March 2024
Mon 4 March Asphalt
(Germany 1929) Joe May: May's sensual drama of life in the Berlin underworld is in many ways the perfect summation of German filmmaking in the silent era: a dazzling visual style, a psychological approach to its characters, and the ability to take a simple and essentially melodramatic story and turn it into something more complex and inherently cinematic; with Albert Steinruck, Else Heller, Gustav Frohlich.
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Mon 11 March Death at a funeral
(USA/Germany/Britain 2007) Frank Oz: Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family. A wonderful ensemble comedy that doesn't get the dues it deserves; with Matthew Macfadyen, Keeley Hawes, Andy Nyman.
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Mon 18 March Dracula
(USA 1931) Tod Browning: Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night. Lugosi's timeless portrayal of Dracula in this creepy and atmospheric film has set the standard for major vampiric roles since; with Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners.
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Mon 25 March Ran
(Japan/France 1985) Akira Kurosawa: In Mediaeval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other … and him; with Tatsuya Nakadai, Mieko Harada, Akira Terao.
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