49th Parallel (1941, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard)
Part of the Weekender/Public Domain
| Director: | michael powell |
|---|---|
| Certificate: | BBFC U |
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| Format: | Other |
| Language: | english |
| Country: | uk |
this wartime production is elevated above mere propaganda by director powell, aided admirably by writer emeric pressburger, editor david lean, miscast but entertaining olivier, self-efacing howard, plain spoken anton walbrook, seedy raymond massey, uber-nazi eric portman and a sensitive star turn from bit part nobody niall macginnis
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Film: Weekender/The Terror (Boris Karloff/Jack Nicholson) Free (1963)
27 Aug 2011, 4:30 p.m.
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Film: Weekender/The Terror Of Tiny Town (Billy Curtis/Little Billy Rhodes) Free (1938)
28 Aug 2011, 2 p.m.
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Film: Weekender/The Hitch Hiker (William Talman) Free (1953)
28 Aug 2011, 6 p.m.
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Film: Weekender/Rock N Roll Revue (Duke Ellington/Nat King Cole) Free (1956)
29 Aug 2011, noon
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Film: Weekender/Rhythm And Blues Revue (Count Basie/Bill Bailey) Free (1955)
29 Aug 2011, 12:40 p.m.
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Film: Weekender/Rock Rock Rock (Tuesday Weld/Chuck Berry) Free (1956)
29 Aug 2011, 2 p.m.
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Film: Weekender/Meet John Doe (Gary Cooper/Barbara Stanwyck) Free (1941)
29 Aug 2011, 4 p.m.
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Film: Weekender/The Last Man On Earth (Vincent Price) Free (1964)
29 Aug 2011, 6 p.m.
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Film: Weekender/Night Of The Living Dead (Duane Jones) Free (1968)
29 Aug 2011, 9 p.m.
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Film: Weekender/Exploitation Films (Mash-Up) Free (Various)
29 Aug 2011, 11:20 p.m.
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Film: Princess Iron Fan (1941) Plus Live Accompaniment
8 Apr 2012, 4 p.m.
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Film: I'M A Fool/The Bells Of Cockaigne
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Film: Street Scene (1931)
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Film: The Romantic (2011)
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Film: Big Fella (1937)
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Film: Basin Street Revue (1956)
6 May 2012, 3:10 p.m.
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Film: Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde (1920) + Live Accompaniment
2 Jun 2012, 6 p.m.
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Film: Bill & Coo (1948)
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The worlds one and only all avian motion picture. No, you read correctly…this movie is entirely acted by real live birds!
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Film: Conquest Of The Air (1938)
3 Jun 2012, 5 p.m.
Genuine archive footage, mixed with Korda's reconstructions and featuring Laurence Olivier.
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Film: Q Planes (1939)
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Film: The Stranger (1946, Orson Welles, Edward G Robinson)
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Film: Icarus Xb1 (1963)
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Film: 8 Masters/Return Of The 18 Bronzemen/The Blazing Temple
29 Mar 2013, 8 p.m.
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Film: The Sign Of Four (1932)
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Film: Five Minutes To Live (1961)
30 Mar 2013, 10 p.m.
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Film: Five (1951)
31 Mar 2013, noon
after the bomb dropped only five were left…there are many post-nuclear apocalypse movies, but this was the first…a relentlessly dark, oddly philosophical, psycho-social drama peppered with beautifully haunting scenes and plot holes you could fly a b52 through…free
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Film: The Un_Named (2013)
6 May 2013, 8 p.m.
"the UN_NAMED" a brand new feature from the people that brought you a cup of coffee at the bar, made this weekend (2013) live soundtrack performed by "Phallictite" (like Helictite but harder, younger, moister)"unplanned" an unauthorised fly on the wall docu-soap about the goings on at a film company that have one weekend to make a monster movie, with consequences (2013)
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Film: In The Dust Of The Stars (1976) [Plus Short Film Sign Up]
17 Apr 2014, 7:30 p.m.
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Film: Eolomea (1972)
19 Apr 2014, 7:30 p.m.
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Film: The Silent Star (1960)
20 Apr 2014, 4 p.m.
A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is launched to discover the origin of the spool and the race that created it…FREE to members
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Film: Planet Of Storms (1962)
20 Apr 2014, 6 p.m.
Cosmonauts land on the planet Venus. However, they find themselves in danger from the voracious monsters they find on it…this is a great slice of unlikely hokum, dubious science mixed with improbable fiction and one of cinemas most brilliant rubbish robots…FREE to members
21
Film: Ikarie Xb1 (1963) + Psi-Fu (2014)
21 Apr 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Truly excellent production value is achieved here to match the psychologically complex Stanislav Lem source material, it is easy to believe the legend that Stanley Kubrick was inspired by this production to pursue his quest for the mythical "good sci-fi movie"…plus "Psi-Fu" exclusive short film premiere and after-party
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Film: A Bucket Of Blood (1959)
1 May 2014, 10 p.m.
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02
Film: Little Shop Of Horrors (1960)
2 May 2014, 10 p.m.
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04
Film: The Intruder (1962)
4 May 2014, 4 p.m.
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Film: Last Woman On Earth/Creature From The Haunted Sea (1960) Double Bill
4 May 2014, 9:30 p.m.
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Film: Psi-Fu Dunt (2014) + Roger Corman Bonus Feature
5 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
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Film: Spider Baby Or, The Maddest Story Ever Told (1968)
22 May 2014, 10 p.m.
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Film: The Brother From Another Planet (1984)
23 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
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Film: Dementia 13 (1963)
23 May 2014, 10 p.m.
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Film: Night Tide (1963)
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Film: Psi-Fu Trilemma (2014) + Super Secret Surprise Bonus Feature
26 May 2014, 7:30 p.m.
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