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Playing in Cinema One.
A highly anticipated return to fiction feature filmmaking from Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire), PERFECT DAYS takes the writer-director to Tokyo to tell a story celebrating the hidden joys and minutiae of Japanese culture. Winner of the Best Actor award at Cannes 2023, Koji Yakusho (Babel, 13 Assassins) stars as Hirayama, a contemplative middle-aged man who lives a life of modesty and serenity, spending his days balancing his job as a dutiful caretaker of Tokyo’s numerous public toilets with his passion for music, literature and photography. As we join him on his structured daily routine, a series of unexpected encounters gradually begin to reveal a hidden past that lies behind his otherwise content and harmonious life.
Combining a refreshingly unstereotypical depiction of the Japanese capital with a soundtrack comprised of iconic hits from the 60s and 80s, this is a subtle, shimmering and ultimately life-affirming reflection on finding beauty in the everyday world around us. Japan’s entry for Best International Film at the 2024 Academy Awards.
Screening in Cinema One.
After accidentally killing a man, hot-tempered farmhand Bill (Richard Gere) flees to Texas with his girlfriend Abby (Brooke Adams) and his younger sister. Bill and Abby pose as brother and sister to avoid strangers' questions about their past. They find gruelling work on a wheat farmer's (Sam Shepard] property, and by the end of the harvest, the wealthy farmer has fallen in love with Abby. When he asks Abby to marry him, Bill urges her to accept.but only because the farmer is seriously ill, with only a year to live.
Their plan to claim an inheritance backfires when the farmer's health takes an upswing. Issues of jealousy, anger and loyalty arise as the three deal with their confused emotions and volatile situation. Critically acclaimed writer-director Terrence Malick (THE TREE OF LIFE) creates a magnificent, cinematic achievement of sight and sound in one of the most visually stunning films of its time.
New 4k Restoration of Terrence Malick’s DAYS OF HEAVEN, undertaken by The Criterion Collection with additional support of Paramount Pictures and Park Circus.
4k Restoration from the original 35mm camera negative and original 35mm soundtrack. The colour was referenced from a 2007 HD transfer supervised by Malick, original camera operator John Bailey, and editor Billy Weber. This new 4k version was graded in P3 colour space under the supervision of Malick, with Malick’s final approval.
Playing in Cinema One.
From BAFTA nominated writer and director, Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), comes a powerful Nordic epic starring Mads Mikkelsen (The Hunt, Another Round). In 1755, the impoverished Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer the uninhabitable Danish heath in the name of the King. But the sole ruler of the area, the merciless Frederik de Schinkel, who believes the land belongs to him, swears revenge when the maid Ann Barbara and her serf husband escape for refuge with Kahlen.
???? "Full of passion and political conviction" / "A masterclass" / "Mikkelsen is a towering presence" / "a period epic that simmers with political feeling" / "it should stand the test of time almost as well as its rugged hero" – Phil de Semlyen, Time Out
NOMINEE Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion (Best Film)
WINNER Venice Film Festival – Signis Award, Honorable Mention
NOMINEE European Film Awards – European Actor (Mads Mikkelsen)
WINNER European Film Awards – European Cinematographer
WINNER European Film Awards – European Costume Designer
Screening in Cinema One.
Nominee - Best Documentary Feature, 96th Academy Awards.
The life of Olfa, a Tunisian woman and mother of four daughters, oscillates between light and shadow. One day, her two eldest daughters disappear. To fill their absence, director Kaouther Ben Hania calls upon professional actors and sets up an extraordinary film mechanism to unveil the story of Olfa and her family.
An intimate journey full of hope, rebellion, violence, intergenerational transmission and sisterhood, which will question the very foundation of our societies.
2023 Cannes Film Festival
In Competition, L’Oeil d’or award for best documentary
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Screening in Cinema One.
We’re honouring Carl Weathers, who passed in February, with one of the actor’s most iconic roles - Apollo Creed.
Sylvester Stallone writes and stars in John G. Avildsen’s Oscar-winning Rocky as Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer from working-class Philadelphia. Rocky is arbitrarily chosen to take on the reigning world heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed (Weathers), when the undefeated fighter's scheduled opponent is injured. While training with feisty former bantamweight contender Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith), Rocky tentatively begins a relationship with Adrian (Talia Shire), the wallflower sister of his meat-packer pal Paulie (Burt Young).
WINNER of 3 Academy Awards in 1977 including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Editing.
Screening in CINEMA ONE.
Arrakis is preparing for war. With House Atreides decimated, and the might of House Harkonnen bearing down across the planet, Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) unites with Chani (Zendaya) and the Fremen to seek revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe, Paul must prevent a terrible future only he can foresee – and a dark destiny of his own.
Helmed once again by visionary director Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two continues the epic story of Frank Herbert's acclaimed science-fiction odyssey.
Screening in CINEMA ONE.
When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what's going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, the truth gradually emerges. From Hirokazu Koreeda, director of SHOPLIFTERS and BROKER, and featuring a beautifully haunting score by Sakamoto Yuji.
See the extraordinary documentary on Yuji, OPUS this April at KSc.
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Screening in CINEMA ONE.
DOG lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80’s NYC. One summer night, DOG, with great sadness, is forced to abandon ROBOT at the beach.
Will they ever meet again?
ROBOT DREAMS is the first animation film
by award-winning director Pablo Berger(Blancanieves).
A story about friendship, its importance, and its fragility. A love letter to the Big Apple.
Playing in Cinema One.
From acclaimed director, Ryusuke Hamaguchi (the Oscar® and BAFTA-winning Drive My Car), comes Evil Does Not Exist.
Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature. When the residents are informed of a development plan to erect a glamping site in their area, they realise the effects of the misguided project will endanger both the ecological balance of the plateau and their way of life.
2023 Venice Film Festival
Official Competition, Silver Lion Award
2023 New York Film Festival
Official Selection
2023 BFI London Film Festival
Official Competition, Best Film Award
“Compositional quirks and unhurried direction turn this tale of a Tokyo company buying up land near a pristine lake into a complex and mysterious drama” ???? The Guardian
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Playing in CINEMA ONE.
Ridley Scott's definitive Final Cut of BLADE RUNNER paints a future of high-tech possibility soured by urban and social decay. While Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) hunts down fugitive, murderous replicants, he is drawn to a mysterious woman (Sean Young) whose secrets may undermine his soul.
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Playing in CINEMA ONE.
Officer K (Ryan Gosling), a new blade runner for the Los Angeles Police Department, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. His discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former blade runner who's been missing for 30 years.
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Playing in CINEMA ONE.
Following a successful day in 2023, the epic twelve-hour extended edition marathon of Peter Jackson's first LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy returns to King Street.
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING: A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
THE TWO TOWERS: While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.
THE RETURN OF THE KING: Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
For this day only, customers are permitted to bring their own food into the auditorium. Strictly no alcohol purchased outside the premises is to be brought into or consumed on the premises.
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