November/December 2009 - Riverside Studios

Death and the Devil: Live Performance
An Evening with Death 7.00pm
Death. Shakespeare called it: “the
undiscovere’d country, from those bourn
no traveller returns”... but then he never
saw “Night of the Living Dead”.
For the first time ever in London horror
star Doug Bradley, famous for his portrayal
of Pinhead from the “Hellraiser” films
and as the narrator on the four most
recent albums from Cradle of Filth,
will be performing his one-man live
show, “An Evening with Death”.
Running time: 75m
Saturday 21 November
Death and the Devil Single Bill
Black Sabbath (15) 9.20pm
Mario Bava, Italy, 1964, 95m subtitles
Boris Karloff, Michele Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi
A stunning anthology of supernatural
chills, Bava’s classic is not only one of
the greatest Gothic horror movies ever
made, but also the film that inspired the
name of the first heavy metal band!
Otherwise only available on DVD in
Italian, this is a very rare chance to see the
English language version, complete with
Boris Karloff’s voice on the soundtrack.
Tickets are priced at £30 in advance,
and are available to over-18s only
on a strictly first-come-first-served
basis, initially on sale only from
the FAB Press website:
www.fabpress.com
Sunday 22 November
Double Bill
Far From Heaven (12A) 2.30pm
Todd Haynes, USA, 2002, 107m
Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert
Cathy (Moore) is the perfect 50s
housewife living the perfect 50s life,
healthy kids, successful husband, social
prominence. Then one night she catches
her husband (Quaid) kissing another
man. Her world begins to unravel.
Suture (15) 4.40pm
Scott McGehee/David Siegel, USA, 1993, 96m
Dennis Haysbert, Mel Harris, Sab Shimono
In this whip smart, post-modernist thriller
in which nothing is what it seems “Suture”
examines the relationship between two
recently re-united brothers. Utterly
intoxicating, the film is rarely screened
in the UK and has been presented
courtesy of the filmmakers themselves.
Sunday 22 November
Oscar Wilde Double Bill
The Importance of Being Earnest
(U) 6.45pm
Dorian Gray (15) 8.40pm
Please see Friday 20 November for details.
This month
Music & Film Geoff Dyer
and Talvin Singh: From
Venice to Varanasi
26 November
Acclaimed writer Geoff Dyer
reads from his latest novel,
“Jeff in Venice, Death in
Varanasi” as virtuoso multiinstrumentalist
Talvin Singh
improvises live on the tabla
to a rare screening of the epic
ambient documentary “Forest
of Bliss”. Plus Visconti’s
masterful adaptation of
Thomas Mann’s novella on
the big screen. Tickets £15
(£12 concs.).
Monday 23 November Double Bill
The Hurt Locker (15) 6.30pm
Kathryn Bigelow, USA, 2008, 131m
Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty
A riveting, suspenseful portrait
of the courage under fire of the
military’s most unrecognised heroes:
the technicians of the bomb squad.
Sharply written and superbly directed,
with a great central performance
by Renner.
Heart of Fire (15) 9.00pm
(Feuerherz)
Luigi Falorni, Germany/Italy/Austria/France, 2008,
92m subtitles
Based on the autobiography of Senait
Mehari, the film is the true story of a
young female soldier who comes of
age during the Eritrean Civil War.
Tuesday 24 November Double Bill
28 Days Later (18) 6.30pm
Danny Boyle, UK, 2002, 113m
Gillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston
Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable
virus spreads throughout the UK, a
handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
District 9 (15) 8.45pm
Neill Blomkamp, South Africa/New Zealand,
2009, 112m
Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt
An extraterrestrial race forced to
live in slum-like conditions on Earth
suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a
government agent that is exposed
to their biotechnology. “A stunningly
impressive debut.” Time Out
Photo courtesy of Documentary
Educational Resources
The Lost World of Tibet
Wednesday 25 November
We the Peoples Festival Single Bill
The Lost World of Tibet (PG) 7.00pm
Emma Hindley, India/Tibet/China, 2006, 60m
subtitles documentary
A recently restored treasure-trove of
colour films from the 1940s and 1950s
provides the core of this astonishing
film, which allows us to see what
Tibet was like before its brutal
occupation by China.
The screening will be followed
by a Q & A with the director,
Emma Hindley.
Thursday 26 November
Special Event Double Bill
Geoff Dyer and Talvin Singh:
From Venice to Varanasi
Death in Venice (12) 6.30pm
(Morte a Venezia)
Luchino Visconti, Italy, 1971, 130m subtitles
Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns
Mahler, Mann, Visconti – an A-list
trinity for this often under-rated
take on the classic tale of impossible
attraction. Here, Bogarde’s obsession
with a beautiful young boy in a
funereal Venice hotel is set against
a city of sickness and decay.