+ OPTIONAL POST FILM DISCUSSION GROUP White Wall Cinema's discussion group returns! Join us for a screening of this brilliant new film with an optional chance to stay on and discuss the film in a relaxed informal post film group chat. Contribute or just listen in, it's a fun and interesting way to better understand the […]
Legendary French film director Francois Truffaut called it 'the best Film Noir I have ever seen'. Jules Dassin’s Rififi is a twisting tale of four robbers who plan one last jewellry heist in 1950’s Paris. Getting out of prison after a five year stretch, exhausted master thief Tony le Stéphanois initially turns down a heist […]
One of the most surprisingly entertaining films ever made, Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward star as a pair of handymen who are fed up with their dull lives in the tiny isolated desert community of Perfection, Nevada. On the very day they decide to leave town a mysterious set of deaths begin to occur, not […]
Brighton Rocks International Film Festival | Whitehawk FC Brighton Rocks International Film Festival, in collaboration with Whitehawk FC, is proud to be hosting an exclusive screening of 'Hawks - Anti-Idiots', a joyous documentary about the football club directed by Hossam Sarhan.The event will take place on Saturday 16th of September. Doors open at 6:30pm for […]
The final entry in our year long exploration of early ‘90s black cinema sees Spike Lee tackling societal attitudes when Black architect ‘Flipper’ (Wesley Snipes at the peak of his powers) begins dating Italian-American secretary Angie (an excellent Annabella Sciorra). Surrounded by an outstanding supporting cast including Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, John […]
A brilliant ensemble cast including Rachel Sennott (Shiva Baby, Bottoms), Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Lee Pace, and Pete Davidson star in this modern slasher comedy about a group of upper middle class twenty-somethings who plan to party through a hurricane at a rich friend’s remote mansion. When the gang decides to play a spooky game […]
This horror classic is what you get when you combine the twin talents of Producer Steven Spielberg (Jaws, E.T., Jurassic Park) with Director Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre). Hooper invades the classic Spielbergian suburban family home with a supernatural presence that first arrives (in iconic fashion) via the TV set, only for things to dramatically escalate as the […]
As part of a major BFI nationwide celebration, 'Cinema Unbound: The Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger,' we are excited to present this special screening of the infamous 1960 classic psychological horror 'Peeping Tom'. The film's director, Michael Powell, best known for his collaborations with directing partner Emeric Pressburger (the duo creating legendary works such […]
+ PARTY White Wall Cinema once again teams with The Brighton Film Party Society to invite you into the world of the dude for the 25th anniversary of The Big Lebowski. Alongside a screening of the Coen Brothers classic, our venue will be set dressed with Lebowski paraphernalia with a rug that really ties the room […]
Edge of Seventeen director Kelly Fremon Craig returns to coming-of-age dramedy with this adaptation of the 1970s Judy Blume novel. Beloved for generations by women and girls for its refreshing frankness about early-adolescent anxieties, and its bewildering whirlwind of menstruation, brassieres and boys. This wonderfully light yet moving story of growing pains and family complexities […]
This poignant, South Korean drama from Palme d’Or winning Shoplifters director Hirokazu Kore-eda brings joy to the potentially dark subject of ‘baby boxes’, a place where unwanted babies can be anonymously abandoned safely. Parasite star Song Kang-ho teams with Gang Dong-won as a pair of ‘brokers’ who illegally attempt to sell these abandoned babies on […]
With Barbie having earned more than a billion dollars at the global box office becoming the 12th highest earning film of all time (topping even Marvel's The Avengers) prepare yourself for the oncoming endless onslaught of Mattel movies with this warning from history. Witness a fabulously wooden but ripplingly muscled Dolph Lundgren (Rocky IV) don […]
As part of a major BFI nationwide celebration, 'Cinema Unbound: The Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger,' we are excited to present this special screening of Brian DePalma's 1981 classic 'Blow Out' programmed in response to Powell's Peeping Tom. Even in a career that encompasses such classics as Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, The Untouchables, […]
Our Christmas special is this wonderful tragicomedy about the homeless trio of an unruly middle aged alcoholic named ‘Gin’, a lonely but stoic trans woman Hana and rebellious runaway teenage girl Miyuki. When they find an abandoned baby one Christmas Eve, the ragtag bunch embark on a madcap adventure to find the baby’s parents. A […]
Taking centre stage for our 2024 alternative Valentine's special is the deliciously dark comedy cult classic about a romance between two simple flower shop assistants, Seymour Krelborn (Rick Moranis), and Audrey (Ellen Greene), who are both helped and hindered by Seymour's accidental discovery of a sentient alien plant that feeds on human blood (of course). […]
White Wall Cinema in association with The University of Brighton for LGBTQ+ History Month Celebrating LGBTQ+ History month we are excited to bring you this special screening of this highly acclaimed documentary film (currently 97% on Rotten Tomatoes) from two time Oscar winners Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein (for The Times of Harvey Milk, & […]
Finally getting its due, this underappreciated darkly comic masterpiece from director Martin Scorsese (Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino, The Departed, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Killers of The Flower Moon) hits the big screen in a stellar new 4K restoration. Here Scorsese poses the question, 'What if the awful date you thought […]
This fascinating snapshot of mid 60s filmmaking finds itself caught between the classical sensibilities of legendary Hollywood producer Sam Spiegel (On The Waterfront, The Bridge On The River Kwai, Laurence of Arabia) and its revolutionary director Arthur Penn (Bonnie & Clyde). Influenced by the French New Wave, Penn allows burgeoning countercultural attitudes of the era […]
+ OPTIONAL POST FILM DISCUSSION GROUP Celine Song’s remarkable debut (a 2024 Oscars Best Picture nominee no less!) concentrates on two close childhood friends, Nora Moon and Hae Sung, who are separated when Nora’s family emigrate to Toronto. Many years later and now living in New York Nora discovers Hae Sung has been trying to […]
A SPECIAL 80S AUDIO VISUAL MIXTAPE SET + MYSTERY 80S MOVIE For this VERY SPECIAL edition of Secret Movie Club we are once again collaborating with Brighton's legendary 80s party It Is Still 1985 (Every Saturday at Green Door Store), to celebrate 16 years of parties. For this special event we are not only bringing […]