From Stanley Kubrick to A Christmas Carol, there's plenty to check out on the big screen...
Broadway Cinema - The Subversive Screenings
Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick’s final feature film, set in the liminal space between the end of one year and the start of the next, follows actors Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as their failing marriage spirals into a spiritual, psychosexual dreamlike odyssey that explores the cultish qualities of upper-class bohemia.
Eyes Wide Shut is showing on Friday 16 December
Fanny and Alexander
Set between the festive opulence of a large family Christmas party and their traditional nativity play, Swedish director Ingmar Bergman combines traditional Christian notions of Christmas, the loneliness of childhood and a pervasive existentialism - which all culminates in a Christmas crisis for young Alexander, as he attempts to navigate the harsh rule of his authoritarian step-father.
Savoy Cinema - The Feel-Good Screenings
Love Actually
Nothing says Christmas like watching romance unfold between Hugh Grant and his love interest. Directed by Richard Curtis in 2003, Love Actually is a holiday staple that follows a quintessential British ensemble playing middle-class, middle-aged singles that are all characterised by the love that is interwoven through the connections they form with one another over the Christmas period.
Love Actually is showing on Friday 9 December
The Muppet Christmas Carol
In celebration of its thirtieth anniversary, Savoy Cinema is showcasing the Muppets' cosy, comedic retelling of popular Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol. These fun puppets retell the ethical dilemma of cynical, spiteful bourgeois Ebenezer Scrooge as he finds himself facing the ghosts of Christmases past, present and future. Taking a serious tale of self-reflection and making it ten times more fun, light-hearted and feel-good, this is a must-watch.
The Muppet Christmas Carol is showing on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 December
Arc Beeston - The Christmas Classics Screenings
Elf
Telling the tale of Buddy the Elf and his hilariously heroic journey from the North Pole to Manhattan, this is undoubtedly a Christmas classic. With Will Ferrell and James Caan facing off in the roles of excited child versus workaholic dad, this iconic quest for Caan’s character to rediscover the childlike wonder of festive celebration and the importance of family is always worth revisiting.
Elf is showing from Sunday 18 December
Home Alone & Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
It is a widely accepted cultural fact that the first two Home Alones are the only ones that really matter. And with Arc showing both of director Chris Columbus’ festive features, it really is the perfect opportunity to relive all those Christmases you spent watching the young yet impressively independent Kevin McAllister deal with the comedic catastrophes birthed in the wake of his family accidentally leaving him home alone at Christmas.
Home Alone is showing from Friday 23 December
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is showing from Saturday 10 December
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