This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.

Moana answers the Ocean's call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with the infamous demigod Maui on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people.

Four years have passed since the events of No Way Home, and Peter is now an adult living entirely alone, having voluntarily erased himself from the lives and memories of those he loves. Crime-fighting in a New York that no longer knows his name, he's devoted himself entirely to protecting his city — a full-time Spider-Man — but as the demands on him intensify, the pressure sparks a surprising physical evolution that threatens his existence, even as a strange new pattern of crimes gives rise to one of the most powerful threats he has ever faced.

Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?

Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

The toys are back in Disney and Pixar's "Toy Story 5," and this time it's Toy meets Tech. Woody (voice of Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen), Jessie (voice of Joan Cusack) and the rest of the gang's jobs are challenged when they come face-to-face with Lilypad (voice of Greta Lee), a brand-new tablet device that arrives with her own disruptive ideas about what is best for their kid, Bonnie. Will playtime ever be the same?

A filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway show, a unifying musical celebration that inspires audiences to connect to each other and to the global community. Featuring an exclusive introduction from David Byrne

SEE THE HUNTER, SEE THE HUNTED, BOTH AT THE SAME TIME!

Cult film night BAR TRASH continues our 13th sensational season — SCREAM FOR YOUR LIVES! — with “a new concept in motion picture technique”, psycho-thriller WICKED, WICKED (1973) in spectacular Duo-Vision!

Short-lived cinema gimmick 'Duo-Vision' promised audiences would “witness simultaneous action through the use of a double screen” offering “an experience that will challenge your imagination!”. Actually a simple split-screen technique, WICKED, WICKED’s true gimmick was that the entire film was shot from different perspectives, creating a boundary-pushing alternative to cinema’s slew of PSYCHO copycat killers.

On one half of the screen, WICKED, WICKED follows a psychotic electrician stalking the corridors of an elegant Californian hotel. Simultaneously, the other half of the screen follows the hotel guests who are unaware they’ll be checking out soon (as well as providing occasional flash-backs into various characters’ lives and backstories). Adding to all the deranged chaos, the carnage is accompanied on screen by an organist playing music from the 1925 silent classic, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.

Despite promotional posters screaming 'TWICE THE TENSION! TWICE THE TERROR!', Richard L. Bare’s film was dismissed by incredulous contemporary critics as “Half Grand Hotel and half Grand Guignol”. However, with Tiffany Bolling returning to Bar Paragon after the terrifying KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS (1977), and an extraordinary air of (unintended?) camp, WICKED, WICKED might just be your next favourite BAR TRASH title.

Polite notice: We are showing WICKED, WICKED without subtitles from the best available digital source. This isn’t the sharpest of restorations (effectively restoring two feature-length films for the budget of one!), so please approach the source materials with love, wonder and empathy. NOT to be confused with the blockbuster movie musical about the witches of Oz.

/// BAR TRASH is a celebration of cult and curious cinema, hosted by queer film fanatic Token Homo and friends. Films are served with themed drinks, introductions, intermissions, prize giveaways, and subtitles / captions where possible. Tickets from £3.50 + fees. Adults 18+ only. Follow @tokenhomo or visit tokenhomo.com for all the gory details ///

Moana answers the Ocean's call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with the infamous demigod Maui on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people.

Four years have passed since the events of No Way Home, and Peter is now an adult living entirely alone, having voluntarily erased himself from the lives and memories of those he loves. Crime-fighting in a New York that no longer knows his name, he's devoted himself entirely to protecting his city — a full-time Spider-Man — but as the demands on him intensify, the pressure sparks a surprising physical evolution that threatens his existence, even as a strange new pattern of crimes gives rise to one of the most powerful threats he has ever faced.

Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?

Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

Pressented in 35mm.

The toys are back in Disney and Pixar's "Toy Story 5," and this time it's Toy meets Tech. Woody (voice of Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen), Jessie (voice of Joan Cusack) and the rest of the gang's jobs are challenged when they come face-to-face with Lilypad (voice of Greta Lee), a brand-new tablet device that arrives with her own disruptive ideas about what is best for their kid, Bonnie. Will playtime ever be the same?

This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.

Moana answers the Ocean's call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with the infamous demigod Maui on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people.

Four years have passed since the events of No Way Home, and Peter is now an adult living entirely alone, having voluntarily erased himself from the lives and memories of those he loves. Crime-fighting in a New York that no longer knows his name, he's devoted himself entirely to protecting his city — a full-time Spider-Man — but as the demands on him intensify, the pressure sparks a surprising physical evolution that threatens his existence, even as a strange new pattern of crimes gives rise to one of the most powerful threats he has ever faced.

Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

Pressented in 35mm.

The toys are back in Disney and Pixar's "Toy Story 5," and this time it's Toy meets Tech. Woody (voice of Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen), Jessie (voice of Joan Cusack) and the rest of the gang's jobs are challenged when they come face-to-face with Lilypad (voice of Greta Lee), a brand-new tablet device that arrives with her own disruptive ideas about what is best for their kid, Bonnie. Will playtime ever be the same?

A peasant’s son rises through the ranks of post-war Polish society like none of his ancestors ever could. Moving to the city, he becomes part of a new socialist order. But in leaving his rural roots behind, does he also abandon his soul? Taking inspiration from Orson Welles’ monumental saga Citizen Kane, Grzegorz Królikiewicz crafts a viscerally affecting portrait of a changing country through the fate of a man ruined by ambition.

Strikingly original compositions from cinematographer Zbigniew Rybczynski and absorbing sound design capture the psychic toll of capitalism and urbanization in Filmoteka Narodowa’s new restoration.

This screening will be preceded by an intro.

- Radiance Films

The Final Film Festival is a multi-venue event comprising new independent releases from across the world, exciting and unusual repertory presentations and emerging artists from the UK and beyond. TFFF was created by independent film programmers Jack Hewitt and Kit Ramsay, for more information including the entire programme, please see tfffestival.co.uk or @Tff_Festival on Instagram.

Aspiring adult film-maker Jon Rubin returns from a tour of Vietnam and, armed with his film camera, attempts to find meaning and inspiration in the counter-culture of New York in 1970. Rubin graduates from surreptitiously filming his neighbours, to joining a militant Black experimental theatre group, before flirting with full-scale domestic terrorism, in this hilariously madcap satire that has still retained its outrageous power to shock, fifty years after initially stunning American audiences.

Radiance Films are proud to present a vital work of the early New Hollywood, and a key work in the career of master director Brian De Palma in a new restoration from the original camera negative.

This screening will be preceded by an intro.

- Radiance Films

The Final Film Festival is a multi-venue event comprising new independent releases from across the world, exciting and unusual repertory presentations and emerging artists from the UK and beyond. TFFF was created by independent film programmers Jack Hewitt and Kit Ramsay, for more information including the entire programme, please see tfffestival.co.uk or @Tff_Festival on Instagram.

We are excited to announce the 666 Film Challenge Screening! This special event will feature a selection of films from the challenge in which filmmakers had 66 hours and 6 minutes to write, produce, edit and deliver a short horror film. Join us in celebrating creativity and talent in independent British horror. Alongside the screening, we'll be announcing the winners of each award category. 

One of the most acclaimed and influential Brazilian films ever made, Black God, White Devil (Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol) tells the story of Manoel, a young cowherd who murders a wealthy ranch owner and flees to the drought-ridden hinterlands of northern Brazil with his wife Rosa. Now outlawed, they join a religious cult headed by the mystic self-proclaimed saint Sabastião, who condones acts of violence. The couple are plunged into a moral dilemma between embracing religious fanaticism and a life of brutality amongst rural peasant bandits. Meanwhile, the authorities hire a gunman known as Antonio Das Mortes to track them down.

This audacious and fearless award-winning film, celebrated for its fusion of mysticism and folklore and its examination of aspects of religion, violence, and social injustice, was hugely influential in shaping the Cinema Novo movement and has inspired many filmmakers. Mawu Films is proud to present this milestone of Brazilian filmmaking in a brand new restoration of the original 35mm materials preserved by the Cinemateca Brasileira.

This screening will be preceded by an intro.

- Radiance Films

The Final Film Festival is a multi-venue event comprising new independent releases from across the world, exciting and unusual repertory presentations and emerging artists from the UK and beyond. TFFF was created by independent film programmers Jack Hewitt and Kit Ramsay, for more information including the entire programme, please see tfffestival.co.uk or @Tff_Festival on Instagram.

Jack Flex is broke, buff, and wildly delusional—but he’s got a dream: to sell his absurd invention, the Heavy Hat, on his mom’s favorite shopping channel. When a desperate producer gives him a shot, Jack’s web of lies—celebrity clients, Hollywood fame—starts to unravel. With just one week to turn fiction into fact, he sprints through L.A. in a chaotic quest for credibility, hope, and a shot at stardom.

Maverick director Tony Kaye goes comedic with this absurdist romp across L.A. following penniless, musclebound “creative genius” Jack Flex as he maniacally pursues his dream to appear on his mom’s favourite home shopping channel and sell the Heavy Hat, an obviously dangerous fitness gadget that apparently “increases the flow of Hope Molecules to the brain.”

Decades after his sobering and boundary pushing American History X, director Tony Kaye returns to the big screen with the sweat-drenched, teeth-chattering and pupil-dilating The Trainer, a madcap ode to the rogue fringe industry of hucksters, chancers and dreamers surrounding Hollywood. Featuring an outrageously audacious cast of over 59 names with a combined star power of a supernova, The Trainer in many ways asks the same question one raises about The Final Film Festival itself; How did they get away with that? This is the only Odyssey you need to see this month.

This UK Premiere will be followed by a video Q&A with director Tony Kaye.

- Kit Ramsay

The Final Film Festival is a multi-venue event comprising new independent releases from across the world, exciting and unusual repertory presentations and emerging artists from the UK and beyond. TFFF was created by independent film programmers Jack Hewitt and Kit Ramsay, for more information including the entire programme, please see tfffestival.co.uk or @Tff_Festival on Instagram.

The original viral video; Faces of Death transcends time and format, borne of analogue home entertainment media and predating the phenomenon of Liveleak, Worldstarhiphop & rotten.com. Its pervasiveness as an idea, only whispered of in hushed tones in the backs of video stores and amongst elder brothers’ sketchy friends, is what draws TFFF to screening it; more than just a shock-documentary, it’s a cursed object. Now restored in and premiering on the big screen, Faces of Death can be scrutinised in the same clinical manner that the film itself leaps at the chance to exploit death and tragedy. Will this be a chance to finally exorcise this title’s power over audiences by dragging it into the light or are we only spreading the reality virus further?

This World Premiere will be preceded by a recorded intro from Daniel Goldhaber.

- Kit Ramsay

The Final Film Festival is a multi-venue event comprising new independent releases from across the world, exciting and unusual repertory presentations and emerging artists from the UK and beyond. TFFF was created by independent film programmers Jack Hewitt and Kit Ramsay, for more information including the entire programme, please see tfffestival.co.uk or @Tff_Festival on Instagram.

Three friends journey from Kansas City to Los Angeles, mistakenly believing that their band is opening for Green Day on New Year’s Eve.

Token Homo and Loose Willis invite you to the closing night of the 13th sensational season of BAR TRASH — SCREAM FOR YOUR LIVES! — with what is widely regarded as one of the worst movies ever made (with one of the longest titles!), Ray Dennis Steckler’s THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED UP ZOMBIES!!? (1964).

Billed as ‘the first monster musical’ and made before Steckler turned 24, INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES was shot in just 11 days on a micro budget of $38,000. A lurid story with musical interludes about a series of carnival murders, INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES is “junk drawer cinema at its most impossible to close" with a “threadbare, developed-in-the-bathroom-sink aesthetic that explains the film's confounding charm" (Richard Harland Smith, Turner Classic Movies).

Steckler bought-back ownership of his film after its initial failed distribution, exhibiting it to modest success under alternative titles including ‘Diabolical Dr. Voodoo’ and ‘Teenage Psycho Meets Bloody Mary’. As well as appearing in his own films under the pseudonym ‘Cash Flagg’, Steckler toured the grindhouse circuit with his titles, often playing one of the monsters that would leap out of the darkness for this film’s original gimmick, TERRORAMA. We will be serving the film with our own cocktail of theatrical gimmicks — including some free shots! — as we bring our season to a close.

Polite notice: We are showing THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED UP ZOMBIES!!? (1964) with subtitles from the best available digital source. This screening is not for the weak or those susceptible to suggestion and manipulation. To avoid any adverse reactions, we kindly ask any member of the audience who has ever been hypnotised by Loose Willis to kindly wait in the theatre lobby for the first thirteen minutes of tonight’s presentation. We will let you know when it is safe to take your seat.

/// BAR TRASH is a celebration of cult and curious cinema, hosted by queer film fanatic Token Homo and friends. Films are served with themed drinks, introductions, intermissions, prize giveaways, and subtitles / captions where possible. Tickets from £3.50 + fees. Adults 18+ only. Follow @tokenhomo or visit tokenhomo.com for all the gory details ///

Following sold-out screenings at its Canadian theatrical premiere, the internationally award-winning Japanese-English dramedy Rules of Living comes to Genesis Cinema for its UK theatrical premiere, for one night only.

Mikuko Abe is a 49-year-old career woman and divorcée, who lives in a big house by herself after her mother was moved into hospice care. She’s stuck in an unfulfilling job, caught up in a dispassionate relationship with an elite businessman, Koichi, and frustrated at her irresponsible daughter, Chieko, who’s backpacking around the world.
In order to pay the bills, she has to take in a foreign roommate, Vincent, for three months. A man with a mysterious past who has thrown it all away, Vincent is rambling around the world, trying to discover what freedom is all about. He gets a job teaching English, and after weeks of hilarious miscommunication, the strange roommates get used to each other, and Mikuko starts to open up.

Mikuko realizes she’s been fulfilling others’ expectations her whole life, but now decides to take control of her own destiny. With Vincent’s help, she follows her dream of learning English, and begins to break away from the constraints that have been put upon her for so long.

As Mikuko embarks on this new journey, she must navigate her relationships with Vincent and Koichi, and ultimately decide what kind of life she wants to lead. Will she choose to follow her heart, or will she succumb to the pressures of society?

RULES OF LIVING is a heartwarming comedy of self-discovery and taking the path less traveled.

Following the UK theatrical premiere of Rules of Living, join writer-director and lead actor Greg Dale and producer and actor Jeffrey Rowe live from Japan for a post-screening Q&A.

Greg and Jeffrey will discuss the film’s exploration of midlife reinvention, family expectations and cross-cultural connection, as well as the experience of making a bilingual independent feature with an acclaimed Japanese cast and bringing it from Japan to festivals and cinemas internationally.

‘Injection’ is a documentary following the real life Southall vigilante, self proclaimed enforcer, protector, debt collector, bloodline warrior and “super alpha”, Injection SherePunjab. Through his extraordinary life and larger than life persona, the film explores modern masculinity within British South Asian communities, the unique social dynamics of Southall’s Punjabi community, and the rapid gentrification reshaping one of London’s most iconic immigrant neighbourhoods. Blending humour, tension and cultural observation, Injection offers an intimate portrait of a man who sees himself as the last line of defence for a changing community.

On the first Thursday of the month, every month, the Genesis Poetry Slam is an electric night of spoken word performances. There will be laughter, there might be tears, there will definitely be rhymes and rhythms.

Whether you’re here to perform or simply to listen, you’ll be part of one of the friendliest, most supportive slam communities around. We don’t have that reputation for nothing.

The Genesis Poetry Slam has been running for over 15 years, and is London’s only three-round poetry slam. Up to 12 poets compete in a night of competitive poetry, to see who makes it to the final round and can claim the title of slam champion for the month.

Join us for another electric night of spoken word as poets battle it out for a place in our December Grand Final.

Genesis Cinema, Stepney Green
Doors 18:45 / Slam starts 19:30
Audience tickets: £1 (advance booking essential)

On the night, sink into a comfy sofa, grab a cocktail or a pie, and watch some of the finest poets bring their words to life.

AUDIENCE
Tickets are £1 and must be booked in advance. Whether you’re a poetry lover or brand new to spoken word, you’ll be warmly welcomed.

POETS

There are two ways to sign up for a slam slot:
Pre sign-up: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/112945284141
On the night

We’re always working to keep the process fair and accessible, and this is the best format we’ve found so far.

Pre sign-up:
Sign up via the Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/112945284141. These slots are strictly first come, first served and fill fast. If you secure a pre sign-up slot, you do not need to buy a ticket – your name will be on the door.

On the night:
If pre sign-up slots are full, we may release a limited number of on-the-night slots, again first come, first served.

If you have a pre sign-up slot, please arrive by 7.00pm to keep it. Any unclaimed slots will be offered to poets on the reserve list. To keep things fair, if the slam has started and you haven’t checked in, you won’t be able to perform.

SLAM RULES

No props.
No costumes.
Reading from paper or phone is fine.
No hate.

And remember:
The points are not the point…
THE POINT IS THE POETRY.

Three friends journey from Kansas City to Los Angeles, mistakenly believing that their band is opening for Green Day on New Year’s Eve.

Hear from Claire Davis on her work: Whitechapel Whipits + Flowers, a photography project built on deliberate contrasts. NOS can cause severe and sometimes permanent damage to the nervous system, brain and respiratory tract, yet its canisters are quietly beautiful. Fragile blooms stand in machine-engineered stainless steel tubes. NOS brings on intense euphoria and fits of the giggles, while the tone-on-tone photographs are calm and still. The canisters and flowers are tiny; the images are larger than life. The Q&A will start at 7pm sharp and will be followed by a visit to the gallery space with Claire.

The history of film exhibition is a loud one, and the notion of the ‘silent film’ something of a misnomer. For this never-to-be-repeated silent horror double feature, cabaret artist and trained knife thrower Maxim Melton returns to BAR TRASH to provide an improvised live score for THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI (1920). Then, esteemed stage and screen foley artist Ruth Sullivan will create live sound effects for the Buster Keaton short, THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1921) — all for £5 a ticket!

THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI aka Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari dir Robert Wiene (1920 / Germany / 74mins) with live accompaniment by Maxim Melton

One of the most iconic films in cinema history, Robert Wiene’s Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari shook filmgoers worldwide and changed the direction of the art form. The film’s nightmarish sets and stark lighting influenced generations of filmmakers: you will have felt Dr. Caligari’s long shadow even if you haven’t actually seen the film. Experience this diabolical masterpiece with a new improvised live score by returning artist, Maxim Melton.

THE HAUNTED HOUSE dir Edward F. Cline & Buster Keaton (1921 / USA / 20mins) with live foley effects by Ruth Sullivan

THE HAUNTED HOUSE is a two-reel silent short starring comic genius Buster Keaton aka “The Great Stone Face”. Written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline, the film sees Keaton star as a hapless bank teller who, falsely accused of planning a robbery, takes refuge in a haunted house. Silent films were frequently presented with live music and sound effects, a theatrical gimmick we recreate with Ruth Sullivan who has more than 260 screen credits for creating practical sound effects for TV and film including THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, 28 DAYS LATER, and URCHIN.

Polite notice: We are showing THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI and THE HAUNTED HOUSE with English language intertitles and live music/foley: expect sudden loud noises created live in the auditorium.

/// BAR TRASH is a celebration of cult and curious cinema, hosted by queer film fanatic Token Homo and friends. Films are served with themed drinks, introductions, intermissions, prize giveaways, and subtitles / captions where possible. Tickets from £3.50 + fees. Adults 18+ only. Follow @tokenhomo or visit tokenhomo.com for all the gory details ///

A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them.

Followed by a group discussion in the bar area with Nick Walker of the Cult Classic Collective

In China’s Xinjiang region, a Kazakh boy’s magical friendship with a local Han girl blooms amid a world where plants and imagination intertwine.

The screening is in collaboration with Green Ray, as part of the SPRING QUARTET programme.

Professor Victor Fan from King’s College London will deliver an in-person introduction before the screening. The screening will also be followed by an online Q&A with director Jing Yi.

Two young strangers from Hong Kong find their lives intertwined as they seek asylum in Britain.

A full-day cinematic event celebrating the legacy of Bruce Lee.
The programme opens with the documentary LONGSTREET - A PHILOSOPHY IN MOTION, exploring Bruce Lee's involvement in the landmark series, followed by a screening of the original episode "THE WAY OF THE INTERCEPTING FIST."
This is followed by the premiere screening of the feature documentary BRUCE LEE: THE MAKING OF THE BIG BOSS.
The event concludes with a special presentation of THE BIG BOSS, screened from a DCP (Digital Cinema Package) of the original Mandarin version.
All screenings take place on a giant cinema screen for the ultimate big-screen experience, in a retro cinema setting inspired by the classic movie-going experience of the 1970s.
Fully approved by the Bruce Lee Estate and in support of the Bruce Lee Foundation.
Includes access to all screenings across the full-day event