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"Free entry! Robert Mitchum in his preacher’s outfit with LOVE and HATE tattooed across his knuckles is one of the most enduring icons of evil in all of cinema. Noir to the core, bordering on gothic, The Night of the Hunter is a mesmerising and nightmarish slice of backwater Americana that feels like a 50s prelude to the David Lynch oeuvre."
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A event held at Sidney & Eden on Tuesday 2nd September. The event starts at 19:00.
There’s no other film quite like The Night of the Hunter (1955). Starring a terrifying Robert Mitchum as one of cinema’s greatest villains, a charismatic serial killer who poses as a preacher and targets single mothers and their children, its unique blend of southern gothic, film noir, tense thriller and expressionist cinematography make it a standout oddity from Hollywood history.
It was the only film ever directed by actor Charles Laughton, who was deflated by how little it was understood by critics and audiences at the time, but has since gone on to be recognised by one Hollywood’s greatest, championed by everyone from the Coen Brothers and Martin Scorsese to Spike Lee and Guillermo del Toro.
Be sure to head to the Sidney and Eden for a free screening on Tuesday 2 September, any time from 18.30 ready for a 19.00 start. It’s been great to see good turnouts these past few screenings, so hope to see many of you there again! As ever, everyone is welcome to stay behind afterwards to digest what we just saw over a post-screening drink in the bar upstairs.
For more information, check out our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566512834923
Entry requirements: 18+
It was the only film ever directed by actor Charles Laughton, who was deflated by how little it was understood by critics and audiences at the time, but has since gone on to be recognised by one Hollywood’s greatest, championed by everyone from the Coen Brothers and Martin Scorsese to Spike Lee and Guillermo del Toro.
Be sure to head to the Sidney and Eden for a free screening on Tuesday 2 September, any time from 18.30 ready for a 19.00 start. It’s been great to see good turnouts these past few screenings, so hope to see many of you there again! As ever, everyone is welcome to stay behind afterwards to digest what we just saw over a post-screening drink in the bar upstairs.
For more information, check out our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566512834923
Entry requirements: 18+