Too Much! For These Isles!

Break out the tissues because QUAD is getting in touch with its feelings!  

Across the country, cinemas are taking part in the BFI Melodrama season Too Much! as it showcases melodrama in all its varied and unique guises.  

Here in Derby, we are taking a national and international approach for our season Too Much! For These Isles! Initially we are showing a range of the best in British melodrama before heading out into the world for melodrama from a range of international places.  

From October each Sunday at 1pm we will show a different melodrama film with an introduction and a post screening discussion. From chance meetings on railway station platforms to bloody haircuts in London, from Kabuki theatres in Japan to love triangles in the fashion industry in 70s West Germany, join us as we get all teary! 

Too Much! For These Isles! has been made possible with support from Film Hub Midlands through funds from the National Lottery. Film Hub Midlands support people to watch, show, and make films in the Midlands.

 

What's On

What's On

Black Narcissus

PG

A group of British nuns are sent into the Himalayas to set up a mission.

05 Oct

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Pink String and Sealing Wax

PG

The frustrated wife of an 1880s tavern keeper looks for a way to escape her marriage

12 Oct

Pink String and Sealing Wax

PG

The frustrated wife of an 1880s tavern keeper looks for a way to escape her marriage

12 Oct

The Wicked Lady

PG

Lady Barbara Skelton asserts her independence through stealing her best friend’s husband

19 Oct

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Phantom Of The Opera + Live Musical Accompaniment

PG

Paul Robinson of HarmonieBand accompanies a silent classic.

28 Nov

Phantom Of The Opera + Live Musical Accompaniment

PG

Paul Robinson of HarmonieBand accompanies a silent classic.

28 Nov

Pandora And The Flying Dutchman

PG

A man is cursed to travel the seven seas until he can find a woman willing to die for his love.

26 Oct

Maria Marten & Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

PG

Two 30s melodramas starring the legendary Tod Slaughter.

02 Nov

Brief Encounter

PG

The peak of British melodrama.

09 Nov

An Actor’s Revenge

12A

A kabuki female impersonator takes revenge on the men who drove his parents to suicide

16 Nov

The Bitter Tears Of Petra von Kant

12A

The imbalanced relationship between a fashion designer and a beautiful but icy ingenue.

23 Nov

All That Heaven Allows

U

A pinnacle of expressionistic Hollywood melodrama.

30 Nov

All About My Mother

15

Overwrought actresses, jealous lovers, bereaved mothers and a pregnant nun

07 Dec

Letter From An Unknown Woman

U

A woman’s periodic encounters with a concert pianist, told through a letter.

14 Dec

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