Caught Screening
24/11 - french, freaks and fighting
Happy Monday cinema-goers hope you’re ready for another great week at Film Unit. We have another amazing 3 showings that are bound to excite and delight!
As always, our £3 tickets are available on the SU website, and on the door at the Nelson Mandela Auditorium. See you there!
On Wednesday the 26th of November, we’re showing Persepolis at 19:30.
YEAR: 2007 | DIR.: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud | France | French | 12A
The film Iran didn’t want the world to see.
In 1970s Iran, Marjane ‘Marji’ Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah’s defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
This quirky piece of animation won the Jury prize at Cannes in 2007 as well as having many many nominations in other festivals and prizes in that year. And it’s easy to see why. This unique portrayl of Iran and the human depiction of Marji and her family told through hand-drawn animation, retains the charm of the original graphic novel and brings the characters to life for the big screen!
On Friday the 28th of November, we’re showing Seventh Seal at 19:30.
YEAR: 1957 | DIR.: Ingmar Bergman | Sweden | Swedish | x/PG
The story of a challenge to death.
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
Now this film happens to be a favourite of my very cool and very educated music boyfriend who, when interviewed (by yours truly) had this to say about why he likes it so much:
I enjoy the philosophical nature of the film, and the way that typically when a film tries to deal with issues such a death or the abscence of god, there’s usually an aura of despair, like a negative feeling that the world is cursed but in the Seventh Seal, despite being set in an aggresively terrible period of time, its very calming. I enjoy the juxtaposition of death and life that this film gives. Also visually it looks very good, and some of the scenes i would say are probably some of the most iconic in cinema.
You heard it here first folks! It’s not one you should miss.
On Saturday the 29th of November, we’re showing Caught Stealing at 19:30.
YEAR: 2025 | DIR.: Darren Aronofsky | USA | English | 15
2 Russians, 2 Jews, and a Puerto Rican walk into a bar…
Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of late 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined.
Do we have any bisexuals in the house? If so, this one’s for you. And also everyone else, but like especially for you. Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz have a a sex scene so hot it popped my popcorn a second time, you have been warned.
It’s also a really fun film in its own right, the story weaves together in a very clever, almost Edgar Wright-esque way and has a whole host of quirky characters, the most important of them being a very cute cat.
So that’s what a-happening here this week! I hope I’ve been able to sell our picks to you because they really are all great choices from out amazing programmer. Also it just a ploy for me to get to see all you lovely lot at one of our screenings!
So, just in case you weren’t aware, you can catch our films at the Nelson Mandela Auditorium of the Sheffield University Student’s Union building, we look forward to seeing you soon!
P.s Here’s your obligatory substack poll