Welcome to Close-Up!
What's On
Mon 29 April, 8.15pm: A Conversation Between Narcisa Hirsch and Chantal Akerman
Introduced by Jessica Sarah Rinland
Fri 3 May, 8pm: Decision to Leave
With nods toward classic Hollywood and Hitchcock’s Vertigo, Decision to Leave is an essential masterwork from the legendary Park Chan-wook, infused with elegance, ingenuity and a razor-sharp precision.
Sat 4 May, 5.30pm: The Battle of Algiers
One of the most influential political films in history, The Battle of Algiers, by Gillo Pontecorvo, vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s.
Sat 4 May, 8pm: Evil Does Not Exist
Urban ambitions clash with nature in a quiet village near Tokyo in this eco-fable from the director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi.
Sun 5 May, 8.15pm: Close-Up on Maya Deren Programme 1
Films include: Meshes of the Afternoon (1943); At Land (1944); A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945); Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946); Private Life of a Cat (1946); Meditation on Violence (1948)
Calendar
Mon 29 Apr 6:15pm
Grandma’s Grammar: Grandma’s Hands
Grandma’s Grammar: Grandma’s Hands
Mon 29 Apr 8:15pm
A Conversation Between Narcisa Hirsch and Chantal Akerman
A Conversation Between Narcisa Hirsch and Chantal Akerman
Fri 03 May 8:00pm
Decision to Leave
Decision to Leave
Sat 04 May 5:30pm
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
Sat 04 May 8:00pm
Evil Does Not Exist
Evil Does Not Exist
Sun 05 May 8:15pm
Programme 1
Programme 1
Fri 10 May 8:00pm
Decision to Leave
Decision to Leave
