Quirky whodunit SEE HOW THEY RUN opens Friday!
Tickets on sale now!
Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell are police inspectors hunting down an elusive murderer in the glittering adaptation of the smash-hit play See How They Run. This intriguing whodunnit features an all-star cast – including Adrien Brody, Harris Dickinson, Ruth Wilson and Sian Clifford – and takes place in a London theatre in the 1950s.
"See How They Run is the whodunnit as hoot, with lots of laughs, oodles of style and played with verve by a quality cast. It also reconfirms Saoirse Ronan as a comedy god." - Empire Magazine
The movie that started the Team Edward Vs. Team Jacob debate, and awoke the wolf-lover in us all: NEW MOON plays this week!
Three nights: Oct 14-16!
After the abrupt departure of Edward (Robert Pattinson), her vampire love, Bella (Kristen Stewart) finds comfort in her deepening friendship with Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). However Bella's loyalties are put to the test as she becomes drawn into the world of werewolves, ancient enemies of vampires.
Kick off Horror season with Japanese classic, Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Oct 14 & 16
A businessman accidentally kills The Metal Fetishist, who gets his revenge by slowly turning the man into a grotesque hybrid of flesh and rusty metal.
"A hysterical, histrionic ode to cyber-punk fetishism, Tetsuo owes as much to William Gibson as it does the body horror cinema of David Cronenberg & the stop-motion theatrics of Jan Svankmajer." - Screen Slate
In a new 4K restoration, celebrate 45 years of Suspiria this week!
Oct 13, 15 & 19
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
"Regardless of the sequels, remakes, homages and ripoffs, “Suspiria” remains a truly one-of-a-kind cinematic experience. For horror fans, it is one of those touchstone titles whose significance has been passed down from generation to generation." - RogerEbert.com
Filmmaker Ti West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of X!
Oct 16, 17 & 19
Trapped on her family's isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she's seen in the movies, Pearl finds her ambitions, temptations, and repressions all colliding in this stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story of X's iconic villain.
Don't miss your chance to see RE-ANIMATOR on the big screen in 35mm
Two Nights Only in 35mm: Oct 17 & 21
Loosely based on H P Lovecraft's classic horror tale – Herbert West, a dedicated student at a medical college, and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
Celebrate 20 years of the Studio Ghibli Classic SPIRITED AWAY
Oct 20 & 22 ONLY!
"Studio Ghibli has produced one animated classic after another, but Spirited Away is the one that goes into the vault. Part fantasy, part adventure, part dream, and part metaphor, Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece follows a 10-year-old girl who's forced to work in a extra-dimensional bath-house for ghosts and demons after a mysterious spell turns her parents into pigs." - Rolling Stones
SPECIAL IN-PERSON EVENTS AT THE PLAYHOUSE THIS WEEK!
Jesse Thistle Book Launch (Oct 18) and the VOC Silent Film Harmonic live musical accompaniment to CINEMA SURREALISM (Oct 20). Keep scrolling for more info and tickets!
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