#reelstories Reel Stories is a special exhibition of more than 40 original film posters and memorabilia celebrating Liverpool’s starring role in films from the past 60 years. Liverpool is a filmmaker’s dream. It’s a city of storytellers and performers, writers and entertainers, musicians and poets. From those first flickering pioneering days of cinema, filmmakers have […]
Kicking off Scalarama Brighton and Beyond in true Scalarama style is a late-night screening of David Lynch's surreal psychological thriller Lost Highway. This noir-influenced spine-chiller follows a jazz saxophonist (Bill Pullman) who, after a bizarre encounter at a party, is framed for the murder of his wife (Patricia Arquette). In prison, the man inexplicably transforms into a […]
Our home at Summerhall this year will be open to all scalaroamers to come together and celebrate the start of this beautiful month of September, full of hand-picked exciting cinema to hide from the rain in! Come round to the Royal Dick Bar, chin chin some extravagant cocktails and locally brewed beer with us, meet […]
With September upon us, so is Scalarama! Join us at this meet up to learn all about the films, exhibitors and events taking place in Scalrama Bristol 2017. They'll also be plenty of beautiful printed programmes for you to pick up and start distributing as well! So come join us for a few drinks, invite […]
Scalarama is an annual celebration of independent film screenings, film clubs, plus weird and wonderful DIY cinema nights. It takes place nationally (and internationally) every year throughout September. With homages to the midnight B-movies of Scala Cinema's heydey to cult, classic, contemporary, international and local films, you'll find it all during Scalarama. Join us for […]
Kaliman in the Sinister World of Humanon (Kaliman en el Siniestro Mundo de Humanon Mexico 1976 Director: Alberto Mariscal Cast: Jeff Cooper, Milton Rodriguez, Lenka Erdo, Manuel Bravo Spanish with English sub-titles. For our first Scalarama screening this month, we present a trash classic to melt your brain! The Incredible Kaliman lands in Rio de […]
The ‘90s in cinema were an amazing nightmare. A sugar-syrup throb of VHS scanlines, dire fast food tie-ins and probably the weirdest time in Arnold Schwarzenegger's life. Come join the Video Namaste boys in a wee trip through the weird videoshop hellscape of 90s cinema and all the amazing stuff that orbited it. Have a […]
Selma tells the amazing story of Martin Luther King's campaign for equal voting rights and his historic 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery. This screening will include a display of civil rights objects from the International Slavery Museum's collection along with the chance to make your own Martin Luther King badge and view rare Black […]
Blue Gate Crossing (2002) “Should you give your first kiss to the boy who likes you or the girl you like?” MENG Ker-Rou and LIN Yue-Zhen are high school friends who can talk to each other about everything and anything. On the school grounds one early summer, Yue-Zhen develops a crush on the charming ZHANG […]
Death Watch (1980) follows the story of Katherine Mortenhue (Romy Schneider) who gets famous for having an incurable disease in a future where death from illness has become extremely unusual. Journalist Roddy (Harvey Keitel) has a camera implanted in his eye which transmits what he sees so it can be relayed back to the television […]
On a snowy Christmas night, Tucker and Esther Cobblepot throw their deformed infant child Oswald into Gotham River, fearing he would become a menace to society after attacking their pet cat. His basket floats to an abandoned zoo and is found by a flock of penguins who raise him as one of their own. 33 […]
Scalarama Liverpool is participating in the Student Creative Fayre a promotional platform for local services and businesses, celebrating the creative industries and some great local independents in Liverpool. The event will include talks on a a variety of interests: anything from local support services, lifestyle information, to student discounts. SAE Institute is one of the world’s […]
Following on from her feature debut Diva, Anna Biller directed, wrote, produced, scored and created all of the sets and costumes for her next film, The Love Witch. As that title suggests, Elaine (Samantha Robinson) is a witch who uses magic potions and spells to make men fall madly in love with her, and usually […]
Based on Jack Ritchie’s short story The Green Heart and directed by the great Elaine May, A New Leaf stars Walter Matthau as Henry, a once-rich bachelor who has spent his entire inheritance. Desperate to marry into further financial support, he meets Henrietta (May), a shy, awkward, though independently wealthy botany professor. What follows is […]
Director : Karel Zeman // Year : 1962// Nationality : Czech Republic (In Czech with subtitles) When Tony the astronaut lands on the moon, the last thing he expects to find there is Baron Munchausen enjoying a glass of wine. Our fantastic voyage with this odd couple combines animation and live action in a dazzlingly […]
OXIDE GHOSTS: THE BRASS EYE TAPES (Michael Cumming, 2017) Made from hundreds of hours of unseen material from his personal archive, director Michael Cumming’s film shares insights into the process of making the legendary TV series Brass Eye. Michael directed both the pilots and the series and, over a two-year period, witnessed the highs and […]
OXIDE GHOSTS: THE BRASS EYE TAPES (Michael Cumming, 2017) Made from hundreds of hours of unseen material from his personal archive, director Michael Cumming’s film shares insights into the process of making the legendary TV series Brass Eye. Michael directed both the pilots and the series and, over a two-year period, witnessed the highs and […]
Be the first to get your hands on the Document 2017 brochure at our official programme launch. Featuring highlights from this year’s programme and a screening of Justin Schein’s controversial documentary Left on Purpose. "A bonfire of documentary ethics", Left on Purpose collides radical politics, mental illness, addiction and the ageing process. Ultimately, it exposes […]
Immature 32-year-old bachelor slacker Sonny Koufax lives in New York City and refuses to take on adult responsibility. Despite having a law degree, he refuses to take the bar exam, works one day a week as a toll booth attendant and lives off a sizeable legal settlement from a minor accident. His girlfriend, Vanessa, threatens to […]
Matchbox Cineclub present Guy Maddin's Cowards Bend The Knee, with brand-new live score written and performed by Ela Orleans, plus Q&A with journalist Brian Beadie. Guy Maddin is one of the most distinctive and idiosyncratic directors currently working. The Canadian auteur has mined and subverted the imagery and style of late silent and early sound cinema […]
A documentary on the music and career of the influential musician Scott Walker. Scott Walker first became famous in the 1960s, as lead singer of the pop trio The Walker Brothers. The film follows his musical and personal journey into his later career as solo artist, avant garde composer and more recently, record producer. Artists he has […]
Scalarama Brighton and Beyond, Brighton Digital Festival, and the Duke of York’s Picturehouse are proud to celebrate the Duke’s 107th birthday with this unique screening of Metropolis, with a live piano accompaniment from Scottish-based musician Dmytro Morykit. Written by Thea Von Harbou and directed by Fritz Lang, Metropolis is a German silent expressionist film regarded […]
When Oh (Jim Parsons), a loveable misfit from another planet, lands on Earth and finds himself on the run from his own people, he forms an unlikely friendship with an adventurous girl named Tip (Rihanna) who is on a quest of her own. Through a series of comic adventures with Tip, Oh comes to understand […]
Bees Make Honey are proud to present a one-off screening of Pan's Labyrinth from the visionary director, Guillermo Del Toro. The film will be screened in the basement of Nottingham Writers' Studio. There will be a dark fairytale theme to the evening with work by local artists and themed drinks to celebrate this strange and […]
Merseyside Polonia presents : The Cruise ( Rejs) regarded as Polish cinema's first 'cult' film..
High-school seniors Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera) have high hopes for a graduation party: The co-dependent teens plan to score booze and babes so they can become part of the in-crowd, but separation anxiety and two bored police officers (Bill Hader, Seth Rogen) complicate the pair's self-proclaimed mission. Macaroni Cheese, chilli beef nachos […]
The event is the launch of Leeds Cineforum, previously The Arts PGR Film Club. Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American comedy-drama film by Spike Lee. The Oscar nominated film centers around the racial tension in a Brooklyn neighbourhood, bubbling just beneath the surface, which finally explodes on the hottest day of the […]
In September 2016, Steve Reich performed #DifferentTrains in front of a sold out crowd at Edge Hill Station. Boiler Room were there on this special evening to capture this event and we're delighted, for the first time, to share their film of Steve Reich's performance with the London Contemporary Orchestra.
As part of Glasgow Scalarama: Plug your Windows 95 OS into your neck port and wait a week for it to start up. Jump through the 0's and slide down the 1's in a multifarious network of gunfights and cybertravel as Video Namaste screen turbo-cool JOHNNY MNEMONIC in full futuristic and absolutely not out-dated LASERDISC. […]
Back at our cosy Summerhall lair and pleasantly tired after 6 months worth of preparation, we will be bringing Scalarama Edinburgh '17 to its grand finale – you must be there to celebrate with us! It will be your chance to pour out all the compliments to our curators, optionally paired with some bits of useful observations […]
This beautifull hand drawn animation follows the story of ten year old Ben who lives with his father Conor, a lighthouse keeper, and his young sister Saoirse. Their mother has disapeared and Ben has a resentful relationship with Saorise who is mute. Unknown to all of them Saorise is a selkie like her mother, who […]