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Fat Choi Spirit follows the adventures of a compulsive Mahjong player named Andy and his aging mother, estranged brother, loyal ex-girlfriend and a local gang.
＜嚦咕嚦咕新年財＞講述以打麻雀為生嘅德華同佢家人嘅經歷，包括僧狠麻雀嘅細佬，死纏難打嘅前女友，同埋患有阿兹海默症嘅媽媽。
Directed by Johnny To, Wai Ka-fai
*In Cantonese with English subtitles
96 mins | 2002
In this vivid adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic children’s story, the ghost of Sir Simon Canterville (Stephen Fry) has been roaming his castle for centuries, searching for a descendant who can release him from his curse by performing a brave deed. The only problem is – he keeps scaring them away!
Finally – a family move in who refuse to be startled, and Sir Simon is able to tell his tale to the inquisitive and courageous Virgina (Emily Carey). Can the two of them survive The Ghost Catcher (Miranda Hart), and The Reverend (Toby Jones), to bring balance to the castle and set Sir Simon free?
Directed by Kim Burdon, Robert Chandler
Voiced by Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton, Emily Carey,
Miranda Hart, Toby Jones & Freddie Highmore
1hr 29 mins // UK 2023
The Old Oak is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, but it’s also the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once thriving mining community that has now fallen on hard times after 30 years of decline. TJ Ballantyne (Dave Turner) the landlord hangs on to The Old Oak by his fingertips, and his predicament is endangered even more when the pub becomes contested territory after the arrival of Syrian refugees who are placed in the village without any notice.
In an unlikely friendship TJ meets a curious young Syrian Yara (Ebla Mari) with her camera. Can they find a way for the two communities to understand each other? So unfolds a deeply moving drama about their fragilities and hopes.
“Ken Loach’s fierce final call for compassion and solidarity” Guardian ★★★★
“A timely reminder that communities should offer welcoming hands” Filmhounds ★★★★
Directed by Ken Loach
1hr 53 mins // UK 2023
Set in the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong, My Life as McDull follows a piglet child, who isn’t the smartest, the handsomest or the fittest in the neighbourhood. As he daydreams of holidays, Christmas dinners and winning Olympic Gold medals, McDull navigates the minor disappointments of everyday life with his supportive, ambitious mother Mrs McDull.
A charming animated adventure for all the family!
麥兜故事發生在喧鬧嘅香港，講述豬仔麥兜嘅故事。
麥兜喺衆街坊中，資質平庸，頭腦並非最靈活，樣貌並非最俊俏，
體魄亦非最強健，但佢有夢想。佢夢想去旅遊，夢想食聖誕大餐，
仲夢想成為奧運金牌得主。雖然佢嘅夢想未必能實現，
但勝在有媽媽麥太無限量支持，麥兜仍可面對日常生活嘅挫折。
一套老少咸宜嘅可愛動畫旅程！
Directed by Toe Yuen
*In Cantonese with English subtitles
76 mins | HK 2001
Gérard Depardieu stars as police commissioner Jules Maigret, investigating the death of a young girl. There is nothing to identify her, no one seems to have known her, nor to remember her. He then meets a delinquent who strangely resembles the victim…
“Gérard Depardieu is a charismatic version of Simenon’s detective” Guardian ★★★
Sunday Times ★★★★ Radio Times ★★★★
*In French with English subtitles
Directed by Patrice Leconte
With Gérard Depardieu, Jade Labeste, Mélanie Bernier
1hr 28 mins // FRA 2023
A stunning courtroom drama / thriller and one of the biggest hits of the year, becoming the first Hong Kong film to top HK$100m at the Box Office. A Guilty Conscience joined only a handful of Hollywood films that have hit the HK$100m mark!
“Dayo Wong plays an acid-tongued lawyer in court drama showing Hong Kong filmmaking at its best” South China Morning Post ★★★★★
*Following the screening, there will be a discussion from 4.30pm on the pathways for studying law in the United Kingdom
一場令人震驚嘅現代法庭劇，
香港電影史上首部破億票房嘅華語電影。
黃子華飾演以毒舌見稱嘅大狀，
他希望能夠因為自己而蒙受冤獄嘅被告人贖罪。
Directed by Jack Ng
With Dayo Wong, Tse Kwan-ho, Louise Wong
*In Cantonese with English subtitles
134 mins | HK 2023
A beautiful story from Hong Kong that looks both forward and back with a nostalgia for a romantic form of cinema. Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love was recently voted as the fifth greatest film of all time according to the BFI’s Critics Poll, a vote conducted every 10 years. The film is a “heart-breaking story of illicit love that pulses with the ache of repressed desire”. (BFI)
“A film that treats the theme of love and betrayal with a theological seriousness”
Guardian ★★★★★
一個喺香港發生嘅美麗故事，懷舊地描述一幕幕有關香港1960年代前後嘅浪漫片段。
王家衛執導電影《花樣年華》，被評為史上排名第五位嘅電影，係根據 BFI 每10年進行一次嘅民意調查所得。依部電影係一個「令人超心碎嘅曖昧愛情故事，帶住一股充滿壓抑感嘅慾望痛苦」（BFI）
「一部以愛情為主題嘅電影，嚴肅得來又有一種背叛」★★★★★
The exhibition will take place between 1 – 2.30pm and 4 – 6pm, including a speech on the history of Kei Po in relation to Hong Kong. In the Mood for Love will be shown at 2.30pm
Directed by Wong Kar Wai
With Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung
1hr 38 mins // HK 2000
From Warner Bros. Pictures comes the feature film Blue Beetle, marking the DC Super Hero’s first time on the big screen!
Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab. When the Scarab suddenly chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he is bestowed with an incredible suit of armour capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the Super Hero Blue Beetle.
“This is, first and foremost, fun!” Guardian ★★★★
“An absolute win” Filmhounds ★★★★
Directed by Angel Manuel Soto
With Xolo Maridueña
2hrs 7 mins // USA 2023
*Please note, our screening on Monday 25 September will start a little earlier, at 6.30pm
Written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk, Inception, Interstellar), Oppenheimer is an IMAX®-shot epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.
The film stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Emily Blunt as his wife, biologist and botanist Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer. Oscar® winner Matt Damon portrays General Leslie Groves Jr., director of the Manhattan Project, and Robert Downey, Jr. plays Lewis Strauss, a founding commissioner of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
“Cillian Murphy dazzles as the destroyer of worlds.” Telegraph ★★★★★
Guardian ★★★★ Independent ★★★★
Directed by Christopher Nolan
With Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt
3hrs // USA 2023
Wealthy reformed party girl Melanie Daniels enjoys a brief flirtation with lawyer Mitch Brenner in a San Francisco pet shop and decides to follow him to his Bodega Bay home. Bearing a gift of two lovebirds, Melanie quickly strikes up a romance with Mitch while contending with his possessive mother and boarding at his ex-girlfriend’s house. One day, during a birthday party for Mitch’s younger sister, a flock of birds attacks the children in what seems to be a random incident. In fact, it signals the beginning of a massive and organised avian assault on the residents of the town – a mysterious spate of violence that no one can explain… and from which no one might come out alive.
“A peerless horror film” Telegraph ★★★★★
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
With Tippi Hedren
1hr 59 mins // US 1963