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Titane
2021 108mins Belgium, France (18) Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Directed by Julia Ducournau Starring Garance Marillier, Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Laïs Salameh

This provocative Palme D’or winner is equal parts horrifying and hilarious. Titane follows one person (Agathe Rousselle) along a journey seeking love and acceptance. As a child they were in a horrific car accident, and as a result have a metal plate in the side of their head alongside a lifelong obsession with vehicles. This obsession mutates in increasingly grisly ways, as their life starts to unravel around them.

Titane is playing as part of the Tetsuo And Beyond season presented with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA.

Funeral Parade Presents "Breakfast on Pluto"
128mins (15) Comedy / Drama
Directed by Neil Jordan Starring Cillian Murphy, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson

Funeral Parade is proud to present Breakfast on Pluto, Neil Jordan’s 1970s-set glam rock daydream about a transgender woman’s personal odyssey, from Ireland during the Troubles to the sleazy backstreets of Soho.

After having been abandoned as a baby and shunned as a child, Patricia “Kitten” Braden (Cillian Murphy), a starry-eyed dreamer from a small Irish town, sets off for London in hopes of finding her long-lost mother. Along the way she’ll find herself falling for an IRA-affiliated glam rocker (Gavin Friday), working alongside a foul-mouthed Womble (Brendan Gleeson), and becoming glamourous assistant to an eccentric magician (Stephen Rea). But in a world that’s so intent on being serious, will Kitten manage to have any fun? 20 years after its initial release, Jordan’s film remains a powerful story about the search for love and acceptance in face of bigotry and intolerance.

Play Misty for Me
1971 102mins USA (15) Psychological Thriller
Directed by Clint Eastwood Starring Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills

Clint Eastwood’s 1971 directorial debut is defined by female obsession. Evelyn Draper’s (Jessica Walter) innocent crush on a radio jockey, Dave (Eastwood) soon spirals into a dangerous, possessive desire for control. Play Misty for Me explores when desire turns deadly – the thin line between romantic infatuation, and psychological unravelling.

Play Misty for Me is screening as part of Women in Flux, presented in association with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and curation MA.

Wanda
1970 102mins USA (15) Crime
Directed by Barbara Loden Starring Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins, Dorothy Shupenes

Barbara Loden’s first and only feature film as a director is a portrait of a woman adrift. Set against the stark industrial backdrop of eastern Pennsylvania, Wanda (Loden) passively detaches from her domestic life, falling into a bleak partnership with a petty criminal. Shot in grainy 16mm, Wanda is a landmark of American independent cinema.

Wanda is screening as part of Women in Flux, presented in association with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and curation MA.

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer
1992 83mins Japan (18) Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto Starring Tomorowo Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Nobu Kanaoka

Tetsuo The Iron Man’s sequel operates as a companion piece, a twisted tale of metallic transformation and revenge. After his son is kidnapped by a metal obsessive, a salaryman (Tomorowo Taguchi) finds his unwilling body transformed into machine. Bringing in images of body building, guns and bizarre sex rituals, Tetsuo II: Body Hammer is an entertaining cyberpunk tale.

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer is screening as part of the season Tetsuo And Beyond, presented with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA.

Adulthood
2025 97mins (18) Comedy/Crime
Directed by Alex Winter Starring Josh Gad, Kaya Scodelario, Anthony Carrigan

Featuring exclusive Video Intro from Director Alex Winter!

Adulthood is a darkly comic, modern-noir about sister and brother Meg and Noah who are barely hanging on in present-day America, like all of  us. When they discover a dead body, long buried in their parents’ basement, Meg and Noah are pulled back to the hometown they ran  away from and into a rabbit hole of crime and murder. Starring Josh Gad (Beauty and the Beast) and Kaya Scodelario (The Gentlemen) with Billie Lourd (Booksmart) and Anthony Carrigan (Superman). Directed by Alex Winter (The YouTube Effect), written by Michael M.B. Galvin (Fat Kid Rules the World), and produced by Scott Kroopf (Limitless) & Alex Winter, Russell Hollander (Flight Risk) and Lisa Wolofsky (Tow). 

Dandy Dust
1998 94mins Austria, UK (18) Sci-Fi / Adventure
Directed by A. Hans Scheirl Starring A. Hans Scheirl, Suzie Krüger, Leonora Rogers-Wright

Ashley Hans Scherli’s (Flaming Ears) queer, avant -garde wonderwork Dandy Dust is a transgressive transmission from the future of gender. This rare screening follows gender fluid cyborg Dust (Ashley Hans Scherli) hurtling through space and time, seeking both memory and identity. Truly transgressive, Dandy Dust invites us to ignore the limits of our bodies and the place in which we occupy them.

Dandy Dust beams into the Prince Charles Cinema as part of the Tetsuo And Beyond Season. The season is presented with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA.

The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992 89mins USA (U) Musical / Comedy
Directed by Brian Henson Starring Dave Goelz, Frank Oz, Meredith Braun, Michael Caine, Steve Whitmire

'Tis the season for love, laughter, and one of the most cherished stories of all time! Join Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and all the hilarious Muppets in this merry, magical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale. Academy Award® winner Michael Caine (Best Supporting Actor) gives a performance that's anything but "bah, humbug!" as greedy, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge. One fateful Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Together with kind, humble Bob Cratchit (Kermit the Frog) and his family, the Spirits open Scrooge's eyes -- and his heart -- to the true meaning of Christmas. Filled with original music and dazzling special effects, THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL will become a holiday tradition your family will treasure all the days of the year.

Featuring the film’s famous long-lost song ‘When Love is Gone’!

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As always you can expect SING ALONG performances of this new version of THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL this Christmas - and now we don't need to pretend that we weren't going to just play the lost scene regardless! Performances will feature a Hosted Pre-Show with our very own Father Christmas, where you will be prepped on what to do throughout the film. Costumes aren't mandatory, but 'Tis the season, and we love seeing you dressed up in your favourite Christmas Jumpers! All this, and a few more surprises up our sleeves, makes this one of the must-see events this Christmas!

If you're wanting to Sing Along with The Muppet Christmas Carol, simply book for the performances marked SING ALONG [it's next to the start time]. All other screenings will be regular performances, and nothing will be written next to the start time.