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Too Much: Melodrama on Film kicks up a gear, with swoon-worthy stories from around the globe. Special screenings at Showroom this week: 🎟️ DocNights: Coexistence, My Ass! (18) | Mon 24 Nov @ 18:00 Comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi turns satire into resistance, employing humour to expose hard truths about the relationship between Israel and Palestine. With Sheffield DocFest. ❤️ Dementia Friendly: All That Heaven Allows (U) | Tue 25 Nov @ 12.00 Enjoy Douglas Sirk’s intoxicating melodrama in a relaxed environment. ❤️ Too Much x Invisible Women: Nobody's Wife (18*) | Tue 25 Nov @ 18.00 Explore Mexico's Golden Age, through two ravishing melodramas of heightened aesthetic and unruly emotion. 🎟️ Film Studies: Madeleine (U) | Wed 26 Nov @ 18.30 Perhaps the least-known film directed by the great David Lean (Brief Encounter, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago) is ripe for rediscovery. 🎟️ Philosophy: District 9 (15) | Thu 27 Nov @ 17.30 Probe the philosophical questions raised by some of cinema’s most intriguing films with Showroom Cinema and the University of Sheffield. 🎟️ National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step (CTBA) | From Thu 27 Nov Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden is joined by BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman in this subversively funny new play by David Ireland. 🎟️ Queer East: Kubi (18*) | Sat 29 Nov @ 17.30 In legendary director Takeshi Kitano’s mesmerising historical epic, rival warlords battle to reign supreme over feudal Japan. With Queer East. ❤️ The Phantom Lives! | Sun 30 Nov A double bill celebrating the centenary of The Phantom of the Opera. Explore special screenings at Showroom Cinema: https://bit.ly/3X6tgIz