A compelling historical adventure starring Klaus Kinski as Don Lope de Aguirre, a ruthless 16th century Spanish conquistador, on an expedition into darkest Peru to find El Dorado, the mythical cities of gold. Accompanied by his daughter, Flores (Cecilia Rivera), a volatile Aguirre faces off against his superior, Don Pedro de Ursua (Ruy Guerra) as he attempts to seize control of the group. As Aguirre presses deeper into the Amazonian jungle, he spirals further into madness.

Werner Herzog directs Klaus Kinski in the first of their five, legendary, tempestuous, collaborations together. Definitely one to watch, or rewatch, on a big screen. [German with English subtitles]

‘Magnificent and mad’ - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Doors 6.30pm / Film 7pm

Venue: The Landmark Centre

A crowd-pleasing, Oscar-winning tribute to the magic of silent cinema, The Artist (2011) is a clever, joyous film with delightful performances and visual style to spare.

In the 1920s, actor George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a bona fide matinee idol with many adoring fans. While working on his latest film, George finds himself falling in love with an ingenue named Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) and, what's more, it seems Peppy feels the same way. But George is reluctant to cheat on his wife with the beautiful young actress. The growing popularity of sound in movies further separates the potential lovers, as George's career begins to fade while Peppy's star rises.

Doors 6.30pm

Film 7pm

Venue: The Landmark Centre

Deal Film Club and The Lighthouse (and Alfred Hitchcock) present … a ‘Whip-Round Cinema’ Screening of Rope

Brilliantly shot as if in one take, Rope is Hitchcock’s darkly ingenious 1948 crime thriller.

Just before hosting a dinner party, Philip (Farley Granger) and Brandon (John Dall) strangle a mutual friend to death with a piece of rope. As you do. Hiding the body under the table, the pair welcome their guests, including the victim's oblivious fiancée (Joan Chandler) and the college professor (James Stewart) whose philosophical lectures inadvertently inspired the killing.

FREE entry - but a donation of £5 cash would be gratefully received

Doors 7pm / Film 8pm

A tribute to Georgian director Otar Iosseliani, who died in December 2023. ‘The true heir to Jean Renoir, Jacques Tati and Luis Buñuel’ - The Guardian

Monday Morning (2002) is a life-affirming comedy which won the Silver Bear in Berlin. Vincent (Jacques Bidou) provides for his family by working at an oppressive factory, finding escape only in painting. At home, his wife (Anne Kravz-Tarnavsky) constantly bothers him about chores, while his sons ignore him. One day Vincent decides to break free from his soulless nine-to-five life by spending a few days in Venice to visit his father's friend (Otar Iosseliani).

Doors 6.30pm

Film 7pm

Venue: The Landmark Centre

Our ‘alternative’ Christmas offering is Carol (2015) - ‘a must for sophisticated festive film fans’ [The Guardian]

Based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1952 novel, The Price of Salt, and set in a snowy 1950s New York, this multi-Oscar-nominated romance follows the forbidden romance between the mid-divorce Carol (played by Cate Blanchett) and Rooney Mara’s Therese, an aspiring photographer who works on the toy counter at a Manhattan department store.

Beautifully directed by Todd Haynes, Carol was named one of the greatest films of the 21st Century by the BBC.

Doors 6.30pm / Film 7pm

The Landmark Centre (Cleary Hall)

This feel-good 2013 Australian drama is set entirely in Northern Laos, and spoken in the Lao language.

Ahlo's family moves after his village is cleared to make way for a new dam. They come across a rocket festival and Ahlo takes the opportunity to build his own rocket and prove his worth.

Saturday 18 November

The Landmark Centre

129 High St, Deal CT14 6BB

Doors 6.30pm / Film 7pm - note: SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE as we had to reschedule this screening

Deal Pride Presents The Rocky Horror Picture Show movie night, in association with Deal Film Club

A screening of this cult classic plus live performances along the way…

🫦 Dress as your favourite character and come and join the fun for our Halloween extravaganza! You’ll be full of antici…………..pation 🫦

Tickets £10 (+booking fee) available by clicking here

As a special event in memory of our patron, Derek Malcolm, we're putting on a film from his list of 100 greatest films of the 21st century and a members' party.

The details are:

Where: The Landmark, Hollingworth

When: Friday 15 September, celebration party in memory of Derek, 6.30pm, film 7.15pm

Film: Boudu Saved from Drowning / Boudu Sauvé Des Eaux , Director: Jean Renoir, 1932, black&white, subtitles (run-time 83 minutes)

The evening is free to members. Membership, at £10 per year per person, is available at the door, or in advance by clicking here

The story of the dad from Deal who gave birth.

As a transgender man, Deal local Freddy McConnell’s decision to carry his own baby took years of soul searching, but nothing could prepare him for the reality of pregnancy and how it would challenge society's accepted norms of parenthood.

Filmed over 3 years, this acclaimed documentary charts Freddy’s remarkable journey as he draws strength from the friends and family who stand by him.

★★★★ ”An astonishing, unmissable story” — Financial Times

Freddy McConnell will give a live onstage Q&A following the screening

To celebrate International Women’s Day…

Beau Travail (‘Good Work’) is a 1999 masterwork by French director Claire Denis.

A Foreign Legion officer, called Galoup, recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of destructive jealousy in Galoup's mind.

In the 2022 Sight And Sound critics’ poll, Beau Travail was ranked the 7th best movie of all time.

It ‘is perhaps the best ending of any film, ever’ - Erika Balsom, Frieze

Wednesday 8 March

The Landmark Centre (Cleary Hall)

129 High St, Deal CT14 6BB

Doors 6.30pm / Film 7pm

Are you in the mood for love?

It’s impossible not to fall for the charms of Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung in this achingly intense romance. They are lonely lovers thrown together in early 1960s Hong Kong after they realise their respective partners are having an affair.

Mesmerisingly shot by director Wong Kar-Wai and cinematographer Christopher Doyle, it’s intoxicatingly beautiful.

Ranked 5th in Sight & Sound's ‘Greatest Films of All Time’

Doors 7pm / Film 7.30pm

Members £7 / non-members £9

Local interest alert!

Partly shot in Deal (see below), this is the extraordinary true story of eccentric English artist Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch), famed for his playful, sometimes psychedelic pictures of cats. Moving from the late 1800s through to the 1930s, we follow the progression of Wain’s unique vision and his profound love for his equally unusual wife, Emily (Claire Foy).

We are delighted that Jo and Bernie Thomson are introducing tonight’s screening. Their beautiful seafront house was a key location in the film and they will recount what it was like to have a movie crew descend on them!

Doors 7.30pm - Intro 7.45pm, film 8pm

Members £7 / non-members £9

NOTE: tonight’s venue is the Richardson Room. A cash bar will be available.

As a Christmas gift to our loyal Deal Film Club members, we present you with a FREE screening of this loopy Finnish festive movie.

Buried deep in the near-Arctic mountains, two young boys believe they have uncovered the legendary secret tomb of Santa Claus. However, ‘Santa’ turns out to be not the beloved, ho-ho-ho Father Christmas with the jolly red suits, but the original malevolent creature of local folk lore.

An unexpectedly delightful crossbreed of deadpan comedy and horror/ fantasy.

It’s definitely an ‘alternative’ Christmas movie!

Doors 6.15pm / Film 6.45pm

Members, please email hello@dealfilm.club to reserve your FREE seat

Membership (£10) available on the door on the night or click here to join online

Love movies? Love dogs? This is the film for you!

Even cat-lovers will fall for the charms of this 2005 Argentine shaggy dog story.

In Patagonia, a mechanic who dreams of a different life starts to think big after his hulking adopted pup wins first prize at a local dog show.

Doors 6.15pm / Film 6.45pm

Tickets £7 Deal Film Club members / £9 non-members

The Lighthouse and Deal Film Club present…. Breathless / À Bout De Souffle

A super cool 1960 classic fizzing with joie de vivre.

Jean-Paul Belmondo is the smouldering tough guy and Bogart admirer who has killed a cop; Jean Seberg is the gamine American wannabe writer who may be in love with him.

‘The whole movie is one continuous, inspired cine-jazz solo. There is simply no other film which demonstrates so perfectly what it feels like to be young and in love.’ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Our tribute screening to late great French auteur Jean Luc Godard, founder of the New Wave, who has died, aged 91.

Film starts 8pm

NOTE - this is a ‘whip-round’ screening, so pay what you can. A donation of £5 is suggested to cover the £100 license fee.

After the national success of his long-running show NEIL BRAND PRESENTS BUSTER KEATON, acclaimed composer/writer/broadcaster/musician Neil Brand returns with an all-new show about Laurel & Hardy.

From their earliest days on opposite sides of the Atlantic in Music Hall and on the stage, to their individual comedy films before they were paired up by Hal Roach, and on to their silent masterpieces before the arrival of sound, Neil will tell the touching story of the world’s greatest comedy team, who could not have been two more different men!

Fully illustrated with stills, clips (both silent and sound) and Neil’s superlative piano accompaniment and culminating in two of the Boys’ best silent short films, Big Business and Liberty, this is a show that promises gales of laughter throughout, as well as getting under the skin of two warm, funny men who continue to make the world laugh when it needs it most.

Tickets: SPECIAL PRICE!! for Deal Film Club Members £18 / Full price £20

Click HERE to book

Please note that online sales will close at 6.30pm on the day of the show. If you wish to purchase tickets after this time then you will need to do so at the theatre Box Office.

Women are banned from soccer matches in Iran and arrested if they’re caught there. Offside is a high spirited comedy that sees young female footie fans disguise themselves as males so they can slip into Tehran's stadium to watch a World Cup qualifier.

Inspired by director Jafar Panahi’s own daughter, this 2006 film was shot in Iran but never shown there. It’s still banned in Iran today.

Tickets £10 includes a drink (beer / wine/ soft) and a 'special knocker pasty' made by the award-winning Jill Martin of The Town Kitchen.

Doors & refreshments from 7pm. Film starts 7.30pm

With thanks to Deal Town Council for its continued support, and for its sponsorship of this film.

The Lighthouse and Deal Film Club present…. Sightseers

A British couple's road trip takes a deadly turn when they decide to start killing everyone who annoys them.

A bit like Mike Leigh’s Nuts In May, with a side order of murder.

Director Ben Wheatley and writer-stars Alice Lowe and Steve Oram deliver a wicked road trip movie that successfully walks the line between dark comedy and horror.

Free entry - but donations gratefully received to pay towards the license fee

Film starts 8.30pm

Deal Film Club Young Film Programmers and The Lighthouse present … a ‘Whip-Round Cinema’ Screening of Coffee and Cigarettes

‘Coffee and Cigarettes’ is a comic series of short vignettes that build on one another to create a cumulative effect as the characters discuss things as diverse as caffeine popsicles, Paris in the twenties, and the use of nicotine as an insecticide, all the while sitting around sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes. As writer and director Jim Jarmusch delves into the normal pace of our world from an extraordinary angle, he shows just how absorbing the obsessions, joys, and addictions of life can be.

A sprawling cast includes Tom Waits, Cate Blanchett, Iggy Pop, Bill Murray, Steve Coogan, Alfred Molina and The White Stripes

FREE ENTRY - Donations gratefully accepted on the night to pay towards the licence.

Film starts 8.30pm

Charming romcom inspired by Maeve Binchy’s bestselling novel, Evening Class.

A group of Danish misfits find their lives intertwined through their Italian classes.

Beautiful performances and an improvised script create this fresh, moving and uplifting portrait of people finding love, friendship and community far away from traditional family ties.

This is a rare chance to enjoy this warm-hearted 2000 romcom on a big screen.

FREE ice cream provided by Penny Licks

The Landmark bar will be open until 8pm for the purchase of drinks

Doors 7pm / Film 7.30pm

It’s International Jazz Day on 30 April. To celebrate we’re screening one of the ultimate jazz movies.

In the 1950s, Dale Turner (Dexter Gordon), a gifted black saxophonist with a drinking problem, leaves behind New York and his estranged family and relocates to Paris to play. Here he encounters a French fan (François Cluzet) who tries to help Dale fight his demons, ultimately re-kindling his spirit and his music.

“You do not need to know a lot about jazz to appreciate what is going on because, in a certain sense, this movie teaches you everything about jazz that you really need to know.'“ Roger Ebert, film critic.

Live introduction by music expert Adam Sieff from Deal Radio’s Jazz On The Beach.

Tickets £7 members / £9 non-members

Doors 7pm / Intro + Film 7.30pm

The Lighthouse and Deal Film Club Young Film Programmers present a 'Whip-Round Cinema' Screening of This Is Spinal Tap

In 1982, legendary (fictional) English heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by a fan who is also a film-maker. The resulting documentary follows a rock group hurtling towards crisis, culminating in the infamous affair of the eighteen-inch-high Stonehenge stage prop.

A stone cold cult comedy classic, brilliantly acted and packed with endlessly quotable moments, it launched the ‘mockumentary’ genre.

Free entry - Donations on the night to pay towards the licence gratefully received

Doors from 5pm // Screening starts 8:30pm

DARA (Deal Area Refugee Action) and Deal Film Club present… Limbo.

This 2021 comedy-drama centres on four asylum seekers who are sent to a remote island in Scotland where they take bizarre cultural awareness classes whilst awaiting the processing of their refugee claims.

‘Superlative’ ***** Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

5/5 Radio Times

Director and writer Ben Sharrock spent time working for an NGO in refugee camps in southern Algeria and living in Damascus in 2009 shortly before the outbreak of the Syrian civil war. There, he formed a network of friends whose personal stories inspired the film.

Nominated for two BAFTA® awards for Outstanding British Film and Best Debut.

Special guest speakers are Lilly Trapp, who works locally with asylum seekers and a former resident at Napier Barracks.

This event was co-curated with the Deal Young Film Programmers and with support of the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK

Tickets £7 members / £9 non-members

Doors 7pm / Film 7.30pm

The Lighthouse and Deal Film Club Young Film Programmers present a 'Whip-Round Cinema' Screening of The Big Lebowski

Come on up to the House to catch the Coen Brothers’ cult comedy masterpiece.

Yes, there will be White Russians available at the bar.

Donations on the night to pay towards the licence. Suggested donation £5.

Doors from 5pm // Screening starts 8:30pm

FREE members’ only screening of this rarely seen classic (you can become a member / renew membership on the night).

Introduced by our Deal Film Club patron, the distinguished critic Derek Malcolm.

This 1969 thriller stands out as both a powerful political melodrama and a high-tempo action movie.

Z (Yves Montand), a leftist rabble rouser, is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. But given the political climate, the death of such a prominent activist raises troubling questions. Though it's too late to save Z's life, a postmortem examination suggests that the ruling party was behind his death. As the facts leak out, those who tell the truth pay the price for their honesty.

Directed by Costa-Gravas, Z was the first film and one of only a handful to be nominated by the Academy Awards for both Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film.

FREE to existing Deal Film Club members + free glass of wine (or non-alcoholic drink) included.

You can join/renew membership on the night for £10 (cash please!)

The Lighthouse and the Deal Film Club Young Film Programmers present a 'Whip-Round Cinema' Screening of 'Withnail And I'

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood (Paul McGann) and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail (Richard E. Grant) -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty (Richard Griffiths), they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.

Come on up to The Lighthouse to catch this cult classic on their big screen.

Free entry, with a suggested donation of £5 to help pay for the film license

Open from 5pm // Screening from 8:30pm

Join us for an Agatha Christie-style murder mystery with a French twist.

It's Christmas-time in a remote chateau and the only man of the house lies stabbed to death on his bed. Snowed in with the phone lines cut, the eight female guests all suspect each other of murder…

Catherine Deneuve heads up a fantastic all-star French cast, including Isabelle Huppert (Elle) and Emmanuelle Béart (Manon Des Sources) and directed by François Ozon.

We promise you an evening of festive fun with a FREE glass of French wine!

Doors 7pm. Film 7.30pm

Deal Young Film Programmers present… Children Of Men.

Alfonso Cuarón, the Academy Award-winning director of Roma, brings us this action-thriller based on PD James’ novel. It stars Michael Caine and Julianne Moore, Pam Ferris, Charlie Hunnam and Chiwetel Ejiofor and, of course, Clive Owen.

We promise you a full evening of great film, topical themes and traditional ambience - and free ice cream!

This project is supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network.

Doors open: 6.30pm

Short film: Lost Connections: 6.45pm

Ice Cream Interlude (ice creams kindly donated by our own local Penny Licks)

Guest speakers: 7.10pm

Feature film: 7.30pm Children of Men

Filmmaker Lance Oppenheim cracks the manicured facade of The Villages -- a massive, self-contained retirement community located in Central Florida. Behind the gates of this utopia lie a small group of Villages residents and one interloper who are unable to find happiness within the community's pre-packaged paradise.

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We recommend we watch the film no later than 6:30pm. There will be a live Q&A discussion of the film with director Lance Oppenheimer, hosted on the Creative Folkestone Facebook page at 8pm.

Some Kind of Heaven (2020)
Directed by Lance Oppenheim
Source: Dogwoof
English | 83 min

Our friends at Doc Club and Creative Folkestone continue their online programme with Sisters with Transistors. This is the remarkable untold story of electronic music’s female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today. The film maps a new history of electronic music through the visionary women whose radical experimentations with machines redefined the boundaries of music, including Clara Rockmore, Daphne Oram, Bebe Barron, Pauline Oliveros, Delia Derbyshire, Maryanne Amacher, Eliane Radigue, Suzanne Ciani, and Laurie Spiegel.

Sisters with Transistors is more than just the history of a music genre: it's the story of how we hear and the critical but little-known role female pioneers play in that story.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH TRAILER

CLICK HERE TO RENT FILM

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO A CURATED PLAYLIST OF MUSIC FROM THE FILM

Magical documentary maps genre as soundtrack to its female artists’ liberation
- Una Mullally. Irish Times

Recommended start time is 6:30pm, discussion with director Lisa Rovner hosted by Larushka Ivan-Zadeh starts at 8:00pm

Sisters with Transistors (2020)
Directed by Lisa Rovner
Narrated by Laurie Anderson
Source: Modern Films
English | 90 min