Cinema on the Square at Millenium Square
Tom Grieve, Cinema EditorBook now
Cinema on the Square
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The cinema is moving outside again this summer as Cinema on the Square returns to Leeds’ Millenium Square with a superb selection of outdoor film screenings. We’re promised concert-quality sound for the four days of movies, which include everything from sing-alongs, to Godzilla, to a proper Yorkshire classic from Thursday 1 – Sunday 3 August.
There is a real emphasis on fun here, including an opportunity to catch concert docs such as Questlove’s Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) and Jonathan Demme’s legendary Talking Heads film Stop Making Sense — watching these outside with a crowd has got to be the next best thing to being at the concerts themselves.
How about watching Rosanna Arquette chase Madonna all over New York City in the heady 80s classic Desperately Seeking Susan? As mentioned, there’s a visit from a giant Japanese lizard as Godzilla does battle with one of his mortal foes in Mothra vs. Godzilla. While Millenium Square also plays host to Ken Loach’s beloved adaptation of Barry Hines’ Kes for Yorkshire Day.
There’s also space for a double bill featuring Godfrey Reggio’s famed experimental documentary Koyaanisqatsi and Gaspar Noé’s equally out there Enter the Void
We are impressed with the sheer amount of variety on show across the weekend. Acclaimed 2006 Bollywood blockbuster Lage Raho Munna Bhai is joined by the frenetic cult German thriller Run Lola Run. There’s also space for a double bill featuring Godfrey Reggio’s famed experimental documentary Koyaanisqatsi and Gaspar Noé’s equally out there Enter the Void, a neon-lit psycho-thriller about the floating soul of an American drug dealer in Tokyo.
If that’s sounds a little much then Millenium Square has some recent animated titles that have been picking up plaudits over the past twelve months. Lupita Nyong’o heads an all-star cast in The Wild Robot, a lovely film about a service robot who washes up on a remote island and seeks to help out the local wildlife. Then there’s Flow, a surprise hit from Latvia which follows a cat who finds refuge from a flood on a boat filled with other animals.
There is really too much on here to list every screening, but whether you’re taking to the dog to watch Best in Show or fancy a singalong to Wicked, there’s bound to be a film for you.
