Two marriages unravel into obsession, deceit, and deadly consequence. Gene Tierney chills in Technicolor as a woman whose love suffocates, while Rosamund Pike electrifies as Amy Dunne, a wife gone missing. Hollywood’s lush noir and Fincher’s modern thriller expose passion’s darkest and most destructive extremes. Double-feature screening featuring an introduction by film writer Georgia Humphreys and cocktails at the bar.

5.30pm – Leave Her To Heaven (U)
Directed by John M. Stahl. USA, 1946. 1h 49m.
Novelist Richard believes he has found perfection in Ellen, a glamorous socialite who sweeps him into a whirlwind romance. But beneath her dazzling devotion lurks something far darker. As Richard soon discovers, Ellen’s love is so absolute that she will destroy anyone who stands in her way. A singular entry in Hollywood noir, this lush melodrama features the elegant direction of John M. Stahl, the blazing Technicolor cinematography of Leon Shamroy, and a chilling turn from Gene Tierney as a femme fatale unlike any other – a woman whose love is as pure as it is poisonous.

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7.30pm – Intermission 

8pm – Gone Girl (18)
Directed by David Fincher. USA, 2014. 2h 29m.
In Carthage, Missouri, former New York writer Nick Dunne and his glamorous wife Amy appear to have the perfect marriage. But when Amy vanishes on their fifth wedding anniversary, suspicion quickly falls on Nick. As police scrutiny mounts and the media frenzy escalates, the couple’s carefully crafted image begins to unravel, raising unsettling questions about who Nick and Amy really are. David Fincher’s stylish, brooding adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling thriller is both a razor-sharp portrait of a toxic marriage and a meticulously crafted work of suspense.

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