON (Christopher Petit, 1979)

Tuesday 17th November, 7.30pm

FREE ADMISSION
FREE DISCUSSION

Introduced by Sarah B

Following the mysterious death of his brother, Robert B (David Beames) drives from London to Bristol to uncover what had happened, encountering strangers, gloomy weather and eerie landscapes on this existential road-trip. Influenced by post-war German cinema, Petit shot the film in monochrome, with a cassette-radio soundtrack including Kraftwerk, David Bowie, Robert Fripp and Eddie Cochran.

"Radio On offers a unique, compelling and even mythic vision of a late 1970's England, stalled between failed hopes of cultural and social change and the imminent upheavals of Thatcherism."

MANUFACTURING CONSENT - Noam Chomsky and the Media (Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick, 1992)

Tuesday 15th December, 7.00pm

FREE ADMISSION

FREE DISCUSSION

Introduced by Stuart Wilding

"In an energetic fusion of imges and ideas, Manufacturing Consent explores the political life and ideas of the controversial author, linguistic scholar, radical philosopher and activist, Noam Chomsky."

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