Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse15

Directed by Eleanor Coppola, Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper | USA | 1991 | 1h 36m

Released in 1979, Apocalypse Now is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in American cinema. While the film captured the chaos and absurdity of war, its production was equally turbulent. Plagued by extreme weather, health scares, and nearby armed conflict, the shoot became infamously delayed, over budget, and increasingly chaotic. As director Francis Ford Coppola plunged deeper into creative obsession, his wife, Eleanor Coppola, documented the behind-the-scenes ordeal. The result is a revealing and intimate portrait of the filmmaking process, and the toll it can take on both the artist and their family.

Presented as a double-bill with Apocalypse Now: Final Cut on Saturday 9th August. Purchase tickets to both screenings (in a single transaction) and get an automatic 30% discount on the overall cost.

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Today (Saturday 10th October)

15:15

Remake 15
1h 56m
After his son Adrian dies, filmmaker Ross McElwee revisits his home movie archive and asks whether his camera brought him closer to Adrian or got in the way. A searching, self-questioning look at documenting a life versus understanding it.

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18:00

Onibaba 15
35mm Screening + Intro
1h 38m | Japanese w/ English subtitles
A woman and her daughter-in-law kill lost samurai in the marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, selling their belongings to survive. See Kaneto Shindo's 1964 folk horror on 35mm film, with an introduction from Dr Alexander Jacoby, hosted with Oxford Talking Movies.

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20:30

Sense and Sensibility U
2h 12m
Mrs Dashwood and her daughters lose their Sussex home to her stepson and move to a Devon cottage, finding love and heartbreak. Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean) directs Jane Austen's story, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Fiona Shaw and George MacKay.

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Tomorrow (Sunday 11th October)

13:30

Sense and Sensibility U
2h 12m
Mrs Dashwood and her daughters lose their Sussex home to her stepson and move to a Devon cottage, finding love and heartbreak. Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean) directs Jane Austen's story, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Fiona Shaw and George MacKay.

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16:30

De Gaulle: Liberté 15
2h 39m | French w/ English subtitles
June 1940: France has fallen and signed an armistice with Germany. With no army, no backing and little hope, General de Gaulle gambles everything to convince the world France's fight isn't over. Part two of Antonin Baudry's historical epic.

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