Madeleine Probst

L👀king forward to hearing from @warrenellis.bsky.social (in person 😮 ) this Sun 21 Sep 17:00 @wshed.bsky.social after a special showing of Ellis Park, the first doc from acclaimed Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel (The Order, Macbeth, Snowtown)

‘Hollywood has everything to do with the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine and toothache As his most commercial film, 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, is re-released, the critically acclaimed director says he can’t get a movie off the ground now – but will never give in to th...

‘Hollywood has everything to do w/the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine – & toothache - Ryan Gilbey in @theguardian.com

Have you booked for Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind w/Kaufman & Gondry @bristolbeacon.bsky.social part of @encounters.film ?

Against the Grain continues at the fab @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social w/ Defence of the Realm on #35mm w/producer Lynda Myles & @markcosgrove.bsky.social ; one of relatively few 80s films to engage w/ contemporary political realities in Britain starring Gabriel Byrne

Tue 9 Sept 6pm

#CineRedis25

#Belfast ! Look out for some great cinema back on the big screen @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social kicking off Fri 12 Sept with Julien Temple‘s exuberant musical adaptation Absolute Beginners (1986) starring a who's who cast of music luminaries from Bowie and Ray Davies to Sade and Slim Galliard…

And that's how you kick off your 30th anniversary! cc @encounters.film

www.encounters.film

Good to see @cineredis.bsky.social coming to Edinburgh, including a special screening of Defence of the Realm on 35mm.

So hyped @encounters.film is back for its 30th anniversary edition! To celebrate @wshed.bsky.social are presenting a👌 selection of debut features from festival alumni 👇

Frank Perry lying on a bed, looking at scene in thought, whilst someone is lead under the covers

Remembering director Frank Perry who passed on this day thirty years ago (29 Aug 1995).

It was great to have The Swimmer (1968) and Play It as It Lays (1972) at #CineRedis25, introduced by curator Ellisha Izumi von Grunewald.

Friends in #Sheffield - how about some great mid 80s British films at your local indie cinema?👇

London Friends!

Not to be missed at Ciné Lumière Sun 7 - Thu 18 Sept presented by Cinema Mentiré

www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/nobod...

Corfe Castle bathed in light for Purbeck Film Festival Filmgoers picnicked under the stars in front of the castle site, maintained by the National Trust.

Great to see our members in the news with their exciting events, such as @purbeckfilm.bsky.social's screenings at Corfe Castle.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Against the Grain continues at the fab @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social with…

🏓 Ping Pong
Thu 28 Aug 6.15pm

💅 Rita, Sue & Bob Too
Fri 29 Aug 3pm & Mon 1st Sept 8.30pm

💥 Defence of the Realm w/ @markcosgrove.bsky.social & a very special guest
Tue 9 Sept - coming soon

#CineRedis25

Before the screening of I, The Worst of All next week at Ciné Lumière, head to our @letterboxd.social HQ to read a wonderful piece by Argentine director and screenwriter Lucrecia Martel on the “cultural phenomenon” that is María Luisa Bemberg.

Link below 👇

Breathtaking performance c/o Paraorchestra & the Breath @bristolbeacon.bsky.social #BBCProms

ps: the signer was also phenomenal 🙌

Support your local cinema…👇

Some excellent refreshed gems coming to @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social as part of the @cineredis.bsky.social tour. Including Defence of the Realm and Neil Jordan's Angel. Gabriel Byrne and Stephen Rea at their brooding best.

Friends in #Sheffield !

L👀k out for Cinema Rediscovered highlights coming to #Showroom both part of Against The Grain: 1980‘s British Cinema:

🫧 My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, 1985) - Fri 5 Sept 17.30

🌟 The Gold Diggers (Sally Potter, 1984) - Fri 19 Sept 20:00

Festival directors discuss imperative to show “uncomfortable films” "Part of our role is to find and back voices that sometimes make people uncomfortable," said Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle.

“Cinemas & festivals have always been spaces where you can start difficult conversations. What I love about what filmmakers can do for these difficult conversations is show us something so much more complex than what a news piece can do.” Tricia Tuttle in @screendaily.com.web.brid.gy

Very tempted to take a trip to #Belfast to experience some of the films I missed in #Bristol (due to being too tied up with the delivery of the festival… ) 🤩👇

⚔️ Friends in Glasgow ⚔️

Essential viewing on the big screen this Sun @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social

‘I don’t touch my phone. At home, I’d be scrolling’: why young people are flocking to independent cinemas Young people are drawn in by the promise of a ‘no-distractions’ zone, rereleases of old classics and music documentaries by global artists

In this article for the Guardian, our very own Cinema Programmer Steph comments on how young people are embracing independent cinema. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...

Get involved! 👇

A title page for Teagan Waymouth's piece: Time, Place and Secret Sex - how these queer 80s films represent sexual identity and mobility (which has been written in white text and highlighted). Two stills from Desert Hearts and My Beautiful Laundrette feature with the actors embracing. The Cinema Rediscovered logo in the top right and Teagan's IG handle in the bottom right.

For the #CineRedis25 Roaming Reporters Scheme, Teagan Waymouth analyses the queer relationships of #DesertHearts and #MyBeautifulLaundrette, highlighting a turning point for LGBTQ+ representation in the 1980s. Read more via the link in bio 🔗

Roger K Burton obituary Founder of the Horse Hospital arts centre in London who also styled pop videos and films, including Absolute Beginners

Sad to hear about Roger K Burton 💔

He was the Founder of the Horse Hospital arts centre in London who also styled pop videos and films, including Julien Temple’s Absolute Beginners (which opened Cinema Rediscovered and is now touring)

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Badnam Basti (CTBA) + intro — Once lost and now rediscovered: India’s pioneering first queer film. Once lost and now rediscovered: India’s pioneering first queer film.

Excited to be back at HOME cinemas in Manchester on Thursday 28 August at 6.30pm.

I will be introducing director Prem Kapoor's BADNAM BASTI (India, 1971), India's first queer film, and which is part of @cineredis.bsky.social on tour.

More info & tickets:

homemcr.org/whats-on/bad...

Tonight! London Premiere at BFI Southbank NFT1 18:30 + intro @cineredis.bsky.social @milestonefilms.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

After a brief hiatus, Encounters Film Festival is BACK 24-28 Sept for its landmark 30th edition on Bristol's harbourside & we can’t wait!

Alumni include #DenisVilleneuve & #CharlotteWells ; watch this space for some connected rep happenings @wshed.bsky.social

Get your pass at www.encounters.film!

“A lyrical portrait of a community on the margins… The film doesn’t ask us to feel sorry for its characters, to pity them, but it does demand that we afford them dignity and respect... Groundbreaking!” Oscar-winning director Sean Baker on Killer of Sheep

Back in UK cinemas in 4K

Something for the weekend…

See it at a cinema near you

parkcircus.com/film/105032-...

Essential viewing! A new 4K restoration of Killer of Sheep voted One of the 50 Greatest Films of All Time @sightandsound.bsky.social Poll 2022

BFI Southbank 12 Aug
@glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social 9, 12 Aug
Tyneside Cinema 8 & 11 Aug
Close-Up 12, 21, 28 Sept
@queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social 6 Oct