The Innocents - Sunday 6th November 5pm

A future supernatural classic for you? Shown at The Alhambra as part of their Summer World Cinema season we thought The Innocents deserved another chance because not enough people saw it.

We start in "a pleasant, if featureless residential development in Romsås, Oslo, with 60s-style high-rise buildings near an artificial lake and picturesque woodland. Ida is a moody nine-year-old who resents her mum and dad paying so much attention to her elder sister Anna, who is autistic. As the long hot summer drags on, Ida is left to play outside, and tasked with looking after Anna. But Ida leaves her sister alone on the swings one day while she goes off with a new friend: a boy called Ben who shows her a strange mental trick he can do, making a bottle cap fly through the air without touching it. Meanwhile, Anna strikes up a friendship with a girl called Aisha, who has telepathic powers to match Ben's telekinesis...

"The Innocents’ is a nightmare unfolding in cold, clear daylight" – Peter Bradshaw, Guardian.

 "A complex piece of storytelling, both visually and narratively." - Brian Tallerico, Rogerebert.com

 

Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash - Sunday 30th October 5pm

Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash is an Indonesian action movie with a lot to say.

"Pulpy yet swooningly romantic, Edwin's entertaining thriller has perhaps the coolest film title in recent years; it also won the Golden Leopard at last year's Locarno film festival.
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An adrenaline-pumping action fest that is ironic in many respects, 'Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash' swerves towards the mystical and the spiritual in the latter half, becoming an earnest and potent critique on the trappings of masculinity" - Phuong Le, Guardian.

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A later start and an extra new short film this Sunday

A reminder that we start at 5.30 this week, as the Alhambra is showing La Boheme during the afternoon. Then we have two films for you! In case you are worried just how long this will go on, both are short, so we should still finish by about 7.20pm.

We start by showcasing a new short, animated film, 'THE FELL WE CLIMB', produced by young Cumbrians in collaboration with mentors from Anti-Racist Cumbria, based on their own experiences of "what it's like growing up in Cumbria if you aren’t white". The film will be introduced by Keswick school pupil Millie Williams, and lead animator, Lou Kneath of +3K Animation. This took the best part of a year to produce and should be interesting from both a 'black lives matter' perspective and as a great way to support young talent.

The film is about 15 minutes long so we should be into the main feature, QUEEN OF GLOR' by 6.00.  One of the highlights of the current programme, this film is 'a dry comedy' about the problems of Ghanaian people living in New York so they slot together very well.

Queen Of Glory - Sunday 23rd October 5:30pm

A slightly later start time of 5:30pm for our film this week. "Actress Nana Mensah makes an impressive debut as a writer-director with 'Queen of Glory', a dry comedy of culture clashes, both ethnic and generational. Mensah fondly depicts the world of a Ghanaian American who has for the most part kept her heritage at a distance. But even in New York City, far from her homeland, she inevitably reconnects with tradition" – Pat Padua, Washington Post.

“Remember the name Nana Mensah — as an actor, writer and director, Queen Of Glory is a hugely impressive calling card.” - John Nugent, Empire Magazine

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Leave No Traces - Sunday 16th October 5pm

Leave No Traces was chosen as the Polish entry to the Oscars. Based on a true story from Communist Poland in 1983 when the Warsaw police beat to death an 18-year-old student and then covered this up right to the highest level of government. Whilst possibly hard to believe for us then, it seems a lot more believable with the recent swathe of police violence in the USA.

“[A] meticulously detailed thriller...” - Wendy Ide, Observer

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A Chiara - Sunday 9th October 5pm

 

This week our film is the the third part of a loose Calabrian trilogy by director Jonas Carpignano. 

"At once a coming-of-age story and a mafia thriller, 'A Chiara' takes a look at organized crime in Southern Italy from the unique perspective of a teenage girl, Chiara (Swamy Rotolo). Her world is turned upside down after her father disappears and she tumbles down the rabbit hole after him, discovering he's a member of the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate'" – Katie Walsh, The Wrap.

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