This Week: Hail, Caesar! ============= I figured I'd send this one out promptly just to make sure it was at the top of your minds this term! Once again, we've got a cracking lineup for you, with NT Live Encore screenings of A View from the Bridge and The Audience. Want to try your hand at running a cinema? You might have missed our give-it-a-go, but fret not! Come along to one of our regular screenings (yes, the ones listed below) about 30 minutes before doors open, and head into the Concert Hall - we'll be there, just come and say hi! The usual reminder: if you plan on coming to more than 3 showings, then our Discount Pass is worth it, even in the last term of the year! Buy it online and save money on your tickets (£3 instead of £4, first ticket is free, sadly no discount on NT Live performances). - Luke, Cinema Chair 15/16 -- Hail, Caesar!: http://www.imperialcinema.co.uk/films/hail-caesar/ Tuesday 3rd May @ 18:30 Thursday 5th May @ 18:30 £3 with Discount Pass [see below for link!] / £4 without Tells the comedic tale of Eddie Mannix, a fixer who worked for the Hollywood studios in the 1950s. The story finds him at work when a star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming. -- 10 Cloverfield Lane: http://www.imperialcinema.co.uk/films/10-cloverfield-lane/ Tuesday 10th May @ 18:30 Friday 13rd May @ 18:30 £3 with Discount Pass [see below for link!] / £4 without Waking up from a car accident, a young woman finds herself in the basement of a man who says he's saved her life from a chemical attack that has left the outside uninhabitable. -- National Theatre Live: A View from the Bridge: http://www.imperialcinema.co.uk/films/national-theatre-live-a-view-from-the-... Thursday 12nd May @ 19:00 £5 Concessions / £10 Adult The great Arthur Miller confronts the American dream in this dark and passionate tale. In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price. Eddie’s jealous mistrust exposes a deep, unspeakable secret – one that drives him to commit the ultimate betrayal. The visionary Ivo van Hove directs this stunning production of Miller’s tragic masterpiece. -- The Witch: http://www.imperialcinema.co.uk/films/the-witch/ Tuesday 17th May @ 18:30 Thursday 19th May @ 18:30 £3 with Discount Pass [see below for link!] / £4 without New England in the 1630s: William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness. When their newborn son vanishes and crops fail, the family turns on one another. Beyond their worst fears, a supernatural evil lurks in the nearby wood. -- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: http://www.imperialcinema.co.uk/films/batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice/ Tuesday 24th May @ 18:30 Thursday 26th May @ 18:30 £3 with Discount Pass [see below for link!] / £4 without Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before. -- High-Rise: http://www.imperialcinema.co.uk/films/high-rise/ Tuesday 31st May @ 18:30 Thursday 2nd June @ 18:30 £3 with Discount Pass [see below for link!] / £4 without In the midst of a vast ocean stands the Elysium Tower – a glistening vertical city – a sanctuary for challenging times. Powered by sun and earth, designed by the greatest architectural visionary of the new millennium, Elysium is a self contained world. A world of commerce, cuisine and entertainment, featuring restaurants, swimming pools, libraries, cinemas, even a research hospital. It is not just the tallest and most technologically advanced work of modern architecture, but one that embodies the world's highest aspirations. Dr. Robert Laing, a new arrival, settles in and adjusts to this hermetic life. But before long he becomes aware of something unsettling in the building. In an escalating atmosphere of unrest the residents break into tribal factions. Laing watches in horror as the myth of a utopian society is shattered. -- Zootropolis: http://www.imperialcinema.co.uk/films/zootropolis/ Tuesday 7th June @ 18:30 Friday 10th June @ 18:30 £3 with Discount Pass [see below for link!] / £4 without In the animal city of Zootopia, a fast-talking fox who's trying to make it big goes on the run when he's framed for a crime he didn't commit. Zootopia's top cop, a self-righteous rabbit, is hot on his tail, but when both become targets of a conspiracy, they're forced to team up and discover even natural enemies can become best friends. -- National Theatre Live: The Audience: http://www.imperialcinema.co.uk/films/national-theatre-live-the-audience/ Thursday 9th June @ 19:00 £5 Concessions / £10 Adult For sixty years Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace – a meeting like no other in British public life – it is private. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said. Not even to their spouses. The Audience breaks this contract of silence – and imagines a series of pivotal meetings between the Downing Street incumbents and their Queen. From Churchill to Cameron, each Prime Minister has used these private conversations as a sounding board and a confessional – sometimes intimate, sometimes explosive. -- Eddie the Eagle: http://www.imperialcinema.co.uk/films/eddie-the-eagle/ Tuesday 14th June @ 18:30 Thursday 16th June @ 18:30 £3 with Discount Pass [see below for link!] / £4 without Inspired by true events, Eddie the Eagle is a feel-good story about Michael "Eddie" Edwards (Taron Egerton), an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself - even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach (played by Hugh Jackman), Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. -- Ticket Pricing Single Film: £3 with Discount Pass / £4 without Double Bill: £5 with Discount Pass / £7 without Season Tickets: £15 - Buy now at https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/shop/club-society-project-products/cine... Buy the Year Discount Pass Online for £5, includes 1 free film, available at https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/shop/club-society-project-products/cine...