Funeral Parade is proud to present The Skin I Live In, Pedro Almodóvar’s psychological melodrama about surgery and obsession.

After twelve years, prominent plastic surgeon Dr. Robert Ledgard has finally created a new form of damage-resistant skin, a breakthrough which could have saved his late wife. However, this modern miracle of medicine was only achieved through Vera, Ledgard’s captive and human guinea pig. Who is she? And what does she have to do with the doctor’s past? The Skin I Live In is a startling thriller which could have only come from one of queer cinema’s most singular voices.

With intro from artist, filmmaker and author Maz Murray.
 
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Thought to be the first depiction of the post-WWII yakuza, Drunken Angel is Akira Kurosawa’s first critical success and first directorial collaboration with Kurosawa regulars Toshirō Mifune and Takashi Shimura. Set in a snapshot of poverty-stricken post-war Tokyo, an uneasy bond is forged when alcoholic doctor Sanada (Shimura) diagnoses low-level yakuza Matsunaga (Mifune) with tuberculosis, nursing his health whilst reflecting on his own internal demons. Their relationship is thrown into turmoil when Matsunaga’s oath-sworn brother returns from prison, turning both men down a path of self-destruction and adversity. 

Drunken Angel is featured as part of Gangsters Have Feelings Too, a season exploring the sensitive gangster film. The season is presented with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA.

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.

"Front salad, back salad, front blunt".

For one night only, Have A Gd Trip brings Skateboard Film Club to Prince Charles Cinema to celebrate one of the most influential skateboard films ever made. Originally released in 2003 and premiered at PCC, Girl Skateboards' YEAH RIGHT redefined what was possible in skateboard filmmaking. Combining groundbreaking parts from an all-star team with Spike Jonze and Ty Evans' unforgettable direction, innovative visual effects and iconic soundtrack. More than 20 years on, it's still as funny, inventive and inspiring as ever, and rarely seen on the big screen.

Documentary filmmaker Mark Lewis joins us for a Double Feature of CANE TOADS: AN UNNATURAL HISTORY and ANIMALICIOUS, followed by a Live Q&A.

CANE TOADS: AN UNNATURAL HISTORY (1988): Mark Lewis takes the nature documentary into new realms of the humorous, surreal, and downright bizarre with this stranger-than-fiction tale of the ultimate environmental self-own. The cane toad—Bufo marinus, a species native to Central America—was imported by the sack-load to Australia in 1935 in an attempt to rid the country of the greyback beetle, which was rapidly destroying the sugarcane crop. The toads adapted beautifully to their new surroundings. Problem was, the beetle could fly and they couldn’t. What the cane toad is unusually proficient at, however, is making more cane toads—thousands upon thousands more. CANE TOADS: AN UNNATURAL HISTORY tells the wild story of this amphibious assault—warts and all.

ANIMALICIOUS (1999): A film about fate, coexistence, vanity, justice, karma, and forgiveness, ANIMALICIOUS collects six stories of people and the animals that shot them, fell on them, and generally brought mayhem of one sort or another to their lives. Filmed in Kentucky, Missouri, and England, ANIMALICIOUS features a bomb-diving duck, a squirrel that thinks it’s landed on Normandy Beach, a hawk that could easily work for a hair-growth pharmaceutical company, a parakeet, a turkey, a hungry snake, and one tiny dog. With his typically wry humor, director Mark Lewis uncovers the comic and quizzical relationships that exist between people and creatures great and small.

Introduction by film writer Sophie Monks Kaufman

In Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s French New Wave inspired directorial debut, he stars as Franz, a small-time pimp who finds himself in an offbeat love triangle between prostitute Joanna and handsome gangster Bruno, played by frequent Fassbinder collaborators Hanna Schygulle and Ulli Lommel. When Bruno fails to recruit Franz into his crime syndicate, the three strike up an unlikely allegiance, muddying romantic boundaries as they drift through the streets of Munich, plotting varying degrees of criminal activities. Detached, cool, and branded dilettantism at its Berlinale premiere, Love is Colder Than Death is a nihilistic and impulsive portrait of the relationship between three unanchored criminals. 

Love is Colder Than Death is featured as part of Gangsters Have Feelings Too, a season exploring the sensitive gangster film. The season is presented with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA.

Just in time for Spooky Season, Funeral Parade is proud to present A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, a queer-coded slasher classic.

The man of your dreams is BACK! That’s right, Freddy Krueger has returned to stalk Elm Street once again – and this time he’s enlisting teenager Jesse Walsh to help carry out his evil deeds. Freddy intends to possess Jesse’s body in order to take his bloody revenge on the teenage population of Springwood, Ohio. Will Jesse be able to resist him? A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge has become infamous for its homoerotic subtext and features an iconic performance from Mark Patton as slasher cinema’s first male “scream queen”.

With intro from film curator Sarah Cleary.

Our performance on 14th October is presented with an introduction by Christina Newland

Elaine May crafted a gangster film like no other in the nocturnal odyssey Mikey and Nicky, capitalising on the chemistry between frequent collaborators John Cassavetes and Peter Falk by casting them together as small-time mobsters whose lifelong relationship has turned sour. Set over the course of one night, this restless drama finds Nicky (Cassavetes) holed up in a hotel after the boss he stole money from puts a hit out on him. Terrified, he calls on Mikey (Falk), the one person he thinks can save him. Scripted to match the live-wire energy of its stars—alongside supporting players Ned Beatty, Joyce Van Patten, and Carol Grace—and inspired by real-life characters from May’s own childhood, this unbridled portrait of male friendship turned tragic is an unsung masterpiece of American cinema.

Our performance on 14th October is featured as part of Gangsters Have Feelings Too, a season exploring the sensitive gangster film. The season is presented with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA.

Featuring an intro from Writer/Director Robert Eggers on Tuesday 20th October

In 1630 New England, panic and despair envelops a farmer, his wife and their children when youngest son Samuel suddenly vanishes. The family blames Thomasin, the oldest daughter who was watching the boy at the time of his disappearance. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, twin siblings Mercy and Jonas suspect Thomasin of witchcraft, testing the clan's faith, loyalty and love to one another.

Legendary comedian and TV host turned director Takeshi Kitano writes, directs, and stars in his first and only American co-production. Disgraced yakuza Yamamoto (Kitano) seeks refuge in Los Angeles, reconnecting with his younger half-brother Ken (Claude Maki) after his clan suffered defeat at the hands of a rival gang back in Tokyo. Cool and detached, Brother marries Japanese and American disillusionment in Kitano’s signature violent minimalist style through the growing bonds between Yamamoto and the multinational gang that he cultivates in L.A. 

Brother is featured as part of Gangsters Have Feelings Too, a season exploring the sensitive gangster film. The season is presented with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA.

"She's evil… and not just high school evil.” 

A demon possesses high-school It-girl Jennifer (Megan Fox) after she is kidnapped and sacrificed in a failed occult ritual. Bloodthirsty, she seeks revenge through any man who crosses her path, but is challenged when her best friend, Needy (Amanda Seyfried), won´t stand idly by as the body-count rises. 

Campy, funny, horrific and truly impressive. After initially receiving mixed critical reception, Jennifer´s Body has become a horror and teen cult-classic as queer and female audiences have reclaimed the title. Ahead of its time, the film is still referenced in Halloween costumes, fan-theories, and video edits as audiences are hungrier than ever for the iconic maneater, Jennifer Check! 

Jennifer´s Body is featured as part of MANEATERS, a season exploring the female supernatural on screen. The season is presented with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA.

“She Loved Men... To Death.”

Addicted to love, Elaine – the love witch – casts love and sex spells to seek her perfect man, finding herself with more dead bodies than she does a long-term partner… 

A visually-striking, humorous and thought-provoking film by the continuously playful Anna Biller, The Love Witch has caused immense debate by audiences through its feminist themes. Visually drenched in 1970s fashion and cinematography, the film´s style feels as magical as the love witch herself. 

The Love Witch is featured as part of MANEATERS, a season exploring the female supernatural on screen. The season is presented with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA.

For one night only, Have A Gd Trip brings Skateboarding Film Club back to Prince Charles Cinema for an essential double bill celebrating two definitive eras of skate culture.

Kicking off the night is the 20th anniversary of Enjoi’s Bag of Suck (2006)—a Transworld Video of the Year winner that balanced jaw-dropping technical progression (anchored by Jerry Hsu’s legendary parts) with the irreverent, fun-first humour that made Enjoi an instant classic.

Followed by the 30th anniversary of Toy Machine’s Welcome to Hell (1996)—a relentless masterpiece that set the standard for high-impact handrail skating, immortalised Jamie Thomas’s raw style, and helped launch legends like Elissa Steamer.

Welcome to Hell
1996 | 45mins | USA | (18) | Skateboarding Video
Directed by Jamie Thomas, Video introduction by Ed Templeton
Starring Jamie Thomas, Ed Templeton, Elissa Steamer, Chad Muska, Brian Anderson, Donny Barley

Bag of Suck
2006 | 50mins | USA | (18) | Skateboarding Video
Directed by Matt Eversole and Kyle Camarillo, Video introduction by Louie Barletta
Starring Jerry Hsu, Louie Barletta, Marc Johnson, Caswell Berry, Stevie Williams, Cairo Foster
"Pandas, heavy handrails, and pure raw energy."

Two iconic videos, three decades of skate history, together for one night only. Rarely seen on the big screen—don't miss out.

Elenor and Clara seek refuge in a seaside town, hoping to escape their past. However, they hold dear a deep, dark secret which, if fallen on the wrong ears, could endanger their lives

"One of the best TV and film podcasts" - The Telegraph

Join the hosts of chart-topping, award-winning Alan Partridge fan podcast Monkey Tennis as they celebrate a full decade of dissecting, discussing and celebrating Norwich's finest broadcaster, joined by very special guest, BAFTA nominee, comedy legend and Partridge alumni Peter Serafinowicz.

This special intimate one-off anniversary live podcast recording sees your four dalendless hosts return to the scene of their first ever live show, to recognise and revel in Alan Gordon Partridge's glory. They'll also be speaking to star of I'm Alan Partridge (as well as Guardians of the Galaxy, Amandaland, Parks & Recreation, Shaun of the Dead, Spaced and 100+ more), Peter Serafinowicz, about his epic career and his time as Alan's antagonist and lover of American things, Tex.

In the meantime, catch up on over 150 episodes of the Monkey Tennis podcast, covering almost everything Alan's ever done, at podfollow.com/monkeytennis

“I get this ache... And I, I thought it was for sex, but it's to tear everything to fucking pieces.”

A wild and bloodthirsty hound has ravaged through the small town of Bailey Downs, attacking the neighbourhood's pet dogs. When the two teenage outcasts, the Fitzgerald sisters, stumble upon the creature one night, their lives change forever as Ginger is bitten, and her body starts to change. 

A true feast of practical effects, 2000s grunge, and snappy one-liners; Ginger Snaps has been credited in hindsight as a predecessor to the “maneater” supernatural woman most famously seen in Jennifer´s Body (2009). A coming-of-age story told in a fresh perspective; for maybe the true terror lies in growing up, or maybe it lies in the bloodthirsty hound who calls herself your sister. 

Ginger Snaps is featured as part of MANEATERS, a season exploring the female supernatural on screen. The season is presented with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA.
 

'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.