Wagner Hall Brighton

White Wall Cinema: DAVID BYRNE'S AMERICAN UTOPIA
2024-05-31 19:50 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Wagner Hall
This new spiritual sequel to the classic Stop Making Sense concert film sees Talking Heads front-man David Byrne lead a collection of incredibly talented international musicians in an onstage whirlwind of glorious music, dance, human connection and political urgency. David Byrne gives us his personal guide to life in this incredible stage show event captured brilliantly by the great Spike Lee, who creates a magical flowing iridescent cinematic dream out of Byrne’s musical vision.

Pulling from the likes of James Baldwin, Janelle Monáe and Kurt Schwitters as well as his own solo music, it’s all nestled neatly inside a glut of gloriously performed Talking Heads classics. Once again redefining what is possible with a concert film, this joyously cathartic celebration of life is as exhilarating and charming a big screen experience as you are ever likely to have, don’t miss this special, ultra rare screening that is sure to burn down the house.

DOORS: 7.50pm*

START TIME: 8.20pm*

RUN TIME: 105 mins

CERT: 12

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White Wall Cinema: SUMMER ARCHIVE SALE
2024-06-08 12:00 - 18:00, 2024-06-09 12:00 - 18:00
A special weekend long event, we open the White Wall Cinema archive for a massive sell off of films from our collection, with over 1000 Blu-Ray and DVD bargains to choose from as well as a selection of film poster art.

Plus our special soundtrack beer garden where you can grab a drink and take in the summer sun whilst enjoying a selection of songs hand picked from our favourite movie soundtracks. Come for a browse and stay for a beer!

DOORS: 12.00pm | CLOSED: 6.00pm

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White Wall Cinema: VHS FEST - THE FLY
2024-06-21 19:00 - 22:30
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Join us for VHS Fest, a special three night film festival celebrating films that represent the classic era of VHS video. Each night you can take a stroll through our life size VHS rental store, indulge in some retro gaming, have a drink in our beer garden (with our VHS era playlist) and then enjoy a cult classic film from the era on the big screen. Tickets for individual nights are available as well as a discounted festival ticket for all three nights.

One of the greatest horror directors of all time David Cronenberg creates perhaps the most recognisable feature film of his career in this undisputed classic of 80s cinema, The Fly.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest movie remakes of all time Canadian horror legend Cronenberg, responsible for scores of classic films including Scanners, Videodrome, Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch, Crash, A History of Violence, Eastern Promises and Cosmopolis, retools this 1958 Sci Fi Horror classic for the 80s. A sensation upon it’s 1986 release, it took $60 million at the box office over it’s $9 million budget cementing both Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis as cult cultural icons ahead of their roles in Jurassic Park/Wes Anderson movies and Beetlejuice/Thelma & Louise respectively.

DOORS: 7pm*

START TIME: 7pm*

LAST ADMISSION: 8.35pm

FILM RUN TIME: 96 mins

CERT: 18

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White Wall Cinema: VHS FEST - ROAD HOUSE
2024-06-22 18:00 - 22:30
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Join us for VHS Fest, a special three night film festival celebrating films that represent the classic era of VHS video. Each night you can take a stroll through our life size VHS rental store, indulge in some retro gaming, have a drink in our beer garden (with our VHS era playlist) and then enjoy a cult classic film from the era on the big screen. Tickets for individual nights are available as well as a discounted festival ticket for all three nights.

You may well have seen or heard about the new remake of this movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and yes, it’s ludicrously silly. However, we can assure you this original 1989 version… is much sillier… but in all the right ways.

A glorious b-movie mix of fistfights, cowboy boots, Swayze’s glistening torso sex appeal and even a monster truck (why not?), Roadhouse is the story of Dalton (Patrick Swayze) a tough nightclub bouncer with a Ph.D. in philosophy from NYU (obviously) who is hired to clean up a notoriously rowdy bar in a small Missouri town. Dalton, ably abetted by Sam Elliot (The Big Lebowksi, A Star Is Born), applies not only his philosophy but also his fist (only when necessary of course) to the problem, and finds himself in a romance with a local doctor (Kelly Lynch – ‘Drugstore Cowboy’) as well as on the wrong side of the town’s criminal big shot (Ben Gazzara – ‘The Killing of a Chinese Bookie’).

DOORS: 6pm*

START TIME: 6pm*

LAST ADMISSION BEFORE FILM: 7.30pm

FILM RUN TIME: 114 mins

CERT: 18

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White Wall Cinema: VHS FEST -LABYRINTH
2024-06-23 18:00 - 22:30
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Join us for VHS Fest, a special three night film festival celebrating films that represent the classic era of VHS video. Each night you can take a stroll through our life size VHS rental store, indulge in some retro gaming, have a drink in our beer garden (with our VHS era playlist) and then enjoy a cult classic film from the era on the big screen. Tickets for individual nights are available as well as a discounted festival ticket for all three nights.

In 1986, Muppets creator Jim Henson combined with Star Wars creator George Lucas to create one of the most beloved cult classics of all time. Labyrinth is a deliciously dark fairy tale that is indelibly etched into the minds of an entire generation of cinema goers (and VHS owners).

Incredibly inventive, brilliantly staged and a testament to the boundless imagination and creativity of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. Originally set up by Henson and illustrator / conceptual designer Brian Froud to create The Dark Crystal, the shop’s brilliance in bringing to life the world of Labyrinth is only matched by the hilarious script by Monty Python’s Terry Jones (which was also worked on by the great Elaine May) as well as a young star-making performance by future Oscar winner Jennifer Connolly.

DOORS: 6pm*

START TIME: 6pm*

LAST ADMISSION BEFORE FILM: 7.30pm

FILM RUN TIME: 101 mins

FILM CERT: PG

EVENT AGE: 15+

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White Wall Cinema: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME(1939)
2024-09-04 18:40 - 22:30
OUTDOOR SCREENING

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As the world prepares for the re-opening of Notre Dame join us to celebrate not only that, but the return of White Wall Cinema. Be a part of a special end of summer outdoor screening of a true classic, that also includes a free gift of your choice from a new set of special edition classic gothic novels being published this September by Pan Macmillan as part of the Macmillan Collectors Library (R.R.P. £9.99).

Be a part of this special outdoor screening, in the shadow of our very own gothic-revival church tower that looms over our garden, of the truly wonderful 1939 classic screen adaption of The Hunchback of Notre Dame featuring a truly remarkable, sensitive and powerful performance by the great Charles Laughton (Mutiny On The Bounty / Witness for the Prosecution / Spartacus). With every ticket you will receive a free book of your choice from the new special edition Macmillan Collectors Library ‘Monsters, Misfits & Ghosts’ range that includes Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’, Victor Hugo’s ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’, and Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ as well as ‘The Shadow in The Corner and Other Classic Ghost Stories’ featuring tales by the likes of Rudyard Kipling and Charles Dickens.

Please note This screening will be outside only if the weather permits, if the risk of disruptive wind or rain is judged to be too high we may choose to relocate this event to our usual indoor space. Whatever the weather the screening will go ahead either outdoors or indoors. Regarding outdoors, please be aware the temperature can drop after sundown so please bring the relevant clothing. Blankets and small cushions are allowed but please do not bring any camping chairs etc as they will not permitted. If you need to sit in a chair for health reasons please contact us in advance via info@whitewallcinema.co.uk seating position is on a first come first served basis so please arrive early.

​DOORS: 6.40pm*

START TIME: 7.40pm*

RUN TIME: 116 mins

CERT: PG (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

White Wall Cinema: HEARTS OF DARKNESS
2024-09-24 19:30 - 22:30
A FILMAKER’S APOCALYPSE

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With the impending release of The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola’s self financed 120 million dollar potential masterpiece / disasterpiece Megalopolis, and it’s accompanying discussion / bizarre controversy surrounding it’s production, we take a look back at the king of all madcap Coppola productions with this remarkable film documenting the sheer insanity surrounding the production of Coppola’s undoubted 1979 masterpiece, Apocalypse Now.

Truly one of the great films about filmmaking, the descent into near madness for Coppola is fascinating to watch as he chases his vision and nearly loses all sense of reality in an up river journey into the jungle almost as bizarre and wild as the ones experienced by the characters in the actual film.

Also available is a discounted joint ticket for this screening and our November 29th screening of ‘American Movie’, a profoundly funny and beloved cult documentary about a young filmmaker with no less ambition but far less money (approximately $3000) attempting to shoot a horror film in mid 90s Wisconsin, only to a face a series of hopelessly hilarious setbacks.

​DOORS: 7.30pm*

START TIME: 8pm*

RUN TIME: 96 mins

CERT: 15

White Wall Cinema: DRIVE AWAY DYKES
2024-09-30 19:30 - 22:30
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When the free spirited Jamie (Margaret Qualley – Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Poor Things) breaks up with her girlfriend (Beanie Feldstein – Ladybird, Booksmart) she decides it’s time to take her demure (possibly uptight) housemate Marian (Geraldine Viswanathan – Hala, Bad Education) on a road trip to Tallahassee.

But things do not go as planned when the two inadvertently get tangled up in a ludicrous criminal plot that involves everyone from Pedro Pascal to Colman Domingo to Matt Damon. This quickfire little gem of a star studded queer road trip movie combines both that familiar off beat Coen Brothers feeling we all know and love as well as delivering a fresh, slickly delivered, cheerfully trashy B-movie vibe, with lots of goofiness and lots of sex.

DOORS: 7.30pm*

START TIME: 8pm*

RUN TIME: 84 mins

CERT: 15 (Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult)

White Wall Cinema: RIDDLE OF FIRE
2024-10-02 19:00 - 22:30
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Dubbed ‘The coolest debut from Cannes’ by AnoOther Magazine, Riddle of Fire is a totally unique cinematic experience that follows three renegade kids who tear across the rolling hills of Wyoming in a mythical quest for Blueberry Pie in order that they might be allowed to play a stolen video game.

Delightfully odd and very cool, Riddle of Fire is Hayao Miyazaki, Twin Peaks, Zelda, Home Alone, Dungeons & Dragons, Robin Hood, The Brothers Grimm and more, all rolled into one tale of dirt bike riding paintball gun toting outlaws with a heavy dose of folklore with witches in the woods and fairies in the trees, all set in the American mid-west.

As Variety Magazine wrote: ‘Its deadpan comedy and surreal feel — somewhere between “Escape to Witch Mountain,” “Scooby-Doo” and “Napoleon Dynamite” — make it equally appealing to kids, Gen Xers, stoners, Adult Swim watchers and fans of cult indie cinema’.

​Appealingly all shot on 16mm to create a ‘dark 70s kids Disney Sci-Fi vibe’, and layered with one of the coolest soundtracks in recent memory by some of the best ‘dungeon synth’ artists (yes, apparently that’s a thing), it’s an achingly cool, but entirely heartfelt ode to long summers of childhood mischief, as well as lo-fi fantasy ‘dust’ epics of the 70s and 80s.

DOORS: 7.00pm

START TIME: 7.40pm

RUN TIME: 113 mins

CERT: 12 (Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult)

White Wall Cinema: WATERWORLD
2024-10-11 18:50 - 22:30
‘THE ULYSSES CUT’

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WWC is proud to present a very special screening of the fabled ‘Ulysses Cut’ of the much maligned 90s Kevin Costner ‘Mad Max, but on water’ blockbuster Waterworld. Attacked viciously in the press even BEFORE it’s release due to reported production problems and a ballooning budget of what, at the time, became the most expensive movie ever made, the film has (rather incorrectly) become synonymous with monstrous financial disaster.

Cut to ribbons by the studio in a panic to try to salvage something from the reputation the press had given it before even seeing it, huge chunks of character development, some of the film’s best sequences and the films pacing were lost, giving way to a confusing choppy theatrical cut. Eventually in the years that followed more expansive (but censored for TV) versions surfaced on American TV, and over the intervening decades footage was cribbed from these by fans, and cobbled together into an infamous ‘Ulysses Cut’ that spread around film fans online. Finally now restored in it’s full uncensored, original length glory (restoring some lost 40 minutes of scenes) the official ‘Ulysses Cut’ represents the definitive version of this lost epic blockbuster that now comes across as Mad Max directed by Terry Gilliam.

DOORS: 6.50pm*

START TIME: 7.20pm*

RUN TIME: 178 mins

CERT: 12 (Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult)

White Wall Cinema: GLORIA (1980)
2024-10-17 19:10 - 22:30
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Originally announced by us back in May, this screening now becomes an unintended tribute to the great Gena Rowlands who sadly passed away on August 14th of this year. One of the great actresses of her, or indeed any other generation, starring in films such as Woody Allen’s Another Woman and Jim Jarmusch’s Night on Earth.

This gem of a movie is the product of Rowland’s husband and collaborator John Cassavetes. A renowned actor himself (Rosemary’s Baby, The Dirty Dozen), Cassavetes was also a revered writer / director and considered a true filmmaker’s filmmaker creating such uncompromising classics as Husbands and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. But for both Rowlands and Cassavetes it was their husband & wife collaborations that would become their most successful ventures with dense but highly rewarding masterpieces like Opening Night and A Woman Under The Influence. This film was initially designed by Cassavetes’s as a commercial script to sell to a major studio for others to make, but when Rowlands was cast, Cassavetes’s could no longer resist taking on directorial duties.

DOORS: 7.10pm*

START TIME: 7.40pm*

RUN TIME: 122 mins

CERT: 15

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White Wall Cinema: US
2024-10-30 19:10 - 22:30
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

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Celebrating the release of film director Jordan Peele’s Black horror anthology paperback ‘Out There Screaming’ we screen Peele’s underrated middle feature made between his breakout hit ‘Get Out’ and IMAX style blockbuster ‘Nope’. ‘Us’ is a fascinating secret code of a horror movie filled to the brim with hidden clues, messages and ideas. Lupita Nyong’o stars as Adelaide, who despite being troubled by a memory from her past returns to her childhood home with her husband and kids, only to face a horrifying home invasion from four red-jumpsuit wearing attackers who seem to be exact doppelgangers of her, her husband and children.

Celebrating the release of film director Jordan Peele’s Black horror anthology paperback ‘Out There Screaming’ we screen Peele’s underrated middle feature made between his breakout hit ‘Get Out’ and IMAX style blockbuster ‘Nope’. ‘Us’ is a fascinating secret code of a horror movie filled to the brim with hidden clues, messages and ideas. Lupita Nyong’o stars as Adelaide, who despite being troubled by a memory from her past returns to her childhood home with her husband and kids, only to face a horrifying home invasion from four red-jumpsuit wearing attackers who seem to be exact doppelgangers of her, her husband and children.

Screening in conjunction with Picador Books / Monkeypaw Productions celebrating the release of the new Jordan Peele curated black horror story anthology paperback ‘Out There Screaming’. Grab your copy on the night or get a special combo ticket for the event that includes entry and the book at a discounted price. Standard tickets also available.

DOORS: 7.10pm*

START TIME: 7.40pm*

RUN TIME: 116 mins

CERT: 15 (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

White Wall Cinema: THE CROW
2024-10-31 19:30 - 22:30
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

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Before Robert Pattinson’s take on ‘The Batman’ another winged avenger ruled the gothic grunge roost. Long held as a bona-fide cult classic, the 1994 version of The Crow has recently begun to be re-evaluated for just how much influence it has had on modern cinema (especially Pattinson’s Batman/HBO’s Penguin). Starring Brandon (son of Bruce) Lee in his final role (Lee was killed in a tragic accident on the set of the movie) alongside other cult movie actors Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters), David Patrick Kelly (Twin Peaks/The Warriors) and Tony Todd (Candyman), this dark pop culture masterpiece tells the tale of Eric Draven, an rock musician who is resurrected from the grave exactly one year after his death (the day before his wedding to his fiancé on Halloween) so he can seek retribution on those who have wronged him, which in this case just happens to lead to the city’s foremost crime syndicate.

The film is cleverly stylised and brilliantly shot by Dariusz Wolski, a music video director for the likes of David Bowie, Elton John, Eminem and Sting. Wolski later became the go to cinematographer for the likes of Ridley Scott, and Tim Burton, fitting given the clear influences of Scott’s Blade Runner and Burton’s 1989 Batman on show here. The film’s tragic story in-front of and behind the camera are the stuff of 90s goth legend, and the film has become a true pop culture landmark and a big influence on the future of popular cinema. Disastrously re-booted in 2024 with IT star Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs, this original 1994 film version is infinitely superior and still stands as one of the best dark comic book adaptations ever made. Join us for this very special Halloween night screening.

DOORS: 7.30pm*

START TIME: 8pm*

RUN TIME: 102 mins

CERT: 18

White Wall Cinema: ELECTION
2024-11-05 19:40 - 22:30
25 ANNIVERSARY SCREENING

On the day millions of Americans cast their votes at the ballot box we offer a little light relief with this special 25th anniversary screening of this savagely funny sophomore film from Alexander Payne, director of The Holdovers, Sideways, About Schmidt, The Descendants, Nebraska and more.

When high school teacher Jim McCallister (Matthew Broderick) is confronted by unbearably ambitious student Tracy Flick’s (Reese Witherspoon) unopposed campaign to become school president, he convinces the school’s most popular ‘jock’ Paul to run against her, unleashing unintended chaos into all their lives.

Barack Obama’s favourite ‘political’ movie it is a brilliant satire of U.S. politics as a whole, an exceptionally witty high school comedy that is Payne at his darkly humorous, gloriously bitter best.

DOORS: 7.10pm*

START TIME: 7.40pm*

RUN TIME: 103 mins

CERT: 15 (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

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White Wall Cinema: ONE FINE DAY
2024-11-08 18:40 - 22:30
+ LIVE Q&A WITH CORRINA ANTROBUS AUTHOR OF ‘I LOVE ROMCOMS & I AM A FEMINIST’

Join us for an evening celebrating and reappraising one of cinema’s most beloved but misunderstood genres, the Romantic Comedy. On the night we’ll be hosting a special in person Q&A with author and film critic (Empire, BBC Radio, Huffington Post, Total Film, Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch), & founder of the Bechdel Test Film Fest, straight from her event at London Film Festival, Corrina Antrobus.

In her new beautifully illustrated book*, she examines Rom Coms with a Feminist eye and highlights the (perhaps unexpectedly) positive contributions to feminism many of your favourites have made. From Harold & Maude to Notting Hill to Barbie, we discuss her joyous Rom Com feminist manifesto, followed by a screening of a true underrated gem of the genre, ‘One Fine Day’.

The film takes an almost classical 30s style romantic comedy approach fusing it with the aesthetics of a 1996 rainy New York as two working parents juggle kids and the corporate world. Led by two generational talents in Michelle Pfeifer and George Clooney (in full Cary Grant mode) it is a surprisingly witty affair with sharp dialogue and a refreshing honesty about parenthood and dating that all adds up to a big warm hug of a movie with a surprising dose of sophistication.

*Copies of the book will be available for purchase on the night

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DOORS: 6.40pm*

START TIME: 7.10pm*

RUN TIME: 108 mins + Q&A

CERT: PG (Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult)

White Wall Cinema: HOUSEKEEPING
2024-11-14 19:30 - 22:30
Perhaps Scotland’s greatest ever director, Bill Forsyth is best known for his smash hit British films Gregory’s Girl and Local Hero, but it’s perhaps his first American film that is his masterpiece.

Based on the novel of the same name by Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping tells the story of two young girls who, after the suicide of their mother, find themselves in the care of their cheerful but decidedly odd aunt Sylvie who is, at best, barely tethered to social norms. The girls, Ruth & Lucille, have then to contend with, not only their own relationship with Sylvie, but also with the concerns of the well meaning but entirely conservative and perplexed residents of the small 1950s Pacific North-western town in which they live. Christine Lahti is exceptional as Sylvie and gives a sublime performance as the eccentric aunt who dares to step outside of the suffocating domesticity that faced women of the era, ‘a woman slightly distracted by the possibilities of life’.

Filled with Forsyth’s off-beat but exceptionally humanist style, Housekeeping is a wonderfully sad, funny, strange and accurate fable about life, directed with exceptional skill, grace and charm. A haunting comedy that will stay with you for many years to come.

DOORS: 7.30pm*

START TIME: 8pm*

RUN TIME: 116 mins

CERT: PG (Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult)

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White Wall Cinema: NETWORK
2024-11-20 19:20 - 22:30
Nominated for 10 Oscars with a searingly sensational Oscar winning screenplay named by The Writer’s Guild of America as one of the 10 best ever written, Paddy Chayefsky’s story of a TV news anchor who one day appears to have a nervous breakdown live on air whilst going on a fanatical rant, and the subsequent fall-out, is an all encompassing razor sharp satire about America and its media.

The New York Times labelled it “literate, darkly funny and breathtakingly prescient… the greatest screenplay of the 20th century’. Impeccably acted by Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, and Beatrice Straight (who all won Oscars for their roles) joined by William Holden and Robert Duvall, directed by one of the all time greats in Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon), Network is the benchmark by which all other media satires are measured.

DOORS: 7.20pm*

START TIME: 7.50pm*

RUN TIME: 121 mins

CERT: 15 (Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult)

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White Wall Cinema: AMERICAN MOVIE
2024-11-29 19:30 - 22:30
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One of the funniest, most heartfelt and enjoyable documentaries of all time now celebrating it’s 25th anniversary ‘American Movie’ (winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival) centres on young Wisconsin filmmaker Mark Borchardt who along with friend Mike Schank are attempting to make low budget horror movie ‘Coven’. ‘Attempting’ being the operative word. Armed only with determination and a $3000 loan from his uncle, a combination of mishaps, mismanagement and sheer ineptitude lead to a catalogue of hilarious filmmaking disasters.

Here director Chris Smith, who went on to create a string of successful docs that include ‘Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond’ (the doc about Jim Carrey playing Andy Kauffman in Man On The Moon), ‘Fyre’ (about the failed Fyre Festival), ‘Sr’ (about Robert Downey Jr. and his father, Robert Downey Sr), the recent 2023 Wham! doc and an upcoming 2024 DEVO doc. crafts one of the most beloved, intimate and amusing docs of all time in ‘American Movie’.

​This bittersweet doc about a would-be director and his bumbling but loyal friend is surprisingly funny, touching and a real love letter to the burning sense of ambition that fuels every true filmmaker as well as a loving and joyous portrait of two hapless friends chasing their dreams.

Also available is a discounted joint ticket for this screening and our September 24th screening of ‘Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse’. Charting the infamously over-budget out of control 1979 shoot of Francis Ford Coppola’s cinematic masterpiece Apocalypse Now. Encountering one monumental setback after another and fuelled by a burning desire to create something remarkable, Hearts of Darkness is American Movie writ large, and charts the very same filmmaking passion at the exact opposite end of the scale

DOORS: 7.30pm*

START TIME: 8pm*

RUN TIME: 107 mins

CERT: 15

White Wall Cinema: THE HOLDOVERS
2024-12-04 19:00 - 22:30
Christmas Special!

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Back at WWC again director Alexander Payne (responsible for the likes of Sideways, The Descendants, About Schmidt, Nebraska and more) brings us his latest film in the form of this delightfully witty and touching Christmas tale. Infused with Payne’s trademark bittersweet tone this was one the year’s best reviewed film.

A best picture nominee at this years Oscars the film’s leads came away with a clutch of awards including Best Actor for Paul Giamatti at the Golden Globes, and Da Vine Joy Randolph who took home Best Supporting Actress gongs from the Critics Choice Awards, The Baftas, The Golden Globes, New York Film Critics Circle and even earned herself an Oscar.

​The film takes place over the (perhaps not so) festive season at a snowy New England prep school in 1970, where curmudgeonly classics teacher Paul Hunham (Giamatti) is handed the task of looking after ‘The Holdovers’ i.e. the boys at the boarding school who aren’t going home for Christmas. An unlikely connection is formed between the most intelligent but emotionally troubled of the boys Angus (Dominic Sessna), as well as the recently bereaved school cook Mary, played with breath-taking skill and warmth by Da’Vine Joy Randolph.

This story of three shipwrecked people struggling to find meaning and indeed and any form of Christmas spirit is a masterclass in heartfelt, intelligent and tender comedy. Easily one of the best films the year, the studio bizarrely bungled it’s release putting it into cinemas AFTER Christmas. Easily the best Christmas movie of the last 20+ years it truly deserves to be watched on the big screen in the lead up to the big day as part of a new Christmas tradition given it’s pedigree as an instant classic.

DOORS: 7pm*

START TIME: 7.30pm*

RUN TIME: 133 mins

CERT: 15 (Under 16s must accompanied by an adult)

White Wall Cinema: BRINGING OUT THE DEAD
2024-12-18 19:00 - 22:30
Christmas Special #2!

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Closing out the year much as we began it we are once again in the company of the world’s greatest living director Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull, The King Of Comedy, After Hours, Goodfellas, Casino, The Departed, Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall Street) who brings us this stealth adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

Suffering from depression, insomnia, and occupational burnout, paramedic Frank (Cage) finds himself botching patient care and experiencing ghostly hallucinations. Collapsing under the strain of the job we follow Frank across three consecutive New York City night shifts accompanied by three different paramedics (John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore) dealing with the kind of late night wildness only The Big Apple can deliver, his only salvation being a blossoming friendship with a recently treated patient’s daughter in the form of the ever brilliant Patricia Arquette.

One of the most underrated films of Scorsese’s career it is directed with the all the virtuosity that one might expect from this true giant of cinema as well as being one of the more interesting works in his cannon, fusing the ghosts of Christmas with the night time hellscape of his beloved New York during the holiday season. Manic, poignant, funny, gothic, spiritual and compulsively entertaining, it’s entirely fitting as our White Wall Cinema Christmas special and final event of 2024.

DOORS: 7pm*

START TIME: 7.30pm*

RUN TIME: 121 mins

CERT: 18

White Wall Cinema: LOVE LIES BLEEDING
2025-01-31 18:50 - 22:30
PLUS MYSTERY MOVIE

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WWC is back at the end of January by which time (let’s be honest) you will have given up on the gym membership you so enthusiastically bought at the beginning of the year. So why not let White Wall Cinema do the heavy lifting for you and provide some cinematic ‘gymspiration’ in the form of a muscular double bill starting with Rose Glass’s rippling queer revenge thriller Love Lies Bleeding followed by a magnificent (and no less ripped) mystery movie.

A major step-up from Rose Glass’s Bafta Nominated 2020 debut ‘Saint Maud’ (Mark Kermode’s favourite film of that year) Love Lies Bleeding is a uber cool sapphic thriller starring Kristen Stewart as shy and reclusive gym manager Lou living in a rural town in New Mexico in the late 1980s. When she meets ambitious female bodybuilder Jackie (Katy O’Brian), who is en-route to her Vegas bodybuilding competition dreams, romance immediately blossoms, but is stopped in it’s tracks by the complications of Lou’s dangerous and criminal family headed by her ruthless gangster father Lou Sr (Ed Harris).

This hyper stylised, ultra horny revenge thriller splattered with flashes of violence and even a psychedelic horror edge is also blessed with a brilliant soundtrack and an excellent ensemble performance that all adds up to a rip(ped) roaring tale that pulls off the herculean feat of being both a crowd pleaser and a true piece of cult cinema. Join us for this brilliant Friday night screening that will be followed by another equally entertaining cult gem with a reputation as big as Katy O’Brian’s biceps. This mystery movie is really quite something, an eye popping cinematic extravaganza not to be missed.

DOORS: 6.50pm*

START TIME: 7.20pm*

RUN TIME: 104 + 80 mins

CERT: 15 (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

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.

White Wall Cinema: REAR WINDOW
2025-02-14 19:40 - 22:30
ALT. VALENTINE’S SPECIAL

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Legendary director Alfred Hitchcock is often mistakenly most associated with his hit horror movies such as Psycho or The Birds, but any real Hitchcock lover will tell you these don’t come near top of the list when it comes to the director’s greatest films. Hitchcock movies that employ an air of mystery such as Vertigo, or North By Northwest (amongst many others) are the films that best exemplify the style that earned him the moniker ‘The Master of Suspense’. This outrageously brilliant and incredibly entertaining 1954 mystery romance thriller is undoubtedly among Hitchcock’s best as he employs genius production design and his two ultra magnetic leads Jimmy Stewart & Grace Kelly (as well as the wonderful Thelma Ritter) to brilliant effect to create one of the best (and most referenced) films in all of cinema history.

When professional photographer L.B. ‘Jeff’ Jeffries (Stewart) is laid up with an injury after an accident he finds himself confined to a wheelchair and a waist high, leg and foot plaster-cast. Despite frequent visits and overtures from his glamorous socialite girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly sporting a series of jaw droppingly gorgeous pieces of couture fashion) and sage advice from his no-nonsense (and hilarious) nurse Stella (Ritter), Jeff can’t help voyeuristically tracking the activities of his neighbours as he looks out across the courtyard from his chair, only to suspect something entirely more sinister is going on just across the way.

The perfect alternative Valentines film, not only as an undisputed masterpiece of cinema (consistently ranked in the best 50 American films ever made) but as a romantic piece, both through the simultaneously amusing, heart-breaking, sinister and joyous lives of Jeff’s neighbours but through the film’s central enjoyable will they, won’t they relationship between Stewart & Kelly. And after all, what would our now traditional annual alternative Valentine’s romantic special be without something like a suspected murder and some dark humour (here in Hitchcock’s trademark style) thrown into the plot. Book now for a Friday night to remember, whether you are flying solo or bringing your date it doesn’t matter, Rear Window is a joy to watch from beginning to end.

DOORS: 7.40pm*

START TIME: 8.10pm*

RUN TIME: 111 mins

CERT: 15 (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

White Wall Cinema: THELMA
2025-02-20 19:10 - 22:30
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Mission Impossible on mobility scooters, the fabulous 93 year old June Squibb takes on her FIRST EVER lead role in the history of her remarkable 70 year career (and is about to have her second ever lead role in the first film directed by Scarlett Johansson). A remarkable treasure of the movie industry, Squibb plays the equally remarkable Thelma, a grandmother who falls foul of a con artist and loses $10,000 dollars. Not willing to stand idly by, she instead plans to take action by sitting quite comfortably on a mobility scooter and hurtling towards danger to try and recover the money.

A fantastically funny and remarkably poignant film, former Oscar nominee Squibb stars alongside Fred Hechinger (Eighth Grade, The White Lotus, Gladiator II, Nickel Boys), Clark Gragg (The Avengers), Parker Posey (Best In Show, Beau Is Afraid), Malcolm McDowell (If…., A Clockwork Orange) and the recently departed legendary Richard Roundtree (best remembered for his role as Shaft in the era defining 70s Blaxploitation film of the same name), in his final role.

A beautiful tribute to the director’s own grandmother, this nonagenarian action movie is a one of kind gem that earns every point of its 98% Rotten Tomatoes score. Infectiously funny, surprisingly affecting and quite unlike anything you have ever seen before.

DOORS: 7.10pm*

START TIME: 7.40pm*

RUN TIME: 98 mins

CERT: 12 (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

White Wall Cinema: DUNE
2025-03-01 18:30 - 22:30
DAVID LYNCH’S (1984) – 4K REMASTER

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With the sad passing of a true icon of cinema in David Lynch, this previously scheduled screening now becomes an unintended tribute to one of the great directors of all time. Despite being Lynch’s second most successful film at the box office (his highest earner was The Elephant Man) 1984’s Dune was seen as a box office bomb and remains (easily) one of Lynch’s most underappreciated works and is still (incredibly given his back catalogue) one of his most misunderstood.

Built for the big screen Dune is a masterpiece of epic and eccentric gothic production design, a true feast for the eyes, with even the less well aged special effects oozing (sometimes literally) charm. It also features an out of this world all-star cast that ranges from Twin Peaks cast members like Kyle MacLachlan, Everett McGill, and Jack Nance, as well as Blue Velvet cast like Dean Stockwell and Brad Dourif mixed in with a stunning array of talent that includes Bergman regular Max Von Sydow, Blade Runner’s Sean Young, and Das Boot’s Jürgen Prochnow. Hell, even Sting turns up (in some outrageously small and weird leather underpants) all offering some of the most wonderfully memorable and ‘Lynchian’ line readings in cinema history.

Despite the film’s initial reception, in 2025, Dune’s concoction of sights and sounds, all capped with an epic soundtrack from Brian Eno and Toto, remains an undeniably mesmerising experience that shows one of cinema’s true iconoclasts attempting and perhaps ‘failing’ to redefine the blockbuster Sci Fi movie. Oh but what beauty there is in the failing, Dune is a swirling dream of a movie that thrills, confounds, entertains and catches the viewer repeatedly off-guard. We urge you to see or re-visit this fascinating, beguiling ride that we think contains a true epic masterpiece lurking just below the surface like a giant Sandworm in the deserts of Arrakis. Come celebrate this legend of cinema in all his eccentricity let loose with $40 million dollars ($121 million in today’s money) with this special 4K restoration screening on Saturday March 1st.

DOORS: 6.30pm*

START TIME: 7pm*

RUN TIME: 137 mins

CERT: 12 (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

White Wall Cinema: PARIS MEMORIES
2025-03-05 19:00 - 22:30
AKA – REVOIR PARIS

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Acclaimed director Alice Wincour (Disorder / Proxima) brings us this tale of remarkable power about Mia (Virginie Efira) a 40 something Parisian who after being caught up in a horrific gunman attack in a bistro attempts to piece back together her life and come to terms with the extreme shock of the event. Desperate to make sense of it all and for some semblance of normality, Mia finds herself returning to the scene of the incident and forming bonds with fellow survivors in order to work through the mental puzzle of recovery.

A devastatingly tender portrait of trauma the film is a remarkable cinematic study of memory and the colliding of the emotional and analytical mind in the most difficult of circumstances. Featuring an astonishingly measured central performance from the brilliant Virginie Efira (Elle / Benedetta) who unearths hope, humanity and courage against the backdrop of a vividly captured city of light. This is a moving and exceptionally crafted film from director Alice Winocour, who is fast becoming one of cinema’s key voices.

DOORS: 7pm*

START TIME: 7.30pm*

RUN TIME: 105 mins

LANGUAGE: French w English Subtitles

CERT: 15 (Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult)

*This screening will be followed by an optional and informal post film discussion group.*

White Wall Cinema: INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS + ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER TIME
2025-03-14 18:40 - 23:00
GREENWICH VILLAGE DOUBLE BILL

Now that Timothée Chalamet has done us all the service of bringing Bob Dylan’s Greenwich Village back into the cultural conversation we finally have an excuse to screen the greatest piece of film about said 1960s folk cultural hotbed in the shape of one of the finest Coen Brothers films (Fargo, Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading, True Grit etc) the glorious Inside Llewyn Davis starring Oscar Isaac & Carey Mulligan.

Not only that but the evening will continue with the screening of a very special companion piece film ‘Another Day, Another Time’ celebrating the folk music explosion in early 60s New York featuring a who’s who of musicians (Joan Baez, Marcus Mumford, Punch Brothers, Patti Smith, Gillian Welch, Jack White & more) all captured giving sublime stage performances of music from the era, on a truly glorious evening at New York Town Hall.

Considered one of the finest Coen Brothers films and regularly named amongst the top entries in ‘best films of the 21st century’ lists, Inside Llewyn Davis is an undoubted masterpiece of melancholic comedy that follows ‘a complete unknown’ folk singer called Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac), struggling to keep his personal life in order (chiefly his relationship with married folk singer Jean – Carrie Mulligan, and his friend’s ginger cat) whilst also attempting to become a success on the early 60s folk scene. Exceptionally witty, beautifully photographed, with an exceptional supporting cast this is the Coen Brothers at the absolute peak of their powers.

The accompanying concert film is an equally remarkable document of some of the most uplifting and affectingly brilliant folk music performances ever recorded and is a truly joyous concert film produced by the genius behind so many Coen Bros film soundtracks, the fifteen time Grammy Award winner T. Bone Burnett.

DOORS: 6.40pm*

START TIME: 7.10pm*

RUN TIME: 105 mins + 101 mins

CERT: 15 (Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult)

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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.

White Wall Cinema: INLAND EMPIRE
2025-03-23 17:40 - 22:30
DAVID LYNCH’S – 4K REMASTER

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With the sad passing of a true icon of cinema in David Lynch, we screen the final feature film of his illustrious career in the shape of this special 4K remaster presentation of the infamous Inland Empire. The final ‘ultimate’ puzzle of a career made out of cinematic puzzles, this 2006 experimental psychological thriller represents the natural progression and final landing point of the much discussed Lynchian style. Inland Empire is the direct successor to the likes of Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart, Twin Peaks, Lost Highway and perhaps most crucially Mulholland Drive.

A crucial artefact of the early digital filmmaking era, Lynch is as innovative as ever in this wild tale of a Hollywood actress (a mighty performance by Laura Dern) who begins to take on the personality traits of a character she is playing in a supposedly cursed film production. ​​Largely financed by Lynch himself, started without a finished screenplay and developed (as was Lynch’s preference) on a scene by scene basis, the film is famously shot by Lynch himself entirely on a handheld Sony camcorder. If Lynch was known for his pre-occupation with the relationship between cinema and dreams then Inland Empire is the closest we will ever come to having a live feed from inside David Lynch’s head on the screen.

The final and most undiluted statement by one of cinemas great heroes Inland Empire is a full circle moment and easily his most personal film since 1977’s Eraserhead and an extraordinary document of Lynch’s boundless imagination. Once again joining with regular collaborators like Dern (Blue Velvet / Wild At Heart) as well Justin Theroux (Mulholland Drive), Harry Dean Stanton (Wild At Heart) & Grace Zabriskie (Twin Peaks) David also brings in the likes of Jeremy Irons and Julia Ormond plus a collection of star cameos. Uncompromising and masterful, Inland Empire is a deep, seductive, troubling and confrontational whirlwind of a film that will confound and beguile you throughout.

DOORS: 5.40pm*

START TIME: 6.10pm*

RUN TIME: 180 mins

CERT: 12 (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

White Wall Cinema: RETURN TO OZ
2025-03-28 19:20 - 22:30
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This wonderfully creepy kids classic still lives rent free in the minds of all who saw it in their youth. Forget Arianna Grande, this is the ONLY truly WICKED adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s Oz novels.

When the mother (Piper Laurie of Twin Peaks fame) of the young Dorothy Gale (played by the one and only Fairuza Balk from The Craft) fears her daughter is too disturbed by her memories/visions of the imaginary world of Oz, she takes her for psychological experimentation. Dorothy manages to escape to Oz, only find a vain witch and evil king have turned the yellow brick road to rubble, and left the Emerald City a pile of ruins. Determined to save the day she, with the help of some new friends like Billina, Tik-Tok, Jack Pumkinhead and The Gump, heads off to rescue her old friends the scarecrow, the tin man and the lion.

Given the awesome reputation of the original Wizard Of Oz film, spin-off adaptations were inevitable, but from The Wiz to Wicked no other Oz movie will ever quite achieve the cult status of this bizarre, brilliant and often dazzling creation that all adds up to the most wonderfully unexpected sequel to the 1939 MGM classic. Ingenious production design and irresistible nightmarish special effects combine to create a fantastic voyage that is burned into the psyche of every 80s kid and still stands today as a joyously creative and stylish take on the world over the rainbow.

DOORS: 7.20pm*

START TIME: 7.50pm*

RUN TIME: 113 mins

CERT: PG (Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult).

White Wall Cinema: DOGFIGHT
2025-04-06 18:40 - 22:00
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Nancy Savoca’s criminally underseen 1991 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 hot headed, 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.

DOORS: 6.40pm*

START TIME: 7.10pm*

RUN TIME: 93 mins

CERT: 15 (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)
