Being Sheffield’s independent cinema isn’t easy, when we have this many great films to show. Seven days a week we’re bringing the very best, from directors all over the world, to the big screen. But still our programming team howl ‘More! How can we show more!’
Thus, we present, ‘Presents’ a new strand running every Monday and Tuesday night, giving you a brief opportunity to find truly unique stories that wouldn’t otherwise be seen in Sheffield.
Each month throws up an eclectic mix of independent, world and arthouse cinema. Here’s what’s coming up:
Films to Die For, is a love letter about cinema, by those that live for cinema. Director Lúcia Nagib, weaves together interview with directors Wim Wenders (Perfect Days) and Walter Salles (Central Station), and renowned film theorist Laura Mulvey for a continent-crossing essay on Brazilian Cinema.
Along with brilliantly insightful and funny stories from the industry, Nagib’s film explores how films are born out of each other, and the lives and deaths of their makers. A true treat for cinephiles, she joins us in Q&A on Tuesday 19 May.
Onto the highest-grossing live action Japanese film ever. Kokuho snuck into this year’s Oscars with a nod in hair and costuming (which is sublime) but the passionate, generational rivalry between two Kabuki stage actors makes it a drama worth your time.
The son of a yakuza member is taken in by a famous stage actor and his son, after the death of his father. Over the next twenty years, the two young men battle to become the greatest master of Onnagata, the prized and esteemed gender-swapped role at the heart of traditional Kabuki. Kokuho screens 25-26 May.
June starts with Miroirs No. 3 on Monday 1 and Tuesday 2. It’s the latest from Christian Petzold, a German director who is regrettably overlooked in anglo-cinema. His dramas are slippery but perceptive, grappling with German ghosts, what we owe to others and a Europe lacking any dream of utopia.
In Miroirs, a young pianist miraculously survives a car accident in which her boyfriend is killed. Unhurt but deeply shaken, she is taken in by a local woman, who begins to care for her with motherly devotion. As this new ‘family’ builds into an uneasy routine, their past grows into a disquiet they can no longer ignore.
Grab your ticket to Showroom Presents, each Monday and Tuesday, at: https://showroomcinema.org.uk/cinema-clubs/presents
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