QUAD Essentials

Make this year the year you see some of the highest regarded films in cinema history. In a new ongoing feature of QUAD’s programme, we are exploring some of the best films ever produced through our new strand QUAD Essentials. These are the films that every film publication, critic and film enthusiast will tell you “Oh you must see that!”. Well, now is your chance!

Starting with an eight-week programme, QUAD Essentials presents a film with an introduction detailing its place in cinema history as well as a post-show discussion where you can discuss if it deserves its place among the greats of cinema.

Join Darrell Buxton, film historian, as he hosts this new strand with a range of guest speakers bringing their love and knowledge of these films to QUAD.

What's On

What's On

Singin’ In The Rain with Intro + Post Show Discussion

U

A silent movie star (Gene Kelly) finds his career in jeopardy with the advent of talkies.

20th Mar 2025

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Rashomon with Intro + Post Show Discussion

12A

A crime is recounted from four wildly differing viewpoints.

27th Mar 2025

Rashomon with Intro + Post Show Discussion

12A

A crime is recounted from four wildly differing viewpoints.

27th Mar 2025

Do The Right Thing with Intro + Post Show Discussion

15

Tensions rise on the hottest day of the year in Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.

03rd Apr 2025

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The 400 Blows with Intro + Post Show Discussion

PG

A few months in the life of misunderstood and mistreated 12-year-old Antoine Doinel.

10th Apr 2025

The 400 Blows with Intro + Post Show Discussion

PG

A few months in the life of misunderstood and mistreated 12-year-old Antoine Doinel.

10th Apr 2025

Citizen Kane with Intro + Post Show Discussion

U

Orson Welles’ masterpiece opens our QUAD Essentials season.

20th Feb 2025

Vertigo with Intro + Post Show Discussion

PG

An acrophobic detective becomes obsessed with a beautiful and troubled woman.

27th Feb 2025

Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles with Intro + Post Show Discussison

15

A feminist perspective on the stifling and frustratingly recurrent aspects of everyday life.

06th Mar 2025

Sunrise – A Song Of Two Humans with Intro + Post Show Discussion

U

A man is urged to murder his wife, but matters take an unexpected turn.

13th Mar 2025

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