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Manchester gets its very own documentary cinema this month, as Now Showing Club launches at Old Bank Residency. Screening the best of specialty distributor Dogwoof’s back catalogue, audiences can experience some of the world’s premier non-fiction films in an intimate 16-seater venue. Make sure you book early to avoid disappointment.
At HOME, local programmers Bigger Than Life celebrate the release of Claire Denis’ latest film, High Life, with a screening of her most acclaimed: Beau Travail. Showing from a 35mm print in a special twentieth anniversary event, this is your chance to catch up with one of the great works of contemporary cinema.
Here are our picks
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1. Now Showing Club at Old Bank Residency, Manchester
NOMA Now Showing Club at Old Bank Residency, Manchester, 6 May–3 December 2019, from £5 - Book now
Manchester’s new, dedicated documentary cinema presents cutting-edge non-fiction every Monday and Tuesday at Old Bank Residency.
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2. Bigger than Life presents/ Beau Travail at HOME
HOME Bigger than Life presents/ Beau Travail at HOME Manchester, Manchester, 23 May 2019, from £5.50 - Book now
Twenty years on from release and Beau Travail is a fixture on lists of the greatest films of all time. Find out why people love Claire Denis’ blistering depiction of the French Foreign Legion at Bigger Than Life’s 35mm screening.
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3. Grimmfest’s ‘Killer Thriller’ Double Bill: American Psycho & Psycho at Stockport Plaza
Park Circus 'Killer Thriller' Double Bill: American Psycho & Psycho at Stockport Plaza Cinema, Stockport, 23 May 2019, from £6 - Book now
Comprised of a 35mm screening of Mary Harron’s clever adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho and Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal slasher, Grimmfest present their latest double bill.
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4. Headline Acts: Summer of Music at FACT, Liverpool
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5. Celebrating Women in Global Cinema at HOME
HOME Celebrating Women in Global Cinema at HOME Manchester, Manchester, 1 January–31 December 2019, from £5.50 - Book now
HOME present a year long programme of films showcasing women working in front and behind the camera.
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6. Sunset at HOME
HOME Sunset at HOME Manchester, Manchester, 31 May–13 June 2019 - Book now
Son of Saul director László Nemes’ much-anticipated new film arrives at HOME this month.
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7. MIF19: David Lynch at HOME
Photo: Josh Telles David Lynch at HOME at HOME Manchester, Manchester, 6 July–29 September 2019, free entry - Find Out More
Brace yourself for dark mysteries and wilder dreams as Manchester International Festival invite cult artist and filmmaker David Lynch to take over HOME for a season of cinema, art and music.
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MIF19: Mon Oncle at HOME
Slapstick prevails again when Tati’s eccentric Monsieur Hulot is set loose in the ultramodern home of his brother-in-law, and in the antiseptic plastic hose factory where he gets a job.
MIF19: In Cold Blood at HOME
Adapting Truman Capote’s true-crime novel about the senseless murder of a family in rural Kansas, In Cold Blood is a grimly authentic American horror story.
MIF19: David Lynch: The Art Life at HOME
Illuminating Lynch’s own art, music and films while shining a light on his unique world and journey from small-town America to art school in Philadelphia, this documentary offers audiences a greater understanding of both the man and the artist.
Documentary Challenge at IWM North
Make and feature in your own mini-documentary at IWM North.
Amazing Grace at HOME
In January 1972, Aretha Franklin made her legendary album Amazing Grace with the Southern California Community Choir and Reverend James Cleveland in the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles.
‘Hammer Horror’ Double Bill: The Devil Rides Out & The Plague of the Zombies at Stockport Plaza
Grimmfest presents a ‘Hammer Horror’ Double Bill.
Cine-club at Alliance Française
Free Film screening with Alliance Française. Celebrate French cinema with English subtitles.
MIF19: David Lynch Shorts Programme at HOME
Incorporating Lynch’s earliest forays into filmmaking, this selection of shorter works illustrates the director’s restless creativity, the breadth of his imagination and his ability to unsettle.
MIF19: Twin Peaks S3 ep 1 & 2 at HOME
More than a quarter of a century after its debut, series three of David Lynch’s show is just as baffling, mystical and occasionally deranged… only now there’s a new crime to solve.
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