This August bank holiday, we’re putting our money where our mouth is with four heist classics.
We begin with Michael Mann’s Thief (1981) with James Caan as a safecracker looking for one last big score. Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon (1975), starring Al Pacino, takes a botched robbery and spins it into a media circus. Jules Dassin’s Rififi (1955) is the film that more or less invented the modern heist movie, built around a hushed, dialogue-free centrepiece robbery. And Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde (1967) closes out our season, turning two real-life outlaws into doomed icons and announcing the arrival of New Hollywood.
Thief (1981)
Friday 28th August 8.45pm
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Saturday 29th August 5.30pm
Rififi (1955)
Sunday 30th August 2.30pm
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Monday 31st August 5.30pm
Wanna make a steal of your own? Book tickets to any two of these screenings for a 20% discount. Book tickets for three screenings and get a 25% discount. Want to see the lot? Purchase tickets for all four films and get a 30% discount on the total cost.
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Professional safecracker Frank wants one last big score before he walks away from crime for good, but the underworld won’t let him go easily. Starring James Caan, Michael Mann’s directorial debut is a tightly controlled, hyper-real crime thriller.
When a Brooklyn bank robbery goes wrong, small-time crook Sonny holds hostages as police, crowds and live TV cameras gather outside. Based on a real story, Sidney Lumet’s tense thriller stars Al Pacino and remains a defining film of 1970s American cinema.
Recently released from prison, an ageing thief is drawn into one last job: a meticulously planned heist on a high-security Parisian jewellery shop. Directed by blacklisted American filmmaker Jules Dassin, Rififi remains one of the finest heist films ever made.
A bored waitress falls for an ex-con, and together they embark on a crime spree that escalates from petty theft to armed robbery. Starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, Arthur Penn’s taboo-breaking drama is a landmark of American cinema and New Hollywood.
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