Viy

Come to the Gatsby Room in Wolfson College's this Sunday the 26th of August at 21:00 to see a classic of Russian cinema. "Viy" is Georgi Kropachyov and Konstantin Yershov's adaptation of a the eerie tale by Nikolai Gogol:

Three students travelling home from Kiev, get lost and stumble upon a country house where an old hag reluctantly allows them to stay. Khoma, the philosophy student, is visited by the hag, who straddles him by force. He soon find himself galloping high above the countryside, the witch on his back. Desperate, he starts madly praying, weakening her spell. As she lands, exhausted, he beats her to near death, only to find her transformed into a beautiful young woman. Horrified, he runs back to Kiev, unaware that his troubles have just begun...

Tesis

Come to the Gatsby Room in Wolfson College's this Sunday the 12th at 21:30 to see a modern classic of Spanish cinema. "Tesis" by Alejandro Amenabar is a thrilling commentary on the pretty façade of today's society and its underground currents, embodied in "Snuff":

Ángela, a film student in Madrid, is writing a thesis on violence in media. In her search for material, she befriends Chema, a reclusive student deeply interested in violent and pornographic films. But even Chema's extensive collection does not seem to have what interests Ángela: Snuff films, where real people are slowly tortured and killed. But her efforts are rewarded when she finds her professor dead, watching a real Snuff tape, which quickly draws her into a deadly game...

Matador

This Sunday 5th of July you are invited to see a classic black comedy by Pedro Almodovar, "Matador". The screening will be at 21:30 in the Wolfson College Seminar Room:

Diego is a bullfighter, forcibly retired by his occupational hazard, a bull. His existential crisis leads him to shift his aim from bulls to women, who he seduces, makes love to and then kills, as a substitute for the thrill of the Corrida. Angel, his apprentice bullfighter, increasingly frustrated with his sexuality, or lack thereof, he rapes Diego's girl, Eva. Angel attempts to redeem his guilt by giving himself over to the police but nobody believes him, so he admits a string of recent murders. Angel's attorney, Maria, is soon drawn to Diego, with whom she shares much in common...

Strangers on a Train

This Sunday at 22:00 in the Wolfson College Seminar Room, you are invited to see the epic classic "Strangers on a Train" by Alfred Hitchcock:

Guy and Bruno, two strangers, meet in a train. Bruno suggests an amusing idea: if two strangers met by chance, and each wanted to get rid of someone, they could swap murders, allowing the other to have an alibi. For instance, Bruno could kill Guy's unfaithful, leeching wife in exchange for the murder of his own authoritarian father... Guy, thinking the proposal a joke toasts to the plan not realizing that his companion is dead serious...

Battle Royale

Friends, let us meet this Saturday 6th of June at 19:00 to watch the film "Battle Royale".

The film is set in futuristic Japan where "at the dawn of the millennium, the nation collapsed. At fifteen percent unemployment, ten million were out of work. 800,000 students boycotted school. The adults lost confidence, and fearing the youth, eventually passed the Millennium Educational Reform Act - AKA: The BR Act..." The story starts when a class of unsuspecting students on a school trip are drugged and wake up on a recluse island to find themselves in the Battle Royale program. They are then forced to kill one another until there is only one left, who will be the sole survivor. In these extreme circumstances, each acts according to their nature...



I will let you know where the film will be displayed - stay tuned!