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Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. Sun 5 May, 16:00 After Dr. Who And The Daleks became a British box office hit in 1965, producers Milton Subotsky and Max J. Rosenberg quickly set to work on a sequel. Bringing back Peter Cushing for the lead role and Scottish director Gordon Flemyng to helm the project, the second outing again adapts one of the BBC serials. Dr. Who and his companions (including Bernard Cribbins as a baffled police constable) travel into the future to discover that the Earth has been overrun by the Daleks, with the human race enslaved. Teaming up with underground resistance groups, can the time travellers foil the Daleks' plan to mine the Earth's core? As DVD Drive-In accurately sums up “the films are good juvenile fun with dazzling sets, a decent amount of action and the great Peter Cushing playing the Doctor in his own, unique and affable way.” Dir: Gordon Flemyng UK 1966 / 1h24m / Digital / English / U Kiss of the Damned Preview Sun 5 May, 20:45 Following the acclaimed documentary Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession, Xan Cassavetes makes her fictional feature debut with a film that pays homage to arthouse vampire classics such as Harry Kümel's Daughters of Darkness and the late Tony Scott's The Hunger. Djuna (Josephine de La Baume) is a beautiful vampire who tries to resist the advances of the handsome, human screenwriter Paolo (Milo Ventimiglia). Eventually they give in to their passion and a whirlwind romance ensues, but their relationship is thrown into turmoil when Djuna’s sister Mimi (Roxane Mesquida) comes to visit. Indiewire says that Kiss of the Damned “weaves an intoxicating spell... rarely seen outside of shopworn VHS tapes of old European horror movies.” This screening will be preceded by a chance to see Run (UK 2012, 7m), directed by Mat Johns. Dir: Xan Cassavetes USA 2012 / 1h37m / Digital / English / cert tbc 24 www.dca.org.uk The ABCs Of Death Sun 5 May, 18:00 Twenty-six short films, from 26 directors, illustrating 26 ways to die in what Fangoria describe as “a stunning roll call of some of the most exciting names in horror across the world”. Xavier Gens (The Divide), Ben Wheatley (Kill List) Ti West (The House Of The Devil), Simon Rumley (Red, White and Blue) and Jason Eisener (Hobo with a Shotgun) are among the filmmakers who contributed to perhaps the most ambitious anthology movie ever conceived. The directors were given free reign in choosing a word starting with each letter from the alphabet to create a story involving death. Provocative, shocking, funny and ultimately confrontational, The ABCs Of Death is the definitive vision of modern horror diversity. The BBFC have rated this film 18, due to “strong violence, gore, sex, sexual violence and hard drug use.” You have been warned. Dirs: Various USA-New Zealand 2012 / 2h4m / Digital / English / 18 Body Double Sun 5 May, 22:30 De Palma may have followed the bombastic gangster epic Scarface with this relatively small-scale thriller, but the filmmaker continued to court controversy with an unflinching blend of violence and sexuality. A string of bad luck finds actor Jake Scully (Craig Wasson) fired from a low-budget horror movie and homeless after discovering his girlfriend's infidelity. Things start to look up when he finds himself house-sitting, with a neighbour who dances erotically in front of her window every night, but Jake notices another man is also watching her. Seduction, mystery, and murder follow. Critics were harsh on Body Double when it was originally released in 1984, with many complaining that the plot is a blatant combination of Rear Window and Vertigo. This may be true, but De Palma's stylish cinematography, black humour and film industry in-jokes make the film his own, underrated classic. Dir: Brian De Palma USA 1984 / 1h54m / Digital / English / 18
Focus on Film: The Great American Novel Our partnership with the English and Film Studies Programme at the University of Dundee continues with our latest Focus on Film Course: The Great American Novel. Taking place on Sunday mornings from approximately 11:00 – 13:15, each session will include an introduction, film screening and discussion. The course fee is is £35 (£25 concessions); tickets for individual screenings, without access to the discussions, cost £5.50 (£4.50 students). The Great Gatsby Sun 12 May, 11:00 It’s hard to imagine that any film will ever capture the spirit of Fitzgerald’s jazz-age masterpiece; however, this ludicrously underrated version has a great deal to recommend it. It is beautifully shot and designed, intelligently directed, and, an uncomfortable Mia Farrow aside, features an excellent cast led by a suitably enigmatic Robert Redford. Dir: Jack Clayton I USA 1974 / 2h44m / Digital / PG The Grapes of Wrath Sun 19 May, 11:00 Although censorship meant that John Ford’s film had to soften some aspects of Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, this adaptation loses none of the original’s poetry, anger or sympathy for the people. The performances, direction and photography have rarely been bettered. This is one of the undisputed masterpieces of Hollywood cinema. Dir: John Ford I USA 1940 / 2h09m / Digital / PG To Kill a Mockingbird Sun 26 May, 11:00 Harper Lee was justifiably proud of this adaptation of her only novel, which manages to strike a difficult balance between liberal political sentiment and dark Southern gothic. Although best remembered for the towering central performance by Gregory Peck, this is a film about childhood and Mary Badham is every bit as good as his daughter, Scout. Dir: Robert Mulligan I USA 1962 / 2h9m / Digital / PG From Here to Eternity Sun 2 June, 11:00 This slightly truncated adaption of James Jones’ mammoth novel deservedly won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay and two for a note-perfect cast, which includes Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift, Donna Reed and Frank Sinatra. The kind of mature, intelligent entertainment they so rarely make these days. Dir: Fred Zinnemann I USA 1953 / 1h58m / Digital / PG Moby Dick Sun 9 June, 11:00 John Huston and Ray Bradbury’s adaptation of Moby Dick is a visionary folly which attempts to retain some of the more metaphysical concerns of Melville’s novel and place them alongside the genuinely thrilling hunt for the white whale. Hugely ambitious, although not entirely successful, this is the definition of a flawed masterpiece. Dir: John Huston I USA 1956 / 1h56m / Digital / PG Tickets 01382 909 900 25
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Focus on Film: The Great American Novel<br />
Our partnership with the English and Film Studies Programme at the University of Dundee<br />
continues with our latest Focus on Film Course: The Great American Novel. Taking place on<br />
Sunday mornings from approximately 11:00 – 13:15, each session will include an introduction,<br />
film screening and discussion. The course fee is is £35 (£25 concessions); tickets for individual<br />
screenings, without access to the discussions, cost £5.50 (£4.50 students).<br />
The Great Gatsby<br />
Sun 12 May, 11:00<br />
It’s hard to imagine that any film will ever capture the spirit of Fitzgerald’s jazz-age masterpiece;<br />
however, this ludicrously underrated version has a great deal to recommend it. It is beautifully shot<br />
and designed, intelligently directed, and, an uncomfortable Mia Farrow aside, features an excellent<br />
cast led by a suitably enigmatic Robert Redford.<br />
Dir: Jack Clayton I USA 1974 / 2h44m / Digital / PG<br />
The Grapes of Wrath<br />
Sun 19 May, 11:00<br />
Although censorship meant that John Ford’s film had to soften some aspects of Steinbeck’s Pulitzer<br />
Prize-winning novel, this adaptation loses none of the original’s poetry, anger or sympathy for the<br />
people. The performances, direction and photography have rarely been bettered. This is one of the<br />
undisputed masterpieces of Hollywood cinema.<br />
Dir: John Ford I USA 1940 / 2h09m / Digital / PG<br />
To Kill a Mockingbird<br />
Sun 26 May, 11:00<br />
Harper Lee was justifiably proud of this adaptation of her only novel, which manages to strike a difficult<br />
balance between liberal political sentiment and dark Southern gothic. Although best remembered for<br />
the towering central performance by Gregory Peck, this is a film about childhood and Mary Badham is<br />
every bit as good as his daughter, Scout.<br />
Dir: Robert Mulligan I USA 1962 / 2h9m / Digital / PG<br />
From Here to Eternity<br />
Sun 2 June, 11:00<br />
This slightly truncated adaption of James Jones’ mammoth novel deservedly won seven Oscars,<br />
including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay and two for a note-perfect cast, which includes Burt<br />
Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift, Donna Reed and Frank Sinatra. The kind of mature,<br />
intelligent entertainment they so rarely make these days.<br />
Dir: Fred Zinnemann I USA 1953 / 1h58m / Digital / PG<br />
Moby Dick<br />
Sun 9 June, 11:00<br />
John Huston and Ray Bradbury’s adaptation of Moby Dick is a visionary folly which attempts to retain<br />
some of the more metaphysical concerns of Melville’s novel and place them alongside the genuinely<br />
thrilling hunt for the white whale. Hugely ambitious, although not entirely successful, this is the definition<br />
of a flawed masterpiece.<br />
Dir: John Huston I USA 1956 / 1h56m / Digital / PG<br />
Tickets 01382 909 900 25
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