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NOVEMBER 2010

Monday 1 November - 6.10pm

Speedy

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USA | 1928 | 85mins d. Ted Wilde

Introduced by Kevin Brownlow
Harold Lloyd’s last silent comedy was filmed on location in New York City. Described by Andrew Sarris as "One of the enduring valentines to New York City from Hollywood" the film is a compendium of some of Lloyd’s most brilliant gags, while the location footage, and use of hidden cameras give the city authenticity. Lloyd is the eponymous hero (“Speedy” was his real life nickname) who is trying to save New York’s last horse-drawn trolley bus. Speedy will be shown with a Synchronised Hi-fi score.

Showing with

Felix Wins and Loses

Animation | USA | 1925 | 6mins | d. Otto Messmer

Monday 8 November - 6.10pm

The Asphalt Jungle

USA | 1950 | 112mins d. John Huston

Introduced by Dominic Power
John Huston’s taut film version of W.R. Burnett’s novel is a gritty tale of crime and punishment seen from the viewpoint of the criminal. A meticulously planned diamond robbery is followed by an aftermath of twisted loyalties and double crosses, where the agents of the law are at least as corrupt as the criminals. Often imitated but never bettered, The Asphalt Jungle is one of the great heist movies. A master-class in taut hardboiled narrative.

Showing with

Thugs with Dirty Mugs

Animation | USA | 1939 | 7mins | d. Tex Avery

Monday 15 November - 6.10pm

Chronique d’un été (Chronicle of a Summer)

France | 1961 | 85mins | d. Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin

Introduced by Dick Fontaine
Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin made this anthropological documentary on Paris and a group of its citizens during the summer of 1960. It starts with a series of random interviews conducted on the streets of Paris, when passers-by are confronted with the question “are you happy?” Filmed during the time of a divisive war in Algeria, this is one of the great documentary essays about “this strange tribe living in Paris”.

Showing with

Feeling My Way

Animation | UK | 1998 | 5mins | d. Jonathan Hodgson

Monday 22 November - 6.10pm

Repulsion

UK | 1965 | 104mins d. Roman Polanski

Introduced by Julian Petley
Written by Polanski, in tandem with frequent collaborator Gérard Brach, Repulsion’s subject matter - madness and claustrophobia - are familiar themes in Polanski’s work. A chilling, uncomfortable journey into the disintegrating mind of a young Belgian woman, alone in a Kensington flat, where fantasies and nightmares take on a tangible form. Repulsion is Polanski’s most visceral exploration of loneliness and alienation.

Showing with

The Flying Man

Animation | UK | 1962 | 3½mins | d. George Dunning

Monday 29 November - 6.10pm

Lift to the Scaffold (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud)

France | 1958 | 89mins d. Louis Malle

Introduced by Ginette Vincendeau
Shot on location by Henry Decae, and with a haunting improvised score by Miles Davis, Louis Malle’s pre-nouvelle vague thriller is a gripping account of the aftermath of the murder of an industrialist by his wife’s lover. Louis Malle stated, "I was split between my tremendous admiration for Bresson and the temptation to make a Hitchcock-like film”; and the spirit of both directors can be glimpsed in alternating moods of tension and melancholy, switching between the claustrophobia of a trapped lift and the rain- swept Parisian streets.

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