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Too Much: Melodrama on Film

Screenings from Nov – Dec

Across November and December we join the UK-wide programme “Too Much”, embracing the vivid visual language and heightened dramatics of melodrama. Leave your cynicism at the door and feel something – and don’t forget your tissues.

Too Much: Melodrama on Film has been made possible with support from Film Hub Midlands through funds from the National Lottery. Film Hub Midlans support people to watch, show and make films in the Midlands.

Upcoming films in this season

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Volver 15

Sun 9 Nov, 6pm | Thu 4 Dec, 8pm

A vibrant Almodovar classic starring Penelope Cruz as a mother living in Madrid, dealing with the aftermath of a fire that killed her parents and other buried family truths.

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Brief Encounter PG

Sun 23 Nov, 3.15pm | Sat 27 Dec, 3.15pm

A chance meeting on a train platform leads to an illicit romance in David Lean’s iconic melodrama.

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All That Heaven Allows U

Mon 1 Dec, 6.15pm | Mon 22 Dec, 1pm

Douglas Sirk skewers the social mores of 1950s small-town America in this pinnacle of expressionistic Hollywood melodrama.

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The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant 12A

Sun 14 Dec, 3.15pm | Tue 30 Dec, 7.45pm

A successful fashion designer spirals in isolation as the flighty object of her affections fails to return her devotion in Fassbinder’s autobiographical masterpiece.