The arrival of the Arrow Video Club to Birmingham is a moment to cherish. For those who don’t know Arrow Films is a cult and horror goldmine for challenging and interesting cinema from around the world, with a reputation for releasing lovingly restored classics to cutting edge contemporary movies in sumptuous and informative packaging. Yes we have them all. Two films for launch night beginning with Kinji Fukasaku’s relentless dystopian thriller Battle Royale (2000), the students of class 3B are armed and dropped on an island, only one can leave, imagine Lord of the Flies with knives and guns, it’s all overseen by a deliriously gurning Takeshi Kitano. The second screening is of Takashi Miike’s slow burning Audition (1999). A recent widower, and film producer, stages mock casting auditions to find a new wife. Sounds innocuous enough. A genuinely terrifying experience containing one of cinema’s greatest ‘jump’ moments, not easily forgotten.

Sun 29 Apr 5pm at The Mockingbird, Custard Factory, Gibb St, Birmingham B9 4AA £9.50 veezi.com

Check out the rest of this weeks film picks here.