The Prince Charles Cinema

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Chungking Express
1994 101mins Hong Kong (12) Romance/Drama

Every day, Cop 223 (Takeshi Kaneshiro) buys a can of pineapple with an expiration date of May 1, symbolizing the day he'll get over his lost love. He's also got his eye on a mysterious woman in a blond wig (Brigitte Lin), oblivious of the fact she's a drug dealer. Cop 663 (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) is distraught with heartbreak over a breakup. But when his ex drops a spare set of his keys at a local cafe, a waitress (Faye Wong) lets herself into his apartment and spruces up his life.

The Conversation
1974 113mins USA (12) Crime

Harry Caul (Gene Hackman), a detached and paranoid surveillance expert who finds himself becoming a victim of the same modern technology he uses to destroy others. It begins with a seemingly routine job trailing an unfaithful wife and her lover. But when Harry visits the husband’s office to deliver the incriminating tapes he’s made of the couple, his client’s assistant tries to intercept him. Harry refuses to hand over the recordings and suddenly discovers that he may have captured a conversation about something that’s a lot more important than adulterous goings on.

The Matrix
1999 136mins USA (15) Sci-Fi / Action

When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

Hard Eight [aka Sydney]
1996 102mins USA (18) Crime

Veteran gambler Sydney befriends a young man named John, transforming into a Las Vegas casino champion. John falls for a prostitute, and the couple soon finds themselves in need of Sydney's help.

Turnstile: Never Enough
55mins (12A) Concert Film

Never Enough is Turnstile's debut visual album, and it's a wild 50-minute ride you won't want to miss. Directed by frontman Brendan Yates and guitarist Pat McCrory, the film blends their signature experimental hardcore sound with powerful, cinematic visuals that capture the band's raw energy. The Baltimore-based band pushes boundaries with a truly unforgettable experience. Whether you're a fan or new to their music, Never Enough is a must-see.

Stalker
1979 161mins Soviet Union (PG) Science Fiction

In an unnamed country at an unspecified time, there is a fiercely protected post-apocalyptic wasteland known as The Zone. An illegal guide (Aleksandr Kajdanovsky), whose mutant child suggests unspeakable horrors within The Zone, leads a writer (Anatoliy Solonitsyn) and a scientist (Nikolay Grinko) into the heart of the devastation in search of a mythical place known only as The Room. Anyone who enters The Room will supposedly have any of his earthly desires immediately fulfilled.