Dates: Sat 14 Oct 2023

Times: 20:30 (121 mins)

In this Oscar-winning satire released in 1976, veteran news anchorman Howard Beale (Peter Finch) discovers that he’s being put out to pasture, and he’s none too happy about it.

He launches into an angry televised rant, a huge ratings boost for the network. His actions allow ambitious producer Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) to develop even more outrageous programming, something that she takes to unsettling extremes.

SPILL Artistic Director Robin Deacon says: ‘One of my favourite films, Network is the perfect complement to News News News at the Gallery Studio Theatre. Both challenge us to think about where and how we receive our information and beliefs about the world.’

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Sidney Lumet (1924 - 2011) was an American film director. He was nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards four times during his career, for 12 Angry Men (1957), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976) and The Verdict (1982). 

THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (15)

DIR. WES ANDERSON

Dates: Sun 15 Oct 2023

Times: 14:00 (119 mins)

Released in 2004 as the fourth feature film by iconic director Wes Anderson, The Life Aquatic tells the story of renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou, who has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew.

In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou’s past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.

SPILL Artistic Director Robin Deacon says: ‘When secret agency (the artists behind Shefarers of Ipswich) told me that The Life Aquatic had been a big influence on their work, I knew this would be a great opportunity to programme such a cult favourite.’

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Wes Anderson (b. 1969) is an American film writer and director. He has been nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards twice during his career so far, for The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012).