Celebrating its 30th Anniversary, the film debut of the Purple One still has the power to awe. His searing concert performances, replete with stage humping, lacy outfits and prolific guitar shredding are undeniable. His idiosyncratic music drips with both virtuosity and eroticism. The movie has a plot, too. As Prince struggles for success and the amorous attentions of the ravishing Appollonia, we get a fun glimpse into the 80s Minneapolis scene that Prince single-handedly defined… But it is the music that has made Purple Rain a powerful classic.
DJ Questlove spins records (and more) before and after the film.
“Moving, funny, sweet, eccentric — Two people who I spoke with were moved to tears. How many rock docs can you say that about?” — Richard Metzger, Dangerous Minds
Pulp, best known for their deliriously infectious anthem “Common People”, are one of the most quintessential Britpop bands. Director Florian Habicht teams up with highly charismatic Pulp frontman – Jarvis Cocker – to produce both a concert film of the band’s 2012 farewell Sheffield show, and a “family album” of hometown locals: the Common People. The show becomes an irresistible party, a celebration of hometown heroes.
Join us for this special evening with the director and Jarvis Cocker in conversation. Presented with FYF, Cinefamily, DKTR and Ace Hotel.
Coppola’s iconic portrait of youth gone wild is alternately fierce and eerily beautiful. It’s the greasers versus the socs as bravery and friendship are put to the test. When two poor greasers, Johnny and Ponyboy, are attacked, tension begins to mount between two rival gangs. The Outsiders stars the brightest stars of a generation, including Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze, Diane Lane, Tom Cruise, Ralph Maccio, C Thomas Howell and Emilio Estevez. DJ Turquoise Wisdom spins records before and after the screening.
Kubrick’s extraordinary vision of a dystopic future is a demented fun house ride of a political satire. Pulsating with pop imagery, vivid colors and synth melodies it is a future of wild design and psychedelic cool. Malcolm McDowell is superb as Alex, a modern youth with a taste for violence who becomes the subject of a state experiment. A Clockwork Orange is a film only Kubrick could bring us: at once brainy, unsettling and darkly funny.
Gripping, beautiful and genuinely moving, this espionage thriller has become one of the most celebrated films of all time. Bogart’s cool demeanor belies a heart of gold when he encounters an old flame in the war torn, exotic city of Casablanca. Ingrid Bergman is never more ravishing, desperate and courageous, and romance never more delicate, than in this timeless classic. See it under the stars and on the big screen!
DJ John Tripp spins before and after the screening.
