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Madeleine Probst @maddyprobst.bsky.social · 18d

L👀king forward to hearing from @warrenellis.bsky.social (in person 😮 ) this Sun 21 Sep 17:00 @wshed.bsky.social after a special showing of Ellis Park, the first doc from acclaimed Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel (The Order, Macbeth, Snowtown)

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Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · 27d

‘Hollywood has everything to do w/the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine – & toothache - Ryan Gilbey in @theguardian.com

Have you booked for Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind w/Kaufman & Gondry @bristolbeacon.bsky.social part of @encounters.film ?

‘Hollywood has everything to do with the terrible state of the world’: Charlie Kaufman on AI, Eternal Sunshine and toothache

As his most commercial film, 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, is re-released, the critically acclaimed director says he can’t get a movie off the ground now – but will never give in to th...

www.theguardian.com

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Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Sep 6

Against the Grain continues at the fab @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social w/ Defence of the Realm on #35mm w/producer Lynda Myles & @markcosgrove.bsky.social ; one of relatively few 80s films to engage w/ contemporary political realities in Britain starring Gabriel Byrne

Tue 9 Sept 6pm

#CineRedis25

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Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Sep 3

#Belfast ! Look out for some great cinema back on the big screen @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social kicking off Fri 12 Sept with Julien Temple‘s exuberant musical adaptation Absolute Beginners (1986) starring a who's who cast of music luminaries from Bowie and Ray Davies to Sade and Slim Galliard…

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Film Hub South West @filmhubsw.bsky.social · Sep 2

And that's how you kick off your 30th anniversary! cc @encounters.film

www.encounters.film

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Jonathan Melville @jonmelville.bsky.social · Aug 27

Good to see @cineredis.bsky.social coming to Edinburgh, including a special screening of Defence of the Realm on 35mm.

Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Aug 25

Against the Grain continues at the fab @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social with…

🏓 Ping Pong
Thu 28 Aug 6.15pm

💅 Rita, Sue & Bob Too
Fri 29 Aug 3pm & Mon 1st Sept 8.30pm

💥 Defence of the Realm w/ @markcosgrove.bsky.social & a very special guest
Tue 9 Sept - coming soon

#CineRedis25

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Madeleine Probst @maddyprobst.bsky.social · Aug 31

So hyped @encounters.film is back for its 30th anniversary edition! To celebrate @wshed.bsky.social are presenting a👌 selection of debut features from festival alumni 👇

Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Aug 31

Throughout Sundays in September, @wshed.bsky.social is marking the 30th edition of @encounters.film Festival (24 - 28 Sept) with a selection of first features from a few notable alumni.

From Andrea Arnold's #RedRoad to Charlotte Wells' #Aftersun, see the full programme via the link in bio.

Still from Aftersun; a man asleep, his arm (which has a cast on) wrapped around his daughter.

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Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Aug 29

Remembering director Frank Perry who passed on this day thirty years ago (29 Aug 1995).

It was great to have The Swimmer (1968) and Play It as It Lays (1972) at #CineRedis25, introduced by curator Ellisha Izumi von Grunewald.

Frank Perry lying on a bed, looking at scene in thought, whilst someone is lead under the covers

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Madeleine Probst @maddyprobst.bsky.social · Aug 27

Friends in #Sheffield - how about some great mid 80s British films at your local indie cinema?👇

Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Aug 27

Against the Grain makes its way to Showroom in #Sheffied

Get involved!

🫧 My Beautiful Laundrette
Fri 5 - Sun 7 Sept

💅 Rita, Sue & Bob Too
Fri 12 - Sun 14 Sept

💥The Gold Diggers
Fri 19 - Sun 21 Sept

#CineRedis25

Madeleine Probst @maddyprobst.bsky.social · Aug 27

London Friends!

Not to be missed at Ciné Lumière Sun 7 - Thu 18 Sept presented by Cinema Mentiré

www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/nobod...

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Film Hub South West @filmhubsw.bsky.social · Aug 26

Great to see our members in the news with their exciting events, such as @purbeckfilm.bsky.social's screenings at Corfe Castle.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Corfe Castle bathed in light for Purbeck Film Festival

Filmgoers picnicked under the stars in front of the castle site, maintained by the National Trust.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Aug 25

Against the Grain continues at the fab @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social with…

🏓 Ping Pong
Thu 28 Aug 6.15pm

💅 Rita, Sue & Bob Too
Fri 29 Aug 3pm & Mon 1st Sept 8.30pm

💥 Defence of the Realm w/ @markcosgrove.bsky.social & a very special guest
Tue 9 Sept - coming soon

#CineRedis25

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Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Aug 23

Before the screening of I, The Worst of All next week at Ciné Lumière, head to our @letterboxd.social HQ to read a wonderful piece by Argentine director and screenwriter Lucrecia Martel on the “cultural phenomenon” that is María Luisa Bemberg.

Link below 👇

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Madeleine Probst @maddyprobst.bsky.social · Aug 22

Breathtaking performance c/o Paraorchestra & the Breath @bristolbeacon.bsky.social #BBCProms

ps: the signer was also phenomenal 🙌

Madeleine Probst @maddyprobst.bsky.social · Aug 22

Support your local cinema…👇

Film Hub South West @filmhubsw.bsky.social · Aug 22

A host of our members in the South West have been nominated for BIFA's Cinema of the Year award (supported by Kia)!

Vote for your favourite today! (Deadline: 22 September)

www.bifa.film/coty-vote/

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Hugh Odling-Smee @smeeho7.bsky.social · Aug 18

Some excellent refreshed gems coming to @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social as part of the @cineredis.bsky.social tour. Including Defence of the Realm and Neil Jordan's Angel. Gabriel Byrne and Stephen Rea at their brooding best.

Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Aug 18

Friends in #Belfast !

Time to browse through the Cinema Rediscovered on Tour line-up @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social kicking off 12 Sept w/Absolute Beginners.

Experience the latest new restorations fr/around the world hand picked by the QFT team + a rare showing of Defence of The Realm on #35mm

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Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Aug 21

Friends in #Sheffield !

L👀k out for Cinema Rediscovered highlights coming to #Showroom both part of Against The Grain: 1980‘s British Cinema:

🫧 My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, 1985) - Fri 5 Sept 17.30

🌟 The Gold Diggers (Sally Potter, 1984) - Fri 19 Sept 20:00

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Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Aug 21

“Cinemas & festivals have always been spaces where you can start difficult conversations. What I love about what filmmakers can do for these difficult conversations is show us something so much more complex than what a news piece can do.” Tricia Tuttle in @screendaily.com.web.brid.gy

Festival directors discuss imperative to show “uncomfortable films”

"Part of our role is to find and back voices that sometimes make people uncomfortable," said Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle.

www.screendaily.com

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Madeleine Probst @maddyprobst.bsky.social · Aug 18

Very tempted to take a trip to #Belfast to experience some of the films I missed in #Bristol (due to being too tied up with the delivery of the festival… ) 🤩👇

Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Aug 18

Friends in #Belfast !

Time to browse through the Cinema Rediscovered on Tour line-up @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social kicking off 12 Sept w/Absolute Beginners.

Experience the latest new restorations fr/around the world hand picked by the QFT team + a rare showing of Defence of The Realm on #35mm

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Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Aug 16

⚔️ Friends in Glasgow ⚔️

Essential viewing on the big screen this Sun @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social

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Watershed @wshed.bsky.social · Aug 15

In this article for the Guardian, our very own Cinema Programmer Steph comments on how young people are embracing independent cinema. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...

‘I don’t touch my phone. At home, I’d be scrolling’: why young people are flocking to independent cinemas

Young people are drawn in by the promise of a ‘no-distractions’ zone, rereleases of old classics and music documentaries by global artists

www.theguardian.com

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Madeleine Probst @maddyprobst.bsky.social · Aug 15

Get involved! 👇

Encounters Film Festival @encounters.film · Aug 14

✨Applications are now open to join the team as a Volunteer at this year's festival (24-28 Sept)!✨

📅 Applications close Tues 19 Aug, 5pm. So get your skates on 🛼!

Head to encounters.film/volunteer-2025 to find out more & apply!

📸 PortlandProductions LTD

A picture of three smiling volunteers wearing Encounters t-shirts, with rows of cinema seats behind them

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Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Aug 14

For the #CineRedis25 Roaming Reporters Scheme, Teagan Waymouth analyses the queer relationships of #DesertHearts and #MyBeautifulLaundrette, highlighting a turning point for LGBTQ+ representation in the 1980s. Read more via the link in bio 🔗

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Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social · Aug 15

Sad to hear about Roger K Burton 💔

He was the Founder of the Horse Hospital arts centre in London who also styled pop videos and films, including Julien Temple’s Absolute Beginners (which opened Cinema Rediscovered and is now touring)

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Roger K Burton obituary

Founder of the Horse Hospital arts centre in London who also styled pop videos and films, including Absolute Beginners

www.theguardian.com

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Omar Ahmed 🍉 @bressonian.bsky.social · Aug 13

Excited to be back at HOME cinemas in Manchester on Thursday 28 August at 6.30pm.

I will be introducing director Prem Kapoor's BADNAM BASTI (India, 1971), India's first queer film, and which is part of @cineredis.bsky.social on tour.

More info & tickets:

homemcr.org/whats-on/bad...

Badnam Basti (CTBA) + intro — Once lost and now rediscovered: India’s pioneering first queer film.

Once lost and now rediscovered: India’s pioneering first queer film.

homemcr.org

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