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THE FOG (1980)

10/10/2020

"I don't know what happened to Antonio Bay tonight"

Venue: Sun Pier House, Sun Pier, Medway Street, Chatham ME4 4HF
Date: Saturday 10 October, 8pm (box office and bar open at 7.15pm)

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£6 / £4 students

Film preceded by an Introduction and followed by a post-film discussion

Immersive Cinematic Visuals by Forty-Six Design

Duration: 89 minutes

Certificate: 15

Year: 1980

Director: John Carpenter

Cast: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, Hal Holbrook, John Houseman, Tom Atkins

Synopsis: An unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.

VIDEODROME (1983)

12/9/2020

+ FILM ACADEMY MASTERCLASS ON VHS CULTURE

"Death to Videodrome! Long live the new flesh!"

Venue: Sun Pier House, Sun Pier, Medway Street, Chatham ME4 4HF
Date: Saturday 12th Sept, 8pm (box office and bar open at 7.15pm)

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Film preceded by a Film Academy Masterclass on VHS Culture hosted by Tris Thompson and followed by a post-film discussion

Immersive Cinematic Visuals by Forty-Six Design

Masterclass Duration: 60 minutes
Film Duration: 87 minutes

Certificate: 15

Year: 1983

Director: David Cronenberg

Cast: James Woods, Debbie Harry

Synopsis: When he acquires a different kind of show for his station, a sleazy cable-TV programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control in a terrifying new reality.

CABARET (1972)

22/8/2020

"Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome"

Venue: Sun Pier House, Sun Pier, Medway Street, Chatham ME4 4HF
Date: Saturday 22 August, 8pm (box office and bar open at 7.15pm)

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I N C E L E B R A T I O N O F
M E D W A Y P R I D E

£6 / £4 students

Film preceded by an Introduction and followed by a post-film discussion

Immersive Cinematic Visuals by Forty-Six Design

Duration: 124 minutes

Certificate: 15

Year: 1972

Director: Bob Fosse

Based on stories by Christopher Isherwood

Cast: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel Grey, Helmut Griem, Fritz Wepper

Synopsis: A female Kabaret club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them. A powerful tale exploring sexuality and politics in a facist regime.

DEVDAS (2002) (SUBTITLED)

8/8/2020

"In another life, I will not be able to resist you"

Venue: Sun Pier House, Sun Pier, Medway Street, Chatham ME4 4HF
Date: Saturday 8 August, 8pm (box office and bar open at 7.15pm)

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Film preceded by an Introduction and followed by a post-film discussion

Immersive Cinematic Visuals by Forty-Six Design

Duration: 185 minutes

Certificate: PG

Year: 2002

Director: Sanjay Leeia Bhansali

Based on the novel by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit

Synopsis: After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain. Classic Bollywood re-imaging of Romeo and Julliet.

WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971)

11/7/2020

"The strawberries taste like strawberries, and the snozzberries taste like snozzberries!"

Venue: Sun Pier House, Sun Pier, Medway Street, Chatham ME4 4HF
Date: Saturday 11 July, 2pm (box office and cafe open at 12.30pm)

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M A T I N E E S C R E E N I N G

£6 / £4 students & under 16s
OR
£16 = Family ticket (x2 adults & 2 under 16s)

There will be Arts & Craft workshops prior to the film by the Kent Illustration Network

Film preceded by an Introduction and followed by a post-film discussion

Immersive Cinematic Visuals by Forty-Six Design

Film Duration: 100 minutes

Certificate: PG

Year: 1971

Director: Mel Stuart

Novel & Screenplay: Roald Dahl

Cast: Gene Wilder

Synopsis: A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.

PARASITE (2020) (SUBTITLED)

20/6/2020

"They are rich but still nice"

Venue: Sun Pier House, Sun Pier, Medway Street, Chatham ME4 4HF
Date: Saturday 20 June, 8pm (box office and bar open at 7.15pm)

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Film preceded by an Introduction and followed by a post-film discussion hosted by Josh Slater-Williams from The Skinny Magazine

Immersive Cinematic Visuals by Forty-Six Design

Duration: 132 minutes

Certificate: 15

Year: 2020

Director: Bong Joon-Ho

Cast: Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Jo

Synopsis: All unemployed, Ki-taek and his family take peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks, as they ingratiate themselves into their lives and get entangled in an unexpected incident.

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)

30/5/2020

"Good morning, Miss Ratched"

Venue: Sun Pier House, Sun Pier, Medway Street, Chatham ME4 4HF
Date: Saturday 30 May, 8pm (box office and bar open at 7.15pm)

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Film preceded by an Introduction and followed by a post-film discussion on representations of Mental Health on screen...

To commemorate Mental Health Awareness Week (Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation) (18-24 May 2020)
Mental Health Awareness Week is the UK’s national week to raise awareness of mental health and mental health problems and inspire action to promote the message of good mental health for all.

Immersive Cinematic Visuals by Forty-Six Design

Duration: 133 minutes

Certificate: 15

Year: 1975

Director: Milos Forman

Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Danny DeVito,

Synopsis: A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.

EDWARD D. WOOD JR. DOUBLE BILL - GLEN OR GLENDA (1953)

9/5/2020

"Glen is a transvestite, but he is not a homosexual"

Venue: Sun Pier House, Sun Pier, Medway Street, Chatham ME4 4HF
Date: Saturday 9 May, 8pm (box office and bar open at 7.15pm)

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Film preceded by an Introduction and followed by a post-film discussion hosted by Phil West from Live Stream Theatre

Immersive Cinematic Visuals by Forty-Six Design

Duration: 65 minutes

Certificate: 15

Year: 1953

Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.

Cast: Bela Lugosi, Dolores Fuller, Edward D Wood Jr.

Synopsis: A psychiatrist tells the stories of a transvestite (Glen or Glenda) and a pseudohermaphrodite (Alan or Anne).

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eDWARD D. WOOD JR. DOUBLE BILL - PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1959)

"A flying saucer? You mean the kind from up there?"

Venue: Sun Pier House, Sun Pier, Medway Street, Chatham ME4 4HF
Date: Saturday 9 May, 9.15pm (box office and bar open at 7.15pm)

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Film preceded by an Introduction and followed by a post-film discussion hosted by Phil West

Immersive Cinematic Visuals by Forty-Six Design

Duration: 79 minutes

Certificate: PG

Year: 1959

Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.

Cast: Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Vampira, Criswell,

Synopsis: Evil aliens attack Earth and set their terrible "Plan 9" into action. As the aliens resurrect the dead of the Earth, the lives of the living are in danger.

MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO (1988) (SUBTITLED)

9/5/2020

"Trees and people used to be good friends"

Venue: Sun Pier House, Sun Pier, Medway Street, Chatham ME4 4HF
Date: Saturday 9 May, 2pm (box office and cafe open at 1pm)

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There will be Arts & Craft workshops prior to the film by the Kent Illustration Network

Film preceded by an Introduction and followed by a post-film discussion

Immersive Cinematic Visuals by Forty-Six Design

Duration: 96 minutes

Certificate: PG

Year: 1988

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Synopsis: When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.