Atmosphere | A Zed & Two Noughts
2017-11-30 19:30 (Europe/London) | Alt-w LAB, City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE, United Kingdom
Peter Greenaway’s visually stunning 1985 film was the first with his “most important collaborator” cinematographer Sacha Vierny. A story of twin zoologists Oswald and Oliver Deuce who, after losing their wives in a freak car collision with a swan outside the zoo where they work, develop a curious attachment to the car’s driver Alba, who survived.
Developed in collaboration with DCN Design Fellow Susana Cámara Leret, this is our first Atmosphere event in the Alt-w LAB and our first as part of Scalarama. Punctuated by the dulcet tones of Sir David Attenborough and the influence of Johannes Vermeer, the film is a rumination on life, love and sex and the inevitability of birth, death and decay.

Jingle Bell Rocks!
2017-12-15 17:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | East Sussex, United Kingdom
Jingle Bell Rocks! …searching for the Soul of Christmas Music.

A festive film event in conjunction with The Culture Vultures & Scalarama Leeds.
5.00pm – 6.00pm
Before the screening, join us at the Hyde Park Picture House as local authors Clare Fisher & Chris Nickson present some of their favourite Christmas stories.

6.00pm – 8.00pm
Jingle Bell Rocks!
A FILM BY Mitchell Kezin, with introduction.
Hilarious & heartfelt, Jingle Bell Rocks! is an Award-Winning Canadian documentary which showcases an eclectic collection of original, offbeat & astonishing songs, alongside a deeply moving and personal journey in search of the soul of Christmas music.
Appearing in the film are stars hip hop legend Joseph ‘RUN DMC’ Simmons, cult film auteur John Waters, fearless freak Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, soul legend Clarence Carter and The Free Design, alongside many more irreverent & insightful musicians, cultural icons, obsessed collectors and critics.
(Mitchell Kezin, Canada, 2013, 1h 34min)

8.30pm – 11.00pm
Jingle Bell Rocks The Joint!
Head over to the Hyde Park Book Club for an after-party, where DJs Matt Bradshaw (Jumbo) & Bad Santa (Polyester) will be spinning their own weird and wonderful festive choices!

Scalarama Leeds 2018 organising meeting #1
2018-01-18 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | The Reliance, 76-78 North Street, Leeds, LS2 7PN, United Kingdom
What is Scalarama anyway?
Come along and ask us this and many other important questions as we embark on the path to our next festival of pop-up cinema and rep programmes around the city in September 2018!
All welcome, no need to RSVP.
Just look (or ask) for Laura and Alice in the bar at The Reliance at 6pm and join in with us in planning for the next global cinema party!

Scalarama Glasgow 2018 February Meet-up
2018-02-19 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Saramago, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Want to run a film festival? Now you can!
Join us to plan for Scalarama 2018, taking place again all through September this year. This meeting, we’ll look at what needs doing and who wants to do what – and hear everyone’s ideas + plans.
Open to all and all are welcome – if you can’t make this meeting but still want to be involved, let us know here and/or join the Scalarama Glasgow Discussion Group. There will be a meeting every month from now until September.
The Scala was a legendary cinema, music venue & monkeyhouse. Every September, we celebrate its legacy of eclectic programming with a season of DIY film exhibition across the UK.
If you just want to know more about it all, check out scalarama.com or drop us an email at scaledoniaglasgow@gmail.com!

FIRST MEETING SCALARAMA 2018
2018-02-26 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | The Brink, 21 Parr St, Liverpool, L1 4JN, United Kingdom
FIRST SCALARAMA LIVERPOOL MEETING OF 2018- 186 DAYS TO #SCALARAMA
We would love to invite you to our first meeting where we will be discussing strategy and planning for September. We have lots of surprises in store
You will also have a chance to meet each other and welcome new participants over a nice smoothie!…and remember everyone is invited because Scalarama is for everyone, everywhere.
I hope you can make it! it will be fun!
Find us on
Twitter : @ScalaramaLpl
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/scalaramaliverpool/
or email: scalaramaliverpool@gmail.com

Scalarama Leeds meeting: who wants to be a cinema?
2018-02-27 17:00 - 18:30 UTC | Baines Wing Seminar Room (3.06), University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
Scalarama is an annual festival of independent cinema that takes place for the whole month of September. People from across the city come together to put all kinds of films on in venues of all shapes and sizes.
Would you like to know more? Come along to one of our meetings and get involved!
All welcome.

Scalarama Glasgow: How To Run A Film Festival
2018-03-18 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | CCA Glasgow, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD, United Kingdom
Scalarama is a DIY celebration of cinema that takes place every September while championing alternative film culture all year round. Inspired by the eclectic programming of the legendary Scala Cinema, since 2011, groups and individuals who have a passion for movies have united to celebrate and encourage watching films together.
Join a mix of local exhibitors, festival producers, Scalarama coordinators from across the UK and fellow newbies to discuss 2018 plans and how to get involved.
Free entry to all

Femmetopia Festival: Behind the Scenes at the Sodom Odeon: An Afternoon with Jane Giles
2018-05-26 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | St Matthias Halls, Wordsworth Road, London, N16 8DD, United Kingdom
‘The Scala had magic. It was like joining a very secret club, like a biker gang or something… They could show films uncut because they had memberships, well that’s insane! It’s like they were a country club for criminals and lunatics and people that were high… Which is a good way to see movies’ – John Waters
Or, the story of how a film-loving girl from a small town in Sussex became programmer of the UK’s queerest cinema, the notorious and influential Scala in King’s Cross. Drawing on photographs from her forthcoming book about the history of the Scala cinema from 1978-1993, Jane Giles will talk about the wild life and times of this legendary venue and the diverse audience tribes who made it their own.
Jane Giles was the provocative programmer of the Scala, the legendary cinema that banned Shane McGowan for his exploits during an All-Nighter, fought the ‘Video Nasties’ bill and was prosecuted for showing A Clockwork Orange. Alongside witnesses and associates, Jane reveals the highs, lows, thrills and spills of this notorious and influential rep cinema in a discussion that looks at how art can take on the law, all for the most perverse causes.

Scalarama Leeds June planning meeting
2018-06-13 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | East Sussex, United Kingdom
Join us for the next Scalarama Leeds planning meeting at Outlaws Yacht Club.
Scalarama‘s celebration of cinema is fast approaching, less than 100 days away! It’s time to get your screenings confirmed and start filling up our calender with some amazing film events!
If you’re new to Scalarama come down at 6pm and we’ll give a brief introduction to what it’s all about and how to take part. From 6.30pm we’ll be in planning mode, adding films to the calendar and coming up with some DIY marketing strategies. There’ll still be chance to discuss ideas for potential film screenings / strands, as well as sharing useful tips / resources and other ways to get involved. If you need advice on any aspect of organising a film screening we’re here to help!
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Scalarama is an annual celebration of cinema taking place throughout the month of September. Anyone can contribute to this season of DIY film screenings.
Come along to our meeting and find more about Scalarama, how to organise your own film screening, and join us in supporting and celebrating film culture! Everyone is welcome.

DIY WORKSHOP Chce byc kinem/I want to be a cinema
2018-07-09 18:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Merseyside Polonia, 5 Covent Garden, Liverpool, L2 8UD, United Kingdom
ENG/PL
If you’ve always dreamed of owning a cinema or fancy your hand at showing films to others – but don’t know where to start – you’ve come to the right place.
This year Scalarama Liverpool is partnering with Merseyside Polonia to bring you another exciting edition of I WANT TO BE A CINEMA.
I WANT TO BE A CINEMA is a DIY workshop that will give you an insight into how to organise your own venue, deal with booking and film licenses, market your event and give you some tips to have a successful event. All fun and Free!
The workshop will be provided by Monika Rodrigez with a help from Honorata Mikołajew. Monika is the coordinator for the Liverpool Branch of Scalarama , an annual festival of DIY cinema and film clubs taking place across the UK. Honorata studied film direction and film and media in Łódż. Previously Monika and Honorata volunteered at Liverpool Small Cinema until its closure. Currently they both are the director managers of Big Adventure Cinema, an initiative supported by BFI North West Film Hub and Cinema For All aiming to create a new community cinema in Liverpool.
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Jeśli zawsze marzyłeś o posiadaniu kina lub masz ochotę pokazywać filmy innym – ale nie wiesz od czego zacząć – trafiłeś we właściwe miejsce.
W tym roku Scalarama Liverpool współpracuje z Merseyside Polonia, aby przedstawić Ci kolejną ekscytującą edycję pt. CHCESZ BYĆ KINEM.
CHCĘ BYĆ KINEM to warsztat dający Ci wgląd w to, jak zorganizować miejsce pod wydarzenie, zająć się rezerwacją i licencjami filmowymi, zareklamować je i dać kilka wskazówek, które pozwolą Ci odnieść sukces. Wielka zabawa i to za darmo!
Warsztaty poprowadzi Monika Rodrigez z pomocą Honoraty Mikołajew. Monika jest koordynatorką Liverpool Scalarama, corocznego festiwalu kina DIY i klubów filmowych odbywających się w Wielkiej Brytanii. Honorata studiowała reżyserię filmową oraz film i media w Łodzi. Wcześniej Monika i Honorata były wolontariuszkami w Liverpoolu Small Cinema do czasu jego zamknięcia. Obecnie obie są dyrektorami Big Adventure Cinema, inicjatywy wspieranej przez BFI North West Film Hub i Cinema For All, której celem jest stworzenie nowego kina społecznościowego w Liverpoolu.

Scalarama Sussex 2018 Launch Night
2018-08-09 18:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | ONCA Gallery, 14 St George's Place, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 4GB, United Kingdom
What is Scalarama?
A month of film: 30 days in which cinemas across the world celebrate watching motion pictures together; where cities, towns and villages are transformed with screenings popping up in unexpected places; and where classic, rare or locally made films get an annual showing impotenzastop.it/.
Since 2011, every September, cinemas, film clubs and film festivals plus various organisations and individuals who have a passion for movies, have united to celebrate cinema together.
For 2018, Scalarama Sussex includes over thirty cinema-related events, organised by a huge range of venues and organisations, from the mainstream and popular to the experimental and little-known. Brighton’s cinematic heritage will be celebrated with special tours offered through Heritage Open Days, and the festival again goes beyond the city, with screenings in Isfield, Lewes, Seaford and Worthing.
Come and join us to find out more!
Representatives from many of the exhibitors will be available at the launch, and will be delighted to talk you through their screenings and give insight into the vibrant cinema scene in Brighton & Hove and East Sussex.

John Waters' Polyester in Odorama! | Scalarama Scotland 2018 Launch
2018-08-11 19:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | The Seamore Community Cinema, 304 Maryhill Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G20 7YE, United Kingdom
Join us for the launch of the Scalarama Scotland 2018 programme, and a rare screening of John Waters’ Polyester (1981) as it was intended – in original scratch ‘n’ sniff Odorama!
Meet Francine Fishpaw, tortured suburban housewife. With a pornographer husband, a pregnant teenage daughter, and a son with a foot-stomping fetish, Francine smells trouble around every corner. That is, until she meets and falls madly in love with Todd Tomorrow.
Polyester screens with Michael Baig Clifford’s Scala Cinema documentary (1990) and Scalarama participants from across Scotland will introduce the 2018 programme.
RSVP for free ticket (including Odorama card): bit.ly/odorama2018
Thanks to Filmbank + Film Hub Scotland

Feel Scala : Scalarama Liverpool 2018 Programme Launch
2018-08-29 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | The Baltic Social, 27 Parliament St, Liverpool, L8 5RN, United Kingdom
We are up for cinema partying in Liverpool ! Join us in THE launch of Scalarama Liverpool 2018 programme where everyone is invited and you can not missed! No etiquette, no ticket, no nada.. only your presence is needed.
Embrace the Scalarama spirit in one of the most upbeat bars in town, The Baltic Social, be the first one to watch our brand new 2018 Scalarama Liverpool season trailer and the screening of Michael Baig Clifford’s short documentary on the original inspiration for Scalarama, London’s legendary Scala Cinema. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Scala Cinema’s opening and the 25th anniversary of its closure. Our Liverpudlian opening will include a hand-picked short films exploring our star theme of this year, The Spirit Of 68 . Right after the screenings, if you mingle around you can have a “social drink” with the Scalarama team, exchange views with the curators of this year’s programme or hopefully you might want to grow our lovely family and become involved in the electrifying world of Scalarama. Whatever happens, we guarantee you will not get bored!
This event is completely free – no need to book !

PRINCE - PURPLE CELEBRATION
2018-09-01 19:00 - 22:30 (Europe/London) | Toxteth TV, 37-45 Windsor St, Liverpool, L8 1XE, United Kingdom
Join us for a funked up celebration in our huge VHS cinema.
Sing along to the classic hits and relive the first time The Purple One got Apollonia on the back of his bike.
With karaoke and Prince soundtrack in our VideOdyssey arcade to boot!
Tickets
£8 members
£10 general admission

Includes entry into arcade cafe with machines on free play

Scalarama Leeds 1968 Opening Night Party!
2018-09-01 19:30 (Europe/London) | The Brudenell Social Club, 33 Queen's Road, Leeds, LS6 1NYhttp://www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk/, United Kingdom
Why 1968?
1968 was a year that practically ripped up American culture – Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated within days of each other, Andy Warhol was shot by a radical feminist and Star Trek shocked the world with American television’s first interracial kiss.
Young men forcibly recruited for the Vietnam war burned their draft cards in public protests and people rioted in the streets over King’s murder.
Columbia University was occupied by students angry at corruption and racist policies, the Democratic Convention in Chicago erupted into violence and Hippies and Yippies held ‘be-ins’ all over the country.
At the Mexico Olympics, American athletes Tommie Smith & John Carlos gave ‘Black Power’ salutes, Night of the Living Dead premiered at the Fulton Theater in Pittsburgh, Hair the musical opened on Broadway and the first pictures of the whole of planet Earth were sent back from Apollo 8.
And wherever you look, from Paris to Prague, from England to Japan, from Spain to Senegal, it can be said that 1968 was the year that the world caught fire.
Since the 1st of May, Leeds’ Film Fringe have been curating a programme of films that draw attention to how this incendiary year looked in film, and now they invite you to a very special 1968 party to celebrate the start of the annual, unconventional, non-conformist and counter-cultural celebration of film that is SCALARAMA!
Let’s party like it’s 1968!
BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB
Community Room
33 Queen’s Rd, Leeds LS6 1NY

FREE ENTRY
Doors 7.30pm
Live Music at 8.15pm
Film at 9pm (runing time 94 minutes)
Ends 11pm

More details TBC…….

Flicker+Pulse
2018-09-02 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Chapel FM Arts Centre, Old Seacroft Chapel, York Road, Leeds, LS14 6JB, United Kingdom
Come and see an amazing time-lapse film of a beautiful English walled garden and then join us for home-grown food and drink on the Chapel FM allotment.
Using real-time and time-lapse footage, the film explores the relationship between the seasons and the plants and people who work within the walls of the garden. Locked into the clock of the solar system, the garden performs its annual display, guided by the ritualistic human intervention of those passionately engaged with its soil.
The beginning of September marks the end of the summer. With the ground still producing much in the way of fruits and vegetables, we invite you to watch the beautiful film Flicker + Pulse, made by Yorkshire based Site-Eye Films and then join us and our fellow allotmenteers at the back of Chapel FM to eat, drink and celebrate home-produced food.
Film Certificate: U
Film Length: 50 minutes

You Were Never Really Here
2018-09-03 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | The Old Market, 11A Upper Market Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 1AS, United Kingdom
From the director of Ratcatcher and We Need To Talk About Kevin, You Were Never Really Here is the brutal and defiantly masterful new film by uncompromising British filmmaker Lynne Ramsay, and stars an ever-excellent Joaquin Phenoix as a damaged Gulf War veteran and former FBI agent turned assassin for hire, tasked with rescuing a U.S. senator’s daughter from an upscale brothel, as well as taking out the perpetrators responsible for her kidnapping.
Recalling many of the harrowing themes found in Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, and aided by Thomas Townend’s remarkable cinematography and Jonny Greenwood’s immersive electronic score, this inventive thriller is a devastating portrayal of a man wrestling with years of repression and abuse while engaged in a cycle of violence he cannot control.
“…an overwhelming experience, a slice of pure cinema from a director who refuses to dance to the beat of anyone’s drum but her own. From the disorienting opening to the enigmatic finale, Lynne Ramsay is always really here, her commanding vision shining through every frame”
Mark Kermode, The Guardian

Eat Film presents Castaway
2018-09-04 18:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Sloans, The Argyll Arcade, 108 Argyle Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G2 8BG, United Kingdom
Obsessively punctual FedEx executive Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is en route to an assignment in Malaysia when his plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean during a storm. The sole survivor of the flight, Chuck washes ashore on a deserted island. When his efforts to sail away and contact help fail, Chuck learns how to survive on the island, where he remains for years, accompanied by only his handmade volleyball friend, Wilson. Will Chuck ever return to civilisation and reunite with his loved ones?
Macaroni Cheese, Chilli Cheese Dog and Sweet Potato, Coconut & Chickpea Curry and a movie for only £13.95 for 2!
For more information or to hire Eat Film for your own private party call 0141 221 8886 and speak to our Events Manager.
* Due to licensing restrictions, EatFilm patrons must be 18 years or over.

Jeune Femme
2018-09-04 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | The Old Market, 11A Upper Market Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 1AS, United Kingdom
France’s answer to Fleabag sees Laetitia Dosch explode onto the screen as Paula in Léonor Serraille’s debut film Jeune Femme, a live-wire comedy and an excessive exercise in humour and urgency which explores modern life’s everyday misfortunes.
Back in Paris after a long absence and finding the key to her boyfriend’s apartment no longer works, Paula goes on an erratic “voyage de la loon” around the city – broken-hearted, self-destructive, and with only her ex’s cat’s deadpan stares to rely on. By her nature unable to do anything but live int he moment, we watch as Paula tries her best to reclaim a measure of stability, making new allies and seeing the reappearance of figures from her past.
“Thrillingly capturing both time and place and fizzing with non-judgemental empathy and cinematic flair, this is a magnificent debut that catapults Laetitia Dosch into the front rank of French actresses”
David Parkinson, EMPIRE

Films We Love: Urok/The Lesson
2018-09-04 20:30 - 22:30 (Europe/London) | Liniclate, Isle of Benbecula, HS7 5PJ, United Kingdom
In The Lesson, school teacher Nadezhda (Margita Gosheva) struggles against the odds to keep her home, her family and her integrity intact. An act of theft in her classroom is just the beginning of an escalating series of challenges, as Nadezhda faces financial precarity at home that sees her seek ever more risky solutions. The ethical questions that The Lesson poses are realised with a deft naturalism of performance and rhythm that draws you in and holds you throughout.
“Writer/directors Grozeva and Valchanov keep the pace swift and the tension high in this utterly absorbing and thought-provoking drama.” – Screen Machine team
We know that some of our audiences want to see a broader range of films, so, alongside our usual programme, between August – October this year we’re bringing six different films to six different locations. Each film has been chosen specially by one of six members from the Screen Machine team. This is an outstanding selection of international titles spanning decades, a variety of genres and innovative filmmaking styles. We’ve delved deep into our fondest memories of cinema-going to choose films that inspire, challenge and entertain. These are films we love – we hope you’ll love them too.
All films with English subtitles. Screen Machine has wheelchair access. If you are a wheelchair user, we ask you to please call our office in advance in order that we can prepare in advance of your visit – (0131) 550 3734. We can book your ticket and arrange entry for any carer who may accompany you. For hearing aid users, we have a personal inductive neckloop facility, If you would find this facility useful, please ask the operator or usher when you arrive.
If there are titles here that you want to see but won’t get the chance, let us know! Or if you see one of the Films We Love, tell us what you think. We’ll listen to all the feedback on this project and use it to inform our future programmes. You can get in touch via email at info@regionalscreenscotland.org or via:
Facebook /thescreenmachine
Twitter @screen_machine
Instagram @regional_screen_scotland

La Pointe Courte
2018-09-06 19:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | East Sussex, United Kingdom
“I felt I needed to invent my cinema. With La Pointe Courte, I just jumped in, in the most radical fashion.”
Anticipating the style and attitude of the French New Wave by a number of years, Agnès Varda’s directorial debut remains as fresh and as original as the day it was made.
La Pointe Courte follows two different stories, a government inspector’s visit, and a couple facing the tribulations of a relationship crisis, set against the backdrop of the titular Mediterranean fishing town. Silvia Monfort and Philippe Noiret (in his onscreen debut) exceptionally play the married couple drifting through life and their relationship troubles at the forefront of the film.
Remarkably assured and insightful, the film bears the realist approach, social comment and filmmaking flair that would later become hallmarks in Varda’s filmography.
Doors from 7pm, feature starts at 7:30pm

Bristol Bad Film Club presents... SAMURAI COP - Malvern
2018-09-07 20:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | Malvern Theatre, Grange Rd, Malvern, WR14 3HB, United Kingdom
Bristol Bad Film Club is going on the road… and we’re bringing Samurai Cop to Malvern!
Imagine a low-budget version of Lethal Weapon where Mel Gibson spends most of his time being racist to the Japanese, attempts to sleep with anything that moves and walks around in his pants a lot. That’s Samurai Cop, but there is so much more to this cult film than that…
Described as “both the best and the worst action film ever”, Samurai Cop is an unintentionally hilarious action film that sees San Diego cop Joe ‘Samurai’ Marshall dispatched to stop the drug-trafficking Yakuza cartel – The Katana Gang.
Made in 1990 by Iranian film maker Amir Shervan, Samurai Cop is a perfect storm of 80s cop movie cliches, over-the-top dialogue, weird editing, goofy fight scenes (that seem to constantly switch location) and a soundtrack that sounds like it belongs in a SEGA MasterSystem game.
Today, Samurai Cop is often described in the same breath as infamous ‘so bad, they’re great’ films like The Room and Birdemic: Shock and Terror and the Bristol Bad Film Club are bringing it to Coventry!
A cabal of Japanese mobsters known as the Katana Gang is taking over the streets of Los Angeles. With the regular police unable to stop them, it’s up to maverick cop Joe “the Samurai” Marshal to use his sword and martial arts expertise to bring the crooks down.
When: 8.00pm, Friday 7th September 2018
Location: Malvern Theatre, Grange Rd, Malvern WR14 3HB
Tickets: £9
“The party aspect in this movie is spectacular. From the sheer cheese of the main character’s behaviour to the gratuitous amounts of nudity, everyone is guaranteed to get a laugh, or at least an awkward boner…” BetterWithPopcorn.com
“Amazingly hamfisted ineptitude… perhaps the most god-awful example of bungled, inept action movie filmmaking of the 1980s” Brian Lindsey, Eccentric Cinema
“Defies all logic. It’s both the best and worst action movie ever” Andrew Martin, Facebook.com/AmirShervan

Joe Dante's The Movie Orgy
2018-09-09 12:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | The Old Hairdressers, 20 - 28 Renfield Lane, Glasgow, G2 6PH, United Kingdom
The Movie Orgy (Joe Dante, 1968) 280 minutes
A mind-bending predecessor to the modern mash-up, The Movie Orgy is also the Rosetta Stone for Joe Dante’s oeuvre and a must-experience for movie fans and cinephiles alike.
Before The ‘Burbs, before Gremlins, before The Howling, before he started his career cutting trailers for Roger Corman, director Joe Dante made The Movie Orgy. An evolving compilation of serials, film clips, ads and film trailers, originally Dante and his collaborator Jon Davison “mixed” The Movie Orgy live, switching between two projectors to make a reactive, free-flowing, communal live experience.
This 50th anniversary screening is extremely rare, and it’s only the 4th European screening in 20 years. At its longest, it ran 7.5 hours. The current version is 4.5 hours long and screens from Dante’s own digital edit.
NB As Dante says, “You can leave the room, go out and buy popcorn or a beer, come back ten minutes later, a little more cheerful.”
This free-but-ticketed event is part of the Scalarama Glasgow 2018 programme.
Free tix: bit.ly/movieorgy
Thanks to Joe Dante & Renfield Productions

Hands On Activity : African myths and legends
2018-09-09 13:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | International Slavery Museum, 3rd Floor, Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 4AX, United Kingdom
Discover amazing African folk tales and mythology and create your own beautiful artwork to take home.

Family Friendly Event.
Free drop-in event, no need to book

Cléo from 5 to 7
2018-09-09 17:00 - 18:30 (Europe/London) | The Old Market, 11A Upper Market Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 1AS, United Kingdom
Shot in Paris during the height of the Sixties, Varda’s second film Cléo from 5 to 7 tells the story of Cléo, a pop singer who passes her time drifting through different locations and conversations while awaiting the results of a vital and potentially life-changing medical examination.
A forerunner to the French New Wave, Cléo from 5 to 7 was a truly trailblazing exercise in film narrative, shot in a documentary-like fashion to capture reality as true-to-life as cinematically possible. The film also has a famous ‘silent film-within-a-film’ segment, which all film connoisseurs will love, as it contains cameos by the likes of Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
“As innovative and influential as any New Wave film”
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The Gleaners and I
2018-09-09 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | The Old Market, 11A Upper Market Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 1AS, United Kingdom
During the dawn of the digital age in the late 1990s and early 2000s, The Gleaners and Iemerged as one of the first true masterpieces to evolve from the new and (at the time) relatively unexplored format. Taken from the old pastime of gleaning (collecting leftover crops from fields after they have been harvested), Varda’s documentary focuses on modern-day gleaners, allowing these marginalised people speak for themselves and address everything from world politics to personal tragedies, whilst Varda herself questions her own morality in the process.
Part social critique, part travelogue, this eccentric and eye-opening documentary is an unsentimental celebration of human resilience and how we should look out for those who survive on the margins of society and listen to their stories without judgement.
“Of all the movies I’ve seen in the past several years, this is one of the ones I love the most”
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

One Sings, The Other Doesn't
2018-09-10 19:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | East Sussex, United Kingdom
“I’ve had friends who’ve been very important in my life. In L’Une chante, l’autre pas I’ve told their story as if it were a novel.”
After a hiatus from making feature films to focus on having a family, Varda’s return to filmmaking was largely inspired by her involvement in the French Women’s Movement of the 1970s, which left a profound affect on her. In order to share her story she chose to present the film as a musical, a genre more associated with the films of her late husband, Jacques Demy.
This feminist decade-spanning musical is a chronicle of the friendship between Suzanne (Thérèse Liotard) and Pauline (Valérie Mairesse), who first meet in 1962 when Suzanne, who is already a mother of two, decides to get an abortion. The film then jumps ten years ahead, finding the pair at very different stages in their lives, both in regards to personal growth and social change.
Doors from 7pm, feature starts at 7:30pm

Bristol Bad Film Club presents… SAMURAI COP – Bath
2018-09-10 19:30 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | Komedia, 22-23 Westgate St, Bath, BA1 1EP, United Kingdom
Bristol Bad Film Club is going on the road… and we’re bringing Samurai Cop to Bath!
Imagine a low-budget version of Lethal Weapon where Mel Gibson spends most of his time being racist to the Japanese, attempts to sleep with anything that moves and walks around in his pants a lot. That’s Samurai Cop, but there is so much more to this cult film than that…
Described as “both the best and the worst action film ever”, Samurai Cop is an unintentionally hilarious action film that sees San Diego cop Joe ‘Samurai’ Marshall dispatched to stop the drug-trafficking Yakuza cartel – The Katana Gang.
Made in 1990 by Iranian film maker Amir Shervan, Samurai Cop is a perfect storm of 80s cop movie cliches, over-the-top dialogue, weird editing, goofy fight scenes (that seem to constantly switch location) and a soundtrack that sounds like it belongs in a SEGA MasterSystem game.
Today, Samurai Cop is often described in the same breath as infamous ‘so bad, they’re great’ films like The Room and Birdemic: Shock and Terror and the Bristol Bad Film Club are bringing it to Coventry!
A cabal of Japanese mobsters known as the Katana Gang is taking over the streets of Los Angeles. With the regular police unable to stop them, it’s up to maverick cop Joe “the Samurai” Marshal to use his sword and martial arts expertise to bring the crooks down.
When: 7.30pm, Monday 10th September 2018
Location: Komedia, 22-23 Westgate St, Bath BA1 1EP
Tickets: £8
“The party aspect in this movie is spectacular. From the sheer cheese of the main character’s behaviour to the gratuitous amounts of nudity, everyone is guaranteed to get a laugh, or at least an awkward boner…” BetterWithPopcorn.com
“Amazingly hamfisted ineptitude… perhaps the most god-awful example of bungled, inept action movie filmmaking of the 1980s” Brian Lindsey, Eccentric Cinema
“Defies all logic. It’s both the best and worst action movie ever” Andrew Martin, Facebook.com/AmirShervan

Black Panthers (1968) + Black Power Mixtape 1967 - 1975
2018-09-11 18:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Black-E, 1 Great George Street, Liverpool, L1 5EW, United Kingdom
Scalarama Liverpool marks 50 years since 1968 to see what impact that revolutionary year had on the world and what can we learn from the past to deal with the current state of affairs. We’ll be launching the BLACK POWER strand of this programme with an event at the Black-E looking at the legacy of the Black Power movement in the US as seen by two European filmmakers.
BLACK PANTHERS (1968)
Agnès Varda, 1968, France, 30mins
Whilst she was living in the US, famed filmmaker Agnès Varda turns her camera on an Oakland demonstration against the imprisonment of activist and Black Panthers cofounder Huey P. Newton. In addition to evincing Varda’s fascination with her adopted surroundings and her empathy, this perceptive short is also a powerful political statement.
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BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967 – 1975
Göran Olsson, 2011, Sweden/US, 100mins, partly in Swedish with English subtitles
From 1967 to 1975, fueled by curiosity and naïveté, Swedish journalists traversed the ocean to film the black power movement in America. The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 mobilizes a mosaic of images, music, and narration to chronicle the movement’s evolution.
Doors: 6pm. Films: 6.30pm.
Tickets: Pay-what-you-can donation (recommended donation £5 / £4 concessions) BUY HERE >>
Screening supported by Uprising!: The Spirit of ‘68, a major programme organised by the BFI Film Audience Network, delivering funds from the National Lottery.

Eat Film presents Happy Gilmore
2018-09-11 18:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Sloans, The Argyll Arcade, 108 Argyle Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G2 8BG, United Kingdom
All Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) has ever wanted is to be a professional hockey player. But he soon discovers he may actually have a talent for playing an entirely different sport: golf. When his grandmother (Frances Bay) learns she is about to lose her home, Happy joins a golf tournament to try and win enough money to buy it for her. With his powerful driving skills and foulmouthed attitude, Happy becomes an unlikely golf hero – much to the chagrin of the well-mannered golf professionals.
Macaroni Cheese, Chilli Cheese Dog and Sweet Potato, Coconut & Chickpea Curry and a movie for only £13.95 for 2!
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* Due to licensing restrictions, EatFilm patrons must be 18 years or over.
