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7.10PM SUNDAY APRIL 6TH
DOGFIGHT
Nancy Savoca's criminally underseen 1991 coming of age film is an ineffably bittersweet portrait of youth in the 1960s, starring two of cinema's brightest and most underserved talents in the late great River Phoenix (Stand By Me, My Own Private Idaho) and the wonderful Lili Taylor (Mystic Pizza, Six Feet Under).
When hotheaded, Vietnam-bound marine Eddie Birdlace (River Phoenix), brings aspiring San Francisco folk singer Rose (Lili Taylor) as his date to a pre-shipping out to war 'Dogfight' party (a cruelly misogynistic party where men compete to bring the most unattractive dates they can find), things seem destined for disaster. But what begins as a night to forget unexpectedly develops into something far more meaningful.
Featuring music by folk legends Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Pete Seeger, Dogfight captures the miracle of human connection whilst gently prodding at notions of societal roles and the assumptions we make about others, all played out between two vividly drawn and beautifully acted characters (critics have argued Taylor more than deserved an Oscar nomination here). The film also gracefully subverts ideas surrounding machismo, patriotic duty, and the very meaning of America itself.
Finally seeing a renaissance in recent years Nancy Savoca's Dogfight is a forgotten gem that deserves its new status as an undiscovered classic, that, whilst imbued with a light touch by its director, will non the less stay with you long after the credits roll.
8.05PM FRIDAY APRIL 18TH
GOOD FRIDAY SPECIAL EVENT
30TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING
EMPIRE RECORDS
Easily THE Most 90s movie ever made, the definitive cult classic and enduring fan favourite coming of age comedy-drama Empire Records comes to White Wall Cinema for a special Good Friday event.
A joyous depiction of 90s teen culture Empire Records follows a group of misfit employees at a Delaware record store (the shop itself is enough to inspire waves of 90s nostalgia) who find they have to band together to save their indie record store from a corporate takeover. Filled with teenage life problems, romances and laughs, Empire Records features a brilliant ensemble cast of fresh faced young stars including Liv Tyler (Lord of The Rings), Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones), Robin Tunney (The Craft), Rory Cochrane (Dazed & Confused / Argo), Debi Mazar (Goodfellas / Entourage) plus a legendary and unforgettable turn from Maxwell Caulfield as washed up pop-star Rex Manning (Say No More Mon Amour)!
The film is chock full of classic 90s tunes, as such we will be spinning some of our own on the night ahead of screening time (including some pre-film big screen music videos of the era), so come early and grab a drink. On that note we will be serving a special cocktail inspired by the legend Rex Manning himself and we will be opening up our beer garden for the first time this year. Plus if you fancy dressing up in your best 90s Empire Records inspired garb we might well give out a best dressed award. That plus much more at this special Good Friday special screening event. You are off work so no excuses, but either way, 'Damn the man, save the Empire'!
9.30PM BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 20TH (NO WORK MONDAY!)
MICHAEL MANN'S
THE KEEP+
JOHN CARPENTER'S
THE FOG
White Wall Cinema's first ever late night screening we have twinned two supernatural horror classics, one hard to find long lost gem by one of cinema's coolest directors and one much loved favourite by a horror master which we will sync up the time and date of the story with the actual time and date of the screening for extra spookiness!
The night begins with a super special screening of the long lost recently unearthed 1983 Michael Mann (Miami Vice, Heat, Collateral, Manhunter) film The Keep. Hard to find and rarely screened, this fabled holy grail of cinema follows a group of Nazi soldiers who occupy a small village in the Carpathian Mountains during World War II, only to find the fortress they are so keen on setting up camp in wasn't built to keep them out, but was actually constructed to keep something evil in!
Scott Glenn (The Right Stuff, Silence Of The Lambs), Jürgen Prochnow (Das Boot), Robert Prosky (Christine, Broadcast News), Ian McKellen (The Lord Of The Rings, X-Men), Gabriel Byrne (Miller's Crossing, The Usual Suspects), make up the all star cast of a film that features Michael Mann's famed signature visual style as well as a corking score from 80s synth-masters Tangerine Dream.
This will be followed by an all time classic from legendary horror director John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing, They Live, Escape From New York). The Fog is the spooky tale of a small Californian coastal town celebrating it's centenary which marks not only the 100th anniversary of the town, but also of a supernatural fog that descended following a mysterious ship wreck in the area. This unearthly fog now returns bringing with it dangerous spectres hell-bent on seeking retribution.
The Fog also features another stellar cast including Adrienne Barbeau (Escape From New York, Creepshow), Hal Holbrook (All The President's Men, Into The Wild), as well as undisputed 'Scream Queens', Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween, Trading Place, True Lies, Everything Everywhere All At Once) and her real life mother, star of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Janet Leigh.
This very special screening will coincide exactly in terms of both date and time with the films storytelling. As our narrator exclaims
'In five minutes, it will be the 21st of April' so it will be in real life too. Don't miss out on this very special double bill that can only be held on this special date and time.
Please Note: There will be a short interval between the films but patrons will only be able to enter prior to the start of the first film.
8PM THURSDAY APRIL 24TH
DIDI
The trick of Sean Wang's brilliant debut film Didi is that it is both a coming of age movie for anyone who's ever been a teenager as well as being a deeply accurate portrait of what it was like for the first generation that grew up online. In what feels like a spiritual sequel to Jonah Hill's 'Mid90s' and a prequel to Bo Burnham's 'Eighth Grade', 2008 is depicted with heartfelt and deadly accuracy as young Didi grows up in a world of Facebook & MySpace whilst still facing the timeless agonies of being a teenager.
Sublimely written and performed, Didi boasts a brilliant lead in the shape of its young lead Izaac Wang, who must learn to navigate the tricky teenage questions of understanding your cultural identity, how to flirt with girls, how to skateboard, and how to get along with your mother, (played here beautifully by the marvellous Joan Chen of Twin Peaks fame).
Living with his sister, mother and (the director's own real-life) grandmother, Didi's life reflects both a highly personal statement from director Sean Wang, but also an extraordinarily moving and universal portrait of the joy and chaos of being 13 whilst trying to be cool. Tender, funny, and painful Wang's film is a triumphant and definitive portrait of a very recent bygone era that gives us a wonderfully salient insight into the past, the present and the future of teenage life.
8.10PM TUESDAY APRIL 29TH
GENE HACKMAN TRIBUTE
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
Winner of 5 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for the late great Gene Hackman (Unforgiven, Mississippi Burning, The Conversation, The Royal Tenenbaums) we pay tribute to this titan of the acting world at the peak of his powers. Extraordinarily directed by the also recently departed William Friedkin, the no-nonsense genius who also gave us classics like The Exorcist, The Boys In The Band, Cruising, To Live and Die in L.A. and Sorcerer, The French Connection is a landmark film featuring a towering performance from Hackman and the best car chase sequence ever committed to celluloid.
When rough and tumble cop Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle (Hackman) and his partner Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo (Roy Scheider - Jaws) stumble upon a narcotics ring in early 70s New York the obsessive Doyle sets about busting it up and taking down the smugglers bringing in heroine from Marseille. Realistic, fast-paced and uncommonly smart it ushered in a new gritty era of cinema that would lead to the greatest ever era of American films.
Repeatedly listed in the American film institutes top 100 movies of all time, this neo-noir masterpiece has influenced everyone from Akira Kurosawa to Steven Spielberg to David Fincher. Garnering more than 20+ major film awards (including the aforementioned 5 Oscars) The French Connection is a keystone of American cinematic culture and a big screen must for movie fans of all stripes, as well as being a fitting tribute to one of America's greatest all-time screen actors, Gene Hackman.
“INTERESTING, FUN, UNUSUAL, OVERLOOKED CINEMA, CLASSIC AND NEW, SCREENING
ALL YEAR ROUND.”
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