| Sunday 13th October 2024 |
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 | Runtime: 138 mins Rating: 15 | | MEGALOPOLIS is a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Modern America.
The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare.
Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel), the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.
Directed by, Written by and Produced by: Francis Ford Coppola | |
 | | 2022 brought the centenary of the most influential horror film of all time. The turning point in the career of legendary director F.W. Murnau ( Sunrise, The Last Laugh), the screen's first, albeit unauthorised adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula (which itself celebrates its 125th Anniversary this year) features Max Schreck's unforgettable performance as the vampire Count Orlok, the most chilling portrayal of cadaverous evil in film history.
Although a court order to destroy the film was successfully brought by the Bram Stoker estate, some copies escaped, and subsequently gave the 20th century some of its defining images of supernatural terror and dread.
Todays presentation is accompanied on the Compton Paramount Cinema organ, itself 87 years old, by celebrated organist Donald Mackenzie. | |
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