Using a nonlinear structure interlaced with dreams and flashbacks, director Andrei Tarkovsky creates a stream-of-consciousness meditation on war, memory and time that draws heavily on events from his own life.

In 1986, THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE rolled into cinemas and changed the franchise forever. Unicron arrives as a planet-sized threat to the universe, heroes rise, legends are forged and an entire generation of kids were changed forever by THAT moment, which still hits like a truck. Featuring an iconic voice cast, unforgettable animation and a soundtrack that hadabsolutely no business going that hard, the film remains one of the boldest animated classics of its era. Now, forty years later, it returns to the big screen in 4K for a special anniversary celebration of the battle, the music and the legacy. Stay through the credits...because as this journey ends, a new one begins.

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Edward Yang's second feature is a mournful anatomy of a city caught between the past and the present. Made in collaboration with Yang's fellow New Taiwan Cinema master Hou Hsiao-hsien, TAIPEI STORY chronicles the growing estrangement between a washed-up baseball player (Hou, in a rare on-screen performance) working in his family's textile business and his girlfriend (Tsai Chin), who clings to the upward mobility of her career in property development. As the couple's dreams of marriage and emigration begin to unravel, Yang's gaze illuminates the precariousness of domestic life and the desperation of Taiwan's globalised modernity.

Celebrate this beloved coming-of-age story from the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of Spirited Away, and Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki, about a resourceful young witch who uses her broom to create a delivery service, only to lose her gift of flight in a moment of self-doubt. It is a tradition for all young witches to leave their families on the night of a full moon and fly off into the wide world to learn their craft. When that night comes for Kiki, she embarks on her new journey with her sarcastic black cat, Jiji, landing the next morning in a seaside town, where her unique skills make her an instant sensation.

The epic adventure centers around Indy (Harrison Ford) and his perilous quest for the Ark of the Covenant, a Biblical artifact of unspeakable power also sought after by Hitler's armies. In a race against the Nazis, Indy travels the globe in pursuit of the Ark, reigniting passions with his former flame Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen), aided by allies Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott) and Sallah (John Rhys-Davies), and thwarted by danger, double-crosses and enemies at every turn.

In this musical melodrama set against the backdrop of a workers' strike in Nantes, Dominique Sanda plays a young woman who wishes to leave her brutish husband (Michel Piccoli) for an earthy steelworker (Richard Berry), though he is involved with another. Unbeknownst to the girl, the object of her affection boards with her no-nonsense baroness mother (Danielle Darrieux). A late-career triumph from Jacques Demy, Une chambre en ville received nine César Award nominations and features a rich, operatic score by Michel Colombier.

Screening at the Prince Charles Cinema and in the UK for the first time, Frowzy Films is proud to present SHOWGIRLS 2: PENNY’S FROM HEAVEN. The sequel to Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls, Showgirls 2 is written, edited, directed and produced by Rena Riffel (Showgirls, Mulholland Drive), who reprises her role as Penny in Showgirls and stars in the film. We follow Penny as she hitchhikes from Las Vegas to LA, desperate to become a professional dancer at the exclusive Stardancer club. However, she quickly descends into the city's seedy underbelly, encountering vicious dancers and manipulative men at every turn of her rise to success. Part INLAND EMPIRE, part 70s erotic film, part threadbare reimagining of the original, Rena Riffel’s vision was put together on a crowdfunded budget of just $30,000. Produced via consumer grade camera equipment, borrowed hotel rooms and guerilla filming, Showgirls 2: Penny’s From Heaven is a must watch for any fan of low budget cinema or the original Showgirls. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the film.

This screening will include a prerecorded video introduction from Rena Riffel.

Showgirls 2: Penny’s From Heaven is presented by Frowzy Films, co-curated by Molly Miles (Category H) and Pete Cann (Scour Cinema). Frowzy Films is a film club which explores microbudget genre cinema from a place of genuine love, putting small budget films on the big screen and celebrating them in a fresh light.