Showing this week: The Godfather (15), Thirst (18), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (PG) and Scarface (18)

The Godfather (15) (Digitally remastered)

An iconic film with outstanding performances, The Godfather, based on Mario Puzo’s best-selling novel of the same title, received three Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Actor – Marlon Brando, Best Screenplay), five Golden Globes Awards, and one BAFTA. Francis Ford Coppola’s epic crime drama has been digitally restored frame by frame, now available for audiences to enjoy once more on the big screen. Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton.

Dir. Francis Ford Coppola, USA, 1972, 2hrs55

BBFC Advice: Contains strong violence

Fri  – Sun: 7.15pm

Thirst (18)

Priest Sang-Hyun volunteers for a secret vaccine project meant to eradicate a deadly virus. But the virus takes the priest, and a blood transfusion is urgently required. The blood he receives is infected and he turns into a vampire. Struggling with his newfound desire for blood, Sang-Hyun’s faith is further strained when a friend’s wife, comes asking for his help in escaping her life. Sang-Hyun soon plunges into a world of sensual pleasures, finding himself on intimate terms with the Seven Deadly Sins.

Thirst was honoured with the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

Dir. Park Chan-Wook, South Korea, 2009, 2hrs13, Korean with English subtitles

BBFC Advice: Contains one use of very strong language, strong bloody violence and sex

(Please note the change to the advertised times for the Wednesday matinee)

Fri – Tue: 7.40pm
Wed : 11am & 7.40pm
Thu : 7.40pm

Breakfast at Tffany’s (PG)

In 1960’s New York, Holly (Audrey Hepburn) is a charming socialite who lives alone in her apartment. Maintaining a childlike innocence yet wearing the most perfect of designer clothes, she spends her time on expensive dates and at high-class parties. She escorts various wealthy men, yet fails to return their affections. Holly’s carefree independence is changed when she meets her neighbour, writer Paul (George Peppard). Just when Holly and Paul are developing a romance, Doc (Buddy Ebsen) appears on the scene, revealing the truth about Holly’s past.

Dir. Blake Edwards, USA, 1961, 1hr55

BBFC Advice: Contains mild sexual references

Wed : 2 & 4.30pm

Scarface (18) (Digitally remastered)

Scarface follows gangster Tony Montana (Al Pacino) who arrives in Miami as a refugee from Cuba. After killing a powerful Cuban figure, Montana and company gain the ability to leave their refugee camps and roam around the U.S. After unsuccessfully trying to make it legitimately in the country, Montana resorts to selling cocaine to dealers around the world. Tony’s rise is quick, but as he becomes more powerful, his enemies and his own paranoia begin to plague his empire.

Dir. Brian De Palma, USA, 1983, 2hrs49

Wed – Thu: 7.15pm