Everybody Wants Some!! (Dir. Richard Linklater 2016 Cert.15)
Hang out with an amiable gang of sex obsessed jocks in Richard Linklater’s spiritual follow up to Dazed and Confused. A warm and witty vulgar love letter to the travails of becoming a man.
Sat 11 Jun – Wed 15 Jun (various times) Mac £8/6: www.macbirmingham.co.uk
Sun 12 Jun 5.30pm The Electric (various prices): www.theelectric.co.uk

Where to Invade Next (Dir. Michael Moore 2016 Cert. 15)
Michael Moore is a polarising figure and his almost avuncular posturing on social issues will either float your boat or sink it. Screenings of this film on Friday 10th are followed by a live satellite link to a Q&A with Moore.
Fri 10 Jun 6.30pm, Mac £8/6 www.macbirmingham.co.uk
Fri 10 Jun, The Electric (various prices): www.theelectric.co.uk

Cool Hand Luke (Dir. Stuart Rosenberg 1967 Cert. 15)
Another welcome Cinematic Time Machine screening. Life on the chain gang doesn’t get much tougher than this. Paul Newman’s beautiful blue eyed swagger will not be broken by the system and can a man really eat 50 eggs?
Sat 11 Jun 3pm, The Electric (various prices): www.theelectric.co.uk

Goonies (Dir. Richard Donner 1985 Cert. 12)
Is it possible to ever tire of Chunk doing the truffle shuffle? I doubt it. Rollicking high jinks in one of the greatest teen adventure yarns ever filmed. Expect a nostalgia overload and the urge to go rummaging for treasure maps in the attic to overwhelm you.
Fri 10 Jun 6.30pm, The Electric (various prices): www.theelectric.co.uk

Memento (Dir. Christopher Nolan 2000 Cert. 15) 
The Mockingbird is fast building up a reputation for hosting cool themed cinema nights. Its latest event is the head scrabbling backwards mystery Memento. A vivid exercise in screwing with audience perceptions, expect themed cocktails and food. Sadly, another film to fall victim to the current vogue for pointless rebooting and remaking. (Don’t get me started).
Tue 7 Jun 7.30pm, The Mockingbird, £4/6: www.designmynight.com

Tue 7 Jun - Sun 12 Jun
Words:
Giles Logan
Published on:
Fri 10 Jun 2016