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October 2026 Films
From September...
TUESDAY
29
SEP
Anniversaries
STAN & OLLIE
Comedy's greatest double act reunites for a threadbare twilight tour of British variety halls. Tender, funny, and quietly heartbreaking.
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WEDNESDAY
30
SEP
French Rural
VIDEODROME
A sleazy cable programmer chasing ever more extreme content is consumed by a broadcast signal that rewrites the flesh. Long live the new flesh.
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THURSDAY
1
OCT
David Mamet
BIRDMAN
A washed-up superhero star bets everything on a serious Broadway comeback, the camera stalking him backstage without a cut. A dizzying comedy of ego and reinvention.
Book
FRIDAY
2
OCT
Sergio Leone
DONNIE DARKO
A troubled teenager, a doomsday countdown, and a monstrous rabbit named Frank. A box-office ghost that DVD resurrected into a phenomenon.
Book
SATURDAY
3
OCT
Halloween
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
An alien emissary and his towering robot land in Washington bearing a warning for a warlike humanity. Intelligent, humane 1950s science fiction.
Book
SUNDAY
4
OCT
Cary Grant
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?
Two ageing sisters, a grotesque former child star and her crippled ex-actress sibling, rot together in a decaying mansion. Grand Guignol with real teeth.
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TUESDAY
6
OCT
Anniversaries
THE DEPARTED
A cop infiltrates the Boston mob while a mobster infiltrates the police, each racing to expose the other's mole. Ferocious, profane, and Oscar-crowned.
Book
WEDNESDAY
7
OCT
French Rural
THE BAKER'S WIFE
When a village baker’s young wife runs off with a shepherd, he downs tools — so the whole village unites to win her back. Warm, wise Pagnol comedy.
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THURSDAY
8
OCT
David Mamet
HOUSE OF GAMES
A buttoned-up psychiatrist is drawn by a charming grifter into the dazzling, treacherous world of the confidence trick. Every line a trap.
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FRIDAY
9
OCT
Sergio Leone
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
A classic example of the ‘spaghetti western’
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SATURDAY
10
OCT
Halloween
THE WAILING
A bumbling policeman’s village is seized by a murderous sickness that may be the work of a stranger in the hills. Epic, unnerving Korean dread.
Book
SUNDAY
11
OCT
Cary Grant
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
A socialite’s high-society wedding is upended by her charming ex-husband and a prying reporter. Champagne-dry comedy of manners, impeccably played.
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TUESDAY
13
OCT
CLOSED
WEDNESDAY
14
OCT
French Rural
LA GLOIRE DE MON PERE
A beautiful story of a holiday in the country in pre-war France
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THURSDAY
15
OCT
David Mamet
OLEANNA
A university professor is accused of sexual harassment, sparking a battle of the minds.
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FRIDAY
16
OCT
Sergio Leone
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE
Two rival bounty hunters form an uneasy alliance to bring down a vicious outlaw and his gang. Leone’s style arriving in full.
Book
SATURDAY
17
OCT
Halloween
THE BABADOOK
A widowed mother and her troubled son are stalked by a figure from a sinister pop-up book. Grief made monstrous.
Book
SUNDAY
18
OCT
Cary Grant
HOLIDAY
A free-spirited man engaged to an heiress finds himself falling for her unconventional sister instead. A sparkling plea to live before you die.
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TUESDAY
20
OCT
Anniversaries
TRAINING DAY
A rookie’s first day under a decorated LAPD narcotics detective becomes a descent into corruption and survival. Denzel Washington, monstrous and magnetic.
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WEDNESDAY
21
OCT
French Rural
LE CHATEAU DE MA MERE
Worthy sequel to 'Mon Pere' in beautiful rural France
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THURSDAY
22
OCT
David Mamet
REDBELT
A principled jiu-jitsu master is manipulated into the one thing he swore he would never do — fight for money. Honour as a losing game.
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FRIDAY
23
OCT
CLOSED
SATURDAY
24
OCT
Halloween
EYES WITHOUT A FACE
A surgeon abducts young women in a doomed bid to restore his disfigured daughter’s face. Poetic French horror of eerie, haunting beauty.
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SUNDAY
25
OCT
Cary Grant
TO CATCH A THIEF
One of Hitchcock’s lighter films is good breezy, fun.
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TUESDAY
27
OCT
Anniversaries
THE MARATHON MAN
Classic William Goldman screenplay version of the 'wrong man' thriller plot.
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WEDNESDAY
28
OCT
French Rural
ETRE ET AVOIR
A single teacher guides a dozen children of all ages through a year in one rural French classroom. A quietly profound documentary.
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THURSDAY
29
OCT
CLOSED
FRIDAY
30
OCT
Sergio Leone
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
The ultimate Spaghetti Western, revenge, epic vistas and Morricone
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SATURDAY
31
OCT
Halloween
PAN'S LABYRINTH
Del Toro's dark fairy tale merges Spanish Civil War horror with otherworldly fantasy.
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BIRDMAN
2014 • 120m
Dir: Alejandro González Iñárritu
A washed-up superhero star bets everything on a serious Broadway comeback, the camera stalking him backstage without a cut. A dizzying comedy of ego and reinvention.
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2
DONNIE DARKO
2001 • 133m
Dir: Richard Kelly
RT: 87%
A troubled teenager, a doomsday countdown, and a monstrous rabbit named Frank. A box-office ghost that DVD resurrected into a phenomenon.
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3
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
1951 • 92m
Dir: Robert Wise
RT: 94%
An alien emissary and his towering robot land in Washington bearing a warning for a warlike humanity. Intelligent, humane 1950s science fiction.
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4
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?
1962
Dir: Robert Aldrich
RT: 86%
Two ageing sisters, a grotesque former child star and her crippled ex-actress sibling, rot together in a decaying mansion. Grand Guignol with real teeth.
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6
THE DEPARTED
2006 • 151m
Dir: Martin Scorsese
RT: 90%
A cop infiltrates the Boston mob while a mobster infiltrates the police, each racing to expose the other's mole. Ferocious, profane, and Oscar-crowned.
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7
THE BAKER'S WIFE
1938 • 133m
Dir: Marcel Pagnol
RT: 100%
When a village baker’s young wife runs off with a shepherd, he downs tools — so the whole village unites to win her back. Warm, wise Pagnol comedy.
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8
HOUSE OF GAMES
1987 • 102m
Dir: David Mamet
RT: 97%
A buttoned-up psychiatrist is drawn by a charming grifter into the dazzling, treacherous world of the confidence trick. Every line a trap.
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9
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
1966 • 161m
Dir: Sergio Leone
RT: 97%
A classic example of the ‘spaghetti western’
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10
THE WAILING
2016 • 156m
Dir: Na Hong-jin
RT: 99%
A bumbling policeman’s village is seized by a murderous sickness that may be the work of a stranger in the hills. Epic, unnerving Korean dread.
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11
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
1940 • 112m
Dir: George Cukor
RT: 100%
A socialite’s high-society wedding is upended by her charming ex-husband and a prying reporter. Champagne-dry comedy of manners, impeccably played.
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13
CLOSED
Private event
14
LA GLOIRE DE MON PERE
1990 • 105m
Dir: Yves Robert
RT: 90%
A beautiful story of a holiday in the country in pre-war France
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15
OLEANNA
1994
Dir: David Mamet
RT: 57%
A university professor is accused of sexual harassment, sparking a battle of the minds.
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16
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE
1965 • 132m
Dir: Sergio Leone
RT: 91%
Two rival bounty hunters form an uneasy alliance to bring down a vicious outlaw and his gang. Leone’s style arriving in full.
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17
THE BABADOOK
2014 • 94m
Dir: Jennifer Kent
RT: 98%
A widowed mother and her troubled son are stalked by a figure from a sinister pop-up book. Grief made monstrous.
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18
HOLIDAY
1938 • 95m
Dir: George Cukor
RT: 94%
A free-spirited man engaged to an heiress finds himself falling for her unconventional sister instead. A sparkling plea to live before you die.
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20
TRAINING DAY
2001 • 122m
Dir: Antoine Fuqua
RT: 72%
A rookie’s first day under a decorated LAPD narcotics detective becomes a descent into corruption and survival. Denzel Washington, monstrous and magnetic.
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21
LE CHATEAU DE MA MERE
1990 • 98m
Dir: Yves Robert
RT: 88%
Worthy sequel to 'Mon Pere' in beautiful rural France
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22
REDBELT
2008 • 99m
Dir: David Mamet
RT: 85%
A principled jiu-jitsu master is manipulated into the one thing he swore he would never do — fight for money. Honour as a losing game.
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23
CLOSED
Private event
24
EYES WITHOUT A FACE
1960 • 90m
Dir: Georges Franju
RT: 98%
A surgeon abducts young women in a doomed bid to restore his disfigured daughter’s face. Poetic French horror of eerie, haunting beauty.
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25
TO CATCH A THIEF
1955 • 107m
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
RT: 94%
One of Hitchcock’s lighter films is good breezy, fun.
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27
THE MARATHON MAN
1976
Dir: John Schlesinger
RT: 82%
Classic William Goldman screenplay version of the 'wrong man' thriller plot.
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28
ETRE ET AVOIR
2002 • 104m
Dir: Nicolas Philibert
RT: 98%
A single teacher guides a dozen children of all ages through a year in one rural French classroom. A quietly profound documentary.
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29
CLOSED
Private event
30
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
1968
Dir: Sergio Leone
RT: 95%
The ultimate Spaghetti Western, revenge, epic vistas and Morricone
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31
PAN'S LABYRINTH
2006 • 118m
Dir: Guillermo del Toro
RT: 95%
Del Toro's dark fairy tale merges Spanish Civil War horror with otherworldly fantasy.
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